There are no more than four points that affect the combat strength of an army: logistics, armament, training, and ideology.

As a battalion soldier, all logistics are uniformly allocated by the imperial court.

The armament is also uniformly allocated, and now Chen Wang basically has no way to solve it.

He had no way to spend money on ordnance, whether it was firearms or swords, or armor and artillery.

As long as the illegal purchase of ordnance is discovered, it will be directly punished for the crime of treason.

Even if Chen Wang wanted to buy it, no one dared to sell it.

The road of developing firearms and climbing science and technology has also been blocked, and the private manufacture of ordnance is also a rebellion.

And now Chen Wang doesn't have a fixed territory, and he doesn't even have a craftsman under his hands.

All this can only be done in the future, when there is enough strength and leverage after the actual separation has been formed.

If we want to build a new army that is different from this era, it is the thinking that is the first and most urgent need to change.

Being a soldier and taking money to sell one's life is the most simple and basic thinking of most people in this era, both Chinese and foreign.

Many people believe that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Europe had already begun to lag behind in all aspects.

But in fact, this concept is undoubtedly untenable.

They came up with all kinds of so-called materials and weapons to prove that Europe was advanced and backward at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But there is no talk about the performance of European armies at the same time.

Some firearms in Europe have indeed been ahead of the curve in many years of warfare, but they are far from the point of creating a generational gap.

The Ming Dynasty did not rest on its laurels, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry easily copied those firearms and began to use them in the army.

Many people think that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the two sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought with swords and spears, a small number of arquebuses, and at most a little Franco machine gun and tiger squat cannon.

In fact, at the end of the Ming and Qing dynasties, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties mounted firearms and used artillery on a large scale.

In the Battle of Songjin, the Ming and Qing dynasties had a total of 240,000 soldiers, and their firepower was far superior to that of the European armies of the same period.

By the eve of entering the customs, the number of red-coated cannons in the Qing army was approaching 100, and there were naturally not a few artillery pieces such as the slightly less powerful general cannons.

Firearms all over the world are exploding at this time, and the exploding chamber is not a patent of the Ming Dynasty.

It was not until the end of the seventeenth century that the flintlock pistols produced by the line-up shooting tactic began to be installed on a large scale in Europe.

Europe was still in the midst of the Thirty Years' War, and the whole of Europe was still in disarray.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the European army was still full of a large number of mercenaries, and even dominated by them, and its military system was still in a backward state.

France won the Thirty Years' War and was on the winning side.

It was because of the Thirty Years' War that France's army replaced Spain as the first army in Europe.

However, when they counted them after the war, they found that the army they actually owned was not even half that of the army on paper, and it was extremely common to eat empty salaries.

The armament, the number of people, and the distribution of various materials are all uneven, the establishment is chaotic, and the clothing is varied.

There is not even a unified military uniform, and the logistics support system is a mess.

The soldiers, like locusts, were like locusts because they were not paid, and they often plundered on a large scale, and the corruption of military discipline made them have no sense of loyalty at all.

They can win wars, not because they are stronger, but because their opponents are worse.

The modern army, the modern army, and the feudal army divided by later generations have different methods, and there are different opinions.

Weapons were a big factor, especially when hot weapons became more common and more powerful in later generations.

History has proven that an army with the courage to die is simply vulnerable when there is a generation gap in weapons.

But once the armaments of both sides are at the same level, it is the people who can decide the victory of the war.

During this period, whether it was the Ming and Qing dynasties or European countries, they all belonged to the category of the old army.

The difference between the armaments is not too large, and there is no generation gap.

The biggest factor that can affect the direction of the battle situation is the courage and will of the soldiers.

In the era of alternating hot and cold weapons, the final decision can be made, or the final melee encounter.

And melee combat is the time when the courage and will of the soldiers are most tested.

In their minds, they only thought about being a soldier and eating salaries, and only thought about plundering and making a fortune in their old army, and their combat effectiveness was always limited.

The reason why Qi Jiajun is strong is not only because of Qi Jiguang's clear rewards and punishments, not only because of his views on military affairs and the use of firearms.

It is even more because Qi Jiguang is well aware of this truth and knows how great the influence of ideology on the army and soldiers is.

The triumphant song made by Qi Jiguang was sung by everyone in Qi's army, and it gradually became the military song of his army.

The two sentences were: "All of you are united, and the mountains can be shaken." Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. ”

In the end, it was "Report to the Son of Heaven and save the head of Qian." Kill all the slaves and find a marquis. As an end.

The first sentence is united in one mind, teaching the soldiers to work together, and the second sentence is based on the deepest loyalty of the people.

In the end, it ends with serving the Son of Heaven and saving all the people, looking for a feudal lord, and glorifying the ancestors.

In a sense, Qi Jiajun is a new army with family and country feelings, firm beliefs, and a whole era ahead.

The reason why he was able to fight a bloody battle without retreating was that he was able to kill and injure hundreds of people without injuring a single person.

It is precisely because they are different from this era that they are a whole era ahead of others.

No army has ever defeated the Qi family's army head-on on the battlefield, even once.

Chen Wang slowly stood up, and his movements also attracted the attention of everyone in the school field.

Two thousand seven hundred people stood close together, and in fact they did not occupy much space.

Chen Wang walked slowly to the front of the platform, where a simple podium had been built.

There were three improvised loudspeakers tied to the podium to ensure that every word he said reached the ears of the crowd.

"I am your future battalion general, I am Chen Wang."

Chen Wang spoke slowly, and his voice slowly sounded in everyone's ears as the megaphone expanded.

"I was born in Liaodong, a military household for generations, you may not know where Liaodong is, but it doesn't matter."

"I became a soldier in the first year of Chongzhen, and I was a soldier to eat food, just for a way to live."

"I know very well that you, like me, are just trying to find a way to live......"

Chen Wang's gaze wandered on the faces of the recruits in the school field.

On the school field, most of the recruits' faces had expressions changed.

They really just want to survive.

Just to survive, they have exhausted their power.

They could have lived, albeit hard.

But as long as you find a way, you can always survive by gritting your teeth.

But the rogues came and burned down their humble houses and robbed them of their food.

With knives and guns, they were forced to go to the battlefield......