Chapter 1337 New Weapons and New Tactics

Holy Hiran Empire, a relatively remote military base within the territory.

Vasili complied with El's request and transferred 2,000 elite crossbowmen from the Central Guard to El's command.

After taking over these 2,000 elite crossbowmen, El immediately led them to this hidden military base that was also lent to him by Vasili.

At this moment, these 2,000 crossbowmen formed a neat and dense square formation in the open space of this military base.

They looked at each other and looked at the strange weapons in their hands in confusion.

Just now, each of them received what was said to be a new weapon.

A thing that looks very much like a water pipe.

About two-thirds as long as a spear.

Slender shape.

There is a hole at the top and a crossbow-like trigger at the end.

This is the first time for everyone to see such a strange weapon.

"What the hell is this..."

"Is it used to hit the enemy?"

"How is that possible? It's so thin, it will definitely break after just a few knocks."

"With a trigger...could it be a long-range weapon like a crossbow?"

"It's very possible."

"Does that mean this is a new type of long-range weapon?"

"But... where to put the arrow?"

"Isn't it supposed to be stuffed through the hole?"

"Where's the bow string? How can you shoot without a bow string?"

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Just as everyone was having a heated discussion centered on the new weapon in their hands, a loud, young male voice came into everyone's ears.

"Everyone! Stand at attention!"

After hearing these words, everyone immediately stood still as if on conditioned reflex.

Because they didn't know how to hold this new weapon, everyone held it in various ways.

Everyone followed the male voice and looked towards the high platform in front of them.

On the high platform in front of them, stood a young man with short flaxen hair, fiery red eyes, and wearing a brand new white and red armor.

Beside this young man stood an extremely burly man.

This burly man also held Gen's strange-looking new weapon in his arms.

After everyone's eyes were focused on the red-eyed young man, the red-eyed young man cleared his throat and then shouted:

"My name is El Bernard! As you know, I am the new commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front!"

"He is your new supreme commander. You can call me Marshal Bernard, or you can call me Marshal Your Excellency."

"The reason why I brought you here is to train you into elite warriors who can use this new weapon."

"The official name of this new weapon in your hands is a flintlock gun. If you find the name difficult to pronounce, you can just call it a musket."

"I know you all want to know how to use this musket."

"But I won't teach you how to use this musket right away."

"Before you learn how to use a musket, you have something more important to learn."

"That is how to hold the musket when marching and when forming a formation."

After saying that, El pointed at the strong man beside him.

"This is how to hold a musket when in formation."

As soon as El finished speaking, the strong man beside him immediately adjusted the grip of the musket in his hand.

While letting everyone watch the strong man's demonstration, El also kept making introductions.

"As you can see, where there is a hole, there is the top of the musket."

"This hole is called the muzzle."

"Now that we know where the top of the musket is, and where is the bottom of the musket - there shouldn't be any need for me to introduce it, right?"

"The bottom of the musket, I call it the butt."

"When in formation, place the butt of the gun on the palm of your left hand, let the gun body rest naturally on your left shoulder, and let the muzzle of the gun point toward the sky."

"Now start adjusting your holding methods.

"

After listening to El's introduction and watching this strong man's demonstration, everyone adjusted the holding methods in their hands.

Click, click, click...

The crisp sound unique to iron weapons sounded one after another.

The originally chaotic Duan holding methods were unified.

The dark muzzles of the guns pointed at the sky.

The chaotic formation instantly became orderly and powerful.

Seeing that the military formation became more orderly, El nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay! Then I'll teach you something new."

"The musket is a new weapon."

"The old tactics simply cannot bring out their due power."

"So - you have a new tactic to learn that matches this musket."

"And the implementation of this new tactic requires the assistance of a very important thing."

"That's it - music."

After saying that, El pointed to the side again.

Pointing to a band of about 50 people not far away from him, mainly holding two instruments: snare drum and trumpet.

When everyone was wondering what El meant by what he just said, El shouted to the conductor of the orchestra:

"Your Excellency! Please play the music! Let the generals listen to the music they may have to listen to thousands of times."

"yes."

The conductor of the orchestra responded respectfully and looked at his subordinates behind him.

They were all old "comrades-in-arms" who had worked together for a long time, so with just a glance, the commanding subordinates understood and picked up the instruments in their hands.

First, the melodious trumpet sounded.

Then, the sound of the snare drum followed the sound of the trumpet.

The sound of the snare drum was very rhythmic, and combined with the melodious trumpet sound, it formed an exciting piece of music.

Many people were fascinated by it, and were infected by this exciting music, which made their emotions excited.

After the music was finished, El's voice sounded again:

"The song you just heard was written by the conductor of this orchestra on my behalf."

"I named it - "The Musketeers March."

"The next training content for you is to listen to this "Musketeers March" and practice how to march forward in unison according to the rhythm of the drums."

El's words completely shocked everyone under him.

Listening to the music and marching forward in unison - such a training method was unheard of by them.

According to what El said just now, their way of walking is related to the new tactics they will use with the musket.

Their new tactics is to march forward in unison according to the drum beats of the music?

On the battlefield full of blood and flesh, arrange an orchestra to play music for them?

"Quiet!"

El shouted, stopping the noise.

"Start training now!"

"The orchestra will be deployed in the center of the army!"

"Remember to protect the orchestra in the center of the formation!"

"They are the key to keeping the formation in order!"

"As for how to move forward, it is exactly the same as the training you have done before! First step out the left foot and then the right foot!"

"Remember to keep the formation in order! Don't mess up!"