Chapter 1678: Practicing the Brave Formation
Over the Peach Blossom Collection, the sky was clear and cloudless, and even the cold wind died down.
The word "windy and sunny" couldn't be more appropriate.
However, the Taohuaji School Ground was almost shrouded in black mist, and was accompanied by bursts of earth-shattering "bang bang bang" sounds. Those who didn't know thought that there was a big demon going through the tribulation in the Taohuaji School Ground. Woolen cloth.
The surrounding villagers heard this banging sound one after another early in the morning. At first they thought it was someone setting off firecrackers for a happy event. Many village women kicked them up and were still in bed. The man here, let him go down and see who is holding a happy event. Why didn't you notify us? Fellow villagers, would you like to help me out?
Early in the morning, many men in the village went out to check the situation. At the entrance of the village, they met several villagers who also came out to check the situation.
After some inspection, I confirmed that no one in my village was holding a wedding event, and no naughty kid secretly set off firecrackers. The source of the sound seemed to be at the foot of Taohuaji Mountain, and several township party members went over to check it out.
Then I saw the peach blossom school grounds filled with black smoke, and the sound of gunfire becoming increasingly clear.
What's going on? Is Peach Blossom Collection haunted? Burst after burst of black smoke, and the banging sound was several times louder than firecrackers.
"The military camp is an important area, and the idlers are retreating." The patrols of the Zhejiang Army immediately discovered the villagers who were checking the situation and drove them away in time.
However, the villagers also learned the truth from the Zhejiang Army patrols. It was not haunted or setting off firecrackers, but the Zhejiang Army was firing firecrackers.
This is no secret. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are generally equipped with firecrackers, but there are not many in number.
After learning that the Zhejiang Army was training firecrackers, the villagers suddenly realized that they went back to their homes to report to their mothers-in-law.
The more seriously the soldiers of their own country are trained, the more at ease they feel.
For the Zhejiang Army, early this morning, my master ordered them to practice a new type of firearms formation - the Brave Discipline Formation.
At first, judging from the seriousness with which my lord took it seriously, I thought that the firearms battle formation might be as high-end and complex as the famous Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation in ancient times or Mr. Wolong Zhuge's Eight Formation Diagram.
However, I never expected that the firearms formation that my Lord valued so much was just standing in a row.
Isn’t this the standing position at the beginning of military training?
It's just a little thinner than the original standing formation. The military formation was very thick at the time, with more than ten rows. The current Yuki Formation only has three rows; oh, and also, it is better than the original standing formation. Much more compact.
"I asked you to stand closer together and not to crowd together. Keep the current distance between people and between rows. Whether you are marching, standing still or charging, you must keep The distance now.”
"No matter what situation we encounter, even if it is a rain of arrows, even if it is a knife falling from the sky, we must stabilize the formation. This is a test of the discipline of our Zhejiang army. Mountains of swords, seas of fire, rain of bullets, people can die, the formation cannot be messed up, and it cannot be scattered. ! Once the person in front falls, the person behind must immediately step forward to fill the gap and keep the formation in order."
"Our formation is called Yuji Formation. , why it is called the Brave Formation, is because the two most important requirements of this battle formation are 'courage' and 'discipline'. The brave will win if they meet in a narrow road, and only the army with the most courage and discipline will remain in chaos when the mountain collapses. Only in this way can we form a bravery formation, and what our Zhejiang Army lacks most is courage and discipline!”
“Why should I arrange such a bravery formation? It’s very simple! It's just to bring out the power of firearms. After yesterday's military parade, I discovered, and I believe you all have discovered as well, that the accuracy and hit rate of firearms are limited. The hit rate within 70 meters is a little more than 50%, and the hit rate is a little over 150%. The hit rate within ten meters is reduced to about 30%; and the hit rate from 200 meters away is reduced to a little more than 10%. Such a hit rate requires intensive shooting with firecrackers. To increase the hit rate, it is lethal. It is no exaggeration to say that the formation is the life of the Yongji Formation and the guarantee of the Yongji Formation's combat effectiveness."
Zhu Ping'an divided the Zhejiang Army into three groups. There were three rows, and more than 2,000 people were divided into nine rows. Each row contained more than 220 people. One row was about a hundred meters long. The nine rows of people moved forward like three huge waves.
Zhu Ping'an held a tin trumpet in the team, emphasizing the importance of discipline and courage over and over again, explaining the principles of practicing the Brave Discipline Formation, and from time to time correcting problems exposed during the training process of the soldiers.
Although the Zhejiang Army has always attached great importance to formation training since it became an army and accepted it relatively quickly when practicing the Brave Discipline Formation, after all, the Brave Discipline Formation is different from formation training and requires more and stricter requirements. In actual practice, the Zhejiang Army was still exposed. solved many problems.
Stay in line and move forward at a constant speed, easier said than done.
More than 220 people in one row, more than 660 people in three rows and one strand, and more than 2,000 people in three strands must move forward in a coordinated manner. They cannot go too fast or too slow. They must follow the fixed pace allowed Moving forward, the difficulty is not that great.
In addition, training is not easy in ordinary times, and it is even more difficult on the battlefield where bullets are raining and the sound of killing is loud.
After practicing for more than half an hour from early in the morning, the Zhejiang Army barely reached Zhu Pingan's minimum requirements.
After the formation began to take shape, the next step was to shoot the firecrackers.
“Although our fire cannons are very powerful, their accuracy and range are limited. The hit rate within a hundred meters is only a little over 50%. If we want to unleash the power of our fire cannons, we must put the enemy away. You can only fight when you are close. You have to wait. The enemy must be within fifty meters before shooting. Don't worry about the enemy's cold arrows. We have cotton armor. We must wait until the enemy is within fifty meters and then fire together. Unlike bows and arrows, fire guns cannot be thrown. incline To shoot, you need to hold the gun level with both hands and shoot forward. "
"Now the first group comes forward, okay, stop. This position is fifty meters away from the target. The first row is squatting, and the second row is squatting. Bend down, stand up straight in the third row, load ammunition now, get ready to shoot!”
“Ready, shoot!”
Zhu Ping’an separated the Zhejiang army into three groups, one by one. Shoot, and set up three rows of targets fifty meters in front.
The first group of soldiers took out their oil paper ammunition bags, loaded them with ammunition, pounded them with long iron rods, fixed the match ropes, and got ready to shoot.
After Zhu Pingan gave the order, the first three rows of soldiers set off firecrackers together, "bang bang bang"
Black smoke rose instantly.
The gunpowders these days are all pyrotechnics, and black smoke will inevitably rise after shooting. As for high-grade gunpowders such as smokeless gunpowder, Zhu Pingan has only heard of it. As a liberal arts student, he is I don’t know how to make it, I don’t know the principle, I don’t even know the idea. (End of this chapter)