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Lingao County, outside Hongpai Port, near Hetan Military Camp.

The sound of ping-pong-pong-pong muskets was heard, occasionally mixed with a few explosions of artillery and grenades. Several training ranges specially set up for live-fire shooting next to the military camp were filled with choking smoke - ever since the decision to enter the mainland was made.

, I have never been idle here.

Most of the comrades who were allowed to bring escort soldiers to the mainland have been spending time here, crawling around day and night with their chosen escorts - in order to gain the loyalty of those soldiers and train with them.

, living together and cultivating a tacit understanding between each other is an indispensable part.

In addition, all personnel who go out must undergo special training by the military team alone... Seeing Chen Tao, Liu Mingqiang and others who have never been to the training ground since receiving basic military training, rolling in the trench mud

, working hard to practice various tactical moves, Pang Yu and Lin Feng who were passing by couldn't help but smile at each other, and they couldn't help but think of the time when they were in such a mess.

The two of them were also classified as "civilian personnel", but because of the extremely tight manpower when they were in Qiongzhou Prefecture, they were also included in the officer sequence. As a result, they were dragged to the training ground by Lao Jie every once in a while.

, but now there is no need to accept special training from Tang Jian anymore - Tang Jian is very good at physical training at this time, and the intensity of training is not much worse than that of the reconnaissance brigade in the northern latitudes. Those young men who are temporarily receiving special training in military skills are

Everyone has been tortured to the point of losing a layer of skin, but they still dare not complain - according to Tang Jian: Even if you can't be stronger than the professional soldiers under your men in this regard, at least you can't be too far apart, otherwise you won't be able to control your men.

People. If you fail this military skills training and are evaluated as "insufficient in command ability", you will not be allowed to lead more subordinates, and each person will only be assigned two guards!

With such a hard bar on their heads, those young men who have been in the Ming Dynasty for more than three years but still have not completely shed their otaku nature no longer have any room for excuse. Even if they are covered in mud every day and are as tired as dogs, they can only

He could grit his teeth and persevere. At most, when he saw Pang Yu and Shi Shiran passing by, they made some indignant complaints.

——We are also going to the mainland, why are some people here so free?

"How pitiful... Look at Little Fatty Liu, his face is swollen."

"You asked for it. If you go out with a few people, you don't have to worry so much. Can everyone learn from each other's strengths? But since they want to conquer the world alone, Captain Tang's requirements must be strict - 'You can only be successful if you endure hardships.

People',hehe"

Compared to Lin Feng's kind-heartedness, Pang Yu was very unsympathetic and made sarcastic remarks... The two chatted all the way to another larger military training ground. Jie Xi, Bei Latitude, and others were scheduled to go to Shandong.

All the comrades are already waiting here, including technical masters like Xu Hui and Huang Jiancheng.

"Ha, General Engineer Xu and Master Huang, do you have any new weapons you want to introduce to us? We'll just take them to Shandong to show off their power."

Faced with Lin Feng's inquiry, Xu Hui just smiled:

"There is a new thing specially prepared for you, but it is not a weapon..."

Without further ado, the man standing next to him handed Pang Yu and Lin Feng a rifle each:

"We've all tried it, let's see how you react - get ready for target practice."

"Target shooting?"

Pang Yu looked at the shooting range opposite. There didn't seem to be any targets set up. Just when he was wondering, Xu Hui raised her hand and made a gesture to the opposite side. Suddenly, she heard a crashing sound, coming from hundreds of meters in front.

A large number of models were erected at once, made of cardboard into the shape of galloping horses, with targets in the shape of scarecrows placed on them.

"Oh? Is it a cavalry target..."

Pang Yu was just about to say that there was nothing special about this. The target was so big that even a short-sighted eye could hit it. But then he heard a crunching sound, and the targets began to move. They did not move parallel to the left and right like ordinary moving targets, but moved with

It is rushing towards this direction at a gradually increasing speed.

"Damn...it's actually a moving target...how does it move? Track? Cable pulling?"

But then they didn't bother to ask more questions. Those 1:1 life-size cavalry targets were getting faster and faster, and they were galloping towards them at the speed of a war horse. Pang Yu and Lin Feng had to concentrate.

Shooting at the target opposite...

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of gunfire was endless. After a shot was fired, the chamber was immediately cleared and loaded. According to the instructions, the butt of the gun was placed on the shoulder. After a brief aim, the gun was fired quickly, and then the clearing action was repeated immediately... It felt like a rapid shooting practice.

When it was originally designed, the military team's requirements for the rate of fire of the new gun were based on the future use of infantry against Manchu and Mongolian cavalry. It was required that within a range of about four to five hundred meters from the cavalry entering the shooting range to running and charging at full speed, at least

Can shoot three to four times.

This requirement does not seem to be too high. The final product produced by the weapons team - the Qionghai I-type rifle can reach a standard rate of fire of six to eight rounds per minute, and a skilled shooter can even exceed ten rounds. Judging from the parameters, it can fully meet the requirements.

Required by the military group.

However, theoretical things are always just theories. At this time, facing the galloping cavalry - even though they knew it was fake, Pang Yu and Lin Feng's movements were still a little out of shape, far from as smooth as usual training.

As the galloping cavalry got closer and closer, Lin Feng's hand shook and a bullet fell on the ground, which immediately triggered a burst of laughter from behind.

"Huh, no more fun!" Lin Feng angrily threw down his gun, "If the real cavalry had been knocked down long ago, how could it be possible to keep charging forward!"

"But you don't have to face only one cavalry." Xu Hui smiled calmly, "You just fired four shots in total. Even if you knock down one with one shot and knock down four in a row, if the opponent

If five or six people rush up to you, you will be finished - and this is one of the purposes of the orbital target: to let you know how many enemies you can deal with at the same time. This way you can judge under what circumstances you can fight and when you should retreat."

As he spoke, the targets had already rushed in front of him. Pang Yu was relatively calm and kept shooting - but that may also be because he had found the end of the track and was sure that the targets would not hit him.

.In the end, he fired a total of seven shots. According to the infantry drill code formulated by Tang Jian, this result should be considered good.

After everyone tried this new gadget, Xu Hui officially started his introduction:

"This is the new equipment I want to introduce to you - the orbital target. Its principle is not complicated. Pang Yu has almost guessed it just now - it combines a metal track with a traction rope, and of course a set of

It is similar to the power system of a slingshot rubber band. I won’t go into details about this, and I guess you are not interested in it either. The key is its use.”

"It's just to let the soldiers have a personal experience of cavalry attacks. It's nothing special."

Lin Feng still said angrily, but Bei Wei next to him shook his head seriously:

"Otherwise, it is precisely this kind of 'personal experience' that is most valuable - if there is no targeted training in advance, it will be paid for with human lives on the battlefield."

"Yes, we have never really fought against cavalry before, and we are likely to encounter them in Shandong this time. In the future, we will definitely have to face Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and targeted training in this area is essential - Engineer Xu

This equipment was provided in a very timely manner!”

Hearing that Jie Xi also expressed support, Xu Hui smiled and thanked them both, and then gave a more detailed introduction.

——As Bei Latitude said, the purpose of this system seems very simple, but when it is actually applied to soldier training, it is a very big improvement. It can give soldiers an intuition about the cavalry attack before going to the battlefield.

Impressions, knowing how to deal with them, this kind of experience is very valuable.

The organizational model used by Tang Jian and others when they first founded the army was directly based on modern small group assault tactics, rather than the once-popular formation-fighting and queuing-to-shoot model. Compared with the single-shot paper shell rifles in their hands, this organizational method was actually

It's a little ahead of its time - the firepower intensity and density of paper shell rifles are still a bit weak after all, especially when facing a large number and fast assault group charge, even with artillery and grenades, it may not be able to easily crush the opponent.

An assault - such as encountering a large group of cavalry.

Therefore, the psychological quality and adaptability of soldiers are particularly important in this situation. Unlike the battle formations of any other army in this era, the short-haired army was relatively dispersed when facing the enemy. There were often only a dozen or so around one person.

Even if you are only accompanied by two or three comrades, without a firm will and mature tactical methods, it is easy to have negative emotions such as panic or depression, which will affect the performance of combat skills.

Xu Hui's system can make up for the deficiencies in this aspect of previous training, although there are still many shortcomings in simulating cavalry shocks in this way: for example, the track route is too single and cannot simulate enemy siege from all sides.

situation; and the scale of these simulated cavalry is also very limited - it is impossible to build many metal tracks hundreds of meters long, so it is impossible to create the momentum of thousands of troops... and many other shortcomings.

But the most important point is that it can be done: after the soldiers have undergone this kind of live-fire training as a team one by one, they will at least have an intuitive impression of the enemy's rapid assault and know how to deal with it.

From the number of shots fired during the simulation, they can roughly calculate how many enemies their small force can deal with. As long as the number of opponents is not higher than this number, the soldiers will be confident.

And when seeing one or a group of big dark guys rushing towards them on the opposite side, every individual soldier knows when to raise his gun and shoot, and has control over the trajectory, lead time, and rate of fire, etc.

, they all had a rough initial feeling in their hearts - maybe it wasn't quite accurate, but this "feeling" was enough to support them in fighting bravely on the battlefield, instead of being panicked and confused, not knowing what to do.

These differences are the biggest difference between an elite team and a weak rookie team.

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