Daming Military Empire

Chapter 159
Luo Siwei, as a martial artist and a member of the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty, it is no problem to train [-] recruits, and because he is the second best in the martial arts, Qin Liangyu, the leader of the first army of the Imperial Guard, also values ​​him very much, and even made an exception to let him He participated in the compilation of the "Daming Infantry Exercise Code", although the "Daming Infantry Exercise Code" has not been compiled yet, he is quite familiar with the content of the exercise code, and training recruits is easy.

First of all, recruits must be formed into an army. Luo Siwei no matter what army formation the foreigners have, he will directly organize the [-] recruits according to the Ming Dynasty's formation.

Starting from the most basic level, there is a team of five people, a team leader, a team of ten people, a small banner, a banner of 50 people, a general banner, a large team of 100 people, a hundred generals, and a thousand A regiment of 5000 people has a commander in chief, and a battalion of [-] people has a commander in chief.As for the chief general, it is him now, and of course Shivela will be in battle.

In order to facilitate management, he temporarily set one hundred Musketeers of the Janissaries as Baizong, all the dozen or so officers originally appointed by Shivela were appointed as Qianzong, and two generals were brought by him. Name Baizong temporarily replaced.

Because of the language barrier, Shivira specially hired a Portuguese translator from Zhennan King Zheng Zhilong's caravan to accompany Luo Siwei in the drills, and he also transferred 200 guards from his guards to serve as the general banner. They can't speak Chinese, but after staying in Daming for so long, they can still understand some common language, which makes the management of soldiers at the grassroots level easier.

After the formation was completed, the drill officially began. Unexpectedly, the [-] recruits under Shivela complained bitterly at the beginning. It was too strict, too strict, and they couldn't stand it.

If you were a soldier, you may have such a strong reaction, but Portugal has been annexed by Spain for decades, there must be no regular army, and the veterans are all old. These are out-and-out civilians, and most of them are Poor people, otherwise they would not be mercenary private soldiers for money. For them, the training of the regular army of the Ming Empire is too strict.

For example, stand in a queue, this is what it should be, no matter which country’s military drills have queue training, they think it’s enough to stand up straight, but this Ming’s officers are so strict that it’s outrageous:

First of all, everyone is required to hold their heads up, their chests up and their buttocks in. Isn't it tiring to stand like this?
Then the thighs are required to be stretched straight and close together, and even the angles of the feet must be exactly the same. Is there a mistake?
In the end, the opponent also has strict requirements. It must be straight and close to the thigh, and the arms must be clamped. Everything is boring!
These recruits began to complain as soon as they started training, and many of them were unwilling to cooperate. Fortunately, Shivira watched from the sidelines and saw their attitude, so he ran up and gave a lecture: "Can you have a bit of professional ethics? For those who have paid, their salary is five taels a month. Do you know how high it is? The trainers for you are all soldiers from the first-class regiment of the Ming Empire, the most elite troops of the great Ming Empire. Their salary is the same as yours, which is five taels a month. Two! They can do it, why can't you?"

At this time, some ruffian civilians among the recruits yelled directly: "Impossible, how is it possible? There are so many strict requirements for standing in a queue, can they all do it? Absolutely impossible!"

Shi Weila was so angry that he was about to use his trump card: deducting wages, but Luo Siwei shouted directly: "Musketeers, assemble."

It turned out that the Portuguese translator beside him was also a formidable character. Every time they finished a sentence, he just said it in Chinese and Luo Siwei listened.

Hearing that they were not convinced, he even thought that his soldiers could not stand in line as required, so he directly ordered the Musketeers to gather and stand there for them to take a good look to see if everyone stood in strict accordance with the requirements.

As soon as they gave this order, musketeers scattered among the [-] recruits immediately ran over from everywhere, and formed a neat square formation in front of him in the blink of an eye.

After the Musketeers had assembled, Luo Siwei immediately turned to the interpreter beside him and said, "Tell them, anyone who is not convinced can come up and have a look to see if they are standing strictly according to the requirements."

The translator immediately babbled in Portuguese to the recruits, and a few of them stepped forward and looked carefully at each of them.After watching for a while, those people walked back dejectedly. They couldn't find anything wrong with them. The postures of a hundred people were all standard, just as they asked for.

Now, no one is shouting, and the queue training can continue. Of course, recruit training is not as simple as standing in a queue, and then walking forward. Now these recruits can't stand it anymore, just walk, and everyone is required to move their hands and feet at the same time. Swinging, that's all, there are strict requirements on the angle of swinging hands and feet, is it a disease, or is it a disease?

Luo Siwei still used the old method. He asked a group of one hundred musketeers to walk back and forth a few times. As expected, the angles were consistent and uniform. The recruits had no choice but to follow suit.In fact, these movements are not difficult, but the requirements are stricter. It's not that these recruits can't do it, but that they are used to being free and unrestrained, and don't want to be manipulated back and forth like puppets.

This formation and marching forward are the most basic things, and there is no difficulty. The recruits have a bit of a look after a few days of practice, and the next step is to train the operation of firearms. Smiling, good stuff, look at this work, it has edges and corners, and it fits perfectly, just like a work of art.The reason why these people are willing to come to work as mercenaries to make money is one aspect. The main reason is that they have guns, which are safer. If they are allowed to fight face-to-face with the natives with swords, no one will dare to come.

They all thought that the hard times were finally over, and they just needed to practice aiming and shooting. Unexpectedly, the firearms training is more rigorous. It is as simple as opening the bolt, loading the bullet, loading the chamber, and tightening the bolt. Movements, practice back and forth, practice back and forth, one practice is a hundred times.

Open the bolt, load the bullet, install the chamber, tighten the bolt again, then unbolt again, take out the chamber, take out the bullet, close the bolt again; then open the bolt again, and load the bullet. , I practiced back and forth a hundred times, another hundred times, another hundred times, still a hundred times, and I didn’t play anymore.

Well, boring is a bit boring, but not very tiring. For the sake of money, I endured it. After training in queues and going forward, these recruits have a sense of obeying orders, so no one jumped out of the training of loading bullets. Complaining, everyone gritted their teeth and practiced a hundred times and a hundred times, the more they practiced, the more proficient they became.

Is this the end?It was still early, and the next step was to carry the gun and run forward. It took two hours to run, and then it was bayonet, block, assassination, and bayonet. Such boring training, practiced a hundred times and a hundred times.

Now the recruits are quitting, crazy, running for half a day, and then practicing assassination for a long time, do you want to be exhausted?We are musketeers, not pikemen, what's the use of practicing these? ** I have practiced tens of thousands of times and have not fired a single shot. Are spearmen used for hand-to-hand combat?I really want to practice hand-to-hand combat and practice some practical movements. This is just like a puppet, just go back and forth twice, there is a fart!
This is not in Daming. Luo Siwei can't find [-] cavalrymen to rush over to let them see whether simple movements are useful for cavalry or complex routines. You can come to challenge his soldiers, and you don't need to practice if you win.

Those tall and muscular people naturally think that they have two skills, so there is an endless stream of people challenging them, and they are tragic in the end.The soldiers of these imperial guards were all from military households, and their ancestors were all carefully selected from the more than 200 million Ming army. Whoever has no family traditions is all killers trained on the battlefield. The enemy's unique move, dealing with these civilians is naturally easy to solve.

Therefore, the people who came up to challenge were basically knocked down as soon as they met each other, and none of them could stand up to fight again. The Ming army used all the tricks to kill the enemy. It is considered merciful to kill them all without a hit. up.

This time, these recruits were completely convinced. It turned out that these Ming soldiers who trained them were all hidden masters. Seeing that their movements were stiff and meticulous like marionettes, they thought they were not good at fighting. The fights became more ruthless than the other.

Soldiers admire the strong. After this fight, not only did all the recruits have no complaints, but they became obedient. They did what they were asked to do without a single complaint. Even after the training was over, many recruits went to find their trainers. The soldiers of the Imperial Guard approached him and wanted to learn some kung fu.

All of a sudden, this training camp not only set off an upsurge of learning Kung Fu, but also set off an upsurge of learning Chinese. If you don’t understand the language, you go to ask others for advice, so you can’t let them learn your language.

Afterwards, almost all the recruits have more or less learned some Chinese, and everyone can understand the training terms such as "gather", "go forward", "advance" and so on. They are joking and practice every day, but they can't understand these few sentences. Just an idiot.Everyone not only understands everyday expressions such as "hello" and "thank you", but can also say them. Don't you say that you have the nerve to strike up a conversation with the instructor! Words such as "Master" and "Kung Fu" also became popular in the army, because the "Kung Fu" of "Master" is really too powerful.

After practicing these boring movements, I finally started to practice shooting. It’s not just about shooting. It’s good to be able to shoot a few shots a day. The main thing is to practice shooting, aiming, squatting, and standing up. The effect is impossible, Luo Siwei can only take the next best thing and teach them segmented shooting, that is, stand in several rows and shoot continuously. This is much simpler than continuous shooting while marching. It won't be long.

Before the firearms training was over, artillery training began. Luo Siwei specially selected [-] recruits from among the recruits to practice artillery shooting. Carefully igniting the gunpowder barrel is not a big deal, basically no one will die. If the gun barrel is accidentally blown up, the team that fired the gun will suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the training of the artillery was more stringent, and those whose actions did not meet the standard were all eliminated. Anyway, only 1000 people were needed to operate a hundred cannons, and the remaining 1000 people were used for elimination.This time there is no dissatisfaction, they only have admiration.

Because Luo Siwei asked one hundred artillerymen to practice the firing process with ten cannons. The action, from loading gunpowder, to loading shells, to adjusting the shooting distance, everyone was meticulous and did it right. It was as if carved out of the same mold, and the movements were neat and smooth, which has almost risen to the height of art.

This is the real elite soldier, you can't do without admiration.

(End of this chapter)