1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 100 [Golden Fist and Red Flag]

In addition to the garrison in Clark Town, every centurion in Sleeping Bear City was assigned a Golden Fist Red Banner, and of course the roof of the Hall of Chiefs.

The flag in the Hall of Chiefs was installed by Ma Shuo himself. He first nailed a wooden flag stand on the roof, then inserted the flagpole into it and fixed it with a rope.

When the north wind blows, the golden and red flags will flutter in the wind.

Looking at the flags fluttering, Ma Whistle couldn't help but smile, turned around and said, "What do you think?"

"It's so beautiful!" The little sparrow shouted happily, and most of the onlookers on the ground were also discussing this novel flag with smiles on their faces.

"This flag is so bright, I think it can be seen from a long distance."

"It is estimated that no one will mistake the Hall of the Chiefs in the future."

"Can anyone else mistake the Hall of the Chiefs?"

"Why not, they are all wooden houses. Yesterday, a Poni man took my house as the chief's hall..."

People were talking.

On rainy days, I walked around the house, looked left and right: "Why do I feel a little crooked?"

"Is it crooked?" Ma Whistle was taken aback, first looked at the red flag, then at the base, but didn't see any crookedness.

At least the flagpole is perpendicular to the roof, that's obvious.

He turned his head and asked again: "Look at it, is the flag crooked?"

Everyone looked left and right, and basically said that it was not crooked: "It's not crooked!"

"That's just right, not biased at all."

"I think so."

"The great chief inserted it, how could it be crooked!"

The horse whistle jumped down from the roof, clapped his hands, and then turned his head to look at the red flag.

As a result, looking at it now, he actually felt that the flag seemed a little crooked, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

Looking at his expression on a rainy day: "Let me just say, this flag is a little crooked."

The horse whistle murmured: "It shouldn't be... This pole is straight, and the base is also straight, why is it a bit crooked when it is inserted?"

The two observed for a long time.

Finally, Ma Shao nodded suddenly: "I see, the house is crooked!"

Although Sleeping Bear City is doing a lot of construction work, the construction technology is not very good after all, and it is normal for the houses to be out of order.

In fact, in Ma Shao's view, the current large-scale construction is basically to let the people in the housing department gain experience. After all, the Indians' construction skills are too meager.

It can even be said that there is almost no construction technology. After all, including the Apache, most Indian tribes in the Midwest live in tents.

The only people in the Department of Building with significant construction experience were non-Apache folks, mainly Navajos, with a few white men hired from Clarktown.

Since the house was crooked, the horse sentry didn't worry about it anymore: "Let's do it first. After two years, we will rebuild a hall of chiefs with reinforced concrete."

"Reinforced concrete?" I didn't understand it on a rainy day.

Ma Shao realized that there seems to be no reinforced concrete at present, and he may need to invent it now: "I don't know if it is feasible for a building material I imagined."

He recalled the history of reinforced concrete.

He doesn't know the exact time when reinforced concrete was invented, but it shouldn't be too far from now, because Portland cement has become popular in Europe now.

However, he did know that the large-scale application of reinforced concrete to buildings was a matter of the twentieth century, especially after the invention of "prestressed reinforced concrete" - Ma Shao had been exposed to this knowledge when he was studying mechanics.

Decades have passed between invention and large-scale application, and I am afraid that it has undergone a lot of improvement in engineering technology.

Ma Shao can naturally invent reinforced concrete, but whether he can apply reinforced concrete to buildings in a short period of time is a little uncertain in his mind.

After all, he has only watched the construction process of reinforced concrete buildings a few times.

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After installing the Golden Fist Red Flag for the Hall of Chiefs, the Horse Whistle gathered the Sleeping Bear Army and distributed the flags to four sides in total.

Each of the three centurions will have one side, and the one with the best recent assessment results will also have one side.

"The fourth flag belongs to the one with the best grades in the last assessment." Ma Wiao looked at a tall man with outstanding stature, "The sleepy man."

"Here!" The sleepy man replied loudly.

The horse whistle handed him the flag: "This golden fist red flag belongs to you, take it well."

While talking, Ma Shuo was still thinking about one question - who is the sleepy man?

He is now basically sure that in the original history, the sleepy man should be a well-known character.

After all, this kid's performance is indeed very unusual. He volunteered to join the army after staying in Sleeping Bear City, and then became a superintendent in just a few months, and even got the best result in the first assessment. Use sharp to describe.

The sleepy man is not only a talented fighter, but also a quick learner of words, he also has a magical talent for chess and cards, and has been a game king.

As long as such a talented boy does not die early, it is unlikely that he will remain unknown in history.

In fact, Sleepy Man is clearly not unknown.

Ma Shao is almost certain that he has seen this name somewhere in his previous life, but he can't remember it.

Nine times out of ten, the name "Sleepy Man" is not really known as Sleepy Man, who is known all over the world by other names.

Moreover, Ma Shao knew almost nothing about Indians in his previous life, and he couldn't make it right—his impression of "Sleeping Man" seemed to be just a picture from a certain game.

Anyway, Sleepy Man is an unquestionable teenage talent.

So Ma Shao decided to cultivate him well.

After handing the red flag to the sleepy man, the horse whistle patted him on the shoulder again: "I hope you have the ability to keep this red flag for one more month."

"I'll keep it forever!" said the Sleepy Man confidently.

Ma Whistle smiled, and looked at the other soldiers: "The sleepy man said that he can always have this 'mobile red flag', are you convinced?"

"Unconvinced!" The soldiers shouted one after another.

"If you are not convinced, you must train harder!" The horse whistle took a few steps and continued to shout, "Sweat more in normal times, and bleed less in wartime!"

After a pause, he continued: "Today, I will add some new training items for you. In these training items, you will use three people as the basic unit of action and advance in a dispersed formation..."

As the power of guns continues to rise, queue shooting or line tactics will be gradually eliminated, and skirmish lines will become the mainstream of warfare.

The horse post naturally needs to be prepared early, so that the soldiers of the Sleeping Bear Army can understand the combat mode of the skirmish era in advance.

When the Apache soldiers have mastered skirmish line tactics, when necessary, he can personally dig the grave for the line-up shooting tactics, speeding up military history by 20 years or more.

He is perfectly capable of doing that, as long as he popularizes the new rifles in the army, and then attacks white people with reckless madness.The whites will quickly imitate new weapons and abandon old tactics, and the era of skirmishers will officially begin.

Not only the skirmish line, but trench warfare is about to enter the stage of history. Therefore, the horse sentry will also train some trench warfare tactics in advance, and even the tactics of the strongest light infantry such as the three-three system and forced interspersed.

(End of this chapter)