wild trail

Chapter 369 Two Special Troops

A few days later, Wang Lang selected a hundred soldiers from the imperial guards, and started to form a musketeer team. Since it was a new unit, except for a few people who knew about it, most people didn't know why Wang Lang wanted to Build a unit with such a small number alone.

Although the rest of the people were puzzled, after a few days, they heard that this new troop had nothing special about it except for practicing the three-stage shooting similar to that of an archer every day. attention to this matter.

Although most people are slowly forgetting about this weird troop, for Lin Shupi, the commander of the imperial guards, this troop is his focus. Although he doesn't understand the purpose of doing so, but One thing he knew was that Wang Lang would never do meaningless things, and this new army must have some special purpose.

The training of the Musketeers was personally guided by Wang Lang. For this reason, Wang Lang even put aside most of the government affairs, and spent most of his time in the barracks, training these carefully selected soldiers with the most severe methods.

Being trained by the most powerful people in Daxia, these soldiers who were selected were very excited. Wang Lang was a god in their hearts. It was a supreme honor to be selected by the lucky ones. This matter was enough for them to brag to others for a lifetime up.

But the good times didn't last long, and their good days were only a few days away, but what awaited them was hell-like boredom, and walking in unison after training for an unknown number of years became the first lesson for this recruit.

But how could Wang Lang just let them go so simply? If he wanted to become an elite musketeer, he had to be trained to be able to withstand the fear of queuing up and shooting.

For this reason, Wang Lang arranged for guards to shoot at these soldiers with headless arrows wrapped in several layers of cloth nearby when they were walking in unison.

Although the processed arrows were not fatal, the huge force of the bows and arrows still made them howl.

After a few days, almost every soldier had more or less bruises on his body.

Wang Lang wanted to use this method to enhance the courage of the soldiers, and at the same time rely on severe corporal punishment to cultivate the instinct of subconscious obedience in the soldiers. The commander's order is far more terrifying than the enemy's arrow.

When Wang Lang was actively preparing for the Musketeers, after waiting for a period of time, the ocean expedition team finally got together a thousand people who were interested in going out to explore the sea. Some hawkers here.

After receiving the notice, He Tie settled his family and hurried to the gathering place to embark on this journey with an uncertain future. He didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, but even though he knew it was dangerous, the generous reward was enough to make people feel happy. Ignore the warnings from the sub court.

When He Tie came to the meeting point near Yancheng, he saw more than 100 people standing there.

"It seems that these are all companions who are going to sea." He Tie thought to himself.

Taking a deep breath, He Tie walked up to an official at the assembly point, and after reporting his name, the official looked through the roster, nodded, and signaled He Tie to stand in the line.

He Tie stood silently at the end of the line, with his head down, wondering what he was thinking.

As the applicants arrived one after another, after He Tie waited for more than two hours, the official in charge of managing these people said loudly: "Everyone is here, let me tell you in advance that this expedition It was you who participated voluntarily, and you bear all the risks yourself, and I will give you one last chance, and it is too late to withdraw now."

After the official finished speaking, these people were silent for a while. He Tie didn't see a single person who planned to quit. After completing this vote, I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life.

The officials glanced at the explorers, and when they saw that no one had withdrawn, they said loudly: "Very well, since no one has withdrawn, then I will take my things and prepare to leave in a while, and part of your bounty money will be sent to your family by the imperial court. You should rest assured as much as possible, for those without family members, the reward money will be temporarily kept by the imperial court, if you can come back alive, the imperial court will not lose you a penny."

The explorers did not have any objection to this point. The credibility of the court is very high in the hearts of the people. Since the official said so, he would not renege on his debt if he wanted to come to the court.

It is useless to bring money with you after you go to sea. Even if the court gives them money in advance, if you are unlucky and die at sea, the money will be cheaper for others. It is better to put it in the court's hands for insurance.

Seeing that the explorers had no objections, the official said: "These soldiers will send you to Harbor City, and the navy will send people to pick you up after you get there. I wish you all the best for this expedition, and I hope I can see you again. You guys take care!"

After speaking, he bowed his hands to these explorers.

After they bid farewell to the officials, dozens of soldiers sent each other off, took a deer cart, and set foot on the road to the east.

For this expedition, Wang Lang still attaches great importance to it. If small islands that can be supplied overseas can be found, Xia Guo can use these small islands as a springboard to get his hands on the old continent in the future.

The task of the expedition team is to find the island on the one hand, and more importantly, to find the route and draw the sea chart. After all, Xia Guo has almost zero ocean sailing experience.

Although Xia Guo has completed the voyage around Shenzhou, the situation in the near sea is far less bad than in the far sea. There is no reference point on the vast ocean. If you lose your way, it means death.

The Yancheng Musketeers are still training under the scorching sun, and expedition members from all over the country have also embarked on the road to the distant place.

In the east far away from the mainland of China, on a lonely island hanging in the ocean, hundreds of dinosaurs looked at the graves in depression, feeling a deep sense of despair in their hearts.

Since the failure of attacking the New World, the escaped dinosaurs retreated hastily to this small island, fearing that humans would hunt them down, but after a month of panic, they found that humans did not come after them. The panic has subsided a lot.

But although human beings did not come, the unknown disease infected from the New World was still taking away fresh lives.

There is only one military doctor left in the army, but in the face of this terrible infectious disease, the dinosaurs are powerless.

The desperate dinosaur man could only helplessly pray to his god, but the damned god seemed to have abandoned them, and the companions around him showed no signs of weakening, on the contrary, they showed a tendency to intensify.

Of the more than 5 people who fled here at the beginning, more than 3 people died within three months. Those who were not infected could not stand this kind of mental torture.

The soldiers rebelled, and after killing the supreme commander, they hijacked the boat and left the island in a hurry, heading towards their homeland, as if they could escape the terrible curse once they got there.

The departure of these people immediately plunged those sick dinosaurs into despair. Hunger and disease are taking away fresh lives. In order to compete for limited food, even though they know their fate is not long, these people still continue to fight. There was a brutal fight.

Within a few months, the island was littered with corpses. Half a year after the war ended, there were less than 20 dinosaurs left alive on the island.

It may be that they were tired of killing, or they were too desperate. These 20 people chose to lay down their weapons, and their dead companions were buried by them.

Looking at these tombs, these people don't know why they have been sick for so long, but they didn't die in pain like those companions.

Although they were not tortured to death by the terrible plague, this does not mean that their situation has improved.

Those terrible red spots on his body still haven't faded, and the rotten place can still smell a strange smell.

This kind of physical condition is not optimistic. They know that when the supplies on the island are exhausted, they will undoubtedly die. With their current bodies, they cannot find enough food in the wild. Now they have fallen into a certain death situation. situation.

Several people helped each other to the beach, leaned against the boulders by the beach, sat in the shadows and looked at the light blue sky and the birds passing by in a hurry. This picture is really beautiful.

It took the expedition team more than a month to arrive at Harbor City from all over the world. Since Wu Gang proposed the ocean expedition plan himself, he was naturally very happy that the imperial court was able to fill up the manpower so quickly.

Wu Gang knew the reason why the imperial court did not use the navy. These soldiers in the navy were all veterans with actual combat experience at sea, and they were a very valuable resource of the Xia Kingdom. Both the Ministry of War and Wang Lang were reluctant to use the lives of these soldiers to explore the unknown world.

Naturally, these explorers would not let them board a ship without sailing skills.

Through the questioning of the dinosaur captives, Xia Guo also found among them the crew members who were proficient in navigation technology, but for the sake of the safety of the expedition, the court did not agree to the request of these dinosaurs to follow the expedition.

Although doing this is the most economical and cost-effective business, ocean voyages are no different than others. If there is a slight carelessness, the entire army will be wiped out. Naturally, the high-level officials will not allow such hidden dangers to exist.

After repeated deliberations, it was decided that these dinosaurs who were proficient in navigation would narrate, and Fang Shaoshi would act as an interpreter to record their sailing experience.

After the explorers had assembled, Wu Gang immediately sent people to arrange them in the barracks. Although these people were not active soldiers, he still regarded them as his soldiers.

If these people can really complete the ocean exploration, then they will be the reserve force of the navy in the future, and these people will be the first to be recruited in case of war.

The explorers who saw the ocean for the first time felt small when they saw the vast blue sea. After announcing their disbandment, these explorers rushed to the beach like wild horses.

Lying in the warm sea, He Tie was very excited as the waves rose and fell.

"Mother, son, I have seen the sea, and I will create a future for our family in this magical place." He Tie swore secretly in his heart.

In the next period of time, Wu Gang arranged for manpower to train this group of explorers. If they did not have basic sailing skills, these people would only die when they went to the sea.

In addition to basic naval tactical training, explorers also have to learn swimming, weapon operation, and ship navigation skills.

There are also astrology, compass skills, etc. learned from the dinosaurs. Some of the explorers don't need to learn these combat skills, and the navy's cartographers learn to draw charts.

Mankind's first ocean voyage is being actively prepared.

In Yancheng, after two months of full operation in the Ministry of Industry, the production of [-] muskets was finally completed on schedule.

Wang Lang picked up a brand new musket and nodded in satisfaction. This gun was no different from the musket in his memory.

The operation of the matchlock gun is relatively complicated. After several months of preparation, Wang Lang summed up a set of movements for using the matchlock gun.

First, the soldiers march forward with forks in hand!
The arquebus rests on the left shoulder, the gun is held in the left hand, the matchlock is held between the fingers of the left hand, and the fork is held in the right hand.

Forks go by the guns!

Secondly, when the soldiers stop advancing, the fork is handed over to the left hand, leaving the right hand free.

Put down the fork, gun down the shoulder!

The left hand lowers the fork, and the right hand removes the arquebus from the left shoulder.

The right hand holds the gun, and the left hand hangs down!
Hold the gun in your right hand, keep the gun body vertical, hang your left hand down, and the end of the fork rests on the ground.

Hand the gun to the left, raise the yoke!
The gun is switched to the left hand, and at the same time the fork is raised, the two are at a small angle, and are held by the left hand.

Pass the matchlock to the right hand!

Blow the match!
Blow lightly on the match to create a spark.

Load the matchlock!
Install the matchlock on the snake rod clip.

Try the matchlock!
Adjust the length of the match to ensure that the match can just hit the medicine pot.

Blow the matchlock and open the lid of the medicine pot!
Raise your gun and aim!

The fork rests slightly forward, balance the arquebus on the fork, and step forward with the left foot.

The last step is to shoot!
The feet are in a lunge, bent left and right straight, the butt of the gun is pressed against the chest, and the trigger is pulled to shoot.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Lang omitted the steps of marching ahead, and skillfully loaded the musket with ammunition, using paper ammunition packs. Even if Wang Lang didn't know the amount of charge, there was no problem.

After completing a series of actions, Wang Lang finally raised his gun and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

After a burst of white gunpowder smoke, there was only a clear "pop", and a small hole was pierced through the wooden board in front of it.

This group of musketeers who had been training for two months had never seen muskets at all. Seeing the shooting effect this time, they were stunned. Their country had invented such a miraculous weapon.

They have seen cannons before, but although this thing looks like a small cannon, it can be moved by one person, which is amazing, and its power seems to be much greater than that of bows and arrows.

"Brother, shall we use this from now on?" A soldier elbowed his companion beside him.

Another soldier swallowed, not knowing whether he was nervous or excited, and subconsciously said: "Okay, it seems to be!"

(End of this chapter)