1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 32 [Training Soldiers]

With the revolver, iron knives, iron stirrups and other equipment in place, Horse Whistle felt that the Apaches could try some high-end operations.

He has already thought of a set of tactics that is more suitable for the current situation in his mind, and what he has to do now is to train the tribe to master it.

So on this morning, the horse sentry called all the clansmen equipped with revolvers.

There were a total of about two hundred of these people, mainly from the plain tribes, and some from other tribes. They were persuaded by the horse post to buy expensive revolvers, and naturally they were willing to be called.

200 people rode horses gathered in the open space, forming a loose square formation.

The horse sentry stood in front of the crowd and shouted: "Those who pass the literacy test step out of the queue!"

Fifteen people took a step forward, and as their Chinese teachers, Ma Shuo knew them all.

"I will divide the 200 people into fifteen teams called 'Shi', and you will be the 'Shi Zhang'. Each will lead 12 people, and the rest will be directly led by me." Ma Shao said.

As soon as the words fell, the crowd suddenly became a little commotion.

"Why did they serve as 'shi long'?"

"That brat only has one feather on his head, so why should he be considered 'very long'..."

Nowadays, most of the people who learn characters are young people, at most 25 or [-] years old. Most of these young people have little military achievements, and it is difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, after learning of this arrangement, people couldn't help discussing for a while, showing dissatisfaction.

Ma Shao frowned: "If you want to be a leader, you must be literate - first check whether you can read or not, and then compare your military achievements!"

"The text created by me and the high priest is easy to understand, and anyone can take the course. It is not difficult to learn it. You can do it."

The voices of the crowd were a little softer, but they were still discussing and whispering to each other.

No way, the organizational discipline of the Indians is at this level.Strictly speaking, these people cannot be called an army at all, they can only be called a group of soldiers.

"Anyone of you, if you are dissatisfied with my arrangement - you can challenge me according to the tradition of dueling, and I will accept your challenge." Horse Whistle could only say so.

Discipline, like all things, cannot be traced back infinitely, and the original discipline must have come from undisciplined things, such as violence.

Now people are quiet.

It may not be easy to understand discipline, but it is human instinct to understand the majesty of power.Looking at such a burly horse whistle, no one thought to himself that he had no confidence in winning.

Ma Shao's height is still growing. Although there is no reliable metric ruler, he can basically be sure that his height is already about 1.8 meters, almost the tallest person in the entire camp. His muscles are well developed, and his crotch is also tall and powerful. The ferocious war horse Hei Feng made anyone have to look up in front of him.

The nine eagle feathers proved that his astonishing figure was not just for nothing, and no one dared to question the strength of this young man.

"From now on, unless I allow, no one is allowed to talk about each other." Ma Shao said, while thinking about how to further shape the discipline of the soldiers in the future.

"You seniors should also understand that you can become seniors today because you learned characters earlier than others. When they also learn to write, and you still have no outstanding achievements, I will replace seniors." He said again, "Understood?"

"Hmm." The elders nodded.

"Reply to me with 'Understood', not 'Um'." Horse Whistle recalled the army in his memory.

"Yes, got it."

"War Chief, I have a question..." At this time, a boy said hesitantly.

"what is the problem?"

"Why is it called 'What' but there are twelve people?"

Horse Whistle: "..."

In fact, he also thought about using more modern organizations such as squads, platoons, companies, and battalions, but the Apache people did not have similar concepts in their language and concepts, and there were not many people in the first place.

So he had to imitate ancient China, using a concept that can be translated as "shi".

Then the horse sentry began to divide the teams and register them, forming a simple army organization and rules and regulations.

In the next few days, his main job was to let the 200 people get used to the army model, let them know how to respond to their superiors, and gradually form the concept of "army" in their minds.

Another thing is to adapt to the shooting process of the revolver.

Outside the army, he and Rainy Day also undertook more onerous teaching tasks.

After all, it was he who said it himself, "First look at whether you can read or not, and then look at the level of combat merit". Those tribesmen who have military exploits and are not willing to be ordinary soldiers have joined the ranks of learning characters.

There are also a bunch of people following the trend to watch the excitement.

As a result, the number of students enrolled directly increased to more than 150 people, and their levels were uneven, which made the two teachers very worried.

Ma Shao also needs to popularize some common sense of science and engineering for the students, which is almost at the level of the second grade of elementary school, which is of course even more troublesome.

For this reason, they had to select a few literacy class graduates with excellent grades as teaching assistants to share part of the teaching tasks.

After a few days like this, the teaching work stabilized, and the [-] members of the pistol unit barely looked like soldiers, which should be about the same as middle school students during military training.

"This is the end of the morning class." Ma Shao put down the chalk and walked away from the blackboard.

The blackboard is handmade by him, and the wooden board is painted, which is very simple.

There are two pieces in total, and the open space is erected in the center of the camp, and tents are put in when it rains, because the quality of the paint is not good.The two blackboards are not only used for teaching, but also for posting announcements, and also for posting duel card strategies.

"Long stick, you are in charge of the afternoon class, remember to spot-check the recitation of the multiplication formula." Ma Whistle reminded again.

"Okay." The long stick replied, looking like a class representative or study committee member of later generations.

After class, some students happily started the card game.

The other part followed the horse whistle and left the classroom with a sigh. They were members of the pistol unit and had to participate in the military training of Teacher Ma.

The 200-man pistol troop once again assembled in the open space. Compared with a few days ago, their queue was much more orderly, and there was a somewhat serious and tense atmosphere in the queue.

The horse post paced on horseback, watched them, and nodded secretly.

It should be time to start tactical training.

"You have all experienced the effect of the stirrup." He said slowly, "Through this simple accessory, we can control the horse more easily."

"But it's much more than that. Starting today, I'll train you to make better use of your stirrups, and of course our new weapon, the Colt revolver."

"The first training we're going to do is the charge, the collective charge to be precise."

(End of this chapter)