The Rise of the European Emperor

The reason why Marin used such a simple and crude method was because he knew the abilities of the old soldiers under him. In terms of culture, these people are scum. But in terms of fighting and killing, these people are top-notch.

Although, at the beginning of the fight, these people would inevitably hit harder because of their habit of killing people on the battlefield. But it doesn't matter, because the armor given by Marin is enough to resist the damage of the wooden stick. Even if the leather tactical vest is inserted with wooden boards, it is enough to withstand the blows of short sticks.

Moreover, Marin also reserved a group of medical soldiers on the sidelines and prepared some medicinal wine for bruises. If anyone is injured, let the medical soldiers take them internally and externally, plus massage and massage.

In fact, Marin is not very good at how much strength the riot police should use and how far they should hit, but he just knows a rough standard.

Therefore, he can only let these veterans grope for themselves. Nothing else, just fight a few more fights, and these veterans will figure out the standard by themselves. At that time, let them discuss while drinking, and the specific method of beating people will be figured out. Then, promotion can be done.

As for the sheriffs of the second, third and subsequent batches? After retiring from the army, I will go and learn from this group of people for two or three months before taking up the post. There is no need to set up a special police academy, as long as the old method is used to bring the new. In this way, a lot of money can be saved.

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Of course, Marin's requirements for the police are not just riot police who beat people with wooden sticks. When there is a war, these people will also go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Therefore, while letting them explore the skills of fighting each other, Marin also recruited professional sword and shield commanders to train them in the ability to use single swords and shields to slash and kill.

The standard that Marin set for the police is to usually train wooden sticks to fight each other, but the training time for chopping and stabbing with real knives must reach one-third of the total training time. In this way, when these guys go to the battlefield, as long as they replace the short sticks with single swords, they can transform from riot police into sword and shield soldiers.

Although the lethality of the sword and shield soldiers is a bit weak, it is still very good for supporting. In particular, it was possible to cover the musketeers. Except for cavalry who need spearmen to resist, sword and shield soldiers can deal with the impact of general infantry.

Moreover, in urban street fighting, sword and shield soldiers have a great advantage over spearmen. After all, the spear is too long to turn around in street fighting. But single-handedly in street fighting, you have to be much more flexible. The shield can also protect the sword and shield soldiers well.

When defending the city, the sword and shield soldiers are also very powerful. Because spearmen cannot climb the siege ladder with spears in both hands. If you want to climb the top of the city, you must use a sword. And, preferably a one-handed sword. In this way, the warriors climbing the city wall can hold the ladder with one hand while slashing and killing the enemy with a sword with one hand.

However, facing the sword and shield soldiers on the city wall, these one-handed swords are at a disadvantage. Because the sword and shield soldiers have one more shield than them. They cut swords and shield soldiers and were blocked by shields. The sword and shield soldiers cut them...it's hard to avoid...otherwise you'll fall off the ladder...

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But not all policemen will be trained as sword-shield soldiers. In Marin's plan, among the 25 policemen in each police station, only the 20 auxiliary policemen are trained according to the model of sword-shield soldiers. And the five official policemen should be trained according to the model of the Mounted Police. That is, they will be equipped with horses.

As a result, the training tasks of the five official police officers are much heavier than those of the auxiliary police officers. In addition to participating in the explosion-proof training of shields and short sticks at ordinary times, when the auxiliary policemen are training sword and shield soldiers tactics, they have to learn cavalry tactics, that is, horseback riding and hacking. When the war broke out, these formal policemen would be incorporated into the army, or act with the cavalry, or take on the task of scouting the cavalry. After all, these mounted policemen are quite good at public surveys and so on. When they usually patrol on horseback, their ability to observe is exercised. On the battlefield, it can also add support to the army.

However, considering that policemen over the age of 45 do not have the physical strength to go to the battlefield. Therefore, Marin specially stipulates that, except for the sheriff and the sheriff, the ordinary police must retire like ordinary soldiers when they reach the age of 45.

Then, the police station will select new young people to add. The retired old police officers who have reached the age of 45 are sent to various villages to serve as small stewards, or to take care of the granaries in the villages and other good jobs. In this way, it is not treating them badly.

The reason for such regulations is inseparable from the actual situation of this era in addition to military needs. In modern times, the police use pistols against criminals. Therefore, a 50-year-old policeman can still deal with criminals. Because, they can choose to shoot instead of fighting criminals. Even if chasing criminals, they can also drive after them.

In this era, being over 45 years old means losing the ability to fight young criminals. After all, now is the era of cold weapons. Even if the police are equipped with guns, they can only be equipped with smoothbore guns that need to be reloaded after one shot. Therefore, catching criminals mainly depends on personal fighting ability. Over the age of 45, it is obvious that they are not qualified for the functions of the police, so they can only retire and replace them with a new batch of young men.

If you still follow the 60-year-old retirement standard, you will be cheating your father. Can you imagine five old men who are almost 60 going to chase the prisoner? A young and middle-aged prisoner runs away like a girl, and can chase several policemen to death... These days, the police don't have motorcycles and cars, so how can they chase them? Even if the regular police caught up with him on horseback, but because of his old age, he might be killed by a criminal with a knife like Brother Long...

Therefore, in the era when there were no continuous-fire pistols, the maximum service age of the police could not exceed 45 years old...

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In fact, the best weapon for a police officer is a revolver. Moreover, the structure of the revolver is not complicated at all. When Marin was a child, he played with many smashing guns that looked like revolvers. He knew the mechanism of the revolver very well. As long as he can solve the technology of paper caps, he can come up with similar early muzzle-loading Colt revolvers.

This early Colt revolver was loaded in front of the runner. First, put the paper cap, then pour the gunpowder, and then press the lead bullet (must be compacted so as not to fall. But it can’t use too much pressure so as not to trigger the paper cap). In this way, a black powder version of the Colt revolver favored by early western cowboys was completed. A total of 6 rounds of bullets can be used to fire six shots, which is definitely enough to deal with criminals.

But even if Marin had the ability to develop this early Colt revolver, he would not be willing to do it. why? Because the revolver is terrible, an assassination artifact! Two U.S. presidents were killed by revolvers, and Ronald Reagan almost died. Thanks to modern medical technology, he was rescued.

It seems that after the appearance of the revolver, many dignitaries died under this kind of gun. For his own life, Marin was unwilling to develop this kind of assassination artifact.

Even, in order to put an end to the assassination problem, Marin strictly stipulated that all firearms in Beihai State must be more than 50 centimeters in length, which is half a meter long. Anything below this length is counted as a murder weapon...

This is because the half-meter-long musket cannot be hidden in the clothes as a hidden weapon for assassination at all, and the guards can see it at a glance. Moreover, even if it is hidden in the clothes, if you want to pull it out, the movement is quite large, enough for the guards to react. And those short guns are the sharp weapons for assassination. Not only is it concealed, but it is also very convenient and fast to pull out and shoot. As long as short guns are banned, the risk of being stabbed can be greatly reduced. Because, the guards will never let people with long guns get close...