Chapter 8: Recruit Training 2
Chapter 8 Recruit Training 2
With a cross tied behind him, Makarov stood straight up in torment, “What’s the use of training like this for fighting pirates, what the hell is going on!” He had already complained countless times in his heart.
He wanted to twist his head to see what state the person next to him was in, but as soon as this thought appeared it was suppressed by himself, there were already several unlucky people who were severely repaired by Knight Claude, oh no, it was Major Claude because of making small movements while standing in the posture, they were also punished by not being allowed to eat, he didn’t want to starve ah.
The new lord is really a strange ah, Makarov inwardly continue to spit up, net whole some strange things, what stand military posture, kicking the front step, even those knight officers were forced by him to practice this way.
Oh, not to mention okay, a thought of kicking the front step, Makarov felt his shame level bursting meter, that strange posture now still let himself blush, fortunately did not train in the town, otherwise not let the townspeople laugh off their teeth.
It is estimated that the little lord is also a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder patient, he is “neat”, “uniform” and other requirements have reached a perverted point, kicking and running when the requirements can not be scattered, the pace of unity, movement is also neat, but even the quilt have to be iterated into a square block is too much. But even the quilt must be folded into square blocks is too much, right?
If not for the little lord personally demonstrated how to iterate, and hand in hand to guide the wrong iteration of the soldiers, Makarov once suspected that this is the little lord is deliberately making fun of them.
The only normal thing is the assassination training in the morning or afternoon every day, guided by Major Claude himself, in Makarov’s opinion, only this is conducive to his own battlefield to kill the enemy to save his life, he listened very carefully to the major to explain the essentials, and practiced desperately every time.
Of course, although there are all kinds of internal complaints, but Makarov to the small lord is still very very very very respect and even grateful, not only because this week will have eaten meat twice, but there is also an even more important reason – Lord Lord even taught them to recognize words alas!
Words, most of the commoners never have the opportunity and financial resources to learn systematically in their lifetime, of course, there are still quite a few commoners who know a lot of words, such as those who are engaged in the professions of merchants, bards, noble servants, etc., are certainly literate, but the number of these people is simply a phoenix compared to the total number of the huge population of commoners.
In some remote areas, writing in people’s perception is even the same as the legendary magic, only the nobles and the servants of the gods can be acquired, many commoners in their lifetime literacy only stops at being able to recognize their own names, and more commoners can not even reach this level.
Not only in the human kingdom, I heard that in the steppe, many orc tribes are tying ropes into knots to keep track of things.
Makarov could still clearly recall the incredulous faces of the people and Major Claude’s mouth, which was so surprised that he could fit a goose egg in it, when the young lord announced that he would hold a “literacy class” and spend the evening teaching everyone how to write.
However, many soldiers believe that they are only soldiers to eat food, do not need to learn to read and write, really a bunch of self-sacrificing, do not seek to improve the fool, Makarov secretly despise, he is different, do not want to be so muddled life.
Suddenly the whistle sounded, and then the loud order of the battalion commander, Major Claude, could be heard, “The whole army is assembled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” .
Makarov immediately threw away all thoughts and drew closer to the “standard bearer” directly in front of the major, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the same platoon, which, after a week of training, had become almost a conditioned reflex.
“At ease!” The Major continued the command.
Then the young lord came forward and began to speak.
“Soldiers, over this week, you have made great progress, which makes me feel very pleased, and now that your military posture has reached the standard I require, I announce that from now on, you can stand in military posture without tying on the cross.”
After a pause and seeing that no one was up in arms and cheering, he nodded in satisfaction.
“However, you still have deficiencies, according to Battalion Commander Claude, many of you are still unable to get the hang of your assassination skills, this way you will not be able to fight against vicious outlaws, in the future, you must continue to practice diligently. Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime!”
“It’s not because you, Lord Lord, wasted half of your training time on standing in military posture and kicking the front step.” Many people secretly spat in their hearts.
“And your housekeeping, I emphasize paying attention to individual and collective hygiene every time I speak, this is the last time, if I find any class with trash littering their tents again, I swear to make their entire class run around the camp until they die.”
“Now, I have good news to announce, earlier I had Steward Phillip customize uniforms for us, they were shipped over today and are now being issued to everyone, change into them immediately.”
Then, under the arrangement of the officers at all levels, the people went up to receive their uniforms in turn. The uniforms were designed according to the previous life’s Eighth Route Army uniforms as a blueprint, but the color was dark green, in addition to the top and pants, there were also hats, leather belts, shoes, foot wraps with bindings, and in addition to that, there were also a batch of epaulettes with the previous life’s rank symbols sent over to be able to be fastened to the shoulders with buckles.
The soldiers received two sets each and then changed their clothes, anyway, there were all big men present, there were no scruples.
After all, this batch of uniforms was hastily made, in order to allow the entire army to wear, according to the larger size, many people wear it is relatively fat, but compared to those patched rags they originally wore, immediately will be more than a grade of human essence.
After changing their clothes and reforming, although no one spoke in the way of discipline, the excitement of the soldiers could still be seen, and it looked like the new clothes had boosted morale by a large margin.
Claude looked at the re-established squad and felt a lot of emotions inside.
A week ago, these people in front of him were still a bunch of peasants with loose discipline, and some of them couldn’t even distinguish between left and right, but now they are standing, sitting, and order is forbidden.
If it was before, not to mention other aspects, just with such a fast speed to assemble is already unimaginable, now this team alone look at the surface already vaguely have a hint of the momentum of the regular army.
No, the kingdom’s regular army couldn’t reach this level, after changing into the new uniforms, as far as neatness was concerned, only the royal honor guard that he had never seen before could compare, right? He now slowly understood why the Earl had spent so much time on training that he had previously considered meaningless.
Claude thought darkly, “The only downside now is that nearly half the men have never seen blood.”
Paul instructed Claude to continue his training according to today’s scheduled program, and then led the servant who had come to deliver the uniforms into a tent that was guarded by an inner guard of soldiers.
“Lord Count, everything you asked for is here, this is the first batch, the rest Steward Philip is still collecting, it will take some time yet.”
“Excellent, these have been able to fulfill the needs of the moment, but the rest still needs to be caught up.”
On the floor lay a single crate, while the tent was filled with a smell of sulfur, he looked at it all with satisfaction, and then asked, “Where are the men I want?”
The servant replied respectfully, “All are waiting in the next tent.”
“Well, are they all reliable?”
“Please rest assured, they are all loyal men like myself who have served the Lord’s family for generations, and Steward Phillip has personally tested them.”
“Very well, Ron, you will still be in charge of transporting supplies to this place in the future, and I will not treat you badly. But remember, you are not to tell anyone about what happened here, is that clear? Anyone, understand? “
“Yes, I understand. I swear to the Lord of Light that I will keep my mouth shut, and if I leak even a single word, I will be sent to hell.” Ron immediately swore to the heavens.
“Alright, you go back first and remember what I said.”
(End of chapter)