Get ready! "In the large open space of the school field, the soldiers of the first battalion of the first regiment were arranged horizontally in three rows, showing me the results of the training for many days, and the infantry in armor and uniforms stood in unison at a distance of about a hundred paces from the target, and standing at the head of the faction was the platoon commander of each platoon, who was responsible for the entire shooting order.

The commanders of the three platoons gave their respective orders, and when the first platoon was loaded, the second platoon remained in bayonet formation, with the bayonets facing outward, and the third platoon remained in gun-bearing formation, and when the first platoon raised its guns, the second platoon reloaded, and the third platoon remained in bayonet formation.

"Shoot!" The platoon commander of the first platoon waved the command knife in his hand, and with the sound of gunfire one after another, bursts of gunpowder smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and a huge gunfire rang out.

"Stand back!" After the shooting was completed, all the soldiers put down their guns and then retreated to the third platoon, while the platoon commander of the second platoon gave the order to "move forward" when the platoon commander of the first platoon gave the order to retreat, and the soldiers of the second platoon immediately entered the firing position, and the whole process was very smooth and without interval.

In the midst of this repeated orders, the soldiers of the second platoon and the third platoon also completed their own shooting, and with the orders of the various platoon commanders and the continuous sound of gunfire, within a few minutes, the entire battalion completed three salvos. Orderly, without any delays.

"Stop!" After three rounds of shooting, the three platoons withdrew from their shooting training positions and regrouped into their original phalanx.

"Awesome!" The first person who was shocked by this one-shot action was Li Guangzhong, who came to watch the actual shooting training today, probably never seen such a shocking scene, and saw this orderly shooting training for the first time today, even after a long battle, he couldn't help but admire.

"Each individual soldier is armed with a bayonet fire gun and carries an ammunition pack containing forty rounds, forming a dense fire concentration for a short time, and once it is about to enter close combat, the soldier will abandon the ammunition pack and enter hand-to-hand combat. The advantage of this new type of fire-gun is that the arquebus is canceled, no need to ignite, and the bullet is fired instead, and the charge and projectile are placed in the paper bag, which is easy to carry and easy to load, and can greatly reduce the charging time. "I carefully briefed Li Guangzhong on the side about the improvements of the new flintlock pistol and some of the improvements I had made.

"The entire Shenji Battalion has been organized into four basic combat regiments, each combat regiment has three basic combat battalions, each battalion has three platoons, each platoon is 120 people, and when fighting, a linear position is adopted to give full play to the power of firearms, and in addition, there is also a reinforced artillery regiment to provide fire support for the Shenji battalion."

The above is the integration of modern firearms tactics that I have learned from the current environment of the times and what I have seen in modern times, and it is these that I have also received a lot of help from Reska, and every time I have a new idea, he will provide his own opinions, and these opinions of his who have experienced actual combat and seen real armies can often make up for some of my immature considerations.

"It sounds pretty strong, but I really don't see anything powerful about this musket, other than it's a little louder!" Needless to say, it must be the annoying girl Ling Yuruo, every time this girl comes to Li Guangzhong, she doesn't spit out a good word.

"Miss Ling, you must know that firearms are a symbol of the progress of the times, and General Zhang's use of firearms is simply transcendent, and there may never be a second person in this world!" Reska has been praising me for the use of these firearms that are ahead of my time, especially when he was forming a battle queue for regiments and battalions, and he has already thrown himself to the ground for the five bodies that I admire, and he has always said that he wants to bring this kind of combat formation back to Europe and his homeland. Unfortunately, although he can barely speak Chinese after a few months, his pronunciation is still awkward. When he talks to me, he prefers to use English, but when he communicates with others, he can only use broken Chinese.

Although Yu Ruo was really afraid of this bearded foreigner at the beginning, but after a long time, Yu Ruo didn't take this foreigner seriously anymore.

"Cut, look at how powerful you two blow this broken fire-gun, let me tell you, when my Ming Qi's army fought against the southeast Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates' musket team was still beaten by us all over the ground!" As she spoke, Yu Ruo suddenly thought of something: "By the way, isn't Uncle Luo going to come here to worship General Qi Jiguang after a while?" Since you have blown the musket team so hard, why don't you have a drill with the Qi family army led by Uncle Luo to see if your so-called musket regiment can defeat the Qi family army! ”

Reska looked at me, I looked at Li Guangzhong again, and Li Guangzhong looked at me with a look of approval on his face, and I immediately understood that he was very much in favor of the idea.

The Qi family army is the strongest infantry in the Ming Dynasty! Moreover, they have rich combat experience in fighting fire-gun troops, although it was a long time ago, but the experience of dealing with fire-guns in the army that has been passed down from generation to generation has not been lost, and fighting with them is a good way to make up for the loopholes and problems of the Shenji Battalion, but although there are new training methods and organizational methods, and there are new types of flintlock fire-guns, none of these people I have trained have actual combat experience, and the odds of winning against a division like Qi's army in a hundred battles are probably something that I don't need to think about!

"Zhang, don't worry, these soldiers need to fight, and some things can only gain enough experience by relying on fighting!" Reska patted me lightly on the shoulder and whispered in my ear in English.

I nodded knowingly, he was right, these people do need to fight. "Well, I'll be honored to fight one of the strongest armies of the Ming Dynasty!"

It didn't seem that I would accept the challenge, Yuruo on the side looked at me with a surprised face, she probably just said this, but she didn't expect that everyone else would take this sentence seriously.

"Well, according to the usual practice, in a month, General Luo will lead the Qi family army to Dengzhou, and then you will use your most elite troops to meet the battle!" Li Guangzhong nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the troops still training in the school field, and slowly sighed: "In this battle, I hope our expectations will not be disappointed!" ”

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After sending Li Guangzhong away, he discussed with Reska the preparations for this challenge, and in the next few months, the main thing is to strengthen the training of basic combat platoons and even individual soldiers, including the unification of reload speed and orders. After all this, it was already sunset, because when Yuruo was leaving, he told me that I must go back to Lingfu in the evening, so I left the school grounds, borrowed a horse from the army, and planned to hurry back to the city before closing the city gate at night.

Since the beginning of the training of the Shenji Battalion, Reska and I have lived in the army, and occasionally go back to Lingfu to take a shower and change a few clothes, although he can talk a few words with Yurou, Yuruo asks all about the army, as for that little Lori Xiaoyu, except for serving me every day to take a bath and change clothes, he will never say a few more words to me. In this strange era and unfamiliar environment, Lingfu seems to have become my only concern, and even gradually I feel a little at home.

When I returned to Ling's mansion, the light in front of the mansion had already been lit, and that Lori Xiaoyu, as usual, stood respectfully in front of the mansion and waited for me to come back. Because it was the female dependents who presided over everything in the house, there were no men in the Ling Mansion, and naturally no one could come to lead the horse, so I got off the horse directly, and then bolted the horse to the horse stone in front of the door.

"The master is back!" Xiao Yu hasn't seen me for about half a month, and every time she comes back, she will seem very enthusiastic, but this enthusiasm is only limited to the night of her return, and she basically won't have a smile on her face the next day.

Tonight she was in a good mood, before I could speak, she held my hand like a kitten, the first time I was almost startled, in the past, except for Xinnan, there was really no other girl holding my hand like this, every time I said this to Xiao Yu, she always said that this is her way of welcoming me home, nothing else, so over time I became accustomed to it, of course, this hand-holding action is limited to the door, after the gate, she will immediately jump out of me.

"What have you been doing for the last two days?" I tapped Xiao Yu's nose lightly, and her delicate face was full of smiles, shining in the light.

"Take care of the host's room!" Xiao Yu said as he hugged my arm and rubbed it twice, rubbing the armor on my body. This little girl is just like a cat, but unfortunately, I have a natural lack of resistance to cat girls, and every time Xiao Yu rubs me like this, I will be made happy. There's no way, although you're now a general of the Ming Dynasty, you're still a modern otaku in your bones.

Before I could get to the front of the house, I heard a crisp cough from the door, and before I could react, Xiao Yu trembled as if he had been electrified by something, and then bounced away from my body.

"The busy man is finally back!" I don't know when, Yuruo stood in front of the house, it's strange to say, every time I come back, I'm always the last to see Yuruo, what's going on today, she actually came here to pick me up, now I understand why Xiao Yu popped out of me so quickly.

This nosy dead girl! I muttered in my heart, but a smile appeared on my face, saying that I, a good old man, am really sad!

"Aren't you going to discuss the fight with Reska? Reska is okay, he fought two battles when he was in the West, and later traveled to various countries, and he has seen a lot of battle formations, but I am a complete novice, if I don't work hard, I will definitely be beaten to the north when I meet the Qi family's army, it doesn't matter if I lose, but if others despise the Shenji Battalion, it is not good for us! ”

"That's how important you are to the Divine Machine Battalion?" Yuruo looked at me, and his eyes clearly wrote: Are you a monster? She said with a little disdain, "Although I have also played with firearms, I always think that swords, horses, bows and arrows are the foundation of the army, although firearms seem to be very powerful, but they are not omnipotent!" ”

As soon as Yu Ruo said this, the sense of superiority of modern people in my heart immediately appeared: "This, Yu Ruo, I can tell you without exaggeration that in the future, the battlefield will be dominated by firearms, and swords and other things will disappear on the battlefield with the development of firearms!" ”

Yuruo originally wanted to say something, but when she looked at me, the expression on her face was very lost, and then she glanced at me and said, "Today's proposal to fight with the Qi family army was originally my quick mouth, but it really turned out to be like this, I'm sorry!" ”

What the? I heard you right, what did this girl say? I'm sorry, but what's going on today! It's not that this girl took the wrong medicine! When she said this, I looked at Yuruo in front of me suspiciously, but the girl didn't explain the meaning of this sentence at all, just glanced at me slightly, and after confirming that I had heard her words, she turned around and walked away.

"Is Brother Zhang back?" Yuruo turned around and just left, Yurou's voice came, usually, Xiao Yu picked me up in front of the house gate, but after passing the house gate, it was Yurou who came to pick me up, and today I was inexplicable by Yuruo's sudden trouble.

Yu Rou is wearing a cyan long skirt today, and the upper body is covered with a sky blue vest, which is different from Yu Ruo's unchanged male attire for thousands of years, Yu Rou is a standard girl, she dresses up very appropriately every time I come back, although she prefers cyan, but the style and jewelry of the skirt are always the same.

"What if it rains today?" As soon as I turned around, every time I came back, Yurou always helped me untie my armor, and gradually I got used to this kind of thing.

"Didn't she tell you?" Yurou stood behind me obediently and untied the armor for me: "She said that today in the school field, she inadvertently said that she wanted you to take the Shenji Battalion to fight against Uncle Luo's Qi family's army, and you and Uncle Li took it seriously!" ”

"Oh! That's it! Indeed it is! This was ordered during today's shooting training, and I was quite hesitant at first, but the Qi family army is the strongest infantry in my Ming Dynasty, and I must learn a lot from fighting them, which is also a good thing for the Shenji Battalion! "After Yurou untied the tie, I easily took off my armor and handed it to the maid who had been waiting for her for a long time.

"Brother Zhang, isn't he afraid of losing this competition?" Yu Rou seemed surprised by my reaction: "Actually, Yu Ruo is worried that if you lose this competition, you will have bad thoughts, so she has been haunted since she came back in the afternoon!" ”

"Isn't it!" I took off my bracer and looked at Yurou, who was helping me. Even if this little girl has a bit of a conscience, in fact, I also discussed this matter with Reska in the afternoon, because if this competition is lost, it may affect the morale of the Shenji Battalion.

"Brother Zhang, Uncle Luo's Qi family army is the strongest generation of Qi family army since General Qi Jiguang, as long as the Japanese in the southeast hear Uncle Luo's prestige, they are all frightened, although this Qi family army is not as invincible as the invincible Qi family army in the era of General Qi Jiguang, but with this Shenji battalion that has just been trained for less than a few months, the odds of winning are really not big!"

"Of course I know this!" I nodded, then turned back to Yurou and smiled: "Although the outcome of this competition is not in suspense, I am not without a chance of winning!" There is a cloud in the art of war: knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, don't I have two people here who are more familiar with this Qi family's army? As long as I understand the tactics of the Qi family's army, I can naturally think of tricks to crack it."

"Hmm!" When Yu Rou was told by me, she seemed to see some hope of victory, and her smile immediately returned to her face, "Big brother, you eat first, I'll go to Yuruo after eating, let's talk to you about Qi Jiajun, I hope I can help big brother!" ”

"That's for the best!" I smiled and nodded Yurou's nose: "Okay, let's go eat first!" ”