Military orders were issued from Nanchang City and sent to various places in the south. Song Yingchang was urging Ming troops in various places to act quickly. Seeing the increasing strength of the People's Army, he was very anxious.

Song Yingchang wanted to send the Ming army to invade Guangdong and disrupt the development of the People's Army. You should know that many Ming army gathered in the surrounding areas of Guangdong.

But when Song Yingchang learned about the situation of these Ming troops, he knew that these Ming troops were not useful for the time being. Think about it, under the continuous harassment of the People's Army, the Ming troops hid in various cities in the border area and dared not come out. You can imagine how much morale there is left in these Ming troops.

The easiest way to increase morale is to gather more Ming troops. With more people, morale will increase. However, it will take some time for the Ming troops to come later. The southern Ming troops mobilized by Song Yingchang all gathered in the Guangdong border area, which is expected to be until April.

But Song Yingchang didn't want to wait so long. The longer the time, the more problems it was, the more likely they would be. Song Yingchang decided to set the time to the end of February. When February ended, he would attack from Jiangxi to Guangdong. The Ming troops in Huguang, Fujian and Guangxi were all moved to restrain some of the People's Army.

On the other hand, the three major armies stationed in the Guangdong border area of ​​the People's Army, starting from January 25, a group of new recruits ended the training of new recruits and entered the People's Army's combat sequence. These new recruits mainly entered the cold weapon troops, with veterans as the backbone officers, and then filled with new recruits, forming a group of cold weapon troops.

Most recruits will enter the cold weapon unit, and only a small number of recruits with excellent cash will be transferred for longer training for recruits. After the training of recruits, they will join the firearm unit, first board the unit and the grenadier unit.

The firearms unit, the first-row unit, the grenadier unit is the main force of the People's Army. The first-row unit fights in close combat. The grenadier unit follows the first-row unit and throws grenades in close combat. After the grenade is thrown, it also needs to fight in close combat. Both units must charge forward. If too many new recruits enter, it will have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the first-row unit and the grenadier unit.

Not to mention the firearms troops, the firearms troops with the smallest number are more valued by the People's Army. Every soldier is carefully selected, and loyalty is the first criterion.

As newly formed cold weapons troops joined the combat sequence of the three armies, the three commanders Wang Shengrong, Yan Han and He Yan were a little relieved. However, after the newly formed cold weapons troops, with a batch of grenades being sent, the three commanders became more at ease.

After receiving Fang Nan's order, the three major armies and navy of the army formed grenade troops. They had just formed grenade troops, but there were no grenades. However, training was still required. Each grenade unit found stones of similar weight for throwing, marching with weights, and other training. Now that the grenades have arrived, the grenade troops have finally gained combat effectiveness.

He Yan, who was the first to form a grenade force, knew the combat effectiveness of the grenade force best. He Yan's Third Army defended the Guangxi and East-West Realm, and the main enemy was the Ming army from Guangxi.

Seeing the Ming army converging in the border areas, He Yan was also anxious. The gathering of Ming army in Guangxi had exceeded that of He Yan's Third Army, but the combat effectiveness of the firearms troops in the Third Army had not changed much.

The number of infantry companies has not changed, but the artillery companies have increased, but the artillery companies are not as effective as infantry companies to kill enemies.

The firearms troops have too few troops. On a battlefield with a population of tens of thousands, the firearms troops can kill thousands of people, but cannot defeat the enemy. When the two armies are in close combat, the People's Army will be at a disadvantage and will be easily defeated.

Moreover, the People's Army had fought with the Ming army many times, and I'm afraid that the Ming army has now figured out the tactics of the People's Army. When the Ming army fought with the People's Army, they would definitely find ways to target the People's Army's firearms troops and conduct close combat as much as possible.

He Yan could think of many methods himself, such as using a large iron shield to block the front, or having the roof of the chariot at the front, to resist the lead bullets shot from the tiger-headed spear.

Although the number of grenades sent from behind was not large, He Yan was relieved. With these grenades, the Third Army could still block the Guangxi Ming army on the border even if it could not defeat the opposite Guangxi Ming army.

At present, the People's Army's Hutouzhai Arsenal, Yong'an County Arsenal, and Foshan Arsenal are working overtime to make tiger-head guns and grenades. Instead, the artillery casting is placed third, so as to make tiger-head guns and grenades as much as possible.

The manufacturing of grenades is relatively difficult and has been manufactured in large quantities. The first batch has been sent to the front line, and the second batch will soon be sent out. The grenades will not only be sent to the front line, but also to a group of coastal areas to prevent the Ming army from attacking from the sea, especially in Guangzhou City.

It is difficult to manufacture a tiger-headed spear. From the People's Army and the Ming Army in mid-December last year, to the present, the three arsenals have produced nearly 300 tiger-headed spears in total. Two infantry companies have been formed in the newly formed firearms unit. The soldiers are all drawn from the firearms reserves. They can be put on the battlefield without training after the formation.

The firearms reserves have always existed, and they are expanding with the firearms. On weekdays, they are trained with a small number of tiger-headed guns and a large number of wooden models. As long as new tiger-headed guns are delivered, the firearms can be quickly expanded.

The two new infantry companies are added, one for the First Army and the other for the Second Army. He Yan's Third Army has to wait a little longer.

The Second Army has the least force among the three armies, and the First Army, especially the Jiangxi direction, may be the main battlefield between the People's Army and the Ming Army. According to the investigation of the MIIS agents, a large number of Ming troops in other areas have entered Jiangxi.

In the past January, the three arsenals of the People's Army have produced more than 200 tiger-headed guns. The craftsmen of the Foshan Arsenal have become familiar with the manufacturing process of Hutouzhai. The manufacturing speed of tiger-headed guns has increased significantly. The Ministry of Industry expects that the three arsenals will be able to manufacture at least 450 tiger-headed guns in February.

The strength of the People's Army is increasing rapidly, while the newborn People's Navy is slowly transforming.

The Ming court had a navy in Guangdong, but the navy mainly fought on the water surface, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced on land. The People's Army did not have a navy, so there was no chance to fight with the People's Army.

However, when the People's Army was about to attack Guangzhou City, Wu Wenhua drew a group of personnel from the Navy to Guangzhou City to participate in the defense of the city. After the People's Army occupied most of Guangdong, the Ming Navy ran to Fujian.

The newborn People's Navy currently has only a few ships, all of which are civilian ships without their owners. The Navy set off a few cannons and transformed them into warships. Relying on these ships, the Navy conducts preliminary training, but the Navy's main task is still to defend coastal areas.
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