Chapter 1458: Sword and Shield Soldiers, Auxiliary Police, and Mounted Slash Police
The reason why Marin used such a simple and crude method was because he knew the ability of this group of veteran ruffians under him. In terms of culture, these people are scum. When it comes to fighting and killing, these people are top-notch.
Although it is said that when they first beat each other, these people will inevitably start a little heavier because of the habit of killing people on the battlefield. But it didn't matter, because Marin gave him enough armor to withstand the damage of the sticks. Even if the leather tactical vest is stuck with a wooden plank, it is enough to withstand the blow of a short stick.
Moreover, Marin also reserved a group of medical soldiers on the sidelines and prepared some medicinal wine for bruises. If anyone is injured, let the medical staff take it internally and externally, plus massage.
In fact, Marin is not very good at how much strength the riot police should use and how far they should fight, but he only knows a rough standard.
Therefore, he can only let these veteran ruffians explore on their own. Nothing else, a few more fights, and these veteran ruffians will figure out the standard on their own. When the time comes, let them discuss while drinking, and the specific beating techniques will be figured out. Then, it can be promoted.
As for the sergeants of the second, third and later batches? After being discharged from the army, I will first go to study with these people for two or three months before going to work. There is no need to set up a special police academy, as long as it is used to bring the old with the new. In this way, a lot of money can be saved.
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Of course, Marin's demands on the police are by no means just riot police who knock people with wooden sticks. In the event of war, these people will also go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Therefore, while letting them explore the skills of fighting each other, Marin also found a professional sword and shield commander to train them to use a single knife and shield to slash and slash.
And Marin set the standard for the police - usually train wooden sticks to beat each other, but the training time of using real knives to stab must reach one-third of the total training time. In this way, when these guys go to battle, they can change from riot police to sword and shield soldiers by replacing their short sticks with single knives.
Although the lethality of the sword and shield soldiers is a little worse, it is still very good to use it to play support. In particular, it was possible to cover the musketeers. In addition to the cavalry, which needs spearmen to resist, the general infantry can cope with the impact of the sword and shield soldiers.
Moreover, in urban street fighting, the sword and shield soldiers have a lot of advantages over the spearmen. After all, the spear is too long to turn around in a street fight. In street fighting, the single knife is much more flexible. And the shield can also protect the sword and shield soldiers very well.
When defending the city, the sword and shield soldiers are also very powerful. Because, spearmen cannot climb siege ladders with spears in both hands. If you want to climb the castle, you must use a sword. Moreover, it is better to have a one-handed sword. In this way, the warrior who climbed the wall could hold the ladder in one hand and slash the enemy with his one-handed sword.
However, in the face of the sword and shield soldiers on the city wall, these one-handed swords suffered very much. Because, the sword and shield soldiers have more shields than them. They machete shield soldiers, and are blocked by shields. The sword and shield soldiers cut them down...... It's hard to dodge...... Otherwise, you will fall off the ladder......
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But not all police officers will be trained as sword and shield soldiers, in Marin's plan, out of the 25 police officers in each police station, only those 20 auxiliary police officers are trained according to the model of sword and shield soldiers. The five regular police officers should be trained according to the model of the mounted police. That is, they would be equipped with horses.
As a result, the training of the five regular police officers is much heavier than that of the auxiliary police. In addition to participating in the explosion-proof training of shield batons, when the auxiliary police trained the combat techniques of sword and shield soldiers, they had to learn cavalry tactics, that is, riding horses and slashing. At the outbreak of war, these regular police officers were incorporated into the army, either as part of a large cavalry unit or as a scout cavalry. After all, these mounted police officers are still relatively good at investigating public sentiment or something. When they usually patrol on horseback, their ability to observe is exercised. On the battlefield, it can also add power to the army.
However, considering that police officers over the age of 45 do not have the physical strength to go to war. Therefore, Marin specially stipulates that in addition to the sheriff and the sergeant, ordinary police officers must retire like ordinary soldiers when they reach the age of 45. Then, the police station selects new young people to fill in. The retired 45-year-old policemen are sent to the villages to serve as small stewards or take care of the granaries in the villages. In this way, it is not a disadvantage to them.
The reason for such a stipulation is that in addition to military needs, it is inseparable from the actual situation of this era. In modern times, the police use pistols to deal with criminals. Therefore, the 50-year-old policeman can still deal with criminals. Because, they can choose to shoot instead of going up and fighting the criminals. Even if they chase criminals, they can drive them.
And in this era, more than 45 years old means that there is no ability to fight against young criminals. After all, this is the age of cold weapons. Even if the police are equipped with guns, they can only be equipped with smoothbore guns that have to be reloaded after one shot. Therefore, to catch criminals or something, it mainly depends on personal fighting ability. Over 45 years old, it is obvious that he is not qualified for the functions of a police officer, so he can only retire and replace it with a new batch of young men.
If you still retire at the age of 60, you will be a dad. Can you imagine 5 old men who are almost 60 going after the criminals? A young and middle-aged prisoner can chase a few police uncles to death...... In these years, the police don't have motorcycles and cars, how can they chase them? Even if the official police catch up on horseback, because of old age, they will be killed by criminals like Brother Long......
Therefore, in the era when there were no repeating pistols, the maximum age of service for police officers could not exceed 45 years......
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In fact, the most suitable weapon for the police is the revolver. Moreover, the structure of the revolver is not complicated at all. As a child, Marin used to play a lot of smashing guns that resembled revolvers. For the structure of the revolver, he was well acquainted. As long as he could solve the technique of the paper fire cap, he would be able to make a Colt revolver similar to the early front-loading ammunition.
This early Colt revolver was loaded in front of the revolver, first loaded with a paper fire cap, then poured gunpowder, and then pressed into the lead bullet (it must be compacted so as not to fall off). But don't push too hard, so as not to trigger the paper fire cap). In this way, a black powder version of the Colt revolver that Western cowboys liked to use in the early days was ready. With a total of 6 bullets, you can fire six shots, which is definitely enough to deal with criminals.
But even if Marin had the ability to develop this early Colt revolver, he would not be willing to do it. Why? Because the revolver is so terrible, the assassination artifact! Two U.S. presidents died from revolvers, and Reagan almost died, thanks to the development of modern medical technology.
It seems that after the appearance of the revolver, many dignitaries died under such guns. For the sake of his own life, Marin was reluctant to develop this assassination artifact.
Even, in order to put an end to the problem of assassination, Marin strictly stipulated that all firearms in the North Sea Kingdom must be more than 50 centimeters long, that is, half a meter long. Below this length, it is counted as a murder weapon......
This is because the half-meter-long musket cannot be hidden in the clothes as a hidden weapon for assassination, and the guards can see it at a glance. Moreover, even if it is hidden in the clothes and wants to pull it out, the action is quite large, enough for the guards to react. And those short guns are the sharp weapons of assassination. Not only is it hidden, but it is also very convenient and fast to pull out and shoot. As long as the short gun is banned, the risk of being stabbed can be greatly reduced. Because, the guards will never let the people with the spears get close......