Chapter 128 Attack

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 128 Attack

Boren felt ashamed and apologized to Zhang Zongxian:

"The disciple is incompetent and has failed the master's expectations."

Zhang Zongxian looked at Boren's young face and the white frost on his temples. He knew that he worked hard to train these cavalry every day.

In the report of Yu Nong's subordinates, it was mentioned that Boren personally led the team to practice the movements required in the drill every time. Inappropriate movements should be improved.

Even if he was injured during training, he would not rest and would go to the training ground to supervise the training.

After the apprentices from the academy came over, they taught the juniors how to ride regardless of day or night.

Zhang Zongxian did not blame Boren for the problems that occurred during today's exercise. After all, the time he gave was too short.

It is already very good to achieve such results in a short period of time.

"Boren is the master and the time given to you is too short. Besides, the reason why we need to practice is to find problems. Since there are problems with the running march, we should strengthen the training in this area.

Don't be in a hurry to apologize, we will see the truth on the battlefield."

Then the remaining two battalions also conducted charge and kill drills one after another.

The problems were all the same. They were all disordered formations caused by varying levels of riding skills. The last two battalions could not even do a quick-step attack well.

After the cavalry drills the impact formation, the artillery drills transition from marching state to shooting state.

Six five-pound cannons, pulled by thirty-six horses, quickly entered the drill ground, followed closely by ammunition trucks.

In fact, the ammunition cart was also pulled by six horses, just to supplement these horses to pull the cannon when necessary. After all, it was a bronze cannon of more than 600 kilograms.

And in order to allow the artillery batteries to keep up with the marching speed of the cavalry, all artillery units were equipped with horses.

After arriving at the designated position, the six cannons were lined up one after another, and the gun crew quickly fixed the cannon supports.

There are three types of ammunition for the five-pound bronze cannon: solid bullets, blooming bullets, and shotgun shells.

While each gun crew is fixing the cannon, the sighting team has begun to measure distances and angles.

After the cannon was fixed, the company commander ordered the loading of the execution ammunition.

First, a soldier wetted the barrel of the gun with a running brush wrapped in wool at the top.

Then another soldier used a dry running brush to absorb the moisture left on the front.

Then use the turbine-shaped hook to remove the residue left by the previous shot. Of course, the above steps can be omitted for the first shot.

Then put in the charging bag and projectiles one after another. Then use the loading rod to compact the ammunition.

After that, a soldier will use an awl to probe into the ignition port and break the charge bag here to facilitate ignition.

Then insert and fill the gunpowder from the ignition port. Then it can be ignited and launched.

After the ammunition was loaded, the meow watching team also gave the distance and angle of collection.

After the squad leader adjusted the angle and reported it, the company commander ordered the shooting.

After receiving the order, the deputy squad leader used the ignition rod to light the gunpowder. Then he heard six solid bullets hitting the target a thousand steps away.

The solid bullets just touched the grass target and shot it into pieces. Six solid bullets bounced and fell on the ground at least twice.

The dense grass targets shattered six passages.

The company commander ignored the observation of the impact point of the artillery shells and ordered to continue loading ammunition.

The six cannons fired six rounds in succession, shattering almost all the dense grass targets.

Both the disciples of the school and the cavalry who were observing the scene were shocked by the power of the five-pound cannon.

After the artillery battery completed its firing and entered the marching state, everyone reacted and kept shouting "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious".

After the artillery drill is completed, the next step is to demonstrate some individual combat skills.

Demonstrate on horseback such as using cold weapons and even loading, disassembling and assembling guns.

We also conducted a volley from horseback. In fact, getting the horses to adapt to the sound and taste of the fire gun was the most difficult thing.

These must be overcome one by one.

The content of the drill has been shown here. Next, we will start the long-distance attack in actual combat conditions.

After lunch, Liangchen took the disciples of the school and the youth camp to the training location twenty miles away.

Zhang Zongxian and the observation group were waiting to set off with the attacking cavalry.

An hour after the college disciples set off, Boren gave an order and led the cavalry regiment to run at full speed to the exercise site twenty miles away.

Zhang Zongxian followed on horseback with the officer corps and the remaining cavalry. As a result, problems arose from the beginning.

Because the cavalry of the three battalions in front ran too fast, the artillery company quickly distanced itself from the cavalry in front.

The artillery company commander was eager to catch up with the cavalry in front, causing one of the cannons to roll over.

After Zhang Zongxian arrived with his men, the artillery company commander was rescuing the cannon.

After turning the cannon over, the wheels of the cannon were damaged and unusable. The artillery company commander was so anxious that he cursed his mother.

This artillery company commander was one of the first batch of recruits and had a strong learning ability, so he became the artillery company commander.

They were also the first disciples that Zhang Zongxian accepted. After seeing Zhang Zongxian's arrival, the cavalry company commander knelt down and didn't know what to do.

In fact, Zhang Zongxian was very satisfied with the performance of the artillery company commander. He trained the artillery company very well.

He cannot be entirely blamed for this accident. Zhang Zongxian rode up to the company commander and cursed:

"Get up, I. Why are you kneeling? You can repair the cannon by kneeling down. What is the order you received?"

The artillery company commander quickly stood up and answered:

"Reporting to the teacher, the order the disciple received is to follow the large army to the designated battlefield in the shortest possible time."

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"But the wheel of Master's cannon is broken and it can no longer keep up. And the disciple is afraid that the other cannons will also tip over."

"The artillery crew that left this cannon quickly buried the cannon. The other artillery crews moved forward at a constant speed, not too fast. Priority was given to ensuring that the cannon reached the battlefield safely."

After issuing the order, Zhang Zongxian was worried about the artillery company and left some cavalry to follow the artillery company.

By the time they arrived at the scheduled exercise location, the cavalry regiment had already rested for a while.

The cavalry regiment does not have one man and three horses like other cavalry in history. In the cavalry regiment, only the night warrior has one man and three horses, and its cavalry only has one horse.

Likewise, there were many problems in this attack. Some were left behind and some fell off the horse accidentally. The original goal of running twenty miles in half an hour was not achieved.

These Mongolian horses slowed down after running for ten miles, and it finally took them more than half an hour to reach their destination.

Not to mention the artillery company, it was not until an hour and a half later that they arrived at the drill ground.

The disciples of the school and the youth camp have already set up camp.

Boren was very frustrated and decided that he would be embarrassed in front of the teacher today. He kept making this face and scolding his subordinates.

Zhang Zongxian hurried over to comfort him and told him not to worry. The purpose of the exercise was to find problems and record them all.

In the future, we will focus on training to deal with these problems. The purpose of the attack is also to test how far the cavalry regiment can march in a day.

These are all preparations for future combat. Let him take a good rest first and recharge himself for tomorrow's confrontation drill.

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