Chapter 458 Riot · Picking up the Railroad
Although Karen's military command level is not strong, the practical experience brought by a series of wars is still allowing her to grow rapidly.
After all, even the great man in the original world who performed the pinnacle operation in human military history was only a librarian when he was young.
No one is born with it, but as long as you have enough experience and training, and your talent is not bad, you can develop it.
I have to say that Kallen has grown very quickly at this point, and she is now able to show the qualities that a qualified leader should have.
At Karen's request, the Revolutionary Army's attack on the Steam Knights focused on destroying the opponent's logistical supplies and marching routes as much as possible, rather than engaging in frontal combat.
Now that the steam knights have just arrived in the New World colonies, both the supplies and the condition of their steam armor are in the best condition. Even if the supplies are cut off, these steam knights can fight for at least a few hours.
While a group of steam knights fight for several hours, the damage they can cause is enough to wipe out an army.
Based on the current combat level and quality of the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, it is a miracle that they can persist for half an hour under the frontal attack of the Steam Knights.
So the Revolutionary Army itself did not have the idea to challenge the Steam Knights. They just destroyed the railway as Karen told them and blocked the progress of the train carrying the Steam Knights and accompanying infantry.
"Sir Knight, the railway has been damaged. We may be delayed here for a while." On the train, the infantry battalion commander accompanying the Steam Knights reported the situation to the flag captain of the group of Steam Knights.
According to the empire's military system, the Grand Knight has the same military command authority as the infantry battalion commander.
The Grand Knight Commander undoubtedly has higher command authority than an infantry battalion commander, not to mention that the infantry battalion is accompanying the Steam Knight.
So of course, the military command of their team lies with the flag captain of the Steam Knight.
But the flag captain did not show much thought and desire to command the battle. Instead, he left everything to the infantry battalion commander in front of him: "Everything will be done according to the tactical regulations. You can do whatever you want. Okay, there’s no need to report everything to me, we’ll talk about it when we need to go out.”
This made the infantry battalion commander feel a little numb. Although it was a good thing for the other party to delegate power, the strange state of this team of steam knights still left him a little confused.
After all, they are here to suppress the rebellion, and the key to the suppression operation is the powerful force of the Steam Knights.
Otherwise, how can one infantry battalion alone suppress a rebellion in a city?
As for command authority, to be honest, there is really no need to fight for it. After all, it is just an infantry battalion. As long as it is clear who is in charge and who is in charge of command during combat, daily affairs are not too important. The place is worth fighting for, but it is just the right to speak.
And an infantry battalion commander and a grand knight commander compete for the right to speak? Not to mention that the other party is a steam knight, even an ordinary knight or infantry battalion commander is not qualified to compete for the right to speak. It is such a reality that the first level of officialdom can crush people to death.
So from the beginning, the infantry battalion commander was ready to pretend to be a grandson.
But along the way, the state of the Steam Knight flag team they followed was really weird.
First of all, no one got off the train. No knights ever stepped out of their special carriages along the way.
Although this is somewhat abnormal in the eyes of the infantry battalion commander, if this is a team of knights with strict military discipline, or if they are too arrogant and unwilling to deal with other people, it is not a big deal.
But the problem is that although the Grand Knight Commander, the flag captain, occasionally shows up, he never takes off his helmet or his armor. This is somewhat abnormal. No matter how vigilant you are and don't take off your armor, you won't have to take off your helmet, right? Don't you feel bored?
And you are steam knights, right? Steam armor should be used in combat. Why are everyone wearing old-fashioned knight armor?
Although it looks like a modified knight's armor that can be worn together with steam armor, it feels strange no matter how you look at it.
However, despite their strange behavior, this team of steam knights is still their biggest force in suppressing the riot and is also the core of the entire team. Therefore, even if the infantry battalion commander has any doubts, he will not speak out directly. .
In this way, under the arrangement of the infantry battalion commander, the team temporarily stopped. The infantry battalion deployed defenses around the train and sent a small team of soldiers to try to remove the destroyed train with the staff on the train. Railway restoration.
In this era, it was very easy to destroy the railways. All you had to do was pry open the spikes and then peel off the rails.
The crowbar, the holy sword of physics, was originally used to do this.
Of course, it is not difficult to repair this level of damage. You only need to put the rails back into their original positions and re-fix them with spikes.
After all, it is very easy to peel off the rails, but it is not easy to take away such a long rail.
Generally speaking, the length of a rail is about 25 meters, and the weight is about 30-40 kilograms per meter. Almost a rail weighs nearly a ton.
When building railways, in order to avoid various problems caused by thermal expansion and contraction, four rails are usually welded together to make one hundred meters long.
It is already difficult to move something of this size and weight, let alone transport it away.
Unless a locomotive and a crane are used, it is impossible to move it by human power alone.
So generally speaking, stripping the rails means prying the rails off the sleepers and then pushing them aside to make them impassable for a short period of time.
Because of this, repairing it is not as difficult as imagined.
The infantry battalion commander was not in a hurry about this. In addition to letting the soldiers repair it slowly, he was more thinking about how far he had to go to suppress the riot this time.
But soon, the infantry battalion commander gave up thinking.
After all, he is just an infantry battalion commander. Although the Grand Knight Commander has given him the daily command authority, it is not his turn to make the decision in any aspect such as suppressing the riot.
Not to mention that the infantry battalion he led was just an accompanying force of the Steam Knights. Just the suppression of the riot itself was mainly composed of troops from the New World colonies. They were just guest troops.
So he thought it didn't make any sense.
Instead of thinking about how to suppress the riots, it would be more practical to think about how to repair the railway tracks quickly and speed up the march.
Of course, while repairing the railway tracks, I am afraid that some attention should be paid to preventing those rioters from attacking the trains.
(End of this chapter)