Chapter 117 The Latest Enemy Situation
“How to argue when you see the dust
The chariots and soldiers flying in the distance
The thick dust is high and the Pegasus cavalry are marching
Long shape Dwarf enemy infantry..."
When Frederick and Old Franz arrived at the military camp, the instructors were teaching the new recruits who had joined the army in the fall to sing the "March Song."
Now Weisen’s army is fully equipped with huge investment of funds. About 4,000 main troops are stationed in three military camps. The military camp in Heijiapu is stationed with the original special forces and the newly formed imaginary enemy force. , the two regiments were stationed in the military camps to the north and west of Weissenburg City respectively, supporting each other with Weissenburg City.
Wesson’s army is about to be divided into three levels. The first level is the main force of two regiments, a cavalry company and a magician company with the Weisenberg University militia company. They are the most mobile in the army. Strike force; the second level is the city defense army, which is composed of original veterans and forest mercenaries who come to make a living. They are only responsible for the defense of the town. The fire brigade is under the command of the city defense army; the third level is the basic militia and minutemen from various places. During wartime, the basic militiamen move with the main force and are responsible for logistics, transportation, civil engineering and other support work, and the one-minute militiamen are responsible for guarding local security.
Now Frederick felt that the boulder rolling down the cliff could not be stopped. If there was no war next year or the expected results were not achieved, the territory's finances would be completely devoured by the army.
Fortunately, those who wanted to invest in the war acted immediately after seeing Giovanni become the governor. Frederick just asked them to open an account in the bank and deposit for three years regularly, and the interest was normal. This gave Frederick the confidence to change the uniforms of the entire army.
The two did not stop at the training ground and walked directly into a small red brick building, which is the office of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Today Frederick's destination is the map room. There is a huge sand table here. Staff officer Frederick Jr. is leading a group of people to study the latest military information.
"Hello, Commander!"
"Hello, Principal!"
As soon as Frederick entered the door, everyone called him differently when they saw him.
There are many professors and students at Weisenberg University who have reached the end of their academic career. They do not have the talents and opportunities to do business like BASF and Schmidt, but they do not want to teach students, so they have entered politics and the military.
These people vaguely formed a faction and called Frederick "principal" to show their closeness.
Frederick nodded towards them and unexpectedly found that Frederick was also here.
He came here after receiving news that there was the latest military situation. He walked up to little Franz and asked, "What's new?"
Little Franz pointed with a wooden pole. He walked around the Wesson Territory on the sand table and said: "According to the latest information, the Reese Territory in the southwest, the Ansbach Territory and Fürth Territory in the northwest, the Roth Territory in the northeast, and the Eichstadt Territory in the southeast After the autumn harvest in these five territories, no food will be sold, just like the summer harvest.”
Frederick curled his lips and said: "How come even Count Fürth has a hand in it? We are not adjacent to each other."
There is an Ansbach collar between Fürth and Wesson. , adjacent to the Free City of Nuremberg to the east, the area is only the Wesson Territory, because it helps the royal family keep an eye on Nuremberg, so the small land has a high title.
Although the area there is small, it is close to the city of Nuremberg, and you can make a lot of money by producing glass. In addition, it is convenient to purchase weapons, so it still has some combat effectiveness.
Old Franz had seen too many annexation wars between nobles, and said thoughtfully: "It is estimated that they have reached some kind of territory replacement agreement, as long as Count Fürth helps Count Ansbach seize which of our place, you will get a certain piece of land adjacent to yourself in the Ansbach Territory."
Frederick nodded, this is not surprising, but he has a wall in his heart that everyone pushes against, and he is that wall. feeling.
"Any more news?" he asked.
Little Franz replied: "Mountain mercenaries have appeared in these territories. Now only the early personnel are setting up camps. Judging from the scale, the five territories add up to 20,000 people."
< br>"What's going on?" Frederick frowned tightly, "The time and the number of people are wrong."
You have to pay money to hire mercenaries, not from the moment you go to the battlefield. Instead, it starts with the army gathering.
They initially expected the war to take place in the summer after the harvest. If these mercenaries started to gather from now on, then a winter and a spring's wages would be in vain.
Moreover, Frederick felt that there was no need for the neighbors to hire so many people. Based on their financial resources and past war examples, each family would be enough to hire one or two thousand people.
The combat effectiveness of mercenaries is not comparable to that of untrained farmers. According to Tian Ji's horse racing method, knights and magicians are on the horse, mercenaries and standing armies are on the middle horse, and farmers are recruited on the dismount.
Now that there are so many middle horses all of a sudden, it is not impossible to drag them down with reasonable tactical arrangements.
"A new force has entered the scene." Frederick's eyes narrowed slightly, "It seems that we have a lot of oil and water on us."
Little Franz pointed with a wooden pole Pointing to a big city on the sand table, he said: "It's Nuremberg. Some of them found mountain mercenaries through agents."
Frederick frowned and said with a sneer: "It seems that Orr has got the news a long time ago. No wonder he wrote several articles about Helvetic people in newspapers."
At this time, An old mercenary who served as a staff officer said: "I don't think that's the case. That guy Orr has enmity with the Helvetic people. In fact, we forest mercenaries don't deal with mountain mercenaries. If we have the opportunity, we will not let go." The opponent's opportunity."
Frederick pinched his chin and said, "Then you should submit more articles to newspapers recently." Colleagues are enemies, and it is impossible for colleagues in the two regions to get along well.
Little Franz continued: "Our latest judgment is that the enemy will launch an attack much earlier, probably after spring sowing and before summer harvest."
Old Franz continued: "Their purpose may be to steal our wheat seeds."
Frederick nodded and said: "Economy is the basis of war. From this point on, they must launch a war in advance. It’s not surprising.”
“They are going to advance, and we have to speed up the pace. I will go to the weapons production tomorrow.”
”The army will strengthen its training and the food standards will be improved.”
“The militiamen will start intensive training as early as possible, and milk will stop being exported to supply them.”
"There were a lot of problems in your last long-distance maneuver exercise. You must seize the time to summarize your experience and lessons. When problems occur on the battlefield, people will really die."
As soon as Franz and his staff heard that Philip Te Lie's face turned dark when he mentioned that exercise. At first, everyone thought that they would just take the 600 people to sign in in major cities in the territory. However, they were hit with a forbidden curse just 500 meters out of the military camp.
This forbidden curse is real. Richard Nall, the leader of the referee team, personally took action. The sky was dark and the earth was dark within a radius of 500 meters. After the three-second prelude, less than 30 people were still standing. personal.
Although there were no more forbidden spells along the way, emergencies occurred one after another. Night raids were pretty good. From time to time, a group of people suddenly appeared on the roadside while traveling and beat them to pieces. The reconnaissance team who came forward Because the group was too far away from the main force, they were tied up, stuffed with shoes and socks, and hung on a tree.
After one exercise, everyone died more than three times.
After receiving the order, little Franz continued: "Reliable information, the Principality of Bain is also involved."
Frederick's face twitched, he really pushed himself through a wall, didn't he?
“Did they also send troops?” asked Frederick, “or money?”
It was Friedrich who answered him, and the poisonist handed over a glass bottle. Then he said: "The Principality of Byrne provided this secretly."
"Three days ago, a carriage going from the Principality of Byrne to Ansbach overturned because the horse was frightened. One of my students happened to be collecting medicine. When I was passing by on my way back, I grabbed a handful of medicinal powder that came out of the barrel while helping to lift the car.”
Frederick took the glass bottle and observed it carefully for a while. He could only see that it was mainly plant powder, as well as some white crystals and dark red powder.
“This is the agent for the poisonous smoke bomb.” Friedrich said in a deep voice, “After it burns, it will emit very thick white smoke, which will hurt the eyes of humans and horses. If you inhale it, The throat and trachea will also hurt."
"This medicine was invented when I was young." A smile appeared on his face. "At that time, my master asked me to make a mosquito repellent. , I made it, and the mosquitoes died immediately as soon as they were smoked."
Frederick continued to carefully look at the medicine in the glass bottle and asked: "Is there any way to detoxify it? "
"No." Friedrich shook his head, "It can't kill people, so there's no need to detoxify it. Covering your mouth and nose with a thick cloth can reduce inhalation. Just wash your eyes with water and you'll be fine."
"However, this kind of medicine is very practical on the battlefield. There is not so much time to clean the eyes, and the combat effectiveness will be lost in a short time."
Frederick nodded. It seems that this poisonous smoke belongs to Incapacitating agent can be used to open a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield.
Frederick continued: "But we cannot rule out that there are other poisons, and I am afraid there are more powerful ones."
Frederick frowned and asked : "What are the methods of poisoning on the battlefield?"
Frederich replied: "The most common one is poisonous smoke. The smoke balls can be thrown out with a trebuchet. It has a wide range and quick effect, as long as the wind direction Take control.”
At this time, old Franz said: "This is difficult to handle. From spring to summer, the wind blows from the south, and it will not change much."
Frederick nodded and said: "In the end, the wind blows from the south. A good way is to have the mage company blow away the poisonous smoke in time, and you can also prepare masks made of multiple layers of thick cloth, which are also useful."
Frederick nodded, using smoke as a carrier for the poison. Activated carbon should be able to adsorb.
"Any more bad news?" he asked.
Little Franz replied: "Not at the moment. I thought the king would take action, but there has been no movement in Cologne."
Frederick nodded and said: "Intensify your inquiry and I will try on the gas mask."
(End of this chapter)