Chapter 1400: Arabian Storm (Seventy-One)

"You're too slow, give me more speed! Have you not eaten? ”

Many of the Bedouin warriors who were training had unnatural expressions on their faces about such unceremonious words, but they endured it stubbornly, which was a bit surprising.

Farier, along with more than 600 Bedouin soldiers who had volunteered to stay, began regular military training with the Imperial Army over the next few days.

At this time, these Bedouin warriors, under the scolding of the imperial instructor, seemed to be a little hurried, and made people feel a little unbearable.

This is not surprising at all.

After all, these Bedouin warriors are accustomed to fighting with cold weapons. Suddenly exposed to muskets, especially the Empire, which is very advanced across this era, it is normal for them to be unaccustomed to this.

Although the Empire's muskets were better than their contemporaries, they did not go beyond the scope of the muskets, but they were improved to be easier to handle and easier for soldiers to use.

It was not until at least the eighteenth century that this musket became popular and became a mainstream weapon among European countries. But now, only the Empire in the world can produce such muskets, which can be regarded as an advantage of the Empire.

It is precisely by relying on this weapon that the empire established by Zhao Hongyu can gain a foothold in the Americas.

However, unlike the Bedouin warriors, most of the warriors of the Song Empire were genetically human of Chinese descent. In the process of cultivation, they will be selectively instilled with some modern knowledge, so they can quickly accept and master this weapon.

This is an advantage that the Bedouin warriors do not have.

Accustomed to using cold weapons to fight, and coldly began to receive training on how to use muskets, which made everyone very unaccustomed.

So, it's normal for there to be chaos.

Clean the barrel, reload gunpowder, and put in buckshot. Although these steps may seem simple, these Bedouin warriors took a lot of effort.

After all, they are not very used to it, so this is all understandable.

However, the Song Empire instructors who trained them would not think about this. The instructor was not at all merciless when these people were not well trained.

This made many Bedouin fighters unconvinced.

For those, this instructor, of course, will use his own means to convince them.

In the army, it is natural to speak with a big fist, and it is the same in this era.

Whoever is not convinced. This instructor will always give them a chance to challenge themselves. And let it be, as long as they can defeat themselves, then he can apologize and never have to be trained in muskets again.

This made many people very happy, thinking that they could take the opportunity to teach this arrogant instructor a good lesson, and also let the people of the Song Empire see the power of Bedouin warriors.

They don't know how powerful the musket is, after all, it seems to them that this thing is really very troublesome to use, where is it convenient to fight with a knife.

Pity. Those guys who challenged didn't end up very well.

They were all cleaned up by the instructor, and they knew the strength of this instructor thoroughly.

Whether it's hand-to-hand combat or armed combat. This instructor will crush the challenger with absolute strength.

Neither 1vs1, 1vs2 nor 1vs3 challenges can pose any threat to the instructor.

Therefore, these somewhat unruly Bedouin warriors are completely convinced.

That's why he is now facing this instructor's unceremonious rhetoric. Although their faces turned blue one by one, no one spoke out to refute the reason.

People are strong, if you are not satisfied, you can challenge.

If you don't dare. Then let's hold it honestly.

The idea of honoring the strong is also quite popular among Bedouins.

It was also through this method that the instructors of Chinese descent who were ordered by Zhang Xiao to train these Bedouin warriors were able to subdue these guys in a short period of time.

Otherwise, not to mention the normal training, it is not even possible to get them to line up in a neat queue.

After all, there was not much time left for Zhang Xiao, so he had no way to tell these Bedouin warriors from shallow to deep, the importance of the queue and the power of the musket.

He can only let the instructors use this means to conduct more effective training, ensuring that they can achieve their desired goals in the shortest possible time.

Fast queues!

Then a series of steps before preparing for the musket to fire, and it was in this situation of forcible suppression that training began.

Although the means are somewhat inauthentic, the results are still obvious.

In about three days, the Bedouin warriors were already lined up according to the order, and then knew how to load muskets and lead bullets.

It's just that because of the short period of time, they are very disorganized, and they can't be compared with the Imperial Army.

For these, Zhang Xiao didn't ask for anything.

Where is the advantage of the Imperial Army, where is the disadvantage of the Bedouin soldiers, Zhang Xiao is also very clear.

Fariyah also joined in the training, and was very serious about working hard.

After all, it is the pearl of the Bajir tribe, and from Elder Aziz, I heard about the battle between the Imperial Army and the Kurdish cavalry.

Therefore, she was still full of expectations for the power of the Imperial Army's muskets, and this kind of queue that she didn't know very well.

You know, it's with this weapon, and this kind of queue that she doesn't think has any advantages. The army of the Song Empire was completely annihilated in this battle by the Kurdish cavalry.

That being the case, this kind of queue, with the musket, must have its advantages.

Unlike the other warriors, Fariyah looked farther.

Because the Empire improved its muskets and issued paper quantities of gunpowder, it greatly shortened the time it took to reload ammunition, making this step much easier.

Otherwise, Fariyah and these Bedouin warriors would have had even more headaches about this training.

The European musketeers of this era, when loading gunpowder, came only on the basis of their own experience. So the amount of gunpowder poured into the barrel must be more or less.

This leads to a lack of gunpowder, which will greatly weaken the power of the musket.

If there is too much gunpowder, there is a danger of exploding.

Want to use the musket normally. At least an experienced veteran musketeer.

Therefore, in this day and age, experienced old musketeers are very precious.

Of course, it's not just the musketeers, but the other classes as well.

However, there would be no such trouble on the part of the Song Empire, because the use of paper gunpowder completely exempted the troubles and dangers that would occur in this step.

Pieces of gunpowder have long been packed in paper shells made of kraft paper according to the ration, and when necessary, it is enough to pour gunpowder into the barrel of the gun.

So, the portion won't go wrong.

It is for this reason. The Bedouin fighters, who are now being trained, are also much more relaxed.

At the very least, they don't have to worry about the amount of gunpowder poured into the barrel, do they?

Therefore, they can be considered lucky.

This method, for example, would not be invented until the end of the Thirty Years' War.

However, because of the appearance of Zhao Hongyu, the opener, the Song Empire began to use this method early.

More than 600 Bedouin fighters, according to the five-stage shooting battle array. Trained.

As long as they can study seriously, if they really encounter a strong enemy in the future, it will not be difficult for them to defeat an enemy five or six times their size.

Even, if the location is on the defensive. It is not impossible to withstand the attack of more than 10,000 people.

Provided, of course, that they had enough gunpowder and buckshot.

The standard equipment of the soldiers of the Imperial Army was a straddle leather bag containing 200 rounds of lead bullets, and 200 cardboard shells of gunpowder.

This equipment configuration. When the time comes, it will definitely carry over to these Bedouin fighters.

Zhang Xiaodao will not favor one over the other.

Therefore, if you really encounter a strong enemy with more than 10,000 people, you don't have to worry about anything with such a single soldier's material carrying.

At least. In the same situation, even if the Imperial Army faces an enemy twenty times larger than itself, it can still defend itself if it is on the defensive and occupies a favorable position.

Even, there is a great chance to fight back and even defeat the opponent.

However, considering these Bedouin warriors, although they began to learn this method of warfare of the Imperial Army, as well as the use of muskets. But after all, they are very different from the soldiers of the Imperial Army in terms of concept.

Therefore, if you encounter three or four times as many enemies, you can rest assured that they can defend.

But if you exceed this amount, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it.

But no matter what, letting them train will also have a little benefit for Zhang Xiao.

After all, against the three major tribes, Zhang Xiao will have a better chance of winning if he has more troops at hand.

Zhang Xiao sat in a white Arabic military tent, looking at the Bedouin soldiers being trained outside, and the Chinese instructor who kept scolding them.

Inside the tent, the staff officers belonging to this unit are constantly busy.

The Bedouin tribes have all left, and now Zhang Xiao can let go of his hands and start the battle plan against the three major tribes.

But before that, he needs to obtain some detailed intelligence information to make some next battle plans, instead of recklessly killing them.

So, these days, he has been sitting in the barracks. And sent a lot of scouts to reconnoiter the situation within fifty miles of the barracks, and at the same time collect information from the three major tribes.

Accompanying the Imperial scouts, there are also selected Bedouin warriors.

It's been three days, and after some reconnaissance and collection, some news has been fed back one after another since the morning, and there is some important information about the war that has broken out between the three major tribes.

Zhang Xiao was very concerned about the information about the outbreak of war between the three major tribes.

Isn't it, the adjutant standing behind him is holding an intelligence document sent back by a reconnaissance team, and is reporting to him...... (To be continued......)