Although the atmosphere was slightly serious after hearing Gawain's words, Byron still answered the question with a deadpan expression: "After two rounds of expansion in winter and spring, the current number of combatants in the Cecil Combat Corps has been Reaching 5,000, 1,000 of them have received artillery training. However, although we have 5,000 soldiers, more than 3,000 of them are complete recruits - they have only received basic drill training and know how to use thermal ray guns, grenades, and landmines. I have zero actual combat experience.”
Gao Wen nodded slightly. This result was roughly within the range of his expectations, and he was quite satisfied with it.
Today, the Cecil Territory has expanded again, especially after the Kant area was officially merged into Cecil. The population within the territory has exceeded 70,000 - 30,000 of which are in Cecil. city, and the remaining people are distributed in the surrounding villages and towns and the vast Kant area. Considering the development model of the magic industrial society, he is still concentrating more people into the main city and continues to recruit refugees.
Based on this population base, the exaggerated military-civilian ratio of nearly eight civilians to one soldier in the early days of the pioneering territory has finally been alleviated, and due to the existence of the construction army system and the support of territorial productivity, the current ratio The size of the Searle Combat Corps is relatively reasonable and balanced for the territory.
And most of the soldiers in this regiment are recruits. This is an unchangeable fact.
In addition to actual combat tests and time accumulation, recruits in the army cannot turn into veterans out of thin air. Although the combat corps has always had high-intensity and intensive training, and regularly went to the periphery of the territory to suppress bandits and exterminate monsters to increase "visibility" "Blood experience" and the tradition of veterans leading the recruit class as seeds, the training efficiency is much higher than that of the traditional private soldiers of this era, but no matter how efficient it is, it is impossible to give those recruits eggs in more than two months. Well practiced.
But Gawain knew that even if the proportion of recruits was very high, the soldiers of the combat corps still had a huge advantage compared with the traditional private soldiers of this era. This advantage was enough to offset many of the disadvantages caused by the high proportion of recruits. Question——The special characteristics of magic weapons.
Traditional soldiers in this era still mainly rely on cold weapons to fight. Magical power is often just an embellishment used by a few battle mages in the army to enhance the battlefield and counter opponents. However, the training of soldiers who use cold weapons to fight is The extremely long and difficult, complex fighting, offensive and defensive skills require years of practice, and the courage required to kill face to face at close range cannot be developed overnight, but what about the magic soldiers?
It only takes one month of practice for them to go from being exposed to thermal ray guns to being able to roughly hit someone on the torso from dozens of meters away. During this period, they can also receive disciplined and institutionalized brainwashing and indoctrination. The study of soldier ethics, and as for cold weapon combat...
The performance of the Melting Sword is enough to make up for many shortcomings.
What's more, for Cecil combat soldiers, close combat with cold weapons itself is not the main item: the melting sword is only a secondary weapon.already.
As the main commander and one of the early founders of the combat corps, Byron certainly knew the situation of his soldiers, so after reporting the ratio of recruits, he immediately said: "One has received two The magic infantry trained in the moon can kill several traditional soldiers who have been trained for many years and have even experienced several battles at a distance of dozens of meters, so even our new soldiers have strong combat effectiveness - if they have enough shooting Under the premise of space."
"In comparison, artillery training is more complicated and slower," he then said. "The team cooperates, quickly checks the firing table data, and memorizes various battlefield instructions. There are also the use and maintenance of orbital accelerators, which are much more difficult than thermal ray guns."
"This is normal, the formation speed of advanced military units has always been like this," Gawain nodded, "As long as they can do it as soon as possible. Just master those small artillery pieces."
"You can rest assured in this regard," Byron said confidently. "The miniaturized 'Persuader' orbital accelerator cannon can be controlled by two people, and the firing meter is simple and easy to use. The sights are also simpler, and the training is in place."
After Byron finished his report, Philip continued: "I am integrating and reorganizing the old regiments from the Kant area. After the knights swore allegiance, Knight Walder Perici led the knights and their subordinates and militia to merge into the Cecil Territory. There are about three thousand people in this group. They are all old-style noble private soldiers with fighting strength and discipline. The performance is very poor and cannot be compared with our combat soldiers, but fortunately there are twelve regular knights in this group. With the cooperation of these Kant knights, the integration and reorganization of the old regiment went smoothly. "
"Intensify the training, especially the ideological transformation work must be in place," Gao Wen, who knew the situation of the aristocratic private soldiers of this era, particularly emphasized the ideological transformation of those old regiments, but fortunately before The Kant Territory is a territory with a relatively open system and good order. The local old corps has not been corrupted to an irredeemable degree. He is still somewhat optimistic about this. "After training, this corps will serve as the second corps. It is still commanded by Knight Wald Peric. I have had contact with and understood Wald Peric. As long as he changes his mind, he is a reliable and loyal person."
"Steel. The first batch of Ranger trainees and the preliminary training plan have been put in place, but the training has just begun, and there is nothing to report yet." The third person to speak was Solderin, "I myself am privately based on my own experience. I have thought about some equipment design plans based on combat experience and the characteristics of 'magic weapons', and I am going to discuss it with Mr. Dan soon."
After these reports were over, Gawain nodded with satisfaction. Hetty, who just wanted to talk, finally couldn't help but speak: "Ancestor, are we... preparing for war?"
"Yes, prepare, but it is just preparation for now," Gawain looked at Looking at Hetty's eyes, "Frankly speaking, I don't want to involve the developing territory in the war right now, but we have to do a good jobPrepare for changing situations. "
"The situation has changed..." Hedi thought for a moment and understood what Gawain meant. "You mean, the peace negotiations between Typhon and Ansu will cause big trouble? Will it lead to war instead? "
"I just have some uneasy premonitions," Gawain confirmed Hetty's statement from the side. "I want to believe that the leaders of both countries are aware of the common threat from the wasteland and can also I understand that it is irrational for the two countries to go to war at this time, but I doubt that everything will develop so smoothly... The Eternal Sleeper, the Council of Death, the fighting nobles of the two countries, and the rumored madness of Emperor Typhon. There are too many factors threatening this negotiation. Once something goes wrong during the negotiation process, it will be too late to prepare for war after it breaks out. "
"I understand," Hetty nodded slowly, "The Government Affairs Department will also start taking action - in fact, the work of hoarding supplies has not stopped since various trade routes were opened, but now I We will increase stockpiling of supplies in accordance with war preparation standards. ”
Cecil Territory is a seemingly peaceful and prosperous place, but in fact due to Gawain’s awareness of crisis, this land has been prepared for war from the beginning - no matter what the enemy is Aberrations are still humans. In the past year, Gawain has opened up trade routes in three directions. Nowadays, various ores come from the Leslie Territory in the west, medicinal raw materials and wheat from the Kant Territory in the north, and Glenland Territory in the east. Food, fur, and textile raw materials are continuously delivered to the warehouse every day.
Outsiders only know that Cecil has made astonishing wealth in the fields of alchemy potions, magic machinery, etc., but They probably couldn't imagine that more than half of this wealth was actually spent at the same alarming speed and turned into war preparation supplies in Gawain's warehouse...
"In addition to reserve supplies, there are also Consider the security maintenance, public opinion, logistics, material distribution and other issues in the territory once a war breaks out," Gawain said, and not only looked at Hetty, but also everyone present, "Cecil has prosperity that far exceeds the outside world. and order, what we want to prove is that even if there is a war, this prosperity and order are far superior to anywhere else. ”
After completing all aspects of preparation arrangements, Gawain announced the end of the meeting, but the atmosphere at the scene was still a bit tense and serious.
Seeing this, he smiled Get up: "Of course, we are just preparing for a rainy day here. Maybe this negotiation will end smoothly, maybe nothing will happen, so don't be too nervous - you have to live your life as you should. "
When Amber heard this, he couldn't help but muttered: "Why do I get even more panicked when you say this..."
Gawain immediately glared at this guy. : "How did you say this? "
Humber muttered: "Last time you said it would be fine if the aberrants didn't attack, but as a result, more than three thousand monsters came to attack the city before winter was over..."
Gawain slapped the half-elf on the head: "If Rebecca is not here, you will be responsible for the iron head, right? ! "
"OMG - it hurts! ”
Thanks to the dedication and sacrifice of the half-elf lady, after Gawain’s slap, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became less tense and serious...
Waiting for Amber to be honest Afterwards, Gawain remembered something and looked at Byron: "Speaking of which, winter is over, and it seems that the exploration of the remaining parts of the 'Disobedient Fortress' can start again. ”
After Kamel joined the Cecil Territory, many secrets of the ruins in the mountain were cracked, and its name was also changed to the official name of “Disobedience Fortress” during the Gondor Empire. Currently, there are three in the Disobedience Fortress. One-third of the area has been put into use again. After the transformation of the modern magic network, it was connected to energy and became the location of arsenals, sophisticated equipment manufacturing plants, and combat readiness material warehouses. However, a large part of it is still hidden. In the depths of unknown darkness.
Although Kamel was one of the senior technicians of the Disobedience Fortress, the scale of that ancient fortress was too large and there were too many secrets buried inside. Only the royal family of Gondor at that time had all the secrets of the fortress, so Carmel only helped Gawain draw the structural diagram of the bottom layer of the Disobedience Fortress and the area of the Disobedience Fortress. As for the situation in the south and east of the fortress, it is still a mystery. .
After winter, Gawain suspended his exploration of the unknown areas of the Disobedient Fortress and ordered people to temporarily block the corridors leading to the southern and eastern areas of the fortress, but now that winter is over, the weather is gradually getting better. As the weather gets better, he thinks it's time to restart the project.