“You guys don’t know… At that time, a group of us were gathered around that big cannon. When we heard a loud rumble, our legs went weak…” An old soldier stood proudly in the middle of a group of people, boasting about his magical experience.

“When we saw the hillside pockmarked by cannonballs, we knew our city lord… no, we should now call him His Majesty, was not an ordinary person!” He spoke vividly, making the new soldiers around him envious.

Old soldiers who had participated in the Eastern Forest War and the Ferry City Siege with Chris, or those who had followed Vagron to conquer Maine, are now more than half of the backbone of the army. The army of the Airenhill Principality has expanded twice, so these original Seris old soldiers have become the real reserve of grassroots cadres.

Waglon is also intentionally promoting Seris old soldiers, letting them take on various new positions in the troops.

The original structure of corporals and captains is no longer suitable for the organization of Elanshir troops, so the organization of the Airenhill Principality’s army follows the basic framework of modern armies: military advisers, brigades, camps, companies, platoons…

More than half of the old soldiers have been promoted to middle-level management cadres, some are platoon leaders and some are squad leaders, which immediately supported the entire framework of the Airenhill Principality’s army.

To balance, Chris also instructed Waglon to promote some old soldiers from Maine and the ferry, and the key promotion targets were soldiers who could read and write and had a certain cultural foundation.

“Could it be a powerful magician who can make the hillside pockmarked…” A new soldier holding his wooden spear asked curiously.

As mortals, there are too many ordinary people who have never seen a magician in their lives. They have only heard of the existence of the Magic Empire in the distant west, and have only heard that those magicians can control the power of nature, powerful and mysterious.

“You’re wrong!” The old soldier became even more excited when he mentioned this, “I have seen those artillerymen, they are ordinary people like us, without any ability!”

Speaking of this, he still had a trace of regret: “Back then, I was unlucky to be transferred to the border defense force, otherwise, I tell you, I could also mix up an artilleryman! Don’t you believe it! I, old John, am also a literate scholar!”

“Gather! Gather!” A military officer in black armor came over and pressed his long sword at his waist: “First row gather! Continue to start training!”

Everyone got up from the grass, nervously patted the weeds and dust on their buttocks, and instantly stood in a square according to their size.

“At ease!.. Stand at attention!!” The platoon leader in full armor was so painful that he yelled loudly, feeling like he was a fool.

This is a provision in the new training order. Every platoon leader or company commander must train their soldiers in this way - this is a big project. To adapt to such changes, the entire Airenhill army really made a lot of jokes.

What’s more interesting is that because the new uniforms have not been issued yet, and the rank system has not been fully formulated, the soldiers are training in custom-made ordinary uniforms, but without shoulder badges and collar badges, the commanders are interesting. In order to distinguish at a glance, they actually wear armor.

After a day, the intensity of training for ordinary soldiers is not as good as the commanders who have burdened themselves. They are all sweaty and their physical fitness has improved a lot.

“March… Go!” On the other side, another square that had already gathered had begun training, and all the soldiers took their steps in the shouting: “One two one! One two one!”

In the distance, a group of soldiers are practicing the correct use of weapons with wooden rifles.

“Retreat! Load!” With the orders of Waglon’s officers one after another, these new soldiers used wooden rifles to train how to load bullets into their rifles over and over again.

These people didn’t know there was such a weapon as a rifle in this world before they came here. They repeated the boring technical movements in doubt, looking like a group of refugees playing with wooden sticks.

Due to cultural constraints, these soldiers can only train in the simplest way. They don’t need to remember the principles of these technical movements, they just need to remember how to use weapons.

But even so, the training speed is still very slow, and the training outline has been changed and changed in Waglon’s hands. Even Chris himself can no longer see the original appearance of the training outline.

The lack of talent is not only happening in the process of industrial expansion, but the military also faces the problem of talent shortage.

The commander of the artillery has not been selected for a long time, and Waglon can only simply organize the artillery to play some role in the siege. In fact, Chris doesn’t have any command talent. Although he has a complete command school textbook, it doesn’t mean that he can become an excellent commander by reading these textbooks.

His ability to win a big victory in the Eastern Forest War actually does not rely on excellent command. Defeating Maine cannot prove how high his command talent is, it can only prove the shocking effect brought by weapon rolling. The military lacks talents, and even Waglon’s deputy Kolia has been sent to garrison Maine, which is a nightmare for Chris.

Because after the wars in Maine and the ferry, the newly established Airenhill Principality blocked its own gap and successfully reduced the situation of being surrounded on all sides to three sides against the enemy, backed by the sea.

This situation gives him a depth of hinterland and can also save a lot of defensive forces to strengthen his other directions. He now has 4,500 soldiers and Lawrence’s navy in his hands, and his total force is much stronger than ever.

Chris divided his troops into three groups, each with 1,500 people. Among them, the first group is the main group with the most elite old soldiers, the second group is the mobile cavalry group commanded by Waglon, and the third group is the defensive group with mostly soldiers from Maine and Ferry City.

In other words, the 1,500 people in the 3rd group are for defense, most of which are garrisoned. The 2nd group is the best in mobility, similar to the fire-fighting team. Chris’s most elite 1st group is the ultimate unit for decisive battles.

On the other side of the school field, Smith, who was responsible for industrial production, looked at the training troops in the distance and reported to Chris the weapon production work in these days: “These days, we have accumulated a lot of family wealth.”

Because of Gullo’s good development plan, the munitions factory near Seris City has started normal operation in the past two months. However, this factory is still far from the regular munitions factory in Chris’s mind.

Chris didn’t dare to ask too much, at least the weapons and equipment produced here are already considered mass production, which is countless times stronger than the pure handmade workshop that Chris used to do.

“Because of the new drilling bed, our speed of producing gun barrels has increased a bit… But because there are too few workers, we still can’t speed up the production speed of the Mauser 98K rifle you mentioned.” Smith spread a report in the wind, pressed it with his hand and handed it to Chris: “A group… This is our limit.”

Chris knew that this so-called equipment for a group was not to equip a group with a full 1,500 bolt-action rifles. The actual number of equipment may not even be 900.

In fact, this number is easy to calculate: Chris’s three groups are actually so-called instructor groups, and not all soldiers need to participate in combat.

Take his main force 1st group as an example. In fact, this group also has 20 cannons allocated to the artillery. These artillerymen are theoretically not equipped with rifles. At the same time, in order to cultivate the backbone of the artillery unit, in addition to the 200 artillerymen, there are also 200 apprentice artillerymen occupying the establishment. These apprentice artillerymen also do not need to equip expensive rifles.

Plus the management personnel of the regiment, communication personnel, commanders above the company commander, all added up, probably more than 200 people do not need to equip guns. According to Chris’s idea, these commanders only need to wear long swords for self-defense - the reason is simple: there is no need at all.

On the one hand, he trusts the combat effectiveness of this main force group very much. He feels that in front of the firepower of hundreds of rifles, the old army will quickly collapse, just like in the Eastern Forest War.

Therefore, he does not need to equip these commanders with long-range weapons, as long as they wear long swords for self-defense. - The reason is also very simple: there is no need at all.

On the other hand, these senior commanders and logistics units and artillery units, in Chris’s plan, will all be equipped with pistols or submachine guns in the future, and there is no need to equip rifles now.

When the time comes, just train these people to learn the use of automatic weapons, and now let them concentrate on leading soldiers, and can also strengthen their understanding of modern warfare.

So what Smith is saying now is to provide about 900 rifles. Chris also understands that what he needs to do now is to rely on this infantry group in front of him to win the victory of the next war.

“How about bullets?” Thinking of the imminent war, Chris continued to ask his Minister of Industry.

Smith’s face was a little ugly, and he reported to Chris in a low voice: “Your Majesty… The production of bullets is very difficult, we now… have only produced more than 7,000.”

Because of Chris’s participation, the industrial development of this world itself is deformed, so now the more precise and small things are, the more time-consuming and laborious it is to produce. Bullets have always been a big problem that hinders Chris’s armament preparation, and this problem has not been fundamentally solved until now.

“Because of the new drilling bed, our speed of producing gun barrels has increased a bit… But because there are too few workers, we still can’t speed up the production speed of the Mauser 98K rifle you mentioned.” Smith spread a report in the wind, pressed it with his hand and handed it to Chris: “A group… This is our limit.”

Chris knew that this so-called equipment for a group was not to equip a group with a full 1,500 bolt-action rifles. The actual number of equipment may not even be 900.

In fact, this number is easy to calculate: Chris’s three groups are actually so-called instructor groups, and not all soldiers need to participate in combat.

Take his main force 1st group as an example. In fact, this group also has 20 cannons allocated to the artillery. These artillerymen are theoretically not equipped with rifles. At the same time, in order to cultivate the backbone of the artillery unit, in addition to the 200 artillerymen, there are also 200 apprentice artillerymen occupying the establishment. These apprentice artillerymen also do not need to equip expensive rifles.

Plus the management personnel of the regiment, communication personnel, commanders above the company commander, all added up, probably more than 200 people do not need to equip guns. According to Chris’s idea, these commanders only need to wear long swords for self-defense - the reason is simple: there is no need at all.

On the one hand, he trusts the combat effectiveness of this main force group very much. He feels that in front of the firepower of hundreds of rifles, the old army will quickly collapse, just like in the Eastern Forest War.

Therefore, he does not need to equip these commanders with long-range weapons, as long as they wear long swords for self-defense. - The reason is also very simple: there is no need at all.

On the other hand, these senior commanders and logistics units and artillery units, in Chris’s plan, will all be equipped with pistols or submachine guns in the future, and there is no need to equip rifles now.

When the time comes, just train these people to learn the use of automatic weapons, and now let them concentrate on leading soldiers, and can also strengthen their understanding of modern warfare.

So what Smith is saying now is to provide about 900 rifles. Chris also understands that what he needs to do now is to rely on this infantry group in front of him to win the victory of the next war.

“How about bullets?” Thinking of the imminent war, Chris continued to ask his Minister of Industry.