Wild North America 1846

Afternoon

sunny

The cold spring breeze in March, carrying the fragrance of grass and trees, passed over his face, blowing the black hair on Richard's smooth forehead, dancing like a dancing elf. His profile in the sun looked windy and handsome, with an irrepressible madness.

Wild and unruly.

he is thinking

After digesting a large amount of information provided by Liu Wu, Richard discovered that Datang Society was facing a difficult situation;

If we want to develop further in the next period of time, we must move away from the big stone of the North American branch of Accord Hall, otherwise nothing will happen.

Lin Zhanyuan, the young gang leader of the Agreement Hall, seems to be a ruthless character. He will never let Datang slap him in the face and will take action sooner or later.

If you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days?

It is completely unrealistic to fight against such evil gangsters with only Richard and a gun. This is not a movie, and Richard is not a superman. He will bleed and be injured or even die if he is hit by a bullet. He cannot help but be careless.

The founding of the Tang Dynasty Society

Military training has not yet started, everything needs time to settle, and what is lacking now is time.

Richard looked towards the hills in the distance, where the new French military instructor Michael Rabiot was leading the Tang Hui guys to build a defensive wall after teaching a simple formation.

This French-style infantry defensive wall is a tight fence made of logs about two meters high, two feet of which are buried under the soil. The logs are arranged closely, and the outside is covered with wet soil. It is about 1.4 meters high.

, fired while standing behind the parapet, just above the chest of the defending infantry, which could withstand light field artillery fire.

It is planned to build two semicircular defensive walls, about 50 meters apart in front, to form a defensive position facing the valley entrance.

This kind of defensive wall is not continuous, but consists of short walls about 6 to 7 meters long. Each short wall can accommodate 12 to 15 musketeers to fight, forming a two-stage shooting to provide continuous firepower.

It is a separate combat unit.

Each defense line consists of 2 to 3 short walls, 20 to 30 meters apart, forming a semicircular defense line.

In the morning, many trees had been cut down and their branches removed. Gai Wangshan purchased a lot of axes, saws and nails in the new town. More than 70 young men worked together. In just half a day, the second line of defense was built.

Already taking shape.

For the armed gunmen of the Datang Society, this is also a military training for soil work.

In order to cope with the current emergency situation, after discussion with instructor Mike, Richard prioritized the training of musketeers. A total of 57 muskets were taken out and distributed, with pairs of two taking turns to train.

Under normal circumstances

After 2 to 3 days of intensive training, everyone will be able to master the basic steps of firing a musket and initially possess basic self-defense capabilities, but when it comes to combat, there is still a long way to go.

The loading steps for muskets are cumbersome, and more importantly, there is no strict military training. The most common mistake for novices in panic is to make the wrong loading steps, either missing an item or loading black powder repeatedly, resulting in an explosion or failure to fire.

It's better to hide behind the wall. If you really hold a rifle and brave the enemy's bullets and march forward in a line, the fun will be over.

Maybe as soon as the enemy opened fire, the whole team would burst into flames and run away like rats.

This is the difference between a well-disciplined army and a ragtag army.

According to French instructor Mike;

In three days, I can ensure that the gunmen of the Datang Society will firmly guard the entrance of Grape Valley.

After ten days, the village wall will be able to resist the attack of any enemy cavalry of no more than a hundred people.

one month

The gunners of the Datang Society can fight away from the defensive walls and line up outside to pursue the enemy, but the pursuit distance does not exceed 3 kilometers.

three months

Being able to undertake basic defense and field combat tasks, and initially tempering to become a qualified warrior, it will not be a problem to deal with various armed forces in the new town.

It takes six months to temper into an army, and one year to become a qualified cavalry unit.

However, to achieve the combat effectiveness of the French Cuirassiers, it will take at least 3 to 4 years and a lot of money and energy to achieve the goal.

Please note that this is only possible.

Richard was not prepared to train the gunners of the Tang Association to be so elite. Every French cuirassier regiment was a bottomless gold pit. The equipment and maintenance costs were horrifyingly high. He did not have that much money to invest in it.

When the French Emperor Napoleon was at his peak in Europe, he only maintained 12 cuirassier regiments, each with about 650 to 800 men. The equipment cost was enough to equip 3.5 matchlock regiments.

The equipment of the cuirassiers includes breastplates, helmets, straight-edged sabers and pistols. In 1812, they were equipped with carbines, but like pistols, only a small number of soldiers carried them.

As the core weapon, the saber originally used was the 9th Year of the Republic style cuirassier sword designed in 1799-1800. This was the first French standard saber with a blade length of 97.45cm. It was a sharp weapon in cavalry combat.

The cuirassier's straight-edged saber is designed with the center of gravity close to the hand guard, so that when charging, the arm can be kept straight forward to increase the penetration force of the thrust, but when cutting, it is not as effective as the Mongolian scimitar.

The cavalry breastplate and helmet were both made of steel. The helmet was covered with black cowhide, with brass trim and ridge, and black horsehair with red feathers. The breastplate was decorated with a belt of brass scales and a white trimmed lining.

As a heavy cavalry unit, the most important thing for the cuirassiers is to have strong horses. In Europe, they are limited to the strongest horses in the Normandy region, and each one is expensive.

In battle, cuirassiers always appear on the most dangerous battlefields and launch the fiercest charges against the toughest enemies. They are the symbol and soul of cavalry in today's era.

Among the most prestigious Prussian armies in Europe, it was not until the defeat of Napoleon's army in the Normandy War in 1814 that six Prussian cuirassier regiments were formed based on the standard cuirassiers captured from the French army.

Among the major European countries, the Austrian army has eight cuirassier regiments, and France still has 4 cuirassier regiments.

It can be seen that

This thing is really a big money burner, and without a strong national power, it can't even be equipped.

Richard's idea was to build a French-style dragoon regiment of about 200 people, that is, a mounted musketeer regiment. They could maneuver on horseback and fight dismounted. Not only could they form an army quickly, but they were also much cheaper.

He will lead this armed force to build a great reputation in San Fernandez, and even in the entire Alta California province, laying a solid foundation for the reputation system upgrade task.

in the final analysis

If Richard wants to increase his own strength, he still has to rely on the reputation system as a plug-in. Otherwise, the extent of his improvement will be very limited just by working hard day and night.

He checked the system interface again. In the past two days alone, the number of "Everyone Knows" tasks had increased from the initial 1,400 people to 3,776 people per 10,000 people.

That is to say

In just two days, one-third of the task progress has been completed. Although the growth trend has gradually slowed down, it is still increasing tenaciously.

In today's era, information is not available, and information can only be spread by word of mouth, and the scope of influence is very limited.

Richard's act of killing everyone spread quickly among some people in New Town and Chinese circles, including the upper class figures in Fangcaodi.

However, in the Mexican community and the indigenous Indian tribes, due to ethnic and language barriers, only a few prominent figures or indigenous chiefs know about it, and others neither care nor understand. This is a big problem.

In Richard's title mission, the number of people who know his identity as the "Protector of Chinese Gold Diggers" has increased from 842 to 1991. The mission completion rate is 64%, and there is hope that he will be the first to complete it.

There are only about 2,700 to 2,800 Chinese people in total, and they like to live in large groups. If the news of a war with the Agreement Hall spreads, it will definitely become known to everyone, including the Chinese women in the brothels.

This makes him look forward to what the system will reward after completing the title task?