When I returned to the school field again, it was the morning of the next day, and Reska had already been waiting for my return in the middle military camp, and now Reska's devotion to the Shenji Battalion has far surpassed mine, and he seems to have regarded this unit as his own unit, and he himself has become an indispensable person for me to train the Shenji Battalion.

I simply told Reska about the situation of the Qi family army and the Mandarin Duck Formation, hoping that Reska would provide some advice for the next training. Reska admired the configuration of the mandarin duck formation, and her eyebrows tightened.

"Zhang, if what you say is true, and the soldiers of this army are brave and warlike and disciplined, I don't think our musket team will win this unit!" Reska looked at me, since he came to the Shenji Battalion, his red shirt and black shorts were very conspicuous among the armor and robes, he thought for a moment, suddenly looked at me, and said with a smile: "Oh, by the way, Zhang, you go to the square and have a look, I think our troops will give you a big surprise!" ”

I was overwhelmed by his sudden words, so I just nodded, not knowing what this foreigner was doing, so I went out with him suspiciously.

On the school ground, all the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion stood solemnly under the review stand, each soldier carried a new flintlock fire gun on his back, and their clothing has also changed a lot, except for the platoon commander of each platoon and the commander of each battalion are still equipped with traditional armor, all the other ordinary soldiers, everyone wears a red square iron military cap, the upper body wears a uniform red jacket and top, carrying the allocated ammunition bag, and the lower body wears black trousers, if this matter is not handled by myself, I really thought I was back in the modern era.

Yes, these soldiers are wearing the new military uniforms designed by me and Reska, of course, this matter is also carefully considered, although the previous Shenji battalion also has a unified uniform, but it is still the dress of the old-fashioned infantry, covered with a layer of armor, which is completely inappropriate for the Shenji battalion, which is more important for mobility, I discussed it with Reska, and asked Yurou to find a tailor for us, and with the help of the tailor, imitated the uniform worn by Reska and made two sets of uniforms, One is the red field combat uniform in front of you, and the other is a gray special combat suit - this is mainly because if you have to fight at night, the gray uniform is more difficult to expose the target.

Of course, like my other ideas, this idea also draws on many modern things, uniform dress has a very important impact on the morale and discipline of the troops, at that time I entrusted a clothing shop of Yurou's family to do it, I was thinking that it would take a month or two to say less, but I didn't expect Yurou to do it in half a month, this little girl really helped a lot.

The current army is the same as the Qi family's army, although it is a medieval army, but it is an epoch-making army with modern tactics and organization, although the strength is only four regiments, more than 4,000 people, but his combat effectiveness should be relatively high in this era, Reska told me that in the European battlefield, there are few more advanced armies than this army.

"Oh, there's a gift for you," Reska finished speaking, and took out a short-fire gun from her bosom, which should not be called a pistol yet: "Zhang, I know that although you have a sword on you, I think you, as the commander of this army, should have a short-fire gun, which I asked your craftsmen to imitate my short-fire gun, and I have to say that the Chinese craftsmen are the most talented craftsmen I have ever seen, and the new musk-guns and short-fire guns they make have made interesting improvements, I hope you will accept my gift. ”

I smiled and nodded, and then looked at the soldiers waiting to be lectured in the stands, and each of them had pride written on their faces, because they really felt their own strength from these training and the weapons in their hands, and the strength of an army would make the soldiers proud like never before.

"Brothers, from today onwards, we are no longer an ordinary Shenji battalion, we will be the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty! From today onwards, you have to remember one thing! If it is our turn to fight on the battlefield, we can only move forward, because only by moving forward, we can survive. To take a step back is to die. ”

"Raise your gun!" As the regiment commanders standing in each regiment raised their command knives, then the battalion commanders of each regiment raised their command knives, and then under the unified command of the command knives of the platoon commanders, all the bayonet fire-guns were raised with the sound of "hulala" gun-stab collision resounding in the air, and the bayonets flashed dazzlingly in the sunlight.

This is a completely new modern army! Looking at the uniformed soldiers and the shining bayonets in the audience, I knew that my goal was basically achieved, and from today onwards, the Dengzhou Shenji Battalion would officially become a new army, but this was not the end. In fact, this army cannot be considered invincible. Because according to my estimates, this army is still a little short of Gustav's new army that swept across the European continent, if you want to strengthen the combat effectiveness of this army, this army needs more improvements, soldiers, soldiers' willpower on the battlefield, I don't want this army under my command to be like the one led by Qi Jiguang at the beginning, and leave the commander behind before fighting. But the problem is that at the moment my duties are limited to training the Divine Machine Battalion.

"Zhang, what are you still worried about?" Seeing that I was embarrassed, Reska immediately came over.

Looking at the soldiers who were retreating in rows and rows in the audience, I didn't know what I was worried about, there must be some way to strengthen this army, so that this army could surpass any powerful army of this era, including the two eastern and western armies that were about to rise - Gustav's new army and Nurhachi's Eight Banners Army.

"Reska, we still need to strengthen the Divine Machine Battalion, and we also need more powerful combat power!" I sighed and looked at the sun on the edge of the sky that was spewing energy: "In addition to the combination of infantry and artillery, we also need to continue to strengthen the infantry's bayonet technology, even in the face of a strong attack by enemy troops. ”

Reska nodded, he obviously agreed with me, after two months of training, this Shenji battalion has been preliminarily mastered in tactical training, and the next step is the will to fight and discipline, which can withstand the fierce attack of the medieval army without collapsing, which is also an important feature of a modern army to be better than the medieval army, and in this regard, not only depends on strict discipline training in peacetime, but also in actual combat.

I let out a long sigh.

"Zhang, why are you in such a hurry? Is it because of Qi Jiajun? ”

I froze, am I in a hurry? Perhaps, since the next training work of this Divine Machine Battalion, I have begun to arm this unit with all kinds of modern and modern ideas, not only in terms of equipment, but also ideologically, and unconsciously, I have become enthusiastic about this kind of thing that makes history, you must know that the Divine Aircraft Battalion in my hands may already be a modern army.

So what exactly do I want to do? Suddenly Reska's words, my heart trembled slightly, I thought of Xinnan, remembered all the things I just came here, I have unconsciously adapted to everything here, no, absolutely not, I only have four regiments of troops in my hands, it will not have any impact on the entire Ming Empire, as long as I deal with it carefully, I will never touch the forbidden area of history.

I comforted myself and tried not to let myself think about it, and Reska seemed to see that I had something on my mind, and he patted me on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Zhang, you are an optimistic person, don't be bothered by those troubles. Remember, a gentleman has to take on great responsibilities at critical moments. So the words hesitation and regret never belong to us. ”

This Reska, who really knows how to read words, I smiled. It was a very correct decision to allow him to stay in China, this guy must be a very ambitious guy in the UK, so as soon as he came here, he handed over everything he learned and learned to these guys in the Shenji Battalion, and last time I heard several battalion commanders and platoon commanders of the Shenji Battalion call him General Redbeard in private, which shows that everyone is very accustomed to the existence of Reska - although Reska's beard is not red.

"Reska, what do you think of Daming's country?" I suddenly turned my head and asked.

When Reska was asked by me, she suddenly sighed with infinite emotion: "Zhang, you were born in a great nation, this people is industrious, friendly and orderly, they will always respond with kindness to kindness, they will not mind which nationality or faith you are, they treat people of different faiths equally and will not go to war because of different beliefs, compared with my country, your country is much better." ”

How would you feel if I told you that it was your country that bombarded the gates of my homeland with warships and artillery about two hundred years later? Looking at Reska's envious face, I couldn't help but sigh. Of course, he would not have known that his homeland would conquer the world with warships and muskets in the next hundred years, when Britain and Europe were not yet in their heyday, they had just passed through the darkness and backwardness of the Middle Ages, and fought wars everywhere for religion and nationality, which was indeed too far behind the peaceful Ming Empire.

"Of course, Zhang, as a friend and diplomat, I would like to say that there are also many things in your country that I can't understand." Reska bowed slightly, as if sorry for saying this to me, I waved my hand, indicating that this did not hinder my friendship with him, and he continued: "I love my motherland, and I believe that you love him as well, but this empire seems to be too old, the old are almost reluctant to move, you seem to be strong and rich for too long, and peaceful for too long, before I came to Dengzhou, I have also seen some of the officials and troops of the Ming Empire, I can't believe that this is the officials and military of an incredibly powerful empire, and their ignorance of the navy almost makes me believe that your country is a super-empire with a long coast, and you should have the most powerful navy in the world. But now China's shores are lined with ships from other countries. Zhang, this is unforgivable in the eyes of Britain and other coastal countries of Europe, and it is tantamount to allowing robbers to roam around in front of their own doors. ”

Reska's frankness and straightforwardness surprised me a lot, he was not wrong at all, I have also been in contact with some officials and garrison generals in Dengzhou these days, and I feel incredible about their short-sightedness, indeed, the Ming Empire was the most powerful country in the East at that time, but peace is not eternal, the ancients have long had a motto: "Good war will die, forget war will be dangerous!" These people seem to have forgotten this ancient admonition, and they did not even pay attention to the imminent war between Korea and Xian.

"But after seeing you here in Dengzhou, I have a new perspective on this empire!" Reska looked at me and said with a smile: "General Li Guangzhong and you are both very advanced figures, your country is a super empire, this country has existed for thousands of years, this is absolutely unimaginable, so I believe that this super empire will always exist, and any intention to destroy this empire will not succeed." ”

"Reska, thank you!" Reska's words relieved me a lot, I looked at this foreigner who was hundreds of years different from me, and suddenly had a feeling of sympathy, after coming to this era, I was also lucky, I would meet so many people who helped me, Li Guangzhong's trust and support, Yurou's help and care for me in all aspects, Reska's help to me, and even Yuruo was helping me.

This is the so-called super luck of the traverser!

"Reska, let's go, let's go have a drink!" Thinking of this, my originally somewhat tangled heart suddenly became enlightened a lot, since it can't change the reality in front of me, let's take one step at a time.