(Third, to answer the book friend's concentrated questioning of the introduction, the GDP of the last years of the Qing Dynasty was indeed several times that of Japan (the most conservative research of foreign scholars is three times, and there are also twenty times the statement), from the future "Manchukuo" is the first in Asia and the fourth in the world, and the data of about five times is not an exaggeration, and it is only said that it is the first power, not the first power. ）

"Phew~"

With a long neigh, the horse's hooves settled, and Ye Kai, who jumped off the horse's back, looked at everything in front of him happily, and only when he stepped on the soil of the Praetorian Guard, he had a feeling like a dragon returning to the sea.

Compared with Zaitao, who is also the training minister of the Praetorian Guard, Yu Lang, Ye Kai's actual influence is undoubtedly greater, Zaitao in addition to the status of the royal family, weak qualifications are always a constraint, and the group of soldiers from the new army may not buy his account, and Yu Lang also holds the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates and Zongren Mansion Zongzheng, and most of them are not in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing on weekdays, so here, Ye Kai has enough weight to speak, and every word he says will be implemented as a final decision.

"Good rule! You're coming. ”

Several military soldiers saw Ye Kai and hurriedly ran over to stretch out their hands to lead the horse, in front of this general who was many levels older than him, they didn't dare to slack off on their every move.

"Is the Lord going back to the camp to rest, or is he going to the council chamber?"

The military soldier asked respectfully from the side, as the branch of the army responsible for service, of course they had to want to be in front.

Ye Kai threw the reins of the horse to the person who came, did not answer, his eyes looked into the distance, and he ordered for a long time: "Don't be in a hurry, go to the training ground and have a look." ”

I haven't been there for so many days, I should go and see it, after all, the guarantee of training quality is the most important thing, after speaking, Ye Kai walked towards the training ground, and several people led the horses to follow closely.

On the training ground, it was in full swing, and thousands of soldiers were training in batches within a radius of several kilometers, and many of them were sweating profusely under the scorching sun.

Ye Kai did not sit in the cool observation deck with a telescope this time, but walked to the center of the team in person, he just wanted to use this way of close contact to personally experience the temperature and spirit of the steel soldiers.

Ye Kai's arrival naturally caused quite a stir, despite the iron-like discipline, it still inevitably attracted their attention, and countless eyes converged on Ye Kai.

The soldiers and commanders are in the same ranks, and Jin Ge is in the ranks, which is a great encouragement for those ordinary soldiers.

"Praetorian Guard's machine gun battalion pipe belt Lu Shuangming, please give instructions to the commander!"

The training officer in charge of this group of recruits stepped forward, and after a respectful military salute, he said loudly.

"This system is to see how the drill is going, and the land pipe will continue to train." Ye Kai returned a military salute and ordered.

"Yes!"

Lu Shuangming made a loud noise, turned around and returned to the queue.

Ye Kai stood aside, the purpose of his coming was to see the most real state of the Praetorian Guard, so he asked these recruits to continue training according to the original plan, and at a glance, everyone's faces were all wheat-colored, this is the result of hard training, however, whether these achievements can withstand the test of actual combat, everything is still unknown, in vain, whitewash Huazhang, such a painful precedent is not nothing.

"First team, shoot!"

At the sound of the order, accompanied by a roar that tore through the eardrums, angry bullets erupted from the 7.92 mm chamber like a storm, and rained down on the position 1,500 meters away at several times the speed of sound.

The Maxim machine gun, known as the infantry meat grinder, is indeed not in vain, with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per second and a tongue of fire more than ten centimeters long from the muzzle of the gun, which is extremely shocking from the visual point of view.

These dozens of original Makqin machine guns were ordered from the German arsenal at a great price, and the price of each one was no less than a small mountain gun, however, in the eyes of Ye Kai, Zaitao and Zaifeng, this order is very cost-effective, after seeing the full rate of fire performance shooting of the Makqin machine gun, its toughness was deeply imprinted in the mind, and with the cooperation of the four people in the machine gun crew, the seemingly bulky iron guy really played the characteristics of its killing machine, just as in the Battle of the Somme, The British army threw 60,000 corpses and abandoned their armor in one morning.

Whether it is in terms of weapons and equipment, or logistical conditions, or even the salaries of ordinary soldiers, the Praetorian Guard is the first-rate, of course, whether the advance of equipment will bring the same combat effectiveness, all this is not easy to say, but one thing Ye Kai has always made clear, more important than equipment is the cohesion of the army.

Looking at the skillful operation of the shooting just now, Ye Kai nodded with satisfaction, the weapon is dead, the person is alive, if the dead thing in his hand is used well, the effectiveness will be multiplied geometrically.

"Lu Guan belt, let them stop, I have a few words to say." Ye Kai said suddenly.

When Lu Shuangming heard this, he immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the machine gun battalion obey the order, stop training, and all sit in place to listen to the lectures of the good commander." ”

Ye Kai smiled and nodded at everyone, and then he also sat on the ground, not far from the soldiers, and the people sitting in the front row could obviously see that they were a little nervous.

"Lu Guan, you can sit down too." Ye Kai beckoned and motioned for everyone to sit down and treat everyone equally.

"Yes!"

Everyone sat together indiscriminately, and Ye Kai asked his first question with a smile, "Have you been training hard in the past few months?" ”

When he heard this, the scene was quiet all of a sudden, and many people looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Ye Kai's question, as long as it was a person with normal physiological reactions, he would feel bitter, but the more obvious the question, the more unspeakable.

"Not bitter! My lord. A few words rang out in the team, and many people echoed these obviously undesirable words.

"Fart!"

Ye Kai's foul words made everyone stunned, they didn't expect that the dignified ruler would say such vulgar words, many people, including Lu Shuangming, stared at Ye Kai uncharacteristically, and Ye Kai's next words were even more unexpected than they expected.

Looking at the unusually quiet crowd in front of him, Ye Kai laughed at first, and then said to everyone: "This system feels unbearable when you stay in the house, let alone you who stay under the sun, this day is not bitter, it is either a mule or a donkey." ”

first covered his mouth with a smile, then couldn't help laughing, and finally many people laughed, this high-ranking ruler turned out to be a person who could afford to joke, and the previous rumors about Ye Kai's various unkindnesses were also self-defeating.

"Then why do you think it's so hot, or let you continue training?" Ye Kai then asked.

The atmosphere was obviously much more lively than just now, and many people were eager to try.

"It's for the Praetorian Guard to become an army one day earlier, and we will serve the country."

"It is to train the foundation, practice the martial arts, and add glory to the country."

"In order to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, when the time comes, I will pee my pants without seeing foreigners"

"Haha!"

“”

Ye Kai pressed his hand, stopped the successive voices, and waited for the scene to calm down before he said: "What you said is right, but they are all high-sounding truths. ”

Looking at everyone's eyes full of anticipation, Ye Kai suddenly grinned and said loudly: "In my opinion, it is to be able to reach my position one day earlier, so that you don't have to train under the sun again." ”

There was a burst of laughter from below, and at this moment, Ye Kai patted his buttocks, stood up and said, "Lu Guandao, let's continue training." ”

"Yes!"

At the sound of an order, the team once again entered the high-light training, perhaps many of them still have such and such reluctance in their hearts, but they have no choice but to grit their teeth and push through, and after experiencing this difficult time, they will definitely feel that they will benefit immensely.

After a round of inspection, in general, the mental state of the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard was full, but there was a problem that Ye Kai had to start paying attention to.

At last he stopped, turned and took the reins and rode on his horse, and before leaving, he threw a word to the soldier.

"Please General Staff of Kazakhstan, Jiang Tong will come to the council hall for a meeting, I have important matters to discuss."