Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

However, after a period of contact, Wu Shigong also knew that Gonzales and the others were Portuguese, and he also knew about Carelli's bragging and Gonzalez's ambition.

Of course Wu Shigong would not expose this point, he just had a heart-to-heart with Gonzalez and the others, telling them: Although he is not yet a marquis, his strength is not considered the strongest.But it is also going in the direction of striving for hegemony in the world.

As long as Gonzales and the others can help Wu Shigong win a high position, Wu Shigong vowed to give Gonzales and others titles and fiefdoms.As for the difference between the powerless marquis of the Ming Dynasty and the electors who were similar to kings in the West, Wu Shigong certainly would not talk about it.

But what's funny is that after Gonzalez and the others heard this, they became even more certain that Wu Shigong would become the elector.Because these titles and fiefs are not Chinese cabbage, they can be picked anywhere, and it will definitely require a lot of dedication and hard work.As Portuguese officers who dared to take risks in the Far East, Gonzales and the others had this psychological preparation.

And Wu Shigong was completely fooling Gonzalez and the others.The current Wu Shigong is Amitabha Buddha who can separate one side, so how can he have the strength to fight for hegemony?

However, Wu Shigong was not unprepared. Even if Wu Shigong got lucky in the end and really succeeded in fighting for hegemony, at most he would give Gonzalez and the others a place in Southeast Asia!Anyway, these places were all Western colonies later on, so Westerners like Gonzales and those Western colonists who came to the East were allowed to kill each other.

When Gonzalez and the others introduced the most advanced tactics in the West at that time, of course they mentioned the famous Spanish phalanx.But it was the first time Wu Shigong heard the term "Spanish phalanx". He only knew Spanish girls before.

After learning about the composition and operational use of the Spanish phalanx in detail, Wu Shigong felt that this phalanx was just right for him.Hiding behind the city wall made of long spears, and using firecrackers to attack the enemy, this method is very cool to think about!He won the favor of Wu Shigong's kind of tortoise.

And Wu Shigong also found out.The queue training required by oneself and the emphasis on firecracker shooting are both very important components in the Spanish phalanx.This gave Wu Shigong a feeling like winning the lottery.My previous efforts were not in vain.

Of course, there are many tactics and tricks about how to use the phalanx.However, Gonzales and the others were only middle- and low-level officers in the Portuguese army, and they did not serve in the Spanish, French, or Swedish armies that used this phalanx at the time, so they had no specific concerns about the phalanx. Compared with the centurions of the Ming Dynasty, there is no problem with the command, but they only know the surface of the tactical use of the entire phalanx.

Although Gonzales and the others cover up in every possible way for their own face and future.But Wu Shigong and the officers of the Runing Battalion have gone through a lot of battles after all, so they are all aware of it.Of course, Wu Shigong didn't go to talk to them.

But this made Wu Shigong a little worried, fearing that there would be some problems if he rashly used the Spanish phalanx in the Runing camp.In the end, I decided to use the old method of Runing Camp to find and solve problems during training.

Just do it.Wu Shigong immediately summoned all the officers of the Runing Battalion and Portuguese officers like Gonzales, and decided to set up a legion to try out the Spanish phalanx.And this legion is named as the teaching legion.

In order to achieve a unified name.No confusion about names.Wu Shigong first upgraded his Runing Battalion to an army. Therefore, from now on, the Runing Battalion will be called the Runing Army (from here on, new titles will be used, and the official positions of the officers in the Runing Army will also be changed. It will be changed to a new official position. But these official positions of the Runing Army are different from the official positions of the Ming Dynasty. Externally, those officers will use the official positions of the Ming Dynasty, but internally, they will use the official positions of the Runing Army).

This teaching corps is a mixed corps.There will be one chief and one deputy army chief.Zhou Xun will be promoted to the deputy commander of the Runing Army.The leader is of course Xue Yongli.And Wu Shigong is the military and political leader of the Runing Army.And Li Sanhe will become the army commander of the teaching army, and Yu Ji will be the deputy army commander.

The main force is two infantry units of [-] soldiers, so Wu Shigong called them the modern infantry regiments.There will also be a head and a deputy head.

In addition to the cavalry battalion with five centurions, of course, there is also a chief and deputy battalion commander.A chariot battalion of five centuries.This battalion will do some auxiliary work such as transporting food, building bridges, and setting up camps. Of course, it will also fight in an emergency.The centurion will be called the company, and there will also be a company commander and a deputy company commander.

In addition, there will be a firearms battalion attached to the Legion, which will carry three three-pound guns and six one-pound guns.There are also ten chariots with ten swarms of bees.The Runing army has now used up all the swarms, and these equipment will be reinstalled after returning to Runing.

In addition, there are nearly 300 legion commanders, military doctors, veterinarians, etc. Therefore, the entire legion will have 600 people, more than 300 horses, more than 100 pack horses and snail donkeys, chariots, carts and hand-pushed pairs. There are more than [-] wheelers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Shigong simply arranged for the expansion of the Runing Army.He Fei's Nanyang Battalion will be changed into the Nanyang Army. The organization of this army will be the same as that of the teaching army, and it will be a full-staffed main army.

It is also necessary to establish a Guide Army in Guide Mansion, and a Runing Army in the south of Runing Mansion.These two legions will be half full, that is, the number of men and horses will be half of the full legion.In the event of a war, after Wu Shigong is mobilized, the two legions will replenish the local village protection teams to full strength within a month before going into battle.

Wu Shigong will also set up a cavalry regiment consisting of two thousand-man cavalry regiments, with a total of [-] cavalry and ten one-pounder artillery.Wu Shigong's default army commander will be Zhang Biao who is currently in Guide Mansion.

Wu Shigong's personal team will also be expanded to 500 people, and it will still play the dual role of Wu Shigong's guard and officer training.The officer command training conducted by the personal soldiers will be completed in the teaching corps.

The artillery team directly under the Runing Army will also reach the size of a thousand-man regiment.However, there are two infantry companies and one cavalry company to guard the artillery, two transport companies to transport ammunition and food, and one engineer company to do some auxiliary work.

The artillery regiment will command all the remaining mobile artillery, but the caliber of the artillery will basically be above three pounds.With the increase of artillery, the size of the artillery regiment will be further expanded.

There is also a thousand artificial corps directly under the Runing Army.They will accompany the main operations of the Runing Army, and do a good job of auxiliary troops such as road opening and logistics.

Therefore, this time the army expansion will expand the Runing Army to about 5000 people at once.Of course, most of these army personnel, horses and equipment are on paper now, and they will not be implemented until Wu Shigong returns to Runing Mansion.

This expedition brought too much sense of crisis to Wu Shigong.Coupled with the support of nearly 20 taels of silver and goods, Wu Shigong was able to make this determination.

In addition, Wu Shigong will also establish ten militia groups of 500 members.The militia will be composed of the local village protection team and Xue Qiang's internal affairs department.Their role is just like the modern militia. They usually focus on their own work and only gather for training at regular intervals.Of course, in an emergency, these people will also be transformed into formal soldiers.

The establishment of the teaching regiment this time almost wiped out all the soldiers in Wu Shigong's personal army, and they were all sent down to the army to become officers.The quality of the soldiers is very good, because the soldiers recruited this time are all domestic slaves recruited by Wu Shigong in Shandong and miners recruited by Laizhou City, who have been trained for more than half a year.

The only one who was a little unhappy was the commander of the personal army - Yang Rusong, who was about to become a bachelor commander.

When he grumbled and complained to Wu Shigong: "My lord, there are so few guards, how can you and your wife be protected?"

Wu Shigong replied with a smile: "It's okay! I have so many guards who have taught the legion, so there must be no danger."

Wu Shigong knew what Yang Rusong was complaining about.He has been by Wu Shigong's side for so long, and he also wants to go down to lead troops.In fact, Wu Shigong was already planning to release Yang Rusong as the commander of the Runing Army after he returned to the Runing Mansion.But this young man obviously doesn't have a city mansion, so Wu Shigong wants to grind his temper now.

And Li Sanhe's cavalry also recruited more than 300 soldiers who could ride horses from among these recruits.Shandong was originally the place where the horse administration was implemented in the Ming Dynasty, so there are many local people who can ride horses.

As for the horses, there is no shortage of harnesses, but there is no shortage of war horses.It can only be replaced by pack horses first.It is better to have a poor horse than no horse.

And this large-scale military expansion also caused a shortage of officers in the Runing Army.Especially the artillery.Liang Hui, the commander of the artillery team, was appointed as the deputy commander of the Runing Army.Although this position is not necessarily higher than that of the future head of the artillery regiment directly under it, this transfer will give Liang Hui room for promotion in the future.

You know, Liang Hui was promoted from a craftsman who built the fortress of Qianhusuo to this position in just four or five years, surpassing many guards brought by Wu Shigong from the capital.From this point of view, just like modern times, the promotion speed of this technical officer is fast.

But in this way, there will be a lot of vacancies in the artillery team, and there will be a lot of vacancies for officers in the firearms battalions in the four legions formed.This makes people like Gonzalez busy now helping the artillery team to step up training and suddenly train qualified artillery officers.

Gonzales and the others were also awarded official positions in the Runing Army by Wu Shigong, the highest being Gonzalez's regimental commander.However, none of them has become the chief officer of the Runing Army, and they are all vain positions of some consultants.But when Gonzalez and the others learned about the military salaries, subsidies and benefits of these official positions, they were all overjoyed.This income has far exceeded their previous commission.

Therefore, these people are more motivated.I just want to gain Wu Shigong's trust earlier and become the real leader of the army.However, Wu Shigong also made a request to them, asking them to learn to speak and write Mandarin as soon as possible, and it must not be Cantonese Mandarin! (To be continued..)