Chapter 1609 Attitude Change
It seems that the Zhejiang Army is indeed different from the officers and soldiers of the Guard Station. In terms of military discipline and combat power, they are not comparable to the officers and soldiers of the Guard Station.
Chen Dacheng had to face it seriously, put away the coping on his face, and asked Zhu Ping'an seriously, "I wonder what the conditions are for recruiting soldiers? Your army is for group training. If you apply for recruitment, you will be in the army in the future. What is the future?”
After hearing Chen Dacheng’s inquiry, Zhu Ping’an couldn’t help but feel happy. Chen Daneng asked about the conditions for recruiting soldiers and the future after joining the army. Naturally, he was already inclined to agree to the clan children and villagers recruiting. Soldiers.
"As long as you are young and strong local farmers, miners, or have brothers to support the elderly, you can come to sign up and select the best among them. Although our Zhejiang Army is a group training, the soldiers' pay is higher than that of the guards. There is a lot of military pay, one or two and a half silver each month, and if you perform well in the performance appraisal, you can get a silver reward and Opportunities for promotion. Killing Japanese pirates on the battlefield will reward you with 30 taels of silver. The more you kill, the higher the reward. You can also be promoted for meritorious service and be granted the title of wife. In addition, our Zhejiang Army is a regiment training army, not a hereditary military membership, but a civilian. If you are registered, you can retire from the army at that time, and it will not affect your employment in industry and commerce, or your participation in the imperial examinations.”
Zhu Pingan briefly introduced the recruitment conditions, focusing on the benefits and promotion opportunities of the Zhejiang Army. He also emphasized that joining the Zhejiang Army is not a hereditary military membership, and there are no disadvantages of being a military household. You can retire.
"Thank you for clarifying my doubts, sir. I have another question. I wonder how you will train your troops after you recruit them?" Chen Dacheng asked again.
Zhu Ping'an felt even happier after hearing Chen Dacheng's question. The more detailed Chen Dacheng asked, the deeper he asked, and the more he wanted to know, the more it showed that he tended to agree with the clan children and villagers in his heart. Enlist in the army.
In response to Chen Dacheng's question, Zhu Ping'an replied with a serious face: "The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you will bleed in war. After I recruit soldiers, I naturally have to drill strictly, but it is different from other people's training. Yes, I train soldiers with the first level of military discipline, the second level of thinking, and the third level of firearms. "
"Your Excellency attaches great importance to military discipline, and the common people understand it, but what is this idea?" Chen Dacheng asked doubtfully.
"The so-called ideology refers to ideological education. Simply put, it is to improve the ideological awareness of soldiers, let them understand who they are fighting for and why they are fighting, and concentrate on cultivating their faith. An army with faith and discipline will never They are a ragtag group of people whose iron will forges iron. "General army."
It is not surprising that Zhu Ping'an was confused about Chen Dacheng. Even Zhang Jing was puzzled by this, let alone him. The importance of ideological education will last for hundreds of years. It was only later that it was taken seriously and discovered, and became a major weapon in military construction.
Iron will, forge an iron army... When Chen Dacheng heard this, he felt uneasy.
"Sir, ordinary people also have a certain understanding of military affairs. Firearms have always played a supporting role in our army. "Records of the Ming Dynasty" records: 'For every one hundred households, there are ten gunsmiths and swordsmen. Twenty, thirty archers, and forty gunners. Only one-tenth of the army uses firearms, and they are in a auxiliary position. It seems that the importance of firearms is reversed," Chen Dacheng suggested. doubt.
"Does Patriarch Chen know about Shenji Camp?" Zhu Ping'an asked.
"The common people know." Chen Dacheng replied.
"History is moving forward, and everything is developing, and firearms are no exception. "Records of the Ming Dynasty" comes from the Hongwu period, and gunners accounted for one-tenth. By the Yongle period, Emperor Yongle built the Shenji Camp, which was Specialized firearms troops are paying more and more attention to firearms. Firearms are ten to one hundred times more powerful than cold weapons. Whoever can effectively use firearms will be able to win or lose the war," Zhu Ping'an said to Chen Dacheng with a confident look.
"Sir, Emperor Yongle built the Divine Machine Camp to assist other military camps. Emperor Yongle proposed the combat method of 'the divine machine guns are in the front and the cavalry are in the rear'. This is still the case today. Firearms are the Used before engaging the enemy, not the main battle After engaging the enemy, you still have to use a knife to kill the enemy. In addition, it is difficult to use firearms in rainy weather and other weather conditions, and firearms can only play a supporting role. Isn't it a matter of priority for adults to attach importance to firearms? "Chen. Dacheng insisted and questioned.
Hearing this, Zhu Pingan was not surprised. This is a limitation of this era and a limitation of history. He is not to blame. Even Qi Jiguang, who will attach great importance to firearms in the future, is still limited in the use of firearms. Qi Jiguang also emphasized "Firearms are only used before engaging the enemy; they cannot be "Reliance is the main weapon of war". Although the firearm ratio of the Qi family's army is as high as half, the standard weapons of the Qi family's army are not firearms, but cold weapons such as rattan plates, wolf swords, and Qi's sabers. The Qi family's combat methods are also cold weapons and mandarin duck formations. Mainly, firearms are only used before engaging the enemy.
But Zhu Pingan is different. Zhu Pingan has hundreds of years of historical experience that surpasses them. He knows that it is inevitable for firearms to replace cold weapons. Whoever can effectively use firearms can control the outcome of the war. It is an exaggeration to say that whoever can effectively use firearms will be the king of the army in the world!
To be honest, Zhu Pingan's advantage in military training lies in firearms and his hundreds of years of experience in the development and use of firearms. Compared with this era, whether it is Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other outstanding generals of the Ming army, or Western countries such as Folangji and England that have begun to pay attention to firearms, they are far inferior to Zhu Pingan, and they are not as good as Zhu Pingan.
Of course, when it comes to cold weapons, no matter how many military books Zhu Pingan reads and how much experience he has, he cannot compare to Qi Jiguang and others.
The more Zhu Ping'an studied future Qi Jiguang's masterpieces "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Records of Military Training" as well as the ancient military books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Wei Liao Zi", the more he felt that the ancients were powerful in fighting with cold weapons. Above, Zhu Ping'an feels ashamed.
This is not simply something that experience can make up for, it is also talent. On the track of cold weapons, Zhu Pingan thought that no matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up with them, nor could he do better than Qi Jiguang and others. But with firearms, Zhu Pingan is confident.
As long as he can train an army with firearms, Zhu Ping'an is confident that he can fight the Japanese pirates who cannot take care of themselves and kneel down to call daddy!
Even Zhu Ping'an had enough confidence to step on the Japanese Fusang and tie up their bullshit emperor and generals with long tassels to hold them accountable.
On the one hand, we should maximize our strengths and avoid our weaknesses; on the other hand, we should lead the military trend.
So, Zhu Ping'an's military training is to train an army that mainly uses firearms and equipment and uses firearms for combat.
"Clan Chief Chen, the wheel of history is rolling forward. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Although firearms have many shortcomings, it is not a problem as long as they are improved and perfected. Although I am not talented, I am very good at it. There are unique researches on firearms tactics and improvements in firearms, such as For example, I have tripled the gunpowder loading efficiency, innovated the tactics of using firearms, etc., but it involves military secrets, so please forgive me for not saying more."
Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly and said firmly. His eyes are like the sun, and his gaze is full of confidence.
The gunpowder loading efficiency has been increased by three times.
This means that originally only one round of firecrackers can be fired, but now three rounds of firecrackers can be fired, which increases the lethality by three times; the tactics of using firearms have been improved. Although I don’t know how to improve it, but it looks like it should be no worse than gunpowder reloading.
In this way, the effectiveness of firearms has been increased by at least five or six times. It makes sense that Mr. Zhu attaches great importance to firearms.
"The common people understand, thank you for clarifying my doubts." Chen Dacheng clasped his hands and bowed deeply to Zhu Ping'an. (End of this chapter)