"All...... Attention! ”

On the training ground of the reserve barracks, more than 600 reserve soldiers, led by a small number of non-commissioned officers, were paraded in a procession. Judging from their military appearance and the neatness of the queue, this group of reserve soldiers who have just changed their identities have initially possessed the temperament of soldiers, but they are probably far from the standard of going to the battlefield - Weiss squinted and glanced at it, and found that although these reserve soldiers were dispensed with weapons, their combat effectiveness reading was much lower than that of ordinary Union soldiers, and it was not comparable to the elite Norman army. If you take a closer look, the weapon in their hands is actually a training model of the "Grumman Burning Stick", and the technical standards and reliability are not satisfactory.

The magistrate of the small town of Somsonas, the commander-in-chief of the local reserves, acting colonel Magelang, carried the whip and walked up to the crude review stand with his head held high.

At his behest, Weiss followed him to the reviewing stand, where every step creaked.

Magelang raised his whip and motioned for everyone to take a breath. He glared at the queue, and then whispered to Weiss beside him: "The 5th team on the right is the first-level reserve recruited last month, and the 3rd team on the left will be your subordinates in the future." ”

In this great war, which is in no way inferior to the previous war, the Federation has already carried out three national defense mobilizations, and male Union citizens between the ages of 16 and 54, as long as they are in good health, are in the ranks of the reserve call-up. At least 8 million people have joined the reserve forces after screening and screening by the national defense mobilization department. Normally, those who are in good physical condition and are not more than 45 years old will be included in the first reserve and will be added to the combat unit at any time, while those who are relatively poor and over 46 years old will usually be included in the second reserve team, and they will also be issued weapons and trained, but they will generally only be sent to cooperate with the police department to maintain local law and order, and to take on some low-intensity defensive tasks when the source of the army is attacked by the enemy.

Weiss looked calmly at the reservists on the training ground. The physical fitness of the first-class reserve soldiers is obviously better, but in the current war situation, they may not be satisfied with even the six-week training period for recruits, and they will be hastily replenished to the combat units. The second-level reserve soldiers are the tree pole soldiers and grandfather soldiers mentioned by Magelang, some are short, some are thin, and some are full of vicissitudes, and their hair and beard have turned gray. According to the selection criteria of the federal army, they are all inferior soldiers, and the reason why they are called into the reserve forces instead of being eliminated at the preliminary screening stage seems to be a bug in the National Defense Mobilization Law. In fact, these second-level reservists are not inferior to ordinary Union soldiers in terms of execution, courage, resourcefulness, and loyalty, except for their strength and appearance. From the perspective of earthlings, these are normal adult males.

Seeing that Weiss was silent, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Magelang's mouth, and he whispered, "Do you regret it?" ”

"Of course not." Weiss replied briskly. Transferring to the reserve force with the rank of captain in the active duty army, in addition to a corresponding reduction in salary, will also slow down the rate of promotion by N times - unless the training work is effective, or the war has made achievements during the war, it is basically a step of twenty years, but for Weiss, none of this matters. Octavier's kind suggestion, McCullen's rational analysis, made him firm in this path that may be incomprehensible to ordinary people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we are honored to welcome a hero who has just returned from the front, our Captain Long Clumber Hazen. Yes, heirs of the Clumber-Haythan family, honors students of the Gaston Military Academy, brave men on the battlefield. Having received the official rank of captain in less than two years after graduating from the Bathton Military Academy, this alone is an example that we all admire and envy. Even more pleasing is the fact that, starting today, Captain Clumber-Haysen will serve as the local sheriff adjutant and will be primarily responsible for the training and management of the Second Reserve Unit in addition to normal patrols. ”

The position of the lieutenant of the magistrate and the commander of the second rank of the reserve, in short, is the second person in the mobilization of the local security and reserve in the small town of Somsonas, whose wartime authority is higher than that of the local police chief, and it seems that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but when he stands on the reviewing stand and examines this team, Weiss knows in his heart that this is a mime arranged by Mageland for himself, full of ridicule and irony.

But what he has to do next is to transform this old and weak army that looks embarrassed and useless into a quasi-army suitable for guerrilla warfare according to his own ideas, and then slap those who are arrogant in the face.

Well, so be it! Weiss said to himself in his heart.

After briefing the reservists on Weiss's origins, Magelang turned his head and said, "Captain, will you tell you a few words?" ”

Before that, although Weiss had not prepared for his speech, he had already thought about what he was going to say after walking on the review table for a while. So, he nodded at Magelang and took a deep breath.

"Gentlemen, returning to Somsonas from the battlefield filled with the smoke and smell of blood, I feel like I have come from hell to heaven, everything here fills me with nostalgia, but war is cruel and merciless. It may not be long before the flames of war reach this quiet little town, and what I want to do is to make you understand what war is and how you should deal with it. Maybe you are thinking, what is the ability of this hairy boy standing in front of you to dare to speak out here. In fact, since the Northern Frontier Campaign, I have gone through more than 20 battles, large and small, served in many combat units, suffered minor injuries, and dyed several times, during which I was captured twice, escaped danger twice, received many commendations, and was promoted three times. There is indeed an element of luck to be able to stand here alive, but more importantly, I have a fearless heart and a pair of eyes that can see into the world...... Let me see, the second guy in the second row on the right, you're running really fast, faster than most people here, right? And the gentleman in the fourth row on the right, who is in third place, you are also very fast, and the two of you are basically indistinguishable. The young man in the third row on the right, fifth in the row, has a strong physique and is better than most people around him. If you have any objections to my judgment, anyone present can raise their hands if they feel that they have objections...... Didn't you? Great, thanks! ”

At this point, Weston paused: "Adequate reconnaissance, decisive action, and out-of-the-box thinking are the lessons I have learned from many battles against the Normans—at the Belakaser Pass and at the Aujo City, I twice led the troops in the assault on the Norman warships, and both times were successful. One of my proudest achievements since I joined the war was in the Battle of Aocheng, where I led more than 200 soldiers to fight the enemy in the city and sewers for many days after the Federation Army retreated. We went out day and night, waiting for an opportunity to raid, killing more than 1,000 Norman troops one after another, and waiting for the Federation army to counterattack on all fronts, and then launched a surprise attack behind enemy lines with friendly forces. Had it not been for the Normans, who had brought in reinforcements at the critical moment, the situation in the Battle of Ojo would not have taken a turn for the worse. ”

More than 600 people were silent, and more than 600 people were staring. Obviously, Weiss's domineering expression of pride but not arrogance, self-confidence but not conceit, has shocked the reservists present, and also impressed the few officers and non-commissioned officers here.

"Thank you to Acting Colonel Magelang for trusting me to lead the Second Reserve Team to a miracle. That's right, I'm talking about miracles, we will be the pride of Somsonas, the pride of Lorraine, and even the pride of the Federation - I am confident that we will do it! From today onwards, all the second-level reservists here will give me a head up and a chest puffed up - we don't have to be inferior! We're all out! ”

The reservists in the fifth row on the right side of the line were in a commotion, while in the third row on the left, the second-level reservists who had been mocked and belittled in various ways on weekdays, were motionless at the moment.

Weiss turned this ill-intentioned meeting into an exciting mobilization meeting. Of course, as for how to train more than 200 second-level reservists, his methods are almost at his fingertips - improve food, standardize work and rest, adjust training, and activate thinking.

There is a way that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. With the help of Joseph the Fat, Weiss quickly obtained approval for equipment testing, bringing in a batch of brand-new weapons from the Clumber-Hazen factory and replacing them with firewood sticks in the hands of the second class reservist. At this stage, in addition to the standard bolt-action sniper rifle selected by the Federal Army before the war, the Crumber-Heisen plant has also mass-produced the improved 1.4PIR caliber water-cooled machine gun and the KT semi-automatic rifle of the same caliber, two weapons that can greatly increase the firepower density of grassroots combat units, and are currently mainly equipped with the federal special forces and elite defense divisions. Although the large-caliber water-cooled machine gun was unsuccessful, the 5-PIR caliber machine gun "Vespa", which was fed by drums, shone in military tests, and received a wartime order for 30,000 units. This machine gun was also taken by Fat Joseph - the Lawrence Automobile Manufacturing Plant, which he controlled behind the scenes, combined the "Vespa" with the combat vehicle to launch a light armored combat vehicle codenamed "Burning Horse", and the prototype was selected by the military as a vehicle for motorized infantry and a close support weapon, not only got a pre-order, but also received research and development funds from the military.

While training the second-level reserves, the rich battlefield experience and the circumstances of life and death made Weiss's inspiration in weapon design like a spring. Regardless of positional warfare or guerrilla warfare, mortars are undoubtedly cost-effective and highly effective weapons, but the existence of flying warships has caused the federal army to focus its military technology on air-air duels and ground-air confrontations, and simple land weapons have not been valued for a long time. Weiss spent two weeks working on mortars, which were not his specialty, but the fundamentals were not complicated, and with the knowledge of the Batton Military Academy and the Delefig Senior Staff College, a 15-PIR mortar was successfully designed and prototyped, which was technically tested and perfected by the professional engineers at the Clumberg-Heisen plant.

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