The Rise of the European Emperor

On the training ground, Marin couldn't help laughing when he saw a group of soldiers wearing wooden "motorcycle helmets" and double-layered "mahjong mats" fighting fiercely.

Fortunately, Europeans in this era did not know the stalk of "mahjong mat", or even what mahjong was. Otherwise, they would be laughing too.

Because of the black paint, there is no need to wear a black smock on the outside of the mahjong mat. Just poke the head of the wooden stick covered with lime powder directly on the mahjong mat, and you can count the score.

According to the habit of "group fighting training method", a company of 250 people fights each other as a unit. However, Marin felt that this was too monotonous. So, he also added teams of 10 to fight each other, and groups of three to fight each other.

In particular, the three-person fight group was particularly valued by Marin. Because, whether it is the special forces of later generations or Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation, the three-person team is a standard combination.

Moreover, the cooperation of the three-person team can also enable the soldiers to gain a local advantage at a certain point. When the soldiers are accustomed to cooperating with their comrades around them, they can produce effects far beyond ordinary battle formations.

As a result, the three-person group and the 250-person brigade have become the most classic tactics in the Marin army.

After summarizing a complete set of training methods, Marin ordered this training method to be compiled into a training syllabus and sent to the 10,000-strong army of the Principality of Schleswig and the garrison battalion in the Münster area to promote this training method in the whole army. training method.

In fact, until the Russo-Turkish War in the 1860s, the confrontation between European armies was still dominated by bayonets. As for why? Because the loading speed of the front-loading gun is too slow, the fire rate of the musket is not fast. If the melee between the two armies begins, the musketeer's shooting ability will be useless at all.

At that time, everyone was close to each other, and the most direct way was to fight with bayonets instead of shooting. Because, in the case of a melee, after the bullet in the barrel is fired, you can't have dozens of seconds to reload the ammunition. If you don't want to be stabbed to death by the enemy taking advantage of the opportunity to reload, you should raise your bayonet and stab with the enemy...

Therefore, in the era of front-loading guns, there was a famous tactic that came from British lobster soldiers-that is, to hold the enemy's platoon of guns, after reaching the enemy's distance of 20 to 30 meters, implement a salvo to shoot the enemy. The musketeers in the front row fell to the ground. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's chaotic replacement, launch a charge and use the bayonet to decide the outcome.

At that time, the hit rate of the musket was too impressive. If you aim at a distance of 100 meters, you can theoretically aim and shoot, but half of the real hit rate is a sharpshooter. Only at a distance of 20 to 30 meters, if you raise your gun and aim, the hit rate will have a high hit rate in the actual sense.

It was normal to shoot platoon guns at such a close distance, knocking the soldiers in the front row of the enemy to the ground one after another. At this time, when the enemy saw that the soldiers in the front row were shot and fell to the ground, they would definitely be flustered and their morale would drop.

At this time, the lobster soldiers took the opportunity to charge again, but at a distance of twenty or thirty meters, they would arrive soon. If you're busy reloading for a three-stage hit, you're looking for abuse. The bayonet hits you while you're still unloaded...

Therefore, in the period before the outbreak of the war, this tactic wanted to be a bull, and it was easy to win. However, the emergence of the emperor has made the more arrogant "artillery doctrine" appear. Under the bombardment of the platoon of artillery, the bayonet tactic became a death sentence. After all, platoon artillery, especially the platoon artillery that uses shotguns, is too lethal to line infantry.

Marin has been hesitating, whether to take out the big killer of the shotgun.

However, never dared. why? I'm afraid the French will learn...

France is a big country of artillery, with a large number of artillery equipment. The technical content of shotgun is too low, it is easy to be learned. Therefore, if Marin dares to take out the shotgun in advance, it will definitely make France fly.

In the face of the cannonballs of the French army, who often pulled out hundreds of artillery pieces, any infantry line formation would be beaten into a dog. Therefore, Marin would rather not take out the cannonball as a big killer, and only use the Spanish phalanx to maintain the tactical advantage of the army.

If the shotgun appeared, the casualties would be too great. At that time, an army of 10,000 or 20,000 people will not be enough to kill or wound. Moreover, Marin himself is also a person on the battlefield. If the other party makes a shotgun, he may be sent to the sky by a stray bullet...

Therefore, Marin felt that using the Spanish phalanx, the use of modern training methods, and the emergence of a very powerful melee training method such as the "group fight training method", Marin felt that as long as the training is in place, it is a matter of fighting. Thorn, his own "Mahjong Legion", may not be worse than the veterans of Swiss mercenaries...

At that time, Marin will bring a mahjong army with a double-layer "mahjong mat" to sweep the German countries and overturn all the enemies in front of him... This feeling, don't be too cool... just... "Mahjong Legion "This name seems a bit indecent...

When the soldiers who were supervising the "Mahjong Legion" were training to use "spears" to stab each other, their subordinates suddenly came to report-Prince Sigismund, the brother of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King Alexander of Poland, came...

(Prince Sigmund, aka Prince Sigmund mentioned earlier. Of course, this is a translation difference.)

It turned out that Prince Sigismund was 38 years old. Prince Sigismund is likely to be chosen as the new King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania after the wife of his elder brother, Archduke Alexander, returns to Moscow, and Archduke Alexander has not divorced and married a new wife.

Therefore, Prince Sigismund felt that he should go out to travel and increase his knowledge. At the same time, he also intends to choose his wife by the way...

Don't be surprised, Prince Sigismund doesn't know why, but he has never been married. He is 38 and has no wife. The problem is that ordinary people do not have wives because they are poor. He is a prince, and he may inherit the position of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in the future. It is impossible to find a wife... So, the only possibility is that he is too picky. Or, I haven't met a suitable princess for a while...

After all, in this era, the idea of ​​being a good match is very serious. There is basically no situation for princesses to marry, and princes will not marry Cinderella. Unless, the prince wants to give up his inheritance...

In history, there have been princes who lost their inheritance rights because they went to commoner girls. The most famous one was King Edward VIII who had to abdicate in order to marry the divorced Mrs Simpson. In addition, Queen Victoria's cousin, Prince George, the seventh Duke of Cambridge, fell in love with a commoner girl named Sarah and married her. As a result, the descendants lost the Duke of Cambridge's inheritance.

Prince Sigismund, as a prince who may become the king of Poland and the grand duke of Lithuania, has to be more cautious in his marriage. If he wanted to inherit the throne and make his descendants continue to be kings, he had to marry a great noblewoman. At the very least, it had to be a princess from a country.

In the German region, there are more than 300 vassal states, large and small, and there are also many princesses. Therefore, Prince Sigismund came to Germany to "investigate", not only to increase his knowledge, but also to inspect his wife...

In addition, because Marin and Prince Sigismund are also friends and allies, Prince Sigismund first went to East Frisland to see Marin...

And Marin suddenly remembered something—Prince Sigismund seems to be the younger brother of Poland and Lithuania. Although he did not become the crown prince according to the law, after the death of Archduke Alexander, this guy did not run away as a king. Moreover, Marin had read history and knew that Archduke Alexander would die within two years. So, this product is a standard crown prince...

As it happens, Marin is seeking to let the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, dissolve the engagement with Henry VIII. At that time, Spain will re-select Princess Catherine's husband, but it can recommend Prince Sigismund to Ferdinand II.

Although Prince Sigismund is a little older, he is 38, but Princess Catherine is not a big girl, she has been added once, and her husband has died. It seems that these two are a good match...

Moreover, when Catherine of Aragon married Prince Sigismund, Marin would not have to worry about the alliance between Spain and Denmark...