Starting from blacksmithing, riding and chopping Europe

Chapter 20 Medieval Grenadiers
The next day.

I made a promise with the leader's family that 'as long as I come to North Town, I will come to teach Brunhilde'.

In the happy smile of the silver-haired girl, Feng Daofu got on the horse gracefully: "Da Ya, let's go."

"Yuyu~"

Big Tooth's nostrils quivered, and after expressing his dissatisfaction with his weight gain, he took a slow step.

On the way home, Feng Daofu practiced his riding skills vigorously.

Nothing else, just hard work!

——Northern Europe has not seen the shadow of the three-piece stirrup set, I don’t know if it hasn’t come in.

Taking into account the warrior nobles, and the fact that he had few horses now, and the noble cavalry master could not even see Duomaju, the three-piece suit would make him an enemy, so Feng Daofu was not ready to take it out for the time being.

Without the three-piece suit, you can only rely on the basic skills of hard bridge and hard horse.

So in order to marry Brunhilde in the future, it may be necessary to ride together, or one to two, one to three, Feng Daofu intends to practice his riding skills well.

In addition, Feng Daofu also has the specialty of taming animals after the gluttonous riding technique.

The talents who herd cattle and horses have disappeared for the time being. You can't wait for talents to come to your door. You can only try your best to find out first.

In fact, he already had an idea.

For the great animal power era, animal power punk, animal power mysticism, for better pressure... To make the cattle and horses happy, Mr. Vondolf, I couldn't sleep all night long!
This effort has paid off, and from a scientific point of view, a method that is likely to be useful has been found.

As we all know, horses are very timid and afraid of everything, so they need desensitization training.

Stallions are relatively brave. If a female horse is riding in a group and sees other people whipping other horses, they may be frightened and the horses will jump.

Because of this character, it is difficult for them to accept the animal-driven machine - it makes a lot of noise when turning, which is too scary for the horses.

Stallions are relatively better, but they also have many fatal weaknesses.

He has an unstable personality, gets inexplicably excited, and becomes a super S demon.

Some are wild-tempered and attack riders directly, and there are cases where they are sent home every year.

——It’s almost similar to when you see the S picture and get startled, you rush through the screen.

With such a temper, do you expect to run on an animal-drawn machine honestly?
If you have a mobile phone at hand, you can try the "Donkey Face Hanging Carrot: Electronic Mare Treadmill" tactic.

Unfortunately not.

But according to physiology, it is known that these are related to male hormones.

So as long as you give them all, you may be able to get on the cow horse happy machine honestly!
Vondorf thinks it is very feasible.

He glanced at Daya: "Don't you like the mare? Daya, let's drink some wine when we go back. When you wake up, you can be with the mare forever."

Da Ya: "Yu? Yu Yu!"

Feng Daofu: "Haha, just kidding, I'm not a devil, how could I do such a cruel thing."

There are more than 300 silver coins. If it's too late, you can't make a horse. The master can't do it!

Alas, let's wait until the skills are brushed up.

back home.

Feng Daofu asked Da Maoluo: "How was the organization of the banquet last night?"

Vera said: "Everyone had a great time eating and was very satisfied with the vodka."

"Is there nothing wrong?"

"Everyone respects you and God. Even if some drink too much, they consciously go to the side to rest, and there is no trouble."

"That's good, you seem a little depressed? What's the matter?"

"It's Valentina"

Feng Daofu felt happy after hearing this.

Da Maoluo's big heart is indeed genuine.

"You'll be a good wife," said Vondorff.

Vera had just cheered up when she heard him say, "I will satisfy Valentina tonight."

Big Mauro: "."

Sure enough, men are wild boar hooves.

Feng Daofu doesn't want this either, but Jie has four negative traits.

Moreover, life is short, Brother Mu has found 12 wives generously, and it doesn't make much sense for me to hide it.

For those of us who are magicians, we must highlight honesty!
After caring about the small family, Feng Daofu was busy with everyone's affairs again, organized believers, and performed morning prayers with Io's characteristics: playing radio gymnastics.

"First set, start!"

Von Dolf gains experience, and also allows all believers to gain daily training experience of his specialty - supporting the weak.

Win-win!

Only in good health can we serve the church better.

Such large-scale troop training can also greatly improve potential military strength.

The key point, of course, is that the Norse warriors who bought linen armor can get careful guidance from the saints.

Not because they paid for it.

The big winter hunt is coming soon, and Feng Daofu is preparing to pull out his small team to gain a lot of war prestige.

Smallness is not a problem, as long as it lasts long enough, it can still convince everyone.

Later, I will go to the Slavs to play Qiugu, which is all a warm-up in advance.

I have gained some experience from practicing these days.

Like the North conflicter, physical training has the best effect.

There is no lack of organization and tacit understanding. It is not cost-effective to practice shield and spear skills. It is better to practice physical training, which can directly increase the intensity of shield wall tactics.

Feng Daofu taught some scientific training methods, and then gave pointers, which made training easier.

Because I have eaten well enough during this period, the training effect is also very significant, and coupled with the daily experience of specialties, my physical fitness has been significantly improved.

If the physical strength and morale bonuses are included, the Battle of Kings in Norway, excluding the two problematic historical kings, is enough to overwhelm the shield wall troops of most small countries.

But under normal circumstances, Feng Daofu cancels the bonus.

——After Feng Daofu's exploration, the specialty for the troops is that they can choose whether to activate or not.

Being physically strong is the only one he has now, and the effect can be shown immediately, which is extremely suitable for preaching.

It must not be used on weekdays, unless it is actually on the battlefield, it is still packaged into a ceremony on weekdays to harvest a wave of piety.

He has already tasted the sweetness of the core teachings. The next core teachings require hundreds of piety, and if he doesn't work harder, he won't be able to save them all in a few years.

If the physical strength is not activated, supporting the weak has become the most frequently used specialty in daily life.

Originally, this specialty was used to train recruits in large quantities.

As a result, management was the first to upgrade.

"Management upgrade!"

"Acquire expertise - instructor (troops gain a small amount of experience bonus every day)"

Unlimited levels of training effect improved, not bad!

After training these days, most people are already full of upgrade experience.

As long as adult workers are supplemented with equipment, they can become qualified Norse fighters.

The 10-member patrol team that enjoys the specialty-supporting the weak has the longest effect. After fighting the Norwegians, they have all become Lv3 North veteran fighters. The organization and tacit understanding have improved a lot, and they have truly reached the standard of veterans. .

If you fight those Lv2 ordinary fighter units, with armor enhancements, it is not impossible to swallow several times the number of teams.

At present, the promotion of the weak can still take effect.

This specialty is useless for advanced soldiers, but by spending time on daily training, ordinary recruits can be trained into Level 4 elite veterans in a few years. It can be called a magical specialty in military training.

There is an age penalty for child labor, but because of the low starting point, they have all become Lv1 Norse youth reserves.

With sufficient nutrition for three meals a day, and a few more months of training, the body will grow longer, and the Norse youth army who has trained to Lv2 will have no problem beating the European serf soldiers.

Of course, the role of children is not here. The newly founded Io religion did not have the will of fire and did not need new shoots to burn themselves to support the old tree.

But Vondorf doesn't ignore some of the kids' own military interests.

The number of this group is quite large.

Norse children are definitely more inclined to military than intellectual.

The future standing army conceived by Vondorf requires qualified grassroots officers, so they must be trained.

It's just that apart from theoretical knowledge, Feng Daofu has not yet figured out what work to let the Youth Corps undertake on the battlefield.

Primitive people will prepare before hunting, and qualified military generals will also prepare for war before fighting.

For the Unparalleled Medieval Edition, you definitely cannot be as casual as dealing with the ordinary Medieval Edition, and you need to make preparations before the battle.

Feng Daofu dismissed the team and came to the workshop thoughtfully.

"Holy One."

The smelting child laborer was rushing to pre-process the order of samarium knives, and he saluted respectfully when he came over.

Feng Daofu nodded in return, pulled up a small bench and sat down, writing and drawing on the sand table.

First up are the adult Norse warriors.

Relying on prestige and belief, after these days of training, they managed to transform these tough men from bandit soldiers into semi-bandit soldiers, a little bit like regular troops. However, painless purification is still impossible, and it cannot be done for the sake of purity. Sacrificing combat power.

How to ensure discipline in this situation?It's been a tailwind.

According to the law of military pressure/discipline, reducing casualties as much as possible, and doing a good job in logistics support can reduce the pressure on them and improve discipline in a different direction.

Good redistribution of interests, interests + beliefs + tailwinds, can allow them to maintain a high degree of discipline - even if they are bandits, Brother Mazi has been leading everyone to win and make money, they will definitely be willing to be obedient.

According to the law of conservation of discipline, as long as the pressure on the enemy's troops soars and discipline is loosened, it is equivalent to improving our discipline and morale.

In a cold weapon war, once the gap is widened, the effect of the fight will be great.

For example, in the Battle of Feishui, Xie An spent money to hire a few Qin soldiers to spread rumors among the army. As a result, the 80 Qin army collapsed without a fight.

Another example is that the wise and powerful Emperor Fu Jian was once frightened by a pile of scarecrows on the other side of the river and did not dare to step forward. As a result, victory turned into defeat.

The process may be a little exaggerated, but the result is no problem, enough to glimpse some details.

Combined with history and the battle in the suburbs at night, Vondorf chewed on the words: "morale, pressure, organization"

That night he thought of the classic night attack tactics of the soldiers.

I briefly reproduced it with a copper whistle, and the effect was very good. The pressure on the senior Norwegian soldiers who harassed them exploded, their physical energy consumption increased, and the shield wall they were holding was shaken.

So he led his troops to swallow these good Norwegians with ease and zero casualties.

Of course, there is credit for Brooke's first arrow to get the commander Willie offline, but the tactics of harassment and morale damage are also visible to the naked eye.

Von Dolf, who was just starting out in the military, now likes the morale attack flow very much.

"If I have enough cavalry, I don't need to charge to the death, just harassment is enough to lower the morale of the enemy."

"Guarantee your own morale and hit the morale of others. It is enough to deal with opponents with average organization. Once the morale is low, the anti-line infantry will have a chance to break up the enemy's formation. .”

Too bad he doesn't have cavalry.

Now it is only the size of two infantry squads.

How can a force of this size play the morale attack style?

The opponents in the Nordic room basically have their own shield wall passive. Without the cavalry to attack the anvil from behind, how can we defeat the shield wall tactic?

Feng Daofu drew the mark of the crossbowman on the sand table: "The disadvantage of the shield wall is that it is too passive. The solution for this Nordic room is to mix the shield wall with the archer."

"But as long as my long-range firepower overwhelms the opponent, I can take advantage of the shortcomings of the shield wall!"

There are three conventional long-range warriors, crossbowmen, javelins, and bows and arrows, with increasing difficulty.

Bows and arrows cannot be mastered in a short period of time. Let these children practice daily for a few years.

The javelin is good for breaking shield walls, and the crossbow is the same, so you can consider it.

So let the youth legion serve as spearmen/crossbowmen to supplement the army?

Feng Daofu thought for a while, then shook his head.

The javelin is anti-joint throwing, which is technically difficult. Shoulder turning and whipping are all difficult points. If you want to shoot the spear smoothly, the vertical axis will naturally and coherently exert force. It will not be good if you don't practice for a year or so.

Moreover, the strength required to break the shield is not up to the standard for these half-grown children, and the firepower density is low. The action of running up and throwing guns will reduce the density of the array. As an auxiliary soldier, it will affect the shield wall of the adult army in the resistance line.

Crossbowmen are too troublesome.

As a riding and hacking enthusiast, it is very reasonable to make videos with bows and crossbows on weekdays.

Therefore, Feng Daofu knew very well how much manpower and material resources it would take to produce qualified military crossbows in batches.

The weather in the Nordic room is not as humid as that in Britain, but because you have to go to sea frequently, you must not use composite materials that are afraid of tides.

The new type of adhesive is useless, linen armor can do it, but compound bows can't. Even with modern technology, not many people dare to play with compound bows in water—distressed.

So the most practical thing is the steel crossbow. As long as the blast furnace is erected, it can reach a ton-level output after a few more iterations. The supply army is enough, but the problem is that there is a shortage of qualified workers to operate the blast furnace.

Getting on the horse in a hurry is too prone to accidents. Accidents in the smelting industry are still either fatal or injured.

For the safety of employees and in order not to dampen the morale of believers, Feng Daofu's plan is to build a compact version of the blast furnace first, and seriously start from the basics.

The force is small, and it will take several months until the compact blast furnace is operational, the personnel are trained, and the output is sufficient.

But the manpower just trained is only enough to operate a blast furnace, and the manpower for subsequent processing of steel crossbows is not enough.

"People, industrial development technology is important, but qualified workers are also important."

Craftsmen are needed to make steel crossbows, and craftsmen are also needed to make arrows in batches.

Everyone knows the shortcomings of shield walls, but few can take advantage of them. This is because arrows are too expensive.

According to a medieval price list that Vondolf had seen before, a dozen arrows used by English longbowmen in the 14th century cost 6 pence, and a dozen high-quality arrows cost 15 pence—a dozen equals 12 arrows.

Converted to the price of goods in North, taking into account the cost of carpentry in North, a dozen high-quality arrows cost almost 15 silver coins, and three dozen can be exchanged for a high-quality Slavic female slave. It is simply ridiculously expensive.

Even with the productivity of my hometown, a military arrow cost 70 Wen in the Song Dynasty, which could buy 5.3 kilograms of rice.

A dozen arrows are almost enough for a tael of silver, and the salary of ordinary big-headed soldiers is just like this.

In terms of the price of military arrows, the East and the West are surprisingly similar. It takes a few days of food to buy a good arrow.

What was shot was not an arrow, but a rice cooker!

Where is the rain of arrows playing, it's sacks of rice hitting people!

Fortunately, as a riding and hacking enthusiast, it is very reasonable to brush up arrows and make videos on weekdays.

The principle is really simple, just like sharpening a pencil or drawing a board.

There is a knife edge in front, and the electric drill presses against the end of the wooden bar.

Use your hands to force the wooden stick to the edge of the knife. When the wooden stick passes the knife edge, it is basically in the shape of an arrow. You can make fine adjustments later, which is much faster than adjusting slowly by yourself.

The electric drill can be a hand-operated drill, which is what he gave to the child workers. The performance may not be as good as adjusting to the grain of the wood, but it is better than being able to be mass-produced.

But the problem is
"I've worked so hard, maybe it's better to be a fire bomb thrower."

Feng Daofu just complained.

But the next second, his eyes widened.

It seems to be punishable!
The Molotov cocktail technique is not difficult.

The dry distilled wood tar and acetone are stored in clay pots, and a little plant fiber is added to it. After being ignited, it becomes a simple burning bottle.

There is no need to add any additional steps, because wood tar and acetone are both by-products of wood retort.

In order to catch up with the firewood business in the peak winter season, the retort kiln was the first batch to be built.

Using the Holy Childbirth Ceremony to continue the contacts of the nobles, now the profit of providing high-quality charcoal to the North nobles is two to three hundred silver coins every month. It is not as much as the order of samarium knives, but it is worse than the long flow of water. The North people A year-round essentials business.

There are a lot of other products attached to the dry distillation charcoal, enough to supply small-scale and low-intensity operations in the Middle Ages.

It's just that the clay pot needs to be customized, but this is much easier to solve than the crossbow and arrows.

Medieval grenadiers?

Roads never imagined!
"This thing is no more effective against shield walls than crossbow arrows. It is fragrant in various senses."

The more Feng Daofu thought about it, the more he felt that he was a genius, and he also thought about his former riding and cutting career.

I still remember that when defending the city, holding a cupping can, killing enemies, and swiping the screen, I was so excited that my skin tingled.

"My youth."

"In reality, the operation of the Molotov cocktail is simpler than that of the crossbowmen, and it will not touch Northtown's nerves like the steel crossbow."

"After all, I just burn an earthenware pot, what can I do?"

"Be quick, the troops can be adjusted before the big winter hunting."

"The equipment of the spearmen on the top line remains unchanged, and the youth regiments in the back row each carry 5 small oval-shaped incendiary bottles."

"The qualifying line for modern grenade throwing is 30 meters, but according to my understanding, many people hover around the qualifying line every year, and some people even fail to pass after practicing for two years."

"The small oval-shaped incendiary bottle is similar to a grenade. It should not be so comfortable to exert force. If you don't use the sling and keep a relatively tight array, it is conservatively estimated that the range of the projectile will be about 15 meters."

"In the slow-paced shield wall version, this distance is enough."

"Open the shield wall first. Arrows are expensive and universal, and the enemy is reluctant to shoot endlessly. Wait for the bows and arrows on the other side to finish shooting, and then approach and throw a batch."

"By the time I finish walking the remaining 15 meters, the morale of the people on the other side will probably be almost burned out. I'm really a tactical genius!"

If you don't become a homeowner, you don't know that firewood, oil, and salt are expensive.

After calculating the cost of the bow and crossbow, Feng Daofu decisively embraced the price-performance ratio of the Molotov cocktail.

I really need archers and foreign aid from Brooke.

He himself has also practiced archery during this period of time, digging deep into his natural talent, and this remote configuration is sufficient at this stage.

Compared with spending a lot of effort to expand the number of crossbowmen, it is obviously more useful to add grenadiers to damage morale and break the formation.

Feng Daofu immediately practiced.

The power is quite different from the petrol bombs in my memory.

The calorific value gap is here. The calorific value of wood tar is only 32930kJ/kg, and the calorific value of gasoline is 43070kJ/kg. There is still a lot of additives in it. These very criminal improvements need to be improved a little bit.

The experiment also found that given the strength of the oak shields commonly used by the Vikings, wood tar incendiary bombs cannot be burned in a short time - you have to pick and choose to burn a piece of paper.

This is not a big problem, because the purpose of the wood tar incendiary bomb is not to kill, it is the morale blow brought by the burning!

Most creatures are instinctively afraid of fire.

The Vikings can bear the fire of a shield, their faces are almost scorched, and they can still maintain the shield wall formation?

Very spicy!

As long as the shield wall is dispersed, the formation can be easily broken up, and the front will quickly snowball, resulting in a huge victory!

You said that the possibility of rockets breaking through the shield wall is unlikely, the amount of fire is too small, and there are not many historical cases.

But you said that you used incendiary bombs to break through the shield wall. No one should think there is a problem, right?

Cheap cost, in exchange for excessive results.

Molotov cocktails are indeed the treasure of the poor!
　On the outside, one chapter transitions, and the next chapter advances the main line.

　　The number of words is not enough, thank you for the reward tomorrow.

　　The traditional process has not changed much since the Stone Age.

　　First heat the bent part with fire, then hold the arrow straightener in one hand and the arrow shaft in the other, embed the heated bent part in the U-shaped groove of the straightener, and then clamp it firmly with both hands, repeating it many times Straighten the arrow shaft.

　　In this way, after processing, polishing, painting, and winding, each link needs to consume manpower and material resources, and the price is so high.

　　Therefore, the large-scale covering of arrows in ancient times was not a conventional tactic. It was not used to kill or injure the enemy, but was mainly used to suppress and deny the enemy.

　　When defending, if you are facing cavalry, the function of the arrow rain is to slow down the impact speed of the cavalry.

　　If you are facing infantry, the role of the arrow rain is to destroy the order of the enemy's formation.

　　When attacking, you can use long-range firepower to harass, suppress the enemy, force the enemy's formation to appear, and create favorable offensive conditions for our side.

　　Even if the bow and arrow can't penetrate the opponent, the opponent has to hold the shield to resist, and the marching speed will be slowed down.

　　In ancient times, there was a lack of timely information communication capabilities and poor organization. The entire offensive formation would be disrupted, and there would be a time difference.

　　This disconnect means there is a huge gap in the front.

　　For example, in lol team battles, our side uses large-scale damage (for example, firewalls) to make people avoid subconsciously. This completes the division of the battlefield and obtains a precious opportunity to fight more locally and less.

　　As long as one's own organizational power is higher, the disadvantage can be reversed by the miracle team, and the advantage can be taken away with a wave of low losses to win.

　　North youth grenadiers have similar functions, with the second being lethality and the first being tactics.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)