Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

Hansel spent a week in the capital and found 37 people who wanted to go to the northwest, including his good friend Bernard Francis. Among these 37 people, there were 17 low-ranking nobles including Bernard, and 20 civilians, whose occupations included book copyists, mechanics, and former junior officials of the royal government.

After deciding on the date of return, Hansel said goodbye to his family. His mother Miranda was very sad. At first, she thought her son would not leave after returning, but she did not expect that he would have to go to the legendary wild land. She hugged her son and kept wiping tears, complaining about the officials who arranged this position for her son. Earl Abbott patted his second son on the shoulder and encouraged him to do a good job, "Since you have decided on the path you want to take, don't give up easily."

"Take good care of yourself and don't get too tired. We all hope you are safe."

His brother Harrison Abbott said so.

Harrison had very complicated feelings towards Hansel. On the one hand, his father, whom he always respected, asked him to be kind and caring to this brother who was not born by the same mother. On the other hand, this brother with so-called "lowly" blood inevitably affected his growth.

But he admired Hansel's hard-working attitude and felt sorry for his brother being bound by his blood.

Only his sister Julie was very excited. These days, she was fascinated by some Northwest legends such as pirate treasures told by Hansel. "Brother~ Please take me with you~" She pulled her brother's sleeve and kept acting coquettishly. After being sternly rejected by her brother, she quickly turned from excitement to depression and ignored Hansel.

"In a few years, when the Northwest Bay becomes prosperous and little Julie grows up, I will take you there!" Hansel touched his sister's head and comforted her, and the little girl burst into tears and laughed.

Another day later, everyone gathered at the north gate of the capital and set out on the road to the north together, and also set out on the turning point of their lives.

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After deciding to go to war with Bayerdin, Paul transferred the Second Infantry Battalion stationed in Fulan Port to the Lake Town and assembled all the army units for training and exercises.

At this time, the Alda Army already had the following strength:

Two infantry battalions, each with three spear companies and a battalion mortar (tiger squat cannon) platoon.

An independent musket company.

An independent artillery company, equipped with two 6-pound cannons and six 4-pound cannons.

An independent transport company, under the command of the logistics department.

There were 1,355 officers and soldiers in the army, which was a force that could not be underestimated in the northwest. Fortunately, a large amount of money seized from pirates and profits from papermaking and porcelain firing were obtained, otherwise Paul really could not afford to support such a well-fed and well-dressed standing army.

Even so, the chief seal steward, Old Ford, reminded him every now and then: If the sales of paper and porcelain cannot continue to expand or there is no new source of income, once all the money seized from the pirates is used up, this army will have to starve or disband and go home.

Paul was worried every day, and he didn't know how Queller was doing in the south, and whether the porcelain could be sold there.

After learning from the intelligence that Bayerdin had a large number of knights, Paul asked the staff to conduct a hollow square exercise.

A complete Arda version of the hollow square is like this: a quadrilateral square composed of several layers of soldiers, the outer layers are composed of spearmen, the spearmen kneel down, insert the spear shaft into the ground, and the spear tip points outward obliquely, forming an airtight hedgehog formation, and one or two layers inside are composed of musketeers, who are responsible for killing the cavalry charging the formation from a long distance. The remaining musketeers are not responsible for shooting. They are in the middle of the square to load ammunition for the outer musketeers to ensure rapid and continuous firepower. If the situation permits, mortars are deployed in the middle of the phalanx to kill the enemy with indirect fire.

In fact, it is a "human bunker" in plain words. The outer layer of spearmen forms a thick wall, and the inner layer of musketeers acts as machine gunners, but the firepower intensity is very different.

Although it sounds simple, it is still quite troublesome for soldiers to quickly and skillfully form an effective hollow phalanx. Although they have practiced many times in advance, most people were panicked and didn't know where they should stand after receiving the order to form a phalanx without any preparation during the exercise. This is a great test of the organizational ability of grassroots officers.

It also tests the judgment of officers. For example, according to the number of enemy troops and the charge formation, how large a phalanx should be formed on their side, whether to form a large phalanx or several small phalanxes, how many layers of spearmen and musketeers should be configured in each phalanx, and how to quickly adapt soldiers to phalanxes with different configurations, and how to quickly repair the gaps in the phalanx.

After repeated drills, the speed of forming a battalion-level square formation was finally controlled to about 5 minutes.

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On this day, Paul was supervising the training of the soldiers on site, and someone came to inform him: Baron Hansel Abbott, the royal commissioner, was back.

He quickly returned to the lord's mansion, and the baron was already waiting for him in the hall. The two greeted each other and hugged each other warmly. Now they can be regarded as a pair of political allies.

After a round of greetings, Hansel reported to Paul on his progress in recruiting people in the capital. When he heard that more than 30 people came to Lake Heart Town, Paul was very happy.

Although the number of people is not large, it is just the beginning after all. I believe that under his preferential policy, more and more talents will come to join.

Before, he and Hansel had discussed it. He had to set up an office in the king's capital and sent the former king canton to stay in the Northwest Gulf for a while to stay, and he continued to recruit people.

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

A group of houses have been built in Huxin Town for new people recruited in the resettlement plan. Now they can finally come in handy.

Paul still asked slightly: "How do you feel when your friends come here?" If they feel that the Northwest Bay is too remote and run back, what should I do, don't they just toss it?

Hanser shrugged: "It is not good or bad. Although it is not as prosperous in the south, thanks to the false description of the exaggerated words of the Northwest Bay on the side of Jingyao, they feel greatly beyond the real appearance of the previous expectations after seeing the true style of here. "" "

"That's it ..." Paul cried and laughed.

He said to Hamsell: "You go to Feli Pophe to reimburse the expenses on the road. Tonight we will hold a banquet for the people brought by the wind and wash the dust, and the old man running is hard enough. As for how these people arrange it, how do these people arrange it It is responsible for the Ford Manager. He and I have discussed the staff gaps in all aspects in detail, and he knows what to do. "

Hanser gave a gift to Paul: "I thank you for them for them."

Then he suddenly asked: "There is a question to ask you. After entering the boundary of Alida, I feel the atmosphere is inexplicable a bit nervous. The village along the way also see that there are militia training. Is the pirate launched an attack?"