Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 26: Recruits and training (2)

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"Like an instructor?!" Alsinis laughed: "In that case, can you stay at home! Melisanda, get up, give me a run... Melisanda, stop eating , Practice with me...Melisanda, hold this stone and go around the courtyard ten times..." Alsinius said exaggeratedly, imitating Matonis's tone.

"Alsinis, do you want me to tell the instructor what you just said to see who will run ten laps holding the stone?" Melisanda pretended to threaten.

Alsinis repeatedly told forgiveness, and Melishanda spared him.

Alsinis asked again: "Are we really going to attack Lucania?"

"Our hard training is just to defend Amendorara?!" Melisanda said disdainfully: "This is a waste of our strength!"

"Hey, you say--" Alsinis was excited: "We are going to really conquer the land of Lucaria. Can I find a Lucania woman as a wife? I'm looking forward to a lot of new things these days. The citizen's Lucaria wife is very nice, tall and plump, able to do heavy work, and has a different taste from our Greek women..."

"You are thinking about this now, it's too early!" Melisanda asked in surprise.

"I'm not like you, the house is empty, I'm the only one..." Alsinius' voice went low.

"Then let us practice the skill of killing the enemy together, and conquer the Lucanians together, and then marry a Lucanian woman and have a bunch of children!" Melisanda hurriedly encouraged him.

"Yes, let's work hard together!" Alsinis and Melisanda held their hands tightly together.

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After lunch, the recruits did not take a long break, and soon Alsinius and the others were assembled again.

At the beginning of the afternoon training is to practice individual fighting skills, but it is not a one-on-one hacking, but a group of three, holding a round shield in the left hand (it should have been made of thicker wood and heavier Some simple wooden shields, but there is no time and manpower to make them), and he holds a long wooden stick heavier than a stabbing gun in his right hand.

Alsinis found that the wooden stick in his hand was thicker, and the teammate he was cooperating with was replaced by two stronger teammates from Melisanda and another young companion. He turned to the instructor who was supervising on the sidelines. Cast a suspicious look.

Martonis glanced at him and said sternly: "If you want to be a warrior, then you have to train harder!"

Alsinius now understands what the previous Archon’s words meant. He did not argue, but silently accepted it.

At the beginning of training, Alsinis attacked first. He roared, holding a round shield, and hitting the "enemy" with all his strength in front of him. With a "boom", the "enemy" shook his figure, and he immediately stabbed a long wooden stick dipped in lime powder with his right hand. The buckler in the hands of another "enemy" hiding behind the "enemy" must be fast, otherwise the "enemy" in the front line will quickly stand firm and block his offensive route...

Everyone takes turns to attack and block. After ten rounds of attack, rest for a while, and then practice striding stabbing, that is, holding a round shield and a long wooden stick, and step forward to accurately hit the head of the human-shaped target in front of you. , The training volume of the person who had been stabbed the most times before the wooden shield doubled.

After the ten rounds of contact are completed, take a short rest. The training continues. It is still a group of three, but this time the long sticks are replaced with short sticks, the length of which is the same as the length of the sabre. It's rougher, this time he has no more doubts. The content of the exercise is still impact, piercing the "enemy" buckler behind, but because the length of the wooden stick is much shorter, this requires the attacker to use greater force to knock away the "enemy" in front and occupy his position to stab him. The "enemy" to the rear is also ten rounds of practice.

Go to the next round of practice-hitting a human-shaped wooden target. First of all, each recruit is required to use a wooden stick in his hand to hit the pedestrian target made by Atsugi, one by one, into the mud, and stand upright and steadily; then the recruit holds the wooden stick. And the buckler, just like facing a real enemy, do their best to stab the "head" and "face" of the wooden target, sometimes attack its ribs, sometimes stab its calves, and chop its popliteal... …

Under the strict requirements of the instructor, they retreated for a while, leaped forward for a while, doing various stabbing movements...

After these training projects are completed, their limbs are already numb, and they can't lift up a little energy.

At this time, Matonis spoke: "Your performance is better than the last time! It seems that since the last time you went back, did you practice at home every day, so you can stick to it?"

"Yes..." the recruits replied feebly.

"Very good! If you continue to train in this way, you will soon become a qualified Amendorara heavy infantry." Matonis smiled encouragingly: "Next, a new training program will be added. , You will return to your company and train with the veterans."

Not long after Martores finished speaking, a bugle sounded from the barracks. Under the urging of Matonis, the recruits were neatly dressed, carrying bucklers and spears. Because they had been training with thick wooden sticks heavier than the spears before, they now replaced them with spears, and they felt as light as nothing. Alsinis remembered what the instructor Matonis said during the first training to answer the complaints of the soldiers, "You are allowed to take heavier wooden sticks during training, but when you arrive on the battlefield, you have a much lighter real weapon. Then you It will feel very relaxed, and will be more powerful and energetic when fighting.... ’

Alsinis remembered again: When he was young, he watched the city-state citizen soldier training his father participated in. Only once in a few months, that is, he practiced marching in a queue in the banner, and then one-on-one training. The training project is simple and easy. Unlike the training he is doing now, it is not only arduous and complicated, but also progressive, just like learning writing when he was a child. It seems reasonable, the requirements are very strict, and the amount of training is also large. No wonder the veterans can beat Luca. Allied Forces of Nia! I heard that these training methods are derived from the training regulations in Amendorara's newly compiled "Military Law", and are mainly written by the consul Daves. He is really a magical person!

Alsinis and Melisanda are not in the same company. He has no time to say goodbye to Melisanda, so he hurriedly searched for the third company of the third team he belongs to. I heard from the instructor Matonis that the company captain of this company is called Geogris, and he was once a comrade in a tent, with a mild temper.

He should not be more severe than instructor Matonis! Why does Alsinius think so at the moment? Thousands of people moved together after the sound of the bugle, and the training ground was filled with dust. What I was barely able to see was the bright red and eye-catching army flag erected high on the playground. Alsinius looked for it side by side, costing it. For a long time, my heart became more and more anxious. Finally, relying on the number on the flag, he found the team he belonged to.

As soon as squad leader Trotidis saw him, he said sternly: "Soldier, you are late! Considering you are the first time, no punishment will be given for the time being, I hope there will be no next time!"

Alsiniuslian claimed to be, under the leadership of the team leader, to quickly return to his position.

At this time, a man of about 30 years old came over and said to him kindly: "My name is Ktips, I am your captain."

"Hi Captain!" Alsinis hurriedly saluted and said hello.

Ktips looked at him up and down, then said: "Yes, you are a strong guy! Are you a recruit?"

"Yes."

"The original citizen of Amendorara?"

"Yes."

"I guess so. Which instructor trains you?"

"Martonis."

"What?! That lunatic!"

"The captain knows Instructor Matonis?"

"I was in his company before. Because of my outstanding performance, this time I reorganized the army. The third squadron forced me to come over. Matonis didn't want to let me go, but Geogris was his friend. , So I came here, and I actually ran into you, a student of Matonis. This is all arranged by the goddess of fate!" Ktipus had an emotional expression. In fact, Matonis thought he was too nagging. The third brigade came to ask for someone and recommended him directly.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of you!" Ktips said seriously.

"Thank you Captain!" Alsinis said gratefully

"Ktips, prepare for training, don't talk!" At this moment, Trotidis shouted from the front of the team.

"I know!" Ketips replied, and then muttered in a low voice: "You are lucky to be the team leader. If I had been the first to follow Master Daves, I would be the company leader now. ……"

Alsinius felt a little strange when he heard this.

The soldier next to him said: "Our captain is just nagging, he is very nice."

I hope so. Alsinius thought.

Because the previous training intensity is very high, so the team training is just to let the soldiers familiarize themselves with their comrades, and conduct small square marching and jogging training. For the soldiers of the First Battalion, this kind of exercise is just a recreation of restoring their physical strength, because they are too familiar with each other, but for the third Battalion, it is necessary because it is a new army. The soldiers in the unit are not familiar with each other.

According to the traditional army training method of the Greek city-states, the officers of the army are relatively fixed, while the soldiers are often changed. During the battle, citizens are gathered on the square and randomly assigned to each team according to the order or lottery. It can prevent soldiers and team officers in the same team from clinging together, affecting the normal political order and democratic elections of the city-state.

Davers believes that a fixed military team is good for cultivating cohesion and a sense of honor, and will be more united and cooperative in combat and more effective in combat. Therefore, the soldiers of Amendorara are fixed in a certain team, and the team officers have a certain term of office.