The imperial envoy was welcomed, the money was handed over, and it was time to go back and continue training. Zhu Pingan said goodbye to his colleagues in the Yamen and returned with Liu Dadao and others.
But before leaving, Zhu Pingan went to visit Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang again. Now the war to suppress the Japanese was about to begin. If Xu Wenchang could be invited to help, he would be even more powerful. But unfortunately, Xu Wenchang said that the provincial examination was about to start, and he He wanted to concentrate on preparing for the exam and refused Zhu Pingan's invitation.
Zhu Ping'an saw that he was really concentrating on preparing for the exam, so he had to give up. He couldn't force someone to ruin his future. Before leaving, he left him twenty taels of silver and took Liu Dadao and others back to the Zhejiang Army. It's camp.
After returning to Taohuaji Town, Zhu Ping'an went to the house to sit with Li Shu for a while. After listening to the fetal movement, he didn't even bother to eat, so he returned to the Zhejiang Army camp without stopping, and the campaign to suppress the Japanese was about to begin. , troop training cannot be delayed.
Especially after receiving hints from Governor Zhang a few days ago, Governor Zhang intends to assign the Zhejiang Army to one of the small and medium-sized cities in Suzhou and Hangzhou. The Japanese invasion is the most serious in this area, so the Zhejiang Army must form combat capabilities as soon as possible. Just fine.
The curtain of suppressing the Japanese was about to begin, and the war was about to begin. Even with Governor Zhang's steady temperament, he would wait until the wolf soldiers arrived and everything was ready before launching a massive force to exterminate the Japanese. However, during this preparation period, some Small-scale wars are unavoidable, especially after taking control of one side. To ensure the peace of one side, it is indispensable to engage in close combat with Japanese pirates. Therefore, there is not much time left for the Zhejiang army.
It is urgent to train troops.
However, the Zhejiang Army has been training for several months, and the conscripts have been here for half a month. It is time to test the effectiveness of the training. It only takes a little time and effort to correct the problems existing in the Zhejiang Army before the war begins.
If the problem was exposed during a war with Japanese pirates, the price paid would be blood and lives.
Therefore, the first thing Zhu Pingan did when he returned to the Zhejiang Army camp was to notify the entire army to start the military parade immediately.
"Knowing that each battalion in the army has its own units, the military parade on the school grounds will begin immediately. In addition to bonus points for performance appraisal, the winners of the military parade will also receive bonuses. The ten soldiers with the best results in the military parade will be awarded a battalion commander's command knife; the top ten soldiers in the military parade will receive a command knife; In the third corps, the corps commander will record merit and each will be rewarded with 3 taels of silver and a banquet after the military parade; the best post in the military parade will be promoted in the future when the army is expanded, and the officers and soldiers of the unit will have priority in promotion under the same conditions."
After the military order was issued, in less than half a cup of tea, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Zhejiang Army had already assembled neatly in the school field with their armor on.
The Zhejiang Army has already installed cotton armor. With the establishment of the equipment battalion, the production efficiency of cotton armor has been greatly improved. The equipment battalion, in particular, was grateful for Zhu Pingan's preferential treatment and worked overtime day and night to produce more than two thousand pairs of cotton armor with high quality and quantity.
Wearing cotton armor, the Zhejiang Army officers and soldiers also accepted the equipment battalion from the bottom of their hearts. A good pair of armor is equivalent to several extra lives.
In addition to cotton armor, Zhejiang army officers are also equipped with an animal skin water bag, an iron gunpowder box, an iron lead bullet box, and a first aid kit as standard equipment. An iron gunpowder box contains granular medicine wrapped in oil paper, which can greatly improve the loading efficiency of firecrackers. An iron lead bullet box contains lead bullets, and a first aid kit contains secret knife wound medicine and gauze. , originally there was a small gourd of highly distilled alcohol used for disinfection, but soldiers often drank it secretly, so they made fun of it for the time being.
Seeing the entire army quickly assembled and lined up in half a cup of tea, wearing uniform equipment and high-spirited faces, Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction. Judging from the energy and spirit, the Zhejiang Army was barely a strong army. The appearance of.
The military parade begins.
Basic skills such as queues, formations, flags, advance and retreat were reviewed as the soldiers of each battalion marched around the school field.
Zhu Pingan reviewed them one by one at the school ground, and Liu Mu also led the supervisory battalion to record the performance of the soldiers in each battalion.
The soldiers of each battalion performed well, especially the recruits from Yiwu. Although the training time was not long, the performance of the troops was even two points better than that of the veterans. The characteristics of the conscripts who endured hardships and were honest and obedient were clearly demonstrated.
Next comes the highlight of the military parade - shooting.
Through Zhu Pingan's unremitting efforts and the fact that the Ming army did not pay enough attention to firearms in this era, Zhu Pingan obtained firearms from all parties. The popularity of firearms in the Zhejiang Army has been greatly reduced.
The shooting review is conducted in units of whistles, and live ammunition firing of muskets is carried out one whistle after another.
Zhu Pingan set up three shooting ranges, one is a 70-meter shooting range, one is a 150-meter shooting range, and one is a 200-meter shooting range.
The three shooting ranges started reviewing at the same time, and one whistle after another took turns to conduct live ammunition firing on the three shooting ranges.
Due to the limited accuracy of fire cannons in this era, and in order to test the firing rate of fire cannons, Zhu Pingan ordered each soldier to fire three live rounds at each shooting range. Three shooting ranges meant nine live fire shots.
Zhu Ping'an ordered Liu Mu's supervisory battalion to record the number of targets hit by each soldier's live ammunition shooting, as well as the shooting time, shooting proficiency, etc., and give different scores accordingly. The last nine live ammunition shootings were compiled into one score.
Zhu Ping'an also patrolled back and forth between the three shooting ranges to get a thorough understanding of the shooting conditions of all the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army.
"Erlang, come on, aim and shoot again. If you hit again with this shot, you will have hit all nine shots."
"You bitch, can you be more reliable? You hit three out of eight shots. If you miss the target again this time, let's see how I can manipulate you!"
"Don't worry, Wang Xiaoer, you've already hit six out of eight, which is a good result. You can just perform normally with this one."
"Tie Suo is awesome. He hit all nine shots. He is worthy of being the marksman of our team. Let's see who else is dissatisfied."
The shooting range was bustling with people. The soldiers who had finished shooting cheered for the soldiers who were shooting on the field, and cheers continued.
Zhu Ping'an inspected the soldiers' shooting on the school grounds, sometimes nodding and applauding, sometimes frowning slightly and shaking his head, but overall he was satisfied. The shooting proficiency and shooting accuracy of the entire battalion have reached the qualifying level, and many of them have demonstrated the potential of marksmen. Using the backward and inaccurate fire guns of this era, their shooting hit rates have reached An astonishing nine shots and eight or more hits.
By inspecting the shooting of the soldiers, Zhu Pingan had a more intuitive judgment on the firearms level of the Zhejiang Army.
The power of the fire gun is acceptable, but the range and accuracy are still lacking.
The gunpowder of the Zhejiang Army has used improved black powder, which is almost twice as powerful as the previous gunpowder. As long as it hits, it can cause quite fatal damage, which is unmatched by cold weapons such as bows and arrows.
However, due to the limitations of firearm manufacturing technology in this era, the range and accuracy of the fire blunderbuss are somewhat lacking.
Zhu Pingan estimated that within 70 meters, the hit rate of the Zhejiang Army's firecrackers was about 55%; within 150 meters, the hit rate of the firecrackers dropped to about 35%. and two hundred meters away, the hit rate of the Zhejiang Army's gunfire dropped to about 25%.
Zhu Ping'an also picked two whistles and asked them to test fire from a distance of 300 meters, and found that the hit rate was only about 15%.
(End of chapter)
