Chapter 28: Stubble

The discipline required by Umarin is very strict and has basically reached the level of the modern army. But this also made many mercenaries unhappy, but Marin told them that if they did not work hard, they might not be able to pass the selection of the emperor. If you fail to pass the selection of the emperor, you will not get a salary, let alone go to Italy to get rich.
I thought of the bright prospects of robbery in rich Italy, and they all put up with it. They have heard the legends of some half-truth mercenary predecessors. For example, when a mercenary captured a certain city in an Italian city-state, he rushed into the home of a wealthy Italian merchant and stole a lot of belongings. It's gold coins.
And Marin also used the imagination of network writers to fool them, making up many legends of mercenary circles. According to legend, a mercenary regiment that captured a large city in Italy, everyone became a rich man, took the big beauties, and embarked on the pinnacle of life ...
Heeding these fake news, I heard these novice mercenaries who had never seen the world enthusiastically. In fact, they cannot judge the truth of the news. After all, this is the Middle Ages, and information is extremely blocked. What Marin said was true and false, they couldn't verify it. So, they were all flabbergasted by Marin, and then they worked hard to receive Marin's abuse training ...
It took 20 days for the battle queue and steering training. Later, Marin, the "devil", began to toss them in the middle of the night and engaged in an "emergency gathering". A whistle sounded in the middle of the night, representing a night attack by the enemy. All personnel must be dressed, armed, and assembled in front of the barracks within 5 minutes. Moreover, no one should make any noise in this process, except for the officer who shouts his password. Otherwise, military law serves.
He did this because he trained soldiers to deal with enemy night strikes. In the middle of the night, the barracks are the most taboo. If one is not done well, a camp scream may occur.
The battalion yell is very scary. In many cases, night attacks by small-scale troops will cause serious disruption and even collapse of the attacked army.
The reason is actually very simple-in the middle of the night, everyone can't see the situation in the distance. Once they are attacked, everyone doesn't know how many enemies there is, or even who the enemy is and in which direction. Once panicked, fear spreads. Once the fear spreads, it may cause the army to collapse. Then, regardless of how many enemy troops there are, the soldiers will flee and even trample on each other.
So, Marin demanded that even if it was attacked by night, it was absolutely forbidden to make loud noises and make noise, so as to avoid the spread of fear. Everyone is silent, and it is easy to calm down. Moreover, everyone didn't say a word, and it was easy for the officers to speak. Once the battle line is formed, the army's heart will stabilize and it will be able to counterattack.
Alas, this really made the mercenaries unbearable. Often, they slept soundly, and then the whistle suddenly remembered. They heard the whistle and had to get up from the warm blankets and dress quickly, then pick up their weapons and join them at the barracks door. If it's slow, it's a beat.
As mercenaries who are not afraid of death, they are full of resentment, but each time Marin tells them about the richness of Italy and the prospects of robbery immediately after he finishes off with the disobedient guy ... Then, when everyone falls into YY, forget the dissatisfaction Now ...
In this regard, Schwartz determined to become an officer, that is extremely admirable. Secretly, Schwartz began to learn and imitate everything about Marin. He found that although Marin was not as tall and strong as himself, even martial arts was not as good as himself. But his head, Schwartz, is ashamed ...
On the night, Marin also adjusted. According to the practice of medieval Europeans, the so-called night duty is to arrange several sentry posts at the gate of the big camp, which usually rotates every 4 hours.
Such a mechanism, Marin knows deeply that it is full of loopholes. In addition, many war movies that have been seen in previous lives will have a few very good people, taking advantage of the night sentry to snooze and kill the sentry with a dagger. Then, the entire barracks was tragedy ...
In modern times, in addition to the bright whistle at the door, there are usually several hidden whistle near the camp door. The reason for setting up a dark whistle is to be afraid of being touched by the whistle, and it is too late to warn.
To this end, Marin selected a few soldiers and ambushed in a tent near the camp gate. Without lighting, he left only a gap to observe, and changed his position every 4 hours.
In this regard, the soldiers naturally complained, and Schwartz, with reverence, worked hard to write down these means in small books. If it weren't for the diary and ballpoint pen, Schwartz would have written it down on the spot. After all, I still use a quill pen. I need to reach into the ink bottle and it before I can write a few words.
Uh ...
When everyone's queue was trained so that everyone can keep the formation moving forward, Marin finally began to train specific battle formations.
Originally, Marin chose a large Spanish formation-this is the most suitable condition right now. However, the number of people in his hands was too small to form a square matrix at all.
Marin thought about it and decided to bring the 100 people to the Spanish matrix, but not to complete the full matrix, but to train only the first two or three rows of the matrix ...
With 20 archers, Marin didn't divide them into rows. Because the archer has no time to reload, if it is not aiming and killing, but only "barrage strike", the archer can quickly shoot all the arrows (30) in one breath. Of course, most people will experience a period of demobilization afterwards. But take a break and continue.
Because the bow and arrow fired fast, Marin put 20 archers in the middle of the first row. The distance between the archers is about 30 cm. Unlike a musket shooter, you can't get too close. Because the fire rope of the musket gun shooter is tied to the arm. If they are too close to each other, their own fire rope may burn to the side of the gunpowder bag on their shoulders, which may easily cause a large security accident. Therefore, the space between the horizontal soldiers of the Spanish square is generally 1 meter. Archers are not that dangerous, they can stand closer to each other. As long as you don't squeeze into each other, you can keep a certain gap.
After testing, I found that the power of 20 archers shooting arrows is very good. Of course, because of the limited number of people, the "arrow like rain" effect cannot be formed. However, fighting against hundreds of opponents can definitely cause considerable injuries.
However, after the group confrontation, Marin also found a problem-if the enemy rushed forward, the archer was very vulnerable, basically only the killing of the opponent's spearman.
For this reason, Marin thought about it, and then came up with a solution-he arranged two rows of spearmen in front of the archers. When fighting, the two rows of spearmen in front of the archer sit in the ground first, avoiding blocking the archer's view.
When the archer finished shooting and shot the 30 arrows in the quiver, the commander gave an order, and the spearman in front of the archer stood up again, forming a spear array, blocking the enemy's possible assault.
In this way, the enemy's idea of ​​killing the archer with a spearman will be defeated. Moreover, if the archer hiding behind the spearman recovers strength, he can take a few steps back, face forward 45 degrees upwards, use the bow and arrow to project, and hit the enemy's spear array from above.
After Marin's research, Marin arranged 80 spearmen in two rows of 40 each. Behind the 20 people in the middle, there are 20 people in a row of archers.
The archer is responsible for shooting the arrows in the quiver before the enemy rushes up, but if the opposing army charges too fast, it is too close to the front. The officers will promptly order the archers to stop archery, and the two spearmen in the two rows in front of the archers will stand up under the order. Put a spear on the shoulders of the first row to defend the enemy from attack.
Then, the archer stepped back a few steps, estimated the position of the enemy army, put arrows in the air ahead, hit the enemy army, causing injuries. The longer the front spearman is on top, the more damage the archer can bring. If it goes on for a long time, the enemy will definitely lose or collapse because of too many casualties. Of course, the premise is that the spearmen in the front row must withstand the impact of the enemy and have not been torn open.
For this reason, Marin hired a blacksmith in the town and built 40 engineering spades for him, which were used to dig trenches in front of the battle line to block the impact of enemy forces, especially the impact of cavalry.
阻挡 In order to block the possible attack of the enemy cavalry ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The trenches that Marin had dug before the battle were generally divided into two, and the two trenches were only 2 meters apart. If the enemy crosses the first trench, it will appear on a 2 meter wide strip. In this zone, it is within the attack range of the front spearmen. Regardless of whether it is an enemy warhorse or an infantry soldier, who has just crossed the first trench, it is certainly not stable. At this time, the front spearman stabbed the spear, which certainly made the opponent unable to resist.
In addition, in order to prevent the enemy's shelling, the excavated soil will be piled into a rectangular mound behind the two trenches.
Once the enemy first shelled, everyone lay on the ground and hid behind the mound to guard against shelling. These years, artillery was fired with solid shells, and most infantry guns were used for flat fire. As long as you lie on the mound, you will not be hit by shells.
Moreover, on the mound before the battle, Marin was still learning the English, and was full of spikes to block the enemy's impact. Even if it is too late to dig trenches, Marin's front will quickly insert sharp stakes to block the impact of enemy forces, especially the impact of enemy cavalry.
Of course, this is just a residual battle. Due to insufficient numbers, Marin currently has only two rows of pikemen. In fact, such a thickness is insufficient. Because in a really brutal battle, the first two rows of spearmen are easily consumed, and more rows of spearmen are needed to supplement them.
But the problem is, Marin has no one in his hands. Therefore, he can only get a remnant array as a sample and show it to the officer responsible for recruiting soldiers. Moreover, the main thing to look at is his absolute control over the team, as well as the team's strict discipline and efficient ability to execute orders. In general, it's just a fake now, it may not be great on the battlefield, but it can be used to show and show off.