After two to three months of rushing work, four small sailing ships were the first to be launched.
These four small sailing ships were sixteen metres long and four metres wide. They were divided into two levels, the upper being the battle deck and the lower being the oarsmen's deck.
This type of sailing ship was classified as a flat-bottomed boat. It could directly rush up to the shoal and dock. Its bow was also designed to be wide and flat. There was even a gentle downward slope at the bow, allowing soldiers to directly rush down from the battle deck.
After the four ships were completed, the hunters who had been training for half a year were pulled onto the warships in turn to undergo adaptive training.
After half a year of training, the hunters who were initially divided into two groups by the age of twenty-five had undergone tremendous changes.
After half a year of training, the hunters above the age of twenty-five were still used to the combination of javelins, short spears and shields. They were used to fighting in small groups of a dozen people. They were extremely uncomfortable with heavy armors and ultimately chose the lighter type of inlaid leather armor.
As for the hunters below the age of twenty-five, after half a year of training, they had completely changed their appearance.
They abandoned the short spears, shields and javelins they were used to using. Some picked up bows and arrows, some picked up swords and shields, some picked up two-handed spears and some picked up halberds.
They abandoned the originally light but defenseless leather armor and wore heavy plate armor, as well as medium armor with flexible defense.
Under the training of the instructors, these hunters formed a large scale infantry formation of several hundred men.
Originally, the hunters above 25 years old were much stronger than the young hunters below 25 years old. However, after half a year of training, they realized that when there were more than 100 of them, the older hunters who were much stronger than the young hunters on average were no match for the young hunters who formed a phalanx formation.
Such a situation caused the older hunters who adhered to tradition and habits to involuntarily reflect.
In reality, it wasn't that the older hunters couldn't change their habits. Rather, it was their habits and stubborn thinking that made them unwilling to change.
After taking turns to board the ships for training, a few hunters who didn't suffer from seasickness were selected. They were separated from the original army ranks and were incorporated into the marine ranks.
After being incorporated into the marine ranks, they naturally had to undergo new training. However, with the previous experience and ideological impact of the infantry training, the marine training program this time was carried out more easily and thoroughly.
The sailors on the galleys were divided into three types of soldiers. The first type was the sword and shield soldiers. These soldiers wore lightweight leather armor, and in one hand they held a 1.2 meter tall arched square shield that was slightly wider than their body. In the other hand they held a 1 meter long rapier. They were the main force of the ship's close quarters combat.
The second type was the crossbowmen. This type of soldier's main weapon was a crossbow that required the user to step on the bowstring. Their secondary weapon was a rapier that hung from their waist. Because they didn't have a shield to protect them, the crossbowmen wore medium armor with a breastplate.
The third type was the land soldiers. Their main weapon was a 4-meter-long spear, and their secondary weapon was also a sword. Their armor was also medium armor. These soldiers would be fixed at the bow of the sailboat. In most cases, they didn't need to participate in the battle on the ship. Their task was to land on the beach.
Once the sailboat reached the beach, these soldiers would immediately rush to the beach and form a spear formation to provide cover for their teammates behind them.
During the landing, the sword and shield soldiers would closely follow the land soldiers and provide cover on both sides of the land soldiers. Following that, the crossbowmen would also disembark and form up behind the sword and shield soldiers.
In this way, the sailors on the galleys would form a mixed infantry formation and throw themselves into the battle on land.
The reason why Feng Chou established such a naval unit was naturally because he didn't have any enemies that knew how to fight on land. Apart from training the sailors, the only thing his naval unit could do was to engage in battle on land.
After transferring a portion of the sailors, the original infantry formation of the army became disorderly. Feng Chou then ordered for new recruits to be recruited from the 'hunters' above the age of 25.
After the impact of the previous training, the thinking of the old hunters began to change. Therefore, this time, not only did Feng Chou recruit enough soldiers to supplement the original formation, he also formed a new one.
The remaining old hunters were the older and stronger stubborn old men. Feng Chou used this group of old hunters to form several elite scouting squads. He also equipped each scouting squad with a high-grade rogue 'summoned' from the new Lordship Of Pedro as the captain. With the ability of a high-grade rogue, naturally they could firmly suppress these native warriors who were only high-grade 'hunters'.
At this point, Feng Chou's military reform of this primitive tribe had basically come to an end.
Two months later, two 32 meter long, nearly 8 meter wide large galleys were successfully launched.
Previously, when recruiting sailors, Feng Chou had already considered the sailors on these two ships. The recruited sailors were also divided into two groups for training. They would take turns to train the sailors but not the ships.
At this time, the two ships were launched, and the original half of the sailors immediately had their own ships.
After more than two months of adaptive training, Feng Chou finally decided to go to war!
In fact, at this time, Feng Chou's Kandivana tribe had a population of more than 20,000 people. There were more than 2,400 'hunters'. Feng Chou also recruited a group of young hunter apprentices who were equivalent to level 4 warriors, making the total number of the army more than 3,000 people. Moreover, these warriors were armed with equipment provided by Feng Chou and had undergone formal military training. Their strength was much higher than before.
With such strength to attack a native tribe that used magic beast hides as armor and magic beast bones as weapons, it was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
However, Feng Chou did not start the war to win. In his eyes, all the tribes on this island were his potential subjects. He would be distressed if he lost one more. When conquering, naturally, the more power the better. It would be best if the other party directly surrendered.
Of course, starting the war was not only for conquering, but also to test whether the military machine he had built was reasonable or not.
A war did not only consist of the short period of flesh and blood clashes after the start of the war. Before the war, the scouting, the planning of the route, the marching of the army, and the communication and coordination between the various armies were extremely important.
If they couldn't achieve a joint attack by splitting up, then splitting up would only allow the enemy to defeat them one by one.
Fortunately, there were long distance communication spells in this world. Otherwise, Feng Chou really did not have the guts to play the game of joint attack.
Moreover, although his army was made up entirely of ignorant primitive people, the middle and high ranking leadership positions were filled with veterans he had recruited from the new Lordship Of Pedro.