Twenty-Four Training
"You don't know... At that time, a group of us surrounded the cannon, and when we heard a loud bang, our legs were frightened..." A veteran soldier stood proudly among the group, showing off his magical experience.
"When we see that the hillside has been hit by shells, we will know that our city lord... No, it should be called His Majesty the Grand Duke now, that's not ordinary people!" He said vividly, making the group of recruits around him envious.
The veterans who participated in the Battle of the Eastern Forest and the Siege of Ferry City with Chris, or the veterans who followed Valgeron to conquer Maine, now more than half of them are the backbone of the army, the Duchy of Alan Hill. The army has been expanded twice, so these original Seris veterans have become a real reserve of grassroots cadres.
Vagron is also deliberately promoting veteran Sirius into various new positions within the army.
The original corps commander, captain and other structures are no longer suitable for the establishment of the Ailan Hill army, so the army establishment of the Ailan Hill Duchy follows the basic structure of the modern army: military division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company and platoon...
More than half of the veterans were promoted to middle-level management cadres, some were platoon leaders, some were squad leaders, and all of a sudden, the entire military framework of the Duchy of Ireland was supported.
In order to balance, Chris also instructed Vagron to promote some veterans of Mayne and Ferry.
"Those who can make the hillside full of potholes...that's a powerful magician, right?" A recruit asked curiously, holding his wooden spear.
As mortals, there are too many common people who have never seen a magician in their lives. They have only heard of the existence of magic empires in the far west. They have only heard that magicians can control the force of nature, powerful and mysterious. .
"You are wrong!" The old soldier mentioned this, and he was even more excited: "I have seen those artillerymen, they are all mortals like us, and they have no ability to fart!"
Speaking of this, he still had a trace of regret: "In those days, I was unlucky to be transferred to the border guards, otherwise, I will tell you, I can also be an artillery soldier! Don't believe it! I am old John That's also a learned man who can read!"
"Assemble! Assembly!" An officer in black armor came over and pressed the long sword on his waist: "Assemble in a row! Continue to start the drill!"
Everyone got up from the grass, slapped the weeds and dust on their butts nervously, and instantly stood in a square according to their size.
"Relax!...Stand at attention!!" The armored platoon leader shouted the password in excruciating pain, feeling that he was similar to a fool.
This is the stipulation in the new training regulations. Every platoon commander or company commander must train his soldiers in this way—this is a big project. In order to adapt to such changes, the entire Ireland Hill’s The army really made a lot of jokes.
What's more interesting is that because the new military uniform has not been issued, and the military rank system has not been fully formulated, the soldiers are trained in custom-made ordinary military uniforms, but without epaulettes and collars, the commanders are interesting. Distinguish it, they actually wear armor.
At the end of the day, the training intensity of ordinary soldiers is not as good as that of commanders who have burdened themselves. Every one of them sweating profusely has improved a lot.
"Let's go!" On the other side, another phalanx that had been assembled had already started training, and all the soldiers took their steps in shouting: "One, two, one! One, two, one!"
Farther away, a group of soldiers are holding a wooden rifle model and are desperately practicing the correct use of the weapon.
"Retract! Reload!" With the orders of the officers under Wagron, one by one,
These recruits used wooden rifle models, and they trained over and over again how to reload the rifles in their hands.
Before these people came here, they didn't even know that there were weapons like rifles in this world. They repeatedly trained boring technical movements in confusion. They looked like refugees were playing with wooden sticks.
Restricted by the level of education, these soldiers can only train in the simplest way. They don't need to remember how these technical movements work, they just need to remember how to use the weapon in this way.
But even so, the training speed is still very slow, the training outline has been changed and changed in the hands of Vagron, and even Chris himself can no longer see the original appearance of the training outline.
The lack of talent is not only a problem that occurs in the process of industrial expansion, but the military also faces the problem of lack of talent.
The commander of the artillery has not been selected for a long time, and Vagron can only simply organize the artillery to play some role in the siege battle. In fact, Chris does not have any commanding talent. Although he has a complete commanding textbook, he does not become a good commander after reading these textbooks.
He was able to win big in the Eastern Forest, and it wasn't actually a good command. Defeating Mayne does not prove how high his commanding talent is, but only proves the shocking effect of weapon crushing. There is a huge shortage of military talents, and even Valgeron's adjutant Coria has been sent to guard Mayne, which is a nightmare for Chris.
Because after the two wars between Maine and Ferry, the newly established Duchy of Ireland Hill blocked its own gap, and successfully reduced the situation of four facing enemies to three facing enemies, with its back to the sea.
This situation allows him to have a deep hinterland, and can also save a lot of defensive forces to strengthen his other directions. Now he has 4,500 soldiers and Laurence's navy in his hands, a total force more powerful than ever.
Chris divided his troops into three regiments, each with 1,500 men. The first regiment was the main regiment with the most elite veterans, the second regiment was the motor cavalry regiment commanded by Vagron, and the third regiment consisted of Maine and Ferry City soldiers. Most defensive regiments.
In other words, the 3 regiments of 1,500 people were used for defense, and most of them were garrisoned. The 2 regiment has the best mobility, similar to the firefighting team. The most elite regiment in Chris's hands is the ultimate force for the decisive battle.
On the other side of the school field, Smith, who was in charge of industrial production, looked at the training troops in the distance and reported to Chris the weapons production work these days: "These days, we have accumulated a lot of wealth."
Because Gurlo's development plan is very good, the arsenal near Serris City has begun to operate normally in the past two months. However, there is still a huge gap between this factory and the regular arsenal in Chris's mind.
Chris didn't dare to force it. At least the production of weapons and equipment here is considered mass production. Compared with the pure hand workshop that Chris himself had done before, this place has been countless times stronger.
"Because of the new drill press, our barrel production speed has increased a little...but because there are too few workers, we still can't speed up the production speed of the Mauser 98K rifle you said." Smith put a report in the wind Spread it out, pressed it with his hand and handed it to Chris: "One regiment... This is the limit of what we can equip."
Chris knew that this so-called equipping a regiment was not equipping a regiment with a full 1,500 bolt-action rifles. The actual number of equipment may not even be 900.
In fact, the calculation of this number is very simple: the three regiments in Chris's hands are actually the so-called instructor regiments, and not all soldiers have to participate in the battle.
Take his main 1st regiment as an example. In fact, this regiment still has 20 artillery pieces for artillerymen. These artillerymen are theoretically not equipped with rifles. At the same time, in order to cultivate the backbone of the artillery unit, in addition to the 200 artillerymen, there are 200 apprentice artillerymen occupying the establishment, and these apprentice artillerymen do not need to be equipped with expensive rifles.
Including the management personnel of the regiment headquarters, the communication personnel, and the commanders above the company commander, all add up, and there are about 200 people who do not need to be equipped with guns. According to Chris's idea, these commanders can only equip themselves with long swords for self-defense.
On the one hand, he believed in the fighting power of his main force. He felt that in the face of the firepower of hundreds of rifles, the ancient army would quickly collapse, just like the battle in the Eastern Forest.
So he doesn't need to equip commanders with long-range weapons, just wear a longsword for self-defense - and the reason is very simple: it's not necessary at all.
On the other hand, these senior commanders also have artillery units of the logistics force. Under Chris's plan, they will all be equipped with pistols or submachine guns in the future, and there is no need to equip them with rifles now.
At that time, it is enough to train these people to learn how to use automatic weapons. Now, let them concentrate on leading troops, and it can also strengthen their understanding of modern warfare.
So when Smith is talking about equipping a regiment, he actually means providing about 900 rifles. Chris also understands that what he has to do now is to rely on the infantry regiment in front of him to win the next war.
"How about the bullets?" Thinking that the war was imminent, Chris continued to ask his industry minister.
Smith's face was a little unsightly, and he reported to Chris Hui in a low voice: "Your Majesty... the production of bullets is very difficult. We have only produced more than 7,000 rounds now."
Because of the addition of Chris, the industrial development of this world itself is deformed, so the more precise and small things are now, the more time-consuming and laborious they are to produce. Bullets have always been a persistent problem that plagued Chris's military expansion and preparations, and this problem has not been fundamentally solved until now.
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