Rise From the Humble

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

The word "windy and sunny" couldn't be more appropriate.

However, the Taohuaji School Ground was almost shrouded in black mist, and was accompanied by bursts of earth-shattering "bang bang bang" sounds. Those who didn't know thought that there was a big demon going through the tribulation in the Taohuaji School Ground.

The surrounding villagers heard this banging sound one after another early in the morning. At first they thought it was someone setting off firecrackers for a happy event. Many village women kicked the man who was still in bed and asked him to Let's go down and see who is having a happy event. Why didn't they notify us? Dear fellow villagers, would you like to lend a hand and help me?

Early in the morning, many men in the village went out to check the situation. At the entrance of the village, they met several villagers who also came out to check the situation.

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

Then I saw the Peach Blossom School grounds filled with black smoke, and the sound of gunfire becoming increasingly clear.

What's going on? Is Peach Blossom Collection haunted? Burst after burst of black smoke, and the banging sound was several times louder than firecrackers.

"The military camp is an important area, and the idlers are retreating." The Zhejiang Army patrol immediately discovered the villagers who were checking the situation and pushed them back in time.

However, the villagers also learned the truth from the Zhejiang Army patrols. It was not haunted or setting off firecrackers, but the Zhejiang Army was firing firecrackers.

This is not a secret. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are generally equipped with firecrackers, but the number is not large.

After learning that the Zhejiang Army was training firecrackers, the villagers suddenly realized and went back to their homes to report to their mothers-in-law.

The more seriously the soldiers of their own country are trained, the more at ease they feel.

For the Zhejiang Army, early this morning, his master ordered them to practice a new type of firearms formation - the Yongji Formation.

At first, judging from the seriousness with which my lord took it seriously, I thought that the firearms battle formation might be as high-end and complex as the famous Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation in ancient times or Mr. Wolong Zhuge's Eight Formation Diagram.

However, I never expected that the firearm formation that my Lord valued so much was just standing in a row.

Isn't this just the standing position at the beginning of military training?

It's just a little thinner than the original standing formation. The original military formation was very thick, with more than ten rows, but the current Yuki Formation only has three rows; oh, and also, it is much more compact than the original standing formation.

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

"No matter what situation we encounter, even if it is a rain of arrows, even if it is a knife falling from the sky, we must stabilize the formation. This is a test of the discipline of our Zhejiang army. Mountains of swords, seas of fire, rain of bullets, people can die, the formation cannot be messed up, and it cannot be scattered. ! Once the person in front falls, the people behind must immediately step forward to fill the gap and keep the formation neat."

"Our formation is called the Yong Ji Formation. Why is it called the Yong Ji Formation? It's because the two most important requirements of this battle formation are 'courage' and 'discipline.' If we meet in a narrow road, the brave will win, and if the mountain collapses in front of us, the formation will not be chaotic. Only the army with the most courage and discipline can form a brave formation, and what our Zhejiang Army does not lack most is courage and discipline!"

"The reason why I am arranging such a heroic formation is very simple, just to bring out the power of firearms. After yesterday's military parade, I discovered, and I believe you have also discovered, that the accuracy and hit rate of firecrackers are limited. The hit rate within 150 meters is a little over 50%, and within 150 meters the hit rate is reduced to about 30%; while the hit rate from 200 meters away is reduced to a little more than 10%. To achieve such a hit rate, it is necessary to concentrate the firepower and fire intensively. To increase the hit rate, so that it has lethality. It is no exaggeration to say that the formation is the life of the Yuji Formation and the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the Yuji Formation."

Zhu Ping'an divided the Zhejiang army into three groups. Each group had three rows. More than 2,000 people were divided into nine rows. Each row contained more than 220 people. One row was about a hundred meters long. The nine rows of people were like Three huge waves are moving forward.

Zhu Ping'an held a tin trumpet in the team, emphasized the importance of discipline and courage over and over again, explained the principles of practicing the brave discipline formation, and from time to time corrected the problems exposed during the training process of the soldiers.

Although the Zhejiang Army has always attached great importance to formation training since it became an army and accepted it relatively quickly when practicing the Brave Discipline Formation, after all, the Brave Discipline Formation is different from formation training and requires more and stricter requirements. In actual practice, the Zhejiang Army was still exposed. solved many problems.

Staying in line and moving forward at a steady pace is easier said than done.

More than 220 people in one row, more than 660 people in three rows and one strand, and more than 2,000 people in three strands have to move forward in a coordinated manner. They cannot go too fast or too slow. They must move forward according to a fixed pace. The difficulty is not ordinary. Big.

In addition, training is not easy in ordinary times, and it is even more difficult on the battlefield where bullets are raining and the sound of killing is loud.

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

After the formation began to take shape, the next step was to shoot the firecrackers.

"Although our fire cannons are very powerful, their accuracy and range are limited. The hit rate within a hundred meters is only a little over 50%. If we want to exert the power of our fire cannons, we must bring the enemy closer to hit. You must wait until the enemy comes within fifty meters before shooting. Don't worry about the enemy's cold arrows, we have cotton armor. You must wait until the enemy comes within fifty meters and wait for the firing order before shooting together. Fireguns are different from bows and arrows and cannot be thrown. , you can’t shoot at an angle, you have to hold the gun level with both hands and shoot straight forward.”

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

"Ready, shoot!"

Zhu Pingan separated the Zhejiang army into three groups, practiced shooting one by one, and set up three rows of targets fifty meters in front.

The first group of soldiers took out their oil paper ammunition bags, loaded them with ammunition, pounded them with long iron rods, fixed the match ropes, and got ready to shoot.

After Zhu Pingan gave the order, the first three rows of soldiers set off firecrackers together, "Bang, bang, bang!"

Instantly black smoke rose.

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