Claude had bad luck and was injured again.
Nothing in the world is perfect, and this is no different.
The following soldiers rushed to the enemy's defensive position and started a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy's remaining soldiers. Claude became the commander-in-chief of the front line, constantly guiding the soldiers who came up to charge and commanding the soldiers of the Ranger Battalion to kill the recalcitrant enemies. Even the lieutenant-level officers who caught up behind him obeyed Claude's orders. instruction.
Because of this, Claude was targeted. An enemy lieutenant officer came out of nowhere and rushed towards Claude, waving a sharp riding sword in his hand. Claude was caught off guard. He didn't expect that there was an enemy hiding so close to him. In a panic, he could only use his musket to resist the sword-riding charge. He blocked it, but he didn't avoid it. His thigh was pierced by the riding sword.
The enemy officer wanted to draw his sword and stab him again, but several soldiers around Claude had already reacted and stabbed the enemy officer with bayonets in three eyes and six holes. But Claude could only fall to the ground, hugging his thighs and lamenting his misfortune. He no longer has the perfect quality healing potion he brought from home. The last bottle was used on Murray Ed. I brought four bottles from home, but I didn’t use any of them on myself. When he was injured, he realized that the potion was gone. Claude was also a hard worker, so he had no choice but to get a bandage and put it on first.
The position was retaken, but bad news also followed. Aboyev died. He died in the first volley of fire from the enemy ranks. A gun shot from his left eye and penetrated the back of his head. He should have died without any pain, almost killing him on the spot. Belklin held his body and cried out of breath, while Diavid sat beside him and was secretly sad. Four aristocratic children joined the army together and lost one of their companions in less than a year.
Soon the carriage transporting the wounded soldiers arrived. Claude and Diavid, who had an injured shoulder, got on the carriage. After receiving simple disinfection and re-bandaging at the camp, they were sent to the Wounded Soldiers Treatment Center in Amys City. He will recuperate there until his injuries recover before returning to the army to report. The treatment center is very large, with many wounded people. There are also many wounded soldiers from the Ranger Camp who are familiar with it. Murray Ed is also there. He will need more than a month to recover from the gunshot wound.
A week later, Captain Leedfunk of the Ranger Battalion came. Claude noticed that his brochure had been replaced by a silver crescent instead of three green stars, which meant that Captain Leedfunk He has been promoted, to major.
"You are very unlucky." Lieutenant Lieutenant, oh, Major said, "The eldest prince went to Wilf's Hill with great interest, wanting to have a chat with you, the number one hero in retaking the position, but it turned out that you were injured and killed. Send him away, which makes him very disappointed. You said it is not good for you to get hurt when, but it is at this critical moment. How many people want to show their talents in front of the great prince to get his favor and appreciation, but it is better for you to show your talents. He also gained the attention of the eldest prince, but was accidentally attacked and injured and lost the opportunity to meet the eldest prince."
Seeing Claude staring at his epaulettes, Major Leedfonk shrugged: "Speaking of which, it is thanks to you that I was promoted to a higher rank. The eldest prince thinks that our ranger battalion played a great role in the battle to conquer Wilf Hill. You have played a key role, so I ordered that all the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Battalion be promoted to the first level. You are now also an official second lieutenant officer of the kingdom. What a pity, if you were not injured and stayed on the battlefield to see the eldest prince, you might be promoted. For the Lieutenant Officer."
While feeling sorry for Claude, Major Lieutenant-General took out a cardboard box from the black leather bag he carried with him. Inside was a green star second lieutenant epaulette, and placed it in Claude's hand: "I have already done all the procedures for you. It’s done, now you just need to rest and recover from your injuries, recover as soon as possible and return to the camp to report to me.”
Claude picked up the epaulette and played with it in his hand. He understood the meaning of Major Lederfonk's words: "You are in charge of the Ranger Camp now."
"Yeah, I'm here to catch up, and I'm temporarily acting as the commander of the ranger battalion." Major Leedfunk sighed: "Lieutenant Colonel Roessler died on the battlefield, causing a big disturbance."
"What does the storm mean?" Claude pretended not to understand anything. At the same time, he also wanted to test the opinions of the superiors on the strange death of Lieutenant Colonel Rosler: "By the way, the one on Lieutenant Colonel Rosler's body before he died on the battlefield. What’s going on with the weird transparent foam cover, I was a little stunned at the time.”
Major Redfonk looked around, put his head close to Claude, and whispered in his ear: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone. That's magic, and there are people from special departments guarding the great prince." , they thought that the foam cover on Lieutenant Colonel Rosler's body was some kind of long-range arrow protection spell. They later surveyed the battlefield, but due to the musket firing and gunpowder smoke, they could not find any magic marks of anyone using magic on the battlefield.
Later, they unanimously determined that Lieutenant Colonel Rosler should have purchased a rune magic scroll inscribed with this long-range arrow protection spell. He thought this spell could protect against enemy bullets, so he used it on the battlefield. This one-time rune magic scroll will be reduced to ashes after use, so those in the special department cannot detect the mark of magic on the battlefield.
It is said that the eldest prince who learned this conclusion cursed Lieutenant Colonel Rosler in his camp as a fool and a donkey, thinking he was a smart fool. If the spell was useful, the magicians from hundreds of years ago would not have been driven out of the Farea continent. The eldest prince said that fortunately, this fool used magic to attract the enemy's attention and was fired upon. He died well. If he had not died, he might have killed all the soldiers in the ranger camp on the battlefield. Wilf has not been recaptured yet. "post"
Claude secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was only while he was lying in the treatment center that he remembered what was wrong with him using magic to kill Lieutenant Colonel Rosler on the battlefield. Because using a spell will leave a magic mark on the spot, there must be guards from a special department around the eldest prince. If they detect the magic mark on the battlefield after the war, they can know who was standing in this position based on their memory. Claude has been a little on tenterhooks these days.
Unexpectedly, Major Leedfunk, who came to visit him today, brought him good news. No magic mark was found on the battlefield. But after a second thought, Claude realized that the magic mark was, to put it bluntly, a breath-like existence. When he used the Eye of Exploration before, he discovered that when using spells, the photons of magic elements in the air would be attracted and solidified together to form irregular traces that disappeared very slowly. This was the magic mark.
But on the battlefield, the air currents fired by muskets and the rising smoke will take away the photons of the magic elements that are condensed together, instead of slowly taking away the magic elements that are condensed together like wind and rain. disappear.
"How many people are left in our ranger camp this time?" No longer worried, Claude began to care about other things.
Major Leedfunk smiled bitterly: "Although I took over the position of battalion commander of the ranger battalion, now I am an empty battalion commander with less than thirty people under my command. Basically, they are still members of my logistics department. "
Claude was shocked: "What's going on? Didn't we have nearly a hundred soldiers in our camp when we conquered Wilf Hill last time?"
"It's like this. Now we are more than just a ranger battalion. The eldest prince ordered the formation of three more ranger battalions and established a ranger regiment." Major Lieutenant Frank explained to Claude: "We are now the first ranger battalion. The remaining soldiers in the battalion were all transferred to other battalions by the eldest prince after they were promoted to one level. They were used as seeds to allow the three battalions to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. As for the strength of our battalion, we have to wait for subsequent recruits to replenish it. Now Those new recruits are still undergoing pre-war training at the rear, and it will take more than half a month to replenish them."
Major Leedfunk said a little embarrassedly: "I'm here to visit you today. Firstly, I want to give you this second lieutenant's epaulettes. Secondly, I still need your help with something."
Claude laughed and said seriously: "Major, you are my superior and my friend. I will try my best to do anything I can."
"It's like this." Major Leedfonk was not polite, and told Claude what he needed help with. The main reason was that after the new recruits entered the camp, he was worried that these new recruits would not know Claude's tactics, and hoped that they would be able to defeat Claude. Lord wrote a training outline for himself so that he could train the new recruits to adapt to the offensive and defensive tactics of the Ranger Battalion based on this outline.
This is simple. Claude promised to write a training outline for Major Leedfunk and hand it to him three days later. It was nothing more than training the recruits to shoot on their stomachs and load ammunition while lying down. However, he asked Major Leedfunk to transfer Belklin back to the first battalion. After all, Belklin had been with Claude for the longest time. Basically, he was good at ambushes and hiding tactics. He needed to teach the new recruits step by step in actual training. Training based on an outline alone is likely to lead to the opposite direction.
Major Leedfunk agreed to this request.
"By the way, you are now an official second lieutenant officer of the kingdom. According to regulations, you need to be accompanied by a guard and an orderly. I have brought them to you. They can take care of you in the hospital to recuperate." Before leaving, Lieutenant Major Ke remembered something, walked to the door of the ward, waved, and brought two soldiers in.
Standing in front of Claude were the young man McJack and the big man Germi.
Claude was not surprised when McJack appeared in front of him. Last time, he asked McJack to stay in the logistics department to hand over the prisoners to Major Leedfunk, and did not take him to the front line. And why the big man Germi is still alive? Claude really didn't expect that he was there when the formation was marching, and it seemed that he was not far from Aboyev, but he was not seen when he occupied the enemy's position later. I always thought he had been sacrificed.
Thinking of Aboyev, Claude began to feel depressed. He was the first good friend to leave. His hearty smile will never be seen again.
Both McJack and Big Germi had an extra arrow on their epaulettes. They had been promoted from private to corporal.
The big man Germi told about his battlefield experience. On the battlefield that day, he fell down due to numbness in his body. As a result, he just avoided the enemy's first salvo. Just as he was about to get up, he didn't expect that his comrades on the left and right were shot and fell down, and they all fell on top of him. Unfortunately, the handle of the musket held by the first soldier who fell on him hit the back of Germi's head, causing Germi to pass out on the spot. Later, the corpse collection team thought he was dead, grabbed his feet and tried to throw him on the corpse collection truck before he woke up. At that time, the corpse collection soldiers were shocked.
"I really passed out at that time, I wasn't pretending to be dead. If you don't believe me, look at the big swelling on the back of my head. Only half of the swelling has gone away now, and most of it is still behind," the big man Gemie said aggrievedly.
"Okay, we believe you." Claude was a little curious: "But why don't you stay in the camp and insist on being my guard?"
In fact, as a formal second lieutenant officer of the kingdom, guards are generally assigned only when they perform actual duties. A squadron has a full strength of fifty-three people. In addition to four squads of forty-eight people, the squadron leader is also equipped with orderlies, communications soldiers, and medical personnel. Soldiers and guards. Among them, the pay for servicemen and guards is signed by the squadron leader, and basically only the squadron leader's close associates can assume these two positions.
Most of the second lieutenant officers who serve as squadron leaders are not equipped with guards during peacetime, leaving only an orderly to take care of the chores around them, so that they can have an extra military salary at their disposal. Only close soldiers will be selected as guards when there is a war, while communication soldiers and medical soldiers are professional arms and are generally assigned by the battalion headquarters.
The big man Gemi rubbed the back of his head and said shyly: "I don't have enough to eat in the camp, so I can fill my stomach by following you."
Well, this guy is a big eater. The big man ate one to support four, and he went up with all his strength. If it were ancient times, he would be a fierce general, but now in the age of muskets, he has no use for it. No matter how strong he is, he can't withstand a musket blow. He really doesn't have enough to eat as a soldier in the camp. Forget it, let him Follow him.
Claude's thigh was stabbed in half by a riding sword, so he had to stay in the treatment center for a relatively long time to recover from his injuries, and it was inconvenient for him to walk. Just in time, Mike and the big man Germi came to take care of him. , this is also the kindness of Major Leedfunk, for which Claude expressed his deep gratitude.