Chapter 1678： Drill for Bravery

Chapter 1678 Practicing Yongji Formation

Over the peach blossoms, the sky is clear and cloudless, and even the cold wind dies down.

The word wind and sun could not be more appropriate.

However, the Taohuaji school field was almost shrouded in black mist, and it was accompanied by earth-shattering "bang bang bang" sounds one after another. Those who didn't know it thought that there was a big monster in the Taohuaji school field.

The villagers in the surrounding area had heard the bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang sound at first. Go down and see who is hosting a wedding, why didn't you notify us, folks in the village, do you want to lend a hand and do a favor.

Early in the morning, many men in the village went out to check the situation in a daze. At the entrance of the village, they ran into several township party members who also came out to check the situation.

After some inspection, I confirmed that no one in my village held a wedding, and there was no child who secretly set off firecrackers. The source of the sound seemed to be at the foot of Taohuaji Mountain, and several township party members went to check it out.

Then I saw the smoky Taohuaji school grounds, and the increasingly clear sound of gunfire.

What's going on? Is Taohuaji haunted? There were bursts of black smoke, and the bang bang bang was several times louder than firecrackers.

"The military barracks is an important place, idlers and others should retreat." The Zhejiang Army patrols discovered the villagers who were checking the situation at the first time, and drove them back in time.

However, the villagers also got the truth of the matter from the patrolling soldiers of the Zhejiang Army. It was not haunted, nor was it setting off firecrackers, but the Zhejiang Army was firing firecrackers.

This is not a secret. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty generally have firecrackers, but there are not many of them.

After learning that the Zhejiang Army was training firecrackers, the villagers suddenly realized that they went back to their homes to report to their wives.

The more seriously the soldiers of their own country train, the more at ease they will be.

For the Zhejiang army, early this morning, my lord ordered them to practice a new type of firearms formation—the Yongji formation.

Looking at the seriousness of my adults, I thought that the firearms battle formation might be as high-end and complex as the famous ancient eight-door golden lock formation or Mr. Wolong Zhuge's eight formations.

However, I never expected that the firearms formation that my lord attaches so much importance to is just standing in a row.

Isn’t this the standing stand at the beginning of training?

It’s just a little thinner than the original stand. The army formation was very thick at the time, with more than ten rows, but now the Yongji formation is only three rows; oh, and it’s much more compact than the original stand.

"I asked you to stand tighter, not to squeeze you together. Keep the current distance between people and rows, whether you are marching, standing still, or charging, you must maintain the current distance."

"No matter what the situation is, even if it is a rain of arrows, even if it is a knife falling from the sky, you must stabilize the formation for me. This is to test the discipline of our Zhejiang army. There are mountains of swords and seas of fire, and hail of bullets. People can die, and the formation cannot be chaotic or scattered. !Once the people in front fall down, the people behind must immediately step forward to fill in the vacant space and keep the formation in order.”

"Our formation is called the Yongji Formation. The reason why it is called the Yongji Formation is because the two main requirements of this battle formation are 'courage' and 'discipline'. To meet in a narrow road, the brave wins, and the formation must not be chaotic when the mountains collapse. Only the most courageous and disciplined troops can form a brave formation, and what our Zhejiang Army lacks most is courage and discipline!"

"Why did I form such a brave formation? It's very simple. It's to give full play to the power of firearms. After yesterday's military parade, I found out, and I believe everyone has also discovered that the accuracy and hit rate of firecrackers are limited. The hit rate inside is a little over 50%, and the hit rate drops to about 30% within 150 meters; and the hit rate drops to a little over 200 meters away. Such a hit rate requires concentrated firecrackers to shoot intensively. It is no exaggeration to say that the formation is the life of the Yongji formation, and it is also the guarantee of the Yongji formation's combat effectiveness."

Zhu Pingan divided the Zhejiang army into three groups, each with three rows, and more than 2,000 people into nine rows, each with more than 220 people. Moving forward like three huge waves.

Zhu Pingan held a metal trumpet in the team, emphasizing the importance of discipline and courage over and over again, explaining the principles of the drill of brave discipline, and correcting the problems exposed during the drill from time to time.

Although the Zhejiang Army has always attached importance to queue training since it became an army, and it was quick to accept it when practicing the Yongji Formation, but the Yongji Formation is different from the queue training after all, and requires more and stricter requirements. In actual practice, the Zhejiang Army is still exposed. Quite a few questions.

Keeping in line and moving at a constant speed is easier said than done.

There are more than 220 people in one row, three rows of more than 660 people in one row, and more than 2,000 people in three rows must move forward at a uniform speed in a coordinated manner. They must not walk too fast or too slow. They must be allowed to move forward according to a fixed pace. The difficulty is not ordinary. big.

In addition, training is not easy at ordinary times, and it is even more difficult when it comes to the battlefield where there are heavy bullets and killing noises.

After practicing for more than half an hour from early in the morning, the Zhejiang Army barely met Zhu Ping'an's minimum requirements.

After the formation has taken shape, the next step is the firecracker shooting.

"Although our firecrackers are very powerful, their accuracy and range are limited. The hit rate is only a little over 50% within 100 meters. If you want to use the power of the firecrackers, you must bring the enemy closer to you. You have to wait for the enemy to enter within 50 meters before shooting. Don’t worry about the enemy’s cold arrows, we have cotton armor. You must wait for the enemy to enter 50 meters and wait for the firing order before shooting together. Firecrackers are different from bows and arrows, they cannot be projected , you can't shoot obliquely, you have to level the fire with both hands, and shoot straight forward."

"Now the first group comes forward, okay, stop, this position is 50 meters away from the target. The first row squats down, the second row bends down, and the third row stands up straight. Now load the ammunition and get ready to shoot!"

"Ready, shoot!"

Zhu Pingan separated the three groups of the Zhejiang army, practiced shooting one by one, and set up three rows of targets 50 meters ahead.

The first group of soldiers took out the oiled paper ammunition bag, loaded the ammunition, pounded it with a long iron rod, fixed the matchlock, and was ready to shoot.

After Zhu Ping'an gave an order, the first three rows of soldiers set off firecrackers together, "bang bang bang"

Instant black smoke rose.

The gunpowder these days is all pyrotechnic powder, and black smoke will inevitably rise after shooting. As for the high-grade gunpowder such as smokeless gunpowder, Zhu Pingan has only heard of it. As a liberal arts student, he doesn't know how to make it. I don't know the principle, I don't even know the idea.

(end of this chapter)