Section 26 Mark Army

The grenadiers under Schwab were also stunned by this scene. The fire and smoke filled them with fear of the sparkling clay in their hands, and were unfathomable about Schwab, who created this weapon like witchcraft.

"Sir, the blacksmiths are looking for you." The dwarf Rod walked around the burning place in the open space in fear, and then said to Schwab.

"Did they make everything I want?" Schwab looked at the explosion with satisfaction, thinking that even if he participated in the battle, he had a lot of chance of winning. How could he ask the Duke to invite him? This was very depressed.

"Sir, we have brought you what you want." The blacksmiths followed some apprentices, holding a circle of things like tracks. The apprentices walked to Schwab to spread the circle. These strips were made of some iron pieces and many iron nails on the iron sheet. The blacksmiths only made them based on the drawings drawn by Schwab, and they didn't know what it was.

"Well, it's not bad, much better than I expected." Schwab looked at the rough defensive tracks, the carefully crafted defensive tracks of these medieval craftsmen, which were almost the same as Schwab remembered. However, the texture of the forged iron blocks is relatively fragile, but it is enough to defend against flesh and blood. Looking at the tracks that were beaten into iron sheets, Schwab thought that since it could be made into such thin iron sheets, why can't it be made into a whole piece of plate armor? "How long does it take for you to build such an iron sheet?"

"It will take about a week, sir." The blacksmith replied honestly.

"Can you make this iron piece bigger and thinner?" Schwab said as he touched the black iron piece.

"No, sir, it will break if it is too thin." Another blacksmith said.

"So that's it." Schwab frowned and looked at the iron sheets in his hand that were indeed a bit crisp, and it was easy to break. He didn't know how those whole pieces of plate armor were made. Schwab thought about it and since it could not be made into a whole piece, he simply nailed several iron sheets of specifications together to make a lobster-like armor. Thinking of this, Schwab became excited. He immediately told the blacksmiths his thoughts. The blacksmiths looked at each other, because no one had done such armor before. What if it failed?

"Sir, we have never done this kind of armor before." A blacksmith said with a bitter face. If he failed and wasted precious iron, he would not know how he would be punished.

"It's okay, you can try it according to my ideas." Schwab waved his hand and generously pulled out the iron blocks in the warehouse for the blacksmiths to experiment.

"Sir, your recent expenses are a bit big." The author Amory said to Schwab, holding the pen and paper in his hand. The down-and-out Amory was already incomparable to the time of Han Ruowei. He was wearing a short linen coat and a sleeveless pullover. His face was no longer as good as his rosy face. Schwab asked Amory to be responsible for the records of his property.

"Is that so? Let's take a look." Schwab took Amori's account book and looked at the expenses on it. The iron and wood in his warehouse consumed a lot, which was also indispensable in territory construction. Schwab continued to Awarai, "You recorded it very detailed, but it's too messy. If you have income, add a small cross next to it. If it's expenses, add a horizontal bar next to it."

"So that's the case. With this symbol, you can clearly distinguish income and expenditure. You are so wise."

"Do it well, Amori." Schwab patted Amori on the shoulder, and Amori nodded in a panic.

Schwab's Mark Legion had already had a relatively detailed organizational system at this time. The corps had three companies. The original meaning of the company was "small flag", which was extended to "units with a flag". This was the case with the company. The units under the company were platoons, each platoon consisting of ten ordinary soldiers. If it was an experienced veteran, there were six platoons. In summary, the corps had 250 people at this time, divided into 3 combat units with 50 people and a flag. Each company had 10 people and a row of 5 platoons. The leader of the corps was the commander of the corps, and Schwab was responsible for the specific corps management work. Schwab appointed Liugudi as the deputy commander. If the commander himself served as the commander of the corps, the second commander only needed to manage the affairs of the company's captains.

Each company also has its own escort team. The company captain has a private chef servant and two veteran bodyguards. The company's non-combat escorts are as follows: a priest, a scout and several musicians. The sergeant commander is responsible for organizing the company's daily training and phalanx training. There is also a general sergeant commander at the legion level, responsible for macro combat formations. The contact between officers and grassroots level, as well as daily violations of regulations are the responsibilities of non-commissioned officers and senators. Each veteran has 8 silver offices per month, and ordinary soldiers have only 4 silver offices for half.

Deputy Commander and Flag-holder: The military flag is always in a prominent position in the army or company queue, with drummers and fluteers following behind him. The flag-holder should regard the flag as more important than life.

Drummer and flute player: There are special musicians among the entourage members of each company. The role of drummers is very important during charge. In order to keep the queue in a consistent pace, they generally advance according to the rhythm of "five drums and three steps". During the marching, musicians should be behind the queue and be protected.

In terms of tactical training, Schwab added the tactics of the spear soldiers in the phalanx to three-stage charge. When the phalanx slowly advances to a distance from the enemy with drums and flutes, the sergeant commands the spear soldiers in the phalanx to fight and destroy the enemy with a powerful three-stage charge. These three-stage charges are divided into forwards, centers, and defenders.

Veterans at both ends of the phalanx, holding long swords to break the enemy's long-handed weapons, and attacking melee enemies at the right time. Schwab also equipped with many crossbows in the Mark Legion. These crossbows made of wood in the Mark Forest are very resilient. Although they are particularly troublesome to use, they need to use their feet to pull the bowstrings and then install crossbow arrows. This kind of crossbow is more laborious to use, but it is enough for the Mark Legion, which mainly uses long spears.

Schwab also made some smaller crossbows. Although this light crossbow is not strong and has a relatively close range, some lighter-experienced recruits hold light crossbows to scattered soldiers around the phalanx, waiting for an opportunity to shoot at the enemy. If attacked by enemy cavalry, they will turn around and escape into the phalanx.

The Mark cavalry trained by Koro, as a mobile unit, followed the commander of the legion, and was always a powerful dagger in Schwab's hand, stabbing into the enemy's heart at the right time.

The grenadiers trained by Schwab assumed the role of a reserve service. These strong soldiers, with a row of explosives hanging around their waists, were wearing armors of various colors that Schwab tried to supply, from chain armor to leather armor, which was completely different from the recruits who had just entered the Mark Legion who were wearing broken linen clothes. In addition to using pottery bullets, the grenadiers usually tied a sharp short sword on their thighs. They enjoyed the best treatment, received the harshest training, and were responsible for protecting Schwab's Empire Eagle flag.
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