531. Militia training
Chapter 531 – Militia Intensive Training
On the large playground of the barracks in Huxin Town, the four infantry battalions stood in neat formation.
What was different from the usual drills was that apart from their firearms, the soldiers were carrying their traveling bags and rolled blankets, which were stuffed to the brim inside their backpacks.
Chief of Staff Schroeder stood on a raised platform and addressed the soldiers.
“Lord Gleiman has repeatedly taught us on weekdays that if we sweat more in peacetime, we can bleed less in wartime. For this saying, veterans who have had combat experience should have a deep understanding of how practical those combat skills and auxiliary skills that have been repeatedly trained during the weekdays will be when they really arrive on the battlefield.”
“Because of this, our Arda army has always placed great importance on daily training. However, it’s not enough to just nestle in the barracks for training, so field stretches are an important part of our training program.”
“For this field stretches, you will start from Lakeheart Town and traverse the three major territories of Arda, Bairdin, and Emden in turn. Along the way, there are plains, swamps, forests, hills, and other landforms, all of which are good places for you to exercise your skills.”
“In the plan, our training this time in will cover many subjects such as field marching, field survival, camping, live fire, etc., so you guys have to cherish every opportunity to exercise yourselves.”
“Officers and soldiers at all levels must consciously maintain the image of our army, when passing through towns and villages, pay special attention to discipline, no harassment of the people, speak politely, if there is a need to buy something must be given at the original price, prohibit molestation of the women of the good family, instructors at all levels and pickets for the above points should pay close attention to do a good job of supervising, for violating the discipline of the people to be strictly punished, and the results of punishment should be reported to the whole army. The results of the punishments are to be communicated throughout the army.”
“Lieutenant-Colonel Bryce will lead the whole of this dragoonage as chief commander, and all will be subject to his orders.”
Chief of Staff Schroeder rambled on the stage for half a day, and the people below the podium had different thoughts.
Most of the veterans were grunting in their minds, they knew that field stretches were hard work.
The new recruits who just joined the army are very excited in their hearts, the garrison of Lakeville is not allowed to leave the barracks on weekdays, and they can only go out to play on vacation or on weekends, and they can’t leave the area of Lakeville, so they take this field exercise as a field trip.
After Schroeder finished his lecture, he ordered the army to start.
Under the methodical command of the officers, the squares changed into long formations and headed towards the outside of Lake Heart Town, and the transportation company, which drove the horse-drawn carriages and was in charge of the large items, was already waiting for the main force on the outskirts of the town.
The chief of the Operations and Training Division, Bourgain, watched the troops disappear at the end of the street, and he stared blankly at the direction in which the troops had disappeared for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that his right hand was trembling slightly.
Excited? Nervousness? Or both.
He straightened his clothes and hat and told himself silently in his mind, just go with the original plan next, you can do it!
A figure crept closer to him, Bourgain heard the footsteps but didn’t make much of a move.
“Young Master? What should we do next?”
This was the servant that the family had arranged to take care of him in Lakeshore Town, and was loyal to a fault.
“You go and tell Odenel that everything went well, and if there are no more surprises to come, I will contact him again tomorrow night.”
The militia had not been able to assemble until this afternoon, and it would take him another day to get them organized; the day after tomorrow would be the day of the official move, if nothing went wrong, and by then the troops from Lakewood would be two days’ journey away, and according to the plan for this pullout-a plan he, the Chief of Operations and Training, had been involved in making — the first two days would be the hasty marching training, and they would be leaving Lakeheart Town for quite a distance.
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“Ah! Guys, we’re finally in Lakewood!”
Zane led his town’s one hundred and twenty militia members and reached the outskirts of Lakeheart Town. Looking forward, one could already see densely packed buildings.
“Rest …… for a while!”
McGee spat out his tongue, took a big gulp of air, and squatted his butt on a big rock by the side of the road. He was the fattest looking person in the whole team, and this journey down was really exhausting for him.
With someone taking the lead, the rest of the team followed suit and sat down on the side of the road to rest.
Seeing his companions like this, Zane, who was the militia leader, frowned tightly. “Guys, you can’t be like this after arriving at Lakeheart Town, how can we let the adults in the lord’s mansion see you like this.”
“Huh?” McGee tilted his head and looked at Zane.
“What can happen? Will you get whipped?”
“Get whipped? I tell you, getting whipped is just scratching.”
Zane raised his pitch and shouted to scare the militia.
“I’ve heard that in Lakewood, if a soldier violates an order, hanging on the gallows is a minor offense, or maybe they’ll be shelled!”
“Cannon …… shelling?”
The militia heard this word for the first time, “Zane, what is a cannonball?”
Zane tilted his head high, “The so-called cannon execution is the execution of a prisoner with a cannon. Cannon! Cannon you guys know?”
“We know!” Seto, the shortest in the group, shouted, “I heard the station master at the military service station talk about it, and it’s said that it was a weapon that Lord Greymane made out of Thor’s hammer.”
“I know that too!”
“I’ve heard that!”
The others responded in a chorus.
“That cannon is powerful!” Zane stared, revealing a frightening implication, “A cannon duel is when you tie someone in front of the muzzle of a cannon and – boom!”
He exaggeratedly spread his arms wide and made an exploding motion.
“And the person is gone! Or …… the person is shattered!”
“Yeh-!” Hearing the captain say this, the crowd all showed expressions of fear and dread, especially Fatty McGee, whose flesh shook like sifting chaff. Such an execution wouldn’t even leave a whole body, just for violating orders?
It was too frightening!
“So, guys!” Zane admonished his fellow militia members very seriously, “When we get to Lakewood, we must do what we’re told, we can’t be as scattered as we were in the town and village.”
“The so-called ordering is to act immediately once the order is given, no procrastination.”
“The so-called prohibition is to stop as soon as there is a ban, and if you are not allowed to do something, you must not do it.”
“Does everyone understand?”
The militiamen nodded their heads like chicken pecks, “Understood! Everyone listens to you, Captain.”
Zane was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates, but in his heart, he was a bit helpless, these guys, they really don’t know the importance of not scaring them.
The militia training this time is not like the old days, when everyone stood in military posture on the threshing floor, practiced marching in unison a few times, and waved their swords and spears for a while, and that was the end of the matter.
I heard …… that I heard that I have to teach the militia how to drill firearms in the town of Hu Xin.
At the thought of this, Zane s heart was excited.
(End of chapter)