Chapter 353 (2/2)
This is inevitable. With the pace of foreign expeditions getting faster and bigger, the scale of expeditionary forces with new weapons must be expanded. Whether it is a tribe or a nation or a country, in order to continuously increase its own strength, the first expansion must be its own force.
So, it didn't take long for a leisurely life. Two thousand Cherokee soldiers from the North came to the gaoshu tribe, accompanied by a large amount of food.
Although this year's summer harvest, the gaoshu tribe has achieved a huge harvest, and the several tall granaries built in the middle of the tribe are enough to prove this year's summer harvest. But if there is no external supply, the gaoshu tribe's grain harvest alone can supply two thousand expeditionary troops, but with the two thousand Cherokee soldiers ready for training, That's a bit of a reluctance.
Therefore, if we want to expand the scale of the expeditionary force, we must keep up with it.
Fortunately, chieftain junaruska attached great importance to this matter, so the two thousand soldiers came with enough food to feed them for three months.
Now it is half a month before the autumn harvest. Looking at the crops in the field, the stone bear knows that this year is a more abundant harvest year than last year.
The 1600 expeditionary troops that had been operating on the CRI territory had not yet returned. They would have to wait until the other Cherokee soldiers came to take over. But it didn't delay Shi Xiong's training for the 2000 recruits. After all, there were also 500 expeditionary soldiers who came back with Shi Xiong.
These soldiers broke up and were divided into these recruits. After the crusade against the Cree, although they were far from an elite veteran, they could be called a qualified soldier.
With them, it will be very easy to train these 2000 recruits by adopting the strategy of bringing in the new with the old.
Moreover, in the half a year since the expedition, led by the four alchemists and with the help of lieutenant Ferguson, the production of muskets in the tribe has entered a high-speed stage. Now there are 15 muskets coming down from the ”production line” every day. That is to say, if the ”production line” of muskets goes all out to produce, 450 rifles can be produced in a month!
This ”production line” was built by the four major alchemists according to the previous instructions of stone bear. From metal smelting to barrel casting to rifling depiction, as well as the processing of other parts and the final assembly of the whole gun, a set of flow operation mode has been formed. Fifty or sixty people working on this production line can guarantee to make such a large number of rifles in one day.
If the production of rifles goes up, the production of grenades and handgrenades will not go down. Now the tribe's ”arsenal” has accumulated about 200 launchers and the corresponding black powder grenades, as well as a large number of improved grenades.
These weapons with huge explosive power are the real killer. As long as these 2000 recruits are trained, and then combined with the veterans, the 4000 odd expeditionary forces can be divided into four ”Regimental Combat Units” to conduct expeditions against four different targets at the same time.
Yes, with the scale of the expeditionary army getting bigger and bigger, Shi Xiong plans to start to use the military establishment of later generations.
Taking these 2000 recruits into account, the number of expeditionary troops has reached 4100, which is almost equivalent to the establishment of a brigade in later generations. And the later military combat unit establishment is obviously very reasonable, both in terms of management and command is great, so Shi Xiong decided to abandon the previous military establishment and use a new military establishment.
Brigade regiment battalion company platoon shift.
When all the 2000 recruits are trained and qualified, the whole expeditionary force will become a separate brigade.
And the stone bear also gave this brigade a very awesome name - explosive bear brigade!