Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 151

2021-01-23

Chapter 151 Super long spear

For the governments of the alliance countries, and even the military of various countries, Stripping an officer of his military status is an almost impossible thing to do.

Things have to start from the beginning of the alliance.

At that time, the big and small nobles in the republics were unwilling to be banned from their privileges, and they launched flags and armed separatism.

For a time, the bay area was full of flames, and the newborn alliance was as precarious as a candle in the wind.

It seems that the republican regime is about to usher in its doom just after its birth.

But the Senas Alliance also has an army, an army led by Ned Smith. There were no republics at that time, and the Cenas only called that army the "Confederate Army".

Power comes from the barrel of a gun. At that time, the aristocratic rebels from all over the country didn't realize this: the Alliance Army itself was the hardest-fisted rebel on this land.

In the face of the Alliance Army, which was tempered by blood and fire, even Duke Arlean the "Butcher" could only defeat himself in the end. Who else is the opponent of the Alliance Army by the bay?
Cannons flattened towers, tunnels smashed castles, and all the nobles who were armed and divided were easily suppressed and wiped out by the alliance army.

As the counts of open rebellions were hanged on the city head one by one by the Union army, the remnants of the old ruling class realized that the confrontation of martial power is courting death.

As a result, they relied on the intertwined forces at the local level, and took the initiative to enter the local parliaments and began to play party politics.

In those years, the political ecology of the republics was very comical and absurd.

The aristocratic forces gradually occupied the local councils, and the large cities where the new republic was located were like isolated islands in the ocean.

The so-called elected members are just the old aristocrats changing their clothes, and the army has become the mainstay of the democratic republic.

"Resolve the crimes of the Confederates in the time of the Sovereign War!", "Trial Ned Smith!" and so on.

Besides the bay of Cenas, there is a smell of countryside surrounding the city, peaceful change of regime, and welcoming the emperor's return.

Based on the consideration of protecting the army, and at the same time worrying about the control of the army to counterattack after the old aristocratic forces seized power, the governments of the republics have given their armies a considerable degree of decentralization in those years.

The Confederate army of that period was indeed the last barrier of the republic where gu gu fell to the ground.

The old aristocratic forces repeatedly tried to reverse the course of history, but they were all crushed by the military of the republics.

The Supreme Council of Guanglian Province has been forcibly banned by the army three times.

But there are also many repercussions for this powerful medicine, one of which is that the Interprovincial Army finally became a self-contained system, so that it can't be lost today.

The constitutional magic cultivator's proposal that "except for treason and espionage crimes shall not deprive officers of their military status" was also passed in the same period.

As long as an officer did not treason or spy, no matter what he did, he could not be kicked out of the army even if he misdirected and killed thousands of soldiers.

This is the ultimate protection for allied officers.

But this amendment also indirectly leads to a result: no matter how hard an officer offends a great character, the other party cannot expel him from the military.

So there are only two places for those lower-level officers who are not liked by high-level officers:

Or be rolled to overseas military regions and become glorious overseas expeditions;

Or He was transferred to the War History Office and sat on the bench to repair the war history.

These two items are unwritten customs of the armies of the Republics.

The Overseas Expeditionary Force is a military agency directly under the Union government and is not under the jurisdiction of any affiliated country. Going there is tantamount to losing the identity of the soldiers of the republics, always went but never returned.

Later historians who do not know the unwritten rules of this period will always find it very strange to read the history of the Union military during this period.

Compared with the praises and martial arts of the empire's war history, the war history written by the Allied Forces is sarcastic and mystifying in tone, and the sour gas between the lines is about to liquefy into reality.

And our lieutenant colonel John Jesska is also a particularly hated type of officers among the officers hated by high-level officials.

So twelve years ago he was transferred from the Palatine Army to the Overseas Service, where he was responsible for the history of war.

......

The first time they met, the three lieutenants certainly didn't know about the life of the Legendary Lieutenant Colonel Jessica who "went and returned".

But when the lieutenant colonel said he had just returned from overseas, Bud immediately figured out what was going on.

Bud reminded softly: "Sir, this second lieutenant Montagne and this second lieutenant Cellini are Veneta people. And I am from the Union province."

"Victorian Lieutenant" The Neta people came to Prato to serve?" Lieutenant Colonel Jesska asked in confusion: "Is it not that the Luyuan is now 'where did you come from, where do you go back', but the distribution is broken up?"

Come on, it seems that this guy really doesn't know the inside story. Bud briefly explained the whole sequence of events to the lieutenant colonel.

"I have heard about the feud between the United Provinces and Veneta even overseas." After hearing the story, the lieutenant colonel was also sighed: "You are really unlucky, caught in the cracks."

……

After disbanding the queue, the lieutenant colonel has to check the arsenal again and again.

Because they didn't need to be in charge of combat, after coming to the Shuangqiao Camp, Winters and a few people discussed it and collected the three Hundred Men Squad weapons and equipment for unified storage.

The temporary arsenal is housed in a prefab, under the supervision of a seasoned ten captain, Malcolm.

Malcolm could see that the new Great Captain wasn't an easy-going captain early on in the assembly.

After disbanding, he hurriedly rushed to the arsenal with the militiamen of the account with cleaning tools, ready to clean up the warehouse.

As Lieutenant Colonel Jesska led the three second lieutenants to the arsenal, he happened to meet the militia in the arsenal.

Seeing the last-minute preparation, Winters couldn't help but blush.

The lieutenant colonel waved his hand indifferently: "Don't be busy, the arsenal is not a banquet hall."

Winters asked the ten commander of the library to fetch the list: "Three. Hundred Men Squad's long spear, long halberd, sword and shield, and musket, and ammunition, are all here."

"Mixed?" Jesska's eyebrows rose.

"It's a mix-up." Winters nodded.

Normally, each Hundred Men Squad in a Legion will be equipped with the same weaponry. The long halberd team has only long halberd players, the musketeer team has only musketeers, and only at the level of battallion will they mix.

This design is for Legion-level battles. Soldiers using different weapons form separate formations, which is more convenient for the commander to arrange the formation.

However, like the Wolf Town Militia, the auxiliary soldiers, who mainly do some escort and road building chores, most of the time independently act as auxiliary soldiers, Hundred Men Squad, can only be mixed at the level of Hundred Men Squad.

"Long spear, musket, halberd and sword and shield, four to three to two to one." Winters took the list and handed it to the lieutenant colonel: "Only the ten captains are issued with half-armor, and the others are one Top helmet. Sixty kilos of lead, twelve barrels of gunpowder, and some odds and ends, all here."

Super long spears, musketeers, and halberders all come with one-handed swords , In addition to the one-handed sword, the sword and shield hand has a small iron shield.

The musketeers also had molds for buckshot, which Winters took away for fear that the militia would not keep them safe.

Lieutenant Colonel Jesska didn't look at the list after taking the list, and asked directly, "Is the first musketeer only handing out one kilogram of lead, or do you only have one kilogram left for each of you?"

"Each musketeer only fires one kilogram."

"No training?"

"The militia has no training." Winters thought for a while and replied Said: "But we have done a few trainings by ourselves, using gunpowder and lead brought from the source of troops."

"Okay." Lieutenant Colonel Jesska's face was as usual, not too emotional Revealed: "Look at the things."

Opening a wooden box, the smell of oily nostrils is full of one-handed swords, each of which is oiled and wrapped in cloth.

"Very good." Lieutenant Colonel nodded: "Look at the others."

The other boxes containing weapons were also checked in turn. The items were carefully kept, and the iron was oiled. , The camphor is placed on the edge of the long pole, and the blade part is well wrapped.

John Jesska looked satisfied until the gun case was opened.

The one-eyed lieutenant colonel's face was a fatal smile: "Hook gun?"

"Yes, sir. We were given a hook gun." Winters replied awkwardly.

Lieutenant Colonel took out the top hook gun and couldn't help laughing a few times: "This thing is probably older than me, right?"

"I don't know." Andri replied in a sullen voice: "But he must be a few years older than us."

......

The hook gun is actually a fire door gun, an improved fire door. gun.

Early muskets had no stocks, and until a gunsmith had the idea to add the wooden butt of a crossbow to the firearm, the musket could only be fired with the hand.

However, it was unsteady to hold the shot with the hand. In order to disperse the recoil, the gunsmith began to add a small iron hook to the barrel.

In this way, the user can hook the musket onto objects such as city walls, carriages, shields, etc.

Hence the name hook gun.

At least in the early days of the Sovereign War, hook guns were used on both sides.

But the war gave rise to more advanced designs, which in turn proliferated rapidly.

With the popularity of buttstocks, long spear tubes and serpentine firing rods, muskets have gradually evolved from the "stick and iron tube" of early muskets to today's shape.

By the end of the Sovereign War, both sides were fully equipped with more advanced matchlock guns and cannons to kill each other.

The hook gun is no longer used and manufactured, in other words, this weapon has been out of the stage of history for at least 30 years.

That's why the lieutenant colonel asked this question.

The swords and shields and super long spears of the Hundred Men Squad of the three Winters are all Legion's unified specifications, but the muskets issued are all outdated models.

There is nothing to complain about, the militias mostly operate on the inside, dealing with a few roadblocks at most.

Have two guns that can be shot, enough to scare people. In actual combat, it is better to send two crossbows.

......

Gently shock the head, the lieutenant colonel put the hook gun back into the wooden box, pointed to the gunpowder barrel and said, "Open it and see."

The lieutenant colonel deliberately wanted to inspect the gunpowder barrels stacked on the bottom layer. Malcolm in charge of the arsenal found a hardwood crowbar and cautiously opened the gunpowder barrels.

Lieutenant Colonel Jesska poured out the entire barrel of gunpowder in one go. The gunpowder was in the shape of beautiful black particles, and there was no layering.

"Not bad." The lieutenant colonel rarely patted the shoulder of the ten commander: "The gunpowder is well kept."

Malcolm scratched his head, sorry said: "Yes The Montagne Hundred-Men Commander made me turn the gunpowder barrel upside down once a day."

Jesska gave Winters a somewhat surprised look, nodded lightly.

Winters is also a bit sorry, in fact, this trick he learned from the Veneta Navy.

"Don't look at it, just leave it like this." The gunpowder fan in Lieutenant Colonel patted's hand said casually: "Take someone to the Legion arsenal and replace the super long spear with ordinary lance or long halberd. Replace the hook gun with a matchlock gun."

Winters was taken aback for a moment: "Uh... just change it?"

"Just change it."

"Why do you want to change?" Andre couldn't help but question: "It's all ordinary lance or long halberd, how to arrange the formation?"

"This kind of pawn is not suitable for super long halberd. spear." Jesska's tone was very flat, as if to say that the weather is fine today.

Andre suddenly burst into anger, not only Andre, but even the militiamen in charge of the library were annoyed.

"Dissatisfied?" The lieutenant colonel looked at Andre, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked towards the militia next to him: "Dissatisfied?"

Andre coldly snorted, looked towards the edge. The surrounding militiamen bowed their heads one after another.

After a brief contact, Winters understood Lieutenant Colonel Jessica's character a little:

What did this officer say, maybe he didn't have malicious intentions, but there is nothing more real in this world. More harsh voices.

"You guys, take the super long spear and come out with me." The lieutenant colonel ordered a few militiamen in charge of the warehouse. He picked up a super long spear and walked out of the arsenal first.

A few militiamen stood in the same place stupidly, not how good it was.

Andre frowned urged: "Don't be afraid, go, do whatever you want."

Ten Commander Malcolm gritted his teeth and walked out with a super long spear , other militiamen also picked up the long spear to keep up.

Eight militiamen lined up outside the arsenal, guns pointed at the sky.

"Pull the gun!" the lieutenant colonel ordered.

The militiamen, as taught by the Hundred-Men Commander, gracefully flatten the long spear and end the barrel to neck level.

The five-meter long spear points neatly forward, and looks a little majestic.

"It's okay." Lieutenant Colonel Jesska said, "It's not completely untrained."

After saying that, Lieutenant Colonel also used the same posture to lift the long spear.

The next second, the one-eyed veteran rammed straight into the militia line with his long spear.

The tip of the spear went over the tip of the spear, moved towards each other's chests, and they were about to see blood, but the lieutenant colonel didn't dodge.

Malcolm was taken aback and hurried back.

The lieutenant colonel insisted, and the long spear stabbed Malcolm in the throat fiercely from top to bottom.

In panic, the ten commander threw down the lance and avoided the fatal blow. However, there was a gap in the queue, and the lieutenant colonel rushed into the gun forest.

The lieutenant colonel also threw away the long spear and drew his saber. He grabbed another militiaman's gun with his left hand and slashed at him with his right hand.

The sudden attack made the Wolf Town militiamen not knowing what to do, and he didn't came back to his senses until the blade was closed an inch above his head, and he took a few steps back and fell to the ground.

"When the Ancient Era is fighting in battle, losing the lance is not punishable, but losing the shield is a capital offense." The lieutenant colonel put the saber back into the scabbard and asked at a moderate pace, "Do you know why?"

The space was quiet for a while.

No one answered, Lieutenant Colonel Jesska asked himself: "Because the role of the lance is to kill the enemy, and the role of the shield is to protect the comrades beside the body protection. Losing the lance is nothing more than killing the enemy with fewer people. Losing the shield will blow the entire line."

Winters probably understood what the lieutenant colonel was trying to say, and he saw that Bud and Andre looked thoughtful as well.

"The super long spear front has no shield, so the long spear in each of you is the shield of your comrade-in-arms." Jesska retrieved the super long spear and said coldly to several militiamen in front of him: " A coward's retreat can lead to the collapse of the entire phalanx. Only veterans with double pay are worthy of standing in the front row with a long spear, you don't deserve it now. Still not?"

Not a single militiaman In reply, Malcolm bowed his head in shame.

The lieutenant colonel smacked his lips, turned around and threw the long spear to Winters, and said flatly: "Once the formation is lost, the super long spear is not as good as a dagger. Replace them with weapons that can fight alone, They're not expected to fight in formation anyway."

"Yes, sir." Winters saluted.

"By the way, there is one more thing." The lieutenant colonel turned to leave, and then turned back and asked casually: "Why are there so many Dusa people in the roster?"

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It seems that only on weeknights, sitting in a chair, watching the dial get closer and closer to twelve o'clock, can I get inspiration.

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