Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 458: Riot and Track Ripping

Although Karen's military command skills were not strong, the practical experience gained from a series of wars allowed her to grow rapidly.

After all, even the great man in the original world who performed the pinnacle operations in human military history was just a librarian when he was young.

No one is born with the ability, but as long as there is enough experience and training, and the talent is not bad, everyone can be trained.

I have to say that Karen has grown very fast in this regard, and she is now able to demonstrate the qualities that a qualified leader should possess.

At Kallen's request, the Revolutionary Army's blockade of the Steam Knights focused on destroying the enemy's logistical supplies and marching routes as much as possible, rather than engaging in head-on combat.

Now the Steam Knights have just arrived at the New World colony. Both their supplies and their steam armor are in the best condition. Even if their supplies are cut off, these Steam Knights can at least fight for a few hours.

And the damage a group of Steam Knights can cause after fighting for a few hours is enough to wipe out an entire army.

Considering the current combat level and quality of the Revolutionary Army's soldiers, it is a miracle that they can hold out against the frontal attack of the Steam Knights for half an hour.

Therefore, the Revolutionary Army itself had no intention of challenging the Steam Knights, but only destroyed the railway according to Kallen's instructions, blocking the train carrying the Steam Knights and accompanying infantry.

"Sir Knight, the railway has been destroyed. I'm afraid we will be delayed here for a while." On the train, the infantry battalion commander accompanying the Steam Knights reported the situation to the flag captain of this team of Steam Knights.

According to the military system of the empire, the Grand Knight has the same military command authority as the commander of an infantry battalion.

The Grand Knight Commander undoubtedly has higher command authority than an infantry battalion commander, not to mention that the infantry battalion accompanies the Steam Knights.

So naturally, the military command of their team lies in the hands of the captain of the Steam Knights.

However, the flag captain did not show much thought or desire to command the battle. Instead, he threw everything to the infantry battalion commander in front of him: "Everything should be done according to the tactical manual. You can do it as you see fit. You don't need to report everything to me. We will tell you when we need to go out."

This made the infantry battalion commander feel a little hesitant. Although it was a good thing for the other party to delegate power, the strange state of this team of steam knights still made him a little confused.

After all, they came to suppress the rebellion, and the key to the suppression operation was the powerful military force of the Steam Knights.

Otherwise, how could a single infantry battalion suppress a rebellion in a city?

As for the right of command, to be honest, there is really no need to fight for it. After all, it is just an infantry battalion. As long as it is clear who is in charge and who is in charge of command during combat, there is nothing too important to fight for in daily affairs. It's just the right to speak.

And an infantry battalion commander was competing with the Grand Knight for the right to speak? Not to mention that the other party was a steam knight, even if he was an ordinary knight, the infantry battalion commander was not qualified to compete for the right to speak. A higher rank can crush a higher rank, that's the reality.

So from the very beginning, the infantry battalion commander was prepared to act like a grandson.

But along the way, the state of the Steam Knights Flag Team they followed was really weird.

First of all, no one got off the train, and no knight ever walked out of their special carriage along the way.

Although this seemed somewhat abnormal to the infantry battalion commander, it would not be a big deal if this was a team of knights with strict military discipline, or if they were too arrogant and unwilling to deal with others.

But the problem is that although the Grand Knight Commander, who is the flag captain, occasionally shows up, he has never taken off his helmet or armor. This is a bit abnormal. Even if he is very vigilant and does not take off his armor, he should not take off his helmet, right? Don't you feel bored?

And you are steam knights, right? You should use steam armor in combat, why are you all wearing old-style knight armor?

Although it looks like a modified knight's armor that can be worn with steam armor, it looks strange no matter how you look at it.

However, despite their strange behavior, this team of Steam Knights is still their greatest military reliance in suppressing the riots and the core of the entire team, so even if the infantry battalion commander has any doubts, he will not speak them out directly.

So, under the arrangement of the infantry battalion commander, the team stopped temporarily. The infantry battalion set up defenses around the train and sent a small team of soldiers to work with the staff on the train to try to repair the damaged railway.

In this era, it is very easy to destroy the railway. All you have to do is pry off the spikes and then remove the rails.

The crowbar, the holy sword of physics, was originally used for this purpose.

Of course, this level of damage is not difficult to repair. All you need to do is put the rails back in place and secure them with spikes again.

After all, it is easy to remove the railroad tracks, but it is not easy to take away such a long railroad track.

Generally speaking, a railroad track is about 25 meters long and weighs about 30-40 kilograms per meter, which means that a railroad track weighs nearly one ton.

When building railways, in order to avoid various problems caused by thermal expansion and contraction, four rails are usually welded together to make one rail 100 meters long.

It is difficult to move something of this size and weight, let alone transport it.

Unless a locomotive and a crane are used, it would be impossible to move it with manpower alone.

So generally speaking, stripping the rails means prying them off the sleepers, pushing them aside, and making them inaccessible for a short period of time.

Because of this, maintenance is not as difficult as imagined.

The infantry battalion commander was not in a hurry about this. Apart from asking the soldiers to repair the damage slowly, he was more concerned about the extent to which the riot should be suppressed.

But soon, the infantry battalion commander gave up thinking.

After all, he was only an infantry battalion commander. Although the Grand Knight Commander had given him the authority for daily command, it was not his turn to make decisions on matters such as suppressing riots from any perspective.

Not to mention that the infantry battalion he led was only an accompanying force of the Steam Knights. The task of suppressing the riots itself was mainly composed of troops from the New World colonies, and they were only guest troops.

So there was actually no point in him thinking about this.

Instead of spending time thinking about how to suppress the riots, it would be more practical to think about how to repair the railroad tracks quickly and speed up the march.

Of course, while repairing the tracks, we must also take some precautions to prevent rioters from attacking the trains.

(End of this chapter)