Chapter 961: The new weapons were guessed by the recruits?
On the second day after the arrival of the 600 herdsmen recruits, the 200 recruits from Takuhai County also arrived in Weishan County. The 200 also took the train to Xingang County to report, and then temporarily escorted a team of carriages full of wooden boxes from the warehouse of Xingang County, and walked together to the military camp of the Shen Ce Guard.
The wooden box was not painted, and the nails were very simple. It was not the common household wooden box. This box was rough, just like a few pieces of wood spliced together. Not only was the surface not painted, but it was not even polished. The only thing with a little color was the few lines of words written on it with dark green paint.
'Standard rifle*10'
contains accessories: 'Sword-shaped double-edged bayonet*10, magazine*200'
'Standard type 1 shotgun*10'
contains accessories: 'Sword-shaped double-edged bayonet*10'
'Standard type 1 shotgun (short)*20'
contains accessories: 'Individual multi-functional hunting knife*20'
There were more than 300 boxes like this in the entire convoy, and dozens of carriages, but it did not make the recruits happy at all, but instead made them confused.
"Hey, brother, what do you think is in here? Are they the weapons we are going to equip? Look at what's written on them, it's either a gun or a knife, and there are a lot of words I don't recognize."
"Who knows? It can't be possible. Could there be guns in here?! I don't think so. It's not like we haven't seen the garrison troops in Takumi County. The guns they use are three and a half meters long. How can the largest box here be filled with guns? If you say it's filled with swords, then I would believe it."
"Knife?! A knife is impossible!
" "Look, these two types of boxes all have guns and bayonets written on them, and some clips. The smallest box has pistols and hunting knives written on it, but I think this box is not as long as their swords. It's definitely not a sword. It says hunting knives on it" "
Huh? No way? The smallest box is the one that contains the knives? What's going on? With such a short knife, are we going to have a hand-to-hand fight with the cannibal monsters? And these guns that are so short are written with guns? ! Are you kidding? Did they load the wrong thing when they were loading it? ”
“Silence, don’t talk, speed up, we must arrive at the military camp before dark!”
Just when the recruits were discussing happily, the voice of the leading officer of the Shen Ce Guard suddenly came from the front of the team. Everyone suddenly quieted down, all curled their lips, and then silently quickened their pace.
The army is a place that emphasizes discipline. These recruits who have not even entered the gate of the military camp cannot be considered soldiers for the time being, so it is normal to have such a reaction.
As everyone speeded up, they arrived at the military camp of the Shen Ce Guard safely.
However, these recruits from the south obviously had no concept of the terrain here. They only knew that this was in the mountains, but they didn’t know that this mountain was only twenty or thirty miles away from the birthplace of the Han tribe. The leader of their tribe lived nearby. Only the recruits in the eight counties of Hanyang knew what this place meant to the Han tribe.
Dozens of carriages drove into the military camp. Those golden The instructors who came from the Wuwei team personally led the recruits to unload the goods and put all the wooden boxes containing ammunition into the newly built warehouse for storage.
The recruits who arrived early were also shocked when they saw the words on the wooden boxes.
Such a short wooden box, is this a gun? ! How can this gun be so short? Even the longest box inside is only 1.3 meters long, not as tall as their bodies, and this is the longest one. Is this thing really a gun? !
At dinner that night, the recruits who arrived earlier also began to discuss.
They are new recruits and don’t know the process of being a soldier. But they have been here for more than half a month. In addition to running in the morning, they build houses and repair barracks during the day. More than ten days have passed, not to mention weapons and armor, even a uniform military uniform has not been issued. This is wrong, very wrong.
"Hey, do you feel that something is wrong? Didn’t we, the Shen Ce Guard, go to fight cannibals? But we have been here for half a month, and we are either running or building houses all day long. We haven’t even been issued a uniform. What’s going on? !
"And those boxes that were newly delivered today, are they weapons? They look weird no matter how you look at them!"
"Heh, speaking of this, what you said is not the strangest thing. We don't know what the weapons are like. Anyway, we will use whatever is sent by the higher-ups. Anyway, it won't be too bad. After all, our Shen Ce Guard is called the Imperial Guard. What is the Imperial Guard? It is the leader's personal soldiers. We can't stand out and embarrass the leader, right?
"The uniforms and armor may not be made yet? Don't forget that we have more than 2,000 people here. The clothes of so many people are all hand-sewn. How many sewing women workers have to be organized to rush the work? It is understandable that this is a little late.
"What makes me feel most strange is that we haven't even divided the organization yet. Don't you think this is strange? We have been here for more than half a month, but we haven't divided which general flag and which small flag, and the arms and so on. There is still no division until now."
Several new recruits who were eating at the same table nodded when they heard this. Yes, they can't control the weapons even if they want to. The clothes and armor can be delivered later, but their organization must be divided, right?
And what about the types of soldiers? In other garrison armies, don't they have spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, archers, light cavalry, heavy cavalry and the like? Why haven't they been assigned to any type of soldiers after they have been here for so long? !
Thinking of this, someone at the dinner table speculated again.
"Hey, do you think it's because the people haven't arrived yet? Didn't the last batch of recruits from Takumi County just arrive today? So the higher-ups are waiting for them to arrive before assigning them to any organization and types of soldiers?"
"Well, this is really possible. The organization must be assigned after all the people are there. And the issue of the type of soldiers is a bit strange."
"Oh? How strange?" The person at the same table asked curiously.
"You were just talking about spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, etc., but have you forgotten how we were recruited in the first place?
"The recruitment notice at that time said that those with archery experience and good eyesight were given priority, so they must have been recruited for long-range soldiers such as archers. Since they were all long-range soldiers, what types of soldiers were there! "
Everyone:"
Everyone was speechless after hearing this. Yes, they were all recruited according to the standard of archers. Since they are all archers, there is no need to divide them into different types of soldiers.
But if this is really the case, a new problem arises.
"What you said makes sense, but if you say so, then the problem is even bigger. Since they are all crossbowmen, why didn't we see a single crossbow or a longbow in the weapons transported this time? Those wooden boxes are full of guns and knives, and the guns are so short."
Everyone was speechless again after hearing this. Yes, the more they analyzed this matter, the more complicated it became. They were really confused by this wave of operations.
"I looked at it today. It says standard rifles and standard bullet guns. Hey, you say, it's so short, but it's still a gun. It also says something about sword-shaped double-edged spears. What on earth is this? Could it be the kind of heavy arrows that are assembled separately from the gun head and the gun shaft, that is, the heavy arrows fired by the bed crossbow like short spears.
"If it is this thing, then it makes sense. It's short, it's a gun, and it's a long-range weapon. The bed crossbow has great lethality and is definitely suitable for fighting cannibal monsters. It also fits our long-range troops. Are they all right?"
After hearing this, everyone was speechless again. It sounded a little reasonable, but they still felt that there was something wrong.
Finally, another recruit from the three counties of Honghu guessed.
"It shouldn't be a short spear or a crossbow. I heard that the cannibal monsters are very flexible. The crossbow is a weapon for large fixed units. Such weapons can be placed on ships for naval battles or on the top of the city walls to defend the city. But we are going to attack and hunt wild monkeys. How can we be mobile with a crossbow?!"
"This is not right, and that is not right. What do you think it is?" The man who said it was a heavy arrow saw that his analysis was overturned, and he asked speechlessly.
"Hey, I really couldn't guess what it was, but the words on the box you just mentioned reminded me a little, and made me think of a possibility."
"What?"
"What did you think of? Tell me quickly, don't waste time!"
"Standard rifle, do you still remember that in our Han tribe, there are other weapons named after this standard model?" The herdsman recruit from the grassland saw his deskmate asking questions and immediately reminded them.
"Standard type? Weapons? What are they? I really don't know."
"Standard type, standard type, I remember, it's artillery, the batch of standard artillery made by our Xingang County two years ago!"
With a snap, a new soldier from Xingang County slapped his thigh and suddenly thought of something.
"What? Artillery?!"
"You said those boxes are filled with artillery? Impossible, it clearly says guns and knives, and there are also bayonets."
When they heard the five words "standard artillery", everyone at the table was shocked. Artillery, that is the most powerful weapon of the Han tribe. When these people first came, they were still wondering whether the Shen Ce Guard would be equipped with artillery. After all, this is the leader's imperial guard. If there is not even a cannon, it would be so embarrassing.
But now, someone actually said that those boxes are all artillery!
My God, if they are all artillery, I am afraid there must be hundreds of them? !
However, when everyone thought about it, they began to feel that something was wrong. Although the box did say "standard type", it said "knife" and "gun" behind it. Besides, if it was a cannon, how could it be so light?
"I didn't say it must be a cannon. Isn't it standard type? The weapons that our Han tribe used to name with the three words "standard type" were really only cannons. The batch of cannons was produced by our Xingang County. I remember it clearly. After all, it was tested outside at that time."
Hearing the surprise and doubt of the crowd, the Xingang County recruit who just mentioned the standard cannon immediately explained it again.
Among the people present, only he and the herdsmen recruits from the grassland knew about it. This was also a very normal thing. If you say who knows the most about cannons in the entire Han tribe, it must be Xingang County and the three counties of Honghu in the grassland.
Xingang County knows about cannons because the cannons were made there and they were tested publicly. Many local people have seen the power of cannons.
The herdsmen in the three counties of Honghu on the grassland knew it better, because they had all been bombarded by the Han tribe.
The Kaiyuan County battle had made the artillery famous. Dozens of artillery pieces killed tens of thousands of enemies in a single battle. What a miraculous record! Many herdsmen on the grassland remembered this weapon immediately, and they were in awe of the Han tribe. Who wouldn't be afraid of such a killer in their hands?
The reputation of the standard artillery spread on the grassland, and even the herdsmen on the grassland knew this thing better than the people of the Han tribe.
Seeing that everyone was puzzled, the new herdsman from the grassland continued.
"I didn't say there were cannons in there, but the word 'standard' reminded me. Do you think that the box could contain a small long-range firearm newly developed by the tribe, just like a cannon, using gunpowder to fire shells, but smaller in size? If so, everything makes sense.
"Think about it, all firearms are long-range, so they must require people with good eyesight to operate them, right? That's why the tribe issued such a conscription standard.
"The second one, the power of the cannon is so great. It is estimated that if the tribe has manufactured a new type of firearm, the power must not be much worse. A powerful single-soldier long-range firearm is the best weapon to deal with cannibal monsters. If there is such a thing, wouldn't it be much more convenient than a bed crossbow?
"The third one is the identity of our Shen Ce Guards. Since the Shen Ce Guards are the chief's imperial guards and personal soldiers, how can we explain if the weapons are bad? But if every member of the Shen Ce Guards has a firearm, think about it, doesn't it mean that they are the chief's personal soldiers? "
When several people heard this, their eyes widened. Yes, why didn't they think of it?
Tsk, it was still caused by rigid thinking.
Their guesses always stayed on the weapons and equipment that the Han tribe already had, but in fact the tribe has been making rapid progress.
Just like the train they just took in the past two days, have they seen it before?
Not to mention seeing it, they didn't even dare to think about it. Who would have thought that the tribe would actually build such a powerful means of transportation, catching up with sailing on land.
In just over two years, the Han tribe even built a train, so what's impossible about miniaturizing artillery and making it a powerful firearm that can be used by one person.
In the Han tribe, there is nothing that the leader can't make, only they have no roots. Something that they could never have thought of. Their brains were simply not on the same level as their leader's.
After dinner, this guess that best fits the current situation spread quickly throughout the military camp, and the rumor that the new wooden box contained new firearms also penetrated into everyone's mind.
Someone actually guessed the weapons they were about to be equipped with. Even Qubing and the instructors of the Jinwu Guards had not expected this.
Qubing couldn't help laughing when he heard the news. Since this group of recruits had guessed it, and everyone was here today, he would just confront these recruits directly. Anyway, they would definitely know it tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Qubing immediately said to the personal soldiers who followed him.
"Go and notify each instructor and ask them to lead the recruits to gather at the parade grounds and say that their commander wants to give them a lecture!"
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)
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