Chapter 43: 43 Alice
Chapter 43 Alice
A row of soldiers in bright yellow military uniforms neatly raised their rifles at the command, pointed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger with their index finger pressed.
“Bang!” A dense sound of gunfire echoed in the school grounds, and the white cover sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun and rolled in front of the row of soldiers, unwilling to disperse for a long time.
"Load!" The officer standing beside the row of soldiers shouted the order with his chin raised.
These soldiers put down their rifles, pulled the bolt on the side of the rifle, and began to clean the remaining gunpowder and unburned paper cartridge cases in the barrel.
Their movements were a little jerky, but it was obvious that they already had a certain understanding of the new rifles in their hands.
This weapon was more powerful than any flintlock they had ever seen, giving them an advantage in the coming war.
So each of them trained very seriously and cherished the rifle in their hands very much.
“Sir!” An officer held the long sword on his waist and walked up to the middle-aged man in a black cloak who was standing on the edge of the school grounds, bowing his head slightly.
"Well. They performed very well." Fischereau put down the monocular in his hand, very satisfied with the salvo.
When Tang Mo sold him the K1 fast gun before, he brought a total of 3 samples, and these samples were all left in Beiling.
Count Fischereau is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran. He immediately used these three fast guns to conduct training courses for all officers.
First, he personally explained shooting techniques to these officers, and then asked these officers to test-fire the new guns, understand the structure of the new guns, and become familiar with the use of the new guns.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Mo returned to Bunas with the supplies, and the escorting convoy brought the ten K1 guns in stock back to Beiling. In this way, the earl had 13 guns made by Tang Mo. K1 quick gun.
At the same time, I also brought back the exact news that Tang Mo can produce the K1 fast gun! This news made the Earl feel relieved, and he also ordered a new batch of production materials to be sent to Tang Mo.
In the last more than half a month, the Earl has been using these K1 fast guns to train his guards. He hopes to start spreading them throughout the army as soon as the next batch of fast guns arrives in Beiling.
The count put the telescope in his hand back into the leather case on his waist, and motioned to the officer in front of him to be more relaxed.
The officer relaxed a little, no longer so restrained, and complained to the earl: "We still have too few K1 guns in our hands. The soldiers take turns training, which is really troublesome."
Fischereau was also a little anxious, but he still didn't show it. He just explained: "No way, they only provided us with a total of 13 such fast guns. I can only use the existing weapons and rotate them." Training allows every soldier to master the use of new weapons."
The officer looked at Fischereau and asked with some expectation: "So, sir, when will the new weapons arrive?"
"Tiger's letter said that he will **** a batch of new guns back to Wolf City soon." The count reached out and patted the other party's arm, comforted his officer, and said with a smile.
“It’s so fast again, we’re almost running out of time.” The officer was a little dissatisfied with Tiger’s procrastination and muttered in a low voice.
Earl Fischereau smiled and concealed his bitterness: "There is no good way. All we can do is wait. The good news is that the war will not break out soon, and we still have some hope. Children’s time…”
Recently, although the neighbor to the north has been uneasy, some problems have been exposed - time is not conducive to this war, because winter is coming.
Once winter enters, the operation will be in trouble. The best way is to wait until next spring.
In this way, on the one hand, war can be used to destroy the farmland in Beiling during the busy farming season, causing damage to Beiling's agriculture; on the other hand, the weather is more suitable for combat, which is more conducive to the mobilization of large corps and has an advantage over the troops. The Kingdom of Sussus is favorable.
“The army in the Kingdom of Susas is being mobilized frequently, and we should recruit new soldiers here.” The officer reminded.
"Allowing those peasants to take up arms is simply desecrating their lives. They know nothing, and they will only die on the battlefield." Earl Fisherot still did not agree with the expansion of the army and preparations for war, because he did not have so many arms, and secondly, he did not have so many arms. Spend more time training farmers and turning these migrant workers into soldiers.
Every soldier in the Northridge Corps has undergone at least two years of rigorous training. The recruits trained in 3 to 4 months are no different from cannon fodder in the eyes of Earl Fisher.
The officer who was more supportive of military expansion and war preparations spoke again and persuaded the Earl: "However, they can block the enemy's advance and buy enough time for our elite soldiers." In the end, Earl Fisherot still did not agree with him. He suggested, shaking his head and saying: "I'll think about it again! If Tiger comes back, you have to notify me as soon as possible!"
"Okay!" Although he was unwilling to do so and clenched his fists in private, the officer nodded slightly and said to Fischereau.
At this time, a voice as clear and sweet as an oriole sounded from behind the two people: "Father!"
Fishereau turned around and saw a sassy girl standing there wearing a noble female riding attire, breeches, long riding boots, and only a long ponytail without a complicated hat.
This dashing girl looks as if she was painted. Her eyes were large, her eyebrows were raised, and her bright red lips were particularly attractive set off by her fair skin.
He immediately put a smile on his face, stretched out his hands, and hugged the other person: "Oh! My dear Alice, you are back from the copper mine? How is it? It's a good place for hunting."
After hugging her father, Alice said angrily: "If I don't come back, father, you may go bankrupt."
“What’s wrong?” Fischereau smiled awkwardly, scratched his head, and asked knowingly.
Alice nodded slightly and saluted the officer beside her father, and then continued to look at Fischereau: "I found that a large sum of money has gone missing recently, so I came to discuss with you how our already meager income has gone. Squandered."
When it comes to this, Fischereau is even more embarrassed—his wife died young and left him only a daughter. And this daughter obviously inherited her mother's intelligence and has been in charge of the earl's property since she was 12 years old.
Today, this 17-year-old beautiful girl is already a well-known financial officer in Beiling Wolf City. Under her management, the Earl, who cared about taxes and cared for the people like a son, was able to maintain development without facing the bad news of bankruptcy.
So now, facing his daughter, the earl could only explain with a smile: "That's right, we are purchasing a batch of arms recently..."
"Arms? Father, the Kingdom is responsible for the unified procurement of Cyric flintlock guns! It doesn't cost us any money at all! In order to prepare for the war, I allocated funds before I left to purchase 30 artillery pieces! And as far as I know, the purchase of one You don’t need such a large amount of money to buy arms!” Alice stared into the earl’s eyes and said word by word.
Count Fischereau forced a smile and continued to explain: "Yes, but what I bought is a new type of arms."
"New weapons?" Alice frowned. For a moment, she even thought about the possibility that her father had been deceived. These days, who doesn’t know that the weapons and ammunition provided by Cyric are the best?
The earl immediately explained to his beloved daughter: "At that time, you were auditing at the copper mine and did not return to Wolf City, so you may not know yet. We purchased a batch of new rifles to deal with Susas' attack on Beiling. threat.”
Alice was almost overjoyed by her father, and asked angrily: "So, the 1,400 gold coins we have in stock, as well as the gunpowder, steel, copper, silver, leather and almost other things we have prepared privately for the war All the supplies are gone?”
From her point of view, this father, who is not a rich man and does not know how expensive Chai Mi is, seems to have no idea what the money and materials actually represent.
Once a war breaks out, all supplies are useful, and some are used less. In this case, it is worthwhile and necessary to store more goods no matter which direction you look at.
The count added sheepishly: "Absolutely, there may be more than 300 workers."
Alice sighed feebly: "You are really generous."
"Are you interested in seeing the new weapons?" The earl changed the subject with some embarrassment.
"Then let's take a look and see what moves you, Father, to make you willing to...spend such a large amount of money." Alice looked towards the shooting range and saw a row of people standing there waiting. A new round of orders for the soldiers.
“The training continues, let my guards demonstrate continuous shooting!” Earl Fisherow gave the order with some pain.
The number of paper-cased fixed-load ammunition transported from Bunas was not large. When the convoy that delivered supplies last time returned, 500 rounds of bullets that Tang Mo had made were brought back.
These bullets are for training, and the charge is one-third less, so the power is naturally very small! But they are not useless: on the one hand, because of the small charge and low chamber pressure, these bullets cause less wear on the barrel when fired, and on the other hand, they are cheaper, allowing the Count to spend less money to buy them. More bullets.
After receiving the order, the officer nodded slightly, walked to the soldiers who were cleaning the barrels of their guns on the shooting range, and ordered loudly: "Get ready for continuous shooting!"
(End of this chapter)