บท 668: Chapter 31 Adaptation_4

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"Only four squads? Then how should we deploy sword and shield troops, musketeers, and spearmen?" Juan furrowed his brows.

"We won't have sword and shield troops; each battalion will consist of one squad of musketeers and three squads of spearmen," Winters explained. "Sword and shield troops are too difficult to train and require high-quality equipment. Colonel John Jeska simply did without them, and the results were very good."

"Musketeers and spearmen, a ratio of one to three?"

"I don't have enough musketeers," Winters sighed deeply, then smiled. "Otherwise, I'd like to raise it to one to one, with each battalion comprising two squads of musketeers and two squads of spearmen."

Doubtful, Tang Juan asked, "Half of the troops as musketeers? What about melee combat?"