In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 335 New Army
After returning from the Firearms Research Institute, Lin Rui had to focus on the military.

Because both types of muskets and artillery have high actual combat capabilities, the next step is to mass-produce them and popularize them in the army. The relative organization and training methods must be adjusted.

After all, firearms are the direction of future military development, and Lin Rui knows this better than anyone in this era.

Now that the conditions are in place, naturally there can be no further delay.

What's more, in the subsequent Korean landing operations, firearms soldiers have an advantage over traditional cold weapon infantry and cavalry.

In the future, the expansion of territory will also need to focus on firearms, otherwise the casualties will be too great. After all, Lin Rui's goal is to conquer the world. No matter how many Chinese people there are, they will not be able to withstand hundreds of thousands of casualties in each battle.

The reason why the British Empire was able to colonize the world at that time relied on firearms. Otherwise, with the small population of Britain, it would have been impossible to occupy such a large colony with cold weapons.

This is also one of the reasons why China in ancient times was unwilling to take the initiative to use troops abroad, because the casualties were too high.

However, the food had to be eaten bite by bite. After some thought, Lin Rui decided not to make any changes to the three legions in the capital for the time being, and to recruit [-] young soldiers from the south to form two new all-firearms legions.

Among them, 5 people recruited Han Chinese from the south, and the other [-] recruited ethnic minority teenagers from chieftains from various places.

On the one hand, the population loss in the north is somewhat serious and it is not suitable to recruit troops. On the other hand, it can also speed up the process of naturalizing chieftains from various places.

After all, after those ethnic minority teenagers served as soldiers for several years and retired, they definitely affected millions of people.

Therefore, these 5 people will be divided among all the surrendered chieftains in the south.

Originally, the staff department should be responsible for recruiting troops, training troops, formulating new drill methods, military systems, etc.

However, the current general staff does not yet have that ability, and it does not even have a candidate for the chief of general staff.

The Military and Administrative Department is also supported by a group of ladies, which makes Lin Rui unable to be lazy even if he wants to.

Fortunately, the inner court's manufacturing supervision is strong, Lin Rui only needs to arrange the manufacturing and production tasks of firecrackers and artillery. He does not need to worry too much and can focus on recruiting and training troops and formulating new organizations.

In order to achieve three-stage shooting, the two newly formed legions must be changed to the three-three system. Finally, after Lin Rui considered it again and again, he decided to make a complete innovation in the military system, ranks, clothing and equipment.

First of all, firearms soldiers do not need armor. Military uniforms are mainly easy to wear, do not affect operation, and are durable.

In traditional Han clothing, both the outer and inner garments have to be tied with knots, which is too troublesome, so the underwear and underwear are directly made into modern styles, made of silk, and the outer garment is directly changed into buttons. In summer, good linen is used, and in autumn and winter, cotton is used. , the military cap is directly replaced by the one from the Song Dynasty, and the hair must be cut.

There is nothing that can be done about it. As the times evolve, especially after the military becomes firearms, simplicity and efficiency are what matters.

This is why Lin Rui wants to recruit [-] ethnic minorities. Compared with Han people, they are more likely to accept new military uniforms and short hair.

In fact, for ordinary people, whether they are men or women, long hair is a huge burden. The so-called suave and fairy-like beauty only exists in wealthy families. Ordinary people simply do not have the time or the ability to do it. Take good care of your long hair.

Therefore, Lin Rui plans to start with the military, and then slowly spread it to society, so that ordinary people can start to accept haircuts, at least they should be able to freely choose whether to have long or short hair.

Of course, Lin Rui couldn't bear to change the Hanfu beyond recognition, turning his long flowing hair into a cropped hairstyle.He thinks that the best model is in the future. Everyone will follow economic conditions. Ordinary people who have no conditions can just wear simple clothes. Men should have short hair and women should have suitable clothes. In this way, they don’t need too much time to take care of it. Sanitation is more suitable for developing industry.

Young ladies from wealthy families who are able to do so will continue to have long flowing hair and long robes with wide sleeves.

However, Lin Rui also knew that if he wanted to realize this dream, he might have to spend his whole life promoting it, and maybe he and his concubines would have to take the lead by then.

Just thinking about how troublesome military uniforms and hair accessories are, Lin Rui also has a headache, but he has to change it. After all, Southeast Asia and Africa are all tropical.

The military system and ranks are much simpler.

Just learn from the modern army. The generals are directly eliminated, and each of 12 people is equipped with 12 long blunderbuss, one captain and deputy squad leader, and two short blunderbuss.

There are three soldiers per sentry, and each sentry has 37 people. The sentry commander is equipped with a command knife, which can carry out the smallest three-stage shooting in wartime.

The three sentinels form one team, with a total of 115 people. The three teams form one flag, with 350 people per flag, and will serve as the most basic combat unit.

Three flags constitute a battalion, which also has an artillery flag, equipped with twenty 600-pound Franz machine guns, and a baggage flag. Each battalion has a total of about 1500 people.

Above the camp is the town, which will have three gun battalions, an artillery battalion equipped with one hundred 1500-pound smoothbore cannons, a baggage battalion, and a 500-man cavalry battalion, with a total strength of about 8000.

It will be regarded as an intermediate combat unit, and in the future, a town can basically take charge of a single battle and launch a battle. A legion, with five to six towns under its jurisdiction, and cavalry depending on the situation, is enough to defeat a country.

This is the advantage of having all firearms. Forty to fifty thousand people can sweep across a country and rule and conquer a region.

In terms of military ranks, Lin Rui also canceled Baihu and Qianhu, and changed them from low to high to: recruit, soldier, pacesetter, small flag, middle flag, general flag, second lieutenant, captain, school captain, major general, There are eleven levels in total including lieutenant general, general, general, and marshal.

Among them, the rank of marshal belongs exclusively to the emperor. He is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the governor. The highest rank for ordinary people can only be awarded the rank of general. A marshal can only be awarded posthumously.

After finishing this, Lin Rui summarized the battles over the years, combined with some military knowledge from his previous life, and specially compiled a New Army Infantry Drill Code, Infantry Code, and New Army Military Law.

While Lin Rui was busy forming a new army, Zheng Zhilong and his son also led the Nanyang Fleet and a family to Tianjin. As for the Oriental Fleet, they arrived a month ago.

Haber also led the army to Mobei. When the army was almost still in the Gobi, the Chechen Khan tribe discovered it. Apparently, they had been guarding against the Hetao and Horqin tribes, especially the Hetao in the south. After all, the Zasak tribe had lost control of the Hetao tribe last year. It means migrating southward.

Of course, the Chechen Khan tribe never intended to be an enemy of Dahua. After all, he and Lin Rui fought against the Horqin tribe. Now Lin Rui not only defeated the Jurchens, but also conquered the entire Monan Mongolia and unified the Han world. How powerful is it? They don't even dare to think about being powerful.

Not to mention their small Chechen tribe, even if they add the five Moxi tribes, it is probably not enough, so they immediately sent an envoy to express their submission.

As long as Dahua allows them to continue to live in Mobei, whether it is providing a group of cattle and sheep to Dahua every year or fighting, the Chechen Ministry will accept it.

Unfortunately, Lin Rui was not Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and what he wanted was never nominal submission, so the Chechen Ministry's wishful thinking was doomed to fail.

(End of this chapter)