Chapter 50: 'The Army'

Since the division of the warriors, the tribe has built an 'army' composed entirely of absent warriors, but the number is very small, and it is only 125 members when it is fully armed....

Although he was not a military theorist in his previous life, the developed Internet society provided him with a lot of fragmented knowledge.

This knowledge may be fragmented, or it may be imperfect, but it is better than the natives of these primitive communes, and it is enough to support the training of such a small number of troops.

So, he mixed what he knew, plus the content of his brain and speculation, and formulated a set of preparation plans and training methods for the tribe that were quite like that.

In terms of establishment, a 'squad' is formed by five fighters, and a troll is elected from within to serve as the 'squad leader', which is considered to be the most basic combat unit;

The five squads will be combined into a squadron, and the 'squadron leader' will be elected from among the squad leaders;

Further up, it is envisaged that five squadrons will be formed into a battalion, and the leader of the squadron will be called the 'centurion'.

Now, the squad and squadron have basically taken shape and have begun to train together;

However, the higher-level 'brigade' has not yet begun to be formally reorganized, and the position of 'centurion' is naturally impossible to talk about.

The reason for this is that the centurion theoretically needs to undertake command tasks that are much higher than those of the squad leader and squadron leader, and it is not simply competent.

Therefore, the specific form of appointment made the blade fall into hesitation.

Is it to be like a squad leader and squadron leader, and the grassroots level of the army will be elected internally?

Or should it be appointed directly from above?

Or is it that internal promotion goes hand in hand with recognition from superiors?

However, this is not in a hurry to settle, the tribe now has only such a brigade of Manchu Communist Party shelf, practice first.

After talking about the establishment, let's talk about weapons.

Each warrior was given a large square steel and wood shield that was three centimeters thick and could barely block a troll in his prime;

In addition, 8 heavy throwing spears with a thickness of the wrist and a length of more than 2 meters will be distributed as secondary weapons;

The main weapon is a 1.5-meter-long steel and wood heavy sword.

Originally, Blade Fang also proposed the idea of axes, guns, knives and other primary weapons, but in later practice it was gradually abandoned.

It's not that they're not easy to use, but in the case of a serious shortage of armor trees, the more versatile epee has become the most suitable choice.

As a result, the combination of equipment formed by giant shields, heavy throwing spears, and heavy swords has become the standard equipment of today's warriors.

In terms of weapon materials, although steel and wood are lighter than the steel in the previous life, this combination is definitely not light;

Thanks to the fact that the soldiers are all strong men and strong girls with a height of nearly three meters, otherwise it would be impossible to be armed.

As for the training method, because he didn't know much about the battle formation at first, he just chose to copy the set of things in the university's military training based on the considerations of 'obedience' and 'integrity', that is, queues, housekeeping, and so on.

Overall, the effect is not bad, and it is very reined in their excessively free style in the past.

As for the battle formation training, after the combination and establishment of weapons have been selected, they will slowly begin to try and improve.

To sum up, although Blade Tooth has always been involved in the affairs of the 'army' to a certain extent, it is more often through his own name in the 'Training Committee' and the 'Witch War Integration Committee' to carry out some general direction construction away from the grassroots.

But that changed since the gladiatorial fight that day to recover the moose, and his interest was clearly shifted to the 'army'.

After that, almost every few days, Bladefang would run to the training grounds of the warriors.

There, he tried to pick up shields and spears with his warriors to practice battle formations, and he also engaged in gladiatorial battles with them in addition to training.

Of course, he never used spells in gladiatorial fights with warriors;

But even so, he still relied on his outstanding physical fitness to win the title of 'warrior', and he was full of pride in it.

In training, he first took the place of an ordinary warrior, intending to start with the most basic parts.

Remote training is relatively easy.

From how to raise the shield to how to march in formation;

From stopping to prepare the spear, to throwing it in batches;

One of the difficulties may be the grasp of the accuracy of the spear.

But the trolls seem to be very talented in this area, and they don't have the blade teeth that have been trained to do so, and after twenty or thirty attempts, they can throw a decent one.

The next melee part is a tricky job.

From engaging the enemy with a shield, to resisting the impact, to attacking, all aspects have their own difficulties.

It took a long time for Bladefang to get used to it, and he learned how to attack forward from the gaps in the giant shield without affecting his teammates or being affected by his teammates.

Although it is only a 'preliminary learning', after all, 'private' will not be the positioning of blade teeth on the battlefield, and learning this level is enough for him.

I only wanted to know more about the operation mode of the battle array at the grassroots level, and I didn't really want to become a skilled veteran.

So, he then conducted several drills in the positions of squad leader and squadron leader, and gradually became familiar with the respective battlefield responsibilities of these two positions;

Eventually, he tried to assume the envisaged position of centurion in command, learning to operate the battle formations and armies from a holistic perspective.

After such a toss, it can be said that I am quite satisfied overall.

This form of organization may seem dull and inefficient when it comes to hunting, but the imaginary enemy of the 'army' is never prey, but the trolls of other tribes.

He felt that when those scattered hostile trolls faced their own well-organized ranks and sophisticated weapons, they would definitely usher in devastating destruction.

Now, the only question remains..... It's too little, it's too little.

But with the tribe's current food supply capacity, this is already the most extreme level;

If you want to go further, you need more surplus food, which in turn is linked to productivity.

At a time when the output of fruit trees and animal husbandry is not enough to replace the status of hunting, the best way to increase productivity is undoubtedly to expand the size of the 'population'.

If you think about it carefully, today's 'population' problem has almost begun to limit the development of tribes in all aspects.

Whether it's the expansion of the army or the increase in the number of witch doctors, progress has been delayed because of the 'population'.

However, the trolls are not overly fertile and the natural growth rate is no longer enough to keep up with the speed of the tribe.

In this way, filling the 'population' from the outside becomes the only solution.

Although Blade Fang has always had words such as 'conquest' and 'expansion' on his lips before, it seems as if he is about to embark on a journey....

But every time he had such a thought, he always thought, 'Be more prepared'.....

In this way, after so many years, the tribe has hardly moved in this regard.

It wasn't until the bottleneck was actually laid out that Bladetooth realized that 'preparation' would never be 'fullest'.

The time has come for action to begin.