After the artillery unit was formed, more rigorous training was carried out so that the artillery officers and men could master the operation skills of the artillery and shoot the shells more accurately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition to strict training, every month or so, Li An would ask two artillery units to organize joint infantry and artillery exercises in conjunction with the Longwu Army and Yulin Army in the capital to test whether the artillery units could still fire shells accurately in a complex actual combat environment, and how to deal with emergencies.

There are many ways to conduct exercises, but among all the exercises, the live-fire confrontation exercise is always the most exciting and exciting, and of course, it can also simulate the real battlefield environment the most, and the training effect on soldiers is the best.

After the soldiers gradually became proficient in operating artillery, Li An consulted with the senior generals of the Fourth Army of the North Gate to let the Fourth Army of the North Gate and the two artillery brigades conduct a live-fire exercise of infantry and artillery confrontation, and set up various incentives to motivate all the soldiers to strive for victory.

In this exercise, Li An invited a large number of high-ranking generals such as Chen Xuanli to observe the performance on the spot, of course, including some civilian officials who were interested in artillery units, and even the emperor even sent trusted eunuchs to observe the exercise.

"Since His Majesty handed over the Black Powder Workshop to a lieutenant to guard the town, the general must have been a lot more idle! When I'm fine, I can always walk around the R&D center and give me advice on my newly developed weapons. ”

Li An looked at Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu who was sitting beside him, and greeted casually.

"Yes! It's a lot more leisurely, since Li Shilang invented artillery, His Majesty doesn't feel the need for me to personally guard the black powder workshop, however, I still have time to go and see, the black powder workshop must not have any accidents, especially now, there is also a workshop to make flowering bombs, let alone accidents. ”

Chen Xuanli said solemnly.

Li An nodded and said: "That's natural, the black powder workshop is the most basic industry of Datang, once there is an accident in the black powder workshop, the mining of minerals will be affected, so that the supply of pig iron will be insufficient, and there will be no raw materials for the casting of railways, machinery, and this artillery, and all research and development work will be forced to stop, and the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Chen Xuanli nodded approvingly, and then asked, "Li Shilang, can today's confrontation drill be colorful?" ”

"Of course, a new batch of artillery has been cast, and the third artillery brigade and the fourth artillery brigade will soon be formed.

Li Ang immediately gave the color head and looked at everyone with a smile.

"Artillery brigade commander, the salary is higher than that of the general, this color is good, I don't know if the general's beloved son can come out on top?"

An official looked at Chen Xuanli and said with a smile.

"Haha! The son of the general is the head of the First Artillery Brigade of the First Artillery Brigade, and in terms of strength, it is the strongest among all artillery teams, and this time he will definitely be able to take the first place and sit firmly in the position of commander of the artillery brigade. ”

Another official hurriedly complimented Chen Xuanli.

"Whether we can come out on top depends on today's performance, the army is ready, and the exercise can begin."

Chen Xuanli suppressed the excitement in his heart and said happily.

"Pass the order, and the exercise will officially begin."

Li An immediately ordered to start a live-fire exercise with infantry and artillery coordination.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Ten artillery teams, on the vast battlefield, launched a fierce confrontation, quickly moved positions, quickly erected artillery, quickly destroyed the enemy's main force, infantry cavalry officers and men cooperated with artillery units, launched cover and surprise attacks, in order to protect their own artillery, and destroy the enemy's artillery firing positions.

For example, in the process of rapid movement of the artillery, the opposing cavalry suddenly launched a surprise attack and rushed to the front of the artillery before the artillery unit set up artillery, so that the artillery unit was destroyed and should immediately withdraw from the exercise team.

The death of the infantry cavalry was that in the middle of the movement, it suddenly entered the enemy's artillery encirclement, and every direction in the front, rear, left and right was covered by artillery fire, so that this infantry cavalry team was severely damaged and had to withdraw from the exercise immediately.

The two opposing sides were engaged in fierce battles, and Li An, who was sitting on a high platform, and the generals and officials could use tenfold binoculars to see most corners of the battlefield, evaluate the tactical level of the commanders of each unit, and even quarrel because of differences of opinion.

"Li Shilang, the artillery's color head is available, but this time, the infantry cavalry of the Long Wu Army and the Yulin Army also participated in the exercise, if they win, what color can they get."

An official asked suddenly.

Li An didn't think about it, and immediately replied: "This simple, infantry cavalry with good performance can be directly admitted, enter the artillery academy to study, and eventually become an artilleryman." ”

"Haha! Li Shilang's color head is really cunning! Unconsciously, the artillery unit has obtained the best talents, and after such exercises, a few more times, the talents of our Longwu Army have all gone to the artillery unit. ”

Chen Xuanli heard this and said with a smile.

"If the talents of the Long Wu Army can enter the Artillery Academy, it means that there are many talents in the Long Wu Army, and this is also the great general's training! Your Majesty will be pleased. ”

Li An smiled slyly.

At this time, although the artillery unit was formed by Li An, the artillery unit did not belong to Li An's commander, but was directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, so the Long Wu Army dedicated talents to the artillery unit, that is, handed over talents to the emperor, which was a sign of loyalty.

"Okay, good, my outstanding talent of the Long Wu Army, Li Shilang can pick it at will, even if he picks me Chen Xuanli to be an artilleryman."

Chen Xuanli smiled and joked.

"If the general wants to join the artillery, it is also possible, and when the number of artillery units increases in the future, an artillery corps can be formed and the general can come over as the commander of the corps, how about it?"

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Haha! All right! I've been waiting for this day. ”

Chen Xuanli knew that Li An was joking, and responded with a smile, he was in his fifties and had not received artillery operation training, how could he be an artillery commander.

"Hahahaha!"

Many of the generals around him laughed along with it.

The confrontation exercise was very exciting, and the infantry cavalry units were constantly 'wiped out' and withdrew from the exercise area, of course, there were also artillery teams that soon withdrew from the exercise area, and the first artillery team to withdraw from the exercise area was Zhang Erniu's Seventh Artillery Team.

As the exercises progressed, more artillery units withdrew from the exercise area, and the exercise ground became quieter and quieter, and of course, more and more expected.

Behind a hill in the exercise area, Ma Lu's Fourth Artillery Corps was quietly hiding, all ten guns already loaded and aimed at an open field outside the hill.

In order to grasp the enemy's situation, Ma Ling sent five soldiers to observe the surrounding situation, and the rest of the men and horses hid and prepared to wait for the rabbit to patrol and destroy the incoming enemy.

Before entering this hill, Ma Lu's artillery team had already annihilated six enemy infantry cavalry teams, one artillery team, achieved a great victory, and immediately after the victory, moved to hide behind this hill pack.

Since the exercise site is in a large hilly area, it is very difficult for troops in the middle of the battlefield to find enemy troops, so it is relatively easy to ambush them.

And Li An and the others on the high platform in the distance can clearly see most of the situation on the battlefield, although they can't see it very clearly, but the group of fifty people can still see it, and they can naturally see the situation of the Ma Ling artillery team hiding in the hill, but after entering the hill, they can't see it.

The platform is built on top of a high ground, so you can see the general situation of the exercise field, but the part that is blocked by the hill is of course not visible.

"Haha! An artillery team has entered an ambush and is about to be completely annihilated. ”

One of the generals used a telescope to see a procession of horse-drawn artillery in the distance, entered the vicinity of the hill, and showed a gloating smile.

"Which artillery team is it?"

The generals next to him watched for a long time, but they couldn't confirm which unit had fallen into the trap by mistake.

"It's too far away to see clearly with a telescope."

Of course, Li An heard the speeches of several generals, and immediately adjusted the fifty-fold fixed telescope beside him and looked at the exercise ground in the distance.

"It's the First Artillery Corps, General, I'm afraid I'm going to be defeated."

Li An saw very clearly that it was Chen Dabiao's First Artillery Brigade that entered the ambush circle, but Chen Dabiao didn't know anything about his entry into the ambush circle, and moved forward quickly and swaggeringly.

"Hey! This kid is too careless. ”

Chen Xuanli sighed, he was very dissatisfied with his son's carelessness, even if it was just a small mountain bag ahead, he should send a few soldiers to investigate, how could he move forward with a swagger, besides, he also had an infantry cavalry escort by his side, so it was okay for them to be responsible for reconnaissance!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Sure enough, after the 1st Artillery Corps entered the ambush circle, the 4th Artillery Corps immediately opened fire, so that the 1st Artillery Corps and the surrounding escort infantry units were all surrounded by artillery fire, and thus had to withdraw from the exercise.

At this point, only one unit of the Fourth Artillery Corps was left on the entire battlefield, and the rest of the troops were all killed, and the final winner was naturally the Fourth Artillery Corps.

"Bell Bell Bell ......"

After the violent sound of gong struck, all the soldiers and horses participating in the exercise moved closer to the high platform, and the ordinary soldiers stood in the distance according to the formation, while the teams of each team were all in front, only a dozen steps away from Li An and the others.

"Li Shilang, the results of the exercise have been counted."

A junior colonel in charge of battlefield statistics reported loudly.

"Okay, announce the situation of the exercise immediately."

Li An nodded.

"The results of the exercise were as follows: the 4th Artillery Corps annihilated seven infantry corps, two artillery corps, the first place overall, the 1st Artillery Corps annihilated five enemy infantry corps, and was annihilated by the 4th Artillery Corps, the 2nd Infantry Corps was 2nd overall, and the 2nd Infantry Corps ......"

The junior colonel received the order and announced the results of the confrontation exercise.

Judging from the results announced, Zheng Ma Lan of the Fourth Artillery Corps and Chen Dabiao of the First Artillery Corps won the lottery title of this exercise and will become the brigade commanders of the Third Artillery Brigade and the Fourth Artillery Brigade.

Li An and Chen Xuanli glanced at each other and said loudly: "Ma Lu, Chen Dabiao is out of the ranks." ”

Hearing the order, the two took a step forward and gave a military salute to Ang Lee.

"This officer officially announced that Ma Lan is the commander of the Third Artillery Brigade, Chen Dabiao is the commander of the Fourth Artillery Brigade, in addition, each of you can select up to ten artillerymen from your command to join the newly formed artillery brigade together, and the lack of artillery will be made up by the Artillery Academy."

Ang Lee solemnly announced.

"Yes, the Admiral understands."

Ma Lan and Chen Dabiao responded and bowed their heads in a military salute.

The two artillery teams are being promoted to the commanders of the artillery brigades, so the positions of the two vacant teams will naturally be selected from the first and fourth artillery teams, and most of the ten people taken away by Ma Lan and Chen Dabiao will become the captains and deputy commanders of the new artillery brigades, and of course, including such high positions as deputy brigade commanders.

This is in line with the old saying, one person has ascended to heaven, and a team is being promoted, so that all the soldiers under his command have the opportunity to be promoted.

Of course, there is a promotion and there is a punishment, this exercise, the worst performance of the officers and men were demoted, Zhang Erniu's Seventh Artillery Corps just appeared not long after the appearance, was killed by the Fourth Artillery Corps, for this reason, Zhang Erniu was demoted to the deputy team leader, if the next time the performance is not good, he will be removed from the post of the team leader, to be a small soldier.

Although Zhang Erniu has been following Li An for a long time and has feelings, if he does not perform well, he will be demoted, and the exercise is to simulate the real battlefield environment, and there must not be a trace of luck, if a brainless person is allowed to lead the artillery unit, the entire artillery unit will be killed.

In addition to the rewards and punishments of the artillery unit, the officers and men of the Longwu Army and the Yulin Army, who performed better this time, had the opportunity to enter the artillery academy to study, which was said by Li An in advance, of course, words counted.

As the various units returned to their respective barracks one after another, the exercise ground was quiet, and all the officials and generals at all levels who had come to inspect the troops returned one after another.

"Today's live confrontation exercise has been a complete success, and the general's beloved son has also won the second place, and he will soon become the brigade commander of the Fourth Artillery Brigade, and the general must be very happy!"

Ang Lee left last and walked side by side with Chen Xuanli.

"The dog is still too careless, I thought I could get the first place? I was so disappointed. ”

Chen Xuanli seemed to be very dissatisfied with Chen Dabiao's performance and felt embarrassed for him.

After all, Chen Dabiao's father is the famous Longwu general Chen Xuanli, and where did that Ma Lu come from, how could he defeat his son? Isn't this a slap in his old face?

"Yo, the general's requirements for Aiko are really high, and the second place is already very good."

Li An glanced at Chen Xuanli and felt that this old man was too greedy.

"Li Shilang, what is the origin of that person named Ma Lan?"

Chen Xuanli suddenly asked.