…
The stormy waves hit the table, rolling up the waves and splashing, the huge river surged into the sky, and the waves split the river.
Yue Shaomu looked at the deep sea, but what he cared about was the suffering expatriates thousands of sea miles away.
In order to personally examine the living conditions of the expatriates in South Australia, Yue Shaomu disguised himself as a Nanyang business traveler and followed the Intelligence Department into South Australia, only to find that the life of the expatriates in South Australia was worse than that of pigs and dogs.
Especially some of the children, who were as skinny as a stick, looked at him with eyes full of fear and longing, which made Yue Shaomu's heart sting.
He could not wait to lead his army into South Australia immediately and cut the arrogant indigenous emperor into pieces.
"General Yue!"
A shout interrupted Yue Shaomu's contemplation, but not far away he saw a burly young general holding an improved flash cap gun and excitedly running towards him.
The young general's name is Xu Sheng, who is from Danyang in the south. He has become one of the four generals under Yue Shaomu and is highly regarded by Yue Shaomu.
Xu Sheng handed the flash cap gun to Yue Shaomu and said: "General Yue, according to your instructions, the flash cap gun and fixed-load ammunition have been improved.
After experiments, the problem of rear-mounted sealing has been completely solved, and the projectile firing rate is no longer much different from that of the flash cap gun itself.
And because it is rear-loaded ammunition, the reloading time is greatly saved, which is enough to ensure that soldiers can continuously output firepower. "
Yue Shaomu took the flash cap gun, and then lightly pressed his thumb on the place where the needle holding device was originally installed, and a loading hole suddenly appeared.
Then Yue Shaomu took the mini bullets and stuffed them into the metal fixed-loading mini bullets, put on the flash cap and aimed at the sea.
"Bang~"
A gunshot echoed, and there was a flash of fire and a faint trace of white smoke coming out of the muzzle.
Seeing that the fire gun's effect met his expectations, Yue Shaomu's gloomy face relaxed slightly.
It has to be said that Yue Shaomu is really a genius. Not long after the percussion gun came out, he began to further improve it and improved the original firing type of the musket into a firing pin type.
This improvement means that the Han army's traditional volley shooting tactics are about to undergo a huge reform, and the small group skirmishing tactics he envisioned are about to land on the war stage.
Because of the breech-loading musket, tactics can become more flexible and are no longer limited to large-scale formation operations.
"How many modifications can be made to such a musket in three months?" Yue Shaomu asked.
Xu Sheng was shocked: "General Yue, do you really want to change it? Shouldn't you tell the court first?"
Yue Shaomu shook his head: "It's too late. I have a hunch that within three or four months, the imperial court will take action against Nan'ao.
Before this, the general must ensure that the first batch of these musket equipment is with our army. "
Xu Sheng said: "General Yue, privately modifying Zhi's weapons is a violation of military law!"
Yue Shaomu said: "I will write a letter to the court about the transformation. You inform General Zhang that within three months, I will need to modify at least three thousand rear-fire muskets. As for the cost of modification, I will do my best." bear."
At that time, he provided collodion technology to the imperial court and received 500,000 silver dollars from Liu Ce, as well as 100,000 patent fees allocated by the imperial court, plus the silver dollars exchanged for military merit, all of which were deposited in the bank to increase interest, in order to one day be able to Used in improved ordnance.
Now Yue Shaomu has more than 700,000 silver dollars, and he plans to use all of it to modify flash cap guns. After careful calculation, the money is almost enough to modify three thousand flash cap guns.
Xu Sheng sighed at this and stopped trying to persuade him. He knew that as long as Yue Shaomu decided something, even Zhang Lie would not be able to stop it.
After solving the gun problem, Yue Shaomu walked to the training ground inside the military port.
On the school grounds, thousands of officers and soldiers wearing short clothes practiced landing tactics under the command of instructors.
Upon seeing Yue Shaomu's arrival, the instructor shouted to the people around him: "Continue to practice."
Then he stepped up to Yue Shaomu and gave a respectful military salute: "The last general has met General Yue!"
The instructor's name is Zhu Huan, a native of Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, nicknamed Mad Dog, and one of the four subordinates under Yue Shaomu.
Once he kills someone in battle, he almost doesn't care. During the rebellion on the Far East grassland, he led 600 people to defeat the barbarians who were ten times his size. He pursued them all the way for 800 miles. The barbarians who were directly killed were frightened. Even the old nest was emptied.
Yue Shaomu nodded: "How was the practice?"
Zhu Huan: "Everything is in order. General, please review."
Yue Shaomu nodded and followed Zhu Huan to review the army in front of them, which was composed entirely of southern soldiers.
Looking at the sweaty but stubborn expressions of the soldiers, Yue Shaomu couldn't help but nodded: "Very good, elites must look like elites. Keep practicing like this, and it won't take long before you all will follow this general to fulfill his duties." own obligations.”
Zhu Huan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "General Yue, what do you mean?"
Yue Shaomu looked calm: "If what is expected is true, it won't be long before the imperial court's order to expedition to South Australia will be issued.
As the only elite army in my ocean-going fleet, you naturally have to accompany me to the battlefield. "
Zhu Huan immediately licked his dry lips and said, "Okay, I really want to go to the battlefield right away. I'm almost suffocating here."
Yue Shaomu said nothing, then walked up to the reviewing stand and said to a veteran general who saluted him: "Let everyone stop, I have something to announce."
"Here!"
The veteran general was named Quan Zong, who was also a subordinate of Yue Shaomu and was responsible for military law on a daily basis. There was no trace of emotion on his stoic face, only a sense of vicissitudes of battles and experiences.
Yue Shaomu walked to the reviewing stand, and as Quan Zong shouted loudly, the soldiers who had been training immediately stood up in military posture in a very short time.
A total of four thousand officers and soldiers immediately looked towards the top of the reviewing stand.
After Yue Shaomu looked around, he took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, let me ask you this, do you know why you are suffering today!?"
"Defend the homeland and the country! Drive out the foreign invaders!"
The sonorous and powerful answers represented the hearts of those young soldiers.
Yue Shaomu: "Okay, I am here today and just want to inform you that the imperial court has set up a new number for you!
From now on, you will officially become the soldiers of the independent battalion of the Han Dynasty Far East Group Army, known as the Beiwei Army! "
As soon as these words came out, everyone puffed up their chests and showed pride on their faces.
This is an honor that belongs to the military. How respectful is that?
Chen Qing's White Robe Army, Huo Qing's Feather Guards, Bai Qi's Northwest Iron Army, Meng Gong's Danyang Tiger Steps, etc. They are all recognized as elites by the Han Dynasty.
And now, his battalion finally has its own number.
Carry Weijun!
This is the number written by Liu Ce himself for this army. What an honor it is.
Yue Shaomu continued: "However, having a designation does not mean that you are superior to others. Compared with other elites, our performance is far from enough.
I hope you will remember your responsibilities as sergeants, protect your home and country, save your compatriots from fire and water, and always maintain this original intention! "
"The Emperor of Han will live for ten thousand years! The great Han will live for ten thousand years!"
"The Emperor of Han will live for ten thousand years! The great Han will live for ten thousand years!"
