Chapter 343: The Guards (2)
Yang Guang's vision of such a team that can fight tough battles has appeared countless times in the history of China, such as Liu Bei's Bai'er Army in the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan's Liberation Army, Li Shimin's Xuanjia Iron Cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, and so on. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the Ming Dynasty, such elite troops slowly evolved into a pro-soldier system, and many generals used seventy percent of the salary to support the pro-soldiers.
Such elite troop members must have absolute loyalty to Yang Guang so that Yang Guang can use them with confidence. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of this army, Yang Guang felt that he could try to equip them with pistols of modern time and space, so that they could have a very strong close-range attack ability.
Due to the characteristics of scientific and technological civilization, it is difficult for Yang Guang to use products beyond this era on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, such as modern ships, which are undoubtedly thousands of times more powerful than wooden ships, but how to do fuel? How to repair the fault? These are all hidden dangers.
Speaking of which, the lucky ship that Yang Guang brought over first has taken a long time, and it should have entered the dock for maintenance. Even if Yang Guang didn't do anything, Ye Zongman's side could find a way to solve this matter, after all, Yang Guang's Fu ship was using modern technology, and it was not much different from the ships of this era. But if it's a modern ship, everyone can only watch and see that nothing can be done.
In the naval battle between Awaji Island and Xu Weixue, in order to defeat a large number of ships rushing on the opposite side, Yang Guang's five Wuyue-class Fu ships fired non-stop, and the shells dropped in an hour were as high as 24,000 rounds. If it weren't for the fact that Yang Guang had already replenished a large amount of ammunition for this battle, I am afraid that he would have exhausted the family funds he had saved from his previous many round-trips.
The Napoleon cannon belongs to the front-loading artillery, the structure is simple and there is nothing particularly complicated, the gunner of this era can operate the Franco cannon, and he can quickly master the use of the Napoleon gun, and the usual maintenance is not difficult, there is no technology beyond this era, even if there is one that has been circumvented by Yang Guang in other ways, such as the shells that are packaged at the factory.
Replaced by a French 75mm infantry gun, this best infantry gun during the First World War can shoot 15 rounds per minute, if you buy a large number of them and then get to the Ming Dynasty plane, wouldn't it be a god to kill the gods and Buddhas?
But in fact, this is not the case, the excessively high firing frequency makes a large number of artillery attacks overflow, purely because of the excessive consumption of shells that cannot be produced in this plane, and it is likely that there will be ammunition that Yang Guang has brought over for several months, which is not enough to consume in a battle. In addition, the artillery itself is ahead of its time, and there is no way to fix any problems that arise, and if they appear in war, it will be fatal.
In the same way, Yang Guang is not ready to fully use automatic rifles in this era, aside from the impossible problems of maintenance, fault repair and ammunition supply, there is also a very important point, that is, the history of modern time and space has proved that front-loading rifled guns and mini bullets are enough to hang the nomadic cavalry, and there is no need to draw snakes and make trouble for yourself with more advanced automatic rifles.
In addition to the points listed above, there is also a user factor. Yang Guang could not lock the loyalty of all the people under his command, so he had to consider the issue of the muzzle of the gun.
This time, Yang Guang formed a pro-guard team and armed it with pistols, which was his attempt to think about the future layout. Absolutely loyal to his own personal guards, he can be equipped with more advanced equipment, just like Yang Guang can give Zhao Wu the horn of "Call of the Beasts" to defend himself.
The descendants used front-loading rifled guns and mini bullets, and they were the main force under Yang Guang's command, and they were the foundation of Yang Guang's conquest of this world. As for the other vassals, it is enough to hold a flintlock pistol, after all, this is also much more advanced than the arquebus in the hands of the enemy, isn't it?
Yang Guang is not going to hand over this work to others, not because he doesn't trust it, but because it's too important, the selection and training of the pro-guard team is a long-term process, and it is also an important way to train grassroots officers, only Yang Guang knows how to do it, and only Yang Guang can do it justifiably, and it is impossible for others to convince the public.
With Yang Guang's current power, many things don't need to be done in person, and his subordinates will work for him as soon as he greets him. There was no shortage of anything in the Dayuan Island base, and Zhao Wu was busy with dozens of people for most of the day, and finally built the selection site according to Yang Guang's design drawings.
After the news that Yang Guang was going to select a personal guard spread, almost all of them hugged over the next day, and everyone knew very well that being selected meant that they would ascend to the sky, how could anyone let go of such an opportunity?
"Are you ready?" Zhao Wu took the hourglass and asked the family member standing on top of him. After seeing the latter raise his right arm above his head in accordance with the rules, Zhao Wu quickly turned the hourglass upside down and buckled it on the table.
The family member who got the order immediately started and ran forward desperately without looking back, and if he couldn't complete all the items before all the sand on the hourglass leaked down, he would be automatically eliminated.
The various tests prepared by Yang Guang are mainly based on the simulated training of soldiers in modern time and space, such as climbing over erected wooden planks, climbing through low spaces under barbed wire, and hanging upside down on ropes through puddles...... During this period, it is necessary to load ammunition at a preset position, aim at a wooden target, and move a certain amount of heavy objects to a designated place.
Don't look at the whole process as a game, there are only 7 people who can complete all the content within the specified time from morning to afternoon. According to such an elimination rate, I am afraid that the entire Dayuan Island base may not be able to select enough 10.
The guy who was working the field was from Shandong, he was born as a guard soldier of Lingshanwei, perhaps because he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, his skills were much more flexible, and he was a very difficult obstacle for other selectors, and he was like an ape to overcome very easily. When there was less than 1 percent of sand left in the hourglass, the family completed all the projects and ran back to Zhao Wu.
Yang Guang looked at the list in his hand, and among the 8 people selected through the test, 3 of them were all from the guards, and I have to say that the foundation of these people is stronger than those craftsmen, farmers or carpenters. Among the remaining 5 people, except for Tian Yihu from Yangzhou, the rest were sailors who followed Ye Zongman to the north and south.
"Sir, our Liu family also has a few good skills, I wonder if we can participate?" Liu Yan, who was sitting next to Yang Guang, suddenly asked.
"Of course, as long as it's me, it's eligible." Yang Guang replied without thinking: "Let them prepare, they can participate at any time!" (To be continued.) )