Chapter 227 Recruit Training and Arrangement
"Is this the strong army you said can defeat the Order Company?" A middle-aged knight named Colebo asked Horn.
Although his tone was gentle, everyone accompanying him could hear the hint of sarcasm.
"Bold, who gave you the courage?
"Drag him out and fight! ”
"Your Majesty, I..."
Although the people around him looked like they were shouting and killing, no one actually took action.
Horn speaks the Holy Word, and only when he speaks can anyone take action.
Standing next to Colebo, Jeanne frowned and looked at the recruits who were jumping around regardless of discipline.
These young men have never experienced military training. Even if they have, they certainly have not experienced military training like Horn's. It is normal for them not to adapt.
But she never expected it to be so bad.
“How many of the Holy Beloveds are there in this batch of recruits?” Horn asked Jeshka standing aside.
Jeshka stroked his thick black beard: "The previous statistics should be 233 people, which is only about one-tenth of the total number of recruits. After all, we only have more than 2,000 holy ones in total, and only the young ones who can play are The number of strong people is still too small. "
This is also a headache for Horn. It is said that it is the favor of the Holy Father, but it is really the favor of the Holy Father. He has not yet been able to figure out how the Holy Father spreads.
He has conducted experiments on blood, saliva, hair and even child urine, but there is no clear evidence that they have anything to do with the Holy Family.
But the inexplicable thing is that Jeanne's blood has a high probability of infecting people or animals with witch disease.
Horn even wanted to ask: Am I not a witch? Am I a witch?
"During this period, I will stay here at the military camp and try to train and live with them as much as possible." Horn said helplessly to Jeshka.
After all, the only thing that can prove the connection with the Holy Family is Horn's own scope of activities.
"Your Majesty, this is the training schedule for the recruit camp. Please take a look." Hakuto handed a roll of hemp paper to Horn.
Horn took it and glanced at it. Under his promotion, the convenient and intuitive format of two-dimensional tables has been spread among word workers.
The boot camp training on the hemp paper was basically in line with Horn's ideas, but in terms of specific details, Horn decided to leave it to Hakuto and Jeshka.
Compared with Yun military strategists like Horn who do not understand specific affairs, these two experienced veterans understand practice and details better.
Under Horn's suggestion, the boot camp will last for twenty days, and the priority of training subjects is discipline, physical fitness and ideological education.
Originally, ideological education should be given top priority, but Horn currently does not have the right manpower to complete this part. It can even be said that he does not have the conditions to complete it in the first place.
But considering the importance of ideological education, Horn decided to forcefully arrange a trial.
According to this schedule, the first three days of the recruit camp are for adaptation, and only the simplest queue training is conducted to let them experience the life of the military camp.
This part of the training includes standing, sitting, one-way march, military doctrine, etc., and there will be confession and teaching by the military chaplain every night.
The middle seven days are basic training. Queue training is still performed, but it will require standing, turning left and right, organizing formations, housekeeping, and interspersed with some simple physical training, such as one-kilometer running, 50-meter sprint, and lifting. Long stick etc.
In addition, you must also start learning simplified Laiya script. All 28 simplified letters must be memorized to lay the foundation for future literacy classes.
The last seven days are intensive training. If you are proficient in the first two, more queue and physical training will be added.
Such as three-kilometer running, 100-meter sprint with a stick, one-kilometer weight-bearing run, island-hopping training, etc.
After these seventeen days of training, the recruits need to be able to understand commands, distinguish left and right, be able to march in a straight line in a basically neat formation and basically consistent movements, lay a good physical foundation for breathing techniques, and fully Integrate into the orderly life of the military camp.
The last three days are the assessment period. After the assessment, the Black Hat Army and the Guards will come to select people. The veterans will be the backbone and the recruits will be the flesh and blood to form a new legion, and formal training will begin.
Subjects such as tactical training, formation changes and breathing techniques should be left until the end of the boot camp and determined based on specific tactical assignments.
In fact, the complexity and meticulous management of this "Sacred Book of Salvation Chapter Soldiers" are quite stringent compared to the most stringent infantry training in the empire.
Hakuto and Jeshka both expressed their opinions openly or covertly, but they were still suppressed by Horn. Because this army must not only defeat the extraordinary knights of Fort Joan of Arc, but also defeat the Order Company. Finally, it must be a new model army for all rebels.
Horn believes that these young people in Daze Township have the ability to complete his ideas.
Many of them had personally experienced the bloody battle at Fort Joan of Arc. When they were the weakest, they had actually seen blood and dared to face the knights head-on.
This kind of willpower cannot be developed through training.
Besides, many of them are migrant workers and have nothing to lose.
Due to their experience of moving around, their knowledge, courage and ability to take care of themselves are much stronger than ordinary farmers.
The only possible drawback is that due to wandering around, they have acquired a lot of cunning and vicious habits.
Compared to more simple farmers, they can rob, steal and extort with almost no psychological burden.
This is why Horn forcefully promotes ideological education and even drags in all the monks from the Order of the Holy Father to serve as military chaplains for them.
I hope that the collective confession once every three days can change their behavior patterns.
"Brother, look." Jeanne, who was observing the new recruits at the foot of the hill, suddenly widened her brows, "There is a new soldier standing there, and finally there is someone who can make sense."
" That big guy? He's not a good soldier." The shackled Colebo took two steps forward, "I saw this kind of soft-hearted soldier was just an empty shell. , looks good, but is too timid. He can deceive the stupid count as an honor guard, but he cannot deceive the enemy.”
"Can you predict the future?" Jeanne asked with eyes wide open.
"My dear lady, how many people like him do you think I have seen? His cowardice is deep in his bones and cannot be changed." Colebo tilted his neck lazily, "Wait until it happens." On the battlefield, even if he doesn't run away, he can hardly walk."
"I think he will be a good soldier." Horn turned his back to Colebo and looked down. Military camps and the noisy flow of recruits.
“Of course you can have your own opinion, but I reserve mine.” Colebo said.
"Cowardice is not in the bones, nor is it innate. As long as they understand two things, the most cowardly person can be braver than the bravest knight."
"What?"
"Why are you fighting? Who are you fighting for?"
"Ha, humor."
Turn around, Horn smiled: " How about we make a bet?”
“How to bet?”
"In one and a half months, I will arrange for them to go to the southwest mountains to clean up the giant spiders and lycanthrope zombies entrenched there as the first actual combat training.
We will bet on this big man fighting there What is the result of the battle? "
This is what Horn has planned. If the giant spiders and monsters in that area can be cleared away, then the siltation of Nanze Lake can be owned by the Papal State.
If there is a chance, maybe they can break through the siltation with the Holy Machine of the Wheel. If the water level of Nanze Lake can drop, Horn and the others will be able to obtain a large piece of fertile land immediately.
"Okay, I bet he won't achieve anything, he will only shrink up and tremble."
"Okay, then I'll bet on you." A sly look flashed in Horn's eyes.
“What if I win?”
“If you win, I will let you go. If you lose, what can you give me?”
Looking at Jeanne on the side, Coleb snorted: "I swear in front of Myrcella that I will accept your rebaptism, serve you, tell you all the cavalry fighting methods, and help you. Train your cavalry.”
“Okay, it’s a deal.”
Horn said flatly.
(End of this chapter)