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Volume 2: The Ensign Chapter 30: Battle of Santa Elva Part 4, Colonial Corps

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    Sure enough: half an hour later, a red military formation appeared on the opposite mountain.  The colonial regiment appeared, with the battle infantry in red coats and tall bucket hats in the center, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks.  Standard textbook configuration.  Interestingly, the formation of the Republican Army was similar to that of the Colonial Corps in a sense. The infantry troops occupied the center and the mobile troops stood on the two wings.

    In the Osa Empire, most of the territory and residents are still under the control of the feudal economy.  Although differentiation of the market economy has appeared in coastal areas, the scope of these differentiations is limited - at most it can only be said to be a supplement to the feudal economy, and is far from enough to shake its foundation.

    Why didn¡¯t the Osa Empire, which was originally more developed than Emera, enter a new historical era earlier?  Maybe it's because the empire itself is too developed and fertile.  There are no deficiencies in the natural economy, the "Yeoman" will not go bankrupt, and the nobles will not lose their land.

    Compared with the bourgeois nobles of Emera, the vast majority of the nobles in the empire are still landed nobles, while the "Yeomen" are all yeoman farmers.  Of course there is no problem in letting them go overseas for the glory of the empire, but it is difficult to ask them to stay away from their own land and station overseas (such as Emera) for a long time.

    If a nobleman leaves his fiefdom for a long time, he risks losing his inheritance rights, not to mention those respectful servants and serfs are far less trustworthy than they seem.  The "yeoman" itself is the main labor force of small farmer families. The consequences of long-term absence will undoubtedly be devastating to the stability of homesteaders.

    Since no one is willing to go, there are only two solutions: either find some people who are willing to go, or force some people who are unwilling to go.  As a result, the overseas colonial corps of the imperial army generally consists of two components-the mercenary troops who voluntarily go, and the colonial troops who are forced to join the army.

    The origins of mercenaries are very complicated, but they are mainly mercenaries.  There are Yeomans who have lost their land, serfs who have lost their masters (both active and passive losses), and mountain people or herdsmen in poor areas.  Generally speaking, they are people who have no land, but are not so ruined that they have lost their freedom.

    Under normal circumstances, the hussars, dragoons and horse archers attached to the colonial regiments of the Imperial Army are all composed of mercenaries.  In fact, many mercenaries also have "brands" - such as the Scythian horse archers mentioned initially, and the mercenary hussars from the Don River region.

    Coincidentally, in the later EPLA, certain specific units were often composed of people from certain specific areas - a typical example is the "Yingren Army" paratroopers of the later EPLA Army, which was mainly composed of wingmen.  15th Army, as well as multiple elite armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions named after dwarf tribes.

    In comparison, the composition of the colonial army is much simpler: without exception, these battle infantry are all serious criminals with extremely long sentences.  They were not free men, but just a group of prisoners - most of them were serious criminals who had committed serious crimes second only to capital crimes and were sent to various colonies to serve their sentences.

    This means that the officers of the colonial corps can use extremely cruel punishments to maintain the iron discipline of the army.  These battle infantrymen of the Imperial Colonial Corps wearing red military uniforms are much stronger in terms of combat effectiveness and morale than the "Yeoman" conscripts of the regular Imperial Corps

    In this era, the flintlock guns commonly equipped by both sides can effectively kill enemies at a distance of 150-200 meters, but their accuracy is a pure tragedy.  Generally speaking, even in an ideal shooting environment like a shooting range, a shooter must be at 100 meters to effectively hit a human-sized target.

    On the battlefield, due to the interference of intense smoke and sound, as well as the quality of the soldiers, the hit rate decreases faster - war practice shows that flintlock guns have the best firing effect at 30-40 meters.  In order to increase the hit rate, an effective way to fight is to form a neat queue and fire a volley at a close enough distance.

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    The era of horizontal team fighting in the history of the earth is also called queuing to kill.  Both sides approached each other in neat formations, fired volleys at each other, and finally launched a hand-to-hand charge to resolve the battle.  The imperial army in this world is very similar to the army of that era on earth.

    Fighting in this era is actually a competition of whose nerves are tougher. Whoever can endure until the last moment to launch a shocking volley will win the battle.  In the era of queuing to be shot, discipline comes first and is above all else.  The less disciplined an army is, the easier it is to break up and run away in this competition of willpower, nerve toughness, and disciplined rules of engagement.

    In order to achieve integrityUniform results require troops to undergo arduous training and enforce strict discipline.  This training method of following orders penetrates into every detail at all levels, such as eating, sleeping, dressing, etiquette, walking and other daily life details, which are all included in the scope of examination.  From standing at attention, taking a break, walking in unison, turning left and right, to holding a gun and shooting, the soldiers practiced repeatedly until they achieved the effect of hundreds or thousands of people being in uniform.

    Until now on earth, in the training of Chinese army recruits, queue training, shooting and tactical movement training are completely parallel - many laymen think this has no practical significance, but in the era of flintlock guns, these are completely based on actual combat.  If you train from an angle, orderliness is your combat effectiveness.

    The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Colonial Corps comes from the strict control of soldiers' behavior - this control is usually carried out through severe corporal punishment.  The creed of the Colonial Corps is that whips and sticks are the best tools to train these "scum" into qualified soldiers who consciously obey discipline. "Soldiers who have not been whipped are simply blaspheming the existence of the First Emperor."

    In fact, the discipline of other battle infantry is not as good as that of the colonial regiments. The reason is this-the "Yeomen" composed of other troops are free men who fight for the glory of the empire. They may be braver, but they are not  He will be treated like a prisoner.  The colonial regiment was different - soldiers were prisoners, and it was natural for them to suffer various punishments.

    There are also many types of corporal punishment - hitting with sticks, whipping, tying the victim to a pointed wooden horse, and tying heavy objects to his limbs to intensify the pain. Sometimes some simple weapons are even used.  Magic circle to perform some "burning torture" or "electrocution".  This kind of punishment is usually carried out in public to serve as a warning to the monkeys.

    In contrast, the guard flag force in the hands of Jiang Yucheng is a new type of army organized entirely in accordance with modern training and tactics.  The army was well-trained, accurate with marksmanship, well-supplied - and, most crucially, a truly modern army.  I say this not because they are all equipped with automatic rifles and machine guns with overwhelming advantages in shooting accuracy and rate of fire, but because they have initially possessed the soul of a modern army¡ª¡ª

    As mentioned above, unlike the Republican Army, which is mainly composed of desperadoes, when selecting the Guards, the fighting will of the soldiers is taken into consideration from the beginning - in other words, the current members of the Guards are all without exception.  , all of whom have witnessed or even personally experienced the atrocities committed by the Imperial Army and the Imperial State Church.

    From this perspective, Jiang Yucheng had to thank the imperial army and the imperial state religion-the colonial regiments for their strict and cumbersome disciplinary regulations, and there were no provisions for punishing harassment of colonial civilians in the garrison.  The result of this is that the hatred of the Imperial Army stationed in Emera is no less than that of the Imperial State Church.  As a result, such a group of dead soldiers with tenacious fighting will were recruited into Jiang Yucheng's command.

    The significance of fighting will is that soldiers can flexibly exert their subjective initiative while maintaining basic military discipline, and use mobile and flexible tactics to cause huge damage to the enemy - in fact, battle infantry can only advance in columns.  , even the most basic tactical action of "lying down" is not available, because once the soldiers disperse or lie down, they are likely to escape directly or pretend to be dead on the spot.  This is the result of lack of fighting will.

    Compared with the Colonial Corps battle infantry who purely relied on harsh punishments and rigid tactics, in theory, the soldiers of the Guards could rely on mobile and flexible skirmishing tactics to cause huge trouble to the Imperial Army's battle infantry - in fact  , this is the case in the history of the earth.

    Of course, skirmishing tactics require particularly high demands on soldiers¡¯ fighting will.  In history, only the French army of the Napoleonic era, which fought for freedom and independence and regarded the army as a cause rather than a profession, could use such tactics.

    Now, Jiang Yucheng has gone a step further in terms of tactics, evolving directly to the machine gun and trench tactics of World War I - this is not just a simple copying, but a comprehensive consideration of the actual situation of the opponent.  After all, the imperial army's battle infantry, compared to the same troops on earth, has one more crucial thing - that is the array-type magic shield.

    Although the specific defensive power of the shield is not clear, to be on the safe side, the firepower must be concentrated as much as possible - if skirmishing tactics are used, if even the assault rifle cannot break the shield, then the soldiers of the Guard Flag Team can  There's going to be big trouble.

    Of course, the commander of the Colonial Corps, the Marquis of Wellington, did not know about these circumstances - he only knew that this time, no matter what, this arrogant Republican "Legacy Guard" that dared to seize the town must be completely eliminated.  Lose.  Otherwise, the majesty of the empire will be completely disrespected.As a famous general of the empire, the "Iron Marquis" Arthur Wellesley Marquis Wellington once made great achievements when the Ninth Army of the Empire attacked Emera.  After this, he was transferred to the imperial capital.  Since the Republican Army led by Aria caused great trouble to the Imperial Army many times, he was redeployed to Emera and was responsible for commanding the Colonial Corps - he was the one who almost captured Aria in the previous battle.  Planning and directing.

    "The republican army dared to come out to call for battle in the daytime - it is as strange as a mouse daring to cross the street at noon." Wellington cast his eyes on the row of republican troops on the opposite ridge. "To be able to pull up another team in such a short period of time  , the duchess's popularity is still very impressive, of course, her fighting skills still don't seem to have improved much, as for the unknown Jiang Yucheng ha"

    The Republican Army unit that appeared in front of him now seemed to be no different from the one that was wiped out by his hands before: the soldiers' uniforms were colorful, like beggars.  Although the last time he was able to defeat the Republican Army was because he had the advantage of an ambush, he was willing to accept a head-on battle with such a rabble.

    Of course, now, he would never have imagined that he and the Empire's colonial troops stationed in Emera would become the "God of War of Emera", Marshal Jiang Yucheng, Chief of General Staff of the Emera People's Liberation Army (EPLA)  The first stepping stone to fame ¨C and of course, they won¡¯t be the last.
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