Early the next morning, as soon as it dawned, the entire Tuoxian County was boiling. Under the impending crisis, all the generals did not dare to neglect. Woo~, the trumpet sounded, which was the signal to get up, but the soldiers slept very hard. Maybe during this period, too many people were exhausted. After such a beautiful sleep, even if the sky fell, they Nor does he wake up.
"Damn it, get up! There's a war! There's a war!" Wang Qi has a hot temper. When he saw his subordinates were still asleep, he immediately picked up the whip in his hand and whipped him randomly every time he entered a tent. For a while.
"There's a war? Where, where's the war?" The soldiers were so frightened by the battle that they sat up and rubbed their eyes sleepily. With the help of their companions, they put on each other's armor.
As soon as a young soldier and his companions walked out of the tent, they saw a dark crowd gathering in the open space. At this time, all the soldiers were called up by their officers.
Gao Heng was dressed neatly and had already stood on the general stage. He was still wearing a bright helmet and armor, holding a big gun in his hand, a wild goose feather knife on his waist, and a matchlock gun on his back. .
"Brothers, the enemy army will arrive soon. If we are lucky, maybe we can have a buffer of two or three days. If we are not lucky, maybe they will arrive at the city tomorrow. From now on, we cannot neglect it for even a quarter of an hour. The entire army is divided into Several batches, emergency training according to our old method." Gao Heng shouted.
"The fire gun soldiers stand on the left side of the open space! Move quickly!" Wang Qi shouted with a unique loud voice.
The Fire Gun Soldier Company had long been frightened by his whip, and soon two hundred people stood on the left side. Wang Qi yelled: "One rice ball for each person, let me eat while walking. Now we go out to the city for training."
The women who had set fire to the fire had already brought the food, which was nothing good, just the most common rice balls. The soldiers formed a column, and those who passed by the women took a rice ball. Some of the women were the wives of the soldiers of the Fire Gun Company. Sisters and daughters, they wave and say hello to their relatives.
Wang Qi didn't care about that, "What time is it? There's still time to talk nonsense! Get out of the city immediately!"
Some young women were so frightened that they stuck out their tongues. How could this Shangguan from Zhennan Pass be so vicious? But after Wang Qi said this, everyone stopped talking. Only the clicking footsteps could be heard on the street. The firecrackers carried firecrackers and went out of the city to train in formation.
On the other hand, all the spearmen followed Gao Heng. Gao Heng had to teach them one or two killer moves in a short period of time. They couldn't remember too many routines, so they just practiced thrusting. As long as they could practice the thrusting well, even though it was just One move is enough to be used in war.
The sword and shield soldiers were led by Song Zhi and Fan Yu for the most basic training. Lu Tao volunteered yesterday and selected a few brothers with Orion backgrounds. He rode his few war horses out of the city early in the morning and went straight to Yuan County for reconnaissance.
Wu Rongze led dozens of artillerymen and hurried to the blacksmith shop. Presumably, what they wanted was ready.
Everyone has their own division of labor, and time is tight, so they must train quickly.
"Point the gun head diagonally upward, lower your right hand, raise your left hand, right leg behind, left leg in front, step forward, stab!"
"kill!"
Gao Heng was followed by dozens of veterans who were transformed from Yuan County civilians. They only learned one thrust in Yuan County, but after the battle outside the county town, the surviving soldiers grew up in the blood. At least, the thrust was They have become proficient in one move.
Gao Heng put these veterans down and evenly distributed them among the spearmen camp. He demonstrated on the stage. The veterans kept correcting the movements of the new recruits in the audience. In fact, these veterans were just recruits a few days ago. , but there are fundamental differences between armies that have seen blood and those that have not. There is also a huge gap between the demeanor of these veterans' words and that of the new recruits.
"Damn it, you ate five meals yesterday and you still have no strength today? Work hard! Extend the gun head forward! Remember, on the battlefield, if you don't do your best to stab the enemy first, then you may be the one who dies! "A veteran shouted in the crowd.
These are what Gao Heng said to them, and now they can use them to guide the new recruits.
"You have all used muskets. I won't say any more nonsense. Remember, the sight must be aimed at the target so that you can hit it accurately. The firepower must be dense, otherwise a musket will have no effect." Outside the city. , the thundering sound of firecrackers rang out. It stands to reason that without replenishing the gunpowder and lead, just capturing the Annan people can't last long, but Gao Heng knew that the sharpshooters were fed bullets, and they had no extra time. It is necessary to hit as many lead pieces as possible in a short period of time. It is definitely easier for a shooter who shoots fifty guns to find the feeling than an shooter who shoots ten guns.
Wang Qi stopped hiding and let the soldiers fight desperately. Thirty and fifty steps in front of the team, he specially organized the elderly and women in the city to dismantle the door panels of private houses and set up targets. The soldiers only needed to Just pick up the musket and blast it at the target.
Following Gao Heng's method, Wang Qi also organized the 200-man firegun team into four platoons, placing people with similar reloading speeds in one platoon to improve the integrity. At the same time, they directly copied the shooting tactics of the Annan people. The three platoons were divided into three teams and took turns to fire. The last platoon acted as a reserve team. If the people in front died in battle, the people behind would immediately fill in to ensure the density of firepower.
The reason why Gao Heng made this arrangement was actually based on the typical Japanese iron cannon three-stage attack. Although the Daming Shenji Battalion also had a three-stage attack tactic, it was very different from the Japanese soldiers. When Wanli came to aid the DPRK, the Japanese soldiers' three-stage iron cannon attack really caused the Ming army to suffer heavy losses.
Strictly speaking, the Shenji Battalion's three-stage attack should be called the three-stage attack of firecrackers. The first row is responsible for firing, the second row is responsible for delivering, and the third row is responsible for loading. It seems to be very efficient, but there is a huge drawback, because the soldiers in the first row are often more accurate soldiers, and the shooting skills of the second two rows are definitely worse, but the reloading is faster.
From a purely shooting perspective, every three people are actually a group, each performing its own duties and being very efficient. However, if a person in a certain platoon suffers casualties, the entire team's shooting rhythm will be disrupted. Those who hit accurately will suffer casualties, but those behind them will not be able to fire accurately when they fill in. Those who reload quickly will suffer casualties, and those who shoot accurately in front will reload themselves, and the shooting speed will slow down.
Firearms at that time had to form a high-density salvo to exert their power. Once the rhythm was disrupted, the power would be greatly reduced. The Japanese iron cannon's three-stage firing precisely circumvented this shortcoming. Everyone loaded and fired by themselves. Those who loaded quickly and those who loaded slowly were arranged in separate rows. In this way, the speed of each row was about the same, and the officer could control the field and the rhythm alone.
Therefore, when Wanli came to aid Korea, if the Ming army's artillery had not been superior and it relied solely on infantry attacks, it would have suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Japanese iron artillery team.
"Quick! Give me some strength!"
"One, two, three! Hey!" "One, two, three! Hey!"
Dozens of artillerymen, under the command of Wu Rong, came to the top of the city. They carried the unscrupulous cannons that were working in the blacksmith shop and carried the artillery to the top of the city with some difficulty. Although these people were no strangers to cannons, they were not unfamiliar with the unscrupulous cannons. This is the first time they have seen such a simple guy. I am afraid it is not even as good as the village cannon. How can it resist the enemy.
Wu Rong and a few experienced hands were busy. They put gunpowder and partitions into the stomach of the heartless cannon, compacted it with a rod, then put in the explosive package and lit the fuse. Only a bang was heard, and the explosive package was thrown to a place more than a hundred steps away from the city in full view of everyone. Because it was thrown from high to low, the distance would be farther. The next moment, a shocking explosion sounded outside the city, and even the fire gun soldiers who were training were startled.
With a roar, black mushroom-shaped clouds rose into the sky, and red light caught everyone's eyes. The artillerymen were stunned. They did not expect that this big iron barrel did not fire cannonballs, but directly fired out the gunpowder packets. Such power shocked everyone. Someone hurriedly ran down from the top of the city to take a look, and saw a huge pit appearing out of thin air on the ground a hundred steps away, with green smoke rising. With such a powerful explosion, it is not difficult to imagine what would happen if the enemy were around the explosion point. What a tragic scene.
Wu Rong looked at the scene outside the city with satisfaction. In this way, the city's defense capabilities would be greatly enhanced. Wu Rong immediately ordered: "Calibrate the shooting distance. You guys, go and put little red flags on the explosive points. Then fire a few more rounds and put little red flags on all the explosive points."
Because the conscienceless cannon cannot adjust the pitch angle and can only be mounted at the top of the city for fixed firing, then Wu Rong must mark the explosion point. That is to say, once the war begins, when the enemy's large force reaches the position of the small red flag , a few heartless cannons can open fire immediately.
A soldier came up and said, "Boss, this heartless cannon is really powerful. I don't know how you came up with it."
Wu Rong shook his head and said: "This has nothing to do with me at all. It is a sketch drawn by the general."
Everyone's mouths were open with disbelief on their faces. No one has yet figured out who Gao Heng is and why he knows so many things. Not to mention the soldiers, even Wu Rong himself can't figure it out. Indeed, although he had been following Gao Heng since Zhennanguan, he had never known Gao Heng's true origin. He only knew that he was originally a civilian, but how a civilian could know so much knowledge was really beyond his comprehension.
"Damn it, what are you looking at? Artillery is artillery, and firecrackers are firecrackers. When you get to the battlefield, do you still have time to look around? The enemy's sword has already hit your heads." Wang Qidao.
"First row! Release!" Bang bang bang.
"Second row! Release!" Bang bang bang.
The sound of firecrackers like exploding beans rang out outside the city. Soldiers held firecrackers and kept shooting. Everyone was focused on it under the supervision of Wang Qi. They all understood that killing one more enemy from a distance on the battlefield would mean one less enemy on their side. dangerous.
"Shield! Push!"
"kill!"
"Draw the knife!"
"kill!"
The training of sword and shield soldiers is also in full swing. The biggest difference between those who are good at boxing and kicking is that their discipline is better than ordinary people. Since they are learning martial arts, they are not practicing in martial arts halls, but also apprentices among the people, so whether they are in martial arts halls or ordinary masters, They will give their disciples rules, so that those who learn martial arts will naturally have a certain degree of obedience.
Gao Heng organized these people to serve as sword and shield soldiers. After a morning of running in, they were already in good shape. Song Zhi kept repeating the orders to open the shield and draw the sword, and the soldiers also did it in a decent manner. Everyone sticks together tightly, forming an unshakable shield wall during wartime.
The day passed quickly. Gao Heng did not allow the entire army to undergo high-intensity training. The soldiers had just recovered some physical strength and could not increase the intensity as soon as they started. Otherwise, the little physical strength they had just gathered would be exhausted. Therefore, Gao Heng adopted a training method of half a day training and half a day standing in line.
In the afternoon, all the soldiers continued to practice their formations. There were not many requirements, as long as they could be basically neat and roughly on the same plane.
Everyone stood with their chests raised, listening to Gao Heng's lecture from the front, "Now, you are soldiers, and soldiers must obey orders as their bounden duty. Remember, even if the superior's order is wrong, you must execute it first. If everyone can If you have your own ideas, you cannot call it an army. Qi Shuai once said that the core of an army is military discipline. Only when military discipline is strict can it be called an upright division. On the battlefield, an upright formation can destroy everything and be invincible."
"Individual bravery is not worth mentioning on the battlefield. When we unite as one, the mountains can be shaken! On the battlefield, you must absolutely trust your superiors and the brothers around you. As long as we are united, there is no invincible enemy. .Do you understand?”
"Understood." More than a thousand spearmen responded.
Gao Heng deliberately pretended not to hear, "I ate five meals yesterday, and it's the same today. Why, after eating, you don't even have the strength to speak. Are you still men?"
"I understand!" Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Very good! Even with this kind of energy, even though the time is short, we still have to practice to a certain extent, so that the Annan people can fully appreciate the power of our Chinese men!"
On the second day, the training was as usual. Compared with yesterday, the soldiers' discipline and tactical movements were much better. Although some people still couldn't tell the difference between left and right. When Gao Heng said turn left, some people turned right. Someone turned to the left again, which gave me a headache.
Compared with being pleased with the progress of the soldiers' training, Gao Heng was in a state of confusion. Today was the second day. According to Lu Tao's speed, if it was reconnaissance, there would definitely be a reply today. The enemy's follow-up troops were getting closer and closer to him. The closer it gets, it is impossible to say that Gao Heng is not nervous.
Gao Heng was correcting the movement of a soldier. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves sounded. Lu Tao and his party rushed into the city and came to the camp from far to near. When they saw Gao Heng from a distance, they shouted: "General! Lu Tao is here to return the order." !" Gao Heng turned around and saw Lu Tao, his heart skipped a beat, what was supposed to come finally came.
