Kerst spent three months in his barracks, training his three thousand soldiers, and he rarely left the camp except for the necessary regimental meetings.

And all the "strange moves" made by the Thirteenth Regiment have actually been widely circulated in the Sixth Army and even in the entire Kaman aristocratic circle, and some people are already calling Koster and his army "Crazy Thirteenth Regiment".

The Light Infantry Regiment of the Sixth Army, as one of the newly organized armies of the Shang League, is mainly a professional soldier forced by the Shang League to be formed by the current situation, and all his logistical needs are supplied by Kaman.

Because Carman had borne a large part of the reparations of the merchant alliance in the previous years, the originally wealthy Kaman treasury was almost emptied. The Sixth Army, which was established at such a moment, naturally did not have sufficient supplies, and even the weapons and equipment were all asked by the Kaman regent Xiao Mu to come to the Shangmeng ** Society like a scoundrel.

Therefore, at the meeting of the Sixth Army every month, most of the time, it is a group of senior officers who complain to each other about the poor logistics, but recently, the focus of everyone's discussion has shifted to the various "strange behaviors" of the 13th Regiment next door.

"Did you hear that the 13th Regiment found a lot of horses to make people, and then their regiment commander went to the royal capital to collect a large number of horses pulling goods, and prepared to pull these carriages to the battlefield. "It was a battalion commander of the Twelfth Regiment who spoke.

"I've heard that the carriages were built without materials, and that they themselves had cut down the ironwood from Sunset Mountain and pulled it back one by one, and then the head of the Koster Regiment himself paid gold coins and invited carpenters and blacksmiths to come to the barracks. And these are not strange, I heard that the thirteenth regiment has sent all the officers arranged by the merchant alliance to be the captain of the wing, and all the noble officers, including their battalion commanders, also have to train with the soldiers. ”

"It's not surprising, what I've heard is that they practice walking there every day, and they have to tie everyone together with ropes, and if one person falls, everyone else will fall with him. ”

"And also—" The person who spoke was suddenly stopped, and the person next to him pouted in the direction of the door, and a young man in rich armor, with several other noble officers who were also young, was walking into the house.

"Commander Koster!", "Commander Koster!", acquaintances greeted Koster one after another, and those who didn't know suddenly realized that this was the Commander of the 13th Brigade that everyone was talking about just now.

However, most of the officers who don't know Koster are newly transferred officers, after all, when Koster came to report on the first day, he was in the limelight.

After looking around for a while, Kster squeezed to Duncan and Clark's side, "The two regiment commanders are working hard", politely greeting, the unsmiling Duncan and the active Clark both nodded and signaled, and the three battalion commanders who followed, Jon, Rober, and Rickon, went to find a corner to stay, where there was a group of noble officers with similar identities to them.

General Calvin arrived late, and only walked slowly from outside the house after everyone had arrived, today's General Calvin did not wear armor, but put on a random Kaman military uniform, which looked a little old and looked a little old, and some places had been fluffed.

General Calvin didn't care, he walked to his seat, glanced around, and saw that the officers had arrived, so he cleared his throat, "Okay, since we're all here, let's get started." ”

The first thing Calvin said was that Carman's support for the Sixth Army had reached its limit, and as the amount of training increased, the food level of each regiment had decreased, and his proposal was that everyone should go into the Sunset Mountains to hunt some game.

All the officers unanimously agreed, this kind of thing made Koster feel a little funny, those officers had long been unable to hold back, there were many animals in the Sunset Mountains, I was afraid that they were going to suffer, everyone knew that the nobles had a great hobby, that is, hunting.

The second thing is about deserters. With the intensive training after the formation of the army, some desertions have appeared in each regiment to a greater or lesser extent. In the military cases of various countries on the mainland, the punishment for "deserters" is quite severe, such as in Kaman, which is basically sentenced to "hanging" once discovered. General Calvin wanted the regiments to report the list to him for unified judgment.

Duncan and Clark both reported some names, and the words "Griffiths" and "Otis" swirled around Koster's lips for a long time, but Koster finally said nothing, shaking his head to indicate that the Thirteenth Regiment had not yet appeared "deserters", Jon, Rober, and Rickon were taken aback, and some well-informed battalion commanders were also in an uproar.

"Commander Koster, are you sure that there are no deserters in your regiment?" Commander Calvin asked again.

"No!" this time Chester replied firmly.

A familiar aristocratic officer next to Jon whispered, "No, I saw the pillar at the entrance of your camp, what happened to those people, I heard that they were all deserters who were captured?"

Unexpectedly, Koster's ears were very sharp, "This battalion commander, those are all soldiers who committed crimes in my personal guard battalion, and they were personally punished by my personal guard battalion commander." The guard battalion is the elite I selected, so the punishment for committing crimes will be more severe. ”

Seeing that Koster said this, it was difficult for others to say anything, after all, Koster was the brigade commander of the 13th Regiment.

"Okay, since the Thirteenth Regiment doesn't have it, then so be it. Clerk, write down the names of the 12th and 14th regiments, and I will deal with them myself. After explaining to the clerk in charge of the record behind him, the clerk answered and leaned over to write down something.

"That's it," General Calvin continued, "and the third thing, the officers of the regiments are basically in place, so I would like to tell you one thing now, about some of the criticisms in the regiment lately. ”

This matter is naturally the way Kester trains. On the first day of his arrival with General Calvin in the Sixth Legion, Koster felt that General Calvin was a little strange, that he was a little too kind to him, and in fact he had never seen him. Today, General Calvin's words made Koster even more confirmed this: "The training method arranged by Regiment Commander Koster in the 13th Regiment has his own reasons, and the senior officers of various countries on the mainland have their own training methods, and everyone has his own understanding of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. ”

Taking a breath, as if to make the other officers understand a little, General Calvin took a sip of water, paused and continued, "Commander Koster, graduated from the Royal Military Academy of San Jose, is a young nobleman who has systematically studied military command, and you mud legs who have been soldiers since childhood. His way of training, naturally, has his own reason. As for whether it has an effect, hehe, it has to do with the fourth thing I said. ”

Hearing what Commander Calvin said, all the officers began to talk to each other, and Kerst didn't expect that Calvin would defend himself so much, in fact, it can no longer be called maintenance, and it can even be said that he supports himself unreservedly. Most of the other officers couldn't understand it. Rickon sat in the corner, and an acquaintance officer asked him in a whisper, "Your captain, how strong is your relationship with the regent, how can the prestigious General Calvin protect him everywhere, he will not be the illegitimate son of the old duke." ”

"How is it possible, how is it possible!" Ricken denied with a shake of his hand.

"What about the fourth thing," General Calvin continued, smiling, "not a small matter. It has been quite a short time since the establishment of our Sixth Regiment, and it has been a while since the officers led the training, so I authorized the military headquarters to let them organize an exercise, in which all members of the 12th, 13th, and 14th regiments should participate. Didn't you have any doubts about the training method of Captain Koster just now, so good wow, the opportunity has come, you can beat him on the battlefield, and I even allow you to gamble in private!"

"Boom", the atmosphere in the field suddenly became warm, they were all young officers, I didn't expect that they would have the opportunity to face the object of doubt so soon, and they were held back in the barracks every day, except for training is training, the big guys are about to be suffocated, and the actual combat drill is what a good opportunity to let go. "General Calvin, how is this actual combat exercise mainly conducted?" The officer who was anxious couldn't wait to ask.

General Calvin didn't speak, but stretched out his hand to the rear, and the deputy sitting next to him hurriedly handed over a box, General Calvin opened the box, and inside was several rolled up parchments, tied with cowhide ropes, and the seal was covered with General Calvin's earl coat of arms, "Duncan, Clarke, and Kester, you three come here." ”

The three brigade commanders were named, and hurriedly stepped forward, and General Calvin handed over a roll of parchment, "Go back and open it again, inside is a detailed plan for actual combat exercises, your three brigades will be opponents of each other, and the requirements for weapons and equipment used and time requirements are also written in it." ”

"Okay general. The three of them saluted, took their share and withdrew.

The military meeting was basically over here, and seeing that everyone had no more questions, General Calvin got up and left the headquarters with his deputies and clerks, and when the general left, the officers present began to be lively.

"Haha, Rickon, you're just waiting to be beaten in the ass by me this time!" "Fuck you, if you win, I'll win, I'm confident in our brigade commander......"

Listening to the eager discussions of the officers under him, the three brigade commanders of Duncan, Clark and Koster were much calmer. Clarke smiled at Koster, "Although you have been in charge of the army for the shortest time, Lord Koster, we will not show mercy to our men. ”

Koster laughed, "Of course, there are no brothers on the battlefield, they are all opponents, how can you think about it so much, just come on." "

Duncan also nodded, signaled to Kester, and left with his officers, who did not forget to show Rickon the muscles on his arms before leaving, and the provocation was very obvious.

When there were only three officers left in the headquarters, Koster looked at the three of them, "You have to have confidence, and you have to believe me, the person who will come out on top in this actual combat exercise will definitely be our 13th Regiment, and you can see it!