The infantry guns of the merchant army have been difficult to improve in the short term, after the installation Zhang Han ordered mass production, and at the same time began to increase the number of people to produce a large number of bayonets, there is no problem in the weapon reserves, small artillery, including three-pounder guns and four-pounder guns, as well as the tiger squat cannon used by the Ming army has also produced a lot, Li Zhuang there is a lack of others, now there is no shortage of copper and iron, whether it is a copper cannon or a fine iron cast cannon, there is no need to consider the consumption of materials, this is also a technical problem after overcoming, The reason why the Li Zhuang Firearms Bureau was able to quickly cast a large number of artillery and firearms. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Go pack up your horses!" After Niu Qinzhong laughed, he pointed to the battlefield of Shicai and ordered a young squadron leader: "It's nothing else, those rags in the north are not picked up at will, and the war horse is not allowed to run." ”

"Yes, regimental commander." The squadron leader agreed with a smile, and then took the good men of the entire squadron and rode out to bring back the chaotic war horse with a lasso.

There were also several squadrons of dragoons on foot, and there were constant orders from officers to call for recruits to come forward and stab bayonets to relieve those seriously wounded northern captives.

Amid groans and curses, the trembling recruits kept stabbing bayonets at their immobile bodies.

"Don't hesitate to move," Lu Si, who came back with two horses, pointed to a recruit and scolded: "You haven't fucking eaten, your hands are so soft, didn't you add a lot of pain to him again and again?" Are you ruthless or soft-hearted? If you really want to be soft-hearted, you will stab him with a knife, and the left chest is the heart, and the instructor has not taught you? A knife pierced him, ensuring that he swallowed his breath immediately, and there was no pain at all! ”

"It's impossible to save people." Zhang Yansheng actually felt sick to his stomach for a while, but he still said with a serious look on his face: "They were all hit by firearms, or they were also seriously injured by falling, and this injury is difficult for our military doctors to treat, so don't give them a life to suffer." We will treat the slightly injured Beilu in the same way, we are the merchant army, not horse bandits and robbers. ”

Saying this, the recruits felt much better, and sure enough, they also found a few lightly wounded people with broken arms and legs, and they came over on stretchers and carried them back to the military doctor for treatment.

"Mother's ......" Zhang Yansheng said that he was thirsty and wanted to drink water, but the bloody atmosphere on the battlefield was too strong, and he really couldn't open his mouth. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Zhang Yansheng turned his head and smiled at Lu Si and said: "Fourth brother, what's the matter, I'll just say that it's cost-effective for us to join the dragoons, there will be a battle immediately, your face is like something every day, just your lancers are powerful, look at the firepower configuration of our dragoons, if you lancers charge into battle, how much better do you feel?" ”

Lu Si gritted his teeth, the meat on his cheeks bulged one by one, and after smoothing his breath, he said angrily to Zhang Yansheng: "Can you not engage in reconnaissance in the war, how many families like Beiyu come to send them to death?" You find that you have set up a formation, and we can't hit them on the flank? Can't cut off your food routes, can't you take advantage of your march to raid? Can't walk and ride together? Just you put on a position, and we hit the straight barrel and were killed by the gunfire and shelling? ”

Zhang Yansheng stuck out his tongue and saw that Lu Si was really annoyed, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore at the moment, but said with a smile: "No matter what, I see that you are still happy in your heart, and you finally fought again." ”

Lu Si said sullenly: "The northern captives are really too weak, pre-war reconnaissance is child's play, before the charge, there is no fire reconnaissance and small-scale tentative attack, without considering the detour and the use of the terrain, just want to take advantage of the large number of people and cavalry advantage to charge, it is simply dizzy......"

"Gotcha, gotta gotcha." Zhang Yansheng smiled briskly: "If the Beiyu will fight like us, our merchant army can work so hard to produce an officer, why, why?" Not to mention officers, they are ordinary soldiers, which one is not good when they get to the border army or the northern captivity? ”

"That's just as well." Lu Si did not quarrel with Zhang Yansheng this time, but nodded and agreed with the other party's statement.

"After this battle, I really have some experience...... Zhang Yansheng thought again: "The purpose of the war must first be clear, and only after the strategy is clear can we talk about tactics, and then intelligence work, in addition, the training in peacetime can ensure that the back and forth movement of troops will not cause unexpected trouble, and then it is to fully support logistics, and finally it is to analyze the gap between the two sides, of course, including weapons and armor, and the result is that it is easy to win the victory." ”

Lu Si was silent, digesting what Zhang Yansheng said. Although he is the winner of the highest medal and the fierce general of the Lancer Regiment, he can't say what Zhang Yansheng thinks about, and he won't think about it so comprehensively.

Lu Si sighed and said, "It seems that I still have to strengthen my studies and apply for further studies in the government school in the future." ”

Zhang Yansheng smiled: "What, do you still want to be an officer?" ”

Lu Sidao: "No, there are a lot of things to worry about as an officer, I just don't want to be bluffed by you, who knows if what you said is right or not!" ”

Zhang Yansheng laughed.

Lu Si first kept a straight face, and then laughed too.

After a short time, the battlefield was cleaned up, and a Tang horse with a red flag on his back also rushed over from the north, and all the officers gathered over, and Zhang Yansheng followed the team from a distance. He was a junior and had just joined the Dragoon Regiment, and his squadron had not yet adapted to the formation and release of the rifles...... It's true that every recruit has been trained, but with the division of the troops, each person focuses on training the skills of their own troops, just like the cavalry regiment, using short and lighter cavalry to play on horses, maintain balance on horseback during the fierce gallop, and can rush through the sides after the release to quickly form a team, or observe the battlefield situation camera decision, or play a decisive horse kick formation...... Everything is completely different from pure infantry.

For example, the pure infantry is also different from the dragoons, with more subjects to take care of the war horses and long-distance horse marches, and there are also simple horse training training, everything is much more complicated than before.

In the Napoleonic era, there were lancers who rode horses and charged with muskets, there were cuirassiers and hussars who rushed to kill with knives, and there were also a large number of mounted infantry called dragoons, in the merchant army, according to the actual situation on the steppe, the development of heavy firepower output and mobility of the chasers, heavy cavalry for the lancers, mounted infantry is still dragoons, compared to pure cavalry or pure infantry, the equipment and training of dragoons are much more complicated, simply put, this is a cavalry team with infantry muskets and infantry tactics, In fact, it was much more complicated, such as the change of leather boots to spurs, which meant that the army had to be quite skilled in horsemanship, and each dragoon had a pickaxe behind him, which allowed them to build a breastwork to defend in case of an emergency, yes, the dragoons were definitely focused on attacking, but they were definitely not arrogant enough to feel that they would never need to defend.

In addition, in terms of formation, because it is necessary to ensure the most basic defensive formation and firepower output, the minimum combat formation of dragoons is carried out in companies, which means that other units may send squad or squadron-level personnel to participate in the battle, and dragoons are carried out in companies at least.

Not only does each company have one infantry gun, but the division is also considering the composition of the company's heavy firearms, including large guns and small artillery.

Everything was still being considered, and the new troops in this merchant army were full of vitality, for everything was unknown, and everyone knew that the military commander would use a large number of dragoons in battle in order to temper them, and what could be more joyful than the fact that the soldiers who were eager to fight?

"Stand up and line up!" Niu Qinzhong had a cigarette in his mouth, looking like an old smoker, and drank a lot of water, but his lips were still a little chapped, and he was obviously tired when he walked. The officers in front of them are similar, their faces are haggard, their lips are dry, their eyes are bloodshot, their bodies are obviously very tired, the officers are like this, the soldiers are obviously almost the end of their physical reserves, after cleaning the battlefield, many soldiers are sitting with guns, although their faces are full of excitement, but there are not many people who speak, because everyone is very tired, some of the recruits who are not very old, and they have just come from Li Zhuang are directly half lying on the ground and falling asleep, they have been exhausted for the past few days, According to the orders of the division command, the defensive line was constantly adjusted, and only two hours of sleep were guaranteed every day, and the rest of the time was either on horseback or in battle, and it was difficult to calm down.

Niu Qinzhong looked at Tang Ma, waited for the other party to hand over the latest military order, and after getting the envelope military order, he handed the military order to the adjutant of the Chinese army beside him, and said, "Read! ”

Each commander has a different style, Niu Qinzhong has not gotten rid of this kind of old and rough military attitude, people are not surprised, the Chinese officer opened the military order, said loudly: "The second brigade of the first regiment of the dragoon, if it is not in the combat state when receiving the order, immediately go to the area of Lotus Beach to set up defenses, and wait for the next military order in the specific defense area." ”

Niu Qinzhong's face suddenly turned ugly, and the rest of the officers also looked ugly, and everyone was eager to be transferred out of the war zone and go to the rear to rest for a while.

Almost everyone has reached the limit of physical fitness, even young officers such as Zhang Yansheng and Lu Si, who are less than twenty, feel the same, fatigue is not the limit of physical fitness, it may also be that the spirit affects the body.

"It's really like a mule and a horse." Niu Qinzhong smiled bitterly, the ordinary soldiers were far away, and there were officers around him, but he only complained about this, and only said with a straight face at the moment: "Lotus Beach is sixty or seventy miles in the northwest, and the east is Felt Hat Mountain, and there are many mountains along the way. ”

The lieutenant officer asked, "What about eating?" ”

"Calculate the time, how can you have the time to eat a hot meal!" Niu Qinzhong said loudly: "Let's eat some dry food on horseback, that's all!" ”

The rude commander is prone to form the vigorous and resolute style of the troops, and of course it may also be careless, and there will inevitably be a few accidents when the army is about to march, but fortunately it was not delayed for too long.

Niu Qinzhong rode his horse back and forth in front of the team, boosting morale, and finally he said that he was tired, and roared directly: "I know you dogs. Mother also has physical fitness, really can't hold on, just plant it headlong to show Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu counts you as injured and retired, don't dare to plant it on horseback and march honestly, get off the horse to fight, eat and sleep immediately, and apply for discharge if you can't hold it! ”