1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 75 Visiting the Training Camp

Before Tao Dong came to visit the boot camp, he didn't say hello to the rest of the military and police department in advance, so when Gu Wei saw him and Luo Shengdong got off the boat, he was very surprised: "Mr. Tao, you today So free?"

"Boss Luo sent us supplies today. I think everyone is leading troops. Why don't we just come over here to communicate." Tao Donglai replied with a smile: "By the way, let's take a look at the gang you brought with you. How's the new People's Regiment doing?" Luo Shengdong had spent some time under Gu Wei at the beginning, but now there is no need to introduce them to them.

"The quality of these people is quite bad, and their bodies and minds have to be transformed slowly. Fortunately, they are obedient and obedient." Gu Wei took the two to the training ground and introduced them as they walked: "There are 120 people in total now. Twelve classes have been organized. In the morning, it is mainly concentrated training, which alternates between marching in formation and physical training. In the afternoon, it is divided into training, mainly teaching and practicing military boxing and basic tactical movements. After dinner, it is cultural class time. Now the main thing is to teach them to practice Mandarin and military songs, the next step I plan to get a set of equipment, let them watch war movies and so on."

Luo Shengdong could only hear a little understanding of the dialogue between Gu Wei and Tao Donglai, because there were too many terms that he did not understand.From Luo Shengdong's point of view, what they said was probably the way the Haihans practiced their troops, but this place was a barbarian except the fishermen, and it was definitely not a good target for training the militia.But when he saw the group of recruits, there was an obvious puzzled expression on his face.Although the clothes on these people are almost the same as those of the Haihans, they are all colorful short robes and trousers, but the thin body and the bun on their heads show that they are not Haihans, but real the locals.In addition, there were many Li people with hairbands on their foreheads, and Miao people with silver rings on their ears.These people lined up in a row every ten people, and walked up and down the training ground with their heads held high in accordance with the instructions of the instructor's whistle.

Luo Shengdong is no stranger to platoon training. The Ming army's military exercises are also a kind of platoon training. Luo Shengdong also received similar training when he was a soldier before.However, although the military drills that Luo Shengdong had seen were much more complicated than this, they were far from being as neat and uniform as the group of miscellaneous troops that he had seen before.The most terrifying thing is that when these people moved forward, they even moved their left and right feet at the same frequency. When they heard the whistle stop, they were also swiping the ground in unison. No one was ahead or delayed, and there was no one in the team during the process. One person spoke.Luo Shengdong doesn't know about other places, but at least there is no such well-trained militia group in Yazhou... No, even the Yazhou garrison can't reach such a level.

Laymen watch the fun, and experts watch the doorway. Although this kind of queue training seems extremely boring, Luo Shengdong, as a grass-roots officer who has received professional military training and has a certain military vision, is very aware of the prohibitions formed in this kind of daily training. The huge role it can play in wartime - if a team can't even walk in line at ordinary times, how can they expect them to keep fighting against the enemy on the battlefield?
But the team that I saw in front of me was obviously formed after he left. Luo Shengdong really wanted to know how the Haihan people could make a group of fishermen, farmers and even Mandarin in a very short period of time. The Li and Miao barbarians were trained to be such a team that could obey orders and act in a unified way.

Tao Donglai's perception is somewhat different from that of Luo Shengdong. He is also a soldier before, and just by looking at it, you can roughly know that the training of these recruits can only be said to be just getting started, and they can walk barely neatly.However, Gu Wei was able to train these people to this level in just a few days, which shows that he really has two brushes in training.

After looking at it for a while, Tao Donglai asked Luo Shengdong, who was stunned, "How does Luo Pao feel about the training of this militia group?"

Luo Shengdong cupped his hands to Gu Weiyi and said: "Gu Chief is well trained, I really admire him. There is just one thing I don't know, and I want to ask for advice."

Gu Wei laughed and said, "Let's talk about it, I also really want to hear the opinions of my colleagues."

"Looking at this queue, the basic queue is horizontal, and the distance between the sergeants is very close. What is the reason? At this time, there is nothing to worry about with bare hands. If you are holding weapons, I think there is a risk of accidental injury." Luo Shengdong asked respectfully.

Gu Wei first exchanged colors with Tao Donglai, and seeing that he had no objection, he replied: "You are right, if it is a cold weapon, the distance between them is indeed so close that it will affect the performance of the weapon. , but we don't plan to let them use weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows in the future."

Luo Shengdong's mind turned fast, and he immediately woke up: "These militia groups, you also plan to give them that kind of burst gun? This...this is inevitable..."

"It's too extravagant, isn't it?" Tao Donglai took the conversation with a smile: "It would be a bit extravagant to distribute the firearms we use. But we are going to produce a cheaper, less powerful one. The fire cannon is specially used to equip future militia groups."

Luo Shengdong's Heart Road all members are equipped with fire guns, are you still a militia group?I'm afraid that in the future, if the garrison in Yazhou is pulled out, it will not be able to do the militia organized by the Haihan people.

"I sent two prototypes yesterday, are you interested in trying two shots?" Gu Wei didn't miss the opportunity to start a sales pitch.

With the advantages of Chuanzhong in military technology and industrial manufacturing, the Executive Committee regards the arms business as a very important foreign trade project in the future.And the biggest buyer of arms business is, of course, the Ministry of Defense of various countries - such as the Ministry of Defense of the Ming Dynasty.Although this business is quite lucrative, it must first be eaten by someone. As the first Ming officer dragged into the water by the Executive Committee, Luo Shengdong is obviously very suitable for opening this special trade in the future. One of the breakthroughs.

Under the high attention of the Executive Committee, the trial production of artillery and firearms was immediately included in the list of priority projects after Tiandu Iron Mine was put into operation.The trial production of the artillery is progressing smoothly at present, and the production process of the 6-pounder gun has been further improved, and mass production can be carried out next.The test shooting range here has also been corrected by continuous shooting for several days, and gradually sorted out the practical shooting table of the 6-pound gun.The carpentry room is organizing technical research to improve the marine gun mounts, and strive to install the 6-pounder guns on the two existing Ming-style sailboats as soon as possible.

The trial production of the fire gun is also in accordance with the principle of starting from scratch, from simple to complex, starting from the primary matchlock gun.In this process, several firearms experts from the North American Gang helped a lot. They have all participated in the performance of re-enacting famous historical battles, and have been exposed to different types of muskets in various ages. more intuitive understanding.Whether it is the manufacturing process or the tactics of the musketeers, the North American Gang has a lot of useful information and assisted the metallurgical workshop to complete the trial production of the first sample guns in a very short period of time.

During this period, although the Ming army had begun to equip large quantities of arquebuses known as bird guns, but because of the relatively primitive manufacturing process, the output was not high, and the cost remained high.The reason is that the processing technology of the barrel is limited by the technological level of the times and cannot be further improved.

In this period, the barrels of the matchlock guns were still made of fine iron, that is, after heating with fine iron, they were first rolled into two iron pipes, one large and one small, and the two were made close to each other with a large bag and a small one, and then the inner wall was slowly rolled with a steel drill. Drill slowly until smooth and straight.And this drilling process often takes up to a month, and the scrap rate is also very high.And through the technological advantages mastered by the public, it immediately crossed this technical obstacle one step at a time. The special tungsten carbide asymmetric correction drill and the customized deep hole drilling machine can drill a qualified gun barrel in less than an hour. .For the trial production, the executive committee even specially approved [-] kilograms of diesel for this project, so that they can use diesel generators to power the deep hole drilling rig.

Of course, when the trial production is over, the finalization is completed, and mass production is about to be put into production, the relevant departments will no longer adopt such extravagant processing methods.As long as the advanced drilling methods are mastered, even if some domestic drilling rigs with animal power, hydraulic power and even human power are launched, the production efficiency and product quality will be much better than those of the contemporary competitors.

Luo Shengdong also wanted to see what kind of level the "militia-style guns" made by the Haihan people could reach, so he was invited to the shooting range.Tom Wang was presiding over the gun test work here, and when the three arrived, he stopped his work first.Gu Wei explained his purpose, and Tom Wang handed the two arquebuses to Tao Donglai and Luo Shengdong respectively.

Luo Shengdong took the fire gun that Wang Tom handed over, looking at its shape and weighing its weight, it was not much different from the bird guns equipped by the Ming army. It was about five feet long and weighed more than ten kilograms. The heart, and the rear sight, constitute a complete set of sighting devices.The rear of the gun is equipped with a curved wooden gun holder, which is convenient for the user to hold and stabilize the gun when firing.However, the arquebus firing device in the middle of the gun body looks much more refined than the bird gun.

"Luo Bao should know how to play this thing, right?" Tao Donglai asked Luo Shengdong while carefully examining the arquebus in his hand.

"Can I have a try next time?" Luo Shengdong did not show weakness to Tao Donglai's question.Luo Shengdong knew that just by holding it in his hand, he couldn't tell the truth. In the end, the quality of the fire guns of the Haihan people had to be shot to know.

Tao Donglai nodded, and Luo Shengdong took the fire gun and walked to the launch position.On the table next to it were lead powder, propellant charge, projectiles, clear rods, match ropes, and a small copper box, which Luo Shengdong recognized as a kind of ignition device commonly used by the Haihan people, which they called "the treasure".Luo Shengdong was fortunate enough to play Ren Liang's "Treasure" a few times when he was in the labor camp. He had to admit that although the name of this thing is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed quite convenient to use it to get angry, and it can be easily done.

(End of this chapter)