People observing the new firearms on the campus field on the outskirts of the Crouching Tiger Training Corps. Having already felt the overwhelming, dense salvo of arrows of the "swarm", they now saw many shuttle-shaped objects dragging fire and smoke passing in front of the stands, making a "chirp-chirp!" roar, which made people shudder.

Through the military binoculars, Li Jinwu and Pang Tong saw with their own eyes that these high-speed flying long-pole arrows began to burst one after another in the process of landing, and then exploded countless sparks to the ground, quickly igniting the low grass and trees on the ground.

"What is this firearm called?" Li Jinwu asked Zhao Bu intently.

Zhao Bu replied: "I've been busy testing and improving the synchronous burst problem before it landed, but I forgot to name it, and it just so happens that 'Naming Ancestor' is here, so let him do me a favor?"

The "naming ancestor" in Zhao Bu's mouth naturally refers to Zhao Xing.

was ridiculed again, Zhao Xing didn't bother to worry about Zhao Bu, anyway, as long as this baby got together with himself, he either raised the bar or kept asking "why", because there were many people today, his performance was quite good. Zhao Xing didn't think about it and said: "That kind of firearm is called 'a swarm of bees', and now this kind of firearm is called 'flamingo'." ”

Everyone tasted it carefully and found that Zhao Xing's casually named name was actually full of meanings, and it vividly expressed the function and form of this firearm, so they applauded one after another.

The implementation of the new firearms has been completed and has been well received by everyone. Li Jinwu immediately said that he would specially transfer a group of soldiers with dexterous hands and feet and clever minds from various divisions of the Crouching Tiger Army to form a "Divine Fire Battalion," which will be specially used to use firearms in the future. And the task of training the Shenhuo Battalion naturally fell on Lao Pei's head, and in fact, it fell on Zhao Bu's head.

Zhao Xing naturally heard about Li Jinwu and Pang Tong's secret plans and calculations against the Hedong garrison, but he very seriously gave Li Jinwu and Pang Tong three instructions: "First, new firearms can be used, but the scope of secret knowledge must be ensured and must not spread outward; second, the emphasis is on relying on strategy to win the war, so as to avoid the spread of the erroneous trend of thinking of 'the theory that firearms are invincible in the world' among the army; and third, the traditional training of non-commissioned officers must not be abandoned, and the Shenhuo battalion can only exist on a small scale as a special operations force. ”

Regarding Zhao Xing's instructions, Li Jinwu has been obedient to his words for more than ten years, and after Pang Tong followed Zhao Xing, he was also familiar with Zhao Xing Once he said something seriously, it meant that this matter must attract everyone's attention and attention, so they took Zhao Xing's stance very seriously, and they would keep in mind Zhao Xing's three principles on the use of firearms in the future.

In his previous life, Zhao Xing had seen a lot of various advanced weapons such as aircraft artillery, bullets, missiles and satellites, but he was not so hot-headed as to want to build such an army that spanned more than 1,800 years. Because in his opinion, first, this idea is unrealistic, and second, this kind of thinking is dangerous. If the limited wealth of the Jin State is invested in the endless research and development of hot weapons, it will not only drag down the economy of the Jin State, but also make the form of war develop in the direction of getting out of control.

As an important tactical weapon, firearms were pushed to the battlefield of this time and space by Zhao Xing early, but they also had many limitations. For example, firearms are too expensive to produce and extremely dangerous, so they can hardly become universal weapons, and can only be used as a deterrent and barrier-breaking weapon; firearms are greatly affected by wet weather and rain, and when used in haze and night conditions, they are very likely to miss or accidentally injure friendly troops.

Therefore, up to now, the great victories of the Jin State on the battlefield have all relied on precise coordinated command and the concerted efforts of the soldiers in exchange for it, and the firearms have only accelerated the process of winning the victory and reduced the number of casualties among the Jin soldiers. Over-reliance on the use of firearms is likely to result in major setbacks in unfavourable weather or battlefield conditions.

Zhao Xing always kept in mind his intention to introduce gunpowder, that is, the proper use of firearms was to reduce casualties among soldiers and speed up the process of offensive and defensive tug-of-war, not to create a large-scale killing effect. If everyone is killed, what's the point of having a few nuclear warheads in his hands?

Zhao Xing's "Three Principles for the Use of Firearms" made by Zhao Xing to the Crouching Tiger Army, after Chen Jue's polishing, was quickly passed on to the major army corps as an urgent secret report.

After a lapse of many years, many military figures recalled Zhao Xing's seemingly inconspicuous instruction and said that it was really dangerous at that time, and that if the emperor had not pointed out and stopped the erroneous trend of thought such as the "theory of the invincibility of firearms" in the grassroots troops of the Jin State in time, the victory of the unification war might have been postponed for at least 50 to 100 years.

Although Zhao Xing imposed various restrictions on the use of firearms, this did not hinder Pei Yuanshao's enthusiasm for training the Shenhuo Battalion for the Crouching Tiger Army. Because Pei Yuanshao has known a truth since he began to sell furniture with the lord, that is, "rare things are expensive". Of the 40,000 people and eight divisions of the Crouching Tiger Army, Li Jinwu only sent 1,000 of them to the training regiment to receive training in new firearms, which shows how valuable the Shenhuo Battalion is.

As the saying goes: good steel is used on the edge of a knife. As the former commander of the Heavy Infantry Division of the Crouching Tiger Army, Pei Yuanshao has a deep affection for this army, and he secretly made up his mind to install the sharpest claws and fangs in the world for the Crouching Tiger Army, the "Royal Forest Army" that defends the safety of the Jin Kingdom.

According to Zhao Bu's suggestion, Pei Yuanshao divided the 1,000 soldiers of the Shenhuo Battalion into four squads, of which the first squad was mainly responsible for learning and mastering the loading, inspection, and maintenance of firearms; the second squad was responsible for calculating the angle of fire and distance before firing; the third squad was responsible for observing communications and issuing orders; and the fourth squad was responsible for igniting and carrying firearms.

At the beginning of the training, the four teams were trained in different specialties, and when they were able to become proficient, one person from each squad was selected and four people were formed into a complete firing team, and then they began to train on real firearms.

This training method has reduced the key content that each soldier needs to learn and master, shortened the training period, and met the requirements for the operation and use of large firearms such as "a swarm of bees," and has quickly achieved obvious training results.

Half a month later, Li Jinwu and Pang Tong personally went to the training regiment to test the training level of the Shenhuo Battalion. When they saw the 1,000 soldiers working together in a hurry, skillfully shooting the rain of arrows at the target in the designated direction, a very satisfied smile appeared on their faces.

The two of them didn't expect that Pei Yuanshao would be able to really train an elite soldier who could skillfully use new firearms for the Crouching Tiger Army in such a short period of time, and their evaluation of Pei Yuanshao in their hearts immediately rose several levels.

Xu Huang learned that the Shenhuo Camp had completed training, so he ordered: "Since everything is ready, let's do it!"