Chapter 2744 Winter in Forge Valley (Ⅱ)

Wiglaf was unable to fundamentally change the prevailing regional prejudice in the Continental Army, so he had to "fight poison with poison" and asked General Green to say hello to himself in advance when distributing military supplies.

If anyone disrespects him as an instructor, I'm sorry, your military salary for this week is gone, and half of your quilt and food will also be withheld. When will you come to admit your mistake, review it in public, and consider whether to forgive as appropriate.

Why, your fellow countryman was punished, and the fellow countrymen were united in spirit, helping relatives and not helping each other, and came to me to protest together in a gang?

Okay, all the protesters have lost their military pay this week, who else is not convinced?

Wiglaf can use this simple and rude management method, firstly because of General Vasa's unconditional trust and respect for him, and secondly because General Green is congenial with him and fully cooperates with him to rectify military discipline.

In addition, there are two less obvious factors, but also cannot be ignored.

First, Viglaf is from the Far East, has no relatives in the New World, and has no interest in the "Southern Faction" or "Northern Faction" in the army, so he can transcend all kinds of mountain factions, no matter you are Yar In his eyes, people from Fulheim and Midgard are the same.

Second, the military supplies hoarded in the Forge Valley warehouse, and the supplies that the officers and soldiers depended on for the winter, were all escorted by General Wiglaf from the Far East in person.

As a "war observer", Viglaf's inspection and evaluation of the Continental Army will directly determine whether the Far East government will continue to support the Continental Army in the future.

If anyone offends General Viglaf, if he avenges himself publicly and says a few nasty words in the investigation report, causing the Far Eastern government to cut off aid to the Continental Army, are you planning to drink the northwest wind in the future?

Based on this point, any idiot who provokes General Viglaf is equivalent to the common enemy of all officers and soldiers of the Continental Army and even all revolutionaries in the New World.

The officers and soldiers of the Continental Army are just of poor quality and lack of education, but they are not really short-hearted!

They quickly figured out the stakes here, and never dared to offend General Wiglaf, and all of them seemed submissive in front of him, as well-behaved as little sheep.

It only took General Viglaf a week to successfully establish his personal prestige at the grassroots level of the Continental Army, and the training plan was also on track.

Viglaf's method of training soldiers can be summed up in one sentence, which is "points lead to surface".

"The basic organization of the Continental Army is companies, and each company has about a hundred people."

"I recruited ten veterans from each company, a total of 400 people, gathered together for drills, and taught them how to march, how to deploy, how to load ammunition, how to shoot, how to use bayonets, how to charge..."

"After the training of these 400 people reaches the standard, they will return to their respective companies as models and be responsible for training other fighters."

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Facts have proved that the training method summed up by Viglaf is very effective.

After two months of intensive special training, the Continental Army has taken on a completely new look. Although it is still not at the level of the Fiji regular army, the gap between the enemy and us has been narrowed in all directions, and it has the confidence to confront head-on.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of March 1627, Viglaf was about to return to China to report on his duties.

Before leaving, he specially arranged a large-scale exercise and invited General Vasa to review his military training results.

General Vasa has long noticed that the soldiers of the Continental Army have made significant progress after receiving Wiglaf's training, but after inspecting the exercise site in person, he was still surprised by the great progress the troops have made in just two months.

This well-disciplined and uniform team is exactly the professional army he dreamed of!

The troops have a completely new appearance and orderly military discipline, thanks to Viglaf's outstanding work.

This famous young general from the Far East not only sent supplies that were in short supply to the Continental Army, but also made great contributions to the construction of the army. He deserves to be remembered and deeply grateful to General Vasa and all the soldiers of the Continental Army under his command.

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This winter in Forge Valley, the Continental Army lost nearly 4,000 soldiers due to illness and desertion, and non-combat casualties accounted for one-tenth of the total force.

Thanks to the arrival of Viglaf, the Continental Army not only did not collapse, but was miraculously reborn and reborn from the ashes.

There is another important change in the Continental Army that came out of Forging Valley, which is to establish absolute loyalty to George Vasa.

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"During this long cold winter, many military officers took the opportunity to go home to visit their relatives and did not want to suffer here. However, General Vasa never left a single step and never tirelessly worked."

Recalling the time spent with General Vasa day and night, Wiglaf's stern face could not help but move slightly.

"In the minds of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Continental Army, General Vasa is not only their commander-in-chief, but also their father and elder brother. Even the general's wife, Mrs. Martha, came to the barracks to help take care of the wounded and mend clothes for the soldiers."

"General Vasa's sincere care and unremitting efforts have won the hearts of the officers and soldiers."

At the end of this imperial report, Viglaf made a very high evaluation of George Vasa.

"Your Majesty, according to my personal observation, after experiencing the severe winter in Forge Valley together, George Vasa has become the undisputed spiritual leader of the Continental Army, and no one in the New World can replace him."

"Thank you, Viglaf. It can be seen that General Vasa has a strong personality and is deeply loved by his subordinates." Roland turned to look at Joan, "Dr. His evaluation is almost exactly the same as Wiglaf's evaluation of him, it seems that General Vasa is indeed a noble gentleman with impeccable character."

Qiao An heard the meaning behind His Majesty's words, so he simply clarified the words first.

"Your Majesty, you have no doubts about General Vasa's character, but you still have concerns about his military ability?"

Roland nodded frankly.

"Judging from the evaluations from various channels, George Vassar is a near-perfect person outside the battlefield, but unfortunately the main job of leading troops in battle is not outstanding. After counting his military history, he is said to be a "general who is often defeated." ’ is not slander.”

"Your Majesty, I admit that General Vasa has more defeats than victories in the past, but this cannot be entirely attributed to his incompetence in command. Compared with the regular army in Fiji, there is a huge gap in all aspects from the equipment to the training level of the Continental Army. What's more important is the objective presentation of the gap in strength." Qiao An argued hard.

Roland smiled and said calmly: "It is a fact that there is a gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves, but as a commander, you should be aware of this gap, formulate a combat plan on the premise of respecting the gap between the enemy and ourselves, avoid the enemy's sharp edge, and patiently search for it." A chance to surprise and win."