Chapter 94 Rapid Reaction Force
How can such pitiful hand-made workshop production be compared with a guy like me who is used to large-scale assembly line production? In this regard, the people in your world are not even as good as one of my fingers. If I could not control the base of those raw materials, I would have wanted to use magic scrolls as the standard configuration of my army.
Imagine a troop of 10,000 intermediate magicians (ordinary people holding magic scrolls, with the strength of only magic apprentices). In this world, can they play however they want? Oh, it seems too easy to think so. . . . .
"Sir, Commander Sack asks you to attend a military meeting at the military headquarters this morning. He said there is an emergency at the border and he needs to discuss it with you..." Auf's voice outside the door interrupted my thoughts. An emergency at the border? Could it be that the war in the Andrel region has affected the empire
(Andrel: The intersection of the East Continent and the West Continent. Due to the continuous wars between the East Continent and the West Continent, the region fell into extreme chaos. Eventually, the people of the Andrel region built a huge and abnormally chaotic city - Andrel City, relying on the two lines of defense at both ends of the Andrel Canyon.
Due to the chaotic situation in the area, the empire was unwilling to expend its own strength to conquer that region with tough people but poor production. Moreover, once the empire took over that broken place, it would inevitably face the two major empires in the eastern continent, which was something the entire Kastek Empire did not want to see.)
But how could Andriel, which was called a dark exile place by the imperial capital's high-ranking officials, threaten the safety of the empire? With the three main corps of the empire stationed there, there would be no major problems! After all, the so-called Andriel region was only as big as an eastern territory of the empire. . . . .
"Got it. I'll go right away and ask Renando (one of Jerry's guards) to tell Jerry for me." I stopped guessing. I didn't think I would get the right answer if I didn't go there. I'd know everything once I got there. I hurried to the barracks with Auf.
Arriving at the military station, I followed the guards' instructions and rushed to the conference room. When I walked in, I realized that I was the last one, and all the division commanders were already there waiting for me.
"Hanlong, sit here... Now that everyone is here, let Lord Pavel explain the details to everyone." Seeing me come in, Sack immediately pointed to a seat and asked me to sit down.
"In fact, this matter is very simple. In the Andrel region, a new ruler has now appeared—Bora. This defector from the Mokasl Empire has excellent military and political capabilities. After he appeared, it took him only more than two years to become the supreme ruler of the Andrel region.
More than half a year ago, after the war between us and the Senke Federation ended, Bora announced the establishment of Andrel. Originally, this was not a big deal, as the place was not the territory of any country on the continent, and no one would have any plans for this chaotic place.
But the bad thing is that Bora is a defector of the Mokast Empire. Therefore, the Mokast Empire will never allow a traitor to become the ruler of a neighboring country. When the war started, it was the Mokast Empire that secretly supported Bora's opponents to launch an armed uprising in an attempt to overthrow Bora's ruling position.
But as I said before, Bora was a man who was very keen on military and politics, and the Mocaster Empire intervened late, resulting in the riot being less than ideal in effect.
In the end, the Morast Empire finally directly integrated the rebels and a large number of mercenaries, and under the leadership of four legions of the country, directly intervened in Bora's regime. 200,000 regular troops, plus 70,000 mercenaries and nearly 100,000 rebels, nearly 400,000 troops against Bora's 250,000 troops.
In the past six months, Bora has been at the end of its strength. Yesterday, Bora sent a team of envoys to meet with our Majesty, asking the Empire to include Andrel in the Empire's territory. If it were normal, then His Majesty would definitely be reluctant to do so.
But now, if we take Andrelle into the Empire, the consequence will be an immediate war with the Mokast Empire. Although the upper echelons of the Empire have not yet reached a final conclusion, according to the news from the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of Finance and our prediction, both factions will strongly support Andrelle's joining the Empire, and even fight with Mokast...
So, today, Thacker and I invite you all to come here to ask, if a war breaks out, how long will it take for your troops to get ready, or how long will it take for your troops to get ready for war? "
I didn't expect that there would be another war after such a short truce. But the difference is that last time I started fighting for my life, and then I fought for my living space. This time, what should I fight for? Now, I may be a little bit like a person in the arena, with no choice.
"Our First Division will be able to go to the battlefield after just one week of adjustment, and will definitely not lose the reputation of our Flame Legion..."
"It's the same with our Second Division...
"Our Third Division......
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"Our Sixth Division will be ready to go tomorrow..." I reported slowly to the five division commanders, who were all excited. The corps I formed was trained to be ready to go into battle at any time. Even if I want to go now, I can immediately lead the people of this division to go out in one hour.
"What? Tomorrow? How is that possible? Don't you need to lead the supply? Don't your soldiers need any preparation? And don't you need to deal with your marching routes, logistics, etc.?" After hearing what I said, almost all the division commanders' eyes widened, as if I was talking about a mystery. In the end, Pavel raised a lot of questions.
"My army can set out tomorrow and be self-sufficient to ensure 20 days of rations, and can fight continuously for more than 4 days at a high intensity. As long as we are not surrounded by one legion or more, I can guarantee that we will never fail. Of course, the premise is that we don't fight in the desert, otherwise even if we can survive, our horses will be doomed. If you don't believe me, you can take the division commanders to visit my military camp tomorrow...
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