Inside the Jinchuan Gate, the barracks school field.

Mr. Lao Dong is training on a daily basis.

At the end of last year, Chongzhen made some changes to the establishment of conscription.

The smallest establishment was abolished, and the establishment became the smallest, with a total of 10 people, including the chief.

A team still has three captains, a total of 30 people, and the captain is concurrently served by one of the three captains.

A sentry still has three teams, including a sentry chief and a trumpeter, with one of the captains and four soldiers serving as the trumpeter.

That is, there are no dedicated officers.

This is to make room for future scholars.

A general office was changed from the original five posts to three posts, and together with a total of 271 people, the general manager was no longer concurrently served by one of the three post commanders, but by the full-time prince of Qin.

When the number of scholars rises in the future, the sentry commander will also be replaced by the full-time post of Qinwang Shizi.

After entering the age of firearms, especially the flintlock age, the quantity and quality of the officer corps will directly determine the combat effectiveness of an army.

The general is a battalion, and a battalion has five general divisions under its jurisdiction, with about 1,350 people.

Chongzhen added a brigade between the battalion and the town, and the first brigade had three battalions under its jurisdiction, with about 4,050 people.

Finally, there are three brigades under the jurisdiction of a town, and a town cannot all be soldiers, and it must be equipped with a considerable number of auxiliary troops, such as car battalions and cavalry.

So the total number of people in a town is about 15,000 people.

This is very similar to the divisional, brigade, and regimental structure of later generations.

"Look to the left, look forward, all of them, all in unison...... Walk! ”

Xu Yingwei and other Qinwang Shizi's passwords were all learned from Chongzhen, so what they learned were all the passwords of later generations, but they spoke in the Dongfang dialect, which only the children of Maodong could understand.

Listening to other general recruits is basically like listening to a book from heaven.

Therefore, the army will place special emphasis on orders, rather than obeying the verbal orders of the commander-in-chief.

Because if you obey the commander's verbal orders and change to a non-local soldier to command the battle, you will be caught blind.

Anyway, when the drums of war sound, they will advance forward, charge at full speed when the trumpet is sounded, and retreat decisively when the rallying cry sounds!

As for putting the gun or something, it also depends on the gesture of the chief officer.

"Stand, set!" Xu Yingwei stopped the team and was about to carry out the next training when a hearty laugh suddenly sounded behind him, "Xu Maniac!" ”

Xu Yingwei was furious, who is this person? How dare you call me by my nickname.

When he looked back in a hurry, he saw Zhu Shunshui walking over with the hem of his shirt.

Because of the training of soldiers on the school field, the snow was trampled to shreds, and it became a muddy pond, and Zhu Shunshui was reluctant to give up the official uniform of the internal affairs government that had just been issued, so he lifted the hem.

By the way, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has unified the attire of officials.

The official uniform is divided into three grades, the first gear is the scarlet robe, which corresponds to the court officials above the third grade, the second gear is the green robe, which corresponds to the court officials above the seventh grade, and the third gear is the white robe, which corresponds to the eighth grade and the ninth grade.

Whether it is a scarlet robe, a green robe or a white robe, there is python embroidery, but there is no complement.

At present, Ma Minglu is the only one wearing a scarlet robe in the Internal Affairs Office, and the rest of the officials of the Internal Affairs Office and the Qin Wang Shizi are wearing green robes and python suits, and the white robes and python suits are the special clothes for the students of Guozijian.

Because it is a newly haired blue-robed python suit, Zhu Shunshui cherishes it very much.

But Xu Yingwei was not so particular, and he was covered with mud less than two days after receiving the python suit.

In fact, there is no way to do it, because Xu Yingwei is a military attaché, he has to train every day, and sometimes he has to fall into the mud pond, how can he keep it tidy?

So seeing the clean and neat python suit on Zhu Shunshui's body, Xu Yingwei was very unhappy.

"All of them, step, go!" Xu Yingwei snorted, stepped on it heavily, and happened to step on a muddy pond, and immediately splashed a piece of muddy water and splashed towards Zhu Shunshui.

Zhu Shunshui was caught off guard and was splashed right now, and he was immediately anxious.

"Huh, I said crazy Xu, you're pure-hearted, right?" Zhu Shun water airway.

"I just did it on purpose, what's the matter?" Xu Yingwei laughed, in fact, the two have a good relationship in private, after all, they are both sworn friends from Shiziying.

"Okay, you crazy Xu, wait for me." Zhu Shunshui scolded angrily and laughed along.

After the exchange, Zhu Shunshui said again: "Your grandmother's equipment has arrived, go over and get it." ”

"So soon?" Xu Yingwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately turned around and shouted, "Stand, set, have everything, turn back, target the barracks, run and walk!" ”

While running, Xu Yingwei asked, "How many general equipment are here?" ”

"Ten." Zhu Shunshui said while following Xu Yingwei out, anyway, the python suit has been soiled, so there is not so much attention.

"Why are there only ten?" Xu Yingwei was stunned when he heard this.

"What do you think?" Zhu Shunshui said angrily, "The Daming Arsenal only gives so much in total, and we can't change more." ”

By the way, Zhu Shunshui is now in the middle of the matter in the Heavy Duty Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Zhu Shunshui's authority in the matter is not ordinary.

Not only the logistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs itself, but also the logistics of the armed forces under the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also under the management of the Heavy Duty Section, which is equivalent to the General Armament Department and the General Logistics Department.

"It's not going to work." Xu Yingwei scratched his head and said.

"Isn't this a scolding for our ten bosses?"

"You don't want it?" Zhu Shunshui didn't have a good breath and said, "That's okay, I'll give it to someone else." ”

"Oh, don't, don't, that's what I said." Xu Yingwei hurriedly said, "Chuyu, why are you still in a hurry." ”

Zhu Shunshui suddenly sighed again and whispered: "Actually, this may not be a good thing, haven't you heard of the mutiny in Wuchang?" ”

"Wuchang mutiny?" Xu Yingwei was stunned.

He really doesn't know that these days he is cleaning up these raw melons and eggs from his grandmother.

"Therefore, the ten generals who have received the equipment first, may have to go to Wuchang." Zhu Shunshui shook his head and said, "Nine times out of ten, there will be another war." ”

"It's not good to fight?" Xu Yingwei was even happier.

Zhu Shunshui shook his head and said, "The problem is that you ten general recruiters haven't touched the gun yet." ”

"What's that?" Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "When you get the gun, you can practice while marching, and when you go to Wuchang, you will practice almost the same, at least there is no problem in cleaning up those chaotic soldiers." ”

While the two were talking, they had already come to the gate of the barracks, only to see a stopped carriage.

"Youzhen, come on, good thing!" Huaxia, who arrived first, waved at Xu Yingwei and shouted.

In addition to Huaxia, there are eight scholars, including Yan Yingyuan, Wang Fuzhi, Guan Siqiu, Xia Rubi, Lu Xiangtong, Xu Fuyi, Lin Zhiyuan and Xia Yunyi.

These ten scholars are the most outstanding in military ability among the more than 6,000 scholars.

Originally, there was a Zheng Sen, but now that he has plunged into the study of flying machines, he is no longer as interested in marching and fighting as before, and Chongzhen doesn't want to force him.

After meeting Huaxia and others, Xu Yingwei came to a carriage.

"This is a flintlock pistol?" Xu Yingwei picked up a flintlock pistol from the carriage.

I have long heard that the Holy Lord personally supervised the creation of a flintlock pistol, which not only has a faster rate of fire, but also is not afraid of rain and fog.

"What is this?" Xu Yingwei held a gun in his left hand and pointed to a box with his right.

"It's a paper shell." Zhu Shunshui opened the box, only to see rows of paper shells neatly stacked inside.

These shells are rolled in fine jute paper and coated with grease, so as soon as the box is opened, the smell of grease immediately hits the nose.

"Paper shells? What about lead? Hua Xia asked in amazement.

"The lead is in the paper shell." Zhu Shunshui said as he picked up a flintlock pistol from the carriage, opened another box, took out a piece of flint from the inside, clamped it on the iron tongs of the board machine, and locked it tightly.

Then flip the anvil upwards to reveal the primer room underneath.

He also bites the paper shell bullet from the tail, first pours a small amount of gunpowder into the injection chamber, then presses down the iron drill to cover the chamber, then pours the remaining gunpowder into the muzzle, and then stuffs the paper shell and lead into the muzzle.

Then take out the through strip and poke the lead to the bottom of the chamber and press it hard.

Then he inserted the strip back into place, and after doing all this, Zhu Shunshui pulled the trigger again, and then raised the flintlock pistol.

After shooting around, but he didn't find a suitable target, Zhu Shunshui pulled the trigger directly on the open space in front of him, only to hear a soft sound first, followed by a loud bang from Peng.

Seeing this, the eyes of Xu Yingwei and the other ten soldiers immediately lit up.

These ten gentlemen are all knowledgeable, and they can see at a glance that the flintlock pistol is extraordinary.

However, they only saw that flintlock pistols were more convenient than arquebuses, and they could not have known about the denser formations of infantry lines and hollow phalanxes.

"And grenades." Zhu Shunshui put down the flintlock pistol and walked in front of the second carriage.

When I opened a box, I saw grenades with long wooden handles standing up inside.

The projectile body is cast in iron, and the surface is also cast with 12 longitudinal and 6 transverse grooves, separating the entire projectile body into 84 independent rectangular pieces.

A small hole was drilled in the middle of the long wooden handle.

There is a lead wire inside the hole.

Xu Yingwei stepped forward and picked up a grenade, good guy, it's quite heavy.

Zhu Shunshui said with a smile: "This thing is not light, one weighs ten pounds!" ”

Due to the insufficient effectiveness of the gunpowder unit, the explosion power could only be increased by increasing the charge, and the result was that the total weight of the projectile body and gunpowder was increased to ten catties.

This thing is heavier than the nine-pound grenades made by Yan Xishan Taiyuan Arsenal.

However, the grenade of Taiyuan Arsenal is a weapon that the Eighth Route Army dreams of, and it has also blown up the little devil on the battlefield to cry and cry for his mother, and the power of the grenade of the Ming Arsenal has to be verified from the battlefield.

"Brother Chuyu, what's on this car?" Yan Yingyuan asked, pointing to the third carriage.

"That's it." Zhu Shunshui said with a smile, "This is a self-defense weapon specially prepared by the Holy Lord for you, a flint hair short. ”