On the training ground, Marin couldn't help laughing out loud as he looked at a group of soldiers wearing wooden "motorcycle helmets" and wearing double-layer "mahjong mats".
Fortunately, Europeans in this era did not know the "mahjong mat" meme, or even what mahjong was. Otherwise, they would have laughed.
Because of the black paint, there is no need to wear a black shirt outside the mahjong mat. Just poke the mahjong mat directly on the mahjong mat to count the score.
According to the habit of "group fighting training", they fight each other in a company of 250 people. However, Marin felt that this was too monotonous. Therefore, he also added a group of 10 people to fight each other, and a group of three people to fight each other.
Especially the three-person fight group, which was particularly valued by Marin. Because, whether it was the special forces in later generations or Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation, the three-person group was a standard combination.
Moreover, the cooperation of the three-person team can also enable soldiers to gain local advantages at a certain point. When the soldiers get used to cooperating with their fellow comrades around them, they can burst out with effects that are far beyond ordinary battle formations.
Therefore, the three-person team and the 250-person brigade have become the most classic tactics in the Marin army.
After summarizing a complete set of training methods, Marin ordered the training method to be compiled into a training outline and sent to the 10,000 troops in the Principality of Schleswig and the battalions of the Münster area to promote this training method throughout the army.
In fact, until the Russian-Turkish War in the 1860s, the European Army's duel was still dominated by bayonets. As for why? Because the loading speed of the front-loading gun was too slow, the musket fire rate was not fast. If the melee between the two armies began, the muskets' shooting ability would be useless at all.
At that time, everyone was leaning close to each other. The most direct way was to fight a bayonet instead of shooting. Because, in a melee, after shooting out the bullets in the barrel, you would not have tens of seconds to reload the ammunition. If you don’t want to be stabbed to death by the enemy while loading the bullets, you should raise the bayonet and fight with the enemy...
Therefore, in the pre-fixed gun era, there was a famous tactic from the lobster soldiers in the UK - that is, when they faced the enemy's volley, they reached the enemy's volley within 20 or 30 meters, and implemented a volley to knock down the enemy's musketeers in the front row. Then, taking advantage of the enemy's chaos to fill up positions, they launched a charge and used bayonets to decide the outcome.
At that time, the hit rate of the smoothbore gun was so touching. If you aim at a distance of 100 meters, you could theoretically aim and shoot, but half of the real hit rate would be considered a sharpshooter. Only when you reach a distance of 20 or 30 meters and aim at a distance of 20 or 30 meters, you can raise the gun to aim and hit rate have a high hit rate in the actual sense.
It is normal to shoot guns at such a close distance and knock the enemy's front row soldiers to the ground. At this time, the enemy will definitely feel panic and morale will fall when they see the front row soldiers being shot and falling.
At this time, the lobster soldiers took the opportunity to charge, and it would arrive soon after a distance of only 20 or 30 meters. If you are busy loading ammunition and hitting a three-stage strike, you are looking for abuse. Before you loaded the ammunition, the bayonet will stab you...
Therefore, a while before the outbreak of the war, this tactic was easy to win. However, the emergence of the emperor made the more awesome "artilleryism". Under the bombardment of the platoon, the bayonet tactic became a death. After all, the platoon, especially the platoon that used shotgun, was too lethal for line infantry.
Marin has been hesitating whether to take out the big killer of the shotgun. But he has never dared. Why? I am afraid that the French will learn it...
France is a major artillery power, and the number of artillery equipment is very large. The technical content of shotgun is too low and it is easy to be learned. Therefore, if Marin dares to take out the shotgun in advance, it will definitely make France fly.
Faced with the French army's shotgun rain that often pulled out hundreds of artillery artillery, any infantry line formation would be beaten into a dog. Therefore, Marin would rather not take out the big killer of the shotgun and only use the Spanish square formation to maintain the army's tactical advantage.
If the shotgun appears, the casualties will be too great. At that time, the army of 10,000 or 20,000 will not be enough to be killed or injured. Moreover, Marin himself is also a person on the battlefield. If the other party draws out the shotgun, he might be sent to heaven by stray bullets...
Therefore, Marin felt that using the Spanish phalanx and using modern training methods, and now there is a very powerful melee training method like "group fighting training". Marin felt that as long as the training is in place and when it comes to fighting for thorns, his "Mahjong Legion" may not be worse than the veterans of Swiss mercenaries...
At that time, Marin will take the Mahjong Legion wearing a double-layer "mahjong mat" to sweep across the German countries and poke over all the enemies in front of him... This feeling should not be too good... but... the title of "mahjong Legion" seems a bit indecent...
While the soldiers who were supervising the "Mahjong Legion" were training to use "spikes" to conduct mutual stabbing training, their subordinates suddenly reported that the eldest Duke of Lithuania and the younger brother of the Polish King Alexander, Prince Sigmont, was here...
(Prince Sigmund, which is mentioned earlier. Of course, this is a translation difference.)
It turned out that Prince Sigmunt was already 38 years old. When his brother Alexander's wife returned to Moscow and Alexander's grandson did not divorce or marry a new wife, Prince Sigmunt was likely to be elected as the new Polish king and Lithuanian grandson.
Therefore, Prince Sigmont felt that he should go out for a trip and increase his knowledge. At the same time, he also planned to choose his wife by the way...
Don't be surprised, Prince Sigmont doesn't know why, but he has never been married. He is 38 years old and has no wife yet. The problem is that ordinary people don't have wives because they are poor. He is a prince. In the future, he may inherit the positions of the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. It is impossible for him to find a wife... So, the only possibility is that he is too picky. Or, he has not met a suitable princess for the time being...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After all, the idea of ​​being a good match in this era is very serious. The princess basically does not marry her, and the prince will not marry Cinderella. Unless, the prince wants to give up the right of inheritance...
In history, there were princes who lost their inheritance because they married a commoner girl. The most famous one was King Edward VIII who had to abdicate in order to marry Mrs. Simpson, who was a divorced and divorced. In addition, Queen Victoria's cousin Prince George, the seventh Duke of Cambridge, fell in love with a commoner girl named Sarah and married him. As a result, the descendants lost the inheritance rights of the Duke of Cambridge.
As a prince who may become a king of Poland and a grand duke of Lithuania, Prince Sigmont should be more cautious in his marriage. If he wants to inherit the throne and make his descendants continue to become kings, he must marry a noble woman. At least, he must be a princess from a country of Nei.
There are more than 300 vassal states in the German region, and there are many princesses. Therefore, Prince Sigmunt came to Germany to "inspection", which not only increased his knowledge, but also inspected his wife...
In addition, because Marin and Prince Sigmunt can be regarded as friends and allies, Prince Sigmunt ran to East Friesland to see Marin coming...
And Marin suddenly remembered something - Prince Sigmont seemed to be the prince of Poland and Lithuania. Although he did not become the crown prince according to the law, after Lord Alexander's death, this guy did not escape as a king. Moreover, Marin had read history and knew that Lord Alexander would die in the past two years. So, this guy is the standard crown prince...
Just in time, Marin is seeking to let the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon terminate the engagement with Henry VIII. At that time, Spain will re-select Princess Catherine's husband, and we can recommend Prince Sigmont to Ferdinand II.
Although Prince Sigmont is a little older and is 38 years old, Princess Catherine is not a big girl. She has married once and her husband has died. It seems that these two are quite compatible...
Chapter completed!