Chapter 227 New Recruit Training and Arrangement

"Is this the powerful army you mentioned that can defeat the Imperial Order Company?" the middle-aged knight named Coleb asked Horn.

Although his tone was gentle, everyone who was with him could hear a hint of sarcasm in his words.

“Bold, who gave you the courage?

"Drag him out and beat him!"

"Your Majesty, I..."

Although everyone around looked like they wanted to fight and kill, no one actually took action.

Horn has the holy words on his lips, and only when he speaks can action be taken.

Standing next to Colebore, Jeanna frowned as she looked at the new recruits who were jumping and dancing without regard for discipline.

These young men have never received military training. Even if they have, they have definitely not received the kind of military training that Horn received. It is normal that they are not able to adapt.

But she never imagined it would be this bad.

"How many Saint-favored ones are there among this batch of new recruits?" Horn asked Jessica beside him.

Jieshka stroked his thick black beard and said, "The previous statistics should be 233 people, which is only about one-tenth of the total number of recruits. After all, we only have more than 2000 Saints in total, and the number of young and strong people who can go on the field is still too small."

This is also a headache for Horn. It is said to be the favor of the Holy Father, and it is really the favor of the Holy Father. He has not yet figured out how the favor of the Holy Father is spread.

He conducted experiments on blood, saliva, hair and even boys' urine, but there was no clear evidence to prove that they had any connection with the Holy Favor.

But the puzzling thing is that Jeanne's blood has a high probability of infecting humans or animals with witch disease.

Horn even wanted to ask: I am not a witch? Am I a witch or not?

"During this period, I will be stationed in the military camp and try my best to train and live with them." Horn said to Jeshka helplessly.

After all, the only thing that can prove the connection with the Holy Spirit is Horn’s own range of activities.

"Your Majesty, this is the training schedule for the new recruits. Please take a look." Hakuto handed a roll of hemp paper to Horn.

Horn took it and glanced at it. With his promotion, this convenient and intuitive format of two-dimensional tables has become popular among writers.

The training of the new recruits on the hemp paper basically conforms to Horn's ideas, but in terms of specific details, Horn decided to leave it to Hakuto and Jeshka.

Compared with a strategist like Horn who doesn't understand specific matters, these two experienced veterans understand practice and details better.

At Horn's suggestion, the recruit camp will last for twenty days, with the training subjects prioritizing discipline, physical fitness and ideological education.

Originally, ideological education should be put first, but Horn did not have the right people to complete this part for the time being. It can even be said that he did not have the conditions to complete it.

But considering the importance of ideological education, Horn decided to force the arrangement to test the waters.

According to this schedule, the first three days in the recruit camp are for adaptation, and only the simplest drill training will be carried out to let them experience military camp life.

This part of the training includes standing, sitting, one-way marching, military regulations, etc., and there will be military chaplains to conduct confession and teaching every night.

The seven days in between are basic training, which still involves queue training, but will require standing posture, turning left and right, arranging formations, and housekeeping, as well as some simple physical training, such as one-kilometer running, 50-meter sprints, and lifting long sticks.

In addition, students must start learning simplified Laya script and memorize all 28 simplified letters to lay the foundation for future literacy classes.

The last seven days are intensive training. After the first two are mastered, more queue and physical training will be added.

Such as three-kilometer running, 100-meter sprint with a stick, one-kilometer weighted running, and island-wide training.

After these seventeen days of training, the recruits need to be able to understand commands, distinguish left from right, be able to march in a straight line with basically neat formations and basically consistent movements, lay a good physical foundation for breathing techniques, and fully integrate into the orderly life of the military camp.

The last three days are the assessment period. After the assessment, the Black Hat Army and the Guards will come to select people, form a new legion with veterans as the backbone and new recruits as the flesh and blood, and start formal training.

Subjects such as tactical training, formation changes and breathing techniques will be left until after the end of the boot camp and will be determined based on specific tactical assignments.

In fact, the complexity of this "Salvation Corps Soldier Codex" and the meticulous management are quite strict compared to the most rigorous infantry training in the Empire.

Both Hakuto and Jeshka expressed their opinions, either explicitly or implicitly, but were suppressed by Horn. Because this army not only had to defeat the extraordinary knights of Jeanne d'Arc, but also had to defeat the Imperial Order Company. In the end, it had to be the new model army for all the rebels.

Horn believed that these young and strong people in Daze Township had the ability to realize his ideas.

Many of them had personally experienced the bloody battle of Joan of Arc. When they were at their weakest, they had truly seen blood and dared to face the knights.

This kind of willpower cannot be trained.

Besides, many of them were migrant laborers with nothing to lose.

Due to their experience of moving around, their knowledge, courage and self-care ability are much stronger than those of ordinary farmers.

The only possible drawback is that due to wandering around, they have picked up a lot of cunning and vicious habits.

Compared with the more simple farmers, they can rob, steal and extort almost without any psychological burden.

This is why Horn would forcefully promote ideological education, even going so far as to recruit all the monks of the Congregation of the Holy Fathers to serve as military chaplains for them.

I hope that collective confession every three days can change their behavior patterns.

"Brother, look." Jeanna, who was originally observing the new recruits at the foot of the hill, suddenly relaxed her brows. "There's a new recruit standing there. It finally makes sense."

"That big guy? He's not a good soldier." Colebore, who was in shackles, took two steps forward and said, "I saw him when we were calling the roll just now.

These soft-hearted soldiers are just empty shells. They look good but are too timid. They can fool the silly count by being a guard of honor, but they can’t fool the enemy.”

"Can you predict the future?" Jeanne asked with her eyes wide open.

"My dear lady, how many people like him do you think I have seen? His cowardice is in his bones and he can't change it." Colable tilted his neck lazily, "When he really goes to the battlefield, even if he doesn't run away, he can hardly walk."

"I think he will be a good soldier." Horn turned his back to Colebo and looked at the military camp below and the noisy flow of recruits.

"You can certainly have your opinion, but I reserve mine," said Colebo.

"Cowardice is not innate, it's not natural. As long as they understand two things, the most cowardly person can be braver than the bravest knight."

"what's up?"

"Why are we fighting? Who are we fighting for?"

"Ha, humor."

Turning around, Horn smiled and said, "How about we make a bet?"

"How to bet?"

“In a month and a half, I will arrange for them to go to the southwestern mountains to clear out the giant spiders and beastman zombies entrenched there as their first actual combat training.

Let's bet on how this big guy will perform in that battle?"

This was what Horn had planned. If the giant spiders and monsters in that area could be cleared out, then the silted area of ​​Nanze Lake would belong to the Papal States.

If there is a chance, maybe they can use the Holy Wheel Machine to break up the siltation. If the water level of Nanze Lake can drop, Horn and his team will be able to obtain a large piece of fertile farmland immediately.

"Okay, I bet he won't achieve anything, he'll just curl up and tremble."

"Okay, then I'll bet on the opposite side of you." A cunning flashed in Horn's eyes.

"What if I win?"

"If you win, I'll let you go. If you lose, what can you give me?"

Looking at Jeanna on the side, Colebour snorted coldly: "I swear in front of Myrcella that I will accept your rebaptism, serve you, teach you all the ways of cavalry fighting, and help you train your cavalry."

"Okay then, it's a deal."

Horn said calmly.

(End of this chapter)