Xinshun 1730

Chapter 149 You are so timid, do you still want to be an officer?
He roughly guessed what Liu Yu wanted to do in the future, but Liu Yu didn't say anything, and Kang Bushuo didn't ask, and went to busy himself with the fishermen.

Liu Yu went to Liugong Island by boat. The terrain of the island is really suitable as a naval base.

The side facing Weihaiwei is a flat beach, while the side facing the Pacific Ocean has rolling hills.

There are also high grounds on both sides of the island. Building a few forts on the surface can ensure the safety of the fleet staying in Weihai Bay.

Of course, he doesn't want to be forced to rely on the army and forts to protect the navy one day. A navy that can only stay in the port does not exist.

But if you don't think about victory before you think about defeat, you still have to think about it in advance.

The first Western enemy he selected was the Dutch, who were best at raiding and stealing ports.

Send out fast ships and carry out raids when the port fleet is not out.

This has been done to Zheng Zhilong, the French, the Spaniards and even the British in Europe.

You can't help it.

After investigating the location of the fort, I went to the well spring on the island to have a look, and tasted the water in the well. It was okay, not too salty.

There is no river on the island, but there is groundwater.Now that there is a spring, several wells can be drilled.

After climbing to the top of the mountain and overlooking Liugong Island and the surrounding terrain, I couldn't help sighing.

"Lock the key to the Bohai Sea, hold back the sun in the east, don't lose this place, and worry-free in North China."

After condescending and rough planning, Liu Yu decided to spend a little more money to build a beautiful Liugongdao Naval Academy.

Masonry is the best, reserve the window lattice for installing glass, and cover it with paper for the time being.

Basic industries such as glass burning still need to be developed. There are so many wealthy households in Jiaodong who rely on gold digging, which is a market that can support development.

Alkali can be used by the seaweed ash method, or by the Glauber's salt Lublin method in Jiangsu, so that the military camps and naval schools can lead consumption.

As for the army barracks, it's probably just a matter of fooling around, as long as you can live in it.

He couldn't control this batch of troops, they were only trained for the emperor, so naturally they were raised by his stepmother.

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Five months passed in a flash, and the Weihaiwei barracks rang the bell to get up just like every day before.

Get up at six o'clock, and the sentinel on duty at night blows the bugle. Although the piercing sound of the horn is annoying, it is not as scary as the punishment for getting up late. No one dares to sleep late.

As an alternate officer, a student who failed to be promoted to the upper school in the Wude Palace Neishe, and as Liu Yu's former classmate in the Wude Palace Neishe, Wu Fangrui knew very well how strict the military discipline of this "military training envoy" was.

In terms of status and rank, they are far inferior, and in terms of merit, they have cut hundreds of people early, and none of these people in Weihaiwei dare to challenge.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree.The leaders of the Martial Virtue Palace naturally have to respect them, but what they really respect is the war in the north, which has been spread all over the past few years, and many people even went to see the captured son of the Rakshasa King. There are few stories about wars, but gradually they become legends.

Respect in the heart, and strict military discipline, I have to abide by it, and dare not disobey it.

At the moment when the wake-up bell sounded stingy, Wu Fangrui quickly lifted off the newly distributed quilt, hurriedly put on his clothes and felt hat, and ran outside with his bedmates.

As the shift monitor of his own class, after completing the team report, he reported to the expressionless Liu Yu standing in front one by one.

According to the newly learned military etiquette, he put his hands across his chest and shouted with all his strength: "Report, there should be 30 people in the second class, but there are actually 29 people. One of them asked for leave yesterday because he had diarrhea from eating fish."

Wu Fangrui knew that the next step was to do exercises and running exercises. This kind of pre-exercise report has become a necessary subject every day, and he only serves as the shift monitor for one month.

At the beginning, someone reported that the voice was not loud, and was scolded by Liu Yu, who said "I can't hear you, speak up" several times, so that some people joked in private that Mr. Liu was deafened by the war in the north .

After the report was over, when they returned to the queue, the Western musicians accompanying the army began to play military songs, and all the teams began to sing the "Song of the Vanguard" in unison.

"The heroes of ancient times have never seen the deadly shells and iron pellets. The guns shattered and there was no Zhao Guanzhang in the world. The young people of my generation have seen it, and the lead bullets flew around and raised their heads..."

After singing the song, I have to do exercises and run with the leading drill soldiers on duty.

Wu Fangrui came from a good family. Although he had never been in the army, his family had always served in the army. He was very familiar with the army, but he had never heard of any army that trains every day.

After running morning exercises, the day has just begun.Line up and return to the gate of the barracks, and each squad returns to its own barracks. There is one Western clock in each barracks, and the housework must be completed before [-]:[-].

Holding a cup, waving a newly issued bristle toothbrush, getting some rationed salt and ashes, I can be less serious when I brush my teeth and wash my face. Said: "It's fish again! Damn, in five months, I ate more fish than in the previous 20 years. How many days are there until I leave Xiumu? I'll treat you to dinner on Xiumu Day, and go to a restaurant in the city together."

Wu Fangrui raised his head, the salt water gurgled around his throat for a while, spit it all out in a mouthful, washed his face and said: "There are still four days before the retirement holiday, so get there early. It's not that the fish is not delicious, but This method is really... Hey, stewed fish with tofu, stewed fish with tofu, surimi balls...those fishermen can really catch it."

After complaining about the food, he shouted at those who were still dawdling: "Hurry up, hurry up! I have to go back and fold the quilt, and I have to check the edges and corners of the quilt later."

Thinking of making the quilt again, those dawdlings didn't dare to dawdle anymore, they touched their faces indiscriminately, and ran into the barracks.

They are against things like making quilts, but Liu Yu made it very clear in the lecture: Service is the sharpening stone for sharpening the obedience of soldiers.

Cultivating the awareness of obedience is a necessary condition for any army. Only with the awareness of obedience can there be good discipline;

Wu Fangrui remembered that in the big class, Liu Yu was raised a bit, saying that the stricter the training requirements for soldiers, the more "benevolent".

Because discipline and training can make the army win, it is considered "big benevolence", such as Huo Qubing; and Li Guang, who shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, but can't even do camp training well, and the soldiers who follow him can't get military merit. Benevolence".

What's more, I don't just want to know what's going on, but let these alternate officers know why.

I even made it clear why I did this. Although it is annoying to do chores every day, I have to accept it.

Wu Fangrui thought to himself, anyway, he will only do it for a year at most.

After a year, I will be able to torture others, and torture those recruits or juniors.

Thinking that he would be able to torture others in a year, Wu Fangrui couldn't help laughing, his hands trembled a bit, so he had to spread out the quilt and re-arrange it.

After taking care of the housework, I went to eat. As I guessed before, the steamed buns are served with minced meatballs such as fish, shrimp and crab shells. Anyone who has seen how to smash these minced fish will definitely not want to swallow these things, Xiao Fish, shrimps, crabs and the like are mixed together and smashed, and they are eaten only to ensure the consumption of training. Of course, the key is to save money.

After a few mouthfuls of boredom, I checked that the time was still early, ran to the toilet, squatted there with a few people and smoked for a while, looking at the training ship "Dawn" that was undergoing sea trials at sea, these people couldn't help it. muttered.

The buildings on Liugong Island are still being repaired for the time being, and the people from the navy are also living in the barracks, and the two sides don't talk much at all.

These candidate officers of the new army looked down on the group of people in the navy: at least they were admitted to the Wude Palace, and those people were failures.

However, his military uniform was still the same, while the navy group had newly customized military uniforms, at least they looked much more beautiful than their blue smocks and felt hats.

White trousers, a dark blue coat, and tassels on the shoulders. The coat is said to be made of woolen material bought from the south, and it looks very gorgeous and bright.

Their new army officers are much poorer, and they don't wear armor. They wear military uniforms issued by the military government and red-tasseled felt hats. Didn't match up.

From the military uniform alone, those of them who were admitted to the Wude Palace at the beginning looked like they were raised by their stepmothers.

But fortunately, thinking about the appearance of those landlubbers who were seasick and vomited and diarrhea a few days ago, they finally felt better.

"Hey, Brother Wu, I heard no. Mr. Liu said that there will be another assessment in a few days. This time, there will be divisions of horses, infantry, guns, and workers. There is also a 'staff squad' to be selected. It is said that only two Ten people. What do you think this staff officer is doing?"

Wu Fangrui shook his head and said, "I can't tell. But in the class before, didn't you mention it? It was said that in the future, we will formulate the marching route, pre-select the battlefield, march and camp, and formulate various plans before the war for selection?"

"Then isn't this duplicating the duties of the chief general?"

The person who asked the question also thought of what Liu Yu mentioned a few days ago, and was quite puzzled.The staff officer does this, so what does the general do?
"I don't know. From what it means, it seems that the staff of the new army has to make a plan, and the chief general just decides and chooses. So this is called a controlled army, and incompetent generals can also be competent? You and I are still young, and Master Liu is naturally different. But if the old Xungui is replaced as the chief general, the staff can only formulate strategies, but cannot control the army. Maybe Lord Liu thinks so?"

The person who asked thought about it for a while, and didn't want to understand what was going on, so he said: "No matter what, you have to take the test well. I don't know what will be tested, so if you pick twenty people, it's hard to say who can choose superior."

Wu Fangrui thought about it again, and said: "If you want to tell me, what the staff class needs to learn may be different from what the ordinary class needs to learn. Maybe the staff class is to learn strategy, while ordinary students only need to learn formation, chopping, Turn, formation? The staff class is the general, and the ordinary class is the sentinel and brigade guard?"

Several people discussed for a long time, but they didn't say anything about Ziwu Maoyou. Seeing that the time was coming, they had no choice but to leave.

Go back to the barracks and take out the stick, and start the daily routine training again.

After finishing the formation, Wu Fangrui was called out, Liu Yu did not ride his white horse, but chose a brown-red war horse, and shouted at Wu Fangrui: "Pick the horse's eyes and mouth with a stick! "

"Yes!"

After shouting loudly, he saw Liu Yu riding back on his horse, and then suddenly increased his speed a little and rushed towards him.

The speed of the horse is not fast, and the distance of more than ten steps makes the horse unable to pick up the speed at all.

Even so, when the horse rushed to Wu Fangrui's side, the majestic chest and height of the horse still made him forget Liu Yu's order, and subconsciously dodged to the side.

With this dodge, Liu Yu's whip came down almost at the same time, hitting his shoulder.

"Repeat my order!"

"Yes! Hold up the stick and poke the horse's eyes and mouth!"

"Then why are you hiding? You're so timid, and you're still quite an officer? Do it again!"

"Yes!"

More than a hundred students stood in line. Wu Fangrui took a deep breath and stood up again holding the stick.

The whip that was whipped on his shoulder was alright, but the sentence "cowardly" in front of more than a hundred people really made him angry.

Seeing Liu Yu's horse jogging over again, resisting the coercion brought by the horse's strong chest, he yelled and poked towards the horse's eyes.

With this poke, the jogging horse stopped and kicked its hooves on the ground, unwilling to go any further.The man did not hide, but the horse did.

Liu Yu stepped back a few steps on the horse, this time Wu Fangrui became more courageous, stood up straighter, and stabbed more accurately. Got to the side and wiped it away.

After doing this several times, Liu Yu stopped his horse.

"Since a strong horse cannot knock down an infantryman holding only a stick in his hand, it is even more impossible for a cavalry to win head-on when facing an infantry equipped with a bayonet and musket on a roaring battlefield."

"As officers in the future, you must use this method to explain clearly to your soldiers. You must also use this method to make their subconscious thoughts of avoiding disappear."

"When the time comes, I will do random checks. Now, in pairs, start training like this."

(End of this chapter)