Chapter 215: Concept of Spring Gun Cavalry

Learning cavalry tactics was Jeanne's own idea, but of course the opinion of His Holiness Pope Horn was also important.

According to Horn's idea, the 150 cavalrymen in the three cavalry divisions of the Salvation Army would most likely be led by Jeanne.

Because Jeanne herself had a considerable understanding of cavalry combat, and had systematically learned the techniques and tactics of individual cavalry combat under Dange.

When it comes to understanding cavalry, no one among Horn's Salvation Army leaders can compare to Jeanne.

To fight against the knights, especially the heavy cavalry among the shock cavalry, Horn could not just open his mouth and use the Holy Gunner Infantry to solve the problem.

Before the invention of Maxim, war horses were definitely an important tool of war. Even after Horn pointed out the technology of clockwork guns, their tactical status did not decline much.

The fact that knights are enemies does not mean that all knights are enemies, nor does it mean that cavalry or war horses are enemies.

No matter what, we still have to respect objective facts.

Horn insisted on clearing out the stables at Chateau Joan of Arc and bringing back nearly two hundred large and small war horses, hoping that Jeanne could form a Holy Gun Cavalry Corps.

In Horn's hometown, a new type of cavalry, pistol cavalry or firearms cavalry, was born soon after the invention of firearms.

In the east, there are the Guanning Iron Cavalry who use three-barreled guns, and in the west, there are the German mercenaries, the Black Knights, who use spring-loaded pistols.

However, the pistol cavalry's half-turn tactics have been criticized because in the half-turn tactics, the cavalry often turn the backward movement into an escape, and it is easy to reveal flaws in the gap between turns and be counterattacked by the infantry.

So later on, the tactics used by the cuirassiers who used pistols were mostly to fire two shots in front of the formation, and then charge into the enemy formation waving their cavalry swords.

Combining the battle examples seen in this world, in Horn's personal opinion, the failure of the semi-turn tactics was essentially due to a misunderstanding of the positioning of musket tactics, mistaking musket cavalry for projectile cavalry.

If the two arms of cavalry and infantry are divided according to their tactical functions, they can be divided into two purposes: impact and projection.

To put it simply, the impact is to rush into the enemy's formation for close combat, which serves the purpose of assault and breaking the formation, while the projection is to shoot arrows or javelins to attack the enemy at a distance, which serves the purpose of harassing and luring the enemy.

For example, the Mongolian Mangudai tactic was to launch cavalry to lure the enemy, charge the cavalry to break the formation, launch cavalry to pursue and lure the enemy, charge the cavalry to break the formation again, repeat this process, and finally use the servant infantry to clean up the battlefield.

Although a musket or clockwork gun looks like a projectile weapon, it is actually an impact weapon.

In Horn's eyes, the clockwork gun was not a bow and arrow, but a retractable spear with a length of fifty meters or even nearly a hundred meters.

For cavalry, due to the bumps of fighting on horseback, the lance may be about twenty meters away.

Whether they are infantry or cavalry, those holding clockwork guns all play a role of impact, because the main function of clockwork guns is still to break the formation.

As for the group of horsemen led by Jeanne, they were familiar with riding horses but not with cavalry techniques.

But it doesn’t matter. If the skills and tactics are not enough, can we not charge the cavalry if we can’t charge the infantry?

Each person has two short guns, which are equivalent to two 20-meter disposable spears.

Among the Imperial Knights with extraordinary powers, even the longest Imperial Hollow Lance is only nine and a half meters long.

Those who often play against each other on the laning field know how satisfying it is to use long arms to defeat short arms.

"Gather all this information and compile a cavalry drill manual. Can you do it?" Horn asked, looking at the scribbled notes in his hand and taking time out to meet with Jeanne.

"Of course I can, but I need to learn a few more words first."

"Okay, then don't fall asleep in literacy class next time." Jeanna's face flushed slightly, and she took back the notebook: "You don't have to tell me, I just chatted with Shiluofu for a while that day, and I went to bed a little late, so I didn't have energy."

It's only been a few days and Ranna and Shilov are sleeping in the same bed. How did a top student and a sports student get together and be so harmonious?

After arranging Jeanne's affairs, Horn went to take a nap and headed towards the base of the Holy Fathers as agreed beforehand.

It is called a stronghold, but in fact it is just a Domus courtyard, which was specially allocated by Horn for the Holy Fathers.

After turning a corner in front of the semicircular theater, after these days of repairs, although the road is still bumpy, the garbage, large rocks and weeds are gone.

This ruin that has been silent for hundreds of years has once again welcomed the breath of humanity. Looking forward along the avenue, people are building houses and cleaning up garbage everywhere.

The young children either helped their parents carry building stones or ran around the streets, occasionally picking up some ancient Aiur Empire utensils.

Horn issued an edict that everyone should build their own houses, so the 18 blocks currently divided were basically built by the 18 households themselves.

However, after the first three blocks were barely repaired, the young and strong Horn of the Papal State who had some free time did not let them sit idle, but let them continue to help build houses for those who came later.

In this way, the construction speed of Qiumu Island Town will become faster and faster. There is still more than half a month before it snows, so it should be enough time.

But looking at these noisy children running around the streets, Horn rubbed his chin.

Should we gather them together and set up a preschool first? Anyway, those registrars have nothing to do after registering the population, and we can’t let their wages be wasted.

With the preschool in mind, Horn stepped into the courtyard of the Order of the Holy Father.

The courtyard was not big, and there were signs of cleaning on the walls and the ground. There were about thirty people sitting in the middle of the courtyard. When they saw Horn coming, they all stood up nervously to greet him.

"Sit down, sit down, everyone sit down." Horn smiled and gestured for them to sit down, then came to a velvet cushioned chair specially prepared for him.

But Horn did not sit on the velvet-upholstered chair. Instead, he pulled a hard stool from the other side and sat on it.

The eyes of the members of the Holy Father Worshipping Society present were filled with excitement and admiration. After all, after the collapse of their faith, the only savior who could fill their spiritual expectations was this hero of the people of Thousand River Valley.

They had witnessed with their own eyes the scene of His Holiness the Pope leading the charge and striking the knights with the holy spear.

Horn looked around at the Holy Fathers monks around him and found that many of them were itinerant priests at the lower level of the church or monks from monasteries.

They are also from Qianhe Valley, but as low-level intellectuals they are also oppressed by the upper nobility.

"Papa, are you coming here to accept our loyalty?" 30-year-old Thomas asked 18-year-old Horn impatiently.

During this period, the Holy Fathers have been committed to developing members and ensuring that these members maintain order, uniting the subjects of the Papal States on a moral level and facing the outside world in a unified manner.

It’s just that these things they do are, to a certain extent, secret societies, and secret societies have been the target of official suppression since ancient times.

They think they are doing good things, but they have to do it secretly, which is really unhappy.

It would be great if the Holy Father Worship Society became an official organization.

"No." Horn glanced at the people in the room, and facing their blank and surprised expressions, he said loudly, "You should be loyal to the truth like me, not to me.

If you represent the truth, I will naturally join you, if you do not represent the truth, then I will ban you!"

(End of this chapter)