The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 45 Line Infantry Tactics
The butt of the gun hit the ground heavily, and all the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Guard saluted the military flag.

At this moment, they were firmly united by this military flag.In future battlefields, wherever this flag appears, they will crush all enemies with thunder.

In the afternoon, profiteer Ji Liang arrives as scheduled.

Two six-pound guns and three three-pound guns were unloaded from the car, and the officers and soldiers of the artillery company were all happy.

Since they entered the Dragon Guard camp, they watched the cavalry practice charge all day long, and even the infantry had at least one training gun, but they could only learn "ballistic" and "angle" in the military tent and memorize boring artillery watches.

But now you infantry and cavalry come to compare, buddies have cannons!
A group of over-excited artillerymen just carried their hands on their shoulders and moved the [-]-jin three-pound gun to the artillery training ground.

Not long after, there were a few roars from the training ground on the west side.After simply testing the quality of the artillery, Colloe has begun to direct the artillery company to fire live ammunition.

It took five or six trips for the steel ingots from the Suji Iron Field to arrive at the barracks.For the sake of safety and confidentiality, Ji Liang has always received steel ingots in the military camp.

At the same time as the last batch of steel ingots, there were ninety newly made flintlocks, which surprised Zhu Linmi a little bit.

Ji Liang ordered his subordinates to load thousands of catties of steel ingots into seven carts, and then readily paid the difference between the price of the steel ingots and the cannon, totaling more than 1 taels.He also made an agreement with Zhu Linming to come to buy [-] catties of steel ingots in the middle of every month in the future, and the goods will be sold at the Dragon Guard Army.

To say that the fine steel produced in Longnan is really easy to sell.The two thousand catties that Ji Liang brought back last time were all bought by the Portuguese in Macau before they could be shipped, and he made a net profit of 1000 taels!

After Ji Liang's convoy left, Zhu Linmi called Massedo again and ordered him to arrange live ammunition training for all infantry from now on.However, there are only ninety flintlocks for the time being, and each company can only have half an hour's turn every day.

Masseto picked up a flintlock from the truck curiously, pulled the hammer away forcefully, took a false aim into the air and pulled the trigger.

With a bang, the hammer hit the scythe hard, bursting out a large spark.

He had used flintlock guns in France, and the sparks from those guns were less than [-]% of the one in his hand.It is conceivable that the ignition success rate of the flintlock gun in his hand must be much higher than that of the French one.

Massedo tried more than ten times in a row, and the trigger fire was very stable.Only then did he truly believe that the Dongfang County King who hired him could indeed turn the flintlock into a main weapon of battle.

He thought of the new combat formations and tactics in the training manual compiled by Zhu Linmi.He immediately keenly realized that with this new type of musket, a military revolution may soon sweep the entire Ming Dynasty and even the whole world!
As the soldiers of the Dragon Guards gradually mastered the basic training, a new subject—battle formation training officially began.

In the training manual compiled by Zhu Linmei, the tactics using these formations are called line infantry tactics.

The basic formation is so simple that there are only three types: row, column, and hollow square.

The corresponding usage is also very simple.There are three rows of soldiers lined up one and a half feet apart, allowing for intensive shooting within the maximum range.

A column is a formation used for charging or marching as a whole.Usually there are three rows of 40 to [-] people in a row, another three rows follow them two feet behind, and another three rows behind them, and so on.

The hollow phalanx is the most effective formation for defending cavalry.Three rows of soldiers form a hollow square, with bayonets pointing obliquely outward, which can effectively deal with cavalry charges and outflank tactics.At the same time, cannons can be placed in the open space in the middle of the phalanx. Cavalry rushing into this phalanx will usually be shot again and again, but it is difficult to break through the dense bayonet bushes.

These are all combat routines that are familiar to all countries in the world more than 100 years later, but in the middle of the seventeenth century, the germination of line infantry tactics has just emerged in Europe, and it is still far from being able to be used proficiently on the battlefield.

What Zhu Linming didn't expect was that he relied on his excellent flintlock guns to persuade Macedo and other foreigners to accept the new combat formation, but the local officers and soldiers began to have opinions.

Another day, after the drill was over, Yu Xin came to Zhu Linmi's camp.

"Bohai," he called Zhu Linmi after saluting, obviously wanting to talk with Fa Xiao, "the soldiers have been talking a lot lately."

Zhu Linmi asked him to sit down first, ordered tea, and then asked, "Oh? What's the matter?"

"That's probably the only thing I can tell you." Yu Xinyu said earnestly, "Bohai, I'm afraid it won't be possible to practice like this now. I practiced walking, running, and lining up a while ago, which will make the soldiers more disciplined. We I feel fine.

"But recently, the soldiers have to line up neatly and march forward with the beat of the drums. Every step must be taken at the same time, the ranks must be straight, and the movements must be completely consistent. This... can be used when watching the ceremony. How can there be such a line on the battlefield? A neat opportunity? Besides, it’s useless for actual combat.”

Zhu Lin was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that even Yu Xin, the battalion chief, didn't understand the purpose of his training formation.

"Based on my experience, it's time to train the soldiers in fighting techniques." Yu Xin continued, "Even if you don't practice bows, crossbows, knives and guns, and building ladders to break through the city, at least you should practice simple long fists. But only Practice queuing..."

Zhu Linming interrupted him with a smile, "Is there anyone else who thinks the same as you?"

Yu Xin nodded, "I also want the Dragon Guards to be better. In the past few days, many officers and even soldiers have come to me, and they all said that they don't want to practice and line up all day long."

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "Let the whole battalion gather first to watch the martial arts performance tomorrow morning. You choose an infantry company with the best training level for me, and you need to make some preparations..."

"Yes." Although Yu Xin was a little puzzled, he still took Zhu Linming's order and left.

After the military flag was raised as usual the next day, the battalions and companies did not take off for training.

Battalion Chief Yu Xinyu came to the front of the queue and said loudly: "Independence company, go out and gather in front of the wooden target in front. The commander of the army will personally lead the martial arts performance, and the other officers and soldiers of the battalion will watch in place."

"Yes!" Liu Guoxuan replied loudly, and turned around to direct his soldiers, "Independence company, turn right! Run, go! One two one."

After a full set of Zhu Linming's custom-made training plan, as the best independent company in the whole battalion, it already has the appearance of a modern army.

More than 200 wooden targets have been set up at one end of the school grounds, and there are about five or six rows in front and back, which are arranged in a mess.

Zhu Linming ordered the soldiers to distribute the flintlocks and the packaged fixed ammunition they had just delivered to the soldiers of the first company.In recent days, the infantrymen have taken turns to hit the target with the ninety flintlocks, and have basically mastered the essentials of operation.

Zhu Linming ordered Liu Guoxuan: "Arrange horizontally, spread out!"

"Yes!"

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