Wang Jue! I've done everything I could! Now is the time for you to fulfill your vows! I am waiting in the palace, waiting for you to bring the news of victory to me and to this empire! Zhu Mu looked at the smiling businessmen in front of him, and muttered silently in his heart.

When Zhu Mu was talking about these broken words, Wang Jue was also talking about trivial things, maybe this pair of friends even had the same habits. On the front line of Liaodong, Wang Jue was personally observing the new troops under his command, teaching other newly mixed reinforcements how to skillfully use the ruler on the heavy machine gun and quickly use the multi-directional adjustment bracket to fix the heavy machine gun position.

The range and duration of the Weiyuan heavy machine gun are very good, and the disadvantage of this weapon is its weight. Therefore, the fixed tripod is the key to ensure shooting accuracy and continuous shooting ability, and it is also an important criterion to measure whether an army is elite or not.

The infantry tactics of the Ming army have always revolved around machine guns, from the first 6 consecutive muskets, to the later 12-barreled heavy rotary muskets, all the way to the Weiyuan machine gun, the Ming army can be regarded as the originator of the theory of firepower victory.

"The effective firing range of the Weiyuan heavy machine gun is 1,000 meters, and the most commonly used suppression distance of our army is between 300 meters and 700 meters. A soldier of the Forces nouvelles pointed to the heavy machine gun and said that he knew the weapon well and even repaired and dismantled it himself, and that he had used it at least 2,000 rounds in training and actual combat, so it could be said that using this weapon was like using a part of his own body.

What made Wang Jue and other officers even more satisfied was that every soldier of the New Army had read a book for at least five years, and it seemed easier for them to get into the state when they were talking than when they were fighting. When imparting his own experience and educating the recruits, the power that these recruits can exert makes Wang Jue very happy.

"The casualty figures are out, and about 700 Forces nouvelles soldiers were killed and more than 2,100 wounded throughout the fighting." An officer took a casualty report and reported behind Wang Jue: "Among them, 33 people were attrition in non-combat, 2 fell from their horses due to exhaustion, and 7 were sprained...... In addition, four more people have been held in custody because they cowered in fear......"

Wang Jue coughed twice, then nodded and responded: "4 soldiers who cowered and cleared out the new army after 10 days of confinement." Perhaps the last emotion in this army is fear. A soldier can be reckless, irritable, or even arrogant, but the only negative emotion that cannot be had is fear. ”

As he spoke, the New Army soldiers trained on the position had already picked up the parts of the disassembled machine gun in a group of four people as required to feel how heavy the machine gun was in the state of dismantling and transporting.

"How is the daily shooting training of the troops?" Wang Jue saw that the soldiers carefully picked up the machine guns, but staggered slightly because of the heaviness, and then stood in a row, looked at the machine gun parts in his arms in surprise, and asked an officer in charge of training behind him.

Without the slightest hesitation, the officer directly reported the soldiers' daily training: "Commander, we will fire at the Jin troops on the other side of the Liao River in different positions every day, and each soldier's tentative target shooting training is 1 time, a total of 5 bullets, and the same is the same for the enemy's simulated shooting training, and we must also shoot 5 rounds of ammunition at a different position. ”

"Every day?" Wang Jue was not fooled by this number, but asked a detail that he was most interested in.

The officer did not hide it either, and replied directly: "No, commander, it takes two days to arrange such a shooting training once." The amount of ammunition that was urgently dispatched from Tangshan was limited, which is the maximum amount of ammunition we can squeeze out after stockpiling strategic supplies. ”

"The artillery side is similar, jamming fire starts randomly every hour, but each artillery only fires 2 rounds of ammunition per day, which is also a rule of desperation...... After all, we have a lot of inventory problems, and many aspects need to be solved. The officer in charge of the artillery unit directly under the group army also reported: "The situation is expected to improve next month, when the damaged railroad tracks will be opened to traffic, and a lot of new artillery shells will be rushed in the rear." ”

Wang Jue heard these reports, nodded and did not speak. He knew that the troops in his hands were not yet capable of tearing apart the impregnable Liaohe defense line of the Jin State, so he could only wait until all the soldiers gathered from the rear were in place and filled the Liaodong region.

"The war between the German Empire and France, as well as the conflict between Great Britain and the United States, proved that the side with better strategic materiel and better mobilization ability would win the war." Feng Pingzhang belonged to the fierce generals in the old army system, and his experience was more of his own feelings. When he opened his mouth to speak at this time, he actually wanted to use his own experience to make up for Wang Jue's lack of being too young.

Wang Jue turned his head, took the results of the last few aerial reconnaissance from the hand of an Imperial Air Force liaison officer, and compared the blurry aerial photos: "Remember to remind me later, the reconnaissance equipment of the Air Force should also be eliminated and replaced, who can see what is being photographed?" ”

The secretary who was responsible for recording what Wang Jue said and writing a memorandum for Wang Jue to consult smiled bitterly, and then continued to bow his head and write his notepad. There are almost dozens of places where Wang Jue plans to spend money this morning, and if he records it like this, Wang Jue will have to prepare at least another 10 million gold coins to squander it like this.

antiseptic medicines for soldiers, as well as the purchase of expensive medicines such as penicillin, which had just been invented; Every day, the army sends out dozens of tons of ammunition of various calibers, automobiles, and the purchase of various artillery.

Everyone seems to know that the army must be trained to maintain good combat effectiveness, but who knows that the high cost of training is not something that every eloquent commander can afford? Shooting training consumes ammunition and wears out the barrel, increases the consumption of food due to increased training, wears and tear of military boots, and so on -- just twice the usual consumption is enough to cause headaches for many national financial departments.

"6 months to the end! I want you to double the size of your troops. Wang Jue didn't seem to notice the secretary's distress, and continued his journey of spending money: "Don't worry, the car I purchased should be almost here." ”