At around 11 o'clock in the evening, the Guards Corps camp near Ames City.
About thirty meters away from the command tent, there was a row of very ordinary camping tents. No one could have imagined that Prince Hansback, the first successor to the throne of the Kingdom of Overas, lived in such a simple tent. At the same time, this camping tent was also the private office of His Royal Highness.
Prince Hansback has not rested yet. He is standing in front of a table and looking at a musket placed on it. It is the precise aim of the new equipment of the soldiers of the Principality of Rimodra that was just delivered by the ranger camp this afternoon. Shooting musket.
"Captain Scree, what do Master Crirado say?" the eldest prince asked.
A captain officer standing next to him stood at attention and replied: "Master Crirado believes that this is a product of the Uola Musket Manufacturing Factory in the Kingdom of Sidings. It is an imitation of our Kingdom's Obash Type III standard matchlock gun and is used for precise aiming. Shooting. For well-known reasons, they lag far behind our kingdom in terms of musket performance. Therefore, compared with the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun, this gun only has half the performance in terms of accuracy and continuous shooting. But if If they equip a large number of these imitation muskets, they may be able to use the cover of defense facilities to cause heavy casualties to our soldiers when our kingdom's army launches an attack."
If Claude could hear what Captain Skree said, then he would definitely lament that Master Crirado had the same views as him, and the hero saw the same thing.
Prince Hansback nodded and began to circle around the tent with his chin in his hand. Everyone present stood still and made no sound. As the attendant officers of the eldest prince, they all know that the eldest prince is thinking at this moment, and what they are most afraid of is that some sound will disturb the prince's thoughts.
After a while, the eldest prince stopped and said quietly and clearly: "It seems that we have to launch an attack in advance. We can no longer proceed according to the original plan. In this way, we may be able to catch the enemy by surprise. Anyway, all we have is The legions have been arranged in place, and the Griffin Legion has also hidden its whereabouts, put on the uniforms of the second-line legion and arrived here. Perhaps the generals of the Kingdom of Nasseri never thought that we would set up for them in the Principality of Sidings. Set a trap”
The eldest prince stopped talking to himself, walked to the table with the musket again, picked up the musket and tested its weight: "Who captured this gun?"
"It was a sergeant named Claude. He led a team to perform an ambush mission and eliminated a small team of scouts from the Principality of Karnas. Then they were attacked by a small team of soldiers from the Principality of Mordra. They carried out a Counterattacked, killed nine enemies, captured this musket, and suffered more than half of their own casualties."
"The name Claude sounds familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere before." The prince frowned, thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Go and get Lieutenant Colonel Rosler from the ranger camp, no, get Captain Leedfunk." Recruit it to me."
Captain Leedfunk is the officer in charge of logistics in the Ranger Camp. He is also a nail buried in the Ranger Camp by the Grand Prince. His duty is not to interfere with Lieutenant Colonel Ross's daily affairs in managing the ranger camp, but to record everything that happens in the ranger camp and pass it on to the eldest prince, so that the eldest prince can view this experimental project from the perspective of a bystander. combat units and draw the final conclusion.
More than an hour later, the eldest prince, who had listened to Captain Lederfonk's report, had already remembered who Claude was: "You mean, this sergeant named Claude has a very bad relationship with Rosler, and Rosler was very afraid of him, but couldn't do anything about him. At the same time, Rosler wanted to frame him and kill him. He often ordered him to perform some very difficult tasks, but this sergeant named Claude could do it very well every time. Completed the task perfectly”
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince." Captain Leedfunk replied: "In fact, more than one-third of the soldiers in the ranger camp are very convinced of this Claude and are willing to follow him on an ambush mission. And we, the lieutenant-level officers, privately During the discussion, everyone thought that some of his suggestions were reasonable. However, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was very resistant and refused to adopt them. We all did not understand why Lieutenant Colonel Rosler wanted to suppress Claude, and he was not even willing to report his military exploits.
I once recorded it and found that Chief Claude has obtained nearly seventy enemy identity plates. Although he always leads a small team to perform missions, no one denies that he has killed the most enemies in the ranger camp. shooter. However, Lieutenant Colonel Rosler refused to acknowledge his military exploits, and allocated the status plaques he received to the soldiers who accompanied him on the attack. In fact, based on Claude's military exploits, he should have been promoted to second lieutenant long ago."
"Then do you think Lieutenant Colonel Rosler's approach is right or wrong?" the eldest prince asked with interest.
Captain Leedfunk shook his head: "I don't know, Your Highness the Prince, you asked me to go to the ranger camp, and you only asked me to bring a pair of eyes and ears, but not a mouth. So I will only tell what I see and What you hear is reported back to you, not commented upon.”
The eldest prince laughed dumbly: "You did a good job, I am very satisfied. In fact, I gave Lieutenant Colonel Rosler the responsibility for this ranger camp because of his loyalty and his uncompromising dedication to my orders and the tasks assigned to him. Go and execute it. As you all know, the purpose of setting up the Ranger Battalion is also to explore and find a way to use the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun on the battlefield. It seems that Lieutenant Colonel Rosler has done a good job so far. He has at least completed my task. The mission assigned to him has made it impossible for the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry to easily enter our area to conduct reconnaissance and spy on intelligence.
But you also know that Lieutenant Colonel Rosler was born a commoner, so his character is not as majestic as a noble. He does not understand that the excellence of his subordinates means that he is qualified as a leader. It's a very simple truth, but it's a pity that he doesn't understand it. He just wanted to perform well and didn't want his subordinates to cover up his style. Perhaps this was the reason why he kept suppressing that Claude. How should I put it, his commoner background prevented him from changing his petty nature, and jealousy might prevent him from becoming a true nobleman.
As for this Claude, I admit that he is indeed very talented. It's a pity that he is too young, only twenty years old this year, so he is arrogant and arrogant, which is why he frequently clashes with Rosler because of differences in ideas and opinions. His temperament still needs to be polished, otherwise promoting him now will only make him worse. Being arrogant will become a big thorn in the army in the future. So let him endure under Rosler for a while, put aside his military exploits first, and then promote him to military rank after this battle is over."
Claude didn't know that the eldest prince's short discussion would cause his military exploits to continue to be suppressed by Lieutenant Colonel Rosler in the ranger camp. However, the attendant officers in the tent all shouted in admiration: "Your Highness is wise."
The eldest prince smiled and said to Captain Leedfunk: "Go and tell Rosler that although Claude needs polishing, his reasonable suggestions must be accepted and implemented with humility. By the way, I remember that Claude. De assumes the position of acting squadron leader with the rank of sergeant major. You will fill up his squadron's establishment tomorrow. Let him continue to act as squadron leader.
Since he is talented, we also need to give him room to play and tell Rosler that from now on, the Claude squadron will only need to be given tasks and does not need to provide specific guidance. All training and task execution will be decided by him. I want to see where he can take this squadron, and maybe give us another idea on how to use the Ranger Battalion.
Roesler turned the ranger camp into a mercenary camp, which I think was probably a detour. On the contrary, as Master Crirado commented, the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun will inflict a large amount of damage to the attacking enemy and reduce the casualties of our defensive troops by relying on the cover of defensive facilities in defensive battles. Feel the same.
Perhaps we can try to train a legion of new recruits to specifically use the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun to play a defensive role in the battle. Captain Skerry, please record it. Tomorrow, send a falcon message to the Army Department, asking them to select one of the newly formed second-line regiments, all equipped with Obash type III standard matchlock guns, and deploy a group of veterans with defensive experience. To teach them, the most important thing is to learn how to accurately aim and shoot in defensive battles. "
"Yes, Your Highness." Captain Skerry stood at attention and saluted.
"Okay, let's all disperse. It's already very late. There is a legion meeting every morning to discuss preparations for the attack. You all can go and have a rest." The eldest prince waved his hand and asked his attendant officers to leave.
Claude never dreamed that he would be summoned to the battalion office early in the morning. In front of the dark-faced Lieutenant Colonel Roesler, Captain Leedfonk, who was in charge of logistics, gave him an order with a friendly smile. Continue to act as the squadron leader with the rank of sergeant major, and fill up the squadron's staffing. From now on, he will be responsible for all training and mission execution of the squadron. The required materials and equipment can be obtained from his logistics department.
From now on, it was Claude's decision who would be assigned to carry out the tasks assigned to him by the battalion headquarters and how they would be carried out. The reason why such an order was issued is that Claude is expected to become a test unit in this experimental combat unit. Because he ranks first in the military merits of the Ranger Battalion, he is expected to explore and summarize a strategy suitable for soldiers in the Ranger Battalion to train and fight. an effective way to determine the future combat effectiveness of the Ranger Battalion and its status in the Kingdom’s army.
Claude walked out of the battalion office with some confusion. The strange thing about this order was that it asked Claude to select the soldiers he thought were suitable in the ranger camp to become members of his full squadron. The problem is that Claude's military rank is only a sergeant major, and he can still serve as a squad leader. What does it mean to be an acting squadron leader without raising his rank? Moreover, this is a fully-staffed squadron, with a total of four squads, not the previous guard squadron. That's just two and a half squads of soldiers
The only thing that can be confirmed is that in the future, I can bypass Lieutenant Colonel Rosler who always has a stern face and a mustache and pretend to be pretentious, and no longer need to look at his face. Captain Leedfunk's words just now revealed that this is the meaning above. Who doesn't know that the Ranger Battalion is an experimental combat unit formed by the Grand Prince Hansback? Doesn't this refer to the order given by the Grand Prince himself
As for future orders, no specific guidance will be provided. This means that Claude is asked to perform a certain task, such as being responsible for the security of a certain area or an ambush. It is up to Claude to decide how to perform the task and which team to send to perform the task. Ridiculous things like the last time Lieutenant Colonel Rosler ordered Claude to get ten enemy identification plates before he could return to camp would never happen again.
Perhaps this is the biggest benefit, which means that Claude has become the focus of Prince Hansback, and Lieutenant Colonel Rosler can no longer continue to target and suppress Claude. As for the issue of military exploits, Claude didn't know what the eldest prince meant. Whether he was deliberately ignoring it or giving face to Lieutenant Colonel Rosler, but it was already very beneficial to have him act as squadron leader.
While Claude was busy forming his own squadron in the ranger camp, fighting broke out again on the battlefield that had been facing off for nearly half a year. Under the command of Prince Hansback, the army of the Kingdom of Ovelas launched a fierce attack on the defensive positions of the anti-Austrian five-nation coalition again. The "Battle of Emilia Plains" in history began. More than a million soldiers on both sides They fought on the plains of Amelia, and after the war, the plains of Amelia were called the land of blood by the survivors of this battle.
The total strength of the Overas Kingdom is 460,000, including seven legions and more than 30 battalion-level combat units. With the Guards Corps and two second-line regiments as the vanguard, they launched a fierce attack on the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance forces with a total strength of nearly 580,000. Under the bombardment of nearly 400 artillery pieces, the defense lines of the three principalities of the Principality of Eskilin, the Principality of Rimodra, and the Principality of Karnas were successfully torn apart, and they strode towards the capital of the Principality of Sidings. Afinasburg Advance