1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 82 [Militia]

Horse Whistle naturally would not refuse.

He originally wanted to absorb all the natives of North America, not to mention the Navajos. The language of the Navajos also belongs to the Apache language, and they are related to the Apaches, and sometimes they are even directly regarded as part of the Apaches.

"Welcome, Apache Sleeping Bear City welcomes all aborigines to join." Horse Whistle said.

The Navajo clan was a little excited. It could be seen that they were in a difficult situation and they came here to seek refuge.

Horse Post led them to set up a tent in Sleeping Bear City, and explained the law to them.

"Liquor restriction?" Sleeping Bear City's alcohol restriction order often makes new residents feel confused or conflicted.

"That's right, we are restricting alcohol. Someone will buy your existing spirits, and you are not allowed to keep them privately. This is a very important rule. If you don't understand anything, you can go to the Liquor and Drug Administration." Ma Shao said, " If you must drink, you can go to the drinking house."

"We will comply." The chief nodded.

Ma Sen asked: "How many people are there in total?"

"A total of 110 eight people."

118 people.

Horse Whistle calculated the total population of Sleeping Bear City. With the addition of this clan, the population of Sleeping Bear City has exceeded 2500.

He personally records the identification information for each new resident and talks briefly with them so that they can get to know him.

"Great Chief." At this moment, a voice came from the side.

Ma Shuo turned his head to look: "It's the vertical wolf, you're back, what happened?"

The visitor was the vertical wolf that he sent to the Comanche forest tribe more than ten days ago. At this time, the vertical wolf was dirty. It was obvious that he had just returned, and it seemed that the road had been drenched in rain.

"I've already brought everything I need to say, and I did see Square Face in the Forest Tribe." The Vertical Wolf paused and continued, "But the owl is unwilling to hand over Square Face, and even said that it is considering attacking us."

"consider?"

Vertical Wolf: "Yes, obviously he knew the strength of Sleeping Bear, so he didn't make a decision right away. Although I don't think he will really attack us, he should take precautions."

The horse post pondered for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I see. You did a good job, go back and rest first."

When he finished the census of newcomers, he went to the army to find the thick shoulders.

Just like handing over most of the teaching work to other teachers, most of the trivial matters in the army are also handed over to the officers by the horse post, and he himself is mainly responsible for training officers and regular assessments.

An army that can conquer battles must not only have qualified commanders, but also have a strong grassroots.

Ma Shao believes that even if he dies suddenly now, the army he built will not collapse directly, and may even grow on its own according to his plan.

At this moment, Hou Jian is leading his hundred soldiers to carry out various trainings. Not far away are two other centurions and their soldiers. The three centurions compete with each other and compare their training results. .

"Great chief." Seeing the horse whistle, Hu Jian immediately saluted the soldiers. The horse whistle had already taught the soldiers the military salute he was familiar with.

The horse whistle first inspected the training briefly, and then motioned for Hou Jian to follow him.

"Master Shi leads Geshi to continue training!" Hou Jian ordered, then turned around and walked not far away with the horse post.

"Thick Shoulders, I plan to form a militia." Ma Whistle made up a word.

"Militiamen?" Thick shoulders really didn't understand,
"You are soldiers, and militiamen are half soldiers and half civilians." Ma Shao explained to him, "You have to undergo a lot of training almost every day, and you carry weapons with you every day. You have wages as soldiers, and you have to deal with the most dangerous The enemy... and the militia, only a small amount of training, most of the time they are ordinary people, without formal wages, and they also undertake auxiliary work during the war."

Thick shoulders understood and nodded.

Ma Shao continued: "Currently there are 2500 people in Sleeping Bear City, and I plan to draw 600 of them to form a militia, and formally start training after the wheat harvest is completed. You are mainly in charge."

The Indians in the past can basically be described as all the people are soldiers, but with continuous development, this state will certainly not last forever.

After all, development means the division of labor, just as the development of organisms is always accompanied by the differentiation of cells.

In fact, Sleeping Bear's division of labor has already started, and the speed is fast.

A year ago, the soldiers under the horse sentry were still half-civilian and half-soldier, but now they have largely completed professionalization.

No matter in terms of characteristics or combat effectiveness, Sleeping Bear's current [-] soldiers can already be regarded as professional soldiers.

If possible, Horse Whistle hoped that the 2500 people in Sleeping Bear City would all be professional soldiers, but this was obviously impossible.

Even three hundred professional soldiers are already a lot, more than one-tenth of the total population.Without the income from the Clark Town tax and clothing companies, he could not have maintained the existence of this army calmly.

Therefore, in order to continue to expand the military scale reasonably, Mashao can only develop the militia, let the militia share some of the low-difficulty military tasks, and can quickly transform into professional soldiers at critical moments.

After talking with Hou Jian for a long time, Ma Shao said: "... [-] professional soldiers and [-] militiamen, just enough for a group of three, one professional soldier leads two militiamen. We can add such a link in the training process, In order to cultivate our small group cooperation ability."

"Ability to work in small groups?" Thick shoulders thought.

Horse Whistle nodded: "This is a crucial ability. I hope that in the future, any three of our soldiers can cooperate closely. Even if they go deep into the enemy's rear, they can maintain a high fighting will and iron-like discipline, and carry out combat tasks in an orderly manner. .”

Thick Shoulders seemed to simulate the scene in his mind, and said longingly: "If we can really do this, we may become the most powerful army in North America."

"It's not America, but the world." Horse Whistle corrected, "Even if the whites unite, they will be beaten to the ground by such an army."

The step of selecting the militiamen was completed quickly—almost all the adult males in Sleeping Bear City were gathered together.

But the formal training didn't start immediately. After all, it was the end of June, and the winter wheat was about to be harvested.

During this period, in addition to paying attention to wheat, Horse Whistle also frequently communicated with gunsmith Browning.

Since moving into the wooden house, Browning has quite adapted to the life of Sleeping Bear. He even half-voluntarily learned a lot of Apache language, and half-voluntarily taught some English to the Apaches... No way, who called Every day, more than a dozen Apache apprentices gather around him to learn gun-making skills from him.

Ma Shao himself is one of the apprentices, and he comes here to learn gun-making skills from time to time. Although he is far from being a professional, he can already turn the paper-based things in his previous life into reality.

(End of this chapter)