Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 129
"When everyone is united, the mountains can be shaken.

But loyalty and righteousness are full of anger.

The Lord will kiss me better than parents.

If you violate military law, you will not be free..."

The soldiers of the Zhoushan Battalion lined up in two columns, singing military songs and beating drums, and marched in uniform steps from the school field back to the barracks.

Each of the suppressing troops headed by Feng Yidao carried a short stick and stared at the marching column. Whenever they saw any soldier wandering around, they would hit them with sticks.

After a period of training, the soldiers in each squadron rarely showed any obvious disparity in formation or disordered pace.

However, there is no standard for the Zhenfu team. No matter how good they are, they can always pick out the relatively poor ones.

Especially the Viper, who would feel uncomfortable unless he was hit with a few sticks.

But even so, this time of day is still the happiest time for the soldiers of the Zhoushan Battalion, because the day's training is all over, and it is dinner time.

The last soldier in the Yuanyang Formation team is responsible for cooking, but because Lin Hai recruited a group of auxiliary soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers are responsible for cooking for the soldiers during daily training.

In this way, after the soldiers return to the barracks after completing the afternoon drill, they can start eating immediately.

There is no public canteen in the barracks in Zhoushan, but as long as it is sunny, Lin Hai will let all the soldiers gather in the open space to eat. He will seize every opportunity to create a collective atmosphere.

At the same time, all soldiers must see that officers at all levels, including the generals, and the big soldiers like them eat the same food.

If it rains, forget it, and each team will go back to their rooms to eat.

After all, people were likely to die if caught in the rain in this era, so in ancient times, wars were generally not fought on rainy days, unless there were special circumstances such as surprise attacks.

When Qi Jiguang first arrived in Jizhen, he made three thousand Zhejiang soldiers stand still in the rain for a whole day. This trick immediately frightened the northern soldiers in Jizhen into submission.

The weather was fine today. After returning to the barracks, the five hundred soldiers all ate in the open space outside.

Following Lin Hai's order, the flag and drum team blew their trumpets, and five hundred soldiers recited in unison:
"Your ears only listen to the sound of the golden drum, your eyes only see the flags, and your eyes only see the twin lanterns of high tactics..."

"It is not allowed to listen to the words spoken by human beings and move them without permission. If the flag and the golden drum do not move, even if the general says what to do, you are not allowed to obey. Even if the gods come to say what to do, you are not allowed to obey."

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"If you can't beat the drum, it means there is water and fire in front of you. If you can't beat the drum, you have to go forward into the water and fire."

"If the gold sounds, it is time to retreat. Even if there are mountains of gold and silver in front of you, if the gold does not stop, you must retreat according to the order."

……

For about a cup of tea, five hundred soldiers recited the "Concise Terms of Emergency Orders for Enemy Operations" in unison, totaling more than a thousand words.

Lin Hai gave another order, and the flag and drum team blew their trumpets. The five hundred soldiers all sat down and started eating.

At this time, officers such as Lin Hai and Wu Guoyi also began to sit down and eat.

From the Zhoushan camp to the generals and auxiliaries, except for flag and drum workers, carpenters, blacksmiths, gunpowder makers, doctors, tailors and other miscellaneous craftsmen, everyone's food standards are the same.

As long as they don't go out to perform military duties, every meal they eat is freshly steamed white rice.And as long as there is a training task that day, it is a combination of meat and vegetables. If there is no fish, there will be meat.

Of course, rice will be deducted from the monthly ration, vegetarian dishes will also be deducted from the salt and vegetable money, and the cost of meat dishes will be borne by the Zhoushan camp.

The reason for setting such a high standard for food is mainly because the Zhoushan Camp currently has a large training volume. As long as it doesn't rain, there will be training tasks every day.

Even the Qi Jiajun back then couldn't do this. The Qi Jiajun practiced every other day, and the general garrison soldiers could do it once every three days. Most of them could only do it every five days.As for the flag troops at the guard station, they have not known what training is for many years.

Of course, there was also an army in this era that practiced daily.Wu Guoyi told Lin Hai that when he came to aid Liao in the first year of Tianqi, he heard that the slave army was like this every day.

However, with the current food shortage in Liaodong, it is estimated that this is no longer possible. The Zhoushan Battalion is probably the only army that has to train every day.

The daily schedule of the soldiers of the Zhoushan Battalion is as follows:

Get up in the morning and run for five miles with sandbags tied on your legs. You practice for an hour each in the morning and afternoon. The current training subjects are mainly individual martial arts training, which is what Qi Jiguang calls hand and foot training. In addition, the most basic team marching process is carried out three times a day. Every time we go back to the barracks to eat, we have to march in line.

In addition, the "Concise Provisions for Emergency Enemy Operation Orders" is recited for half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon.

If you don’t take in enough nutrients every day to carry out such a level of activity, you won’t be able to sustain it for a long time.

Eating is relatively relaxing. Starting from the flag and drum team blowing the trumpet for the second time, the soldiers of each team can temporarily put aside their fear of the suppression team and can chat and laugh while eating.

At this time, the officers and the police team would also sit down to eat. Lin Hai, like the big soldiers, sat on the ground covered with straw mats, chatting with Wu Guoyi and other middle and senior officers while eating.

Tonight's meat dish is small yellow croaker, which is the meat dish that appears most frequently in Zhoushan Camp's recipes.

Lin Hai spit out a fish bone from his mouth and said: "I think tomorrow we can issue the "Military Laws of Pre-battle Company Sitting" to each squad. In addition, we can consider adding some squad formation drills."

"My subordinates think so too." Wu Guoyi nodded first upon hearing this.

When Qi Jiguang trained new recruits, he first focused on training the ears and eyes, that is, making each recruit familiar with the most basic golden drum commands.

He personally summarized 22 items, which are the "Concise Terms of Emergency Orders for Enemy Operations" that the soldiers had just memorized. All of them were in plain language and easy to understand.

And Qi Jiguang particularly emphasized that this is the most important thing after the liberation work is completed, and you must memorize it before you can talk about it.

Among the many manuals issued by the Qi Jiajun to each team, each one needs to be memorized. During the assessment of memorization, if anyone cannot memorize one of them, he will be given a stick.

But among these manuals, only the emergency command of the enemy can be used as a stick. If a soldier makes a small mistake and deserves a beating, if he memorizes all 22 of these manuals, he will be spared a stick.

This alone shows that Qi Jiguang attaches great importance to the Golden Drum Order. This is how he implements in practice what he said: "Famous generals are the first, just the flag and drum." This afternoon, the Zhoushan Battalion had already paid attention to every soldier. A memorization test was conducted, and most of the soldiers had memorized these 22 items by heart.

After all, it is just over 1000 words. After memorizing it for more than ten days, no matter how stupid you are, you can still remember it.

After memorizing this manual, you can issue the "Military Laws of Continuous Operation in Battle", and you can also carry out team training. This is something that all mid-level and senior officers are well aware of.

Therefore, after Lin Hai asked, Wu Guoyi was the first to express his agreement, and He Ying and Zhou Yifa also nodded.

"That's it, we won't practice hand and foot training from tomorrow, and will practice team formation for a period of time."

Lin Hai did not use a negotiating tone this time. The main reason why he wanted to practice the team formation completely several times as soon as possible was to give Feng Yidao and others a chance to observe on the spot.

Because after the New Year, he plans to start recruiting security forces from fishermen in Zhoushan.

After recruiting the designated number of personnel, Lin Hai will personally take these people to Dongfan, and the drill work of the Zhoushan Battalion will be handed over to Wu Guoyi, a lieutenant general, to take charge of it instead of the battalion general.

After all, the Spaniards will come to Keelung in five months, and the sooner they can support Wulang in becoming king, the better.

"What do you think is the most important thing about military training?" After adjusting the training content, Lin Hai asked again.

"It's the Golden Drum Flag." Zhou Yifa was the first to answer, and then changed his words, "No, it should be a combination of kindness and power, and authority should be more important than kindness."

Lin Hai nodded to him with a smile, and then said to Wu Guoyi and He Ying: "There may not be any standard answer to the question I just asked. You two might as well express your own opinions."

"Orders are strict and rewards and punishments must be trusted." He Ying's answer was simple.

"My subordinates also agree with He Baizong's words." Wu Guoyi said and asked, "What is Mr. Lin's advice?"

"I think the most important word in military training is diligence." Lin Hai said with a smile, "This military training is like a Taoist priest refining elixirs, and like a hen hatching eggs. You can't leave for even a moment."

He Ying and Zhou Yifa were stunned for a moment after hearing this, as if they did not expect such a word to come out of Lin Hai's mouth. Only Wu Guoyi said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty's words are very appropriate. I think this is not only for military training." The Tao is also the way for generals.”

In fact, when Qi Jiguang revised the "New Book of Jixiao" in his later years, he also emphasized that generals must be diligent, but he never put this point in a top priority.

In fact, what Lin Hai just said was said by Zeng Shatou, a later generation. The original text is: "The way to practice bravery must be practiced day and night, so that you can gradually become more mature. It is like a chicken lying on an egg, like a furnace refining elixir. It is not advisable to wait for even a moment." Stay away."

If only Zeng Shatou had said this, Lin Hai would not have dared to show off in front of Wu Guoyi. There was also a famous military strategist in later generations who also attached great importance to the word "diligence".

In the article "How to be a good division commander", the first point summarized by the famous military strategist is to be diligent and not to "enter the house when you arrive at the camp, get water to wash your feet and face, get eggs to boil noodles, eat "Sleep when you are full." No matter how capable a person like this is, he cannot be a military commander.

Because of this, Lin Hai has been eating and living with the soldiers in the barracks these days. Starting from running with sandbags tied in the morning, he has to do everything by himself.

After dinner, he would go to the rooms of officers at all levels and soldiers of all ranks from time to time, undress, push food and greet them.

Even if Zheng Tingqiu picked up Zhu Niang and his son from Fujian a few days ago, Lin Hai only took the time to go back to Qianhu Yamen to meet his wife and children. From the establishment of Zhoushan Camp to now, he has slept on straw in the barracks every night.

At present, the furniture in the barracks is not complete yet, and Lin Hai requested that it be sent in together after it is fully furnished.

The reason for achieving this is to set an example for the officers under his command. If the general cannot lead by example, there is no need to expect the officers below to do well.

However, Lin Hai is not a simple military general after all. His current focus is still on overseas trade development, so he cannot always do what he is now.

"After the Chinese New Year, I will leave Zhoushan. I leave it to you all to train the troops. I hope you will always remember the word "diligence" I just mentioned."

"Please rest assured, sir, we will definitely train Zhoushan Camp well." Wu Guoyi and others nodded in agreement.

"When can the Zhoushan Battalion go to the battlefield?" Lin Hai then asked.

"If the military situation is urgent, you can do it at any time." Wu Guoyi added, "If there is no urgent military situation, it is best to practice for half a year before going to the battlefield."

Lin Hai was very satisfied with Wu Guoyi's answer. Military training is never-ending. There is only better but not the best. An army can never be fully prepared before entering the battlefield.When war comes, even new recruits have to go.

Qi Jiguang was fighting against the Japanese in the southeast. He asked for three years to train his troops, and asked that his troops be used again after three years.But in fact, just two months after Yiwu recruited troops, he took these new soldiers to the anti-Japanese front line. The Qi family army grew up in actual combat of blood and fire.

"Three months." Lin Hai held out three fingers and said, "In three months, I want to see the Zhoushan Camp ready for the battlefield."

"Who is the enemy?" Wu Guoyi was a little nervous after hearing this. Mr. Lin should not be so reckless. In three months, he will drag the Zhoushan Camp to Liaodong to build slaves.
"Sea pirates." Lin Hai replied vaguely. He had not yet decided whether to let the Zhoushan battalion fight Zheng Zhilong first or let Feng Yidao's security force go first.

In three months, the Zhoushan Battalion's combat effectiveness may not be comparable to that of these sailors.

After all, Qi Jiguang had already trained as a Shaoxing soldier for two years before going to Yiwu to recruit troops. He had a group of mature officers.It was only because these Shaoxing soldiers were slick urbanites that he went to Yiwu to recruit new soldiers.

Moreover, the miners in Yiwu were organized by contractors such as Chen Dacheng to serve the mine owners, and they had organized large-scale armed fights.These quarrymen in Wushan were directly recruited by the mine owners, and they had never killed anyone or seen blood.

Which unit will be used will only be evaluated based on the training effects of the Zhoushan Battalion at that time.

But even if the security forces arrive first, Lin Hai will let the Zhoushan camp practice with the surrounding water bandits first. After all, the water bandits here don't have that many firearms.

"Please rest assured, Sir, in three months, the Zhoushan Battalion will be able to carry out the task of exterminating the pirates." Wu Guoyi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. In fact, he had never fought against the pirates, but as long as he was not fighting against the pirates, then he would Much easier to say.

On New Year's Eve in the fifth year of Apocalypse, Lin Hai spent his last night in the military camp.

There was no training mission scheduled that day, and Liu Mazi also gave two lectures for the first time in the army. The audience in the morning was the first session, and the audience in the afternoon was the second session. The auxiliary soldiers were also divided into two groups to watch in the back row.

Lin Hai didn't let Liu Mazi talk about his new book, but picked up an old one that was lighthearted, humorous and festive. On this day, the officers and soldiers of the Zhoushan Battalion rejoiced.

After this night, Lin Hai will leave the military camp temporarily and start implementing Dongfan's farming plan.

　When I woke up in the morning, I saw July’s obituary. Like Sanchi, he is also an author I like very much. Alas... I won’t post a tip and thank you today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)