The butt of the gun slammed on the ground, and all the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Guard saluted the military flag together.

At this moment, they were firmly united by this military flag. In the future, wherever this flag appears, they will crush all enemies with the power of thunder.

In the afternoon, the profiteer Ji Liang arrived as promised.

Two six-pounder guns and three three-pounder guns were unloaded from the car, and everyone in the artillery company was happy.

Since entering the Longwei barracks, they have watched the cavalry practice charging and killing all day long, and even the infantry has at least a training gun, and they can only learn what "ballistics" and "angles" in the military tent, and memorize boring gun watches.

But now you infantry and cavalry come to compare, buddy has artillery!

A group of overexcited artillerymen carried the 400-pound three-pounder gun to the artillery training ground.

Not long after, there were several roars from the training ground on the west side. After a brief test of the quality of the artillery, Colloey began to instruct the artillery battery in live firing.

It took five or six trips for the steel ingots on the side of the Su Ji Iron Yard to reach the barracks. For the sake of security and secrecy, Ji Liang has always received steel ingots in the barracks.

At the same time as the last batch of steel ingots, there were also ninety newly made flintlock guns, which made Su Chengyu a little unexpected.

Ji Liang ordered his subordinates to load thousands of catties of steel ingots into seven carts, and then happily paid the difference between steel ingots and artillery totaling more than 10,000 taels. And agreed with Su Chengyu to buy 10,000 catties of steel ingots in the middle of every month, and the goods were delivered in the Longwei Army.

To say that the steel produced in Longnan is really easy to sell. The two thousand catties that Ji Liang brought back last time were all bought by the Portuguese in Macao before they were loaded on the ship, and he made a net profit of 1,000 taels after he changed hands!

After Ji Liang's convoy left, Su Chengyu called Masaido again and instructed him to arrange for all infantry to start live-fire training from now on. However, there are only ninety flintlocks for the time being, and each company can only take about half an hour every day.

Curious, Macedo picked up a flintlock from the van, pulled the hammer hard, and pulled the trigger in mid-air.

With a click, the hammer slammed into the fire sickle, causing a large spark to collapse.

He had used flintlock pistols in France, and those guns had fired less than seventy percent of the sparks in his hand. It is conceivable that the ignition success rate of this flintlock pistol in his hand must be much higher than that of the French goods.

Macedo tried more than ten times in a row, and the bolt firing was very stable. It was only then that he truly believed that the king of the Eastern Counties who hired him could indeed turn the flintlock pistol into a main battle weapon.

He remembered the brand-new combat formations and tactics in the training manual compiled by Su Chengyu. He was immediately keenly aware that with this new type of musket, a military revolution might soon sweep the entire Ming Dynasty and even the world!

As the Dragon Guard soldiers gradually mastered the basic training, the new subject, the battle formation training, also officially began.

In the training manual compiled by Su Chengyu, the tactics of using these formations are called line infantry tactics.

The basic formation is so simple that there are only three types: horizontal, vertical, and hollow squares.

The corresponding use is also very simple. The horizontal row of three rows of soldiers was lined up one and a half feet apart, allowing for intensive fire at the maximum range.

Columns are formations used to charge or march in whole formations. There are usually three rows of twenty to forty people, with another three rows of two feet behind them, two feet behind them, and so on.

The hollow phalanx was the most effective form of defense against cavalry. Three rows of soldiers formed a hollow square, pointed diagonally outward with bayonets, which was effective against cavalry charges and outflanking tactics. At the same time, cannons can be placed in the open space in the middle of the phalanx, and the cavalry will usually be shot and cannoned when the cavalry rushes this kind of phalanx, but it is difficult to break through the dense bayonet thicket.

These are all familiar combat routines that have been familiar to all countries in the world for more than 100 years, but in the middle of the 17th century, the tactics of line infantry have just appeared in Europe, and they are still far from being able to use them skillfully on the battlefield.

What Su Chengyu didn't expect was that he relied on the excellent flintlock pistol to persuade Macedo and other foreigners to accept the new combat formation, but the local officers and soldiers began to have opinions.

Another day, after the drill, Yu Xin came to Su Chengyu's camp.

"Bohai," he called Zhu Linmi's cousin after saluting, obviously wanting to talk in the role of a small person, "Recently, the soldiers have been talking a little." ”

Su Chengyu let him sit down first, and then asked to see the tea, and then asked, "Oh? What is it? ”

"I guess that's all I can tell you." Yu Xin said earnestly, "Bohai, I'm afraid it won't work to practice like this now." Some time ago, I practiced walking, running, and lining up, which made the soldiers more disciplined, and I think it's okay.

"But lately the soldiers had to be lined up and marching to the beat of the drums. Each step should be taken at the same time, the ranks should be straight, and the movements should be completely consistent. This...... It can be used when watching the ceremony, how can there be such a neat opportunity on the battlefield? Besides, it doesn't have much effect on actual combat. ”

Su Chengyu was stunned, he really didn't expect that even Yu Xin, the battalion commander, didn't understand the purpose of his training formation.

"In my experience, it's time to train the soldiers in the art of fighting and killing." Yu Xin continued, "Even if you don't practice bows, crossbows, knives and guns, and build ladders to break cities, at least you can practice simple long fists." But I only practice queuing every day......"

Su Chengyu interrupted him with a smile, "Is there anyone else who thinks the same way as you?" ”

Yu Xin nodded, "I also want the Dragon Guard to be better." In the past few days, many officers and even non-commissioned officers have come to me, saying that they don't want to practice and queue up all day long. ”

"Okay, I see." Su Chengyu nodded and said, "Tomorrow morning, let the whole battalion gather first and watch the martial arts exercise." You pick me a company of infantry with the best training, and I need to do some preparations......"

"Yes." Although Yu Xin was a little puzzled, he still wrote down Su Chengyu's instructions and took the order to leave.

After the flag was raised the next day, as was customary, the battalions and companies did not take the training out.

Yu Xinyu always came to the front of the queue and said in a loud voice: "Independent company, go out of the line, and assemble in front of the wooden target in front." The commander of the regiment personally led the exercise, and the other officers and soldiers of the battalion watched on the spot. ”

"Yes!" Liu Guoxuan replied in a loud voice, turned around and commanded his soldiers, "Independent company, turn right!" Run, walk! One-two-one. ”

After a full set of Su Chengyu's customized training program, as the best independent company in the whole battalion, it already has a bit of the style of a modern army.

More than 200 wooden targets have already been erected at one end of the school yard, and there are about five or six rows in front and back, which are placed in a mess.

Su Chengyu instructed his soldiers to distribute the flintlock guns that had just been sent and the wrapped fixed ammunition to the soldiers of the first company. In recent days, the infantry has taken turns to use the 90 flintlock guns to hit the target, and they have basically mastered the essentials of operation.

Su Chengyu ordered Liu Guoxuan: "Form a horizontal formation, swing out!" ”

"Yes!"