Claude will never be like those brainless people who dare to ambush the reconnaissance cavalry of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance coalition alone with an Obash III standard matchlock gun. You must know that the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry is at least three or four.
If you act together with the cavalry, even if you kill one of them, you can't escape the pursuit of the other scout cavalry. Especially the big red uniform on your body is so conspicuous in the wilderness. A little red in the green bushes means this. Many soldiers in the ranger camp
It was because he failed to conceal himself and was discovered early by the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry that he lost his life in vain.
The hateful thing is that Lieutenant Colonel Rosler, who has a mustache and a straight face, does not agree with Claude. Is the so-called military tradition of the Kingdom of Ovilas so important, more valuable than the lives of soldiers? Claude is very
Helpless, he didn't understand why Prince Hansback sent Lieutenant Colonel Rösler to be in charge of the ranger camp.
Perhaps he accepted this appointment because of his loyalty to the eldest prince, but he was unable to take charge of this experimental ranger camp, and he also led the ranger camp astray. From the bottom of his heart, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was the king of the kingdom.
They are traditional stubborn soldiers who despise their own lives and those of their soldiers, regard death on the battlefield as the highest honor, and reject all military innovations.
Take this ranger camp as an example. Lieutenant Colonel Roesler also regards soldiers as consumables. That's why he recruits soldiers who have made mistakes and been punished into the camp. There is no training or any combat ambush plan, and he does not even collect those soldiers.
He learned from successful ambush cases and learned effective experience that could improve combat effectiveness. He just drove the soldiers onto the battlefield and focused on how many enemies could be destroyed, not how many of his own soldiers were sacrificed.
Perhaps in the eyes of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler, the most important thing is to eliminate the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry and complete the tasks assigned by the prince, and the rest is not considered. This is also the reason for the conflict between Claude and him. As a non-commissioned officer
Commander, Claude does not want his men to die on the battlefield one by one. This is meaningless.
Of course, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler also understands that in the ranger camp, Claude is definitely the ace among the aces. There are forty-three identity plates of enemy scouts that he got back, not counting those who did not get them.
Many soldiers from the Ranger Battalion came back and swore that they saw Claude kill the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry with their own eyes, but they did not get their identity plates back due to various unexpected reasons.
The number is nearly a hundred.
In terms of military exploits, Claude should have been awarded the official rank of second lieutenant due to his huge number of enemy kills, but Lieutenant Colonel Roessler has been suppressing him, and even concealed his military exploits and refused to report them to the superiors.
The main reason why Gu Gu found fault with him and deducted his military exploits was out of jealousy and fear.
Think about how old Claude is. He was only 20 years old just after the New Year. He was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant based on his military exploits. However, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler became a second lieutenant at the age of 25 and spent another ten years of hard work.
He climbed to the position of major, and then it took him another seven years to be promoted to lieutenant colonel. With his loyalty and diligence, he gained the trust of Prince Hansback and took charge of the newly formed ranger battalion.
For Lieutenant Colonel Roessler, he is already forty-three years old. If he cannot be promoted to the rank of general before he is fifty, he will leave the army and return to his hometown to retire. This is very painful for him.
The thing is, he is not a nobleman. He will have nothing if he leaves the army. He will miss out on power and wealth. Even if he has the title of colonel and a generous pension, compared to the aristocratic life he has witnessed, he would rather be in the military.
Going one step further in his career, being promoted to the rank of general means that he will become a member of the newly promoted nobles.
Lieutenant Colonel Rosler has no love for the Ranger Camp and has no feelings at all. As an orthodox soldier, he actually looks down on this kind of ambush and cold shooting. In his eyes, this is equivalent to a despicable assassination. He thinks
Soldiers should set up their positions with guns and sticks in hand, and fight vigorously on the battlefield. Even if they lose, they may die on the battlefield to repay the king's favor. They must not weaken their momentum. This is actually the case for many officers in the kingdom's army.
common views.
However, Grand Prince Hansback asked him to take charge of the newly formed ranger battalion. As a loyal subordinate, Lieutenant Colonel Roessler could not refuse and could not refuse this appointment. Although he was disgusted in his heart, he still had to carry out the execution of the Grand Prince.
At the same time, he also clearly realized that the key to whether he could go further or be promoted to the rank of general lay in whether the combat effectiveness of this ranger battalion could meet the requirements of the eldest prince.
With a military career of more than 20 years, Lieutenant Colonel Roesler is not a fool. He knows very well that Claude's suggestions have a very obvious effect on the Ranger Battalion. The question is, what benefits can he have? If Claude will
If De's suggestion is implemented, then Claude will be the one who shines, not him, the commander in charge of the Ranger Battalion. When the news reaches the ears of the Great Prince Hansback, then the Great Prince will understand that he is more suitable to be in charge of this Ranger Battalion.
Who could be in the barracks...
Lieutenant Colonel Rosler knew very well what kind of person the eldest prince was. He would make an exception and promote Claude. With his military exploits, it would be very easy for him to be promoted to lieutenant, let alone second lieutenant. Fireline Promotion Director
That's what it means. And Claude is only twenty years old. Once he becomes a lieutenant and has a few beautiful ambushes, it will be justifiable for him to be promoted to captain to act as the agent of this ranger battalion. After all, he has already acted as the sergeant chief.
The position of captain also gained the attention of the eldest prince because of his new training methods for soldiers.
If Claude takes charge of this ranger camp on behalf of others, what will be his future? Will he return to the great prince's staff in despair and become a staff advisor? If he does that, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler can guarantee that he will be the best for the rest of his life.
Don't think about becoming a general of the kingdom. You have to say goodbye to your bright future and wonderful future in life...
So in the ranger camp, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler could only try to find trouble with Claude and try his best to suppress him and not let him get ahead. He himself knew very well why he was so afraid of a little sergeant like him.
I have seen so many rising stars in the military who climbed up to their former bosses. Many old bosses who offended these rising stars did not end well. Therefore, since you have offended them, you can only suppress them and don't let them.
He just needs to go up...
It's funny to say that, as the lieutenant commander in charge of the Ranger Battalion, he should be able to deal with a petty sergeant major, but Lieutenant Colonel Rosler did not dare to attack this Claude. He used military law to punish this Claude.
It's easy, but it can't kill him. It's useless because he can't find a suitable reason.
In addition, this Claude is on the eldest prince's attention list. If the eldest prince asks him on a whim one day and finds out that he was executed in the name of enforcing military law, then the eldest prince's nature will definitely find it strange.
As long as someone is sent to investigate, they will know what happened in the barracks, and what he can confirm is that the end will never be good... because what the eldest prince hates most is those who are jealous and can kill each other.
Lieutenant Colonel Rosler secretly prayed to the gods countless times, hoping that Claude would die on the battlefield. If he died on the battlefield, it would definitely be great news for Lieutenant Colonel Rosler. He could even die on the battlefield.
In front of the prince, he plays the role of a commander who laments the loss of one of his best subordinates. Then he can steal Claude's suggestions as his own ideas and submit them to the eldest prince, and gain the eldest prince's appreciation and rise to the top...
Unfortunately, God did not follow his wishes. So many soldiers died in the Ranger Battalion, but this Claude lived very well and returned safely from the battlefield every time. Even if Lieutenant Colonel Rosler gave him the most difficult task
, he could complete it. Just like once when he didn't return to camp for three days, Lieutenant Colonel Roessler was overjoyed, thinking that he had finally eliminated this thorn in his side. However, early on the fourth day, he returned to camp with three soldiers and
The identity tags of seven enemy scouts were returned. As a result, Lieutenant Colonel Roessler had no choice but to deduct the combat merit he had earned in the name of violating the time limit for returning to camp.
Many rules of the Ranger Camp were formulated by Lieutenant Colonel Rosler himself. For example, if a soldier goes to the battlefield, he can stay outside for two days and return to the camp the next night. If he can obtain an enemy's identity plate, he can get two days of it.
rest time. If not, then he would have to go to the battlefield to ambush the enemy the next day. If a soldier who made a mistake and was punished entered the ranger camp, he would have to go to the battlefield to obtain the identity plates of three enemies before he could leave the ranger camp and return.
The original army...
Claude once talked to Lieutenant Colonel Rosler about the unreasonableness of some of the rules he had formulated, but all of this was ignored by Lieutenant Colonel Rosler. In his eyes, completing the tasks assigned by the eldest prince was the most important thing.
Nothing else matters. It is normal for a few soldiers to die. This is a battlefield, not a nursing home. As a soldier, it is natural to go to the battlefield and fight with the enemy. Only by sacrifice can you gain. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Roessler has increased his awareness of the enemy's identity plate.
The bonus is an enemy's identity plate, not only can you get two days of vacation, but you can also get a silver thaler bonus.
A ranger camp that is likely to change the way war has been fought for hundreds of years and revolutionize the queuing and shooting model was abruptly turned into a punishment camp and a gathering place for mercenaries and desperadoes by Lieutenant Colonel Rosler, with countless soldiers greedy for huge rewards.
They came in droves and applied to join the camp. Lieutenant Colonel Roessler was not worried about the supply of soldiers for the Ranger Battalion for a while. He was very proud of his proud move.
In the view of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler, exchanging a silver taler for the life of an enemy scout is a very cost-effective deal. As for the loss of soldiers on his side, even if he paid a price of four to one to five to one, as long as the cover was
On your own side of the battlefield, if you don't allow the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry to penetrate deep into your own side to detect intelligence, even if you complete the mission assigned by the eldest prince, it will still be worth paying a high price and sacrificing more soldiers.
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler could not care less about the casualty rate of soldiers in the Ranger Battalion, but Claude could not sit back and watch the soldiers in his guard squadron die in vain. But even if he tried his best, he could not
Let the soldiers who carry out ambush missions alone reduce casualties. Because he himself also needs to go to the battlefield to hunt the enemy's scouts, instead of staying in the camp all day and driving the soldiers to the battlefield like Lieutenant Colonel Rosler...
Now Claude led three groups of men and horses to ambush in this field. If there was no war, then this field should be full of winter wheat and it is almost the harvest season. Instead of being overgrown with weeds like now,
It was still very lush, just right for Claude and others to hide inside.
This should have been a ditch used for drainage in the fields, but it was abandoned and blocked and turned into a relatively long pit. Claude did not wear a military cap, and he strictly prohibited the soldiers following him from wearing bright red straight military caps.
Everyone wears straw hats made of weeds and shrubs on their heads. Although they are wearing bright red military uniforms, they are covered with a straw mat. There is a lot of mud on the straw mat, and some branches and branches are inserted into it.
Shrubs camouflage...
There is a saying that war is the best teacher for soldiers. The problem is that your enemy has become the best student, but your squad leader is stubborn. Not only does he not study hard, he also forces you to study hard. Think of this
Claude felt particularly comforted by the situation.
It only took a month in April for the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry to understand what kind of opponent they had encountered. They changed their usual habit of conducting reconnaissance operations in groups of three or four cavalry. Instead, they used a reconnaissance team to carry out activities, and often carried out reconnaissance operations first.
Seize high ground and search the area for enemy infantry ambushes.
Thanks to the persistence of Lieutenant Colonel Roesler, the bright red military uniforms of the soldiers of the ranger battalion who went to the battlefield to perform ambush missions were easily discovered by the enemy and attacked and killed by the enemy. Even in late April and early May, they fought with
The enemy's casualty ratio suddenly rose to seven to one or eight to one. In other words, seven to eight soldiers from the Ranger Battalion had to be sacrificed to obtain an enemy's identity plate...