Chapter 50 - 49 Military Training (continued)
Amid the soldiers’ sighs, Maximus chuckled inwardly. Flanitnus had once detailed the military training plan to him, and he knew this was just the beginning. Later, the height of the wooden poles would increase, and the soldiers would even need to leap over them with short swords and shields. According to Flanitnus, those who excelled in the agility training of Rome’s new recruits were key candidates for the cavalry.
By noon, each battalion would send personnel to wait at the farmhouse entrance, then drive back to their training grounds with carts full of food prepared by the Supply Camp, allowing soldiers to line up in long queues to receive their meals one by one.
This was a suggestion made by Maximus to the Military Commander Conference, where each battalion would collect and distribute the food from the Supply Camp, avoiding chaos and instilling discipline in the soldiers, thus gaining approval. Of course, for Maximus, his main goal was to save manpower in the Supply Camp.
Just after lunch, Fesaros approached, "Captain, when are you going to increase the manpower for our Guard?"
"Wasn’t your Guard just fully staffed?" Maximus feigned surprise.
"That’s the number our Guard originally had, but you said before that you would increase our Guard’s manpower!" Fesaros reminded him.
"I did say that." Maximus nodded in acknowledgment and explained seriously, "But now that our Supply Camp has established a Medical Team, an armory, a construction team... all of which are urgently lacking manpower, and several leaders are focused on these areas. New recruits, of course, need to first satisfy these teams’ needs so that they can operate normally. Otherwise, if the Supply Camp’s original duties are neglected, and we rush to increase your Guard’s manpower, what would the leaders think?"
Fesaros said nothing further.
"Don’t worry." Maximus patted his sweaty shoulder, encouragingly saying, "Now we have so many people joining our ranks every day, the manpower distributed to our Supply Camp has increased several times over. The Guard will soon be expanded. My only worry now is, as the number of soldiers increases, will we be able to train them well and command them effectively in battle?"