Dr. Lempert was very surprised and very happy to see Claude. He did not expect that in just a few years, Claude had become a lieutenant colonel of the kingdom, and now he was in charge of a battalion by himself. Thinking of the time when he and Claude
When they first met, he was a junior pharmacist in the 11th Field Battalion of the Blue Feather Corps, and Claude had just joined the army to receive non-commissioned officer training. He could only lament that time passed so quickly, and the two of them had different experiences.
,Claude now seems to have a bright future...
Dr. Lempert simply agreed to Claude's request to serve in the 131st Ranger Battalion, and took over the task of dispatching three junior pharmacists and medics, ensuring that he would arrive at the 131st Ranger Battalion within three days.
Reporting to the camp of the 1st Battalion.
While Claude was busy building the grassroots officer structure of the 131st Ranger Battalion, he finally received the first official order from General Michelich to the Ranger Division of all troops stationed in Christo Castle.
All officers are required to go to their original combat units for unit reorganization, and it is announced that soldiers who join the Ranger Corps will receive a one-time welfare subsidy that is twice their salary.
For the soldiers who were deployed to the various units stationed at Christo Castle, the two-year wait for the reorganization and formation of the Ranger Division finally kicked off. They did not doubt the authenticity of this order and returned to the military camp one after another.
, and cooperate with and implement the orders issued by the officers to collect all kinds of old weapons and equipment. This is common sense. New weapons and equipment should also be used when reorganizing into new troops. It is very common sense to recycle old weapons and equipment.
But these soldiers did not expect that after the weapons and equipment were handed over, what awaited them would be a period of military discipline that lasted for one and a half months. General Michelich immediately announced the closing order and martial law, and then began to move from one military camp to another.
A crackdown on military discipline was carried out, and countless soldiers and gangs who violated military discipline were uncovered.
In late July, the military disciplinary crackdown was announced to be over. One thousand and twenty-seven officers and soldiers who had committed serious crimes were hanged directly on both sides of the avenue of Castle Cristo on the order of General Michelci. Three thousand four hundred and eighty-six officers and soldiers who had committed less serious crimes were hanged directly on both sides of the avenue of Castle Christo.
The officers and soldiers formed six labor camps and were sentenced to ten years of hard labor. One hundred and ninety-four grassroots officers were ordered to retire due to dereliction of duty and incompetence. In addition, countless soldiers were sentenced to confinement and flogging. The only thing they could be thankful for was
Yes, you can continue to serve in the military and obtain national status when your service period expires.
No one expected that General Michelci would have such a ruthless side and punish so many officers and soldiers who violated military discipline at once. Prince Hansback rushed from the royal capital to Castle Christo overnight and met with Michel
General Erqi talked all night. It is said that the eldest prince's opinion is that it is best not to sentence these officers and soldiers who violated discipline to death and hard labor. After all, they have made meritorious deeds for the kingdom in the war and were once the elite of the kingdom.
But General Michelic rejected the request of the eldest prince. He said that two years of lack of discipline and lax military camp life had made these soldiers lose their spirit. Failure to strictly enforce military laws would make these soldiers lose their fear. Now the only way is to let the soldiers lose their spirit.
Only when they realize the harshness of military law can they understand the duty of a soldier again, and then the subsequent reorganization work can proceed smoothly.
Prince Hansback finally decided to support General Michelich's sentence. Now is a time of peace, and everything is focused on stabilizing the domestic situation. The harsh punishment of these disciplinary soldiers can be cheered and cheered by the residents and businessmen of Christo Castle.
Joy is enough, they have suffered enough misfortunes from these soldiers in the past two years. If it were during the war, it would be better to decide that these undisciplined soldiers would form a death camp and charge at the forefront of the battlefield...
Later generations called this incident the "Bloody July of Christo's Castle". After all, the Royal Army had never sentenced so many people to death at one time. More than a thousand corpses were hung on both sides of the avenue of Christo's Castle.
It became a terrifying scenery. It was not until a week later that these corpses were collected for cremation. The cause of death reported to the Army Department was that they died in battle, which could be regarded as a good ending for these disciplinary officers and soldiers.
On August 10, the 131st Ranger Battalion had completed its formation task. Claude came to the division headquarters again, submitted an application report, and was summoned by General Michelchi.
"Are you planning to spend three months on long-distance training?" General Michelich asked as he looked at the application report submitted by Claude.
"Yes, General." Claude replied: "The soldiers in our battalion are all veterans, and there is no need for new recruit training. What is needed most now is to master new tactics, especially mobility and emergency response capabilities. Our battalion headquarters
After discussion, we felt that belt training was the most appropriate method, so we decided to conduct long-distance training marches and conduct field exercises along the way to train the soldiers in order to develop combat effectiveness as quickly as possible."
"Then why are it the three counties in the southwest instead of the twenty-nine new counties newly occupied by the kingdom? There are still many violent resistance activities in the newly occupied areas. You can definitely conduct actual combat exercises..." General Michelic frowned and asked.
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The so-called twenty-nine new counties newly occupied by the kingdom are actually the territories of the former Principality of Siddings, the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Esquiline. The three principalities were annexed by the kingdom after its demise and were divided into twenty-nine.
A new county.
"That's right, General. We consider that these twenty-nine new counties already have three newly formed standing corps stationed there, and we are worried that we will have disputes with them if we go there rashly. At the same time, we cannot cope with the logistics and transportation of heavy military supplies.
This puts our battalion in a difficult situation. Because it has just been formed, we think that without ensuring that our 131st Battalion has a certain combat effectiveness, it is better not to go to the Kingdom's newly occupied territory for long-distance training..." Claude explained
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"Then why go to the three southwest counties? You can definitely train in several counties around the Ibiniste Plain." General Michelich seemed unwilling to let the 131st Ranger Battalion run too far.
What to worry about.
"General, it's like this. The counties surrounding the Ibiniste Plain are densely populated and commercially prosperous areas. The geographical environment here is relatively flat, which is not conducive to our 131st Battalion's field exercises, and at the same time, we have to prepare for our battles.
The confidential nature of training and tactical exercises will have a great impact. The three southwest counties are relatively remote and have many mountains and hills, which are very suitable for us to conduct live-fire exercises and are also more convenient in terms of supplies. In addition, our 131st Battalion also
Prepare to conduct extreme survival combat training for soldiers in the wild. The virgin forests and mountains there are very suitable for such extreme survival combat training..."
"Wait a minute, Claude, what is this extreme survival combat training in the wild?" General Michelich interrupted Claude's answer.
"This is one of my tactical ideas, which is to designate a combat target, let a small team of soldiers carry three days of supplies, and conduct seven days of combat training in wild forests and mountainous areas. The training is to remove the combat target and survive.
Purpose. The operational effect is to infiltrate through the enemy's defensive front in the form of small teams during the war, carry out surprise attacks on the logistics supply garrison locations and command centers behind enemy lines, and disrupt the command, transportation, and material supply systems of the enemy's defensive front..."
What Claude said was actually special operations in his previous life.
"I understand..." General Michelich nodded. He recalled the process of how Claude commanded an elite small force to sneak attack on the student headquarters and win the victory during several field exercises at the Royal Army Military Academy in Caleb.
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"Okay, I will issue an order and a pass document, allowing the 131st Ranger Battalion to go to the three southwest counties for long-distance training for a period of three months. However, I will ask the division headquarters to organize a staff group to go to your camp for observation.
And record the training effects of this long-distance training. Don’t worry, this staff group will not interfere with your battalion’s training and exercises. I just need them to record what they see and hear and submit it to the division headquarters.” Mi.
General Sherkey said.
"Yes, General." Claude stood at attention and saluted before exiting the office.
Yeah! Claude cheered excitedly after leaving the division headquarters. The so-called 131st Ranger Battalion went to the three southwest counties for long-distance training and exercises was purely out of Claude's selfish motives. In the blink of an eye, he and Kaifani
The son he gave birth to is almost two years old, but he has never met his father. Claude originally wanted to take family leave, but the 131st Ranger Battalion has just been formed, and a long period of training and drills are still needed.
Tactics. Claude was worried that if he asked for leave, he would be dismissed from his position as battalion commander by General Michelchi in the blink of an eye.
At the end of July, the more than a thousand corpses that were hung on both sides of the avenue of Castel Cristo had just been collected and sent for cremation. General Michelchi, who had transformed from an elegant academic soldier into a ruthless division commander, had already
He is the big devil in the eyes of countless soldiers. No one dares to disobey his orders. Even Claude has to think about his own future. He does not want to leave a bad impression on General Michelchi because of things like family leave.
, was labeled as non-reusable.
Fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Skerry was considerate and gave Claude an idea. Anyway, the newly formed 131st Battalion of Rangers needed to conduct long-distance training, so why not go to the three southwest counties? Claude could do it on a public or private basis.
In order to achieve the purpose of military training, you can also take time to go home and see your children and family...
After a lot of hard work, Claude finally prepared a complete training plan for long-distance marches and field exercises. After submitting it to the division headquarters for approval, he immediately mobilized the entire battalion of officers and soldiers to go to the three southwest counties, with the goal of
Bailu City.
When Claude got the travel plan made by Major Siegfried, he realized why his superiors had allocated a logistics and baggage brigade to his battalion. It was very simple. The 131st Ranger Battalion had a total of 120
The configuration of a four-wheeled freight carriage, so many freight carriages is to enhance the mobility of the 131st Ranger Battalion, so that in an emergency, the logistics reserves of the entire battalion can be taken away at once. Even if there is a logistics baggage
The establishment of a brigade, but when assigned to carriages, can only be a four-wheeled freight carriage equipped with two soldiers at most.
"No, Major Siegfried, we can't hand over all the carriages to the Logistics Department. This will only increase the affairs and workload of the Logistics Department, and at the same time make the logistics and baggage brigade lose its mobile protection capabilities." Claude objected.
Received a report on the transportation organization of the horse-drawn carriage brigade submitted by the Logistics Department.
"This medical team is directly assigned five carriages, with Dr. Lempert in charge. We don't need to equip them with carriage drivers. Those medical soldiers will already drive the carriages. This logistics support squadron needs thirteen carriages to equip them.
The fifteen carriages are all craftsmen and are more valuable than our soldiers. Two more carriages will also make them feel more comfortable and comfortable when traveling long distances, and they can rest directly on the carriages.
The artillery brigade requires twenty-two carriages to transport ammunition, supplies and other materials. Give them twenty carriages. They do not need to take them back in the future, even if they are equipped with them. The carriage drivers are also served by their artillery. Don't tell me they can't drive carriages.
The light cavalry brigade needs eight carriages to transport horse feed and fodder. Why do we need so many carriages? There is one carriage for each squadron, and the brigade headquarters will allocate another carriage to them. A total of five carriages are enough. The excess grain, fodder and horse feed
Let them separate and put a bag behind each horse.
The four directly affiliated combat brigades are also given five carriages to each brigade according to the establishment of the light cavalry brigade, which is considered a standard configuration. We do not need our battalion headquarters to provide them with carriage drivers and security soldiers. They will handle it themselves. In this way, our battalion headquarters
We only need to be in charge of fifty-five carriages, and we can dedicate soldiers from two logistics squadrons for mobile protection. I think, Major Siegfried, our battalion's logistics department's reserve material transportation should be enough, right?"
"Sir, that's enough. This way, we can get more than ten more carriages." Major Principal Siegfried breathed out, and Claude solved most of the transportation problems for the Logistics Department in three strokes and five divided by two.
, and has the mobility strength of two squadrons. Otherwise, all subordinate combat units will need the logistics department to dispatch carriages and soldiers as coachmen, which will increase the workload of the logistics department and make it difficult for the staff to be stretched.
"The extra carriages will march with the brigade first. The logistical supplies for our long-distance training this time will be supplied from places along the way. We can still reserve more by then," Claude said.
"Yes, sir, I understand what to do." Major Siegfried replied.
On September 21, the 131st Ranger Battalion arrived at Bailu City, the entrance to the three southwest counties, after eighteen days of long march, and stationed themselves at the Stone Sentinel. Claude decided to stay here for a month and a half, focusing on this journey.
The troops were trained to deal with various problems that arose, and after the training, a month-long outdoor extreme survival combat training was conducted in Bailuzhou.
The arrival of the 131st Ranger Battalion caused a sensation in White Deer City. The main reason was not only that the Rangers were the newly formed guards of the Sterling royal family, but more importantly, the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Claude, was from White Deer City.
A local resident who was born and raised in the country. After eight years of service in the army, he became an official lieutenant colonel officer of the Kingdom as a civilian. This is the highest military rank that can be achieved by children who have enlisted in the army in the three southwest counties in the past fifty years. Claude has become the most popular military officer in White Deer City.
Legendary heroic figures.
Viscount Felidos, the general manager of White Deer City, personally came to the camp of the 131st Battalion of the Stone Sentinel Rangers to meet with Claude, and hosted a banquet for Claude in the White Deer City Tavern. The senior officers of these battalions, Siegfried
All kinds of logistical supplies requested by the major were fully agreed to, and the guests and hosts were delighted for a while.
Only after the dinner was over, did Claude have time to take Michael Jack and the big man Gimi, the lightly dressed three and three horses, and rush home to visit his family and the biological child he had never met until now.