"... In the wild, you must distinguish between food and water that can sustain your life. Grass roots and bark can help you fill your stomach, and even those disgusting bugs can give you the strength to persevere again. As for how To get clean water, what you need to remember is that if there is no running water or there are fish and shrimps in the water, then no matter how clean the water seems, don’t enter it easily, as it will bring fatal threats to your body...
What we need to learn next is how to get filling food and clean drinking water when food is cut off. You must learn to distinguish which grass roots and bark can be eaten, and which insects can restore our strength. You must learn to observe to see what kind of water is drinkable, and understand how to find drinkable water when you cannot make a fire. If it is really difficult, I would suggest you choose to drink your own urine to quench your thirst, and do not touch liquids of unknown origin... "
In fact, Claude suddenly discovered that if a team of magic soldiers formed an elite special forces, then he would not have to work so hard to teach these soldiers how to adapt to extreme survival training in the wild. At the very least, people with magic skills don't need to worry about drinking water in the wild. They only need to cast spells to get clean drinking water, and they will even be more threatening when conducting reconnaissance and sabotage raids.
The Kingdom of Overas gathers children with magical talents and lets them learn magic and enter special departments to deal with external magicians and wild magicians within the kingdom. This is actually a method of control. Claude was thinking that maybe he could also learn this method, but he didn't have the conditions yet, and he didn't have the energy or time to complete this idea.
At the end of November, the 131st Ranger Battalion ended its three-month long-distance training. Claude also said goodbye to his family again and led the troops back to the camp near Christo Castle. Three days later, Claude was summoned again by General Michelchi.
"I have seen your training and field exercise records for this long-distance training, and you did a good job. Next, we will conduct a three-month field exercise with the Guards Corps in April to test the combat capabilities of our Ranger Division. . I decided to let the 131st Ranger Battalion conduct military exercises with the various units of the Guards Corps. Are you confident in leading the 131st Ranger Battalion to victory?"
As soon as he met General Michelich, he threw a big trick. Claude almost ducked and said, "No, General, our Ranger Division has only been established for less than half a year. How can the Guards Corps be so good?" Isn’t it bullying to think of asking us for a field exercise?”
It was indeed a bully. The Imperial Guard returned to the capital after the war and was the fastest among all the legions to make up for the shortage of casualties. It has been almost three years since the war ended, and they have already regained their combat effectiveness. However, the Ranger Regiment took more than two years to form. Although they were all veterans who had experienced the war, the sloppy life in the military camp in the previous two years had caused these veterans to lose their spirit, and it was only a matter of time before they resumed training. Three months.
Now the Guards Corps is looking for the Rangers to conduct field exercises. They simply want to torture the Rangers and beat the Rangers to show the majesty of the Guards, the kingdom's number one ace field regiment. Claude didn't understand why General Michelchi agreed to this request of the Guards Corps. This simply caused chaos for the Rangers. It will take another year and a half before military exercises are really going to be carried out, until all the units under the Ranger Regiment have regained their combat effectiveness...
General Michelic smiled bitterly and shook his head, telling Claude that the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Originally, the Guards Corps was not only the kingdom's first field ace regiment, but also known as the Royal Guards of the Stirling royal family. But now the Rangers have become the royal guard of the Sterling royal family. It can be said that they have surpassed the Royal Guards in one fell swoop and become the most trusted force of the royal family by His Majesty King Sterling X. This makes the officers and soldiers of the Guards very proud. Not convinced.
In particular, the Stirling royal family provided money to support the formation of the Rangers, as well as the military barracks at Castle Christo, which the royal family forced the Guards Corps to give up. Therefore, when Christo Castle was ceded to the military camp three years ago, the Royal Guards proposed to conduct field battle exercises with the Ranger Division, hoping to win the military exercise and let the royal family understand who is the most reliable royal guard. Armed. And Prince Hansback agreed, and now the time is coming.
"Claude, this time let the 131st Ranger Battalion represent the Ranger Division to conduct on-the-spot combat exercises with the Guards Corps. The scale of the entire military exercise will not exceed one regiment. Prince Hansback will go to the exercise location. Observe and serve as the chief referee of the exercise."
General Michelich looked at Claude and said: "Although I don't care about the outcome of the entire military exercise, I hope that you can lead the 131st Ranger Battalion to win at least a few field battle exercises, so that we can lose It’s not so ugly. Since our Ranger Division was established, time has been too tight, and the combat effectiveness has not been restored. The eldest prince also knows it, so you don’t have to bear too much burden, as long as you can exert half of the command ability in the military academy. Already…”
Claude could only salute and receive the order.
April comes quickly after the rainy season.
After it was determined that the Ranger Division would be dispatched from the 131st Battalion, the Guards Corps expressed its unwillingness to use more to bully the smaller ones. Due to the over-staffed scale of the 131st Ranger Battalion, the Guards Corps stated that they would only dispatch two field battles at most in one field battle exercise. Battalion, so it looks roughly the same as the 131st Battalion in terms of strength. Claude just wants to scold his mother, is this similar? The two field battalions combined already have two and a half brigades more than the 131st Battalion, with more than 500 people...
An outline of various field combat exercises for this military exercise between the Ranger Division and the Guards Corps has also been issued. The 131st Ranger Battalion will conduct seven field combat drills with troops from the two field battalions of the Guards Corps.
The first field battle exercise is Capture the Flag. Plant a blue flag at point a, the 131st Ranger Battalion at point b, and the two field battalions of the Guards at point b. Point b is the same distance from point a as point a. Both sides set off to location a at the same time, capture the blue flag and guard location a for three days and three nights or until one party fails.
This is a conventional field battle exercise. The two sides are basically about the same strength. Each has a light cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade. What the commander needs to consider is how to get to point A as quickly as possible to seize the opportunity. But for both sides conducting field combat exercises, the difficulty lies in the coordination of troop marches.
If the light cavalry brigade is allowed to rush to point A first, it will probably be unable to hold its position without the support of artillery, because the dismounted cavalry will not be able to withstand the attack of the enemy infantry. Once the light cavalry brigade is eliminated by the enemy first, the troops that arrive later will not be able to withstand the enemy's light cavalry raid on the artillery position. The elimination of the artillery brigade means that the field battle exercise ends in failure.
Everyone knows that defense is always more beneficial than offense. If you get to point A first, you can set up a defensive position first, and wait for the enemy to come. Even if you engage in positional offensive and defensive battles, casualties and losses will be more advantageous for the defensive side. Therefore, the key to this field battle exercise lies in the marching speed of the artillery brigade. Protecting the artillery brigade and arriving at location A before the enemy means victory is assured.
However, the Guards Corps did not expect that Claude did not plan to engage in any offensive and defensive battles with them. During the three-day march, Claude commanded the 131st Ranger Battalion to turn a corner and march overnight. An ambush was set up ahead of the two field camps of the Guards Corps. The two field battalions of the Guards Corps marched at the normal speed and swaggered into the ambush circle, and then nothing happened. The referee team following the 131st Ranger Battalion unanimously concluded that the two field battalions of the Guards were ambushed and the entire army was defeated...
After the field battle exercise, the commanding officers of the two field battalions of the Guards Corps all cried out loudly, accusing Claude of not abiding by the rules and clearly capturing the flag to attack and defend the position. How could it turn into an ambush and raid
Claude said, wouldn't it be more convenient to defeat you first and then capture the flag? There is no need to guard the position for three days and three nights. Besides, the drill has already started from the starting point, and it’s not like the actual battle drill starts after capturing the flag...
Prince Hansback judged the 131st Ranger Battalion as the winner, and the Guards had to hold back.
The second field combat exercise project is encounter. As the name suggests, two troops suddenly meet on the battlefield and start fighting on the spot, ending in the failure of one troop.
This time the two field battalions of the Guards learned their lesson and marched very cautiously. At the same time, they also dispatched a light cavalry brigade to act as reconnaissance cavalry. They implemented battlefield cover on their marching route and quickly discovered the Rangers 1 and 3. A battalion of reconnaissance cavalry. After another half day, the reconnaissance cavalry reported that the 131st Ranger Battalion had occupied a small mound and was setting up camp and setting up defensive positions.
It seems that this time the 131st Battalion of the Rangers is preparing for a head-on offensive and defensive battle with the two field battalions of the Guards Corps. The commanders of the Guards Corps are very confident and will teach the Rangers a lesson during the offensive and defensive battles. One, three and one battalion. So we set up camp, preparing to have a good night's rest and capture the enemy's position in one fell swoop tomorrow. In addition, we also arranged for light cavalry to monitor the enemy's camp to prevent the enemy from setting out to attack overnight.
Claude was indeed prepared to carry out a night sneak attack, but instead of sending out a large force, he only sent out three of the most elite small soldiers, and brought along those members of the referee team who were holding back. The light cavalry and security soldiers sent by the Guards Corps were prepared for the sneak attack of the 131st Ranger Battalion. They only stared at the front and ignored the movement of the small group of people leaving the camp.
Claude led three small teams in a large circle and came to the back of the two field camps of the Guards Corps, and easily sneaked into the camp. What happened next was very logical. The commanding officers of the two field battalions were picked up one after another, tied into rice dumplings and stuffed with towels in their mouths. It wouldn't work if he wasn't tied up, because the referee team had already announced that he had been killed in a sneak attack. A dead person cannot make any noise, so he is tied up obediently. This way he has more dignity as an officer...
Then early the next morning, the soldiers from the two field camps got ready to go to the battlefield. They found that there were several referee officers standing in the barracks, announcing that less than half of them had been killed in battle last night, and the officers had also died. It was all gone, the warehouse was burned down, and there was no cooking in the canteen, because everything was nominally burned down...
How is this possible? We have already lost since we woke up early in the morning. Your referee team is cheating... But no matter how unconvinced the soldiers are, they cannot change the decision of the referee team. In this encounter, the Praetorian Guards were still judged to have lost the actual battle exercise. The soldiers below were dissatisfied, but the officers above were all discerning. The 131st Ranger Battalion only dispatched three elite squads of soldiers to infiltrate the barracks of the Guards Corps. If it were a real war, then it can be said that a huge defeat for these two field camps was inevitable...
The third and fourth field battle exercises were an offensive and defensive battle, with both armies moving to a small castle. Claude was very lucky and drew the defensive side first, so that the 131st Ranger Battalion had three days to set up defensive positions. The two field battalions of the Praetorian Guards launched the attack three days later.
This defensive operation lasted five days and five nights. In the end, the 131st Ranger Battalion that defended won with a slight advantage. One of the more controversial points is that Claude ordered the soldiers to make a lot of scarecrows out of wheat straw to confuse the enemy, lure them to fire and expose the target, and then use fire suppression to eliminate those who used precise aiming and shooting to pose a threat to the defenders in the castle. shooter. The referee team determined that the soldiers of the Guards Corps who had sneaked into the forward positions were eliminated, which caused protests from the officers of the Guards Corps, but could not change their judgment of failure for the third time.
The fourth field battle exercise was held by two field battalions of the Guards Corps, while the 131st Ranger Battalion attacked. This was the key game that the officers of the Guards believed could turn defeat into victory. There was a demonstration defensive operation by the 131st Ranger Battalion. The commanding officers of the two field battalions swore that they would definitely win. After all, they had more than 500 more troops than the 131st Ranger Battalion. And there are small castles and defensive positions to rely on...
Only this time they failed faster and only lasted half a day. Very simply, Claude ordered the soldiers to burn wheat straw upwind, adding water, leaves, horse dung, dog excrement, etc., and thick smoke billowed. Not a single soldier of the Guards could stay in the small castle or defensive position. They all fled coughing and choking on smoke. Most of them even threw away their muskets...
The officers of the Praetorian Guards had nothing to say.
Although some people are still complaining that the 131st Battalion of Rangers is messing around, there is no way to conduct a field battle drill like this. But officers who have had battlefield experience know very well that if you really encounter an enemy like the 131st Ranger Battalion on the battlefield, you will be lucky to escape with your life.
There were seven field battle exercises in the entire military exercise, but the 131st Ranger Battalion had already won four times, and the officers of the Guards Corps had no fighting spirit. They didn't expect to encounter Claude, a commander who was unreasonable and unreasonable, and lost so shamelessly that they couldn't continue the competition.
So Prince Hansback announced the end of this military exercise very compliantly. Well, it only took Claude a month to complete the task of conducting military exercises with the Guards Corps, and took the Rangers with him. The 131st Battalion returned to camp.