I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 304 The large-scale Versailles scene of the Guards Corps (please vote for me)

On the high ground not far from the Champagne Corps, thousands of soldiers looked down. The staff even prepared a dozen pairs of telescopes for them to use in turn.

Soon, they saw a thin white line of soldiers running out of the school field at a speed that was unbelievable to them - if they were allowed to run at this speed, they would have to fall down from exhaustion after a kilometer at most.

However, the soldiers of the Guards Corps maintained this high speed almost throughout the entire process.

A soldier of the Champagne Legion who got the binoculars suddenly exclaimed: "They are still carrying things!"

Others immediately grabbed the binoculars and said in surprise: "Yes, they all brought guns and blankets..."

An officer of the General Staff heard the discussion of the soldiers, smiled and said loudly: "Each of them is carrying 18 pounds. Well, now we have to use the standard measurement, that is 9 kilograms of weight."

The people in the Champagne Legion were stunned. They had just finished running 5 kilometers without bringing anything. To be precise, most of them had finished walking, and they were all so tired that they felt like they were about to die. The soldiers of the Guards Corps were still carrying such heavy loads. How could they finish the race in 22 minutes? !

After about ten minutes, the soldiers of the Champagne Corps who watched the demonstration fell silent. They could clearly see from a high place that those people were not slowing down in speed, and they had already finished halfway and started to turn back.

Finally someone whispered: "Are they all monsters?"

After a moment of silence, a lieutenant officer sighed and said, "Maybe we are just too bad."

Napoleon turned around the circular mountain road and felt that his legs were about to lose feeling. The luggage on his back was like a mountain, making it difficult for him to even breathe.

He raised his head and glanced at the soldiers around him who were still speeding up. He immediately gritted his teeth and whispered to himself: "I won't lose to you. Isn't it just running..."

His feet suddenly accelerated a bit, surpassing the soldiers in front, and thought to himself: Look, this is not difficult. Come on, one more!

After running for an unknown amount of time, Napoleon finally saw the gate of the school grounds in the distance. Although his chest and abdomen were throbbing with pain, a smile appeared on his lips.

He felt that based on the speed this time, he should be able to pass.

Sure enough, the moment he crossed the gate, the officer next to him looked at his watch and said: "21 minutes and 19 seconds."

Napoleon pressed his abdomen and resisted the vomiting sensation after strenuous exercise, but he felt strong joy in his heart - he finally passed another test.

This deadly Guards Corps is one step closer to conquering it!

As the last few Guardsmen ran into the school field, the entire 5-kilometer cross-country demonstration came to an end. The slowest soldier took 21 minutes and 52 seconds. All qualified.

On the distant mounds, thousands of the Champagne Legion were silent.

They have always considered themselves to be one of the most elite legions in France and have always looked down upon other troops. But today, they know what the real elite is.

The slowest soldier among others was three minutes faster than Captain Lacoste, the fastest on his side. And he was still carrying 18 pounds of weight!

This dealt a devastating blow to their arrogant self-confidence.

Anyone who has actually experienced the battlefield knows that physical strength plays a huge role in battles - wars in this era often lasted for a long time because the firepower was not intense enough, and it was very common to fight from sunrise to sunset.

If the enemy's physical strength is greatly reduced, but you still have sufficient physical strength, you can launch a fierce attack, but the opponent only has the strength to defend passively. In addition, with sufficient physical strength, you can also perform large maneuvers, bypass or outflank, which are the key to determining victory or defeat!

However, there were still some officers from the Champagne Corps who commented unconvincingly, "It's just running. If we strengthen our training, we should be able to do it."

"That's right! Give me five months, no, three months, and I can finish the run in 22 minutes!"

However, the shooting assessment on the second day gave them another devastating blow.

According to the assessment requirements, only a few dozen chasseurs in the Champagne Corps, a type similar to later snipers, met the passing standards.

As for the Guards Corps, there are only more than 20 soldiers who are not qualified. To be honest, the muskets of this era sometimes have to be judged by their appearance - because there is no rifling, Brownian motion is likely to occur after the bullet flies out. No matter how accurate the aim is, there is no guarantee that it will hit the target.

The more than twenty unlucky guys were teased a lot by their teammates, and each one of them was so angry that they went off to carry out gun training alone.

Unfortunately, Napoleon was one of these twenty people.

However, he did not practice holding a gun because he was an artilleryman and his shooting performance was not included in the assessment. And he also believes that cap gun shooting is not a skill that must be mastered.

He was studying logistics and supply science in the tent - this was part of the officer's assessment, and he was still very new to it.

Joseph never thought that if Napoleon had not been determined, his approach of recruiting Napoleon into the Guards would have almost destroyed Napoleon's self-confidence...

In the following days, the Guards Corps continued to "torture" the Champagne Corps with assessment results.

The latter were almost numb to this - from running to shooting, from lining up to fighting, they were crushed by others. If they didn't numb themselves, they would simply not be able to survive.

When all the assessment items were over and the officers and soldiers of the Champagne Corps were ready to breathe a sigh of relief, the Guards Corps used the last day of joint training to give them the heaviest mental blow.

What kind of joint training is this? It's just a large-scale "Versailles" scene.

From the first sight of the Champagne Corps close to the Guards Corps, tears of envy flowed from their mouths.

The woolen uniforms with excellent texture and neat shape are several levels higher than the cheap ones on their bodies.

The unique percussion cap gun is said to have three fewer steps to load than the Charleville 1776 in their hands, and the range is more than 20 steps longer.

As for the benefits of leather boots, leather hats, free sewing, etc., they don't want to compete with others...

When it was lunch time, the people of the Champagne Corps finally broke through the defense.

The soldiers of the Guards Corps ate beef with sauce. Although it was also pickled meat, it tasted more than ten times better after cooking. There were also boiled eggs, white bread and vegetable soup. They drank high-quality wine.

This is even better than the food of their officers!

The soldiers of the Champagne Legion looked at the hard bacon, black bread, and sour wine in their hands, and almost couldn't help but grab the food of the Guards.

However, thinking of the other side's horrible shooting and fighting results, they still ate their "pig food" silently.

[Note 1] Sour wine is wine that has failed to ferment and has a sour taste. However, because these wines are cheap, they still have a large market among civilians.