When Claude woke up, he still felt a headache, which was the sequelae of a hangover. Last night, he, Verricro, and Captain Mentasco drank a box of good wine, and everyone was drunk.
He was very drunk. Claude remembered that Captain Mentasque fell down first, but Verricro seemed to be very sober before he lost consciousness. This guy's drinking ability seems to have improved...
"What time is it?" Claude asked. There was still a strong smell of alcohol in the tent. This should be because there was no ventilation in the tent. After he got drunk, Michael Jack and the big man Germi were afraid that they would catch a cold, so they didn't open the door.
The windows and door curtains are ventilated, so the smell of alcohol is very strong, and it feels a bit stinky when you smell it.
"It's already four o'clock in the afternoon." McJack answered, and he brought Claude a sobering soup. It was made from old orange peels and other herbs. It tasted very strange, but it was very effective in treating hangover headaches.
efficient.
"By the way, sir, Lieutenant Colonel Leedfonk came here in the morning. He left when he saw you sleeping, but he asked me to tell you that he decided to go back the day after tomorrow morning because he has to visit a very important friend tomorrow."
McJack said.
Claude remembered that before he left the dance, he saw Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Lederfolk having a passionate fight with a woman. It seemed that Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel had found his marriage partner. Tomorrow he should visit the woman's home. In that case, then
Let's go back together the day after tomorrow. Anyway, we can make it in time for the New Year's Eve. I'll just take advantage of my free time tomorrow to buy some more things to take back.
"Open the windows and door curtains and let some air flow out." Claude said as he took the towel from Mike and wiped his face: "Is there a bathroom in the city? Let's take a bath at night."
"Yes, sir, there is a good bathroom not far from the military camp, two streets across, but I heard it is a bit expensive." Michael opened the window and rolled up the door curtain.
The fresh and cold air made Claude shiver involuntarily, and he suddenly felt more awake. He took the military uniform stacked on the bedside and put it on while saying: "It doesn't matter if it's more expensive, as long as it's comfortable, it's fine."
It's better than staying in the military camp and taking a cold shower."
There is also a bathhouse in the military camp, but it is not a bath but a rinse. Although the bath water is not ice-cold, it is cold and warm at intervals. There is no need to think about a hot bath. It is still okay to barely wash it off. Claude decided to go
Take a bath in the bathroom and at least your body will feel better.
"By the way, Mike, you ask the big man Gemmy to go to the Guards camp to find Captain Viricero and Captain Mentasker, and tell them that I will treat them to dinner in the evening, and then invite them after the meal."
Take a bath. I think the two of them should have gotten up by now." Claude ordered again.
There is no curfew in the city tonight, so you can go back to camp later after having fun. About an hour later, Captains Viricero and Mentasco came. Viricero was still in good spirits and did not appear to be drunk.
.On the other hand, Captain Mentaske looked pale and walked a little staggeringly. He held his head and said that he drank too much last night and his head seemed to be very heavy.
But he was still very conscious: "I'm sorry, I already spent money on you last night, so I'll treat you tonight. But let's agree first that we can't drink any more wine during this dinner."
"McJack, give Captain Mentasker a bowl of sobering soup." Claude said.
"Yes, sir, you'll be ready soon. Please wait a moment." Michael Jack went out.
Viricero laughed: "It's okay, just let him invite you. This guy is a rich man with a lot of money around him. It's rare for me to meet him. I must kill him well this time."
Hey, how did Viricault know that he was rich? Claude remembered that before he could make money from real estate in the town, Viricault, his father, and his sister had already left White Deer Town for
The king's capital.
Verricro seemed to know Claude's question: "Boa told me that he received a letter from his father and knew that you had made a lot of money buying land and building a house in the town. He was very upset and said that he should not have done it so early.
Leave Bailu Town, otherwise we will definitely make a fortune by joining forces with you."
So that's it, Claude laughed: "There may be some things. Maybe it's because he joined the Bangilia Guard Battalion that he can now be stationed in the rear. If he stays in White Deer Town, maybe he will be like our classmates.
If you are drafted into the second-line army, your safety cannot be guaranteed. This can be regarded as a loss as well as a gain."
McJack quickly brought over a bowl of sobering soup. Captain Mentaske thanked him, blew on it, and drank it while it was hot. Then he complained: "You are still a smart and diligent orderly. You don't know, how many people are given in the camp?"
The orderly I was assigned to was extremely lazy. He refused to do anything he was not told. Even if he was told to do something, he would always do it half-heartedly. He would often find out after I had no clothes to wear.
I hid all the clothes I changed to avoid being seen by me and urging him to wash them.
He was also greedy and would often steal my side dishes when he served me a meal. One time he left me two slices of bread and lied to me that the cafeteria didn't make side dishes today, which made me so angry.
He refused to change despite repeated admonitions, even whipping was useless, and he refused to be beaten. I asked the battalion headquarters to change me, but the battalion headquarters said that he was not suitable to be a soldier, so he became my orderly. I believe he can give me a replacement this time when I go back.
…”
Claude smiled bitterly. This is a normal thing. The army often distributes those conscripts who are eliminated and unfit to serve as soldiers to the officers as orderlies. Back in the Blue Feather Legion, Claude's treatment center guard squadron took in all the soldiers.
These are the eliminated recruits. In other legions, those people are just working hard in the army. Captain Mentaske said that such orderlies are not uncommon. Many officers simply don't want orderlies and trivial matters.
Do all the chores yourself.
"I was lucky. When Mike was recruited to serve as a soldier, he was not yet old enough, so he was assigned to me. Later, when I became a second lieutenant, I recruited him to be my orderly. Now he is not willing to stay with me for a long time.
Leave. If I can be promoted to major in the future, I can make him my adjutant." Claude said modestly: "By the way, Vero, do you have orderlies and guards?"
"No." Verricro shook his head: "I'm used to doing everything myself, and I don't like others touching my personal things. I don't have a guard either, but I had a deputy when I went to the battlefield. The guy had a very good eye.
His marksmanship is also good, so he didn’t come with me this time.”
In fact, Mike's current military rank is already a non-commissioned officer. Last time, Lieutenant Colonel Leedfunk asked him if he would like to be a squad leader in another squadron, but Mike said he would rather be an orderly with Claude.
, we are used to being together and really don’t want to separate. However, Claude has been promoted to captain. If he becomes the acting battalion commander, he can bring a small team of guards with him. At that time, Michael can be the captain of the guard team.
The three of them chatted for a while, and then Mike came in and reported that the carriage sent to pick up the guests from Pacasia City's best Blue Ice Sea Hotel had arrived. This was Claude asking the big man Germi to invite Verricro and
After Captain Mentaske went to the banquet and received a confirmed reply, he asked Michael to take a carriage to the Blue Ice Sea Hotel and reserve a box. Now that the time was almost up, the Blue Ice Sea Hotel sent a carriage to greet him. This service
The attitude is really good.
McJack followed Claude into the carriage, while the big man Germi sat next to the coachman. After arriving at the blue ice sea, Claude, Viricolo, and Captain Mentasker entered the carriage on the second floor.
In the private room, Michael Jack and Big Germi asked for a table downstairs. Claude would not forget the two of them when he was treating them. Big Germi was in for a treat that night.
The three of them chatted while eating, and somehow they talked about the weapons and equipment of the Kingdom's army. Captain Mentaske complained a lot in this regard. He believed that the Kingdom had taken a big detour in armaments research in the past, but fortunately now
It finally changed. He was referring to the emergence of the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun. In the past, the Kingdom’s armament research was on how to shoot farther, cover a larger range, and make the barrel more durable, completely ignoring the real capabilities of frontline officers and soldiers.
needs.
The same goes for artillery research. We only know how to create artillery that can fire larger and heavier solid shells, striving to destroy the enemy's defense facilities with one shot, but forget to reduce the weight of the artillery. In order to withstand a larger gunpowder explosion, the result is that
The barrels are getting thicker and thicker, and the maneuverability of the artillery is getting worse and worse. The current siege guns are indeed very powerful, but because they are too heavy, they move very slowly. It can only be pulled by sixteen strong horses, and they can only move at most in one day.
For seven to eight miles, the ground still needs to be flat, and several batches of strong horses must be rotated to pull it.
Captain Mentaske complained and said, why can't we think of a way to make artillery shells that can explode in addition to live ammunition and cannonballs? If the cannon shells can explode, the power of the artillery will immediately increase by countless amounts.
Times, it will be very easy to capture the city and capture the territory, and there is no need to fight with the lives and blood of soldiers to capture the enemy's position...
Claude also doesn't understand how the research on firearms in this world has gone astray. Muskets have always been arquebus ignition devices, and the research is on how to shoot the farthest range, ignoring precise aiming and shooting. The research on artillery is how to fire a larger
Heavier solid iron pellets, but forgot to work on the cannonballs. Captain Mentaske said that he had written two letters to the Kingdom's artillery research department, in which he elaborated on his ideas, hoping to create an explosive weapon.
But he never received a reply. It is possible that his letter was thrown into the trash can...
It's a pity that I don't know how to do research, otherwise I would have to research an explosive projectile at my own expense... Captain Mentaske said bitterly that he was forced to create a simple rock-throwing device for throwing gunpowder barrels.
, then lit the match rope on the gunpowder barrel, and then threw the gunpowder barrel out. Unexpectedly, he was awarded the Knight Medal for this. Because the distance was too close, his soldiers suffered heavy casualties every time he attacked. Thinking of those injured soldiers, he
I find it difficult to wear this knighthood medal on my chest with peace of mind...
Perhaps because of the monopoly of knowledge, Claude thought of the two basic courses that are not available in the country, physics and chemistry. Even if people have ideas in their minds, they cannot put their ideas into practice because they do not understand the basic principles.
Wonderful ideas turned into reality. Just like Captain Mentaske, he wanted to create an explosive cannonball, but he had no relevant knowledge and could not start researching it.
Now I have an idea... Captain Mentaske said that if the solid cannonball is changed to a hollow one, filled with artillery, and a match rope is exposed, the match is lit first, and then inserted into the barrel and fired, then the target can be hit.
I don't know if it can explode...
This is a good idea. Maybe this is how the explosive ammunition was invented. Claude had in his mind the appearance of countless artillery in the previous life, but now the world still has the kind of front-loading artillery. He just wanted to tell people about the breech-loading artillery.
No one would believe it even if it was a missile, let alone a howitzer or rocket launcher. If you talk too much, you might even be considered a lunatic.
It's just that Claude doesn't understand how the cannonballs in the previous life were made. He hasn't looked it up on Baidu, and no one will tell you how to make a qualified cannonball. He knows that Captain Mentaske is right.
, it’s a pity that he doesn’t know the principle of explosive ammunition, and he can’t do it now even if he wants to study it. However, he encourages Captain Mentaske to do more research after he returns. It is said that many scientific inventions and creations in his previous life are related to war. It is war.
Promoted the progress of human science and technology.
After spending two hours eating, Claude took Verricro and Captain Mentasco to take a bath in the somewhat expensive bathroom. Soon he understood the reason why this bathroom was relatively expensive.
Because when you soak in the steaming bath, there will be beautiful maids in cool clothes beside you to help you clean and massage, and they will also serve you a variety of fruit snacks, snacks and wine. If you need to relax,
You can also take your favorite maid to a small room next to you to have a rest. Of course, you need to settle this expense with the maid.
Claude refused the request of the maid next to him to take him to a small room to rest, but Captain Mentasque couldn't bear it and went to the small room with his arms around the two maids. Vericro spread his arms and lay on his back in the bathtub,
Let the maid massage him.
"Aren't you going to take a rest?" Claude asked.
"No." Verricro replied in a buzzing voice: "It's not interesting. Before going to bed, all I could think about was women. After trembling, I felt empty and regretful. I couldn't lift my spirits. It was easy to shoot.
When I made a mistake, it took two or three days to adjust, so I didn’t like touching women before I went to the battlefield.”
"I noticed that you have changed a lot this time. You have become a little cold and stern, and you seem to be less fond of talking than when you were a child." Claude said.
"It can't be helped. You don't know that if you find it easier to shoot the enemy on the battlefield than hunting pheasants as a child, you will also become like this. The enemy I am aiming at when I shoot now is just
A moving target, I would not have thought that it was a living person like us. The more than four hundred enemies were just a number that I killed."
Viricero's words made the maid who was massaging him chuckle. Maybe she thought Viricero was just bragging. How could he kill more than four hundred enemies at such a young age?
"You're too nervous. I think you should relax. It's the end of the year now and you don't need to go to the battlefield." Claude shook his head slightly. He felt that Vericro must have suffered from battlefield syndrome.
Vericro did not reply, and after a while he said: "Claude, we will go back tomorrow. The higher-ups have ordered that all the officers of our Guards Corps who came to participate in the ceremony to celebrate the meritorious service will set off at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.