In order to win the recognition and support of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Yi not only delayed proclaiming himself king, but even kept a low profile and did not proclaim himself king.

The new ideas of the new era are completely different from those of the ancients. The country belongs to the entire Chinese people, with the Han nation as the main body, not to the old Zhu family.

Loyalty to the country and the nation is possible, but loyalty to the family and surname is impossible.

Accepting an official position in the Ming Dynasty was just to gain a foothold, and there was no possibility of loyalty to the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has reached its end, and no matter how hard-working the Emperor Chongzhen, who has limited abilities but is willful and self-willed, will soon subjugate the country and destroy the Han people.

From then on, the land of China was destroyed, China's clothes and clothes were ruined, and the entire Han nation was forced to live in humiliation and idiocy with a pigtail for more than two hundred years.

Huang Yi is here, accepting his fate, but not accepting his fate! He wants to change history and eliminate the misfortune of the Han nation!

There is no way to take advantage of the situation, it is impossible to seek compromise through compromise, and peace can never be achieved through negotiation. The only way is to completely eliminate the enemy.

Strengthening oneself is the only option. Only by building a firearms force that can handle the situation can we turn the tide.

The top priority now is to expand and train the army, then expand the army and train the army again. There is no other way.

Even in the coldest month of winter, artillery training was still in progress. By the end of February in the fourth year of Chongzhen, four three-pound regimental cannons had been shot and scrapped.

The current artillery team has 160 gunners who are skilled in operating three-pound cannons. Two people can control one to complete the firing.

Of course, this is a ready-made thing. With adequate preparation, two gunners can clear the barrel, load gunpowder, fill shells, aim, and ignite...

During actual combat, it takes a lot of auxiliary troops to transport artillery and prepare enough gunpowder bags, shotgun bags, etc.

Auxiliary soldiers who do chores are easier to train than gunners who can aim and fire cannons.

Therefore, one hundred and sixty gunners practice every day. When there are insufficient artillery, the gunner who is most accurate in firing the gun will watch and fire.

Most of the remaining gunners had to do auxiliary work.

The artillerymen in the base area can not only drive carts, but also ride horses. They must also be able to gallop on horseback.

Being able to drive a cart is not enough, you also need to be able to repair a cart, and be able to dismantle and assemble artillery pieces.

In the past half month, artillery training has been mainly focused on transfers. It is often seen that an artillery team of 160 people pulls eight guns galloping.

The most basic requirement is that artillery must have the ability to move 160 miles a day.

This kind of training not only tested the mobility of the artillery, but also proved the practicality of the four-wheeled artillery vehicle that has undergone technological revolution.

Huang Yi knew the importance of artillery best, so except for the limited production of bearings and steel wheels, which were used in the development of luxury passenger four-wheel carriages, the rest were all used on artillery carriages.

There were no rubber tires, not because there was no record of rubber production in Huang Yi’s mobile phone, but because there were no raw materials. There were no rubber trees in Daming at this time.

Huang Yi's mobile phone also has information about the raw material processing and production methods of Eucommia rubber. Unfortunately, the base area includes the entire Yanshan Mountains, and there are no Eucommia trees in the Yinshan area.

There are a large number of Eucommia trees in Shaanxi, growing on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains in southern Shaanxi.

At the beginning of spring, people had to be sent to follow the Li family caravan to buy leaves, bark, and branches of Eucommia trees and cook them into thick tapes to return to the base for processing.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi was in dire straits. If ten to twenty thousand or more people could survive by collecting the fruits, leaves, and bark of Eucommia trees to make crude glue, so many people should be saved.

Huang Yi knew that the gum production rate of Eucommia trees was definitely far lower than that of rubber trees, but there was nothing he could do.

Today's wild rubber trees are in the jungles of South America. For a long time, Huang Yi was unable to obtain seeds and saplings.

It is useless to get trees or seeds because there is no suitable land. Rubber trees need tropical or subtropical climate to grow.

So Huang Yi is destined to use the very expensive Eucommia rubber, which is better than nothing.

In the absence of rubber as tire casings, the wheels of today's artillery carts are covered with a layer of cork that has been soaked in tung oil for a full month, and the outside is wrapped with layers of cowhide.

This kind of steel hub cork solid tire wheel is half lighter than an all-wood wheel, is not easily damaged, and has a service life of at least five times longer.

Another benefit is that it can bear more than three times the load.

A total of 200 teenagers with over 500 literacy were selected to participate in the training. They had sex every day, regardless of cost. Forty people were eliminated due to various reasons.

Twenty-six of the teenagers were injured due to accidents during training.

Accidents are not only caused by explosions, but also injuries caused by falling from a galloping horse or sports car.

As the saying goes, if you are injured for a hundred days, you will certainly not be able to return to the team to participate in training in a short period of time.

Exploding the barrel does not mean that the barrel will be blown to pieces every time. It must be that the wrong quantity is loaded, and how many times it is.

This kind of situation is impossible to happen among the soldiers in the well-disciplined base area.

The custom-made gunpowder bags are all marked, and the novices' operations are closely watched by the training officers, governors, and seniors.

No opportunity will be given to newcomers to make such a stupid mistake as loading two or more rations of gunpowder.

As long as you are careful when testing the gun, even if the barrel explodes, it is unlikely to cause huge damage.

Moreover, the cannons at this time were fired by twisting the ignition powder. When testing a new cannon with no experience, the ration of gunpowder was increased by 20% and the gunpowder twist was left longer.

After igniting the gun, climb over the explosion-proof wall made of sandbags and lie down. Even if the artillery explodes, the gunner will not be hurt.

If a new gun that has passed the pressurization inspection is within its normal operating life, even if the barrel explodes, it will only cause a burst and leak, and will not kill the gunner.

After the artillery fire has exceeded the lifespan of being scrapped, if you continue to test the gun to obtain the final effective life, you must set up the explosion-proof wall as you did at the beginning of the gun test.

Every time a gun is fired, preparations must be made for the chamber to explode at any time. Anyone else should be kept away. After the gunner completes the fire, he must cross the explosion-proof wall and lie down.

All in all, these young people who have suffered a lot can withstand beatings and are very tolerant. The elimination rate of only 20% is acceptable.

The ideological education of soldiers in the base areas cannot be relaxed for a moment!

Huang Yi has been instilling a concept, strengthening everyone's belief, and clearly pointing out the development direction of the base area.

That is, the New Army in the base area fought to rescue the oppressed and enslaved Han people.

It was a fight to overthrow the Tatars, the slave owners, and to free the slaves.

It is to create an equal society, not to be bullied, for people to live and work in peace and contentment, and to eliminate hunger...

Huang Yi would convene a meeting with the town magistrates every half month to study.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were only two town governors for every thousand-household office. Generally speaking, they were from the sixth-grade military position. If the 100-household official was vacant, the town governor could fill the post.
Chapter completed!