Chapter 496: Mass Transformation of Holy Gunners

"Praise the Holy Wind!"

Amid the unison shouts, the target in the distance shook as if it were blown by a violent storm.

Amid the countless lead bullets whizzing past, hundreds of spearmen wearing tight jackets lined up in neat rows and marched forward.

Looking down from the sky, the surging heads of people and the swinging spears mixed together as daily drills were carried out on the ochre-colored training ground outside Chateau Jeanne d'Arc.

Pettier, who had just recovered from a serious illness, put on a thick robe and cleaned his ears. He still couldn't get used to the continuous sound of gunfire.

Horn, who was standing beside him in a black priest robe, smiled and said calmly, "Not feeling well, right? It's better that you are sick. Take more rest."

In the last defense of Rapid City, Pettier started fighting as soon as he recovered from his illness. His old illness relapsed due to overwork, and he was finally transported to Jeanne d'Arc Hospital for recuperation.

After two months of recuperation, he brought his wife and children from his hometown back home before he returned to retirement.

Pettier looked at his former friend and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Holly (nickname among friends), you have done a great thing."

"Hahaha, it's just a coincidence."

In fact, Pettier had many questions in his mind, such as Horn's apparition of the Holy Father, where his military knowledge came from, and why his little habits had changed.

But he did not push the issue by asking these questions, and Horn also tacitly did not raise them.

Both sides are smart and will not break the window paper that is trying to cover up something.

Pettier was surprised that this poor boy who had come to him for a job would become so powerful overnight, and Horn was also surprised that this small accountant could defend a city so well.

Due to the fire in the city, the date for taking over Rapid City was postponed for more than a week.

A natural holy body of counsellor.

The most coincidental thing is that he is an old friend of Horn and a good friend who knows him well. There is absolutely no problem with his background.

It can be expected that the attic where the two live will become a famous tourist attraction in High Castle in the future.

Maybe the tour guide would also say that the two of them discussed military and political topics again and learned from each other.

But the topics they talked about most were "What to eat tonight?" and "Have you bought the latest copy of "Sisterhood"?"

Horn couldn't help laughing at the thought.

When Pettier saw Horn laughing, he looked puzzled, until Horn held back his laughter and explained it to him, then he burst into laughter.

"How is it? Are you used to the new house?" Horn asked as he walked, hiding his smile.

"It's a habit. It's close to the St. Tangi Military Academy. I usually go there to attend classes when I have nothing to do."

After the implementation of the Plan, Horn's first step was to allocate housing to officers and monks.

The large number of houses previously built in Jeanne d'Arc and various small towns were finally put to use. After the reconstruction of the devil's properties and the construction of new houses, they basically accommodated the officers and monks.

As Horn's roommate, Pettier had a large family, so he was naturally assigned a nice country courtyard, a two-story brick house with a flower garden, a yard, and a stable.

The monk who distributed the rooms claimed to be impartial and did not consider Horn's relationship at all. The distribution was absolutely fair and just.

However, since the difference between him and the other officers who lived in the double room was too great, he asked Pettier not to spread the news.

"Used to it."

Under a cloudless sky, with the aroma of wood smoke wafting through the air, Horn and Pettier continued on their way along the country road.

It was quite similar to how the two of them had walked along the street after dinner to the grocery store to settle the day's bills.

It has been a year and a half since that time.

From the end of the war in mid-August to the middle of October, another two months had passed. During these two months, the Black Hats had basically cleared Gouhu Township, and a large number of guys from the Magdi Chamber of Commerce and the Holy Father priests from the Salvation Army had joined in and started to take charge.

Due to the lack of talent, Gouhu Township still adopts the previous jihad zone strategy.

That is, only the church was liquidated, the noble landlords were deprived of their status, small landlords retained their land, and there was no overly radical land distribution system.

The army, namely the Black Hat Regiment, took over Gouhu Township. Instead of electing centurions, they directly communicated with the stewards and the village heads, and these former local tyrants temporarily took over the place.

Gouhu Township was considered lucky as it was captured by the Salvation Army before it had to pay taxes in the autumn, and it also enjoyed the one-year tax exemption policy in 1445.

In the northwest of Langsander County, it was basically Jeshka and Murat who led the Black Hat Army to confront the defenders of Lujiao Township and Walnut Creek Township.

As the battle line lengthened and Horn faced the threat of Prince Condé's five companies of imperial orders, he had to expand his army again.

After taking a deep breath, Horn slowly began to introduce:
"The Salvation Army now has two barracks, one is the Holy Court Barracks, and the other is the Jeanne d'Arc Barracks... Look, this is the one in front of you.

There are now 1000 Black Hat recruits undergoing retraining at the Jeanne d'Arc Barracks, % of whom have fought in the battlefield of Rapid City. They are not ordinary recruits, but meritorious recruits and recruits who have been conferred the title of Saint Young Generals.

In addition, there are 500 new Guards in training at the Joan of Arc Barracks and 1500 Guards in training at the Holy Trinity Barracks, and they will be able to enter the battle sequence around mid-November.

In this way, we will probably have 9000 elite infantry, 500 holy lance cavalry, 800 orc hussars and 800 melee cavalry before the end of the year."

Having said that, Horn couldn't help but stop by the fence of the training ground. On the flat grass field, a row of recruits stood upright.

Many of them have a characteristic, that is, a bandage on their left hand. Anyone with this mark is a Holy Musketeer or a Holy Musketeer candidate.

Ever since discovering the existence of the demon-eating bacteria, Horn has been trying to vaccinate the Holy Gunners.

The main method is to have the pharmacist mix the golden pus with Horn's blood and saliva to make a holy oil.

In the name of baptism, Horn required the soldiers to cut open their palms and then apply holy oil on them.

About a hundred people can be baptized at a time, and only about 50% of them can be successfully infected with the Holy Favor Disease.

Among these 50%, 20% to 30% must take allicin to forcibly stop the conversion process because the symptoms are too severe.

That is to say, at most thirty to fifty people can be converted at a time. If the conversion fails, it will take another month before the second conversion can be carried out to prevent soldiers from forcibly vaccinated without considering their own safety.

After a month, Horn, even with his own infection, was able to barely convert 600 Holy Gunners.

But this method still didn't work well. The blood was too violent and the saliva was not effective enough, so it had to be mixed and diluted. This resulted in Horn having to draw blood every week.

If he didn't want to quickly develop the Saint's favored ones, he wouldn't do this.

"In the future, there will be two regiments in the Salvation Army, one is the Black Hat Regiment, and the other is the Guards Regiment." Horn and Pettier had already walked out of the barracks and came to the road.

"Do you have any idea?"

"Then I'll go be a legion clerk. That's how I got there." Pettier thought for a while before speaking calmly.

Horn patted his shoulder and said, "I'm not taking care of you on purpose. You proved your ability in the Battle of Rapid City. I'm wasting your talent as a legion clerk."

"Aren't people in the Salvation Army not allowed to take up positions above divisional captain without grassroots experience?"

"Your body is not strong enough for this." Horn shook his head. "If you want to go to the grassroots level, why not go to the Exorcist Court and be a staff officer under Jeanna? What do you think?"

"Staff officer? Someone who plans the battle?"

"Yes, you should read some war history first and take good care of your health. With your ability to coordinate and deploy forces in the Battle of Rapid City, you are more than qualified to be a chief of staff."

"Okay, I believe your recommendation." Pettier smiled with emotion, "You asked me to recommend you to join the Chamber of Commerce, but now you are the one who finds me a job."

"Well, there's nothing wrong with being an accountant, but being a consultant gives you more opportunities!"

(End of this chapter)