【Chapter 499】The cult of personality is very necessary
In the past few days in the Montenegrin camp, every morning, Xu Xingxia was woken up by all kinds of slogans. There is no way, the place where he lives is in the core of the barracks. All around were various units of the White Coats. When the troops are training, shouting slogans is unavoidable. The rule of the army is that the louder and more powerful the slogan is shouted, the more the officers like it. If several units train together and shout slogans together, the decibel level of sound can be imagined.
Fortunately, the task given to him by Tesna has been completed. According to the frequency of four every night, twenty-four female slaves have now become nuns of the "sun god". They have faithfully fulfilled their mission to protect the "sun god". From now on, no matter where Xu Xingxia goes in and out, they will follow him. Note that it's the sun god, and he has nothing to do with him as the chairman of the committee, or the identity of the commander of the white army.
Sure enough, religious hypnosis is the most effective, and I don't know what Tesna has instilled in them. Xu Xingxia felt that their loyalty to herself, if expressed by a numerical value, should be 255, or 65535, anyway, it has reached the peak. He believed that the next time an assassin sneaked in to spy on him XXOO, there would be a good show to watch. The short muskets in the hands of these slave girls can kill people.
By the way, it's weird, the female assassin last time, did she really come to spy on herself and Tesna XXOO? Why hasn't it been so long? What is the identity of that female assassin, why did she come, and why did she not make a move, Xu Xingxia has always been puzzled. On the side of Xuan Yingwei, there are no valuable clues. It's as if it never happened.
Because this incident was indeed weird, Xu Xingxia even had evil doubts for a while, whether the female assassin had some special hobbies, and when she found out that she was with Tesna XXOO, she couldn't help but come over to take a look. As a result, after observing the matter, she left quietly. From this point of view, he Xu Xingxia is definitely at a loss. How can such a thing be appreciated for free in vain? Admission is a must!
"Forget it, no matter." Xu Xingxia put aside the matter of the female assassin and regained his strength. He has been wasted for several days as the sun god, delaying a lot of business, and if he continues like this, the white-clothed army will have to be destroyed. Fortunately, nothing big happens these days, otherwise, I really don't know what kind of situation would have happened.
Early in the morning, Xu Xingxia came to the training ground. Last night he was recuperating and slept alone. When I wake up in the morning, I can be described as energetic and energetic. He didn't want to show his over-drinking appearance in front of his subordinates. If he is the supreme commander of the white-clothed army and behaves so badly, the people below will definitely follow suit. The so-called upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and when the time comes, I don't know how to clean it up.
On the training ground of the Montenegrin battalion, recruits are training in full swing. The new recruits of the White Army are replenished, and they take the form of an assembly line. Regardless of whether the front-line troops are to be replenished with recruits, the recruit training camp of the Montenegrin battalion, a large number of recruits are undergoing basic training every day. As long as there is a need at the front, with one order, the recruits can be transferred out.
The training of recruits in the White Army is divided into several stages. The first stage is the basic queue and discipline. This is the most basic training and the most important stage. This stage is indispensable to turn a casual young man into a real soldier. Xu Xingxia's meaning is that at this stage, he would rather be more strict than cut corners.
Especially in terms of discipline training, it is even more strict. If you can't complete this stage of training, you will be directly removed from the army. Unable to withstand strict discipline, no matter how good his physical fitness is, Xu Xingxia would rather not. A large part of the combat effectiveness of the modern army is based on strict discipline.
The second stage is the work of the moon. This stage is estimated to be the stage that recruits are most interested in. In fact, this stage is also the shortest stage. As long as the recruits are not particularly stupid, they have three days to completely master the tricks of the moon gun. Some of them are particularly knowledgeable, or they are particularly hard-working recruits, and they can basically reach the level of proficiency in one day. It can fire more than four mini rounds per minute.
The third stage is the queue shooting between the marches. At this stage, the training time is very free. Although it is a rifled gun, it is much better than ordinary smoothbore guns in terms of range and accuracy. However, in general, it is still a front-loading gun, and the rate of fire is very slow. In order to ensure the continuation of firepower, three-stage shooting is inevitable. Of course, it will not be a very rigid three-stage shot, but an improved one.
The main opponents of the White Coats at present are either the Tatars or the Mongols. They are all purely nomadic peoples. The basic characteristic of the nomads is that they are pure cavalry, and the army is very mobile. Under normal circumstances, they won't attack when you're ready. If you take all the precautions and be prepared, it will definitely not work. Unless you've met a fool among fools and want to go head-to-head with you.
Instead, they'll carefully pick your defensive weaknesses and exploit your holes to deliver a fatal blow to your weakest link. Or when you are least prepared, launch a surprise attack that will catch you off guard. It was with such a trick that the nomads did not know how many armies of the Central Plains Dynasty they had defeated. In fact, the current situation has not changed fundamentally, and the nomads still rely on these trump cards.
They are quick when they move, they are quick when they retreat, and they are quick when they attack. Generally speaking, they will choose to charge at a distance of about 500 meters. With the help of the high-speed gallop of the war horse, the distance of 500 meters, the cavalry only needs a few breaths to kill in front of your eyes. If you don't take adequate precautions before, you will only be slaughtered in the face of a large attack by the nomadic cavalry. Once they are killed into their own team, it is really finished, completely finished.
How can such a tragic outcome be avoided? The answer is a resolute counterattack. No matter what means you use, you must make the most violent counterattack in the shortest possible time. Only by using the most violent means of counterattack can the forward units of the enemy's cavalry be defeated, a part of their most elite will be knocked out, and thus the morale of the enemy's cavalry.
If you can't do that, you're finished. If you can do it, you still have a chance to turn the tables around. The elite cavalry of the nomads was often at the forefront. As long as they are killed, the nomads will definitely be greatly damaged. For the soldiers of the White Army, it means that you must shoot the maximum number of Minnie bullets in the shortest time to form the most powerful lethality, so as to prevent the enemy cavalry from rushing in front of you.
If there is time, there is a fourth stage, and that is basic skirmisher common sense. In future battles, with the advent of artillery, with the gradual spread of shotguns, the ranks of infantry will definitely become more and more dispersed. Moreover, due to the limitations of the terrain, it is actually unrealistic to fight in formation in many areas. As if fighting in the mountains, it is basically impossible to form a queue. Everyone has to go their own way. That's what the skirmishers are trained in.
Of course, due to the rapid development of the situation, many recruits have only completed the first two stages of training, and have not had time to carry out the next two stages of training, and have been directly put on the battlefield. For example, in the last battle of Baihuze, many recruits were sent to the battlefield just after mastering the basic skills of the Yue Yue Gong. Fortunately, they were scattered in the queue, with the bullet pressure of officers and veterans, and the help of many comrades-in-arms, otherwise, if they were pulled out alone, they would have been scattered in the face of the charge of the Mongolian iron lance cavalry.
Xu Xingxia is not optimistic about estimating, this time Lin Dan Khan suddenly arrived, but I am afraid that many recruits have not completed the basic training and will go to the battlefield. In fact, this is also what makes the White Army superior to many other armies. The duration of the musketeer's training can really be greatly shortened. When necessary, the training can be completed in one day. When you have to do it, you don't even need to train, you can go straight to the battlefield with a musket.
If it is another type of troops, such as archers, or sword and shield men, spearmen, etc., I am afraid that without three or five months of training, it will not be able to form combat effectiveness. Archers, in particular, have been training for too long. When he was in Niujiaodun, Zhang Quanfu was also an archer, and he had been training for several years, and his level was still so rubbish. Chi Hu, Mao Thirteen, and Wang Xia are the leaders of the rangers, and their archery skills have also been honed over the years. The shortest time will not be less than five years.
The place where Lin Dan Khan and Mo Yuegen suffered was at this point. It's too difficult for them to replenish new recruits. Their main form of attack is mounted archery. The difficulty of mounted archery is very high, and it is impossible to hit the target without training from an early age. In fact, not every nomadic man can become an archer. In other words, if they want to replenish new soldiers, they can only draw from their own people. It's hard to rely on outsiders.
Xu Xingxia wanted to replenish new soldiers, but it was extremely easy. Over the age of thirteen and under the age of sixty, as long as he can carry the moon gun, he is the source of his soldiers. It doesn't take much effort to make a musket, just pull the trigger. To put it mildly, really fighting to the last moment, he can even teach women to shoot. Ordinary women, who are called moon guns, have no problem at all. Even if it's Zhu Zhizhi, she can make a moon gun.
…… Far from it.
Xu Xingxia held a clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed the training of the recruits. Recruits at different stages are trained in different regions, and they are distinct, and he only needs to take a cursory glance to know what level these recruits are at present. Unfortunately, most of the recruits have not yet completed the third stage of training. However, he also had no intention of asking them to speed up the process. There is no need. In fact, most of the recruits, with the help of the fortifications of Zhenyuan Pass, can exert more than ninety percent of their combat effectiveness.
The commander of the recruit training camp is called Wang Tiehan, who is one of the old white-clothed sergeants, and he is also a member of the original Niujiaodun. Previously unknown, it was basically a forgotten member, and only later took over the training of recruits. Xu Xingxia asked him to take this position because he liked his honest friend and would not deceive himself. If you cheat on recruit training, then it's not interesting. You must know that this is not a drill, but a real battle. Any moisture, any fakes, will have to pay a bloody price on the battlefield.
Of course, there is another potential reason why Wang Tiehan took over this position, that is, he knows Xu Xingxia's past. As a member of Niujiaodun, he knows exactly what Xu Xingxia has done. This helped him instill the image of Xu Xingxia in the recruits and stimulate their admiration. I have to say that in this era, the personal charm of the leader is still very important. The cult of personality plays a very important role in loyalty. Xu Xingxia can't ignore this either.
When Xu Xingxia was in Niujiaodun, how did he shoot the Tartars dozens of feet away with an arrow, how did he violently confront those dark officials, and how did he go deep into the prairie to snatch Tesna back...... was added to Wang Tiehan's words, and many recruits subconsciously formed a great resonance. Most ordinary people have a natural worship psychology for powerful people. Their personality cult of Xu Xingxia was formed in this way.
"Iron man, how are these recruits?" Xu Xingxia asked with a smile.
"Not bad! All positive! The basic qualities are also good! Wang Tiehan was very satisfied.
"That's good." Xu Xingxia said with a smile. In fact, he can also feel that the basic quality of this batch of recruits is indeed good. It is estimated that many of them should be military households from Yansui Town. It is said that the military households over there are indeed very capable of fighting, and they are all well-known men. It's just that the conditions in Yansui Town are a little worse, and they can't give them more help. No matter how famous a man is, if he can't even eat enough, he will have no combat effectiveness.
He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Lin Dan Khan. On his own side, the soldiers are strong and strong, but Lin Dan Khan still has to crash in, I really don't know whether I should despise him or sympathize with him. Is this guy really losing his mind because of Tessna's affairs? Is it worth it to joke about tens of thousands of elites for the sake of a woman?
"My lord......" Wang Tiehan suddenly said with some hesitation.
"It's all old people from Niujiaodun, what can't I say." Xu Xingxia said with a smile.
"A couple of people said I was bragging...... Say you're not that good...... I refuted them a few words, but they were still not convinced......" Wang Tiehan said a little embarrassed.
(To be continued)