"Koval" Father John came out and said with a smile: "The matter of your position has been negotiated, the acting battalion commander of the second battalion of the third regiment of the 11th Infantry Division, most of them are newly recruited recruits, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity, I will never forget it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info," Koval said solemnly to Father John.

In fact, he thought in his heart that it would be good to be a company commander and platoon commander, but he never expected that he could directly become a battalion commander, and there was a lot of gap. The company commander, the platoon commander, was nothing more than a junior officer, and the battalion commander was barely a mid-level officer. Not only is the strength in his hands greatly increased, but there is also more room for autonomy in battle. Otherwise, you are full of the art of war, and you must fight how your superiors tell you to fight.

"Will you be able to handle a bunch of recruits? I've heard that war is coming, but I don't have much time for you to train. Father John asked.

"I promise that I can train them into a qualified army, which may be almost impossible against the Germans, but it is still possible to deal with these original Tsarist Russian troops in the East." Koval confidently assured.

"You go and go through the formalities tomorrow, and you can go to the barracks to report." Father John said.

"Okay."

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Early the next morning, Koval completed the formalities and arrived at a military camp next to the town outside Warsaw.

In the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 11th Infantry Division, Victor approached the barracks and saw that the army inside was practicing in a queue, which was similar to the previous military training of college students. It seems that it is some recruit eggs.

The staff officer sent by the military department read out the document, and Koval officially became the acting commander of the 2nd Battalion.

Victor looked at the time, and watched the drills of each company and platoon from the side, and the level was not very different, mainly because the level of the platoon commanders of these companies was different.

After watching all morning, Koval finally got some understanding of the people under his command, and the soldiers were all nearby workers and peasants who had just been recruited for a week, and their physical fitness was okay.

At noon, Victor first called the three deputy company commanders and held a small meeting to get to know each other. In short, everything in the Polish army has just begun, and there are not so many officers to be found for the time being, and the other staff officers and the like are all empty.

The foundation of the Polish army relied on the three brigades called up in the first battle of Pilsudski, only about 20,000 people, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of several main forces, it was not possible to draw too many officers, plus other Polish officers who defected from the armies of Germany, Austria, Russia and other countries. Now that Poland is independent, it is necessary to massively expand the army, so there is a shortage of legions in the new army.

"I'm Victor Francis Covar, who served in the Polish Blue Regiment in France and fought in the Battle of Reims, so I'm excited to get to know everyone." Koval said, standing on the first seat.

"Report to the battalion commander, the deputy company commander of a company, who turned out to be a platoon commander in the Russian army." A very bear-like middle-aged strong man stood up and shouted.

"Report to the battalion commander, deputy company commander of the second company, who originally served as an operational staff officer in Austria-Hungary." A young man who looked a little thin stood up and shouted.

"Report to the battalion commander, deputy company commander of the third company, who originally held the position of platoon commander in the German Army." An ordinary-looking young man stood up and said unhurriedly.

"Today I took a look at the training of our battalion, and it was not bad." Koval said word for word.

The middle-aged strong man like a giant bear looked relieved, the slender young man frowned, unable to guess what Koval meant, and the German officer had a straight face, no one could guess what he was thinking.

After observing the expressions of the three subordinates, Victor himself felt that he understood a little bit of their personalities.

As soon as he came up, he took on a leadership position like a battalion commander in an unfamiliar team, and Koval inevitably had to examine what kind of people his subordinates were and whether they could be trusted.

Koval coughed and said: "However, in view of the current civil strife in Russia, it is a good opportunity for us to recover our homeland, so we must speed up the preparation for war, speed up the progress of training, and train our battalion into a team that can win battles." ”

"But the battalion commander, our training plans are all set and sent by our superiors, and the daily training time and tasks are completely fixed, how can we speed up the progress." The commander of the first company asked anxiously.

"War is coming soon, it is better to speed up the progress now than to train on the battlefield, as for the training plan, we will re-establish it together, get rid of those vain things, and train some practical things on the battlefield." Koval said with a light tap on the table.

The second company commander took the training plan, and Koval turned the page and said: "Platoon training can be combined with gun-wielding, and the queue can also be exercised every morning when running with weights, so the time for platoon training is shortened to one-third, and if the results are good after a week, it will be classified as a weight-bearing run in the morning and evening." ”

The second company commander hurriedly picked up a pen and wrote it down, the first company commander looked indifferent, and the third company commander nodded.

"We must speed up, and the heavier training is shooting training, grenade training, night combat training, field marching training, field camping training, digging fortification training, and anti-cavalry training." Victor continued.

"There are too many training tasks, I'm afraid I won't be able to practice for a while." The third company commander thought for a while and said.

"Let's arrange the training tasks, shooting, grenade training, trench digging training every day, night combat training, field marching and anti-cavalry training once a week, one round a week, assess the effect, and strive to let these recruits learn these things within a month, I don't want to watch them die on the battlefield in vain." Victor said firmly.

"Shooting training, grenade training, these are okay, as for digging trenches, it is not necessary to arrange how many times!" The third company commander suggested.

"I've seen the power of trenches on the Western Front, thousands of cannons and millions of troops on both sides are blocked by trenches and can't break through, so we have to learn this defensive skill. This would greatly reduce the casualties of our group of recruits. Other complex techniques and tactics cannot be taught at once, as long as you can dig trenches and are willing to endure hardships and fatigue to dig fortifications, you can learn it, and this benzene method is the most practical. Koval glanced at everyone and said solemnly.

"As for other field marches and camps, we don't have the current conditions when we fight, so we still have to practice first, so as not to be in a hurry and lack of medical treatment. Anti-cavalry training was designed to deal with the large number of Russian cavalry, especially the Cossack cavalry. After digging trenches, there is no problem in defending against the attack of ordinary infantry, but I am afraid that after encountering cavalry, the team will be directly scattered, and there will be no chance to dig fortifications. What do you guys think? Koval explained.