There was the sound of neat footsteps in the school field, and from time to time there would be bursts of neat shouts such as "shoulder guns", "transfer columns" and "according to guns".

As early as a month ago, Zhu Linmiao had ordered all the soldiers of the reserve battalion to be transferred to the new barracks, and now there are more than 2,000 recruits on the school grounds. In fact, they have been trained in the reserve battalion for more than half a year, and they are basically not recruits.

In particular, the disparity in treatment between the reserve battalion and the regular soldiers has made them train very hard and look forward to being selected as regular soldiers.

Because Macedo and other foreign instructors went to the dock to meet Zhu Linmiao, the highest officers on the school field at this time were only a few company commanders, but the training was still very neat and orderly. It seems that these foreigners are quite serious and responsible when training soldiers.

The officers on the school field quickly noticed Zhu Linmiao and the others, and ordered the training to be suspended, and all queues turned to Zhu Linmiao's side and saluted neatly.

When the soldiers learned that this was His Royal Highness King Chen, the commander-in-chief of the legion, they all pushed their chests high, and their faces were flushed with excitement.

Zhu Linmiao raised his hand to salute the soldiers, and said loudly: "I hope that all the soldiers will continue to train hard!" Next month, the new battalion will all go to Nanchang to prepare for the war. We're going to pack up the building! ”

When the soldiers heard that they could go to war, they were all excited. They are already familiar with the repeated victories of the Dragon Guard on the front line, and almost every day there is news of a certain meritorious service.

So far, more than 60 people in the Dragon Guard Army have received third-class merit and 10 second-class merit, and their names are engraved on the stone tablet in the middle of the school grounds, which makes every soldier who passes there envious.

What's even more eye-catching is that the barracks will also send people to send pennants and saffron to the homes of these meritorious soldiers, which will attract the whole village to watch every time, which is really extremely honorable. The mission office will also repeatedly publicize the names and battle deeds of these meritorious soldiers in various places, and now they are all celebrities from all over the country.

In addition, the fertile land rewarded for meritorious service was also distributed to their families, and they were all really good land, and the county also sent special personnel to inspect the quality of the land.

Now almost every soldier is looking forward to going to the battlefield as soon as possible, not only to kill the enemy and serve the country and exterminate the thieves, but also to make a meritorious service or something by the way, it will be even more perfect.

Seeing that the discussion was getting louder and louder, the officer hurriedly shouted and restrained. But the excitement of the soldiers was in dire need of catharsis, and immediately, they roared in unison according to the tradition of the Dragon Guard: "Kill! ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded with satisfaction when he heard the majestic word "kill", the Dragon Guard Army had gradually begun to appear its own spirit and tradition, and he said loudly: "The enemy this time will be the real Manchu Eight Banner soldiers, are you afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid!"

Full of spirit and fearless!

"Very good!" Zhu Linmiao waved his hand vigorously, "Those Jiannu will regret your bravery!" And wail! And perish! ”

"Kill!"

With such momentum and morale in a group of recruits, Bolo, who was thousands of miles away, would not have been as optimistic about the prospects of this war as he is now, if he knew that he would face such an opponent.

When training resumed, Zhu Linmiao noticed that the south side of the barracks seemed to be under construction. Marseille was busy explaining to him that it was a newly recruited sapper undergoing professional training.

Due to the frequent wars in the northern state capital of Jiangxi, many craftsmen fled to Ganzhou to escape the war. Thanks to the vigorous propaganda of the Propaganda Office in various parts of Ganzhou, many craftsmen, especially those whose families were ruined by the Qing army, learned that the famous Dragon Guard Army needed craftsmen, and came to join the army. Of course, the good treatment of the Dragon Guards is also a very important reason.

After some selection, two companies of craftsmen were soon recruited, mainly carpenters and masons. Now, with the addition of the original engineer company, the total number of engineers has reached more than 200, which can basically meet the needs of the operation.

Sappers participate in basic cohort training every morning and professional training in the afternoon. Macedo said that the engineer company had just completed the rapid bridge building exercise a few days ago, and they were able to build a simple wooden bridge over a river 20 zhang wide in just one day.

Zhu Linmiao came to the vicinity of the engineer company to watch with great interest.

The training time of these sappers is relatively short, and when they salute Zhu Linmiao, the queue is not very neat. Zhu Linmiao hurriedly instructed them to continue training.

However, the work of these craftsmen-turned-sappers is very professional.

Right now, they're doing a quick paving exercise. On a very muddy path, the sappers each had a steel shovel, first used sand and gravel to lay the bottom, and then took out the pre-made wooden planks from the carriage next to them and laid them neatly on the gravel. There are also mortise and tenon buckles between the wooden boards, and the road surface is quite strong.

In just a few moments, dozens of feet of dirt road can accommodate the passage of heavy wagons.

Zhu Linmiao nodded in approval, it is indeed very difficult for these craftsmen to find a way to train themselves without guidance. However, for the engineering troops, a systematic training program is still required.

It's just that Zhu Linwei doesn't understand this aspect at all, he turned his head to see Chen Yi beside him, and his eyes lit up, and it was most appropriate for this construction expert to write a training manual for engineers.

Chen Yi saluted and received his orders.

The only thing that made Zhu Linwei a little regrettable was that doctors were still extremely scarce. In troubled times, all Langzhong are treasures, and often more than ten villages are just one Langzhong, and it is really difficult to find someone willing to join the army. It seems that in the future it will be necessary to attach a military medical specialty to the officer academy.

He didn't plan to go to the Military Academy again. Due to the lack of lecturers, the officer academy on Longnan's side can only be temporarily led by a few foreign mercenaries, which is basically not much different from the training content of ordinary soldiers.

Only when the first batch of preparatory lecturers he trained graduated, and then relied on the textbooks, could the officer academy really start to get on the right track.

After learning about the recent situation in the military camp, Zhu Linmiao rushed to the Suji Iron Field non-stop.

On the way, Song Yingxing took out a stack of manuscripts and respectfully handed them to Zhu Linmiao, "During the period when His Royal Highness went on the expedition, the students have completed the first volume of "Arithmetic and Geometry" according to His Royal Highness's teaching, and I also ask His Highness to look at it. ”

"Oh? Very good! Zhu Linmiao hurriedly took the manuscript. This is the starting point of modern science in the Ming Dynasty, and it is the foundation of industrialization.

He looked through the manuscript, which was roughly the same as a seventh-grade textbook in later generations, but in this day and age, it was intended to be used as a university textbook. If nothing else, the contents of the book such as the binary equation and the plane Cartesian coordinate system are advanced even if you look at the whole world.