The bloody scene made Zhu Zaiming terrified.
Compared to Nara Ichibei's fierceness, Owari Sukeo seems much more normal. After a meal of unexplained actions and tone, he also ended up in Dogeza.
As for Jean Bart, Zhu Zaiming gave him a beautiful short fire gun and asked him to report to Shen Yulong with the navy recruitment documents.
Three months later, Xinxiang Military Camp.
A whistle sounded.
As if on conditioned reflex, Ding Qiao jumped up from the cot, as did his comrades.
After sorting out the inner clothes, he put on the black military uniform, followed by big-toed boots, a belt, leg rings, body armor, and a half-length windbreaker. Then he quickly made the bed, packed a change of clothes, rolled up the sleeping bag, tied it with armed belts, and carried it on his back.
Finally, I received the 1799 rifle and cartridge belt from the squad leader, put on my helmet and jogged into the school field.
Ding Qiao quickly stood in front of his company commander. It only took less than 5 minutes for the company to get up and assemble.
The military flags were waved on the school field, and soldiers entered the venue one after another in company units.
Today is the day when the 1st Division of the Ming Dynasty Standing Division presented the flag, and it was also the day of the New Century Military Parade in 1800.
The entire 1st Division has 32,000 people, divided into five brigades of 6,000 people each plus a division headquarters, and is equipped with 40,000 Type 1799 rifles (Mosin Nagant).
Zhu Zaiming really couldn't squeeze out any more silver coins. Ming's trade in Nanyang also followed the three-month military training, which made the British feel threatened, and the naval fleet directly cut off the trade routes.
Therefore, the expected armored division was out of the question.
The four brigades are infantry brigades, equipped with Type 1799 rifles, Type 1799 heavy machine guns, and regimental mortars.
A heavy artillery brigade, 24 Type 1799 75 field guns, 12 Type 1799 105 howitzers, and 4 Type 1799 240 siege guns.
The division headquarters includes the guard regiment, communications company, field hospital, etc.
This kind of firepower may have been ordinary during World War I.
But in 1800, when countries were still playing volleyball to kill, that was invincibility.
It was already early May, and according to the plan, it was time to launch an attack on the British army in Sydney.
Before that, Zhu Zaiming would conduct a military parade, hand out the prepared division flags, and give the soldiers a bUff.
At 9 a.m., 3,000 officers and soldiers of the 1st Division, navy soldiers and the newly formed samurai group arrived at the designated location.
On the parade stage, a group of officials stood upright, including Xu Qi, who had been buried in the technical archives of the Ministry of Industry all day.
Opposite the military parade stand were the people of Xinxiang City who had been waiting for a long time.
There was, of course, a French mission.
They were originally sent to the east by Napoleon to meet the newly succeeded Emperor Jiaqing, but after the mission arrived in Luzon, they were kidnapped by Shen Yulong and had been in Xinxiang City for several months.
At 10 o'clock sharp, as the salute roared, Zhu Zaiming announced into the microphone (bought by the Ministry of Household Affairs) that the military parade had officially begun.
Following Zhu Zaiming's order, the huge speakers prepared began to play the Soviet theme song from the game "Red Alert 3". Of course, the lyrics had been modified by Zhu Zaiming.
The red flag was fluttering, military music was playing loudly, and the people held the distributed small national flags with a sun, moon and dragon on a red background designed by Zhu Zaiming himself and waved them constantly.
At this time, Zhu Zaiming's honor guard entered the scene. The flag-bearing riders rode on war horses, carrying the national flag, military flag, and imperial flag on their shoulders. They walked neatly in front of the parade platform under the escort of the honor guard.
Zhu Zaiming first waved to the people, and then saluted to the military parade platform. A sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami came from the square.
After walking around the parade ground, enter the parade stand from the back.
"Now, I announce that the Ming Dynasty's 1800 military parade has officially begun!"
First, the honor guard of the three services escorted the military flag through the parade platform.
There were only a small number of people, and at first everyone thought it was just a big event, with a loud speaker and solemn and exciting military music, which was no different from a traditional classical military review.
At least that's what the leader of the French mission, the Duke of York, thought, but the next scene made his eyes widen.
As the military music played, a phalanx slowly came into view.
The first to enter were the 1st Division, 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, which were the earliest veteran regiments to train.
At the head of the battle was Army General Kong Er, followed by officers of all levels, lined up neatly.
Kong Er was wearing the military uniform of a general, holding the "Flag of the 1st Standing Division given by Emperor Wu De", the golden ribbon swayed slightly under his goose step, and several officers' medals of honor sparkled.
It's a pity that Ming Dynasty has been at peace with the British for more than ten years without any major wars. Otherwise, Zhu Zaiming would have arranged for him to wear a "Medal of Honor Armor".
Behind the officers, there was a neatly arranged military formation.
They held their heads high, rifles in hand, and marched in goose-step.
The squares of the military formation were vertical and horizontal, and even the footsteps were surprisingly consistent.
When passing the military parade, everyone saluted and played with guns in one go, as if everyone was carved out of the same mold.
"Oh my god, can someone kick my ass with a pair of new leather shoes and tell me this isn't true?"
The Duke of York couldn't believe his eyes. Could an army really achieve this kind of military formation?
Later, he thought that if this army used volley shooting tactics, the British lobster soldiers would not be their opponents.
At this time, a female voice came from the radio.
"What is coming towards us is the 1st Division, 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the Ming Dynasty Standing Division. They are equipped with 1799-type rifles and fight bravely..."
Then came 2 groups and 3 groups...
The military parade performance of the entire four infantry brigades made everyone afraid to show off for fear of missing every detail.
As the military music reached its climax again, the Fifth Heavy Artillery Brigade began to make its appearance.
The 75th and 105th guns were pulled by horses and passed in front of the parade platform in two by two.
The Earl of York, who was familiar with artillery, immediately realized that this was a new type of artillery.
Compared with the large steel wheels of traditional artillery, the wheels of these artillery are very strange, and the grooves on the tires also made York guess that this kind of artillery has good passability on muddy roads.
The barrel looks very thin, but the caliber is very large, much larger than the fist of ordinary field guns.
More importantly, there is no lead hole at the end of the barrel, but an unknown mechanical structure.
Breech-loading cannon!
The concept of breech-loading artillery has been around for a long time in Europa, but before mercury fulminate and smokeless gunpowder were ignited, large-scale equipment of breech-loading artillery was just a dream.
York originally thought that this was the Ming Dynasty's strongest artillery, but who knew that a large group of horses came from behind.
The horses seemed to be pulling something.
The 240 siege gun is too heavy. The gun body is close to four tons. If you include the steam-powered rotating base, it can reach a terrifying 12 tons.
Generally speaking, this kind of heavy artillery is transported separately.
But this is a military parade, the purpose is to show force and give the people of Ming Dynasty enough confidence.
Therefore, the entire heavy artillery and its base were placed on a huge steel frame vehicle, and a full 150 horses were used to pull it smoothly.
Therefore, when the thick barrel and huge gun mount of the 240 gun appeared, both the French mission and the people of the Ming Dynasty exclaimed in surprise.
This was already the largest artillery piece they had ever seen.
If this cannon continues, what can withstand it?
The first time York saw this artillery, he thought that Napoleon was having a headache with the large number of new bastions in Europe.
At this time, Napoleon had not yet begun to sweep Europe, but his ambitions had gradually been revealed, and a large number of musketeers and artillery were being trained.
All Europeans understand that war is inevitable.
As a loyal supporter of Napoleon, York deeply understood the importance of this kind of artillery.
This kind of artillery must be bought!
