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

Because of the war, business at the Waming Town Tavern was rather slow.

There are only a few guests sitting here drinking today, and young people are rare among them. After all, because of the presence of a special guest, young people coming here is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

Nelson is this special guest. As a subordinate of Grand Duke Giles, he has recently been assigned a very important task - recruiting soldiers. Especially in the context of heavy losses in recent battles, Nelson's job is particularly important.

His purpose of coming to Waming Town was not to start with the residents here, because the blood tax paid by several lords in the southern border was about to arrive. His purpose of coming to Waming Town was to receive this batch of new recruits. However, if there were any strong young men he liked on the way, he would not mind taking them in as well.

Mr. Nelson would not let his work interfere with his enjoyment. He kicked open the door of the Waming Town Tavern early in the morning and asked the owner to give him a big glass of all kinds of wine. He was waiting for someone anyway, so why not taste the wine while waiting? Besides, due to the long journey, it was possible for the new recruits to be delayed for a day or two.

He asked his servant to stand at the door and watch the intersection while he started working inside and got himself drunk.

"Boss, another... five more glasses of this, this, this..." Nelson pointed his trembling finger at the third glass in the row of glasses in front of him and muttered incoherently.

The tavern owner asked carefully and flatteringly, "Five cups of dragon flame?"

"Yes, yes... hiccup! Five cups of dragon flame!"

Bang!

Just as he was about to start the second round, there was a loud bang, and the servants guarding outside rushed in with looks of panic on their faces.

"Lord Niels, an army is heading into town! But there's something strange about them."

"What, the army?" The drunken Nils burped, "Oh, the new blood of the Grand Duke has arrived, what's so strange about that?"

He remembered his job and said hello to the tavern owner: "I have work to do here. Don't clear the wine on the table yet. Come back and continue drinking when you are done."

It wouldn't take too much time to find out which territory they came from, count the number of people, and arrange a place for the soldiers to rest.

His attendants were getting anxious, "Sir, they don't look like they are from our side."

Indeed, the soldiers sent by the vassal states had a messy equipment and clothing, and many of them were holding pitchforks and hoes, gathered together in a noisy manner.

The servant had never seen soldiers with such uniforms and neat formations before - he had been busy with military supplies work with Nelson and had never seen the kingdom's army in battle.

Nelson pushed the attendant in dissatisfaction. "You ignorant thing, if it's not from our side, then it must be from the enemy's side? The Eagle's Beak Pass hasn't been lost yet, how could the enemy appear in the rear? Be careful that the Grand Duke will hear about it and hang you."

He put on his hat, rubbed his eyes which were blurry due to drunkenness, trying to make them bright again, put on an imposing look, and walked out carelessly.

Sure enough, an army was marching towards the center of town.

Ed Chambers, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Infantry, walked on the side of his team. While crossing the mountains in the Devil's Belly, the horses of the 2nd Regiment were lost, and the officers had to walk with the soldiers.

Something unexpected happened. The residents of the town were trying to avoid them, except for a man who had just come out of a tavern and was walking towards them with a staggering pace.

This man was chubby and wore a light armor. His feet seemed insufficient to support the weight of his body, causing him to sway from side to side like a ball when he walked.

Even from several meters away, Chambers could smell the alcohol coming with the breeze. It seemed that he had encountered a drunk.

"Burp!" Nelson's momentum didn't last long. He returned to his drunken state and asked, "Who is the leader?"

No one responded. "Who is the leader?" Nelson asked again.

Still no one responded. Nelson became annoyed and puffed up his chest and shouted, "How rude! I am the recruiting officer assigned here by Grand Duke Giles - Lord Nelson! You new soldiers must listen to me! Answer my questions now!"

Oh, Giles's people.

Chambers, expressionless, ordered, "Take it down!"

Two soldiers came up from the left and right and held down Nils's strong arms, and pushed him to the ground.

"Damn, it hurts! Do you want to rebel?" Nelson, who was drunk, hadn't reacted yet. The alcohol and anger made his face red. He shouted, "Which lord sent you? I will report your treasonous behavior to the public!"

His servants had already realized something, but it was too late to escape and they were captured obediently.

"You are the ones who are rebelling!" Chambers stepped forward and slapped Nelson twice. "Listen, we are the glorious Second Regiment of the Aldo Royal Infantry! We are here to suppress you rebels!"

"Royal...are you from the royal family?" Nelson shuddered and finally came to his senses. "This is impossible? Could it be that Eagle's Beak Pass has been lost?"

In his opinion, it was impossible for a large-scale army to bypass Eagle's Beak Pass through the rugged mountain roads.

"Don't worry about it, just stay in jail first!"

Not only Nelson and his attendants were captured, but also a team of rebel soldiers stationed in the town, a total of fifty people. These guys had nothing to do in the town all day, and when they were surrounded by Wang's army, they gathered in the sentry post to drink and gamble. They didn't even send anyone to stand guard at the intersection.

Chambers couldn't help but feel puzzled by what he had seen. In previous battles, he had seen that there were many brave warriors in Giles' army, especially those guys called the Undead Army, who were very difficult to deal with. However, he had not expected that the rebels' second-line troops would be so corrupt and loose.

In the last war, the kingdom’s army was blocked by a group of guys like this?

Chambers was born into a noble family of Jingyao. He received a complete traditional knight education and military education, and had served in the kingdom's army many times. For example, he had followed Harrison to eliminate the pirates in Westport, but he was the kind of knight who was summoned. He would come with his entourage when there was a battle, and go home when there was no battle.

He had never been assigned to command an army before, nor had he stayed in an old-style army for a long time. As a nobleman, he did not have much communication with ordinary soldiers at the bottom.

When Rodney 18 was planning to build a new army, young noblemen like him who were well-versed in military knowledge and not tainted by the habits of the old army were welcomed and appointed to various important positions. The military system and discipline from the western bay made Chambers agree with it from the bottom of his heart, and he believed that an army should be like this.

It was not until he went south to attack Giles that he was "eye-opening". The troops directly under Grand Duke Tanlang were somewhat remarkable, but the armed forces of those local lords could not be called an army at all.