The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 30 Training Program
It was night, and Ji Liang's two trucks of cargo arrived outside the gate of the Dragon Guard's barracks.

The arms dealer unloaded Zhu Lin's binoculars and pistols. Seeing that the goods had hardly been reduced, he seemed very unwilling, but he immediately thought of the excellent steel, and then he smiled.

He brought the five accompanying Latin translators to Zhu Lin's general camp, and took the opportunity to borrow Shi Lin's saber to try again.Zhu Linmi simply asked the guards to fetch some crucible steel knives and give them to him.

Ji Liang didn't sleep for half the night, and repeatedly tested these knives with various tools.In the end he was pretty sure the steel would set off a buying frenzy in Europa.

Just as he expected, half a year later, on the European battlefield, the rich and powerful Spanish army suddenly equipped a batch of extremely strong plate armor and extremely sharp and durable spear points, which caused great suffering to the opponents of the Netherlands.

Since then, Longnan Steel has become well-known throughout Europe, and its sales have continued to rise.

The next day, Ji Liang left Longnan with the 900 jin of steel ingot Qiao Qian had just brought from Suji Iron Works, and paid him more than [-] taels after deducting the weapons sold to Zhu Linmi.

In fact, there were seven thousand catties of steel ingots in stock, but Ji Liang didn't have enough transportation capacity, so he had to wait for the transportation team to take the rest next time.

But Zhu Linmi didn't give the foreign mercenaries more rest time, and recruited five mercenary officers and interpreters to the general camp early in the morning.

After a brief explanation, Macedo quickly figured out the situation, and said to Zhu Linming: "So, you mainly want us to train the army for you instead of fighting?"

The interpreter translates back and forth between the two.

"That's right." Zhu Linmei nodded, "But you must train soldiers in my way."

Macedo and the others seemed very happy, and it would be best not to go to a dangerous battlefield.

Macedo immediately took out the brochure that he carried with him and handed it to Zhu Linmei. There were some simple pictures on it, with a lot of text descriptions, but it was in Latin.

"This is the code of conduct for soldiers of the Ezebana Army." Colloe said aside.

Although she couldn't understand the text, Zhu Linmi quickly found patterns such as spearmen and cuirassiers in the manual.

He smiled and shook his head, pointing to the spearman in the manual, "This type of unit will not appear in my army." He combined the Spanish soldier's drill, "The training methods recorded here are outdated."

Macedo smiled brighter than him, "Your Highness, you actually want to cancel the spearmen? The enemy's heavy cavalry charge will instantly crush your infantry."

"What if the musketeers lined up almost shoulder to shoulder, and each of them had a foot-and-a-half long bayonet on their guns?" Zhu Linmi asked back.

Macedo frowned and thought about it for a while, but he didn't seem to come up with an answer, but then changed into a post-doctoral expression looking illiterate, "I'm not sure if this formation will work. But it's impossible for arquebus soldiers to line up so closely, the spacing is too narrow It is easy to ignite the gunpowder of teammates..."

When Zhu Linmi handed over the flintlock brought from Fujian to Macedo, he was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then quickly understood that it was a flintlock, "You plan to use this kind of gun as the main force of the army Equipment?" He shook his head again, "Flintlocks are expensive, and most importantly, they are too unreliable."

People always think that Europeans are innovative, but in fact they are much more conservative than Orientals.The flintlock gun that appeared in the [-]th century was not popularized in Europe until the [-]th century. Even in the Napoleon era, some people wanted to use bows and arrows instead of muskets.

Zhu Linmi said firmly: "Price is not a problem. My soldiers must be equipped with the best weapons, and I will spare no expense. And reliability is even less of a problem."

Faro on the side thought deeply: "If the reliability of this weapon is guaranteed, coupled with the dense bayonet phalanx, it may really be able to replace the spearman."

"But why cancel the spearmen? Just because of your 'maybe'?" Pastore retorted.

Zhu Linmi really wanted to tell him, which country's army would still use spearmen decades later?My training program will not be outdated in nearly 200 years.But he couldn't say it out.

Several foreigners began to argue, and those who supported and opposed Zhu Linming's training methods were equally divided.

In fact, the same debate has occurred several times among Chinese military officers who had been exposed to Zhu Linmi's training program earlier.It is difficult for people to accept new things in a short period of time. It took Europe hundreds of years to completely abandon the spear phalanx and begin to popularize line infantry tactics.

And Zhu Linmi must quickly help the army complete this transformation. He said coldly: "I have a mature training plan, and I must train soldiers in my own way. This is an order and must be implemented."

Only then did Macedo stop everyone from arguing, but he still murmured, "Okay, execute the order, but I will not be responsible if the war is lost."

Zhu Linmi ignored his complaints and distributed the prepared training outline to several people.

From the most basic queue actions, such as standing at attention, walking in unison, turning around, etc., to the planning of combat formations, the application of various weapons and equipment, the coordination between arms, and the combat methods for different enemy forces and different terrains, etc., all are available. .

Since she couldn't draw illustrations, Zhu Linmei had to explain each part to Macedo and the others, how to do specific formation actions, formation effects such as line formations and square formations, and the arrangement of artillery concentrated formations... …

In fact, if he finds some capable generals of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be able to teach them in such a detailed way for two months.

However, European soldiers who are accustomed to standardized and modeled training understand it faster. Most of the concepts are the same as their previous training content, but there will be some changes in actions and specifications.

In addition, such as the details of queue switching, combat communication command, fighting skills, etc., these foreigners who have experienced the European military technology revolution in the [-]th century are very valuable. After all, it is impossible for Zhu Linming to know too many details. .

When the sky was getting dark, several officers including Macedo had roughly understood Zhu Linmi's formation requirements, but more in-depth matters such as line tactics and formation could only be discussed another day.But this speed has already satisfied Zhu Linming.

After a few more days of intensive intensive study, the five foreign military officers had an overall understanding of the new training framework.In fact, the whole process was mixed with a lot of controversy, but basically Zhu Linmin was able to convince them with her advanced military theory, and she could only enforce orders if there were some objections.

On the other hand, the rank assessment of all the soldiers of the Dragon Guard New Army has also been completed.

Yu Xin handed over a roster to Zhu Linming, "Your Highness, there are 98 first-class soldiers, 279 second-class soldiers, 504 third-class soldiers, and 113 third-class soldiers who can't meet the standards of third-class soldiers. The subordinates have already prepared according to your order. It means that all soldiers will be reorganized into a new battalion and five companies. Other auxiliary arms are also being arranged.

"It's just that the number of lower-level officers is too small at present, and there are many vacancies in the positions from team management to platoon commander."

Zhu Linmei took over the roster and looked at it roughly, and asked people to call all the officers above the [-]th commander of the Longwei Battalion, Macedo and others.

After more than a dozen people separated and stood on both sides, Zhu Linming said solemnly: "I am training the army according to the order, and now the new army of the Longwei Battalion will be restructured as follows."

　Because this is a pure newcomer, I hope you will not hesitate to collect, recommend, and comment, thank you very much!

　　


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