Chapter 66: Maintain what you should protect
Little Nicholas was born in 1856 and is 25 years old this year.
Sergey was born in 1857 and is 24 years old this year.
Without the blessing of the Grand Duke, it would be impossible for them to sit in this position at their age.
This can explain why Nicholas and George’s military teacher, General Pushrewsky, became the deputy commander of the Prussian regiment.
The leader is just a show-off, and the deputy leader must find someone capable.
So the most capable officers of the Guards are not the military chiefs of each unit, but the little-known deputies.
Vasily may not be as magical as Suvorov, but he is much better than Constantine. The company he and Constantine belong to has started training, and the progress is much faster than George's.
George's team hasn't even decided on the contestants yet.
The horse is already determined.
The most critical element of the cavalry is mobility. A good horse is the most important weapon of the cavalry.
Nicholas played a key role here again. At his request, the best troops and horses of the general regiment have been concentrated in the 4th company.
This was not enough, Nicholas even borrowed 60 military horses from the garrison of Gatchina Palace to supplement the shortcomings of the 4th company.
So why is George so confident?
Because from the beginning, George was already invincible.
George's opponent is Vasily.
Constantine’s opponent was not George, but Nicholas.
Because Nikolai is the commander of the 4th company, and George is just Nikolai's deputy.
If Constantine dares to defeat George, then he will be in trouble.
His father will not let him go.
Nikolai mobilized all his resources to win.
George is not idle either, and the resources he possesses are beyond Vasily's reach.
Nicholas had a tsar father, and George had a cousin who was a steward.
Cousin is used to convey messages, but Uncle Mikhail and Ye Luoxin are the ones who really do the work.
Ye Luoxin is a general who has truly fought on the battlefield and is extremely experienced.
Ye Luoxin was expelled from the Guards. It was nothing to Nicholas. With just a transfer order, Ye Luoxin was allowed to return to the Guards.
This is not an illegal operation, because Russian soldiers can serve multiple times. If necessary, retired officers and soldiers must respond to the imperial recruitment and rejoin the army.
Of course you can return to the Guards, but forget about reinstating the officer's post. Ye Luoxin, like his son Andrei, needs to start as a warrant officer.
As long as Ye Luoxin can return to the Guards and start as a private soldier, Ye Luoxin is willing to do so.
The moment she received the draft, Ye Luoxin lost control of her emotions. The dozens-year-old man sat on the ground and cried loudly. After crying, he took out the military uniform he had always treasured and mounted a horse to report to the regiment.
Uncle Mikhail's role was greater.
Nicola can coordinate resources that George does not have, and George can do a lot.
As mentioned earlier, the uniforms of the Guards officers are all prepared by themselves.
Soldiers' clothing is provided by the military department, and the quality varies. In terms of warmth, there is a huge gap between it and officers' uniforms.
George knows how to spend money. If the soldier uniforms are not warm enough, then they can be customized from the clothing factory in St. Petersburg.
Not only the clothing, but also the equipment required by the soldiers must be of the best quality.
Mikhail knows the importance of the September exercise to George. Even if George does not emphasize it, Mikhail will prepare the best for George.
Vasili is working overtime to train, but he doesn’t know that what he is about to face is a perverted opponent. "George, do you want me to transfer someone from the Gatchina Palace?" Nikolai was completely over the top. He didn't even go to the dance recently. He and George spent every day thinking about how to improve the strength of the 4th company.
"Look at yourself first. When the time comes, all your men will be lions, but you, the company commander, will be a sheep. How dare you accept the medal?" George still used roundabout tactics, and Nikolai With such a character, you have to rely on subtlety to make it work.
Nicholas was confused.
He really didn’t want to go running with George in the winter.
If you’re just running, it’s not a big problem.
The key is that the temptation of bed in the winter morning is greater for Nicholas than the temptation of the dance.
But thinking about the situation George said, a sheep leading a group of lions, Nicholas decided to wait for the weather to get warmer and resume exercise with George.
Construction workers only work for half a year, and Nicholas, the crown prince, can work for half a year and rest for half a year.
St. Petersburg has a snowy period for half a year every year, and construction sites do not start during this half of the year.
Looking forward, looking forward, the east wind is coming, the footsteps of spring are approaching, everything is like just waking up, and everything is recovering.
As the competition approached, the officers and soldiers of the general regiment became more and more enthusiastic about training. Several soldiers who vowed to win rewards actually injured themselves during training.
At this time, George was surprised to find that there was only one military doctor in the entire regiment.
The Cavalry Regiment of the Guards is a large company of six companies. The whole regiment has 900 combat personnel, plus a total of 1,200 logistical support personnel. With so many people and only one military doctor, it is indeed a bit pitiful.
What’s even more pitiful is that.
The Guards are the most powerful force in Russia, and all equipment is top-notch. In the entire Russian army, the ratio of military doctors in the army is about ten thousand to one.
There is only one military doctor for every 10,000 soldiers.
This can explain why Russia has such a high casualty ratio in previous wars.
When military doctors treat the wounded, they must give priority to officers, so soldiers can only pray after being injured.
This is not a slander. The military reforms carried out by Milyutin clearly stipulated that each army must be equipped with a certain number of priests.
No, it’s a priest. Priests are only found in Christianity and in games. Russia is an Orthodox church.
"Soldiers have received emergency training, and everyone is a doctor on the battlefield." Ye Luoxin took it for granted, this is the role of tradition.
“If it’s just a small cut on your finger, you can indeed handle it yourself, but what if amputation is required?” George seriously disagreed. In ancient times, people were still naked.
"I sawed off Yuri's legs with my own hands." Ye Luo Xin Gu Jing Bu Bo said that the Cossacks were ruthless to their enemies and even more ruthless to themselves.
"If it was a real doctor, maybe Yuri could save his leg." George was not afraid of irritating Ye Luoxin.
For Nicholas, George has the patience to change slowly.
It doesn’t matter to Ye Luoxin, just give the order.
Ye Luoxin was speechless, what George said was the truth.
George can solve the problem of soldiers' clothing.
Equipping military doctors for the general regiment was beyond George's ability.
George went to see his cousin, the legion commander.
Little Nicholas refused directly: "George, things are not as simple as you think. It takes a long time to train a military doctor. The empire has a million-strong army, and it is impossible to equip every soldier with a military doctor. ”
George was speechless.
George did not require that every soldier be equipped with a military doctor. He only hoped to improve the medical level of the army, which is definitely a good thing for the Russian army.
“Do what you should do, this is not something you should consider.” Little Nicholas upheld the tradition and hoped that George would become such a person.
(End of this chapter)