Chapter 1453： The first batch of veterans

How fierce would a tens of thousands of corps be in North America? That is simply sweeping! None of the Indians on the North American continent has thousands of tribes. Those big tribes generally have thousands of people.

Therefore, a 10,000 army legion used to be invincible in North America. The defeat is impossible, the only problem is probably that the enemy may use the dense forest to escape.

However, the Ten Thousand Legions are not kidding. One person sends a logging axe, and the area of ​​forest that can be cut every day is also very impressive.

Are you hiding in the forest? No problem, I have tens of thousands of people chopping down trees together, and chopped down the trees. See where you are hiding? Without the cover of the forest, the Indian soldiers were nothing in front of the regular army.

Moreover, where the trees have been cut down, the roots can be dug up, and they can be reclaimed into farmland and pastures to become new human settlements.

When a 10,000-scale army and logging team enters the American jungle, Marin can expect that the speed of North American development will be greatly increased.

Marin intends to open a state territory near New York. This state is the state of the United States in the later generations, not the size of a small county in Europe.

For example, the Swiss canton of Zurich is only 1,729 square kilometers, which is about the size of a county. In the later states of the United States, there are generally fewer than 100,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the Portuguese mainland. For example, New York State in the later generations has 141,000 square kilometers.

Of course, Marin ’s current goal is not to lay down New York State in future generations, but to first lay down the seaward part of New York State and the coastal area southward. It's better to fight to the Philadelphia area of ​​later generations and cash in Albert's land.

This area is mainly the later New York metropolitan area, plus New Jersey. The total area adds up, but it is 30,000 to 40,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of these areas are relatively friendly Drava, trade with New York colonies frequently, and it is easier to accept Marin's rule.

At that time, Marin decided to capture some Indians from other tribes and give them to the Delaware as slaves to give them benefits, and they were not afraid that they would not be bought.

After hitting Philadelphia, the direction of Marin's strategy will change, and he will move to the Great Lakes area to the west. The coal mines in the Appalachian Mountains and the iron mines in the Great Lakes region will make Marin's next important goal.

As a matter of fact, the core of the United States is mainly the northeastern states, plus the iron ore states of the Great Lakes region. For example, Pittsburgh, the steel center near the Appalachian Mountains, and Chicago and Detroit in the Great Lakes, are the cornerstones of the country's rise as an industrial power. New York and Boston are the foundation of US foreign trade ...

As for the south and west, it is actually not so important. For example, during the Civil War, several states in the northeastern United States and several states in the Great Lakes region singled out 13 states in the south, which had a larger area. As for the western states, it was only a few years before they were incorporated into the United States. At that time, western states were playing soy sauce ...

But the result is that under the strong industrial strength, several states in the northeast slammed the 13 states in the south and won the war with machines ...

The main reason is that most coal mines in the United States are in the northern Appalachian Mountains, and are basically in the northeastern state. Most of the iron ore is in the Great Lakes ...

As long as you master several states in the Northeast plus the Great Lakes, the core of the United States is actually mastered. As for the fertile land in the south, and the wild west ... in fact, it is not very important ...

In front of powerful industrial machines, the farmer and the cowboy are all scum ...

If you want to let the United States die, you do n’t have to throw nuclear weapons all over the United States, you just need to throw nuclear bombs in Washington (political center), New York, Boston (trade center), and Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and other cities. Finished ...

And this work can be completed by a ballistic missile nuclear submarine loaded with multi-warhead giant wave submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...

As for the remaining cities? Is it important? Without the cities in the Northeast, Lao Mei left empty shells ...

In the same way, if you want to destroy China, first go northward to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiangjiang. After these cities are over, Huaxia will lie down ... As for the huge inland population? If the population is a P, without a core, it is an empty shell ...

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As soon as Marin's American Legion offensive plan was written, Schwartz sent a message that made Marin feel not very good-the first batch of veterans retired on a large scale ...

According to the report sent by Schwartz, the 400 old brothers who had followed Marin since 1494, and the 320 people who have survived, all reached the required retirement age. Now, they need a veteran ceremony.

After all, those are the oldest brothers who followed Marin in the first place and deserve Marin to give them enough respect.

Calculating the time, from 1494 to the present, there are also 19 years, which is only 20 years after a year. At the beginning, Marin was only 16 years old, and he relied on Fool, pulling up a team. By slapping the emperor's **** and mixing up the position of leader of the square ... In a blink of an eye, it's been 19 years ...

At the beginning, the 400 old brothers who followed Marin were almost 25 years old in 1494. Because only people of this age will be willing to follow Marin. As for those who are younger or older, they either have ambitions and disregard Marin, or they want to go home to retire.

After the Italian War, Marin once divided the money. As a result, there was a square of more than 1,200 people, and only 400 old brothers remained to follow. Those old brothers were basically between 25 and 30 years old. They were mature, but they didn't want to go back to their hometowns.

Marin took them to the island of Texel in the Netherlands and allocated them land. Later, they were allowed to serve as grassroots officers and became the pillars of the First Army.

Although these veterans are illiterate, they can't afford the task of being a company leader or more. However, they are all veterans who have followed Marin for 19 years. In addition to the 80 bad luck eggs, others have persisted. Many people have also mixed up with the knighthood.

Speaking of which, this is because Marin has always won the battle. If you lose more than a few times, half of the 400 old brothers will be lucky.

But now, they have basically reached the 45-year-old retirement age prescribed by the Beihai State. According to the regulations issued by Marin personally-soldiers over the age of 45 must retire unless they reach the rank of square leader or above.

This is because, when people are over 45 years old, it is difficult for their physical strength to support a full battle, even for grassroots officers.

This year is not the era when the future generations will rely on electronic equipment. During the battle, the grassroots commanders needed to be loud and full of energy. On the battlefield where the guns were booming, the voice of the grassroots officers was the command, directing the soldiers to desperately. And people over 45 years old obviously do not have this ability to continue to serve. Unless, reached the point of senior generals. In that case, the adjutant and the serviceman would do the physical work for him.

However, the first batch of old brothers who followed Marin were illiterate, and when they followed Marin, they were all 25 years old and up, and their learning ability was not high.

So, in the end, these people didn't make much progress. The best mix, but also as a deputy leader. Now that everyone is 45 years old, they have to retire.

Originally, some people expired last year. But Marin was going to fight at that time. Where can these old officers with nearly 20 years of service be willing to let go? Therefore, Marin finally asked them to postpone for a year and wait until this year before focusing on retirement.

At the scene of the retired farewell meeting where the huge banner "Warmly Farewell to the 1494th Veteran Retired and Returned" was hanged, Marin could not help crying.

These 320 people are all loyal old men who have followed him for nearly 20 years. These people have been inseparable for 20 years, and none of them betray themselves. If they didn't follow them to Texel, Marin didn't know how to get back up.

If the gold coins were distributed, they would have run out, and Marin might have lost the confidence to dominate. Feeling discouraged, it may not be so ambitious. After all, you do n’t have a few reliable people, do you dare to fight for hegemony? Let's worry first if you are stabbed in the back ...

Only with a group of loyal and reliable men as a team can a strong force be built. In particular, the 400 old brothers who had fought Charles VIII together were considered veterans who had seen blood.

Marin can quickly expand the size of the army based on these 400 old brothers who have seen blood, and has tens of thousands of troops ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Can be built. It requires a group of high-quality grassroots officers to turn recruits into brave warriors. For example, the historical Prussian army was able to defeat the seemingly powerful French army because of the high-quality and strong execution of grassroots officers.

And the 400 old brothers of Marin, although they have almost no cultural qualities, but they have a good execution, and they help him bring out a large number of outstanding veterans. The grassroots officers of the following several legions are basically the apprentices of these 400 veterans.

In addition, at this time, the grassroots officers of other countries' military forces were equally illiterate. Therefore, the generals are chosen among the dwarves, and these people are considered good. If you meet the Prussian army of the 19th century, the same weapon, the North Sea army should also kneel.

But in this era of bad competition, the army of the North Sea country still surpasses that of other European countries. If it were not for fear of being beaten by groups, the Beihai Kingdom would have shaken ...

These 400 veterans also gave Marin a good inspiration. He found that the establishment of a new army was a group of middle and high-ranking officers, plus 400 teams (25 teams each). As long as there are 400 experienced squad leaders, these 10,000 new recruits will soon form an army. On the contrary, it is difficult to enter the state and gain combat power ...

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At the farewell party, Marin opened his first drink and toasted frequently with his brothers. At night, Marin was drunk for the first time. And, this time, he was not drunk, he was really drunk ...

After being sent back to the palace, Marin said a lot of nonsense, even the secret that he was a traverser was exposed. However, when he was drunk, he used the native dialect of his previous life. Not to mention that Angela does n’t understand Chinese, even Kongtai and Skandar, who understand Chinese, may not understand it ...