Seeing that the 206th Squadron had begun to carry out live-fire training in an orderly manner, Marine Corps Captain Cerro Ben instructed the squadron leader Zha Min for a few words, and rode his horse to the 207th Squadron stationed in Xiyuzhuang. (, "《")

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At present, there are only two Marines in the entire Naval Academy, two squadrons of 206 and 207. One full Marine is organized with 550 people, with 350 muskets and sixteen land war artillery, sixteen sixteen guns, five nine-pound guns, and six twelve-pound guns, three of which are mountain howitzers.[.]

The reason why Cerro Ben was able to seize the position of captain of the Marine Corps was not luck, but was entirely based on his scheming and down-to-earth performance. As soon as he entered the navy and found that there were factions in the navy, he would protect himself and not contact the prince, the eighth prince party. Although the Fourteenth Master was still a member of the Eighth Master party at that time, he realized that the Fourteenth Master might establish his own business.

The Fourteenth Master has both money and support from Kangxi, and has the desire to compete for the crown prince. There is no reason not to set up his own business. How could he spend money and effort to cultivate power for the crown prince and the eighth Master?

Sure enough, in less than a year, the Fourteenth Master began to clean up the navy and establish a party. Although the people from the Prince and Eighth Master Party were not cleaned up and left the navy, they basically stood aside, at most they were a team leader. And like him, the people who were neutral and joined the Fourteenth Party first, were now all squadron leaders.

Cerro Ben was able to finally get the position of the Marine Corps captain, one was to get close to the captain Wu Ge, and the other was to rely entirely on his own ability. In terms of familiarity with various artillery performances, he could steadily rank in the top three.

Although he, the captain, only had two squadrons, Cerrobe was already very content, and the Marines were exactly what he expected. He always believed that for the Qing Dynasty, land warfare was the most important. Now the two squadrons in his hands were 1,100. Even when facing tens of thousands of infantry, he had absolute confidence to defeat, or to massacre was more suitable. Even when facing a cavalry that was three times more than him, he was not afraid at all. The navy's artillery was too powerful.

Cerro Ben was not sure about assassinating Kangxi. He just vaguely foreshadowed that this Tianjin military exercise was a rare opportunity. Most of his artillery range could reach 1,500 yards, and the twelve-pound heavy artillery could reach more than 2,000 yards. The two squadrons had six heavy artillery, all of which used flowering bullets, which could instantly cause extremely terrifying killing effects. The flowering bullets of the twelve-pound heavy artillery basically had no chance of survival within the range of 30 yards.

If he has the chance, he doesn't mind winning. If he succeeds, it will be natural for the prince to take office. With his merits, it is not too much to even get a prince with an iron hat. Although the navy has a future, it is impossible to be granted a prince. If he can get a crown, it will burn a high incense. Wealth is gained, and we cannot let go if we have the chance.

Therefore, as soon as he received the order to strengthen live-fire training, Cerrobin found an opportunity to condemn others and bring a letter to his younger brother in Beijing, asking him to find a way to contact the crown prince Yinreng. Yinreng had long been determined to usurp the throne, and he knew it clearly, but he didn't know whether Yinreng still had freedom of movement now. If he was under house arrest and could not even convey the news, he could only stay in the navy with all his heart.

If Yinreng had not been under house arrest, then, as usual, when Kangxi came to Tianjin, he would inevitably bring the crown prince, the Eighth Master and other princes who were competing for the crown prince. If so, the opportunity would be too great. Once Kangxi died, the princes would not be better. If the Fourteenth Master was the brunt of it, anyone would think that he intended to usurp the throne and plot against him. Yinreng already had the identity of the crown prince, and with his own support, he would make a call and make the overall situation settled.

If he had no chance, he would not have any loss. The worst possible thing was to take action, but Kangxi was not dead. However, he believed that this possibility was too small. With his shelling level and personally commanded, six twelve-pound cannons would be bombarded in several rounds, enough to prevent a single piece of grass from within 200 yards.

Cerroban rushed to the garrison of Xiyuzhuang 207 Squadron and found that Yinzhen was also here, holding a telescope to watch the results of the shelling. He quickly got off his horse and trotted forward, stood attentively and saluted: "Cerroban, the captain of the Marine Brigade of the Naval Academy, welcomed the dean to come for inspection."

"Yeah." Yinzhen responded softly, put down his telescope and turned around, "Come here, the 206th Squadron has started live-fire training?"

"Reporting to the Dean, ongoing."

"As the military exercise approaches, we must seize the time to urge the troops to conduct live ammunition training." Yinzhen nodded and said: "This military exercise is not only a performance, but also a confrontation. The Eight Banners of the Capital Firearms Battalion and the Spanish musket phalanx will compete with us, so we are not allowed to embarrass our navy."

"Don't worry, the dean, guarantee the price to win cleanly." Cerroban replied solemnly, but was shocked. The exercise against the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion and the Spanish Muskets Square? This variable is too great.

Yinzhen was not familiar with this Cerrobe before. Since Dorgon's death, Dorbo was deprived of his prince's title, his team has been unknown and has always followed the rules. He has no impression of Cerrobe and Yinzhen in the capital, but in the navy, he has a very good impression of this person.

Cerro Ben was the first to move closer to Wu Ge. He did not have the airs of a royal family on weekdays. Although he didn't talk much, he got along well with Manchu and Chinese students. He trained very hard on weekdays, especially keen on artillery, and had a strong sense of strength. He was familiar with the changes in the firing angle, range, charge amount, shells, rifle and other related parameters of the cannon. Not only did Wu Ge mention it many times in front of him, but even Dai Zi once mentioned him.

Therefore, when Wuge proposed that Cerro Ben be the captain of the Marine Corps, Yinzhen did not think much and nodded happily to agree. Moreover, he was full of expectations for Cerro Ben. Artillery is the future king of land warfare. From ** to Tianjin, he sailed all the way. Yinzhen also mentioned his use of artillery many times.

At this time, seeing Cerroben full of confidence, Yinzhen nodded slightly and said, "The Marine Corps did not catch up with the great victory in the Navy in Penghu. The Emperor will come to watch this military exercise in person. It is a rare opportunity to show his face. The rewards of the Marine Corps depend on your performance this time."

"Director Xie is encouraged, please rest assured. The bidding guarantees that the navy will not be slandered." Cerro Ben replied loudly.

Yinzhen of the Marine Corps made a lot of money. When the troops were seriously insufficient, he still transferred 500 first-class students to form a Marine Corps. In order to explore and improve the army organization, the reason why he focused on artillery was because the advantages of artillery were too obvious, and in future land wars, he had to give full play to the advantages of artillery.

With the performance of the Marine Corps, Yinzhen believed that this military exercise could completely impress Kangxi.

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