"What do you think, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel?"

Harrington didn't answer immediately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 He stood in front of a dummy, slowly stroking the bullet holes on it, while his gaze moved over it to the rows of dummies behind him.

The vast majority of the dummies had bullet holes on their bodies, which shocked Harrington and scared him a little. The four machine guns fired for only twenty seconds, but they almost completely wiped out the attacking force consisting of a thousand "people". Although this kind of achievement will not appear in actual battles - people will dodge, and it is impossible for bullets to penetrate the bodies of several people in a row - Qin Lang's speech just now has still been fully confirmed.

In the face of machine guns, the troops who launched a group charge in the traditional way will suffer unimaginably heavy losses.

"We made a big mistake." He muttered under his breath, "We shouldn't let that inventor named Maxim bring his invention to Europe." ”

"Sooner or later, the world will enter the era of automatic weapons," Qin Lang said, "and even if Hiram •Maxim had not brought his invention to Europe, the Europeans would have developed similar weapons." The real mistake of the War Department was not to adopt the invention of Maxim and to insist on continuing to use the Gatling gun. ”

"And I am sure that this mistake will not be corrected for a long time." No matter how lethal the new machine gun may be, if the Office Dumbs at the War Department don't like it, they can easily find a hundred reasons to refuse to adopt it.

There are also members of Congress, who are also to blame for the army's failure to equip machine guns in time. If it weren't for their constant cuts in military spending and disarmament, the War Office would be much more interested in new weapons than it is now.

Someday, these guys and their successors will make the Union Army miserable.

Harrington's concerns became more apparent. "Hopefully, the federal army won't pay a huge price for this mistake."

"On that note, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you have no need to worry at all." Qin Lang shrugged. "I personally believe that in twenty years, it is impossible for the federal army to meet an enemy armed with machine guns."

"It's even worse. If there are no practical examples, only God knows, when the War Department fools will realize their mistakes. ”

"Don't worry, European countries will bring us a lot of practical examples."

"I hope so."

"We'll see the results." Qin Lang said, "Now, let's go back." ”

When they began to walk back, Qin Lang and Harrington no longer talked about the mistakes of the War Department, but returned to the original topic: the tactical training outline formulated by Qin Lang.

Before using machine guns to target targets, Harrington had pointed out some of the contents of the outline that he thought were unreasonable, but Qin Lang said that it was a necessary adjustment made in accordance with the development of modern warfare and the geographical characteristics of future combat areas. Therefore, now Harrington wants to figure out which of the outlines are the new tactics that must be adopted in future wars, and which are indeed Qin Lang's negligence and mistakes.

In fact, the second is his real purpose.

Mr. Lieutenant Colonel always remembers the negotiations that embarrassed him and ended his military career at the same time. That negotiation made him lose face, and he always wanted to save a little face from Qin Lang; On the other hand, as a new military adviser hired by Umbrella, he wanted to show what he was capable of as soon as possible.

Harrington felt that now was the perfect time. Qin Lang is not a soldier, and there must be many real omissions and mistakes in the training syllabus he formulated, rather than the so-called "necessary adjustments". By finding out all of them and proposing reasonable revisions, his two goals will be achieved.

He was completely unaware of how much trouble he had gotten himself.

It was not easy to convince Qin Lang that a training item in his syllabus was flawed or should not exist, or that a training item that was not included in the syllabus should actually exist. He was confident in his outline, and Harrington had to come up with a convincing reason to convince him, but it was almost impossible.

On all the content that he thought was unreasonable, Harrington had no way to gain the upper hand, and the only thing he achieved was to get Qin Lang to agree to resume assassination training; However, the initial discussion of what combat skills a soldier should possess is nothing compared to the discussion that follows.

When the conversation extended to the tactics that the troops were supposed to employ, the lieutenant colonel was immediately trapped.

Although he was a military adviser and although it was his profession to command troops in combat, the gap between the U.S. Army and the world's best in the late nineteenth century was not much better, if not as great as the gap between the Qing and European armies...... It could even be a little worse.

Until the United States entered the World War in 1917, the U.S. Army was still considered by its European counterparts to have no idea how to fight a war - in fact, the American military left behind in World War I mainly their extravagant logistics and all sorts of nonsense and vulgar jokes, as well as lone heroes such as Sergeant York, and at the strategic and tactical levels, there was little brilliance.

So, the only result of an American officer in the late nineteenth century talking about tactical issues with a military enthusiast of the twenty-first century is failure. Although Qin Lang only had half a bucket of water, Harrington didn't even have half a bucket of water.

He had no hope of winning.

Mr. Lieutenant Colonel dug himself a big hole, and then jumped into it with high spirits.

By the time he realized it, he was trapped. Just like the negotiation he had with Qin Lang and Rachel, he couldn't come up with a strong opinion that could prove his point of view, on the contrary, Qin Lang could always come up with good reasons to prove his correctness.

Qin Lang's only weakness is that his theories have not yet been tested in actual combat. If it weren't for this, the hapless Harrington simply wouldn't have been able to continue debating with him. Even so, when the debate was about to end, he was already dazed and almost ready to accept Qin Lang's point of view.

O'Connor felt that something was wrong. "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you seem to have been led by Qin's nose all the time."

"That's true, Mr. O'Connor." Harrington reluctantly admitted, "I must admit that Mr. Qin is much more clever than me in terms of tactical theory. ”

"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" O'Connor looked at Qin Lang, then turned back, "Qin has never worked in the army, and you are a professional soldier, how can his tactical theory surpass you?" ”

"Not only me, but even the entire army can't find a better theorist than Mr. Qin." Harrington deliberately exaggerated Qin Lang's level to show that he was not unjustly defeated.

He even did not hesitate to belittle the entire U.S. Army - of course, in Qin Lang's view, what he said was all the truth. "You have to know that the federal army is more like a militia than the European army. If you only talk about marksmanship, the Union soldiers are certainly better than the vast majority of European soldiers, but when it comes to tactics...... Our tactical literacy is far inferior to that of our European counterparts, but the theories put forward by Mr. Qin are more advanced than those of the Europeans. ”

He paused, thought for a moment, and continued: "Of course, although I can't win through the debate, Mr. Qin's theory has not been tested in actual combat, so I don't know if he is right. ”

Harrington still wanted to save a little face. The most straightforward way is to admit Qin Lang's theoretical superiority, which has already been proven, and to deny the practical feasibility of his theory. As we all know, there are many novel ideas that are flawless in theory, but when applied in practice, they are utter disasters.

Harrington didn't want to accuse Qin Lang of having his tactical theory turn into a disaster, which would not do him any good; Mr. Lieutenant Colonel just wanted to prove that those theories were not as good in practical application as they might have been.

Qin Lang knew his thoughts, it was easy to guess. "Overall, there are no errors in my theory." He furrowed his brow and emphasized, "However, I can't guarantee that every specific detail is correct." ”

He left himself a little way out. At any time, you will always let yourself suffer if you talk too hard.

And he did worry about the specifics. Theoretical knowledge can be gained by reading a variety of materials, but practical application of this knowledge is beyond the ability of a bachelor's degree in engineering and a diamond smuggler. Qin Lang believes that there are many flaws in the outline in specific details, but he can't see it.

And O'Connor and Harrington didn't see it either.

"So, what's the situation now?" O'Connor looked at the two of them, "Do you guys have any conclusions about the training syllabus?" ”

"Actually," Qin Lang glanced at Harrington, "no." ”

Harrington regretfully agreed.

"It's terrible." O'Connor spread his hands, "What about the training of mercenaries?" Do you want to let them continue their physical training? ”

This was not a problem at all for Qin Lang. "Sean, the training will not be affected in any way, those mercenaries will first be trained in combat skills, and the tactical training will not take place until at least a month. During this time, Lieutenant Colonel Harrington and I will finish our discussions. ”

Continue the discussion. It is only through repeated discussion that he can identify the hidden flaws in the details. And out of all, the only one who can help him is Harrington.

But Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's face turned pale in an instant.

After getting two profound lessons, he no longer wanted to start any discussion with Qin Lang, because he was always the losing side. However, as a military consultant hired by the company, he had no choice.

So, for the rest of April, Qin Lang and Harrington began to carefully study the mercenary's tactical training syllabus. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )