In a mountain field not far from the military camp on Fulkby Hill, there were nearly a hundred people standing on a small hill. Most of them were Weiji officers. Four or five major officers with a silver crescent moon on their epaulettes also arrived. The crowd
The one with the highest rank was a lieutenant colonel. They were all curious onlookers attracted by a small-scale field confrontation exercise of the 11th Field Battalion.
The protagonist of this field confrontation exercise is Claude. Ever since he and Second Lieutenant Most proposed that he lead the treatment center security team to conduct an attack and defense field confrontation exercise with a combat squadron, this strange competition has caused a stir.
This attracted the attention of many officers of the Blue Feather Legion. No, as soon as the date was confirmed, many onlookers came to the entire Blue Feather Legion. They were curious as to why Claude was confident of winning...
As we all know, a full combat squadron has fifty-four people, and the treatment center garrison led by Claude can only be divided into two squads, seventeen recruits plus Claude himself and four noblemen as non-commissioned officers.
, plus a 16-year-old young recruit who was running errands, there were only twenty-three people in total. Based on a full combat team of twelve people, there was still one establishment. And everyone knew what recruits were assigned to Claude.
Damn, the number of people is more than half, the training time is not as long as the other party, and he still requires the other party to equip him with an artillery. Is he losing his mind and going crazy?
More people regard this on-the-ground confrontation exercise as a farce. The obvious comparison of military strength and artillery superiority make it clear at a glance. What else is there to compete with? This Claude, with the help of Maria
With the Baroness as her backer, the commotion was really outrageous.
Who does he think he is, the reincarnation of the God of War? Now is not the medieval era where individual martial arts were shown off. The advent of the musket has swept those heroes who bravely charged into battle, beheaded enemies and captured the flag into the garbage heap of history. Even those with magical powers
The vast number of magicians were driven to the remote island of Shigros with muskets. What confidence did Claude have in daring to propose such test conditions for a field confrontation exercise?
"The 1107th Combat Squadron will defend first. They occupy the hillside in front. The full strength is fifty-four. At your request, we will add one artillery and seven gun crews, for a total strength of sixty-one.
." Lieutenant Most placed a simple map on the table, and he pointed at an irregular oval on the map and said to Claude.
Second Lieutenant Most and Second Lieutenant Carlos from the Gunpowder Division of the Logistics Department are the organizers and referees of this field confrontation exercise. Training and field confrontation exercises below the squadron size in the military camp do not require a higher-ranking officer to preside over it. If not,
The news spread and aroused the interest of many people, so there would not be so many people watching this small-scale field confrontation exercise.
"You will launch an attack here with the purpose of occupying this hillside." Second Lieutenant Most continued to point on the map: "Considering that the defender has placed an artillery piece on the position, your attacker will enter 800 meters before entering.
We will calculate the damage caused by artillery fire at a distance of 100 meters, and randomly select combatants every ten minutes during the battle to be the victims of artillery fire damage. No objection, right?"
Claude and the other strong second lieutenant both shook their heads and expressed no objection.
"Okay, Lieutenant Kemont, when you find that the enemy intends to attack your defensive position, please arrange your defense position." Second Lieutenant Most said to the strong second lieutenant.
"I lined up three squads of combat soldiers to stand on the right side of the position, while the artillery was placed on the left, and assigned a small group of combat soldiers to line up behind the artillery for protection." The strong Lieutenant Kemondo took a step forward, and
A gesture was drawn on the map: "In fact, I personally think that this field confrontation exercise is unnecessary. After all, there are too few enemies. Before entering the musket range of our defenders during the attack, most of them were wiped out by artillery fire."
, the remaining few can be wiped out with hand-to-hand combat."
Claude just smiled at Captain Cmondeau's contempt and said nothing.
"Okay, stop complaining. I owe you a favor, okay?" Second Lieutenant Most sighed. This guy didn't even look at the fact that there were so many people from legion camps here to watch this field confrontation exercise.
You can say whatever you want when you open your mouth, without giving yourself any face. What a bad temper: "Take your soldiers to set up positions."
Lieutenant Kemondo nodded, went down the hillside, and ordered the soldiers of a squadron under him to hold their own human-shaped wooden targets and run to the hillside as the defensive position in the distance, and then insert the human-shaped wooden targets on the position according to his defensive deployment.
The wooden targets were arranged in three rows that could be fired in unison. As for the so-called artillery, a tree was cut down instead, and then people who served as gun crew members and combat soldiers to protect the artillery were erected around and behind the tree.
wooden target.
It took almost an hour for Lieutenant Kemondo to lead his squadron of soldiers back to the small mound here as a viewing platform. For the sake of safety, armies of various countries in this era used this method for field confrontation exercises.
In this way, one side uses real guns and live ammunition, and the other side uses human-shaped wooden targets instead.
As for the combat losses of the side with live ammunition, they are calculated by the referee based on the changes in the situation on the battlefield. For example, after the attacker enters the musket range of the defender, it will be calculated according to the defensive team’s normal training.
The coverage hit rate caused by the target is used to calculate how many troops the attacker lost in this salvo of fire from the defender, etc...
"Claude, the defenders are ready to defend. Is there no problem with your attack now?" Second Lieutenant Most asked Claude.
Claude pointed to the human-shaped wooden targets erected on the hillside in the distance: "I need people to go over and put the hit human-shaped wooden targets on the ground after we launch the offensive shooting, otherwise they will block other targets.
.You know that people who are hit on the battlefield will fall down and cannot stand there forever..."
"This..." Lieutenant Most hesitated a little. In this era, all fire was fired at the farthest range of the musket to cover the enemy's formation to kill the enemy. Even if the digger hides inside, safety cannot be guaranteed.
After all, the gun covers a large area in an arc from top to bottom. Now Claude requires that the human-shaped wooden targets that were hit be knocked down after their attackers fired. This requires someone to hide in the defensive position.
It is very unsafe to check it at any time.
Claude obviously knew what Second Lieutenant Most was worried about: "Don't worry, we will not use salvo shooting. You have seen our training. They are all accurate shooting and will not accidentally hurt anyone. I asked McJack
Go over there and ask him to wave the little red flag in his hand to remind us to pay attention before he gets up to check."
"Okay, then I'll go over." Second Lieutenant Carlos next to him said fiercely: "You have used so much gunpowder and guns, let me see what the soldiers you trained look like. Don't shoot before shooting.
I found that I had no one under my command. They were either bombarded by artillery or wiped out by a salvo of fire from the defenders!"
Second Lieutenant Carlos angrily walked towards the defensive hillside. Claude hurriedly motioned to McJack behind him to follow him with a small red flag, and asked him to pay attention and call for help twenty or thirty meters away from the defensive position.
Second Lieutenant Carlos stopped and waited until he finished shooting before checking the human wooden target.
Claude ran towards where his security team was. Lieutenant Morster turned around and respectfully asked the lieutenant colonel next to him who had two silver crescents on his epaulettes: "Lieutenant Colonel Leon Crow, what do you think of this time on the ground?"
Which side will win as a result of the confrontation exercise?"
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Crow is the deputy director of the training department of the Legion Camp. He went to the Fulkby Hill Military Camp just to inspect the training status of the new recruits added by the 11th Field Battalion, and happened to run into this field confrontation exercise.
He became interested in the competition and went to watch it.
But before Lieutenant Colonel Leon Crowe could reply, a fat major next to him laughed contemptuously: "Needless to say, I can't think of any way that Claude can win.
Where did he get that confidence? Like the defensive position set up by Lieutenant Kemont, I think it requires at least a brigade of troops to attack before there is any hope of success. Attacking with only twenty or so recruits is asking for death.
There is no possibility of victory at all!"
This major's name is Morimed Lee Kestil. He is the combat consultant of the legion. He has a noble status and his family is also a member of a powerful family in the royal capital. To be honest, he came to the Blue Feather Legion to get gold plating, and now
The war had not yet broken out, and as a combat consultant, he had nothing to do and would go wherever there was excitement, so he was always among the spectators.
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Crow just smiled and did not agree with Major Morimede's opinion: "Lieutenant Kemont's defense layout is at a medium distance. According to common sense, it does require a large group to attack, so that it can rely on its strength to attack."
Take advantage of the defensive position. But since Chief Claude proposed the conditions for this competition, he should have his own ideas, we will just wait and see."
Seeing that Claude had already reached the position of his security team, Second Lieutenant Most picked up a blue flag and waved it in the air a few times, which meant that the attack could begin.
Claude blew the copper whistle in his mouth, waved his hand, and was too lazy to speak. He just pointed with his hand towards the hillside where the defensive position was located in the distance, signaling to start the attack.
If it were a normal fighting team, they would move forward in a straight line. But the twenty or so people under Claude scattered, bending their waists and lowering their heads in twos and threes in a straight line.
Run forward.
The onlookers watching on the small mound suddenly burst into laughter: "No, how can they run forward like this, where is the formation? How can they carry out volley fire without a formation? Do they have to get within the shooting range before gathering and forming a formation?"
Queue, I don’t know if it will be easily fired by the defenders, and the losses will be greater..."
Lieutenant Most and Lieutenant Quemondo were also dumbfounded immediately, just watching Claude and his twenty or so soldiers bend forward and run forward.
"Are you still firing your artillery?" Lieutenant Most asked.
Lieutenant Kemondo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "They don't have a formation. They are so far apart that the artillery can't aim even if it wants to. It's a waste to fire. When they get closer, I will use muskets to fire at them, and then let the artillery load shotguns.
Wait until they are close to a hundred meters away before launching..."
But Lieutenant Cmondeau was still disappointed, because Claude and the others still did not gather when they were three hundred meters away from the defensive position. Instead, they lay down on the ground and crawled forward.
"Ahhh!" Lieutenant Kemondo was very angry. It was useless even for his troops to fire volleys like this. They were all lying on the ground so far apart. Even if the volleys of fire covered damage from top to bottom, they could still
He only had fifty or sixty men in his hands, and the coverage of this musket was of no use at all.
"Is Claude going to fight me in hand-to-hand combat? He is outnumbered by more than half, but he really thinks he is invincible? When they get close to a hundred meters, use the cannon shot first, which will cost him at least four points.
"One of the troops..." Lieutenant Cmondeau is now placing his hope on the artillery. The cannonballs can sweep away a large area. As long as Claude's attacker wants to occupy the defensive position, it must first pass the artillery level.
Then everyone saw that Claude and the others stopped crawling forward and began to lie down on the ground about 150 to 200 meters away from the defensive position. After the crisp sound of muskets, Claude
He took out a red flag and waved it twice, signaling Second Lieutenant Carlos and Michael to go to the defensive position and bring down the human-shaped wooden targets that had been shot to the ground.
"He. They actually lay on the ground to load the muskets..." The onlookers found it eye-opening. There is such an operation?
After six rounds of musket fire, there was no longer a human-shaped wooden target standing on the defensive position. Second Lieutenant Carlos and McJack stood on the position dumbfounded. Only then did Claude call for his guard soldiers to climb up from the ground.
Getting up, Shi Shiran walked over and occupied the position easily...