A few days later, Wang Lang selected one hundred soldiers from the Imperial Guards and began to form a musket team. Since it was a new army, except for a few people who knew about this, most people did not know why Wang Lang had to build such a small army alone.

Although the rest of the people were puzzled, a few days later, I heard that this new unit had nothing special about apart from the formation to practice three-stage shooting similar to archers every day. Gradually, the rest of the people stopped paying too much attention to this matter.

Although most people slowly forget a strange army, for Lin Shupi, the commander of the Imperial Guard, this army is his focus. Although he doesn't understand the purpose of doing this, he knows one thing that Wang Lang never does meaningless things, and this new army must have any special purpose.

The training of musketeers was personally guided by Wang Lang. For this reason, Wang Lang even gave up most of his government affairs and spent most of his time in the military camp, using the most severe means to train these carefully selected soldiers.

Trained by the most powerful people in Daxia, these selected soldiers were originally very excited. Wang Lang was a god in their hearts. Being lucky enough to be selected is the supreme glory. This is enough for them to brag about others for the rest of their lives.

But the good times didn't last long. After a few days of their good days, what awaited them was boredom like hell. The training of countless years of sequel became the first lesson for this recruit.

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

To this end, Wang Lang arranged for the guards to shoot at the soldiers nearby with headless arrows wrapped in several layers of cloth.

Although the processed arrow was not fatal, the huge force of the bow and arrow hit the body still made them wail.

Over the past few days, almost every soldier had more or less bruises on his body.

Wang Lang wanted to use this method to enhance the soldiers' courage, and at the same time, relying on severe corporal punishment to develop the soldiers' instinct to subconsciously obey. The command of the superior is far more terrifying than the enemy's loss of arrows.

While Wang Lang was actively preparing for musketeers, after waiting during this period, the ocean expedition team finally gathered a thousand people who were interested in going out to explore the sea. Among these people were veterans, ordinary farmers, and some hawkers living in the city.

After receiving the notice, He Tie settled his family and hurried to the meeting place and embarked on this uncertain journey. He didn't know whether it was a blessing or a disaster, but even though he knew there was danger, the generous reward was enough to ignore the warning from the court.

When He Tie arrived at the meeting place near Yancheng, he saw that more than a hundred people had stood there.

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

After taking a deep breath, He Tie walked to an official at the meeting place, informed him of his name, the official flipped through the roster, nodded, and signaled He Tie to stand in the team.

He Tie stood silently at the end of the team, lowering his head and wondering what he was thinking.

As the registrations arrived one after another, after He Tie waited for more than two hours, the official who was in charge of managing these people said loudly: "All people are here, let me tell you in advance. You voluntarily participate in this expedition. You will bear all the risks yourself. I will give you the last chance. It is still time to withdraw now."

After the officials finished speaking, these people were silent for a while. He Tie did not see anyone having plans to withdraw. He was not considered to withdraw. He had come. How could he not take risks if he wanted a high income? As long as he finished this ticket, he would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

The official glanced at the explorers and saw that no one had withdrawn, and said loudly: "Very good. Since no one had withdrawn, then take the things and prepare to set off in a while. Some of your rewards will be delivered to your family. You should be assured as possible. If you don't have family members, the rewards will be kept by the court for the time being. If you can come back alive, the court will not lose you a penny."

The explorers had no objection to this. The court's reputation was very high in the hearts of the people. Since the official said so, I think the court would not be able to pay any debts.

It is useless to bring money with you after going to sea. Even if the court gives them money in advance, if you die in the sea, the money will be cheaper, and it is better to put it in the hands of the court for insurance.

Seeing the explorer, the official said: "These soldiers will send you to Harbour City, and when they arrive there, the Navy will send people to pick you up. I wish you all the best this expedition and hope that I can see you again. Take care of everyone!"

After saying that, he bowed to these explorers.

After everyone bowed to the officials, they took a deer cart and set off on the road to the east after seeing them off by dozens of soldiers.

Wang Lang still attaches great importance to this expedition. If he could find small islands that could be replenished overseas, the Xia Kingdom would use these small islands as a springboard in the future and become involved in the old continent.

The mission of the expedition team is to find islands on the one hand, and more importantly, to find routes to draw sea charts. After all, Xia Guo’s experience in ocean navigation is almost zero.

Although the Xia Kingdom completed its voyage around China, the near-shore situation is far less harsh than the far-off sea. There is no reference on the vast ocean surface. If you lose your direction, it means death.

The Yancheng Musket Team was still training in the scorching sun, and expedition members from all over the country also embarked on the road to the distance.

Far from the east of China Continent, an island hanging alone on the ocean, hundreds of dinosaurs looked at the graves in a depressed mood, and a deep sense of despair arose in their hearts.

Since the failure to attack the New World, the escaped dinosaurs retreated to this small island in a hurry, fearing that humans would come to chase after them, but after a month of panic, they found that humans did not chase after them, which reduced their panic sentiment a lot.

But although humans have not come, the unknown disease infected from the New World is still taking away fresh lives.

There is only one military doctor left in the army who will accompany the army, but in the face of this terrible infectious disease, the dinosaurs can do nothing.

The desperate dinosaur man could only helplessly pray to his god, but the damn god seemed to have abandoned them. Not only did his companions around him show no sign of weakening, but instead tended to be intensified.

More than 50,000 people who escaped here died in three months, and those who were not infected had long been unable to bear this mental torture.

The soldiers rebelled and killed the Supreme Commander, and hurriedly left the island with a ship hostage and ran towards their motherland, as if they could escape from this terrible curse when they got there.

The departure of these people immediately caused the sick dinosaurs to fall into despair. Each of them was taking away fresh life. In order to compete for limited food, even though they knew that their lives would not last long, these people still fought fiercely.

Within a few months, the island was full of corpses. Half a year after the war ended, there were less than twenty dinosaurs left on the island.

Maybe they were tired of killing or too desperate. These twenty people chose to put down their weapons, and their dead companions were buried.

Looking at these tombs, these people didn't know why they had been sick for so long, but they did not die in pain like their companions.

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

The terrible red dots on the body have not faded, and the strange smell can still be smelled in the rotten areas.

In this way, their physical condition is very unoptimistic. They know that after they finish the island's supplies, they will surely die. With their current bodies, they cannot find enough food in the wild. Now they are in a situation of dying.

Several people supported each other to the beach, leaned against the huge rocks by the beach, sat in the shadows and looked at the light blue sky and the birds passing by. This picture was really beautiful.

The expedition members took more than a month to arrive at Harbour City from all over the country. Since the ocean exploration plan was proposed by Wu Gang himself, he was naturally very happy that the court could gather enough people so quickly.

Wu Gang knew why the court did not use the navy. These soldiers of the navy were veterans with practical maritime combat experience and were very valuable resources for 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.

These explorers naturally would not let them get on board without sailing skills.

Through inquiring about the dinosaur captives, Xia Guo also found among them a crew member who was proficient in navigation technology, but for the sake of the safety of the expedition team, the court did not agree to the request of these dinosaurs to follow the expedition team.

Although doing this is the most economical and cost-effective transaction, ocean navigation is no better than anything else. If you are not careful, it will be annihilated. The senior management will naturally not allow such hidden dangers.

After repeated discussions, it was decided that these dinosaurs who were proficient in navigation would be translated and recorded their navigation experiences.

As the explorers gathered, Wu Gang immediately sent someone to arrange them in the military camp. Although these people were not soldiers in service, he still regarded them as his soldiers.

If these people can really complete ocean exploration, then they will be the navy's reserve in the future. These people will be the ones who will be recruited first in the event of war.

The explorers who saw the ocean for the first time looked at the vast blue sea and suddenly felt their insignificance. After announcing their disbandment, these explorers rushed to the beach like wild horses that broke away.

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

"Woman, boy, when I see the sea, I will make a future for our family in this magical place." He Tie swears secretly in his heart.

In the next time, Wu Gang arranged people to train this group of explorers. If they did not have basic navigation skills, these people would only have the word "death" after they entered the sea.

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

There are also stargazing techniques, compass usage techniques, etc. learned from dinosaurs. Some of the explorers do not need to learn these combat skills, and are specially designed by naval drawing personnel to learn to draw charts.

The first long-distance ocean voyage of mankind is actively preparing.

In Yancheng, after two months, the Ministry of Industry had fully operated, and one hundred muskets were finally completed as scheduled.

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

The operation of the mesh gun is relatively complicated. After several months of preparation, Wang Lang summarized the actions of using a set of mesh guns.

First, the soldier advances with a fork rack in his hand!

The convex gun leans on the left shoulder, holds the gun in the left hand, holds the convex between the left fingers, and holds the fork in the right hand.

The fork stand is advancing with a gun!

Secondly, when the soldiers stop advancing, cross the left hand with the left hand and free the right hand.

Put down the fork stand and the gun is under the shoulder!

Put the fork rack with your left hand and remove the mesh gun from your left shoulder with your right hand.

Holding a gun in the right hand, and sagging with the left hand!

Hold the gun in the right hand, keep the gun body vertical, the left hand hangs down, and the tail end of the fork frame contacts the ground.

The gun is in the left hand and raise the fork rack!

The gun is moved to the left hand and lifted the fork stand at a small angle and held by the left hand.

Hand the fuse to the right hand!

Blow the fuse!

Blow gently to the fuse to cause a fire.

Install the fuse!

Install one end of the fuse on the snake rod clip.

Try the fuse!

Adjust the length of the fuse to make sure that the fuse can be just in the pot.

Blow the fuse rope and open the pot lid!

Raise your gun and aim!

The fork stand is slightly forward, balance the convex gun on the fork stand, and take a step forward with your left foot.

The last step is shooting!

The feet were lunged, bent left and right, and the butt was pressed against the chest, and pulled the trigger to shoot.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Lang omitted the previous march steps, skillfully loaded ammunition for the musket, and used paper medicine bags. Even if Wang Lang didn't know the amount of medicine, there was no problem.

After completing some actions, Wang Lang finally raised his gun and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

After a burst of white smoke, a small hole was heard with a "pop" sound, and the wooden board in front was suddenly penetrated.

This group of musketeers who had been training for two months had never seen muskets. At this moment, when they saw the shooting effect, they were stunned. Their country had invented such a magical weapon.

They have seen cannons, but although this thing looks like a small cannon, this person can handle it, which is amazing, and it looks much more powerful than a bow and arrow.

"Brother, will we use this in the future?" A soldier poked his companion beside him with his elbow.

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