That night, Ji Liang's two truckloads of freight arrived outside the Longwei military camp.

The arms dealer unloaded the binoculars and pistols that Su Chengyu wanted, and looked very unwilling to look at the goods that had barely decreased, but immediately thought of that kind of excellent steel, and then smiled.

He took the five Latin translators accompanying him to General Su Chengyu's camp, and took the opportunity to borrow Shi Lin's saber to try again. Su Chengyu simply asked the guards to fetch a few crucible steel knives and give them to him.

Ji Liang didn't sleep for half the night, and repeatedly tested these knives with various tools. Eventually, he was pretty sure that the steel would spark a buying frenzy in Europa.

As he expected, half a year later, on the battlefield in Europe, the wealthy Spanish army suddenly equipped with a batch of unusually strong plate armor and extremely sharp and durable spear tips, which made the opponent the Netherlands suffer greatly.

Since then, Longnangang has become well-known throughout Europe, and its sales have risen again and again.

The next day, Ji Liang left Longnan with the two thousand catties of steel ingots that Qiao Qian had just transported from the Su Ji Iron Yard, and after deducting the weapons sold to Su Chengyu, he also paid him more than 1,900 taels.

In fact, there are 7,000 catties of steel ingot inventory, but Ji Liang's transportation capacity is insufficient, so he can only wait for the next time he brings the transportation team to take the remaining part.

And Su Chengyu didn't give those foreign mercenaries more time to rest, and recruited five mercenary officers and interpreters to the general camp early in the morning.

After a brief explanation, Macedo quickly figured out the situation and said to Su Chengyu: "So, you mainly let us train the army for you instead of fighting?" ”

An interpreter translates back and forth between the two.

"That's right." Su Chengyu nodded, "But you must train the soldiers in my way." ”

Macedo and the others seemed very happy, and it was best not to go to a dangerous battlefield.

Macedo immediately took out the booklet he was carrying and handed it to Su Chengyu, there were some simple pictures on it, with a lot of text descriptions, but it was in Latin.

"This is the soldier's drill of the Ezebazia Army." Colloé said on the side.

Although he couldn't read the text, Su Chengyu quickly found patterns such as spearmen and cuirassiers in the manual.

He shook his head with a smile and pointed to the spearmen in the manual, "I won't have this class in my army. He put together the Spanish soldiers' drill code, "The training methods recorded here are outdated. ”

Macedo smiled even brighter than he did, "Your Highness, you even want to cancel the spearmen?" Enemy heavy cavalry charges will crush your infantry in an instant. ”

"What if the musketeers lined up in a dense formation almost shoulder to shoulder, and each man had a one-and-a-half-foot-long bayonet on his head?" Su Chengyu asked rhetorically.

Macedo frowned and thought for a moment, as if he didn't come up with an answer, but then changed to an expression of a postdoc looking illiterate, "I'm not sure if this formation will work." But arquebusiers couldn't have been so close, and too narrow spacing could easily ignite the gunpowder of their teammates......"

When Su Chengyu handed over the flintlock gun brought from Fujian to Macedo, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood that this was a flintlock pistol, "Are you going to use this gun as the main equipment of the army?" He shook his head again, "The flintlock pistol is expensive, and most importantly, it's too reliable. ”

Europeans are often thought to be innovative, but they are much more conservative than the Orientals. The flintlock pistol, which appeared in the sixteenth century, was not popularized in Europe until the eighteenth century, and even in Napoleonic times, bows and arrows were used instead of muskets.

Su Chengyu said firmly: "The price is not a problem, my soldiers must be equipped with the best weapons, and I will not hesitate to invest." Reliability is even less of an issue. ”

Faro on the side said thoughtfully: "If the reliability of this weapon is guaranteed, coupled with the dense bayonet phalanx, it may really be able to replace the spearmen." ”

"But why do you want to do away with the spearmen? Just because of your 'maybe'? Pastore retorted.

Su Chengyu really wanted to tell him, which country's troops will still use spearmen in a few decades? My training program is not outdated after nearly 200 years. But he couldn't say it.

Several foreigners began to argue, and those who supported and opposed Su Chengyu's training methods were equally divided.

In fact, the same argument had already been made several times between Chinese officers who had earlier contact with Su's training program. It is difficult for people to accept new things in a short period of time, and it took hundreds of years for Europe to completely abandon the phalanx of spearmen and begin to popularize line infantry tactics.

And Su Chengyu had to help the army complete this transformation quickly, and he said coldly: "I have my own mature training plan, and I must train soldiers in my way." This is the order and must be carried out. ”

Macedo then told the crowd to stop arguing, but still muttered quietly, "Okay, carry out the order, but I won't be responsible if the war is lost." ”

Su Chengyu ignored his complaints and sent the compiled training outline to several people.

From the most basic queue movements, such as standing upright, walking in unison, turning around, etc., to the planning of combat formations, the application of various weapons and equipment, the cooperation between arms, and the combat methods for different enemy forces and different terrains, etc., are all available.

Because he couldn't draw illustrations, Su Chengyu had to explain each part to Macedo and them, how to do the specific queue movements, the formation effects such as line columns and phalanxes, and the arrangement of artillery concentrated formations......

In fact, he found some capable Ming generals, and he would definitely be able to teach in such detail for two months.

But European soldiers who are accustomed to standardized, patterned training will understand it more quickly, and most of the concepts are the same as their previous training content, but there will be some changes in movements and norms.

In addition, such as the details of queue conversion, combat communication command, fighting skills, etc., these foreigners who have experienced the military technology revolution in Europe in the seventeenth century are very valuable, after all, it is impossible for Su Chengyu to know things that are too detailed.

By the time it was getting dark, Macedo and several other officers had roughly understood Su Chengyu's queue requirements, but deeper things such as line tactics and formations could only be said another day. However, this speed has already made Su Chengyu very satisfied.

After a few more days of intensive study, the five foreign officers had an overall understanding of the new training framework. In fact, the whole process was mixed with a lot of controversy, but basically Su Chengyu was able to persuade them with his advanced military theories, and some objections could only be forcibly enforced.

On the other hand, the grading of all the soldiers of the Longwei New Army has also been completed.

Yu Xin handed a roster to Su Chengyu, "Your Highness, there are 98 first-class soldiers, 279 second-class soldiers, 504 third-class soldiers, and 113 people who can't meet the third-class standard. The subordinates have reorganized all the non-commissioned officers into a new battalion and five companies according to your wishes. Other auxiliary units are also being arranged.

"It's just that the number of junior officers is too small at present, and there are many vacancies in the positions from the management team to the platoon commander."

Su Chengyu took the roster and read it roughly, and asked people to call the officers above the hundred generals of the Longwei Battalion, Macedo and others.

After more than ten people stood on both sides, Su Chengyu said solemnly: "I am ordered to train the army, and the new army of the Longwei Battalion is now restructured as follows. ”