On the last night of the 577th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude and his security team members spent time at the entrance of the mountain pass in the Odin Mountains. If it hadn't been for the logistics department of the security battalion sending a carriage to Claude, the security guard
The squadron sent a special supply gift for the welcome night. Maybe Claude will really forget that this is the last day of the year.
Although Capt. Wardloff, the acting battalion commander of the Amis City Guard Battalion, had a fiery temper, he was still a very considerate officer for his subordinates. He told Major Gibson, the battalion commander of the 10th Field Battalion, that this guard team composed of unqualified soldiers
The squadron had given him two bottles of good wine in exchange for two bottles of good wine. He had always been resentful, but he still took the time to come and inspect it. Claude took the opportunity to ask for an extra supply of gunpowder guns. He felt that he was guarding the entrance to the mountain road here.
The members of the security squadron should also be allowed to continue to practice live-fire shooting. After all, these members only have a strong point in precision shooting.
As a guard at the entrance to the mountain road, they not only guard the road to check passing vehicles and pedestrians, but also send out a small team to conduct irregular patrols in the nearby large mountains and woods. It snowed heavily during this period and the weather was very cold.
Fortunately, the winter cold-proof clothing prepared by the logistics department was sufficient and delivered in time. Although Claude and the others were on duty in the field, they did not suffer from the cold and suffered a loss of personnel. It was just that the wind was a bit strong at the entrance of the mountain road, and no one could stand guard.
Unable to bear it, Claude simply asked the people below to build several snow walls with snow to solve the problem.
The special gift sent by the Logistics Department as a welcome night supply was nothing more than a bottle of fruit wine, two slices of dried meat and two fruits for each soldier. Claude felt that this gift seemed a bit too thin, but thinking about Amy
There are now nearly 300,000 troops stationed in the city. Being able to prepare these welcome night gifts for the soldiers can be considered as the logistics department has fulfilled its responsibilities and efforts, and there is no way to be demanding. So they simply paid for it themselves and asked Belklin to take the people.
I bought two sheep and two large barrels of rye wine from the city so that my guardsmen could eat and drink happily at night.
On January 13, the 578th year of the Holy Light Calendar, the logistics transportation that had been suspended for nearly half a month began to be busy again. Countless transport carriages on the mountain roads, fully loaded with logistics and military equipment, continued to transport supplies to Amys City day and night.
In addition to checking whether these passing convoys have complete access credentials, Claude's security squadron also has an additional task, which is to clear the snow on the mountain roads in the responsible area to avoid causing traffic jams on the mountain roads.
On February 14, the Imperial Guards who rushed to the front line from the royal capital finally arrived, and their guards even took over the defense of the entrance to the mountain road. Claude originally wanted to stand by the road to see if he could encounter Viri
Crow, but there are four to five thousand people in a regiment, and it takes half a day to pass through the entrance of the mountain road. He soon got tired, and saw his team members standing idle beside the road watching the fun, so he simply gathered them together and went to the nearby
Shooting training continues in the wilderness.
Because there were soldiers passing by on the mountain road, Claude couldn't let the soldiers fire live ammunition. He just asked them to train in loading charges and then aiming. After training for a long time, a group of officers on horseback appeared on the mountain road.
I stood on the side of the road and watched the soldiers of the security squadron perform horizontal and kneeling charge loading training...
When Claude ordered the guards to rest for half an hour, a captain of the Guards came over on horseback and asked Claude to follow him. His Royal Highness wanted to question him.
Your Highness, the eldest prince? Claude thought to himself, it was Mrs. Maria who asked this eldest prince to take care of her... But after Claude passed by, he realized that he had thought too much. This eldest prince didn't even know that he was
Who, he was interested in the training method Claude gave the soldiers.
Prince Hansback is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing the uniform of an ordinary Guardsman soldier, without any epaulets on his shoulders. However, the epaulets of the officers surrounding him almost dazzled Claude.
His eyes ranged from lieutenant to lieutenant general, with honorary and formal military ranks. Most of the more than twenty people had the rank of major or above. Claude simply raised his hand and saluted in a circle before putting it down and standing at attention.
"Are you the squadron leader of this security squadron? What's your name?" Prince Hansback asked in a gentle tone.
"Yes, Your Highness, I am taking this position temporarily. My name is Claude Field." Claude replied.
Prince Hansback pointed to the guns in the hands of the soldiers in the security squadron: "Claude, right? I want to ask, all the guns in your squadron are Obash Type III standard matchlock guns, which were issued to you by force from above.
, are you the only ones who have to use it?”
"No, we specially requested it."
"Oh, is that so? I have heard many people say that this is a failed gun. It has no merit except for accurate aiming and shooting. Especially for soldiers who are used to the Obash II standard matchlock gun, it is difficult to master and become familiar with this gun.
What do you think about planting guns?"
"Your Highness, whether a weapon is used well or not depends on who is in the hands and where it is used. The veterans are used to using the Obash Type II standard matchlock gun, so they are not used to this Type III shooting method.
It's normal. They also nicknamed this gun the crooked-neck musket. When marching in line and firing in unison, large shooting deviations often occur, so they don't like to use this type of Obas type 3 standard matchlock gun.
The team members under my command are all new recruits. They don't know how to line up and fire in unison, so they have no prejudice against using this kind of musket. After getting familiar with it, they don't think there is anything wrong with it. In addition, our security squadron is responsible for guarding this gun.
At the entrance of the mountain road, we are responsible for daily patrols and warnings. The precise aiming and shooting of this kind of musket is more practical for us, because we only have to deal with a very small number of enemies..." Claude thought for a moment and replied.
"Haha, the crooked-neck musket..." Prince Hansback laughed: "The soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion gave this gun a crooked nickname. It doesn't sound too crooked to your ears. You
There is some truth in what you say. Once the recruits get used to it, they won’t have these problems. But how accurate are your soldiers at shooting?"
"Your Highness, the soldiers in our security squadron have relatively high shooting accuracy at a distance of about a hundred meters, but beyond this distance, they only have a 50% hit rate. This is not our problem, but a problem with the gun itself.
.”
"Is it more accurate to shoot at a distance of one hundred meters?" Prince Hansback became interested and dismounted: "Let them shoot live ammunition and show me..."
"Your Highness, no, your safety is important." A lieutenant colonel next to him exclaimed.
"It's okay, they are soldiers of our kingdom, not assassins. And aren't you with me?" Prince Hansback waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
Claude was a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, there are soldiers passing by on the mountain road. I'm afraid that the sound of live ammunition firing will cause misunderstandings, so I just asked the soldiers to conduct a drill of charging and loading ammunition."
Prince Hansback burst into laughter: "It's okay, that's the Guards Corps. If they would be frightened by your training gunfire, that would be ridiculous. I would just take off their uniforms and tell them to get out."
Go back to your mother's bed..."
The officers nearby also burst into laughter.
Prince Hansback, on the other hand, remembered the training he had just seen: "By the way, so and so, tell me, why do the soldiers of your guard squadron lie on the ground and kneel on the ground for the training of loading ammunition?"
"Your Highness, my name is Claude Field." Claude's face was covered with black lines, thinking that I had just reported my name a few minutes ago.
"Okay, Claude, I'm sorry, your name is a bit ordinary, I didn't remember it." From this point of view, the eldest prince Hansback is still very approachable, not as domineering as the second prince Wedelek.
, the attitude is more sincere when saying sorry.
Claude could only smile, and he still had to answer: "That's right, because it is a precise shooting, so there is no need for the soldiers to stand up and load the ammunition after the shooting is completed, which will easily lead to enemy fire counterattack.
Cause unnecessary damage. So I asked them to practice and familiarize themselves with the lying and kneeling charging methods, so that although the speed is a bit slower, they can hide themselves and make it difficult for the enemy to find us..."
Prince Hansback thought thoughtfully: "You are very thoughtful. This is indeed a good method. On the Western Front, many soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion and Griffin Legion who used this gun got up and loaded the gun after the shooting was completed.
He was hit by a stray bullet from the enemy's counterattack while firing... Now take me to see the accuracy of your soldiers' live ammunition shooting..."
Since Prince Hansback insisted on seeing the shooting accuracy of the soldiers in the guard squadron, Claude had no choice but to comply. However, the accompanying officer recruited a squadron of guardsmen to stand behind the soldiers in the guard squadron to protect the prince.
Very strict.
The shooting distance was 100 meters. Claude asked the soldiers of the guard to take turns to fire live ammunition in a small group. Each round fired ten rounds. After completion, they took the target paper over and looked at it. Basically, the ones with seven or eight rings were the most, and those with nine rings and ten.
There are also rings. This shooting performance surprised the onlookers and the Great Prince Hansback. According to them, although the targets and target paper are different, in the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion, only the veterans with the best shooting results
To do this.
Prince Hansback was very satisfied with the live-fire shooting training results of the entire garrison squadron, but Claude was a little embarrassed. The lack of live-fire shooting training in the past two months caused the shooting performance of the garrison soldiers to drop a lot.
.On the other hand, Prince Hansbach forgot Claude's name again, which made Claude feel a little embarrassed. But fortunately, His Highness the Prince asked Claude's name again before leaving, and then he got on his horse and walked away.
.
"I thought His Highness the Grand Prince would reward us with something because of our good shooting performance, but I didn't expect that they would just praise us without giving us anything practical. It's too stingy." Belklin was a little dissatisfied.
complained.
"You have a beautiful idea," Aboyev said next to him: "He is His Highness the Prince. Do you think he will take out a lot of gold coins from his pocket to reward us on the spot? That is what businessmen and nouveau riche do.
Things. If you want to reward us, someone will bring it to us tomorrow. It will be an unexpected surprise for us. It is already very good to praise us just now..."
Claude had always thought that it was Prince Hansback who came over to see what was going on when he saw that his training of soldiers to load ammunition in lying and kneeling positions was strange. He did not take this encounter to heart. However,
Unexpectedly, Captain Wardlov, the acting battalion commander of the security battalion, rode over early the next morning.
"What mistake did you make yesterday?" Captain Wardloff pulled Claude and asked.
"Make a mistake? I didn't make any mistakes? I didn't do anything..." Claude was confused by his question and was confused.
Captain Wardloff was a little angry: "Nothing was done, so why did Prince Hansback send someone to pick me up from the bed at midnight last night and ask me to go to the office to transfer all the files of your security squadron? If it hadn't been at night
The city gate was closed, and I came over to find you right then..."
What? Prince Hansback asked someone to transfer all the files of my garrison squadron? Claude couldn’t figure out what was going on. He had no choice but to tell Prince Hansback that he took people to watch the live ammunition firing of the garrison yesterday.
I talked about the drill once.
"You're a fool, but you're lucky..." Captain Wardloff looked at Claude with envy: "Obviously, His Highness the Prince has taken a fancy to you, and you're going to have a successful career soon. If I hadn't used two bottles
If the good wine replaced you as a guard squadron, you wouldn't have encountered such an opportunity. When you get rich in the future, don't forget me..."
"Okay, don't mention your two bottles of good wine. Really, if you want good wine, tell me, I have it here." Claude was thinking in his mind, what did Prince Hansbach want to do by transferring the files of the security squadron?
It's impossible to be a guard around him, he has plenty of manpower...
Two days later, Claude received a formal transfer order, allowing him to take the security squadron to report to the ranger camp.