Chapter 15： Don't be shy, be straight

After the new weapons were demonstrated, the soldiers were left to continue their drills, while Paul, Schroeder and officers above the company level gathered in the castle hall for a meeting.

In front of all the officers, Paul announced the appointment of Schroeder as his chief of staff, and explained that this position is equivalent to the chief staff in other armies. After introducing the military system he created to the old knight, he awarded him a major rank, while his squire, Joyce, conferred the rank of captain and temporarily served as a general staff officer.

Then it was time to summarize the reasons for the last failure. The officers took out the manuscripts they had written overnight and read their opinions on the last battle one by one.

In the end, the little count said: "Everyone summed it up in detail. In summary, there are basically two main reasons, recruits' timidity and unauthorized actions. In order to solve this problem, I decided to set up drummers and trumpeters in the army, so that soldiers can develop According to the habit of marching on the drum, when marching on the battlefield, the soldiers all march forward on the beat of the drum. They can neither advance without authorization nor shrink back. You have to charge desperately. When the retreat signal sounds, you must not stay for a while even if there are mountains of gold and silver in front of you. During the battle, the pickets of each army are responsible for supervising the discipline on the battlefield. Anyone who violates the above disciplines will be punished with the maximum death penalty depending on the seriousness. Bryce, You come to draw up detailed regulations, I ask every soldier to memorize and start training immediately."

Bryce responded, "Yes, Lord Earl."

The old knight was very surprised. Although the little earl in the countryside is still underage, he has a lot of unique insights in military affairs.

He suggested, "Lord Earl, I have already understood the previous battle. Please find out the soldiers who disobeyed orders and retreated without authorization last time, and hang them in public to correct the morale of the army."

"Ah... this... I have already punished them to serve hard labor in the mines..."

"Well, since you've spared their lives, let's forget it this time, but don't show such senseless mercy next time." Now that the verdict has been made, and their punishments continue to be aggravated for the same mistake, Obviously it will affect Paul's prestige.

"Let's talk about how to fight the next battle..."

After seeing the power of firearms, the officers were very excited. Most of them believed that as long as they were equipped with a large number of weapons, they would surely win the next battle.

Schroeder held a different view: "Everyone, the Earl showed us the firearms to give us confidence rather than make us proud. You must know that 'the proud soldier must be defeated'."

This old knight really won my heart, Paul secretly raised his thumb.

Schroeder continued: "Everyone, I think that the next battle must not rely on firearms. Soldiers must only rely on hand-to-hand combat to defeat pirates in order to overcome their inner fear and establish a true sense of confidence and honor."

"That's right." Paul agreed. Didn't Suvorov have a saying on earth, "Bullets are fools, but bayonets are heroes." Soldiers who dare to fight bayonets are good soldiers.

The meeting decided to set up buglemen and army drummers, and temporarily proposed four kinds of bugle sounds: assembly, advance, retreat, and charge. Afterwards, it will be gradually supplemented with the army construction, adjust the content of daily training, and strengthen the fight. In addition to the training, an officer training class was set up, taught by the old knight himself, and taught some military knowledge of this era, such as camping, ambush and anti-ambush, investigation and anti-reconnaissance, and so on. Of course, firearms still need to be manufactured and trained. After all, we don’t know how many pirates will have next time, so we still have to prepare the necessary trump cards.

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In the pirate camp, a group of pirates are also discussing plans.

"Quick, the shark asked me to bring a message, so that you can stop in moderation."

"Enough is enough? He's full of things. I haven't got much yet."

"You have run so far away from the coast, and you have confronted the lords of this area head-on, you are too courageous. Grab a wave of civilians, and hurry back to Port Fulan."

"What kind of skill is it to bully the unarmed common people, besides, they have a fart to grab. If you want to do it, you can do it with a lot of votes. Old Gleiman was ambushed by a shark, and the whole territory was panicked. This is a good opportunity to strike , The leader of their family’s overconfident brat fought a battle with us yesterday, but his ability is mediocre, and I feel sorry for my pirate career if I don’t make a fortune.”

"Hmph, speaking of Old Gleiman, isn't that **** Shark actually killing a legitimate fief nobleman? Isn't he afraid of arousing the collective anger of the lords of Northwest Bay?"

"What's the matter? Whoever let the old Gleiman break the 'tacit understanding' between the gentlemen and us, and broke the rules of the Northwest Bay, is also asking for it. Besides, the Gleiman family has been exiled here, and they have never been able to urinate with the surrounding families. Go. I guess someone is secretly watching the joke."

"The tacit agreement was broken by you first, and you ran to a place so far away from the coast to find trouble..."

"Hmph, then why did you come all the way here? To uphold justice for the nobles? Don't talk nonsense. In a few days, I will lead people directly to Huxin Town to ask for things. If they are not honest , I will entangle their main force, and you lead your people to sneak into the town from the other side..."

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Nine days later, the pirates themselves came to claim the property requested in the previous letter.

The pirates rowed small galleys gradually approaching the town of Huxin. Paul, who got the report, immediately ordered the army to gather on the shore to stand ready, and sent a platoon of internal guards to tell the residents to lock the doors and windows door to door, and take good kitchen knives to do the worst. Prepare.

"It's really a bunch of bold thieves. It's nothing more than planning to sneak attack last time. After all, taking advantage of the darkness, now they are so arrogant that they dare to provoke the ruling center of a leading earl in broad daylight." The old knight felt very incredible.

"Oops, it's too negligent. It won't be good if they trap us to death with the advantage of water, and the residents on the island should be moved out early." The old knight regretted his carelessness. The castle is to defend against the enemies on the road. I don't want the enemies coming from the water today, but it has become the biggest dead spot.

"Is there anyone familiar with water warfare on the island?" Schroeder asked, but he quickly knew the answer from the way everyone looked at each other.

"Then it can only stimulate them to land in a decisive battle..."

The pirates first sent a few small boats to test repeatedly not far from the shore, and after confirming that the defenders had no projectile weapons such as bows and crossbows, they even started to land carelessly. It seems that after they won a game last time, they are no longer Putting the territorial guards in his eyes, this made the old knight breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the number of pirates is much higher than last time, I originally wanted to have a "half-crossing attack", but was opposed when I consulted the old knight. Back in the water, and there is a high probability of encountering nails when landing, and the boats will definitely be used to block the island in the middle of the lake, slowly trapping the soldiers and civilians on the island to death. What should we do then, row a fishing boat and play gang battles with pirates?

"Okay, then let's have a decisive battle." Paul gritted his teeth, and then reiterated the battlefield discipline in front of the whole army. UU reading

Thinking about it optimistically, the chances of winning this time are still very high. Even if the soldiers can't fight the pirates, there are still a lot of grenades, and the six muskets have been successfully produced, and the pirates can drink a pot no matter what.

Just as he was thinking, most of the pirates had landed and rushed over here.

"Boy of the Greiman family, have you prepared everything that grandpa requested in the letter?"

It was that bearded man again with a really loud voice.

"Happiness and anger are invisible, happiness and anger are invisible..." the little earl said silently in his heart.

"Last time you were overthinking your own strength and trying to resist us. You should have added some filial piety, but looking at your wretched place, I guess you won't have anything to show except a few baskets of stinky fish. It's my grandfather, hurry up Give what you asked for before."

The bearded man said arrogantly.

Paul ordered the trumpeter to blow the marching horn, and Bryce shouted: "The whole army is ready, kill these **** today, avenge the brothers who died last time, and go forward."

The drummer beat the marching drum, and with the beat of the drum, the soldiers of the three companies raised their spears and began to move forward slowly.

According to Paul and Bryce's intention, all four companies should be put on the scene, but the old knight insisted on leaving one company as a reserve team, and some pickets, saying that they were used to enforce battlefield discipline.

"Hehe...haven't been taught enough, or what?" The bearded man laughed, "Brothers, anyway, this time we're in their hometown, and they won't give it to us, so let's take it ourselves!".

The people around him laughed loudly, "Boss Quick is right, no one is allowed to take the head from me later," a pirate yelled, holding a steel knife tightly in both hands, and the expression on his face gradually changed. It became hideous and terrifying.

The two sides gradually approached, and finally fought hand to hand...