At the Beiyang Military Office, following the orders of the flag officers, the sound of guns rang out in the infantry camp, and the cannons were roaring. Teams of newly recruited flag troops led by the flag officers of each team to move forward.

"There is no such safety line in battle. You must keep in mind the number of marching steps. In formation battles, the number of steps is the most important. You must keep it in mind how far these distances are. This is related to whether you can survive in battle."

"The general asked me to train you to become excellent bird gun array shooters in three months. In today's era, bird gun players have become the backbone of the army. In the second year of the infantry training ceremony of the Xuanfu Martial Arts Hall, 60% of the infantry space is used for bird gun players. You should use it as a puppet for flag officials."

"Don't underestimate any tactical move. Each move is summarized and decided by the veteran generals who have retired for half a lifetime in the martial arts hall. Every rigid move can save your life on the battlefield."

"I know that many of you join the army for the five-year silver salary, but there are six times in these three months to assess the general salary, which will determine whether you can stay in the army and whether you can increase your monthly salary after the training in March."

The flag officers on the infantry school ground each gave training to the newly recruited flag military in different ways and began to practice. Some of them were servants under Chen Mu who performed well and made many military achievements. Now they serve as small flags and general flags in the army, and serve as missions to restrain new recruits.

Some of these lower-level officers are also appointed by trainees who graduated from Class B in the martial arts hall. On the one hand, they restrain new recruits, and on the other hand, they continue to learn from Class A students.

The hundreds of households are unified by graduates of the North and South Military Academy. In a short period of time, they will serve as guard instructors of the Beiyang Military Office and teach the recruits under their command. When the training of recruits in March is over, they will reorganize and lead the flag army according to their major in the military department. In this process, not only will they train the recruits, but they will also train the recruits as new instructors in the same year.

"Finally...standardized."

Chen Muli was on the second floor of the military government office. Seeing the newly recruited flag soldiers on the school ground, under the leadership of the hundred-house instructors, he felt a lot of relief and pride in his heart. He heard Du Song sigh at him, "Shuai Ye, you are too fast. You just touched the new recruits' guns the day before. There was no such thing in training in the past."

In the instructor manual formulated by the military government, the general process of training subjects was stipulated, and many instructors discussed and decided together before the recruits arrived, and less than 40% of the spare time left for the instructors to perform their own exercises.

The new recruits were lined up by hundreds of households in each team and led them to the military uniform warehouse to get the new recruits' uniforms. This was the quilt clothing factory run by Yang Fan, who was instructed by Chen Mu to come to repay his kindness a few months ago. He also set up a weaving factory nearby, but the fabric was temporarily purchased from the canal transportation, and they only processed it.

The military uniform is not a new type of military uniform, but just a set of single clothes for easy movement and struggle, both of which are dirty and dark blue.

As for the recruits' bedding, they were already placed in the barracks before they were recruited.

After changing into military uniforms, he followed the lecture of the hundreds of households. The warehouse drove a carriage to fire guns to each unit. The long wooden box contained brand new flintlock bird guns, each small flag was held with one rod, which was used when practicing shooting. Each flag army each received a wooden rod with the same appearance as the bird gun and weight training.

The wooden gun is trained to be exquisitely crafted. The muzzle is also hollowed out, with a wooden medicine pot. Pulling the trigger will also make the wooden faucet pole lightly knock down. The only difference from the real gun is that there is no flint, and the wooden gun chamber cannot withstand the pressure of gunpowder burning.

"Why are they wasting time? They were seeking money to join the army. They could turn around and leave now. It is not easy to hook people into flag troops. This year, there is no shortage of people from Beiyang."

Chen Mu shook his head. When all standardization is made, it means that all the steps that can be omitted in the current cognition are omitted, and more time is left for more refined necessary steps. Training is no longer mysterious and becomes a consensus close to the formula.

"Then the commander wants them all to be the army? They are all training bird guns. Whoever can't be a cavalry who can get the best bird guns, right?"

Du Song has practiced cavalry and is restricted to the status of the captain of the family soldiers and cannot participate in the instructor's military discussion. Even the details that are known are found out from his instructor's brother. Seeing the many instructors in the hundred households practicing soldiers like this, I was extremely confused.

"Army? They need to undergo basic training. The current practice seems to be nine major items. They can understand orders, roughly marching with the team, and roughly understand various weapons such as cannons, rockets, mines, etc. The key is to let them develop the habit of obeying orders. The purpose of training for recruits is to send bird guns after the training, and they can be used directly on the battlefield."

"But this is not the army. After the basic training, they reorganized the military department. After three months of targeting training, it was only then that the Beiyang Army is still experimenting. Just like the first phase of the martial arts lecture hall is better than the first phase, the first batch of military guard flag troops were looking for experience, and the subsequent flag troops were more regular."

"Times have changed. A cavalry, infantry, artillery, engineers, and baggage soldiers must first be qualified bird gunners. Even if they may always use spears to fight after the organization, they must know how to use bird guns."

Chen Mu laughed and said, "I haven't tried an infantryman with only a gunner. This bold change must be determined in actual combat in the East China Sea. Before that, the training of troops was for this purpose."

Juniper frowned and asked, "What's the purpose?"

"Even if the entire army has only bird guns, infantry, artillery, and cavalry, they won not because of the entire army's bird guns, but because of their high morale, strict discipline and good training, limited tactics and generals' talents, limited weapons and logistics supplies, and only regulations that restrict soldiers themselves can determine the victory or defeat of the war."

Smoke of gunpowder rose from the distant school grounds. Instructors from all households have led new recruits to conduct shooting training. In the Beiyang Military Training Code, it is stipulated that in these three months, they must use real guns to complete the charging, loading, shooting, cleaning and other steps every day. In normal training, fine soil and lead seeds are used instead of gunpowder.

However, the lead used by the recruits was really blocked and could not be removed when they were melted.

"By the way, what does Commander Wei from Shandong Dusi mean? Take leave to Beiyang to see the training of recruits?" Chen Mu turned his head and swept to the letter on the table, and asked Du Song: "How did he find you who sent the letter?"

Du Song nodded and said, "Wei commander is named Wei Rushu. His father once helped to defend Wanquan. This time he recruited soldiers in Beizhi and had stayed in another place. I heard that Chen Shuai recruited soldiers and wanted to come and become an apprentice." Du Song bowed respectfully and replied, "Shandong also intends to follow the example of the commander. He has drawn the Han army from each guard to form a new army, so he entrusted his subordinates to deliver a letter."
Chapter completed!