Dr. Lempert was very surprised and very happy to see Claude. He didn't expect that in just a few years, Claude had already become a lieutenant colonel in the kingdom, and now he was in charge of a battalion alone. He remembered that when he and Claude first met, he was a junior pharmacist in the 11th Field Battalion of the Blue Feather Corps, and Claude had just joined the army to receive non-commissioned officer training. He could only sigh that time passed so quickly. The two of them had different circumstances. Claude now seemed to have an infinitely bright future...
Dr. Lempert simply agreed to Claude's request to serve in the 131st Ranger Battalion, and took over the task of dispatching three junior pharmacists and medics, ensuring that he would arrive at the 131st Ranger Battalion within three days. The first battalion reported to the camp.
While Claude was busy building the grassroots officer structure of the 131st Ranger Battalion, he finally received the No. 1 official order of the Ranger Division from General Michelchi to all the troops stationed in Christo Castle. All officers are required to go to their original combat units for unit reorganization, and it is announced that soldiers who join the Ranger Corps will receive a one-time welfare subsidy that is twice their salary.
For the soldiers who were deployed to the various units stationed at Christo Castle, the two-year wait for the reorganization and formation of the Ranger Division finally began. They did not doubt the authenticity of this order, and returned to the military camp one after another, and cooperated and carried out the orders issued by the officers to collect all kinds of old weapons and equipment. This is common sense. New weapons and equipment should also be used when reorganizing into new troops. It is very common sense to recycle old weapons and equipment.
But none of these soldiers expected that after the weapons and equipment were handed over, what awaited them would be a month-and-a-half month-long military discipline period. General Michelich immediately announced the closing order and martial law, and then began to conduct military disciplinary crackdowns in each military camp. Countless soldiers and gangs who violated military discipline were uncovered.
In late July, the military disciplinary crackdown was announced to be over, and 1,027 officers and soldiers who had committed serious crimes were hanged directly on both sides of the avenue of Castle Cristo on the order of General Michelchi. Three thousand four hundred and eighty-six officers and soldiers with lesser crimes formed six labor camps and were sentenced to ten years of hard labor. One hundred and ninety-four junior officers were ordered to retire due to dereliction of duty and incompetence. In addition, countless soldiers were sentenced to solitary confinement and flogging. The only thing they were lucky about was that they could continue to serve in the military and obtain national status when their service period expired.
No one expected that General Michelchi would have such a ruthless side, and he would sentence and punish so many officers and soldiers who violated military discipline at once. Prince Hansback rushed from the royal capital to Christo Castle overnight and talked with General Michelich all night long. It is said that the eldest prince's opinion is that it is best not to sentence these officers and soldiers who violated discipline to death and hard labor. After all, they have made meritorious deeds for the kingdom in the war and were once the elite of the kingdom.
But General Michelic rejected the request of the eldest prince. He said that two years of lack of discipline and lax military camp life had made these soldiers lose their spirit. Failure to strictly enforce military laws would make these soldiers lose their fear. Now only by making them realize the harshness of military law can they understand the duty of a soldier again, and the subsequent reorganization work will proceed smoothly.
Prince Hansback finally decided to support General Michelci's sentence. Now is a time of peace, and everything is focused on stabilizing the domestic situation. It is enough for the harsh punishment of these disciplinary soldiers to be cheered and joyed by the residents and merchants of Castle Christo. They have suffered enough misfortunes from these soldiers in the past two years. If it were during the war, it would be a better decision. These undisciplined soldiers would form a death battalion and charge at the forefront of the battlefield...
Later generations called this incident "Christopher Castle's Bloody July". After all, the Kings had never sentenced so many people to death at once. More than a thousand corpses hung on both sides of the avenue of Castle Christo, making it a horrifying sight. It was not until a week later that these corpses were collected for cremation. The cause of death reported to the Army Department was that they died in battle, which was considered a good ending for these disciplinary officers and soldiers.
On August 10, the 131st Ranger Battalion completed its formation mission. Claude came to the division headquarters again, submitted an application report, and was summoned by General Michelchi.
"Are you planning to spend three months on long-distance training?" General Michelich asked, looking at the application report submitted by Claude.
"Yes, General." Claude replied: "The soldiers in our battalion are all veterans and there is no need for new recruit training. What is needed most now is to master new tactics, especially mobility and emergency response capabilities. Our battalion headquarters After discussion, we felt that belt training was the most appropriate method, so we decided to conduct long-distance training marches and conduct field exercises along the way to train the soldiers in order to develop combat effectiveness as quickly as possible."
"Then why are it the three counties in the southwest instead of the twenty-nine new counties newly occupied by the kingdom? There are still many violent resistance activities in the newly occupied areas. You can definitely conduct actual combat exercises..." General Michelic frowned and asked.
The so-called twenty-nine new counties newly occupied by the kingdom are actually the territories of the former Principality of Siddings, the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Esquiline. The three principalities were annexed by the kingdom after its demise and were divided into twenty-nine. A new county.
"That's right, General. We consider that these twenty-nine new counties already have three newly formed standing corps stationed there, and we are worried that we will have disputes with them if we go there rashly. At the same time, we cannot cope with the logistics and transportation of heavy military supplies. This puts our battalion in a difficult situation. Because it has just been formed, we think that without ensuring that our 131st Battalion has a certain combat effectiveness, it is better not to go to the Kingdom's newly occupied territory for long-distance training..." Claude explained.
"Then why go to the three southwest counties? You can definitely train in several counties around the Ibiniste Plain." General Michelich seemed unwilling to let the 131st Ranger Battalion run too far. worry about what.
"General, it's like this. The counties surrounding the Ibiniste Plain are densely populated and commercially prosperous areas. The geographical environment here is relatively flat, which is not conducive to our 131st Battalion's field exercises, and at the same time, we have to prepare for our battles. The confidential nature of training and tactical exercises will have a great impact. The three southwest counties are relatively remote and have many mountains and hills, which is very suitable for us to conduct live-fire exercises, and it is also more convenient in terms of supplies. In addition, our 131st Battalion also Prepare to conduct extreme survival combat training for soldiers in the wild. The virgin forests and mountains there are very suitable for such extreme survival combat training... "
"Wait a minute, Claude, what's this extreme survival combat training in the wild?" General Michelich interrupted Claude's answer.
"This is one of my tactical ideas, which is to designate a combat target, let a small team of soldiers carry three days of supplies, and conduct seven days of combat training in wild forests and mountainous areas. The training is to remove the combat target and survive. Purpose. The combat effect is to penetrate the enemy's defensive front in the form of small teams during the war, carry out surprise attacks on the logistics supply garrison locations and command centers behind enemy lines, and disrupt the command, transportation, and material supply systems of the enemy's defensive front..." Lord was actually talking about special operations in his previous life.
"I understand..." General Michelich nodded. He recalled the process in which Claude commanded an elite small force to sneak attack on the student headquarters and win the victory during several field exercises at the Royal Army Military Academy in Kaleben.
"Okay, I will issue an order and a pass document, allowing the 131st Ranger Battalion to go to the three southwest counties for long-distance training for a period of three months. However, I will ask the division headquarters to organize a staff group to go to your camp for observation. And record the training effects of this long-distance training. Don’t worry, this staff group will not interfere with your battalion’s training and exercises. I just need them to record what they see and hear and submit it to the division headquarters.” Mi General Sherkey said.
"Yes, General." Claude stood at attention and saluted before exiting the office.
yeah! Claude cheered excitedly after leaving the division headquarters. The so-called 131st Ranger Battalion went to the three southwest counties for long-distance training and exercises was purely out of Claude's selfish motives. In the blink of an eye, the son he and Kaifani gave birth to was almost two years old, but he had never seen his father. Claude originally wanted to take family leave, but the 131st Ranger Battalion had just been formed, and a long period of training and tactical drills were needed. Claude was worried that if he asked for leave, he would be dismissed from his position as battalion commander by General Michelchi in the blink of an eye.
At the end of July, the more than a thousand corpses that were hung on both sides of the Avenue of the Castel Cristo had just been collected and sent for cremation. General Michelchi, who had transformed from an elegant academic soldier into a ruthless division commander, had already He is the great devil in the minds of countless soldiers, and no one dares to disobey his orders. Even Claude had to think about his own future. He didn't want to leave a bad impression on General Michelchi and be labeled as unreusable because of things like family leave.
Fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Skerry was considerate and gave Claude an idea. Anyway, the newly formed 131st Battalion of Rangers needs to conduct long-distance training, so why not go to the three southwest counties? Claude is completely able to make ends meet for both public and private matters. While achieving the purpose of military training, he can also take time to go home and see his children and family...
After a lot of hard work, Claude finally prepared a complete training plan for long-distance marches and field exercises. After submitting it to the division headquarters for approval, he immediately mobilized the entire battalion of officers and soldiers to go to the three southwest counties, with the goal of White Deer City.
When Claude got the travel plan made by Major Siegfried, he realized why his superiors had allocated a logistics and baggage brigade to his battalion. It's very simple. The 131st Ranger Battalion has a total of 120 four-wheeled freight carriages. The purpose of these many freight carriages is to enhance the mobility of the 131st Ranger Battalion and to be able to mobilize the entire battalion's logistics in an emergency. Reserve supplies for one-time take away. Even if there is a logistics and baggage brigade, when it is assigned to a carriage, it can only be a four-wheeled freight carriage equipped with two soldiers at most.
"No, Major Siegfried, we can't hand over all the carriages to the Logistics Department. This will only increase the affairs and workload of the Logistics Department, and at the same time make this logistics consignment team lose its mobile protection capabilities." Claude vetoed Received a report on the transportation organization of the carriage brigade submitted by the Logistics Department.
"This medical team is directly assigned five carriages, with Dr. Lempert in charge. We don't need to equip them with carriage drivers. Those medical soldiers will already drive the carriages. This logistics support squadron needs thirteen carriages to equip them. The fifteen carriages are all craftsmen and are more valuable than our soldiers. Two more carriages will also make them feel more comfortable and comfortable when traveling long distances, and they can rest directly on the carriages.
The artillery brigade requires twenty-two carriages to transport ammunition supplies and other materials. Give them twenty carriages. If they do not need to take them back in the future, it will be considered as their allocation. The coachmen were also served by their artillerymen, and don't tell me they couldn't drive a carriage. The light cavalry brigade needs eight carriages to transport horse feed and fodder. Why do we need so many carriages? There is one carriage for each squadron, and the brigade headquarters will allocate another carriage to them. A total of five carriages are enough. Let them separate the excess food, fodder and horse feed, and just put a bag behind each war horse.
The four directly-affiliated combat brigades are also equipped with five carriages per brigade according to the establishment of the light cavalry brigade. It is considered a standard configuration. We do not need our battalion to provide them with carriage drivers and security soldiers. They can handle it themselves. Calculated in this way, our battalion headquarters only needs to be responsible for fifty-five carriages, and soldiers from two logistics squadrons can be allocated for mobile protection. I think, Major Siegfeldt, the transportation of reserve materials of our battalion logistics department should be enough, right? "
"Sir, that's enough. This way, we can get more than ten more carriages." Major Principal Siegfried breathed out, and Claude solved most of the transportation problems for the Logistics Department in three strokes and five divided by two. , and has the mobility power of two more squadrons. Otherwise, all subordinate combat units will need the Logistics Department to dispatch carriages and soldiers as coachmen, which will increase the workload of the Logistics Department and cause the problem of tight manpower.
"The extra carriages will march with the brigade first. This time, the logistical supplies for our long-distance training will be supplied from places along the way. We can also reserve more by then." Claude said.
"Yes, sir, I understand what to do." Major Siegfried replied.
On September 21, the 131st Ranger Battalion arrived at Bailu City, the entrance to the three southwest counties, after eighteen days of long march, and stationed themselves at the Stone Sentry Post. Claude decided to stay here for a month and a half to conduct intensive training for the troops on various problems that arose along the way. After the training, he conducted a month-long outdoor extreme survival combat training in Bailuzhou.
The arrival of the 131st Ranger Battalion caused a sensation in White Deer City. The main reason was not only that the Rangers were the newly formed Guards of the Sterling Royal Family, but more importantly, the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Claude, was from White Deer City. Native born and raised local residents. After eight years of service in the army, he became an official lieutenant colonel officer of the Kingdom from a civilian background. This was the highest military rank that the military service children from the three southwest counties could achieve in the past fifty years. Claude has become the most legendary hero in White Deer City.
Viscount Felidos, the general manager of White Deer City, personally came to the camp of the 131st Battalion of the Stone Sentinel Rangers to meet with Claude, and hosted a banquet for Claude in the White Deer City Tavern. The senior officers of these battalions, Siegfried All kinds of logistical supplies requested by the major were fully agreed to, and the guests and hosts were all happy for a while.
Only after the dinner was over, did Claude have time to take Michael Jack and the big man Gimi, the lightly dressed three and three horses, back home to visit his family and the biological child he had never met until now. son…