Chapter 650: The First Four-Year Plan Hearing (Part 2)
After completing the report, the next step was for Jeanne, the chief exorcist of the Exorcist Court, to speak.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that although the exorcist at the exorcist court is Jeanne, Hakuto is actually in charge.
So the one who actually came to power according to the report was Hakuto himself.
Hakuto was born into a serious Norn military aristocrat and had been fighting for a lifetime. His experience and theory were far superior to those of Jeanne or Jeshka.
Jeshka knew he couldn't compete, so he settled for the second best and got the commander position of the Black Champion.
If nothing goes wrong in the future, when the exorcism court gradually improves, Jeanne will resign as the exorcist chief and only serve as the commander of the Salvation Army.
According to the current opinions within the Papal Palace, the order of inheritance of the exorcists should be Jeanne, Hakuto, Jeshka, and Bernardo.
The order of inheritance of the Court of Truth is equally obvious, it should be Madeleine, Boussac, and Armand.
Originally, Pelletier also had the ability to compete for this position, but he was older than Armand and had less merit and qualifications than Armand. Unless something unexpected happened, he would only be the Privy Councilor in power in his life.
Holding the main podium, Hakuto's deep voice echoed in the venue:
"Between 1445 and 1446, the Salvation Army went from a combined infantry and cavalry of only more than 4,000 people to the current standing strength of 11 An army of 500 people.
Currently, the Salvation Army still has two legions with a total of 9,000 people, 1,500 cavalry, and 1,000 engineers and mages, totaling 11,500.
Except for the engineers, 70% of the infantry are equipped with breastplates, 60% of the cavalry are equipped with three-quarter armor, only 10% of the weapons are missing, and 50% of the holy gunners are equipped with electric gold pendants.
In terms of the Qianhe River Valley as a whole, Both the Mountain County and the Plain County have each established a quarter-staffed new local garrison corps... There are currently 1,000 recruits in training at the Fort Joan Recruit Battalion and 220 officers in the St. Tangy Military Academy...
...59 military depots have been built, and 112 military depots are under construction..."
Hakuto's report was much shorter than Sissi's. On the one hand, it was for confidentiality, and on the other hand, the military achievements were obvious to all. The greatest achievement and contribution is to defeat Prince Condai
But everyone knows that there is nothing to report about this achievement.
Listening to Hakuto's report, Horn's index finger tapped the armrest of the chair.
The so-called modernization of the army. , in fact, it means the regularization of soldiers and the professionalization of officers.
The general military level within the empire was dominated by local nobles and feudal lords. The king could only summon nobles to provide troops when needed.
In other words, it is temporary and emergency, so the level of training varies. The national army cannot even compare to privately formed mercenary groups.
Most of the time in the past, faced with such poorly equipped, low morale and poorly trained infantry, fully armored extraordinary knights could easily overwhelm their array.
Even in the knight culture, the custom of reckless charging has been cultivated, because this can really win.
But with the emergence of the Dunjar Grand Formation and professional extraordinary infantry, although the infantry still does not have the ability to counterattack, it can block the exchange of blood.
Horn's first four-year war preparation plan requires soldiers to be on a permanent or semi-permanent basis (reserve system).
At the same time, with the evolution of battlefield tactics, the original practice of knights working part-time as commanders began to no longer work.
Horn took the lead in adopting full-time, professional grassroots officers with orthodox tactical training in the army, and used these grassroots officers to achieve a degree of organization unimaginable at the time.
Coupled with the subversive weapon of war, the Holy Gun, the Salvation Army has repeatedly created miracles on the battlefield.
But with the victory of the Thousand River Valley War, problems arose when Horn wanted to continue to use this method to expand the army.
The army, especially the standing army, is a gold-eating beast. The annual maintenance fee for a fully-equipped new army is about 30,000 gold pounds. Horn has two such armies.
It used to be possible to obtain funds for the army by fighting devils and burning churches. After emptying out the cash in the two plain counties of Lower River County and Longsand County, they barely made up for it. Up short.
Furthermore, the cash flow in the bond market and industrial market is very tight. If we draw it casually, we may accidentally go bankrupt.
To cope with the invasion of the Kingdom of Leia, the current standing army of 25,000 is not enough. At least 40,000 to 50,000 troops are needed.
Qianhehe Valley belongs to the future warriors. The future is promising, which means that it is not possible now.
Based on the current financial situation of Qianhe River Valley, the expenses for maintaining the more than 20,000 standing troops are somewhat stretched, let alone recruiting 20,000 new standing troops.
So the Exorcist Court and Saint Kuting proposed the idea of local garrison corps. The two new Salvation Army-style corps in Qianhe River Valley both belonged to the garrison.
The so-called local garrison is actually Hakuto's discovery that a new army trained for 3 to 6 months is enough to resist the same number of elite imperial infantry or a small number of extraordinary knights.
Although it is impossible to defeat the enemy like the elites of the Salvation Army, it is no problem to be responsible for defense or city defense.
In this case, why not just maintain half or even a quarter of the establishment in peacetime, retain only officers, train reserve forces regularly during peacetime, and then replenish the personnel when war breaks out.
With the speed of mobilization of the imperial system, Horn should get the news when the Kingdom of Leia begins to gather.
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By the time the Leia Kingdom is assembled and the army gradually advances to the border of the Thousand River Valley, Horn should have completed the recruitment and may even be able to train for more than half a month. .
Then only half of the elite standing army and half and a quarter of the reserve army are needed to maintain sufficient combat effectiveness while maintaining financial stability.
Although the Kingdom of Leia is currently in turmoil, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter who the new king is, it is not difficult to mobilize an army of 70,000.
In fact, excluding the border garrison troops, King Leia can directly mobilize only about 20,000 troops. The remaining 50,000 troops estimated by Horn and others are entirely composed of vassals and mercenaries. to provide.
The Privy Council has long made a specific judgment on what will happen after the civil war in Leia.
No matter who wins, after stabilizing the political situation, the first thing they have to do is to use Qianhe River Valley to establish their authority.
After all, Horn has too many hats on his head: heresy, abuse of nobles, promotion of magic, treating witches as saints...
Horn has long been classified as a heretic within the Imperial Church, so both the Military Order and the Knights can participate in this Eastern Crusade.
With the current attitude of several popes excommunicating each other, these nobles are blessed with "holy war enthusiasm".
Using this kind of large-scale team-building activity that everyone is interested in, the new king can establish prestige with half the effort.
There is not much time left for them.
After several major leaders made their year-end reports for the year and a half, the directors of each department and the chief priests of each township and county took the stage to report or conduct regular regular meetings for discussion.
Originally, Horn was still listening carefully, but soon he discovered that many people actually came with the attitude of political showmanship.
Many of the matters reported were repeated, just to show off in front of Horn and other senior officials.
As he listened, Horn even felt drowsy.
However, this feeling disappeared after an engineer named Leonardo came on stage and proposed a hydraulic energy storage clockwork engine plan.
(End of this chapter)