Although the formation training was only carried out for a few days, the independent company still accurately discharged the horizontal column of three rows, but it took a little time, and the queue was still relatively neat.

"Aim for the wooden target in front of you, and fire a salvo." Su Chengyu continued.

But the soldiers of the first company looked at each other, and Su Chengyu remembered that he hadn't practiced salvo yet.

He called Liu Guoxuan and simply ordered: "The first row squats, and the second and third rows are divided." I said, 'Release,' and let the soldiers aim at the wooden target and shoot their guns. Without my password, you shall not fire. ”

"Yes!" Liu Guoxuan saluted and received the order, and then turned around and repeated the request to the soldiers several times until he was sure that everyone understood.

Su Chengyu waited for Liu Guoxuan to report that "preparations are complete", and immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Start loading." ”

With his order, more than 70 soldiers took up the fire gun, opened the lid of the medicine pot, tore a small opening at the end of the fixed bullet paper bag with their teeth, poured a little gunpowder into the medicine pot, covered the medicine pot, stuffed the fixed ammunition into the gun, took out the cane and pestle to fix the fixed ammunition, put away the cane, pulled the hammer apart, removed the buckle to prevent misfire, and raised the fire gun to the shoulder.

Speaking of which, the process of reloading may seem very cumbersome, but only these soldiers know best, it is easier to get to their grandmother's house than the bird guns they used.

If they were to use a bird gun, they would probably have just blown the arquebus, and there were still seven or eight steps to follow, but now they could shoot.

Su Chengyu patiently waited for the slowest soldier to finish loading, and then shouted: "All aim at the wooden target in front of you......

"Put!"

There was a shocking sound, and smoke filled the air.

"Reload."

The soldiers of the independent company immediately put away their guns and began the next reload.

"Put!"

……

After three consecutive shots, everyone in the school field looked at the pile of wooden targets.

I saw that there were almost no intact pieces of the more than 200 wooden targets fifty paces away from independence. Everyone unconsciously converted those wooden targets into the Qing army, and in this moment, more than 100 people were knocked down? !

In fact, it was Macedo who was most surprised, he knew very well that the three guns just now took a short time, these soldiers had not been trained in intensive shooting, and they were still using new muskets that they had just come into contact with for a few days!

In addition, the distance between these soldiers just now was only one and a half feet, and the density of fire in three rows of salvos in such a formation was almost terrifying.

You know, in the era of shotguns that shoot inaccurately, the denser the shooter stands, the higher the probability of killing the enemy.

Compared to traditional arquebus units, the Dragon Guard can place twice as many soldiers in the same space. This is not simply a doubling of firepower, due to the high hit probability brought by the denser projectile, the firepower can be nearly doubled!

Su Chengyu's side ordered Yu Xin to replace the new wooden targets, which were still about two hundred, and the placement was the same as before.

Then he ordered the independent company to disperse and stand at will.

When the formation of the soldiers became disorganized, he ordered: "This time you don't need to pay attention to anyone, shoot the wooden targets at will, and each person will fire three times." ”

The unrestrained soldiers suddenly became excited, and they all shouted in their hearts that it was fun to fight like this!

Suddenly, the sound of crackling bells sounded everywhere, just like a cannon battle for the New Year.

After each person had finished shooting three shots, the gunfire stopped.

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they looked at the wooden target again - this time, nearly forty percent of the wooden targets were still standing intact.

A burst of discussion broke out among the soldiers watching the drill, and the officers hurriedly shouted "silence."

Su Chengyu walked up to them and said in a loud voice: "Now you know why you are allowed to practice formation, right?"

"With the same force, a dense salvo can crush the enemy in just a few times. And scatter the guns at random," he pointed to the unhit wooden target not far away, "those are the captives who slipped through the net!" Their buckshot and arrows will then come at you! ”

"On the battlefield, only by lining up in a neat line and firing a salvo according to command can the maximum lethality be inflicted.

"When the two armies clash with each other, whoever can line up in a combat formation faster means a huge advantage. Therefore, on weekdays, it is necessary to practice gathering and changing formations into a subconscious action, so that you will not panic when you go to the battlefield! ”

There was silence below.

Su Chengyu turned his head and saw that all the wooden targets had been removed, and ordered Yu Xin to replace the fixed ammunition of the first company.

After all the soldiers had changed their ammunition, Yu Xin explained to the soldiers: "Now there are no lead pellets in the fixed ammunition in your hands, so you can shoot with confidence when you can practice martial arts." ”

Subsequently, Su Chengyu ordered loudly on the side: "Independent company, the enemy cavalry raid is found in front, prepare for battle!" ”

With his order, on the other side of the school field, more than a hundred paces away, the 11th Company of Cavalry had already been prepared. They had been practicing cavalry for a while and were eager to try it at this time.

"Eleventh Company of Cavalry, start attacking!"

Seeing Su Chengyu's signal, the Zhu family brother waved his wooden knife and shouted loudly.

More than sixty cavalrymen armed with training wooden swords began to slowly start. Then, with the order of the Zhu family brother to "charge", the men and horses began to accelerate, and finally rushed to the independent company with the power of thunder.

Liu Guoxuan was the first to react, raised his short gun and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze?" Fight back! ”

His men all woke up from a dream, scrambling to reload their ammunition, and then there was a sporadic sound of guns.

There were soldiers on the side who counted the number of shots, and killed a cavalryman every eight shots according to Su Chengyu's orders. Immediately, five cavalrymen withdrew from the drill and were considered "dead".

After the shooting, most of the soldiers of the company trembled under the pressure of the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, and even with such a convenient weapon as the flintlock gun, only a few fired a second shot.

The cavalry lost less than ten men before rushing to the front.

The Zhu family brother took the lead, swept through the gap between the two infantrymen, and lightly tapped the soldier on the right side with the wooden knife in his hand, and the person was considered "killed". The other cavalrymen also whistled through the infantry group with their wooden swords, and turned their horses in the distance, and the whole team was ready to charge again.

"Stop." Su Chengyu stopped the drill in time, and just now two infantrymen were hit by horses and were slightly injured. There is no need to continue the drill in the current situation.

On the battlefield, in the face of cavalry, a type of troops with high speed and high individual combat ability, once the defensive position of the infantry is penetrated, the rest is basically slaughtered.

The Zhu family brother calmly gathered the team, after all, there was nothing to be proud of when the cavalry bullied a similar number of foot soldiers, and it was a shame if they couldn't win.

Su Chengyu glanced at the soldiers of the independent company who were a little depressed, and asked the wounded to be carried away, while he picked up the fire gun of a wounded man and shouted, "The independent company, in a horizontal formation, swing out!" ”

Liu Guoxuan did have a set of management teams, although the soldiers suffered a "defeat", but with an order, they still immediately threw away their frustration and quickly discharged a neat three-column horizontal line.