After five years of operation, the military training system for recruits of the Haihan militia has become relatively mature, and as long as the form is needed and the supply of soldiers is sufficient, it can continuously train new recruits to join the militia in a cycle of 70-100 days. This capability is not only possessed by Sanya, but also by the garrisons in various places, but it depends on whether the Central Military Commission agrees to authorize it.

Most of the time in this training period is used for queue training, which mainly includes resting, standing upright, turning in place, stepping in unison, stepping forward, running, standing, vertical and horizontal queues, assembling and disbanding, reporting numbers, and so on. Although it would be very mechanical and boring to repeatedly implement these training contents over dozens of days, this is the most suitable training method for the situation of the Haihan militia. The most basic tactic of the Haihan militia is the musket array, and the ability to maintain a neat combat queue and accurately carry out the commander's orders in wartime is the main measure of whether the military skills of ordinary soldiers are qualified. The purpose of platoon training is to use guò to form a conditioned reflex in the recruits, so that they can rely on their physical reactions to complete tactical actions in the dangerous and chaotic situation of wartime.

Of course, there is another role that cannot be ignored in queue training, that is, the cultivation of soldiers' discipline and obedience. Even after a few hundred years, the army has long since abandoned the tactic of lining up to shoot and replaced the training of skirmishers, but basic queue training is still a compulsory course in all armies, in order to get soldiers into the habit of ordering and prohibiting.

Another major part of recruit training is physical training, including 100-meter sprints, frog jumps, push-ups, single parallel bars, cross-country marching, and so on. The purpose of these training contents is more clear, that is, to lay a good physical foundation for the next tactical training. If the soldiers do not have a strong physique, it will be difficult to implement the tactics formulated by the command level in wartime, no matter how clever they are.

After the first two training components have been implemented for a while, the recruits will begin real tactical training. Individual combat skills such as shooting, fighting, and blasting will only officially appear at this time. At this stage, some talented leaders will begin to emerge and will be assigned to more specialized special units such as sniper, artillery, and reconnaissance after the completion of recruit training.

After the end of the entire training period, there will be a corresponding combat skills assessment. At this stage, the commanders of each unit will also come to the recruit camp to select soldiers, and the vast majority of recruits will then officially enter the army and be assigned to each unit.

In fact, there is no fundamental difference between the training method of recruits of the Haihan militia and the practice of other countries during this period, the difference is that the high-level of the Haihan militia has accumulated hundreds of years, formulated training programs that are more targeted, and the efficiency of implementation and the results obtained are far stronger than those of competitors of the same era. If you really want to say that something unique to Haihan is actually the ideological and political work that is going on in the barracks all the time.

At present, the Haihan Youth League is equipped with special political work cadres at the company level, and the mandatory requirement for political work cadres is that they must have the status of members of the Haihan Youth League. This status symbolizes a very high degree of loyalty to the Haihan Executive Committee and the Haihan regime, no matter which field of military, political, industrial and commercial naturalized cadres want to take the official route all the way up, the identity of the Youth League will be included in the assessment criteria when they are promoted to a certain height. And these political work cadres who are also the identity of the Youth League will apply the various skills they have learned in the Youth League cadre school to the recruits, and the daily roll call, afternoon preaching, and evening summary will have a subtle impact on the recruits in the past few months.

It is precisely because of the auxiliary means of political work that the cohesion and loyalty of the Haihan militia are higher than those of the feudal dynasty army of the same era. Since the establishment of the Haihan militia, there have been very few cases of mutiny or desertion, and the response to each recruitment has been very enthusiastic. If you compare the Ming Dynasty's guard army system on Hainan Island, the situation of the Haihan militia is enough to make the officials up and down the Ming military department embarrassed.

After answering questions, Roger saw that it was still early, and invited the representatives of these sponsors to the training ground to see the training of the troops stationed on the island, and the representatives who were curious about this naturally did not refuse.

However, the training of the recruits is obviously not very ornamental, and there are even quite a few of them who cannot accurately distinguish between left and right. Roger had a more than hour-long meeting with the sponsor representatives, while the recruits were still learning how to line up in order of height and shortness. After watching it for a while, the delegates were too embarrassed to focus on these idiots anymore. However, Roger has become accustomed to this, and comforted everyone: "You can remember how clumsy they are now, and wait until three months later, and then see what they will look like after being reborn." When the time comes, you will know whether your money is worth it. ”

Wang Changyue asked: "Chief Luo, can you let us take a look at the training of the militia army, and have a comparison." ”

Roger pointed to the other end of the playground and said, "The two platoons that are training over there are recruits who were recruited from Sanya in the first half of this year, and they came back with me at the end of last month. You can take a look at their training. ”

Led by Roger, everyone came up close to watch the training of the two platoons. The two platoons were divided into two training places, one of which was the simplest standing posture training. The sharp-eyed Wang Changyue quickly discovered a detail, the soldiers pressed a leaf under the palms on both sides of their thighs, and immediately asked Roger for the reason.

"It's about keeping them focused and preventing their hands from moving. Roger explained: "As soon as the hand moves, the leaves will fall and the instructor will notice it in time." Whoever has a leaf falls will be punished for running laps. ”

Fan Pingshun asked puzzledly: "Standing like this is also training?"

"That's right, it's also a military exercise. Roger did not elaborate on the purpose of doing so, but replied succinctly and clearly: "If soldiers who are usually unable to stand on their feet, can they be expected not to be frightened on the battlefield?"

Although Fan Changshun felt that Roger's answer was a bit crooked, it seemed that there was no way to refute it when he thought about it, and the Haihan militia obviously wanted to emphasize discipline and obedience, and this simple and crude way seemed to have a good effect. Everyone watched the work of a stick of incense on the side, but none of them let go of their palms to let the leaves fall.

In another place, the training content was obviously more interesting than the boring standing posture training, where the soldiers were holding a Type 30 flintlock rifle in their hands, maintaining a shooting posture, and the barrel of the gun was hung with the standard cowhide kettle of the militia. Obviously, this posture requires more body consumption than simply standing, and many people have obvious beads of sweat hanging from their hairline sideburns, and some people's arms are slightly shaking.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, the instructor next to them blew a whistle, and the soldiers lowered the barrels of their guns with relief, and the other row of soldiers behind them stood up and made the same movement, while the soldiers who had completed this training hung the kettle on the barrel of the latecomer's gun again.

This action does not need to be explained by Roger, everyone can see that this is training the soldiers in the basic skills of shooting. However, there are still knowledgeable people who have doubts about this, and the Portuguese representative Ricardo asked: "May I ask Chief Luo, why do the soldiers need to carry out such aiming training because this musket is not aimed at the target in the first place?"

Roger shook his head and said, "This is not aiming training, this is actually the same principle as standing in a military posture, we require every soldier to remain in a steady state during combat and only respond to the commander's orders." Let them keep their guns in their hands all the time, so that they should get used to hearing the commander's orders before proceeding to the next step, and not recklessly shoot in advance, which will affect the combat effect. ”

This situation mentioned by Roger was indeed a common situation in the wars of this period, especially the Ming army, which had been equipped with a large number of muskets, often because of panic when dealing with the cavalry of wild boar skins outside the Guan, and opened fire in advance without waiting for the target to enter the best firing range, and the musket array was routed by the cavalry, and the advanced weapons did not bring the victory they deserved. As long as the commander does not give the signal to shoot, the soldiers must maintain the posture of aiming with their guns and wait for the target to enter the strike range.

Of course, Roger will not tell Ricardo, with the increase in steel production capacity and metal processing capacity, the Haihan military industry department is currently trying to produce new rifled rifles in small batches. It is only a matter of time before the smoothbore rifles with extremely poor shooting accuracy are withdrawn from the standard equipment of the Haihan militia, and after the new rifle equipment in the future, the significance of the tactical action of aiming and shooting is no longer just the current "just aim the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the enemy", and arranging for soldiers to practice new aiming skills in advance during training can also effectively shorten the adaptation period of the troops after changing to new rifles in the future.

However, even with the smoothbore guns currently listed, it is clear that the musketeers obtained by this training method of the Haihan will be more stable on the battlefield than the troops who lack relevant training. Ricardo secretly kept this detail in mind, and planned to write it into a report and distribute it to Macau and Goa when he returned, so that his colleagues could also pay attention to this detail when training musketeers in the future.

After watching the training conducted by the Haihan soldiers of these two platoons, the representatives of several families who were still uneasy about this training plan finally relaxed. The control of the details in the training of the Haihan militia is obviously beyond the reach of other armies in their cognition, and it is naturally self-evident what level of soldiers can be trained with this kind of heart. Even if you can't get the opportunity to enter the Haihan Military Academy for further study in the future, if you can train the Haihan people to the level you see in front of you, then it will definitely be enough to let your own cadets go back to organize a private armed force in the countryside in the future. Of course, it would be better if he could complete the three-stage military training mentioned by Roger, after all, mastering individual combat skills and mastering officer skills are still at different levels.

The grass-roots officers of the Haihan People's Regiment who have retired from the army for various reasons go to work as managers and instructors in institutions like the Golden Shield Escort, and their salaries are several times higher than that of their colleagues from ordinary soldiers, and this value is worth in those combat skills that only officers can master. In addition to partners such as the Li family in Guangzhou and the Xu family in Fujian, who have a deep relationship with Haihan, no one else can think of hiring such veterans with the qualifications of officers of the Haihan militia even if they spend money.

After a two-day field trip, the sponsor representatives expressed their satisfaction with the training conditions provided by Roger. Each family quickly sent a messenger back with a letter to report to their superiors the latest developments on the island in the South China Sea.

Roger believed that his training program on the island, along with the island's plantation development program and the continued purchase of overseas slaves, would be able to change the island's former status as a deserted island in a relatively short period of time. If it can't be positioned as a regional business center like Hong Kong Island, it must at least make it a thriving place in the South China Sea.

As in the early days of the development of the Black Earth Port, after the control of Anbuna Island was taken by Haihan, the Executive Committee also gave great favor to the development policy here. Considering that the geographical location, natural resources and surrounding environment of Ambuna Island are not as easy to develop as other overseas territories, the Executive Committee has long decided that the management of Ambuna Island will not be required to pay taxes to the base camp for the first five years, and all the fiscal revenue can be used for local development and construction. The various financial investments made by the Executive Committee in the early stage will also be credited to Haihan Bank in the name of low-interest or even interest-free loans, and it will only start to repay the loan slowly with local fiscal revenue after five years.

Although there are not many revenue items on the island at present, and the income is not even as good as that of a place like Yingge Sea Salt Farm, which has a single product but stable sales, Roger believes that as long as time passes, the island's cash crops will attract more merchant ships to trade here, and those slave ships that originally only transported slaves will also leave with various local products on their return trips in the future, instead of leaving after collecting the silver as they are now, leaving a trade deficit on the account books of Ambuna Island in addition to slaves.

With more merchant ships coming and go, the island's inhabitants had plantations and other livelihoods besides fishing, making it less difficult to bring in immigrants. In addition, it will also become a bridgehead for the southward expansion of Haihan in the future, and a steady stream of troops will be stationed, which will also inject more vitality into the island's economic system. Although it is not possible to build an industry here, Roger believes that as long as the business idea is correct, the route of agricultural trade can also revitalize the place. He has even written to the Ministry of Agriculture to send senior technicians to the area to provide technical support for the development of plantations on the island