314. Friend or foe in action

There is a way to become a habit and habit to become natural, which has been fulfilled many times in my life, and this has become an effective follow-up to my self-discipline and management.

In the Triangle Siege, the atmosphere was very tense after the rectification, and many people expressed their dissatisfaction in various ways, but it was obvious that their arms really couldn't twist their thighs, and all their anger was finally crushed into powder in the face of strength and reality.

Especially the ending of the two aristocratic children who followed Raleigh to the meeting yesterday made the hearts of these people particularly shocked-as the two most prominent families, I was actually incorporated into the death squad to explore the wasteland of nine deaths, which fully explains my attitude!

The Triangle Siege does not need a lord, nor does it need nobles, there are only two kinds of people here - one is labor, the other is combat effectiveness, and any other form of existence will be eliminated, because I said it.

So after humanely destroying a few of the guys who took the lead in stirring up trouble, these young masters finally became completely honest, because they finally believed that I would not change my perception of reality because of the risks I might encounter in the future, and at the cost of these four lives.

From the third day onwards, the entire Triangle Siege began to present a warm working atmosphere. Because even the most discerning person has found that my approach is definitely an effective reinforcement of the existing territory, and the effect is definitely much better than before!

First of all, I sent out the medicines, and of course, every patient was carefully examined by Karasim and Zhi on a daily basis, and the medicines purchased from St. John were effective and the patients began to be effectively controlled.

And all those who tried to pretend to be sick and evade responsibility returned to work after "convincing people with virtue", and they are also very realistic and know the truth that heroes do not suffer immediate losses. I was very happy with their attitude, so they were rewarded with a certain amount of rest.

In terms of rodent prevention, I decided to solve the problem by breaking the wrist of a strong man - the original food hoard was no longer usable, and I burned the rats and the food after they had bitten them.

My grain is stored on ships, and all my grain is scattered and stored on each ship, which is the most resilient to risks.

Of course, this is based on the rebuilding of the dock and dock, and I have transformed the good natural backwater bay into a high-quality dock, which is not only more equipped, but also adds effective protective measures.

In addition to our two fixed shipping lanes, we have laid a pointed pile every five meters in other waters, which is a nightmare for ocean-going vessels and another barrier for us to defend with peace of mind.

At the same time, I also ordered the city walls to be upgraded and reinforced. The original triangular siege was renovated as an inner city, and an outer city was built with civil engineering on top of it - I had experience with the Overseers building the Great Wall, so it was natural that the blueprints were too heavy.

Of course, the premise is that the city wall is not aesthetically pleasing, everything is based on durability and solidity, and the labor is cheap, so my determination and will have been well implemented.

The others, and I mean the combatants, began intensive training under the command of Adicon, who arrived later. Prior to this, our team was very mixed, and it was very difficult to form a unified combat force.

According to my request, Adicon, who was born in the regular army, took the lead and began to train all the personnel together. It won't be too long, and I won't force them to become a unified and standardized regular army, but at least they must form a unified and effective command and management.

Among them, the prisoner of war camp and the ninja and musketeer detachments were of the highest quality and the best to command. Because these people have been trained in strict discipline, it is enough to make uniform regulations and give them time to adapt.

And the others, and I mean everyone else, are a lot worse in that regard. Especially those sailors from *, as well as the prisoners of craftsmen who remained behind, need to be caught from scratch.

In short, during this time, even the cooks of the Triangle Siege participated in a fairly intense training, and they slowly accepted my point of view - sweat more in peacetime, and less blood in wartime.

Because, in this vast and barbaric new land, only the swords and guns in hand and the comrades-in-arms around you are reliable.

One of the biggest surprises to me was the young people selected from the prisoner of war camps, under the Nine Ghosts Masataka*, they have made rapid progress and seem to have a certain level of special operations capabilities.

And I started teaching myself—both the ninja team and the new force. I didn't teach them much, just modern special operations concepts and tactics – castrations, of course, adapted to existing weaponry.

For example, when breaking down a door, the * used for cover is replaced by a double-barreled* shotgun, and the one-person cover becomes a two-person cover. The * for assault was replaced with a three-shot short-handled mechanical* crossbow, and the sniper rifle was replaced with a long-barreled rifle with an additional *.

Of course, we also have our own strengths, which are stronger in martial arts and individual combat capabilities, so I focused on strengthening their melee reconnaissance and other abilities.

Everything is showing signs of improvement, and with the help of adequate provisions, morale has also been greatly improved. Especially after Chamcham, who came to visit us with a lot of fruit and game, this optimism began to spread more widely in the Triangle Siege.

This is exactly what I want to see, but at the same time, I don't want them to be too blindly optimistic, and reality really doesn't give us a chance to be blindly optimistic - Mo reported to me that the reconnaissance team sent out to practice at sea and on land had spotted enemy outposts!

Oh! Is it coming? According to Mo's report, most of the enemy's reconnaissance came from the sea, using small dhows, and generally dressed up as pirates.

But they seem to have forgotten that in front of our fleet, which looks like a regular army, those pirates are afraid to avoid it, so how can they take the initiative to come up and investigate?

Therefore, their behavior can be said to be cover-up, but it has to be said that these guys are indeed very cautious, and before we were ready to arrest them several times, they hurriedly turned the bow of the ship and took advantage of the first-mover advantage to escape.

On land, these people often disguise themselves as expeditions, or gold diggers, and mingle with different groups of people, trying to get close to us and spy on us.

On one occasion, a newly trained special operations team caught a Spanish-speaking enemy spy, but due to his lack of experience, this "tongue" was quickly killed by the enemy, much to Mo's regret after receiving the report.

I think that's a good thing – these recruits have to go through a lot of setbacks to thrive, and if they succeed so easily, it will have a negative impact on their future training and their mentality.

So from this day on, I focused on strengthening the detection and counter-detection training of my subordinates, who were against me and a few senior ninjas. It also makes training more confrontational.

And I have also made the training of special operations more detailed and comprehensive -- field survival skills, capture skills, climbing skills, swimming and boat skills, riding skills, breaking the worst skills, obstacle breaking skills, including the use of various weapons, all of which are run through it.

I suddenly remembered the days when I was trained by the third uncle on Beacon Mountain in Jinzhou, at that time I was really too young, too simple Tucson, after all these years of tempering, I can now teach these things to them according to local conditions and people's conditions!

Alas, it's a pity that time is always in a hurry, and I don't know if I will have the chance to see the third uncle like an old urchin again in this life.

After about forty-five days, I thought the guys were ready for a combat session, and that was based on my objective assessment of their training results.

Of course, in the past 45 days, the enemy's reconnaissance and spying have become more and more frequent, probably because we feel that we do not have a good way to deal with it, so we must have become more and more bold.

Once, the arrogant enemy spies actually ran under our city wall, and threw a few stones into the city wall defiantly, and finally quickly fled when they saw that we were starting to make some moves.

Many combatants were very angry at such a move by the enemy! In their opinion, the strength of these small groups of enemies is really not worth mentioning, but it is really infuriating to be repeatedly kicked in the face by these guys.

Actually, that's exactly what I want, before this, I've been suppressing the movements of the ninja team under Mo's men, if I let these veterans make a move, then everything will be too simple, my purpose is to train the newcomers, and polish the new forces.

Of course, Chairman Mao taught us not to fight uncertain battles. So before I sent out a new type of troops, I had Mo take a few veterans to track the enemy spies all the way to the enemy's lair, and draw a pattern after spying.

After confirming that Adicon had also conducted standardized training in naval warfare, the counterattack against enemy reconnaissance and spying was finally officially put on the agenda!

Operation Codename: "Thorns".

Location: Spanish stronghold (located in modern-day South Carolina).

Enemy size: about 140 in total, including 80 combatants and 60 others. Six light reconnaissance ships.

The purpose of the operation: to destroy the stronghold, capture the prisoners, destroy the living forces as much as possible, and destroy the enemy reconnaissance system.

Our forces participating in the war: 40 new special operations detachments and 20 ninjas - the latter appeared as a response force. In addition, there were four warships as a sea backup.

Out of prudence, since this was the first time the new team had played, the commander-in-chief was Masataka Kuki, who was tasked with assessing the overall combat situation in addition to commanding.

After the battle plan was finalized, I asked the participating teams to do repeated pre-battle simulation training on simulated terrain, which was also a decision made by imitating modern tactics, and it was also the most effective way to improve tacit cooperation and reduce casualties and battle losses.

Three days later, the Nine Ghosts told me that everything was in place. So I watched their last joint practice carefully, well, the whole is okay, and they basically have the strength to play.

So on the fourth day, the latent combat operation codenamed Thorn officially began!