Chongwen said: "These days, I have done everything possible to get more than 60 Kang horses, which is not too good, you first select some skilled men to practice with bow horses, and then we will find a way to buy horses." ”

Cannon still likes to manipulate artillery, and he has no reason to do such an errand, so he has to consider himself unlucky.

Chongwen continued: "In land battles, you can't face the enemy from the side, once you encounter the enemy, each family must push the artillery to the front of the formation, build an artillery array, and the bird-gunners spread along the left and right sides of the artillery array, forming a dense fire base. The fire bases should not be too far apart or too close, about 15-20 steps is preferred.

The chain of artillery arrays must not be a straight line, and the sides should be folded towards the infantry flanks, resembling a semi-circular arc. The chaotic infantry of the merchant group had to keep a distance of about 20 paces from the artillery behind the artillery array, and this arc-shaped passage was used for orders, reinforcements, and the delivery of munitions. As soon as the enemy broke through the rain of bullets and rushed up, the infantry went up from behind to reinforce them. ”

Hai Liqing asked, "Why is it a semicircle?"

Chongwen said: "The infantry of the East China Sea Merchant Regiment are all robbers who rob homes and houses, they are brave and ruthless, they do not respect discipline, and they are a group of rabble. This kind of gang is very heroic in fighting the wind, but once it encounters hard stubble, it will definitely be defeated.

The arc-shaped array of guns was designed to protect the infantry flanks from being outflanked by the enemy. The shogunate army had quite a few cavalry, and it was possible to surprise our side. If there is no artillery cover, our infantry will see a large group of cavalry outflanking from the flank, and there will be panicked and disorderly marchers, and once the panic spreads, it will not be far from defeat. ”

Fei Bai Jie on the board asked, "Why is the fire base 2-30 steps apart? ”

Er went to sea and said with a smile: "Where does the gap come from, can the bird gunners and gunners only move forward? Where the guns fly, it doesn't depend on where the team head is pointing." ”

Chongwen nodded and said, "That's right, the guns are too dense and not conducive to carrying ammunition and manipulating the guns and guns. In addition, the cannon is very dangerous, not without the possibility of exploding, and at some distance, it is also for the safety of others.

What's more, the gap between these 2 and 30 paces is the passage for the infantry to charge, and once the cannon crushes the enemy or cannot stop the enemy from rushing up, the infantry must rush through this passage, or pursue the remnants of the enemy, or protect the gun. ”

Lin Yanghao suddenly asked, "What if it's a hilly area and doesn't have such a wide battlefield?"

Chongwen took another piece of paper, drew a rough hilly terrain, and said: "If the battlefield is uneven, put the guns on a high place, and the infantry will line up around the artillery. Do not seek a straight line, nor do you want the battle formation to be neat, as long as the infantry and artillery are formed high and low configuration, they can cover each other.

In short, when fighting, it is necessary to bombard the enemy's position first with heavy firepower, kill and wound a large number of enemy soldiers, and weaken its sharpness. When the enemy soldiers are tired and will collapse, then the infantry will assault and defeat them in one fell swoop. We must not use infantry to engage the enemy first, that is to attack the enemy with a short time, and we cannot afford to lose the battle. ”

Everyone nodded yes in unison.

Chongwen put the lake pen on the pen holder and said: "Siege of the city, do you need me to say more? Break the city gate with solid bullets, bombard the city head with shotguns, and cover the infantry to rush into the city, and the big thing is decided, and the country has not yet been able to deal with the fortified city with guns." ”

Xu Yi smiled: "There is no army that can deal with guns. ”

All the pirates laughed, but Chongwen didn't laugh, he said coldly: "Then it also depends on whether you are not able to train in Fujiang Island, and whether you are calm and not flustered in the future." To be honest, we don't have a general like Xu Weigong, Chang Shiwan, and Li Qiwang here, and the victory and capture one depends on strategy, the other depends on discipline, on the unity of all people, and on immobility like a mountain.

The whole training on Fujiang Island is not to teach them to operate guns and guns, but to be able to line up at sea and on land. The most important layer is to make them fear you more than death, and absolutely obey your orders, at least every artillery team must order and prohibit it. ”

The chief soldier sighed and said: "What the big sea said is extremely true, this is the first time we have fought such a big battle, even if the other side is a barbarian country, we can't underestimate it." If we lose, not only will we lose the entire country, but we may also be kicked out by those mercenary guys in the merchant group, and we won't even be able to keep Longwang Island. ”

Chongwen said: "Exactly... So from tomorrow onwards, you have to be careful. Now you are assigned by me, Ah Hai, Ah Yi, Ah Jie, Huaide, and Shishi, and you five will be the captains of the five gunboats on Dragon King Island.

In wartime, you are the sentry and the sentry commander, the leader of a fleet of ships, and you have the responsibility of command. That's because our warships on Longwang Island have the most firepower, each bow has a 500-kilogram hair, there are 3 one-pound guns on the amidships, 1 stern two-and-a-half-pound guns, and 5 other ships, you have to be responsible for the more than 10 warships behind you, and you can't let them die in vain.

Yang Hao, you have served as the captain of my Blood-Anointing Bird ship and concurrently the red-headed sentry, and from now on, you will be the military advisor of the Servants! Now you are going to train the fleet in my place on Fujiang Island, and the Blood-Anointing Bird ship will be the flagship of the fleet in wartime. A few of you are responsible for training more than 60 sea ships in the bureau, so that each of them will act in unison with you, and the battle flag will be like a finger. ”

A few guys didn't drink at all, and they bowed down one by one to receive their orders.

Chongwen thought for a moment and continued: "When you go to sea for the second time, you lead the remaining 20 or so old brothers to teach land warfare. I sold them all the bowls you brought back from Zhenhaiwei, and our ships were replaced with son-mother guns, and in addition to that, I sold them 1,200 firearms, and all the people of our Dragon King Island were dressed with bird guns and turtledove horns.

In this way, each pirate family basically has a cannon team of about 100 people, and you arrange an old brother from Dragon King Island in each cannon team to serve as a teacher on Fukue Island, and he is the leader of the team in wartime, responsible for commanding the cannon battle.

From tomorrow onwards, the second going to sea will be the chief teacher of the bureau, Yang Hao will be the deputy chief teacher, and the two of you will be responsible for the whole training of Fujiang Island, and everyone must obey their dispatch. Ah Gan, you are responsible for training the sea and land scout team, and you must form an army as quickly as possible, and war does not wait for anyone. ”

The three of them received the order together, bowed and saluted, and their expressions were awe-inspiring.

Chongwen stood up and said slowly: "The life and death of Dragon King Island, the survival of the East China Sea Merchant Group, is in the upcoming battle. And you don't have much time, maybe tomorrow, maybe after the 10th, no more than a month at most, and we will go to the battlefield.

So, in fact, the war will start after dawn tomorrow, and the Fukue Island training is also a war. If we can't win the battle of Fukue Island, the game will still be a rabble, then everything will be over, and we don't need to go to the east to die.

The last thing I want to tell you is, simple, disciplined, simple, disciplined. Simplicity is so that every brother in the bureau can know what he wants to do, and know it in the fastest time. Discipline is for 6,000 people to walk in unison and not make any mistakes. If you do these two layers, the country will be ours!"

Zhonghao bowed down and responded: "Obey the order of the great sea." ”

Chongwen took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "Since we fought out of Nanjing, until now, how many hardships and hardships have we experienced, how many brothers have died, and the effort spent can fill the port of Hirado.

Now that we have finally reached the final hurdle before the decisive battle, I can tell you that there is no way back. If you retreat, you will die, either from the magnates of the country, or from the division of your peers, or from the pursuit of Yongji. If we move forward, we will be born, and if we win this battle, we will be the emperor of the country, with tens of millions of people and hundreds of millions of wealth, even if the Yongji puppet emperor wants to deal with us, it will not be so easy.

With the country as the foundation and the merchant group as the backing, the vast East China Sea will allow us to gallop freely, is this not worth our desperate battle? If any of the brothers unfortunately dies in the battle this time, we will meet again at the Longyan Righteous Shrine in Nanshan Mountain, Longwang Island, and whether we live or die, we will all become a new generation of heroes of the sea country. ”

After a pause, Chongwen looked around at his companions and said, "Now, what should you do?"

"it!" the Dragon King Xuan was full of cheers, and the pirates were arrogant.

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