"General, I have a question," Claude asked thoughtfully. "Concerning those 100,000 immigrant families, what do you mean by giving each of them a share of property?"
Marshal Michelich replied: "Actually, this industry is very simple. For example, if they want to farm, just allocate a piece of land to them, it can be thirty or fifty acres. They only need to clarify their ownership of the land, and the rest can be ignored. . You should know that in the Kingdom itself, as civilians, it is difficult for them to become landlords. Only in overseas territories can they own the land we allocate to them for free. As for the future management and development of the fields by these civilian families Whether it's good or bad depends on their own efforts.
This is not something that you, the supreme commander of the theater, need to worry about. You only need to urge the civil affairs department under the theater headquarters to make overall arrangements for the resettlement of these 100,000 immigrant families who have just arrived. In fact, the Amphiston Direct Territory alone is enough to accommodate these 100,000 immigrant families. The area is vast and sparsely populated. If you choose a suitable place and expand two or three towns, you can accommodate these 100,000 immigrant families. In addition, the mineral development here also requires capable manpower. If you don’t want to farm, you can go to the four mountain towns to find a well-paying job.”
Claude nodded. If it was such an industry, it would be able to support the war zone with another hundred thousand immigrant families. They only need to allocate land to them and do not need to worry about anything else. There is no need to invest even early development funds to help them resettle. After all, when these civilian families moved here, they took the settlement fees from the emerging commercial aristocrats, which was enough to purchase production materials and develop the land allocated to them.
One hundred thousand immigrant families, each with one retired soldier, plus more than 20,000 people in 20 local security battalions, then there are 120,000 veterans who have experienced five years of war in the eastern region, and basically all have some battlefield experience. Coupled with most of the Ranger Corps personnel who were transferred to local garrison forces and two overseas field regiments, the strength was quite sufficient.
There are five reinforced divisions, each with a full strength of 32,000 men, for a total of 160,000 men. The Hicks Kingdom announced that it would form ten standing legions, with each legion having more than 60,000 people, which is a strength of more than 600,000. The difference in strength is nearly four times, but our side focuses on defense. With the defense line set up by the naturally dangerous Dolini Barra River and the increasingly perfect Claude Line of Defense named after ourselves at the rear, this colonial war is not without victory. possible
"General, there is indeed no problem with the replenishment of troops. But how to solve military expenditures, weapons and equipment, and logistical supplies?" Claude raised the final question.
"Cough, cough." Marshal Michelich coughed all of a sudden. He looked at Claude helplessly: "I have to explain these issues to you one by one. Logistics supplies and daily consumption of troops mainly rely on local, and The three direct-administered territories of Mormali, Arturas and Tilsim in the rear will provide it. Our overseas direct-administered territories have always had prosperous agriculture and animal husbandry and are the largest cash crop production base in the kingdom. The daily supplies of the troops are completely consumed. Can be replenished locally.
Regarding weapons and equipment, the Kingdom's Army Ministry has promised to provide supporting military supplies to the five divisions, and they will be delivered here within three months. However, due to the overspending of war funds, this was the last batch of military supplies they could provide. In the future, the ordnance consumption of the troops and the ammunition consumption required for training will be provided by the firearms repair workshop and ammunition workshop here. This requires our theater to allocate funds for procurement.
Regarding the final issue of military expenditures, the Kingdom's Ministry of War stated that in the past two years, they could only allocate at most one hundred thousand gold crowns as maintenance funds for the theater until the Kingdom of Hicks launched another attack. However, due to the current tense situation on the mainland of Nubisia and the war preparation needs of our war zone, the Kingdom's Prime Minister, Duke Chris Yusman Duncan, agreed to the Kingdom's Ministry of War's proposal to directly allocate taxes from overseas territories directly to our war zone as military expenditures.
According to the tax records of previous years, the combined annual tax revenue of the three direct territories of Mormali, Arturas and Tiersim is nearly 300,000 gold crowns. I think this is enough for the daily military expenses of five reinforced divisions, so I agreed to the plan proposed by the Kingdom’s Ministry of War. The remaining shortfall needs to be raised by ourselves in the theater and save expenses.”
Claude's face looked a little heavy. A reinforced division had a strength of 32,000 people, and the annual salary expenses for officers and soldiers alone would cost 50,000 to 60,000. A soldier's annual salary is about two gold crowns, not counting welfare subsidies, and that of an officer is double that. The establishment of five reinforced divisions requires more than 300,000 gold crowns a year. The annual tax revenue provided by the three direct jurisdictions of Mormali, Arturas and Tiersim is basically spent on salaries. This is up.
But the army does not only have enough salary. People eat what horses chew, and daily living expenses are very high. Although these logistical supplies are also provided by the three overseas territories directly under the Central Government, what they can provide are grain, horse feed and meat reserves, and fresh vegetables and fruits must be purchased locally. In addition, the war zone also needs to allocate maintenance funds for firearms repair workshops and ammunition workshops. Ammunition consumption and firearm losses during training are also a large amount of expenditure.
After the reorganization of the five divisions is completed, military exercises and various field battle drills will be conducted to allow each soldier to adapt to the colonial war that will break out in the future. The expenditure in this area alone is a huge amount. The Kingdom's Ministry of War has only allocated 100,000 gold crowns for theater maintenance, and this amount of money cannot be spent at all. According to Claude, there is still a difference of at least three to four hundred thousand gold crowns in military expenditures in the past two years to allow the five reinforced divisions to complete all combat readiness tasks.
Although Marshal Michelich said that it is possible to raise military expenditures in war zones, it is easier said than done. It seems that the war zone has the territory of four overseas jurisdictions, but the two jurisdictions of Cromwell and Beringana have been cleared away and turned into empty land without even a single resident. Who can we turn to to raise military expenses? As for Robbie The Direct Territory of Sto is a key defensive area relying on the natural dangers of the Dolinibara River. Basically, there are not many residents of the kingdom staying there.
Only the Amphiston Territory where the theater headquarters is located is the largest mining development territory among the seven overseas territories. It has four cities, one town and one fishing port. Except for Lanhu Town and the fishing port town, it can provide some food, meat and In addition to fishery products, those four cities are all mountain towns, mainly engaged in mining development. They spend large sums of money every year to purchase food and other daily necessities from other overseas jurisdictions.
Although there are currently 100,000 immigrant families moving to the Amphiston Territory to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry, changing the industrial structure of the Amphiston Territory, immigrant families are tax-free for the first three years, so they are nervous about military spending. Not helpful at all. According to the previous tax collection records of the Amphiston Territory, similar to the three territories directly behind, it would be considered good to collect 100,000 gold crowns per year.
"General, no matter how you calculate it, there is still a shortage of 200,000 gold crowns in military expenditures within two years. This has a great impact on our five divisions completing all combat readiness tasks and setting up defensive fronts. The Kingdom's Ministry of War is unwilling to provide us with With sufficient military spending, are you planning to give up all overseas territories?" Claude complained with a wry smile.
"How did you calculate it?" Marshal Michelich was very curious about how Claude calculated and came to this conclusion. He criticized tactfully: "I think this is something that the logistics department needs to worry about. As the supreme commander of the theater, , your focus should not be on trivial matters such as military expenditures, the most important thing is to reorganize the troops and complete combat readiness."
"General, you are wrong. A war is actually about logistics. Sufficient military expenditures, armaments and logistical supplies are the prerequisites for winning the war." Claude retorted, and then gave a rough calculation of his results. Reported it.
"A war is actually about logistics." Marshal Michelich thought thoughtfully for a moment, but was immediately attracted by Claude's calculations. After listening to Claude's statement, Marshal Michelich laughed: "Claude, you were actually wrong when you calculated the salary of the officers and soldiers. Don't forget that the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps were transferred to the local garrison, and the salary Needs adjustment.
For example, the monthly salary of soldiers in our Ranger Corps is eight riyals, plus welfare subsidies, it is about one silver thaler. A soldier is worth twelve silver thalers a year, which is two gold crowns and two silver thalers. So if you calculate that the five divisions need a salary of at least more than 300,000 gold crowns a year. But you have forgotten that our Ranger Corps is the standing corps of the Kingdom. The salary and welfare subsidies for officers and soldiers are actually double those of those second-line corps, that is, the local garrison.
The salary of a soldier in the garrison in those places is four riyals a month, plus welfare subsidies, it is only six riyals, which is 72 riyals a year, which is about seven silver thalers, so The annual salary of a soldier is only one gold crown and two silver thalers. In this way, the salary required by a division is only 50,000 gold crowns per year. A total of 250,000 gold crowns for five divisions is enough. , here you have an extra military expenditure of fifty thousand gold crowns a year. "
Claude was stunned: "General, if the treatment of the local garrison army is reduced, then not many people in the Ranger Corps will agree to stay."
Marshal Michelich smiled and shook his head: "Claude, the Rangers who were transferred to the local garrison are the veterans of the original division, not the new recruits who joined the legion after the Battle of Beringana, which is more than 20,000. As the backbone of the five newly strengthened divisions, although the salary of the same military rank has been reduced, in order to compensate, they will all be promoted to the first military rank. In this way, their treatment after promotion will be the same as what they originally received in the Ranger Corps. The appearance is almost the same.
You should understand that as a soldier, what you value more than the salary you receive is the promotion of your military rank. Because this is related to his future in the military, his status and treatment after retirement, and his reduced service years. From now on, although the five divisions in your war zone will belong to the second-line army and local garrison troops, they will still be the official military rank of the kingdom. Therefore, most of the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps who transferred to the local garrison were satisfied with their promotion in rank, rather than their salary.
More than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps formed the backbone of five divisions. Each division only has more than 4,000 people. The rest are immigrants and recruits from local security battalions. As for the two overseas field regiments, , originally belonged to the second-line army, and the treatment was as I just said, and it has not been reduced. Therefore, the way you calculated your salary just now should not be calculated according to the treatment of the Rangers. This way you can save one hundred thousand gold crowns. "
It turned out to be like this. Only then did Claude realize that he had just entered a misunderstanding. As Marshal Michelich said, based on the salary of local garrison and second-line army officers and soldiers, it can reduce at least one-third of the cost of salary and welfare subsidies, so the remaining shortfall will only be 100,000 gold in two years. Around 50,000 gold crowns per year. If you save as much as you can, you might be able to get by.
"In addition, don't forget the hometown of our Ranger Corps. We have a lot of grain, grass, ammunition and other military logistics materials seized from the enemy in the Legion's logistics base. I ordered the two overseas field legions to send people to Pagoda respectively. In the waters near Port Tres and the Dolinibara River, the sunken ships of the Sea King fleet of the Hicks Kingdom were salvaged.
At present, hundreds of artillery pieces have been recovered from these sunken ships. We can use the naval guns installed on these enemy warships to strengthen the positional firepower of the two lines of defense. In this regard, a large amount of armament funds have been saved. You also know that these artillery guns on enemy warships are all of the same standard, which reduces a lot of trouble for our production of supporting ammunition.
Another point is that although the ammunition and military supplies used by King Hicks are not matching the standard equipment of our kingdom, as long as they are further processed, these ammunition can be changed into matching supplies used by our army, so that The expenditure on raw materials is reduced, and only a processing fee is required. "
Marshal Michelich looked at Claude with a smile: "I believe you can relax now. The various armaments and logistics supplies stored in the Legion's logistics base are worth approximately more than 200,000 gold crowns. After the Ranger Legion returned home, These supplies will stay in this theater, which is enough for you to not have to worry about logistical support when reorganizing five reinforced divisions.
By the way, there is another good news. When the ordnance and equipment from the Kingdom's Army Department arrived, orders regarding military rank promotions followed. This time, the seven colonels of you who have transferred from the Ranger Corps to the local garrison will be promoted to the Kingdom's Major General at the same time. Don't be surprised. This is the Kingdom's reward for your persistence in preparing for this colonial war in the frontline theater. "
This is indeed unexpected good news. It turns out that the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps were transferred to the local garrison, and the good thing about being promoted to one rank was also due to him, the colonel. Compared with those soldiers who were promoted from corporal to sergeant, or junior officers who were promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant, as a colonel, he was able to be promoted to major general, which was a great advantage. You must know that in peacetime, it takes more than ten years to go from colonel to general. In wartime, three first-level meritorious services are required.
However, Claude also knew very well that whether he was taking over the post of supreme commander of the theater under Marshal Michelchi or being promoted to major general, being able to pass through the Kingdom's Army Ministry so smoothly meant that no one in the royal family's senior leadership was optimistic about his role in the next colonial war. future in. To put it bluntly, he will be the scapegoat after the next colonial war fails, unless he can win this war again.
"I estimate that I still have three months here, and the time is a bit tight." Marshal Michelich said: "I hope that I can help you solve most of the problems of reorganizing five reinforced divisions before I leave office. Next I will summon the remaining officers in a few days, and in a week I will complete the preparations for the new theater command, and the leaders of each department will be determined.
You first take this follow-up strategic plan for overseas territorial theaters back and look at it carefully to see if there are any omissions or areas that need to be modified, and give me a post-viewing report. Then wait for the meeting notice. You must attend the new theater command preparatory meeting and have a good exchange with your future colleagues. "
Claude stood up, picked up the blue-covered document on the table, stood at attention, solemnly saluted Marshal Micheli, and was about to leave.
Just when Claude wanted to open the door, Marshal Michelich thought of something and stopped Claude again: "By the way, Claude, your deputy commander, Lieutenant Colonel Schneck, I will Transfer him back to the Legion headquarters and he will serve as the deputy director of the Legion Administrative Office."
Claude was stunned, what did Lieutenant Colonel Schneck do? From the deputy commander to the deputy director, it was a rise and fall. One is the second in command in the group and holds the real power. The other one is a handyman at the legion headquarters. In addition to running errands, he also has to give everyone a smile.
But I heard Marshal Micheli say slowly: "You don't have to blame Lieutenant Colonel Schneck. In fact, he has always been honest, diligent and down-to-earth. It's just that he doesn't understand that not every Sterling represents the royal family, and not every Sterling represents the royal family." Sterling is loyal to our regiment. He was just deceived by General Vansnik and gave General Vansnik the account book of the distribution of loot within your 131st Regiment."
Claude suddenly understood.
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