Chapter 255! Yes!

The news that Meliati was preparing to launch an uprising in mid-February was released on February 2.

The news was first delivered to Rapid City by carrier pigeon, and then to Jeanne d'Arc through the business network of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce.

The members of the Holy Fathers lurking in Jeanne d'Arc sent the news to the town of Mayo, and then brought the news to Daze Township when they were smuggling lead ingots from Mayo.

By the time it reached Horn, it was February 2, when the first phase of the uprising in North Mound County was basically over.

Sitting by the window in the military camp, Horn silently closed the new edition of "The Word of God to Save the World".

In the middle of the study, Armand, standing in front of the desk, looked at Horn nervously, waiting for his orders.

Horn put the note on the table and walked slowly to the window without saying anything.

Unlike mountainous areas, the swampy terrain on Horn's side is rich in moisture, allowing geothermal heat to escape more easily, and all the snow has melted away.

Under the warm and humid sunshine, large and small square formations formed black chessboards and were displayed on the training ground.

"Spread out to the left!"

"Double the number of rows and organize the formation."

Amid the officers' hoarse commands, an array of four thousand war monks was constantly conducting drills.

The spring weather was chilly, but the cold and damp wind could not reach their thick woolen uniforms.

After the reel loom was put into production, it quickly absorbed more than 200 workers. In the end, there was a shortage of cutting clothes and raw materials.

Today, there are 500 textile workers on Qiumu Island, and the maximum daily output can reach 80 sets of military uniforms. Wool is in short supply.

Unfortunately, the swamp is not suitable for raising sheep, so it was not until early February that a wave of wool was replenished through smuggling, and the gap of the last 2 military uniforms was filled.

Uniform clothing and uniform movements, the sense of pride and belief brought by this discipline cannot be replaced by ordinary things.

In the military formation, the lowest-level division commander was shouting orders loudly.

When they shouted "one", the war monks all placed the ends of their spears on the outside of their right feet, holding them vertically at about eye height, with their arms slightly bent and their right feet forward.

When they yell "two", the war-brothers lift their spears vertically in front of their bodies with their right hands, then hold them at belt height with their left hands.

"Three! Four! Five!"

Every time the officer called out a number, the war monks had to perform the actions in the drill manual, no more, no less.

This ensures a maximum degree of standardization.

On the other side of the training ground, the Holy Gunners were practicing.

At the officers' orders, the holy musketeers formed into neat arrays.

The two Holy Gunners were about two arms' length apart, so one Holy Gunner could pass through without affecting their shooting.

Following the officers' commands, the war monks in the ranks kept repeating the actions of preparing, aiming, and firing.

Under the impact of the stone bullets, the wooden target in front kept shaking as if it was in a storm.

After the firing is completed, the Holy Gunner immediately turns around, walks to the end of the shoulder tunnel, and begins to prepare and load.

"Whoa--" On their side, Colebo led hundreds of extraordinary cuirassier cavalry and continuously attacked the infantry.

This is to train the cavalry to dare to charge the infantry phalanx, and also to train the infantry to dare to fight against the charging cavalry.

According to the rules set by Horn, the infantrymen all held long sticks wrapped in soft cloth, and the cavalrymen rushed through the gap in the middle at full speed. Whoever gave up first would lose, and the game was played in a best-of-five format.

People often get injured during this kind of training, but even if they are injured, Horn still forces them to complete it.

It is better to be injured on the training ground than to die on the battlefield.

"It's been almost three months." Horn gently stroked the rough windowsill. "I've been here for three months."

It has been almost three months since we arrived in Daze Township on November 11 last year, and today, February 20.

After continuous drills and actual combat against hairy zombies and giant spiders, these new recruits finally looked good.

The Salvation Legion was an army unlike anything Mittenijé and Kolebo had ever seen.

There are now 8 legions in the Salvation Corps, including two legions of Guards and six legions of Black Hats.

Each legion consists of 500 people, including 400 spearmen and 100 holy musketeers.

The 400 pikemen were organized into 8 pike divisions, each pike division had 5 pike brigades, and each pike brigade had 10 command companies.

The 100 Holy Gunners were organized into two Holy Gunner Divisions, each Holy Gunner Division had five Holy Gunner Brigades, and each Lance Brigade had 2 Command Companies.

In this organization, starting from the division level, there are dedicated division commanders, and brigade commanders are often concurrently war monks.

Most of these officers were selected from the Old Guards and the Old Blackcaps, and many of the new recruits were promoted to officers due to their outstanding performance.

In addition, there are three cavalry divisions consisting of 150 cuirassiers led by Jeanne, and a half-legion of skirmishers consisting of 3 beastman scouts.

Including the field hospital, bunker personnel and logistics personnel, the number of the entire Salvation Corps has already reached 5000.

With the supply of salt, protein and vitamins, and with the orthodox Extraordinary Knight Colebo teaching breathing techniques, the Extraordinary Spearmen experienced explosive growth starting from mid-January.

Today, the number of extraordinary spearmen has accounted for 35% of the spearmen.

As for the Holy Gunners, even if Horn stayed in the barracks every day, as long as the proportion of the Holy Favored was 30% of the entire army, it would just be enough to meet the needs of the cuirassiers and the Holy Gunners.

As for the shortage of clockwork muskets, the last batch of 20 cavalry clockwork muskets were just filled today.

The timing was just right.

And unlike the rest of the illiterate armies of the era, most of the war-brothers had received education.

They can almost always add, subtract, multiply and divide within ten and can logically describe everything they see.

Able to understand instructions, able to understand the situation, and after being trained by the Holy Fathers priests, able to understand some things.

In this way, we should be able to defeat the Imperial Order Company, right?

"The three months have come."

Horn murmured something in a low voice, turned to Armand and said, "Ask the cardinal and the elders to come to the barracks before dinner to hold an impromptu imperial meeting."

(End of this chapter)