Chapter 75 [Cliff]
On the southeast beach of Yashan, a group of shirtless men were flatly flintlocked rifles, with sand-filled conch hanging at the front of the barrel. The scorching sun above his head and the scalloped sand on his feet. There was a chief instructor who was eyeing him at any time waiting for someone to make a mistake and blame him for his military stick.
Behind them, a group of over a hundred people, and the same shirtless man carried huge logs on both sides. Hey, hey, shouted loud trumpets, stepped on the hot sand barefoot and ran over the road.
Then there was the shooting range. A group of men in white clothes were stained with sweat and cement dust, holding muskets, and practicing three shots with Shi Yang's command and the command of the triangular flag. The continuous gunfire, thick smoke, and crackling wooden targets made a deserted island in the South China Sea very lively.
Are you afraid of disturbing the Yuan army's patrol ships if you make such a big noise?
It was mid-May, and more than three months have passed since the Yashan Battle. The Yuan army's maritime inspection has almost stopped. In addition, Li Heng recently reported that all the sea ships rushed to Guangya, and the entire Yinzhou Lake were empty. Therefore, Zhao Lie was relieved to boldly turn a deserted island into a large military camp.
Not far away, Ma Nanchun, who had just received a ship of supplies from Xiangshan, happened to meet Jiang Fenglie, who had received emergency information. The two walked and talked, looking up from time to time to see the lively scene in front of them. Even though they were concerned about the situation of the journey thousands of miles away, they couldn't help but smile.
The three-stage shooting of the original white-clothed guards are now the white-clothed team of the Dragon Que Army. The aiming practice is the sea team in the original Yashan team and the first part of the Yuan Zhongshun army who had just arrived recently. There are more than 50 people, forming a team of Zhongshun team. The nearly 100 men who are carrying out the weight to run together are the survivors of the 500 volunteer brave men recruited by the former Majiazhuang, and the two teams are combined into a battalion. Since some of the volunteer brave men participated in the battle of the Mongol Yuan Baihubagen (with the Yashan team attacking the Liang family courtyard), and with the expectation of this army marked by the Ma family, Ma Nanbao named it "Polu Camp".
During the battle between Ma Nanbao and Li De's attack on Liang Qishen, he was raided by the Mongolian Yuan army. These brave men who had just been trained for only two months, were strong but had no combat experience. Some were captured and imprisoned in the Liang family courtyard. Zhao Liepozhuang was rescued with Ma Nanbao after he was defeated. Some were broken and fled back to his hometown, some fled back to Majiazhuang, and more were killed by the Mongolian Yuan army.
After Ma Nanbao was rescued, he re-summoned Yisan Yisheng, and the captured and Zhuang Ding of Yuanzhuang Zhong, and obtained a total of 245 people. He chose the brave and brave and brave, and formed two teams, led by Ma Nanchun, joined the Longque Army, and went to Yashan for training, which was for the "Polu Camp".
The main force of the Dragon Que Army is basically composed of the original Zhongshun Army and the Ma Family Army from Xiangshan. Why are Jiang Fenglie and Ma Nanchun not happy?
Jiang and Ma were happy, but Zhao Lie, the commander of the Dragon Que Army and the chief instructor, complained.
There were two hundred more people training at once, and their respective progress was different. They were trained every day and were all in full. Even with Shi Yang's assistance, it was difficult. In addition to training the musket team, there was also a team of young gunmen that had to focus on training. Although there were only ten people in the youth team, the training difficulty was no less than that of the 200-person musket team.
The training of musketeers is relatively mechanical. First, the coordination among team members is trained and the movements are consistent; the second step is to practice aiming at the end of the gun and arm strength training; the third step is to focus on, practice loading ammunition; after the speed and stability of the loading ammunition passes the level, live ammunition can be fired. As for the third-stage shooting or even fifth-stage shooting, it is also similar to the practice of crossbow soldiers in the Song army. It does not require dexterity and mechanic transformation, but only mechanical repetition.
The youth team is completely different. This is the only rear-mounted gun team of the Dragon Que Army. Zhao Lie positioned this team as the "ghost" of guerrilla warfare and urban street fighting. The training method is to be mobile and flexible, mainly secret operations, and take the path of special operations.
Zhao Lie studied urban special operations subjects when he was in the police academy, and also directed drills such as rescuing hostages and capturing fugitives as a team leader. However, the drills do not equal actual combat, and there are many differences between ancient and modern times. Just formulating a training plan suitable for the youth team has pulled off a lot of his hair.
The youth team has now expanded to 32 people, with members from the children of Zhongshun Army and the orphans who were killed and disabled in the battle against Liang Qishen. They are basically between the ages of 12 and 14. This age group is a time when they worship heroes, are easy to indoctrinate, and are extremely malleable. Zhao Lie served as an instructor, and they are together day and night, and they use the die-hard and loyal Ding Xiaoyao as the captain, and Zhang Junbao and others as the backbone of the youth team. They are working on the numbers. No matter where these young people come from and where they come from, they will be put into this "melting pot" sooner or later.
With these more than 200 soldiers, Zhao Lie, the commander of the Dragon Que Army, was finally not a commander without a single player. He had people, but the problem of scratching his head was also the problem - insufficient equipment.
The reason why Zhao Lie only equips the White Clothes Team, Zhongshun Team, and Polu Battalion with flintlock guns instead of rear-loading guns is, in addition to the necessity of building a musket team, the most important thing is that Zhao Lie has a technical bottleneck in the process of manufacturing the rear-loading guns, and will not be able to build the rear-loading guns for a while.
There are punches, molds, materials, and drawings - but even if everything is available, it does not mean that you can create a gun immediately. Making a gun, especially a rear-loading gun, requires technology.
Zhao Lie acted on his own and worked hard in the secret arsenal that he only knew for two days and two nights. The first problem he encountered was not the manufacturing of guns but the diesel generator. This thing was really not something that could be used by connecting the power supply board and the switch down. There were many doors inside.
It took Zhao Lie a long time to figure out and barely start using it, and then he encountered the electric punching machine. After taking down this "stumbling block" and officially started construction, he realized that the previous problem was nothing, and the most difficult one was behind. Two days and two nights later, the result was five waste guns, either stuck or had problems with the firing needle, or the spring wire was unevenly drawn, and the board was broken - Zhao Lie built a gun for the first time and ended in failure.
He is an excellent policeman, a brave soldier, an excellent commander, but not a qualified firearms engineer.
To solve this problem, we can only hope for Guo Dajiang and other famous palace craftsmen in the Song Dynasty. However, all the craftsmen are working at full speed to make flintlock rifles all night, and they don’t care about this part for the time being before they are fully equipped with the troops. If the craftsmen are forced to transfer their energy to this part to solve the problem, it will definitely affect the speed of flintlock rifles. At present, there is nothing more important than arming the 200 warriors as soon as possible.
However, the hot training that had just started not long was stopped by Jiang Fenglie's emergency military order.
"Zhang Chao was appointed as the Prime Minister Zhang (Zhang Shijie was appointed as Tongpingzhang, and was named "Zhang Chao"), and the commander of Su Dian led all the water, infantry and warships to attack Jiyang Army City, but it was not conquered for several days. Wanhu Mansion in Qiongzhou received a report and would send troops to attack from the sea. Once the encirclement is encircled, the prime minister will fall into a dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy from both sides. Zhang Chao was ordered to send us to quickly ship to Jiyang and join forces to fight against the Yuan Tatars."
Zhao Lie looked at the military order and frowned. He went to the court to so many famous officials and generals, why can't he even take over a small Jiyang military city, but instead got into an enemy from both sides?
Ma Nanchun also handed a letter to Zhao Lie: "My brother has also received military reports, and Li Heng's army is about to return to Guangzhou soon. In order to prevent the Yuan army from revenge, his brother has sent off his servants, bought all his family funds, and recruited heroes. He went to Yashan soon, met with us, and sent troops to Qiongzhou."
Zhao Lie held two letters, pondered for a while, and looked up and said, "It seems that it is time to evacuate Yashan and land in Qiongzhou."
When Shi Yang and others heard this, they were all excited and joined forces with Xingchao. We are also a dignified king's army, not a grass-head army anymore.
Jiang Fenglie reminded: "We must first write a military newspaper and submit it to Zhang Zhixiong, explaining the date of departure and the geometry of the military ships so that we can arrange the journey."
Zhao Lie nodded: "Let's bother Shi Yi to write."
Jiang Fenglie was obviously used to writing military orders and military newspapers. He took the paper and pen handed over by the white-clothed guards, and looked up and asked Zhao Lie: "In addition to the military position, the signature also needs to be signed. To express respect, it is appropriate to write the name of the Lord. Can the general commander have words?"
"The word " is..." Zhao Lie stepped on the rocks under his feet and looked into the sea. Thinking of the Yashan Mountain in history as a symbol of the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the label of the broken Chinese civilization, blood surged up, and he exhaled, "The old saying is good. If you fall, you can get up wherever you fall. Even if our old Zhao family fell here, they will definitely stand up here again. If Zhao Lie is not talented, he will be the first person to stand up - my name is, stand up on the cliff!"
Chapter completed!