"You don't know...... A group of us were gathered around the cannon, and our legs went weak when we heard a loud bang...... "A veteran stood triumphantly in the middle of the group, showing off his amazing experience.

"When we see that hillside is potholed by shells, we will know that our lord is ...... No, it should be called His Majesty the Grand Duke now, then it is not an ordinary person! He said it vividly, which made 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 Wagron to fight against Mayne, are now more than half of the backbone of the army, and the army of the Duchy of Elland Hill has been tripled, so these original Seris veterans have become a reserve of grassroots cadres in the true sense.

Vagron is also deliberately promoting Seris veterans to new positions in the army.

The original structure of the army commander and captain is no longer suitable for the establishment of the Irlanhill troops, so the military establishment of the Principality of Irranhill follows the basic structure of the modern army: divisions, brigades, battalions, companies, and platoons......

More than half of the veterans were promoted to middle-level management cadres, some were platoon commanders and some were squad leaders, and the entire military framework of the Duchy of Irlanhill was supported at once.

In order to balance, Chris also instructed Vaglon to promote some veterans of Mayne and Ferry, focusing on soldiers who are literate and hyphenated and have a certain cultural foundation.

"Potholes in the hills...... That's a powerful magician, right? A recruit asked, holding his wooden gun, curiously.

As mortals, there are too many ordinary people who have never seen a magician in their lives, they have only heard of the existence of a magical empire in the far west, and they have only heard that those magicians can control the power of nature, powerful and mysterious.

"You're wrong!" When the veteran mentioned this, his eyebrows fluttered even more: "I have seen those artillerymen, they are all mortals like us, and they don't have the ability to fart!" ”

Speaking of this, he still had a trace of regret: "Back then, I was unlucky to be transferred to the border guards, otherwise, I told you, I can also be an artilleryman!" Don't believe it! My old John was a literate scholar, too! ”

"Assemble! Gather! An officer in black armor came over and pressed the long sword at his waist: "Assemble in a row!" Keep getting started! ”

Everyone got up from the grass, slapped the weeds and dust on their buttocks twice nervously, and instantly stood in a square according to their size.

"Take a break! …… Attention!! The platoon commander in the armor shouted the password loudly in pain, feeling that he was like a fool.

This is the new training regulations, and every platoon commander and company commander must train their soldiers in this way - this is a big project, and in order to adapt to such a change, the entire army of Ellan Hill really made a lot of jokes.

What's even more interesting is that because the new military uniforms have not yet been issued, and the military rank system has not been fully formulated, the soldiers are trained in custom-made ordinary military uniforms, but there are no epaulettes and collar badges, and the commanders are interesting, in order to distinguish them at a glance, they actually wear armor.

At the end of the day, the intensity of training for ordinary soldiers is not as good as that of commanders who have carried heavy loads on themselves. Sweating profusely, each of them has improved their physical fitness a lot.

"Walk in unison...... Walk! On the other side, another phalanx that had been assembled had begun training, and all the soldiers took their own steps in the shouting: "One, two, one!" One, two, one! ”

Farther away, a group of soldiers were holding models of rifles made of wood, practicing the proper use of their weapons.

"Unmounted! Reload! As Waglon's officers gave one order after another, the recruits trained over and over again how to reload their rifles with models of rifles made of wood.

These people had no idea that there was such a weapon as a rifle in the world before they came here, and they were training tedious technical movements in confusion, as if they were refugees playing with wooden sticks.

Due to the level of education, these soldiers can only be trained in the simplest way. They don't need to remember exactly how these technical actions work, they just need to remember how to use the weapon in this way.

But even so, the training speed is still very slow, and the training syllabus has been changed again and again in the hands of Vagron, and even Chris himself can no longer see the original appearance of the training syllabus.

The lack of qualified personnel is not only happening in the process of industrial expansion, but also the military is also facing the problem of lack of qualified personnel.

The commander of the artillery could not be selected for a long time, and Waglong could only simply organize the artillery to play some role in the siege battle. In fact, Chris has no talent for commanding, and although he has a complete textbook on commanding, it is not the case that he can become a good commander by reading these textbooks.

He was able to win big in the eastern forest, and in fact it was not because of a good command. Defeating Mayne doesn't prove his command talent, it only proves the shocking effect of crushing weapons. There was a huge shortage of military talent, and even Waglon's lieutenant, Koria, was sent to guard Mayne, which was a nightmare for Chris.

Because after the two wars of Mayne and Ferry, the newly established Duchy of Irlanhill blocked one of its own gaps, and successfully narrowed the situation of facing enemies on all sides to three enemies, with its back to the sea.

This situation gave him a deep hinterland, which he could also save a lot of defensive forces and use it to strengthen himself in other directions. Now he had 4,500 soldiers and Lawns' navy at his disposal, and the total strength was stronger than ever.

Chris divided his troops into three regiments, each with 1,500 men, of which the first regiment was the main regiment with the most elite veterans, the second regiment was the mobile cavalry regiment commanded by Wagron, and the third regiment was the defensive regiment with a large number of soldiers from Mayne and Ferry City.

In other words, the 3 regiment of 1,500 people was for defense, and most of them were garrison troops. The 2nd Regiment is the most mobile, similar to the occupied fire extinguishing team, and the most elite 1st Regiment in Chris's hands is the ultimate unit for the decisive battle.

On the other side of the school field, Smith, who was in charge of industrial production, looked at the drill troops in the distance and reported to Chris about the weapons production work in the past few days: "These days, we have accumulated a lot of family funds. ”

Because of Gullo's development plan, the arsenal near Seris City has been up and running in the past two months. However, there is still a world of difference 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 was already considered mass production, and it was countless times stronger than the pure handicraft workshop that Chris himself had before.

"Thanks to the new drilling press, we can produce barrels a little faster...... However, because there are too few workers, we still can't speed up the production of the Mauser 98K rifle you mentioned. Smith spread out a report in the wind, pressed it to Chris with his hand, and said, "A regiment...... That's 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 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 now are actually the so-called instructor regiments, and not all soldiers have to participate in the battle.

Take, for example, his main 1st Regiment, which in fact had 20 guns for artillery, which were theoretically not equipped with rifles. At the same time, in order to train the backbone of the artillery unit, in addition to the 200 artillerymen, 200 trainee artillerymen occupy the establishment, and these trainee artillerymen do not need to be equipped with expensive rifles.

Counting the management personnel of the regimental headquarters, the communications personnel, and the commanders above the company commander, all add up, there are probably more than 200 people who do not need to be equipped with guns. According to Chris's idea, these commanders can only be equipped with long swords to defend themselves.

On the one hand, he trusted the combat effectiveness of his main regiment, and he felt that in the face of the fire of hundreds of rifles, the ancient army would quickly crumble, just like in the battle of the eastern forest.

So he doesn't need to equip his commanders with ranged weapons, just wear a sword to defend himself - and the reason is simple: it's completely unnecessary.

On the other hand, these senior commanders also have the artillery units of the logistics troops, under Chris's planning, they will all be equipped with pistols or submachine guns in the future, and it is completely unnecessary to be equipped with rifles now.

When the time comes, it will be enough to train these people to learn the use of automatic weapons, and now it is good to let them concentrate on leading the troops, and it can also strengthen their understanding of modern warfare.

So when Smith now said that he was equipping a regiment, he was actually providing about 900 rifles. Chris also understands that what he has to do now is to rely on this infantry regiment in front of him to win the next war.

"How's the bullet side going?" Thinking of the imminent war, Chris continued to ask his Minister of Industry.

Smith's face was a little unpleasant, and he reported to Chris in a low voice, "Your Majesty...... The production of bullets is very difficult, and we are now ...... Only then did more than 7,000 rounds be produced. ”

Because of Chris's addition, the industrial development of this world itself is deformed, so the more delicate and small things are now, the more time-consuming and laborious they are to produce. Bullets have always been a long-standing problem that has plagued Chris's arms expansion war, and this problem has not been fundamentally solved until now.

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