Chapter 98 Semaphore Drill
“Count Graiman, I have initially drawn up a set of semaphore plans. Please take a look at it.”
On the second day after everyone held a meeting to decide on military preparations. , the female consultant "Miss Dias" found Paul and wanted to submit the research results she had been doing for a while.
Paul was overjoyed: "Oh? This is really a pillow for sleepy people."
Irene was a little strange: "Why did Count Grayman say this?"
"Uh... To be honest, we have a little friction with our neighbors to the south, and we may need some special communication methods."
Irene understood, and felt contempt in her heart: "Men are really a bunch of barbarians Creatures like to use force to solve problems at every turn."
"Can't they sit down at the table and have a good talk?"
Thinking of the rebellion in the south of the kingdom that almost ruined my life. , she lamented the injustice of the Creator: "It would be great if this world were dominated by us women, then there would definitely be no war."
She was not worried about Paul, unless it was between two families. There were blood feuds, and wars between local lords generally would not be fatal. Even if one party was captured, the winning party would feed the captives good food and drink, and then the family would pay a ransom and then release them.
The only ones who were really unlucky were the soldiers who were forcibly recruited and the civilians who were plundered. Few lords would care about their life or death. In the eyes of the nobles, they were all expendable.
Paul opened a thick album handed over by Miss "Dias".
I saw that it was full of various little people holding flags and making strange gestures. Next to each gesture was a detailed description of what it meant, and some complex information required the use of several gestures. Express it.
"Have all the officers on the staff read it?"
"Yes, Earl Graiman? This was finally determined after full communication with them."< br>
Thinking back to the situation when she first took over this job, Irene was a little unhappy. Those officers actually had to make her sign some kind of confidentiality agreement, and they were very familiar with it before they could start working.
The agreement means nothing more than one thing: not a single word about the work related to the army and everything she saw in the army should be revealed to others.
What’s even weirder is that these guys have to take confidential exams every once in a while.
“I, Eileen Rodney, the second princess of the Kingdom of Aldo, am a person who does what she says, how can I be so mistrusted.”
Thinking of this , she complained a few words to Paul about the secrecy system in the army.
Paul comforted her with a smile: "There's nothing you can do about it, the rules are the rules, and it's not just you, the external coordinator, you see, don't the officers on the staff also need to be inspected regularly like you?"
This is true, Irene has inner balance.
However, the situation in Alda's army is really different from her previous understanding of the army. The eldest sister is also the person in charge of the army. She often tells herself some things in the army, and she also goes to the military camp with her eldest sister. Have seen it.
The army of the lord in front of me is different from the army of the royal government in every way. In addition to the strict confidentiality system, another difference is that the gap between superiors and subordinates is relatively not very big. Officers and soldiers There are also more exchanges.
In the kingdom's army, officers and soldiers are simply two species living in two worlds. The officers are all from noble families, while the soldiers are all from civilians or serfs. The military camp is one In a miniature society, everything in society will naturally be mapped into the military camp.
She guessed: Maybe it was because the members of this army were from lower classes.
Eileen learned that except for Chief of Staff Schroeder, a knight who could be called a "quasi-noble", everyone else was from civilians or serfs in the territory.
Paul looked through the album from beginning to end and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. The battlefield instructions he had envisioned had basically been covered.
"Miss Dias, let's find a time to practice it?"
"During the development of this system, the staff allocated a platoon and a gun crew to learn at any time. Now They are already very proficient in this set of semaphores.”
Paul was very satisfied: "I will immediately notify the staff to arrange the drill."
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A large open area on the south bank of Lake Weiss has been temporarily designated as a drill area, and no idle personnel are allowed to enter. All the troops stationed in Huxin Town gathered here to watch the demonstration of semaphore operation.
Paul and the officers stood on a high ground, with two trained "signal soldiers" standing in front of them.
Of course, the female consultant was also with Paul and the others.
Deploy a platoon of musketeers and an artillery group to their southwest. The distance is very far, and both sides can only see each other's movements clearly through telescopes.
Far to their southeast and due south, several huge circles were clearly marked out with lime powder, which were target areas for artillery to fire.
There are a large number of scarecrows erected in the circle. After the artillery fires, the musketeers will shoot or stab at these scarecrows.
After everything was ready, the exercise began.
Paul first said: "Order the artillery to shoot at the enemy due south."
A signal soldier immediately sent a signal to the southwest where the artillery exercise was located.
There are also four communications soldiers on the artillery position, two are responsible for artillery communications and two are responsible for infantry communications.
A signal soldier who was watching Paul's side with a telescope nervously shouted: "Here comes the order! It's for the artillery."
In the telescope, the signal soldier next to the Earl began to wave the flag. .
He observed the other party's movements without blinking, and after the other party completed the first operation, his brain accurately analyzed the information the other party wanted to convey.
The signal soldier ordered the companion on the side: "Reply to confirm!"
The companion nodded and waved a flag to confirm receipt of the order towards the high ground where the officers were.
The signal soldier holding the telescope quickly conveyed the received order to the artillery: "The target is directly south of the headquarters, and continue shooting."
"Let's go, boys!"< br>
Under the command of the gunner, the gunners turned the muzzle to point at their target area in the southeast direction. The ammunition had already been loaded, and they started shooting after slightly adjusting the elevation angle.
After five consecutive rounds of artillery fire, the signal soldier responsible for observation on the infantry platoon shouted: "The infantry platoon is advancing towards the target due south of the headquarters!"
The marching drum sounded, accompanied by drumbeats Following the orders of the platoon leader, the infantrymen equipped with muskets formed a horizontal line and advanced to the southeast.
As they advanced, shells from the artillery behind them whizzed past their heads from time to time. They would not stop until they received new orders or might hit friendly forces.
On the high ground to the north, Paul and others watched with great satisfaction as the infantry platoon advanced near the target, fired a volley and then charged.
"Very good!" He praised sincerely, and a Chinese word came to his mind - like arms and fingers.
He bowed to Miss "Dias": "Thank you for your contribution, this is what I want."
Irene was very proud after hearing this, but she still He said humbly: "This is my job, Earl."
"Let's test other instructions!"
Paul rubbed his hands excitedly and said to everyone.
Yesterday, a new project was assigned to the team. During the development period, I had relatively little free time, so I could only update it once a day. However, if I have time, I would still update it twice from time to time.
Thank you all for your support and understanding.
(End of this chapter)