Chapter 197: The Exclamation of the Private Soldier

The aristocracy's emphasis on their own lives brought great efficiency. The members of the mission, who had returned to Boston, were so pleased with the sight of the three earls that they had gathered three million pounds of money in just one day. The nobles who had private soldiers below received the news and did not hesitate at all, this is the time of life and death, the sooner they pay the money and the sooner they transport the things back, their losses will be smaller.

Therefore, the property of 3 million pounds was transported by 30,000 people to the company's territory for half a month. At the same time, the 5,000 new Hall M1819 muskets left by the company (the original Charles family's 3,000 plus the 3,000 produced later, and 1,000 were given to the Wolf Warrior Tribal Alliance) were loaded in advance and began to be shipped to the front line of the Great War between Britain and France. The goods had just arrived, and the muskets had just been distributed to the nobles' private soldiers at the front.

The three major earls had many private soldiers and strong strength, so naturally one person divided one thousand, and the remaining two thousand were distributed to the private soldiers of the dozen nobles below in proportion. The most got 500 strokes, and the least was only 100 strokes. Originally, I heard that the master above had bought them new weapons, and the private soldiers were still a little unhappy. Some private generals colluded with the arsenal to make a lot of money here. And some people think that the master is a little unconvinced of their strength.

However, as soon as they saw the Yanhuang Trading Company logo on these weapons, everyone stopped talking. was beaten so badly by the Yanhuang Trading Company, the British army, even if they didn't really go to the field to fight the company, but the company's logo was 100% unmistakable. They absolutely agree with the weapons produced by the Yanhuang Trading Company. It has become an iron law that no weapon produced by any arsenal in the colony can compare to the weapons of the company.

Wilf was the commander of Earl Linman's personal army, he was a Prussian, and Count Linman had spent a lot of money to poach from the Hessian mercenaries. Wilf did not have any arms to buy, he only hoped that his master would trust his ability to lead the earl's five thousand private soldiers. At first, he was a little frustrated, thinking that the Count didn't believe him. When the adjutant came to report that the weapons were produced by the Yanhuang Trading Company, his frustration disappeared at once, and he came outside excitedly.

As the first family to decide to win over the company, and privately gave a lot of money, the Linman family was the only one to get the instructor appointed by the company. A total of thirty people, a platoon of former Charles family private soldiers, dressed in military uniforms, each with a Hall M1819-style rifle, came here to teach them to use the new rear-loading gun. Wilf is a typical Prussian, just serve those who have the ability, people will use new weapons, you can't, that is, people have the ability.

Wilf wanted them to demonstrate the power of the Hall M1819 rifle, and thirty men each set up a target 110 meters away. Thirty people, ten volleys, the worst are eight hits and ten rings, and the least number of rings is also seven. Wilf, and all the private generals who were there to watch, were stunned. The target was brought over, and the 20-centimeter-thick solid wooden planks were all pierced. With this kind of power and range, they couldn't have imagined before, but now they are actually going to use this kind of artifact to fight.

And it's not just a thousand, the company's arsenal is already in full swing, and in order to complete this batch of arms orders, even the Yanhuang and Raider are not produced. In a month, you can make 10,000 pieces, Hall M1819 is a product of 1819 after all, and it is really simple for the company arsenal whose craftsmanship level has reached the mid-20th century. In two months, Earl Linman's 5,000 privates will all be replaced with Hall M1819 rifles.

Because of the lack of bullets, Wilf did not train them in live ammunition. However, the thirty instructors naturally had a way, and every day they had these people stand with guns and contact aiming, and then practice reloading with wooden bullets. Although there was no actual training, the combat effectiveness of the 1,000 selected elite private soldiers has been continuously rising. After two weeks of training, the first batch of heavy punch guns was also in place. Earl Linman's private soldiers were divided into ten.

There is no need to practice much in the heavy fist style, and the front-loading rifled gun is also a front-loading gun, and their artillery can get started with a little understanding. The artillerymen reported that they no longer asked for any eighteen-pounder guns, and that they could do without all their guns as long as they were given twenty more of these heavy-fisted guns. Wilf smiled bitterly, but he also knew how powerful this kind of artillery was. It just so happened that during this period of time, resisting the French army and buying training time for the private soldiers who had changed their clothes, the rest of the private soldiers were also a little unbearable.

Lin Man and the other three counts ordered that the private army officially join the battlefield after changing clothes and complete the rest of the training on the battlefield. The thirty instructors of the company are not easy to say anything, and it is not their people who died anyway. According to the company's training regulations, after changing clothes, they have to train with live ammunition for at least one month before they can go to the battlefield, and according to their kind of training, it will take three months, but now they will go to the battlefield in two weeks. Speechless, they also became external staff officers and military observer missions.

Naturally, Wilf was at a loss, so he attached great importance to the thirty external staff officers. Except for the fifteen private soldiers who had to be assigned to other redressed soldiers due to the situation, the remaining fifteen people squeezed out their own staff officers. The British were on the defensive, the French were on the offensive. If you want to counterattack, you must fight a beautiful war of annihilation. Therefore, after changing clothes, the private army all came to the front-line defensive position. It doesn't matter if the Hall M1819 is exposed first, after all, there are only five thousand, and tens of thousands of muskets are not conspicuous on the battlefield.

Of the fifty hard-fisted guns, only twenty were approved for use, and in order not to scare the French away, twenty twelve-pounder guns and nine-pounder guns were removed. After fighting with the company so many times, the British also learned the ability to dig trenches. It's just that the effective range of the brown bass musket is not long and cannot fully exert its effect, but the Hall M1819 rifle is different. All the private soldiers who changed their clothes followed the advice of the company's external staff officers, entered the trenches, and dug the trenches deeper and wider.

The rear-loading gun should exert its power in the trench, and with the protection of the trench, the speed of death and injury of soldiers will be greatly slowed down, so that they can exert greater strength. No sooner had the trenches been dug than the French stormtroopers came up. The number of revolvers, which the company sold to them last time, was still about 3,000, and although their own arsenal had not yet reacted, they could still form a 2,000 stormtrooper, and when they got closer, the French stormtroopers using revolvers, not the British troops with brown bes, short-handled muskets and melee weapons could resist.

If it weren't for the fact that the British mobilized a terrible number of cannons and opened fire for cover regardless of the casualties of a few people, I am afraid that they would have been unable to hold out a long time ago. There were some external staff officers who commanded at the front line, suppressing the private troops and preventing them from firing at will. In their hands, the Hall M1819 can hit a target at a distance of 110 meters, and in the hands of these rookie private soldiers, it is God forbid to be able to hit a target at a distance of 100 meters.

"Everyone, hold me down, don't panic, don't panic, each of them earns the target in seconds, shoots at a hundred meters. Now one hundred and fifty meters, don't worry, if anyone goes wrong, go back to the military law. ”

"Whew!"

Don't think that private armies don't have military law, because many private armies have stricter military laws than national armies in order to maintain strong combat effectiveness. Naturally, these private armies are the same, and no one wants to be dealt with by military law because of tension. One by one, take a deep breath, relax your fingers, and don't let yourself be nervous to shoot.

"One hundred and thirty meters...... One hundred and twenty meters...... One hundred and ten meters, ready!"

"100 meters, put !!"

The staff officers shouted, and 5,000 private troops fired at the same time, and the sound of Hall M1819-style musket gunfire that was different from that of Brown Bess rang out, and the 1,000 French stormtroopers who rushed up suddenly turned on their backs. Five thousand men aimed at a thousand, still with breech-loading guns, and except for a few who, who were extremely lucky, fell down and dodged the bullets when they fired, the rest lost the fight. However, the staff officers were still not satisfied, so many people were aiming and shooting, and only more than 500 people were really killed, and the others were covering their legs or shoulders and wailing.

If this is done in the company, this kind of achievement, even the militia division does not want, at least half of the bullets do not hit the vital point or miss, and the worst company police will not be able to see it. However, Wilf and the others were extremely satisfied with this achievement, and after seeing the results, Wilf and the others directly burst out with a "good", and they couldn't see the contemptuous eyes behind the external staff officers. Later, there is no need for the staff officers to work hard, and when there are results for the first time, they will have the confidence to let these people play freely.

Giving command to the front-line officers, they all returned to the rear and watched the battle on both sides with binoculars. This is also the task assigned by Xiao Lin, each of them has to hand in an observation report when they go back, and if they pass it, they can be promoted to the military rank. Still, they overestimated the British, who did not fight according to their plans at all. Free firing is okay, relying on the Hall M1819 style to fight well. But they were so fierce that they didn't pay attention to hiding some of their firepower.

After five rounds, the French noticed that something was wrong, and instead of charging in a group wantonly, they dodged the shots from a distance. The artillery of the French was also brought up and began carpet bombardment of the front-line trenches. An old-fashioned trebuchet was also introduced, and the remaining yellow gunpowder grenades sold to them by the company were thrown into the trenches. Wilf also had no choice but to let all his artillery fire, relying on fifty heavy punches to barely suppress the French artillery fire.