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The scale of this expansion is very large, and after the expansion, Zhao Yan's military strength will reach 15,000 people. There was a great demand for equipment, and the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau became extremely busy.

At the same time, it is expected to build 2,000 hydraulic forging machines and 1,000 hydraulic turbines along the Huangshui River. Specializing in the production of plate armor, the river on the edge of Zhaojia Village is no longer enough.

The Huangshui River is not far from Huangxian, just more than 30 miles to the east.

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The conscription has been carried out throughout Shandong, and Zhao Yan has given two taels of silver every month, and guaranteed that it will be paid in full every month, and once selected, three taels will be paid immediately.

In addition, there is a higher salary of the army, that is, cultural soldiers, who can read and write, and whose physique meets the standards, will be given four taels of silver per month. Naturally, these cultural soldiers were used as artillerymen.

Artillery needs to calculate the parabola plus air resistance, and also understand the range, which all need to be calculated.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many Catholics, and there were also many officials among them.

In the face of the military erosion in Liaodong, these Catholics often wrote books and speeches in order to attract the attention of the current dynasty, focusing on Western firearms.

In the past, the craftsmen of the artillery laboratory took the "Western Law Divine Machine", "Western Firearms Law", and "Fire Attack Essentials" to study there for more than half a month, but the things they researched turned out to be wrong and they were confused.

Although the depiction of the ruler in the Western Firearms Law is much clearer than that in the Fire Attack Essentials, it is still inaccurate, for example, on the scale of one of the figures, between the two values with a gap of 5, there should have been five smaller carvings, but the figure was mistakenly divided into six squares; The "fifteen" on the iron bullet ruler was engraved as "five", and the diagram of the gun gauge drawn in the same book, which should have divided the quadrant into twelve equal parts, was also mistakenly drawn into thirteen equal parts. In addition, there are many errors in the range tables for different elevation angles listed in the book (based on the range of flat fire). The reason for these errors may be deliberate in order to avoid revealing this secret science.

Strictly speaking, these writings were only intended to attract the attention of the rulers, who were not experts and could not see the problems in them.

Moreover, those things are military secrets, and they cannot be made public.

Instruments such as gauges, rulers and rectangles are the aiming methods used in contemporary China and the West, and when Sun Yuanhua trained artillery in Denglai, it is estimated that the main training is these things, but it was all finished after the Wuqiao Mutiny.

However, Zhao Yan had a more advanced aiming method, that is, in 1638, Galileo proposed the theory that the trajectory of a cannonball in a vacuum is a parabola.

However, Galileo did not take into account air resistance, and the manufacture of artillery and gunpowder could not be standardized, so the error was still very large. However, the calculation method mastered by Zhao Yan can calculate the air resistance. At the same time, the artillery, ammunition and gunpowder of the Ordnance Bureau are all rationed.

Galileo's parabolic theory, combined with the method of calculating air resistance, is ballistics. Ballistics is more demanding on the cultural aspects of soldiers and requires training.

With the addition of the Billy gauge for ranging, the accuracy of the artillery should be about the same.

Forming an artillery battalion is not so easy!

There were also a few majestic soldiers in plate armor standing at the recruiting place. Denglai was more enthusiastic about this conscription, and almost as soon as the recruitment notice came out, many young and strong young men ran to enlist.

Zhao Yan's creditworthiness is still very high in Denglai.

The recruitment bureau is well-known in Denglai, as long as you introduce a required talent to the Zhao family to work, you can get a reward.

Those who had an attitude of trying all got the silver, which also gave birth to a new profession in Denglai, which specialized in pulling people for Zhao Yan everywhere.

The suppression of bandits in the past few months also made the people of Denglai know this army, and the discipline was strict everywhere, and there was no crime in the autumn. Everyone praised the people of Denglai.

Although Denglai is barren, some of them have not been affected by the war, and there are a large number of yeoman farmers. Due to the underdeveloped economy of the three eastern prefectures, most of them are in a state of self-sufficiency, and the division of labor in agricultural production has not been implemented.

Few of the people in Denglai Erfu doubted Zhao Yan's credibility, and they would naturally give two taels if they said that they would give two taels.

The recruitment in the second province of Denglai was relatively smooth, while the recruitment in the third province in the east was not so smooth. The people of the Eastern Three Prefectures are far away from the concept of Denglai guerrilla generals, and they have not heard much of it.

I only know that this time the Denglai guerrilla general is going to recruit the big soldiers, although the recruitment office said that they will give two taels of silver every month, but many people have a skeptical attitude.

However, there are still many people who are attracted by the three taels of settling-in allowance and apply for recruitment at the recruitment office. After all, many people in the three eastern provinces were not having a good time, so they went with the attitude of trying.

On the whole, it was relatively smooth, after a month of recruitment, the quota was completed, but the recruitment of artillery was a little unpleasant.

Those who can read and write have recruited more than 400 people. There is not even enough artillery for an infantry battalion, let alone an artillery battalion.

If there is no condition, he can only be hard, and Zhao Yan immediately asked people to recruit some who seem to be smarter, but I don't know if the learning ability will be better.

The recruited soldiers were quickly distributed.

In this expansion, Zhao Yan promoted many veterans, and promoted Li Ran, the company commander of the second battalion, to the commander of the third infantry battalion, and Wu Yongliang, the commander of the cavalry battalion, to the commander of the second cavalry battalion.

Su Buheng, a staff officer of the General Staff, was promoted to commander of the artillery battalion.

In addition, a large number of veterans have been transferred to grassroots officers, Zhao Yan has not been in the army for a long time, and those veterans say that they don't have much experience, but the training process and rules in the army are known.

This large-scale promotion was carried out in accordance with the principle that those who have made meritorious contributions in combat should be promoted first, and those who have been educated should be promoted first.

Like Su Buheng in the artillery battalion, he has a higher diploma and has passed the show, because his family was killed by Kong Youde's rebels, he decided to abandon his pen and follow Rong, and when he expanded his recruitment for the second time, he was recruited into Zhao Yan's family as soon as his head was hot.

Facts have proved that Su Buheng's choice is very correct, Zhao Yanjun lacks a high-diploma talent like him, and he was selected to serve in the General Staff not long ago.

Now he has been appointed by Zhao Yan as the commander of the artillery battalion.

"Artillery barracks?" Su Buheng didn't quite understand what kind of battalion this was, did the artillery still have to set up a separate battalion? Su Buheng, who has been in the General Staff for a period of time, still has studied the current war system of the Zhao Family's army, and knows the role of various arms in his heart, but he has never been in contact with artillery.

After the expansion, each battalion entered a period of intensive training, and each battalion commander began to immerse himself in training his soldiers.

As the first and second battalions of the infantry, the two old battalions, there are basically no mistakes in the queue, and the training of all branches of the army is also on the right track.

The cavalry of the first battalion of cavalry can already achieve preliminary coordination when marching, and the speed between horses can be maintained to a certain extent.

The new battalion has the backbone transferred from the old battalion, and there is no need for Zhao Yan to be careful in training.

Only in the artillery battalion, Zhao Yan needs to go out in person to teach artillery. Zhao Yan first changed the word 'artillery' to 'cannon', and after Su Buheng saw it, he said that this word was very expressive. I don't know if it's a sycophant or what, but Zhao Yan looks at the word 'cannon', which is really not pleasing to the eye.

"My lord, how should this artillery be trained? You've never touched it! As the battalion commander, Su Buheng first cares about training.

The commanders of the other battalions were already training enthusiastically as soon as they took office, while the artillery battalions and the artillery of the three infantry battalions were still quiet.

"Divide it into two! The more than 400 people who can read and write, as the main gunner, I came to teach ballistics. The other gunners learned to control artillery during the day and to read and write at night. Zhao Yan also had a headache.

Artillery, this piece is blank! He's half-himself.

Yesterday, Zhao Yan summed up that artillery should, it seems that there should be mobile surnames and accurate surnames. In peacetime, you also need to consider the safety surname, and you need some infantry protection.

The artillery needs to be carefully maintained, and the most important thing is to cooperate with the infantry, cavalry, and artillery.

Practice for these purposes.

If you have the conditions, you have to go up, and if you don't!

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