At this time, General Andy Frost's army had 15,000 regular troops.
There are 2,500 cavalry among them, a total of five cavalry regiments. There are also five reserve cavalry regiments. The reason why they are reserve is because there are not so many horses at the moment.
It's not that An Ning lacks money to buy horses. He has enough money, but the problem is that there are not enough horses on the market now.
Before the Great Revolution, many nobles who raised horses in the countryside were killed. There was no one to manage the horse farms. The horses there ran around and starved to death.
Now the whole of France is in a state of horse shortage.
Official horse farms only supply official stations and cavalry regiments. An Ning's cavalry is not considered official and has no supply quota.
So An Ning had no choice but to build a horse farm and raise horses from scratch. So far, there have been no results.
The horses he purchased were only enough to arm four cavalry regiments. Together with the cavalry regiment originally given by the King of France, he had five regiments of cavalry.
The remaining female soldiers who were recruited to be cavalry were temporarily formed into infantry.
This group of infantrymen in skirts also got a nickname: the Scottish Highland Regiment.
This is because I don’t know who has heard that the British Scottish Highland Infantry all wear skirts on the battlefield, and these female soldiers also wear skirts, so they were given such a nickname.
People who don't know think there are British mercenaries here in An Ning.
In addition to these 2,050 cavalry and 2,500 reserve cavalry, the remaining 10,000 infantry were organized into five infantry brigades.
A brigade consists of two regiments, each regiment has two battalions, and each battalion has 500 men.
Why do cavalry regiments have 500 men in each regiment and infantry battalions have 500 men in each? That's because the establishment is stipulated in this way.
In addition to these troops, Anning also has a direct infantry team, which is divided into two parts.
The first part is the Afterglow Knights, a total of more than 900 nobles organized into a regiment, personally commanded by General Andy Frost.
The second part is the non-commissioned officer training team. The entire teaching team has a company structure, and a group of trainees is replaced every three months.
This is now the third batch of trainees. The first two batches of trainees have been dispersed throughout the army and have become grassroots non-commissioned officers.
Because now the number of qualified non-commissioned officers in An Ning's army has reached 400, which is basically twenty-five soldiers to one non-commissioned officer. This ratio is almost enough, so An Ning ordered to extend the teaching time of the training team to one year. Please train more reliable non-commissioned officers.
The first two batches of "quick-track" non-commissioned officers will be returned to continue training when opportunities arise in the future.
On the morning of April 15, several monasteries in Konta rang the bells, and Andy Frost's troops marched out of the monastery where they were stationed in orderly formation and headed for the training ground.
Tranquility - General Andy Frost rode his favorite big white horse and stood at the door of the monastery, inspecting his troops.
Several senior officers of the army followed him on horseback.
They are: Captain Lazar Cano, Chief of Staff, Ms. Valerie de Olivier, Commander of the Cavalry, Captain Louis-Nicolas Davout, Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade and Deputy Commander of the Infantry, 2nd Captain Russell, commander of the infantry brigade, and Sergeant Jean Lannes, leader of the training team.
The commanders of several other brigades did not go with An Ning because they did not know how to ride a horse.
In addition, except for Captain Davout, the commander of the first brigade, the commanders of the remaining four infantry brigades in An Ning's army were all directly promoted from the top soldiers.
Lazar Cano was very worried about this. He believed that these civilians did not have the ability to command a brigade of troops.
He once suggested that An Ning select someone from the Sunset Knights to serve as brigade commander, but An Ning rejected it.
An Ning's view is that rather than letting these old nobles serve as brigade commanders, which would cause conflicts between the soldiers and them in the future, it is better to directly use people from civilian backgrounds.
At least these people are accepted by the Soldiers' Committee and can command impressively on the battlefield.
Lazar Cano is a little strange, because Davout was also from an old aristocracy.
An Ning said that although Davout was a noble, he supported the revolution, unlike the die-hard old nobles in Sunset Knight.
All in all, that's what the senior officers of the Tranquil Forces decided.
Now, An Ning is riding with them, watching the large army drive towards the performance location.
I don’t know which troop started the battle, but when they passed by An Ning, they took off their hats and started cheering.
An Ning raised her eyebrows and asked Dawu next to her: "Did you order this?"
Davout: "I didn't. The soldiers cheered like this from their hearts."
An Ning hummed, Davout's character shouldn't lie about this matter.
Lazar Cano: "You have a very high prestige among the soldiers, which is a good thing."
An Ning nodded.
At this time, Beethoven and his assistant rode along the road and stopped in front of An Ning: "Sorry, I worked until late last night and got up late."
An Ning: "It's okay, you're not late yet."
Beethoven nodded, then turned to look at the cheering troops, and said excitedly: "The morale of the soldiers is very high! Even if they are sent out to fight immediately, there should be no problem."
An Ning: "We are just going to put on a show, set up a formation in the fields that have not been sown outside Konta, and practice the attack."
Beethoven: "I'm looking forward to today, because a year ago they couldn't even get into the right offensive formation!"
Lazar Cano immediately said: "They will not disappoint today. After all, they have been training for a year. And now we have enough non-commissioned officers. Although it is not up to the level of ten people and one non-commissioned officer in the old army."
, but the relationship between our non-commissioned officers and soldiers is better."
An Ning: "Mr. Beethoven, today you will see what an army with officers and soldiers looks like."
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In the training area, many citizens from Kongta and farmers living nearby came over early to take up positions to watch the training.
An Ning rode up the only hillside nearby - probably the only hill within dozens of miles.
When he reached the hillside, he took out his monocular and watched his troops unfold from a marching column into a horizontal formation.
The officers beside him were missing Davout and Russell, both of whom had gone back to command their own troops.
Lazar Cano was explaining to An Ning: "The one who has completed the deployment first now, judging from the military flag, should be the Afterglow Knights. When I set the exercise plan, I asked them to deploy in the last row as the reference point for the entire army.
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Since the Sunset Knights are all nobles of the Old Kingdom, their military uniforms are gray with a blue belt.
Except for the tricolor flag, this group looked similar to the army of the Old Kingdom with the fleur-de-lis flag.
In front of them, the blue troops were unfolding into a thin blue line.
To be honest, An Ning really felt like he was playing Mount & Blade 2 at this moment, and he felt it when he saw the thieves under his command.
He has even heard the game's BGM.
Kano: "Davout's troop deployment is almost completed. He is a very outstanding officer, which is also reflected in the speed of action of his troops. In comparison, the Captain Russell you promoted is much inferior.
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An Ning: "But Captain Russell is deeply loved by the soldiers. His ability to serve as brigade commander will give the soldiers hope of being promoted from the bottom to the top of the army. Kano, a soldier who does not want to be a general, is not a qualified soldier.
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Kano: "I am skeptical about the military talent of generals who are promoted from ordinary soldiers."