1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 570 Military Order

"Salute to your Excellency the General!" Kruger gave the order, and the officers of the Arizona Regiment, as well as several Prussian officers who had just arrived at North Platte, saluted Liang Yao. 6̾̾

These Prussian officers wore bronze military helmets decorated with silver eight-pointed stars and an eagle engraved in the center of the helmets. Wearing a white military uniform, the color of the welt is maroon red, the color of the epaulettes is the same as the color of the buttons, both are yellow. The epaulettes have silver tassels, and the lower body wears a pair of gray breeches with red stripes.

It can be judged from their clothes that these officers are from Prussia's most elite 1st Praetorian Guards Dragoon Regiment or 1st Dragoon Regiment.

Before October 1866, the Prussian dragoons had not yet expanded, and there were only 8 dragoon regiments.

The uniforms of each Prussian dragoon regiment have their own characteristics. The only dragoon regiments that use maroon welts and yellow buttons are the 1st Praetorian Guards Dragoon Regiment and the 1st Dragoon Regiment.

These Prussian officers were hired by Liang Yao to train cavalry.

It's not that Liang Yao doesn't have cavalry. There are three standing cavalry regiments in the United States, and he owns one of them. The official designation of this cavalry regiment is the 3rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment.

The Third Cavalry Regiment is currently stationed in Liangzhou to guard against colonial British troops in the British Columbia Territory in the north and to deter unfriendly white civilian militias in Idaho, Montana and other places.

But based on the scale of the future civil war, one regiment of dragoons would not even be enough to fill the gap between the teeth.

Therefore, Liang Yao planned to use the Mongolian cavalry purchased from the British and French forces during the Second World War and the captives of the Sauron cavalry as the team to establish a Mongolian dragoon regiment and a Sauron dragoon battalion as future mobile forces.

It's just that whether it is the Mongolian cavalry or the Sauron cavalry at this time, they are still classical cavalry. The combat methods and concepts are outdated.

It is necessary to carry out modern training and transformation on them to form modern dragoons suitable for the North American battlefield.

Liang Yao stepped out of the carriage with all the officers' attention and gave them a military salute in return.

"This is Major Hermann von Speck, an old friend of mine who served in the 1st Dragoon Regiment." Kruger introduced Hermann von Speck to Liang Yao.

Hermann von Speck was the highest-ranking Prussian instructor, and the remaining officers were lieutenants.

Hermann von Speck gave him another serious military salute: "I have met His Majesty the General."

Liang Yao nodded slightly in understanding, and then started inspecting the North Platte Fortress.

Kruger's work was still in place, and in just over four months, the entire fortress had begun to take shape.

Warehouses, hospitals, simple barracks and canteens have been built, and the fortress's infrastructure is relatively complete. Foundations for forts were also begun on the mountainside on both sides of the fort.

"The North Platte Fortress is located in a river valley. Although transportation is convenient, the terrain is low and flat, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the enemy forces set up artillery on the mountainside on both sides to bombard the North Platte Fortress from a high position, no matter how strong the North Platte Fortress is, We can't hold on." Kruger explained his thoughts to Liang Yao.

"So I plan to build gun towers on the mountainside. Firstly, it can prevent the enemy from occupying favorable terrain to attack the North Platte Fortress. Secondly, it can echo the North Platte Fortress and form cross fire."

The enemy troops mentioned by Kruger naturally refer to the American troops outside the Chuxi Brigade.

It would be too extravagant and wasteful to build such a high-standard fortress purely to protect against Indians.

"One fortress is not enough." Liang Yao climbed up the tower and observed the surrounding terrain and said, "The valley of the North Platte River is 15 kilometers wide at its narrowest point. Even if we occupy the mountainsides on both sides of the valley, we cannot completely block the valley. A lonely fortress If there are not enough fortresses, it would be more secure to build a fortress complex on both sides of the Platte River."

At present, the effective range of the Sacramento artillery is just over 2 kilometers. It is impossible to achieve complete fire coverage of the Platte Valley with just one fortress and turrets on the mountainside.

As for Liang Yao's other major killer, the hand-operated machine gun Thunder M60, its effective range is only 600 meters, and the accuracy of shooting at any longer distance will be random.

"It's true, but we don't have so many workers. Those prisoners of war will be trained as soldiers in the future and become professional soldiers. I can't always use them as workers," Kruger said.

"You don't have to worry about the labor issue. You can get as much as you want. But I want you to build a fortress group that can completely block the Platte Valley within a year and a half. Can you do it?" Penton looked at Ke Ruger.

The Platte Valley has fertile land and abundant water and grass. It is no problem to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

In addition to building the fortress complex, Liang Yao also had the idea of ​​resettling immigrants here. The laborers recruited to build the fortress complex can also be resettled on site. When necessary, the young adults among these immigrants can also be used as a source of soldiers for future generations.

"As long as the labor force, raw materials, supplies, and funds are sufficient, there will be no problem." After receiving Liang Yao's promise, Kruger issued a military order, "If a fortress group that can be put into use cannot be built within a year and a half, I will not Face serves under your command and will be at your disposal."

"I will come here again in a year and a half." Liang Yao looked at the Mongolians and Saurons who were herding sheep and horses. "When I return to my hometown, I will not only see a complete fortress group, but I also want to see myself. The Mongolian Cavalry Regiment and the Sauron Cavalry Battalion.”

These Mongolians and Saurons who are herding sheep and horses are either too young, old, or injured and are old, weak, sick and disabled who are not suitable to continue serving in the army. Letting them take care of livestock can also be considered a professional counterpart.

"It will be as you wish." Kruger agreed, and he handed over the training plans of the Mongolian Cavalry Regiment and Sauron Cavalry Battalion that had been translated into English.

"This is the training plan after our discussion, please take a look."

After discussions and research with Hermann von Speck, they decided to train these Mongols and Saurons in batches every four months.

The first batch will first train a company of Mongolian dragoons and a platoon of Sauron dragoons. These trained soldiers will then be used as grassroots officers to train the next batch of soldiers.

This will neither delay the construction of existing projects nor reduce training levels.

"Okay." After carefully reading the training plan, Liang Yao agreed to the training plan, took out his pen and signed the plan.

The training of cavalry is more difficult and costly than that of infantry, and he does not expect to be able to build regiments and battalions of cavalry in just a few months.

What he wants is a true modern dragoon, not a group of rabble who can only ride a horse.

After inspecting around the Platte Valley, Liang Yao came to the construction site.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Liang Yao arrived at the construction site. At this time, the Mongolian prisoners of war and Sauron prisoners of war had already finished their lunch break and returned to the construction site. They were being ordered to work by a group of craftsmen.

Those who should move bricks should move bricks, those who should build walls should build walls, and those who should dust should be dusted, all in good order.