Chapter 52: The Specter of Liberation

There was no doubt about Donner's training style.

The first row led by Jasmine began to consciously go to the second row, learning to stand upright and take a break, walk right, and learn to fold quilts after training.

At the same time, Donner will also incorporate some mini-games into the training, such as having one person fall down and the other person catching his teammates accurately.

This kind of small game can usually cultivate tacit understanding and cooperation between comrades-in-arms, and at the same time, it can subconsciously increase trust in comrades-in-arms, and after a long time, when the battle comes, they will rest assured that they will hand over their backs to their comrades.

Jasmine seemed to have lost the battle that day, and was stimulated, and her cold personality became even colder, and she did not hesitate to train people to the death, and the requirements were extremely strict, as if she had to compete with the personnel of the second platoon.

The people in the second platoon were also not to be left behind, and spontaneously increased the training time and difficulty, vowing to keep the first platoon at the bottom.

Downer was very pleased with this situation, and in order to promote harmony between the two platoons, he often organized football matches or actual combat exercises between the two platoons.

It is necessary to have two platoons of people use cold weapons to conduct exercises, and although gunpowder and muskets have already been made, as far as the current situation is concerned, cold weapons are still the main force on the battlefield to a large extent.

Only after smokeless gunpowder and all-metal reloading bullets were made will cold weapons slowly disappear from the stage of history.

A month later, more than 20 arquebuses were finally assembled, and the women on the island were also arranged to make hundreds of catties of granule gunpowder according to the standards of the assembly line, and the follow-up was constantly stepping up manufacturing.

Donner, with Mike and Matthew, distributed the arquebuses to the members of the four and five teams.

The team had never seen such a strange weapon as a musket before, and they didn't know how to use it, so Donner had to teach them step by step himself.

Twenty team members sat on the beach, one row of people shouted slogans on the other side for training, and Donner held an arquebus and explained in detail to everyone the structure and use of the musket.

“...... First place the arquebus upright, scoop out the gunpowder from the powder canister, fill it through the muzzle, then put in the projectile, and press it slightly with a strip, not too hard. Finally, light the fire rope and place it on the arquebus, which is this clip, and finally pull the trigger. ”

There are a lot of steps, many people don't remember it, and Donner is not in a hurry, he didn't let them immediately practice with live ammunition, but let them start with loading gunpowder, clean the barrel, familiarize themselves with all the movements, and if they encounter someone who makes a mistake in the operation, Donner will correct it in time.

The team members repeated the actions of reloading gunpowder, pulling the trigger, etc., and when everyone had mastered the steps and no mistakes were made, Donner began to distribute gunpowder projectiles to them.

Twelve wooden targets were erected on the seashore, and Ma Xiu and the others each held a gun, eighty meters away from the wooden targets.

Donner said in a deep voice, "Now follow the steps you are familiar with, and fill the gunpowder projectile into it." ”

These movements have been practiced for a long time and are already very familiar, and after the team members have followed the steps to do everything, Donner said: "Seeing that there is no wooden target with a circle drawn on the opposite side, aim at the circle in the center, and then pull the trigger." ”

According to Donner's instructions, the team members pulled the trigger, and a "boom" of gunfire and a large amount of black smoke came out, which made the team members holding the arquebus so frightened that they almost threw away the arquebus in their hands.

What the hell is this? How can it make such a loud noise and black smoke?

They had been faithfully obeying Donner's orders, so they didn't ask much about this strange weapon, but at this time, they were shocked.

At the same time, they were shocked not only by the sound, but also by the great power.

A few timid people trembled as they looked at the strange weapons in their hands, Donner stepped forward and looked at the wooden target, only three of them hit, and all the others missed.

"Come again. Donner didn't say much, and asked the team to clean the barrel of the gun before continuing to reload the gunpowder.

With the first experience, Matthew and the others were mentally prepared, and the shooting situation was much better, and seven of them hit wooden targets.

Donner nodded secretly: "You must keep in mind the steps of using this weapon, and don't make a mistake." Well, then from now on intensify training, strive to increase the speed of firing, increase the rate of hits, I promise, the fastest person and the first person to hit the center of the wooden target, reward fifty silver coins. ”

When the team members heard this, they all swallowed their saliva.

Looking at the looks of the crowd, Donner instructed Matthew to lead them to continue training.

And so the guns rang out until dusk.

After a football match between the two rows, night began to fall.

Donner called the two rows together, lined up in three neat rows, sitting opposite each other, lighting a bonfire in the middle, ready to begin the usual exchange of ideas.

This exchange of ideas is an important weapon for the PLA training team, and Downer has also transferred the method to the team.

In the past, Donner would let the players reminisce about their dreams, or tell stories, which not only allowed Donner to know their hearts more clearly, but also deepened everyone's feelings.

Under the firelight, the personnel on both sides looked meticulous, and after so many days of training, they had learned what organizational discipline was.

Donner picked up a dead branch in his hand and paddled the sand: "Recently, I have heard a lot of discussions, some people ask why we changed the name of the Liberation Regiment to such a strange name, and some people question why I want to burn the slave contracts of those people I bought, today, I will tell you about it......"

It just so happened that at this time, Blair and Jason found this place, and they had something to report to Donner.

After listening to the report, Donner said to the two of them, "That's right, you guys will listen to it together." ”

The two respectfully sat down on the side, and Donner continued: "The reason why I burned the slave contract of Jason and others is because I feel that people are equal. ”

These words made the people below talk one after another, and some raised their hands and asked: "Commander, how can people be equal, just like those nobles, how can they be equal to commoners?"

Donner smiled, "The nobleman has one more head and more hands than us?"

Someone in the crowd burst out laughing, and Donner continued, "The reason why you think that the nobles and the commoners are not equal is because the nobles hold power, and the commoners have always been oppressed by the nobles. ”

"The reason why the nobles have power is because they can make sharp weapons, strong castles, and have strong armies, all of which come from knowledge, but the nobles have always blocked knowledge and refused to pass it on to the common people. ”

"In this world, we can divide it into two classes, one is the exploiting class represented by the noble lords, and the other is the exploited class represented by the commoner craftsmen. ”

"Why are they called the exploiting class? In this world, the grain is grown by the common people, and the houses and farm tools are made by craftsmen, but the nobles do nothing but deprive them of all the fruits of their labor? Is it not fair? ”

"The greed of the nobility drove them to rob them of their lands, the lords oppressed them, the merchants turned their hires into their slaves, and some magicians and alchemists turned their students into servants......"

"All are born the same, one head, hands and feet, everyone is originally equal, but these exploiters have deprived everyone of all ......"

Everyone present seemed to understand, but Jason and the others showed a deep shock in their eyes, they had never heard such an argument.

"What does emancipation mean? Emancipation is to break the shackles that bind us to the aristocratic class and to regain our own freedom and equality. ”

"Our liberation regiment wants to establish a truly fair and just territory that belongs to us, without nobles or slaves, whether it is artisans or peasants, everyone is equal, and the fruits of labor created belong to everyone, no longer exploited, and no longer oppressed. ”

This...... Is it possible? Everyone is wondering!

Unbeknownst to them, this thing called Liberation will become a ghost roaming the Continent of Light, not fearing the Holy Encirclement initiated by the Pope, kings, lords and nobles, and it will unite all proletarians and slaves and terrify all exploiters.