Although the five-stage shooting was completed slowly, it was completed with the tacit cooperation of these soldiers. Except for the two orders "five-stage shooting" and "first row shooting" issued at the beginning, the remaining orders issued by the officers did not reach the ears of the soldiers.

"General Li, the sound of muskets is too loud, and the sound of orders cannot be heard in the soldiers." Yan Ren knew that Yang Song gave him a whistle and asked him to convey orders according to the war drum and horn.

Li Jing didn't feel much about the gunshots, which were much smaller than the cannons, but he also saw the interference of the gunshots to the password: "Yes, the war drums are too bulky and the horns are too labor-intensive, which is not practical for muskets."

War drums are used to boost morale, horns are used to convey orders for attack, and gongs are used to convey orders for retreat, but these have no effect on the timely command of muskets.

Yan Ren took out a whistle and blew it hard. The whistle whistle sounded crisp and clear, and it was full of penetration. It was very suitable for commanding the musket team.

"Your Majesty is wise." Yan Ren looked at the whistle in his hand and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Li Jing smiled softly and said, "That's right, the master's profound ideas are often far-reaching."

Yang Song didn't know that Li Jing had such a high evaluation of him. He was self-aware, and he was just standing in front of the future and looking at the present.

"But how to use the whistle to command the army?" Although Yan Ren had a clue, he had not figured out what to do.

Li Jing heard Yan Ren's whisper as if he was talking to himself and suggested: "Leader Yan, it's better to formulate musket tactics first and then discuss the issue of command."

"General Li said so much, but I am still too impatient." Yan Ren was not an emotional person at first, but he is now in an important position and is valued by the emperor, so he cannot help but be anxious for a moment.

Now awakened by Li Jing's words, he calmed down and analyzed the current situation. As Li Jing said, you must first have specific tactics and tactics to formulate specific command methods, and you cannot reverse the order.

"I would like to thank General Li for your advice." After thinking through the current primary task, Yan Ren sincerely bowed to Li Jing and thanked him.

Li Jing clasped his fists and replied, "Even if there is no order from the emperor, this is the responsibility of this general. Commander Yan is so serious."

Li Jing's words were kind words. Without Yang Song's instructions, he would not have come to Shenji Camp so easily. Shenji Camp is still Yang Song's direct army no matter what, he dare not interfere easily.

Yan Ren made a few more polite words with Li Jing, and after sending Li Jing away personally, he returned to the main tent of the military camp, and began to formulate tactics and tactics of muskets based on the previous combat methods of powerful crossbows.

Muskets and powerful crossbows are both long-range attack weapons, and they are basically direct-firing weapons, but their power is different from the attack method.

The powerful crossbow is to fire a crossbow arrow, and the musket is to fire a lead ball. The former attacks far, while the latter attacks strong; the former attack speed is slightly faster than that of the musket...

Yan Ren recorded the gap between the two-minute weapons bit by bit on paper.

After listing everything he could think on the paper, looking at the densely packed text records on the paper, he had already had a rough idea of ​​the tactics and tactics of muskets, and the rest was only a test.

Yan Ren gathered all the soldiers from Shenji Camp on the school ground, and asked the first major who had learned to use muskets to leave the list, and asked the other soldiers to stand by.

Yan Ren ordered the soldiers of the First Battalion: "The first row is moving forward in unison."

There are five squadrons in the entire brigade, each with a squadron, with a total of sixty people. Each of them has a distance of one person wide, and the width of each row reaches about sixty meters.

The distance between soldiers is one person wide because it is convenient for the soldiers behind to attack, which is also a habit left by the original long-distance infantry.

"Tao~!" Under Yan Ren's order, the soldiers in the first row were neatly carrying muskets and stepping forward under the command of the squadron leader "One Two One".

"Stop!" Yan Ren looked at the platoon of soldiers who were only about 80 meters away from the gun target and issued an order to stop.

"Rise the gun~ Shoot!" The muskets that had been loaded were raised together. "Bang~" There was a fire, and many of the rows of gun targets in front were hit.

Yan Ren held up a monocular lens and looked at the gun target in the distance, but frowned because he found that many gun targets were not hit at all.

"Second, third, and fourth rows come forward!" Yan Ren then ordered the soldiers from the two rows of soldiers behind to step forward together.

After the soldiers from the second, third and fourth rows walked to the first row and stood behind, Yan Ren and other soldiers from the first row also loaded their muskets, they ordered again: "The second row merged into the first row, and the fourth row merged into the third row."

With Yan Ren's order, the soldiers in the second and fourth rows all took a step forward and stood in the gap between the first and third rows of soldiers, forming two dense horizontal lines.

"The first row is half kneeling, and the second row is two steps ahead." After Yan Ren's release, the two rows of soldiers standing in front of the gun target formed a shooting front with high and low rows.

"Shoot~!" Two rows of soldiers, one hundred and twenty people in each row, followed Yan Ren's order, and 120 bullets were fired out in one volley, causing the targets on the opposite side to "lose heavy losses".

The same array width has such a large attack strength, which is equivalent to the increase in the firepower in the same area by four times at the same time. However, Yan Ren frowned when he looked at the battle formation that was filled together, but he was still a little unsatisfied.

Although the firepower has been increased, the sustainability has become very weak. If there is a cavalry on the opposite side at this time, it will be a disaster for these infantrymen.

Suddenly, he thought of the bayonet that Yang Song gave to each soldier, and ordered: "Get the bayonet and resist the impact of the cavalry!"

Watching the soldiers stop loading, pull out the bayonet at their waists, get stuck under the musket in a strange way, and use the musket as a short spear.

However, Yan Ren rode a war horse and ran around the entire battle formation.

When he rode his war horse around the front of the battle formation, facing the battle formation, and simulated the rushing formation, he found that the seemingly powerless gun formation had a very great lethal power in the face of the impact of the cavalry.

Yan Ren also had a new view on this inconspicuous Mitsubishi bayonet, and he also found that because the bayonet was stuck under the barrel, the best bayonet did not affect the shooting of the musket at all, which made him more satisfied with this musket.

Finally, after repeated trials, Yan Ren initially summarized some tactics of using musketeers.

The first thing to be hit is the round-shooting tactic: let a gang of soldiers shoot five-wheeled shots according to the tactics of a powerful crossbow. The characteristic of this tactic is that the firepower is very sustainable, basically there is a round of volleys every five or six seconds, and the disadvantage is that the firepower is insufficient instantly.

Next is the line tactic: let a large group of soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with one hundred people in three rows, the first row is half kneeling, the second row is leaning forward, the third row stands straight, and the same shooting is carried out. The advantage is that the instantaneous firepower output is the greatest, and the disadvantage is that the shooting interval is very long.

Finally, there is a collective combat tactic carried out in battalions: three musket brigades form three battle formations, one artillery brigade is behind, and two cavalry squadrons guard the two wings. This is a very traditional tactic and a very commonly applicable tactic. The disadvantage is that it needs to be deployed in advance.
Chapter completed!