About half an hour later, the ministers who had been summoned for discussion withdrew, leaving only Grand Duke Rostov alone to face His Majesty Emperor Kandra.
After the hall was silent for a while, His Majesty Emperor Candela spoke quietly.
"Rostov, if you let those losers from the Northeast Province attack the Imperial Guard with three times the number, what will the casualties be like?"
Grand Duke Rostov pondered for a moment, shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, the battle situation is different, I'm afraid it's difficult to estimate. However, in the previous exercises, the Imperial Guards easily defeated two places with the strength of three organized brigades. Legion, its own losses are very small.”
His Majesty Emperor Candela nodded slightly.
One reorganized brigade of the Imperial Guards has 5,000 men, and three reorganized brigades is a full 15,000 men.
The number of local legions is not fixed. Some are as many as 40,000 or 50,000, while some are as few as 20,000.
However, His Majesty Emperor Candela was also very clear about the situation of the last exercise. The three reorganized brigades of the Imperial Guard defeated two local legions that were close to full strength, with a total number of more than 80,000.
Therefore, the Imperial Guards defeated five times as many enemies as themselves.
Taking this as a reference, it is even more dazzling than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team that defeated three times the Northeast Province garrison in this incident.
But His Majesty Emperor Candela knew very well that there was not much comparison between the two.
First of all, the number of people fighting is very different.
In the previous military exercises of the Candela Empire, the three reorganized brigades of the Imperial Guard and the two opposing local legions totaled close to 100,000 people.
In this Baimeng mine incident, the number of the Northeast Province garrison team that carried out the attack should be between 200 and 250, while the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team stationed at the Baimeng mine only numbered fifty. In total, there were less than three hundred people.
Since the scale of the battles was so different, there was naturally not much significance for comparison.
However, through a rough comparison, it can be seen that although the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guards is definitely not as good as that of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards, it is at least not much worse than the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards stationed in the Baimeng Mine. .
At least... not like it was twelve years ago. When facing the escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, there was no possibility of resistance at all, and even resistance was impossible.
"Approximately how many people are there in the current escort team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce?" His Majesty Emperor Candela suddenly asked.
This question was very abrupt, but Grand Duke Rostov knew very well what the Emperor was thinking. Of course I won't be surprised. I thought for a moment and replied: "According to the data they released, there are currently only more than 18,000 people. If you include the hidden part, I estimate it should be more than 25,000. But it shouldn't be More than thirty thousand."
"Is it less than 30,000?" His Majesty Emperor Candela frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "If you want to kill these 30,000 people, how much price do you think you need to pay?"
Grand Duke Rostov smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty, I can't give you an answer to this. Although the empire has privately inquired more about the situation of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is very strict about the information on military magic machinery. We have obtained There is not much relevant information, and you should know very well that the current war does not depend on which side has more people, but entirely depends on which side's military magic machinery is powerful enough... "
"I understand this." His Majesty Emperor Candela nodded to indicate that he understood. "But I want to know, how big is the gap between the Empire and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce? Is there any chance of causing heavy casualties to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts?"
"This... there should be a chance..." Grand Duke Rostov's tone was uncertain. "After all, the empire has invested a lot in military magic machinery over the years. The results are amazing. I think... at least it won't be as helpless as before."
"That's good." His Majesty Emperor Candela finally showed a smile on his face. "As long as they are not powerless to fight back. Although the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team is strong, there are too few people after all."
Grand Prince Rostov nodded in agreement.
Although all countries on the Sainz continent, including the two major empires, are very concerned about the strong combat effectiveness of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts, everyone knows that the number of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts is too small after all.
Compared to the huge armies of other countries, which can number hundreds of thousands, or even the two empires' hundreds of thousands, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort team, which has less than 30,000, may be terrifyingly larger than all other chambers of commerce, but compared with the army of a country In comparison, it is still far behind.
Even if the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards possess more powerful military magic machines, their average combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the armies of all countries.
But numbers limited their overall power. Even now it is not impossible for other countries to compete.
Moreover, the current situation in Sainz's continent is already different from that of twelve years ago.
Twelve years ago on the Sainz continent, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the two major empires were enemies. Other countries on the continent would only be optimistic about the success, and even push for it.
But if Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still does this now. Even if other countries will still inevitably push for it, their support for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be much smaller.
This is because compared to twelve years ago, the gap between the power of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and that of other countries is much smaller. It is not that other countries do not have the power to resist.
"Speaking of which, what is going on in the Northeast Province?" His Majesty Emperor Candela frowned.
Although the definition of the Baimeng Mine Incident is determined to be a rebellion by the soldiers, the truth of the incident remains unclear. His Majesty Emperor Candela still had doubts.
If it was true, as Duke Tim said, that the soldiers were dissatisfied with their treatment in the army and mutinied, and therefore ran to rob, but in any case they should not have found the top of Baimeng Mine.
Everyone knows that the Baimeng Mine is a mine under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team is stationed inside.
No matter how stupid those soldiers are, they are not stupid enough to challenge the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts.
"It's best to wait for further reports from Duke Tim." Grand Duke Rostov said. "As for the most important thing now... it is to deal with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the previous chamberlain hurried in again.
"Your Majesty, the representative of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would like to see you."
His Majesty Emperor Candela and Grand Duke Rostov exchanged glances and nodded in unison.
"Let him in."
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A week later, the Candela Empire officials and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce jointly held a press conference to make a joint announcement regarding the previous Baimeng Mine incident.
The announcement stated that in the Baimeng Mine Incident, the Northeastern Province garrison team that attacked the Baimeng Mine decided to rebel because they were dissatisfied with their treatment in the army, and tried to attack the Baimeng Mine to steal money and corresponding military supplies from the Baimeng Mine. supplies, but were defeated by the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stationed at the Baimeng Mine.
The Kandra Empire stated that the group of soldiers who attacked the Baimeng Mine had been convicted of treason by the Kandra Empire Parliament.
According to imperial law, treason is the first-class crime, and once caught, he will be killed without mercy.
But now that they have died at the hands of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to continue to pursue them.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also stated that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has reached an understanding with the Candela Empire on this matter, and the Candela Empire has also provided sufficient sincerity in compensation for the mining workers who were killed or seriously injured in the incident.
The loss of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team was almost negligible, so the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also agreed not to pursue the case further.
Judging from the joint announcement by the Candela Empire and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it seems that this incident has just passed without causing much impact.
But the first reaction of everyone who received this announcement was "impossible".
Whether it is the Candela Empire or the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they are all known for their tough behavior and rarely let go of things that happen to them.
However, this time, the two sides quickly reached a consensus and treated this matter as a trivial matter. If there was nothing fishy involved, no one would believe it.
As a result, countless people have conducted countless bizarre analyzes on the truth of the matter.
Among the countless possibilities of analysis, the only point that everyone agrees on is that the Candela Empire suffered a big loss in this matter.
You see, the Candela Empire lost a regular army squad for nothing, and it has to provide a large amount of high compensation for this incident, but what about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Except that two guards from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team were reportedly slightly injured and the Baimeng Mine was suspended for a period of time due to the incident, there was no visible damage at all.
What's more, this time the Candela Empire has obviously made a concession, so where people don't know, the Candela Empire is bound to make greater compensation to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
For example, at the press conference, the two sides also announced that they had reached a new cooperation project. The Candela Empire and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cooperated to open a research institute near Chidanlu Town to study the abnormal phenomena of the Chidanlu Town Incident. research.
The description of this cooperation project from the Candela Empire no longer stated that the cause of the incident in Chidanlu Town was related to the magic air conditioner as before, but explained it as an abnormal phenomenon.
This attitude seems to everyone to be an obvious concession.
However, not many people expressed surprise or incomprehension at the Kandra Empire's concession.
In the past ten years or so, all the countries on the continent of Sainz, including the two major empires, have never been able to be tough when facing the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
It is no surprise that the Candela Empire alone has made concessions to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce many times before.
After many times, people have become accustomed to it and can fully understand the concession of the Candela Empire.
After all, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is so powerful that other countries feel they cannot defeat it. In addition, the country's internal magic industry construction cannot be separated from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so it is normal to give in before the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This speculation eventually became the final judgment of most people on these two consecutive incidents.
However, in the minds of some people who really know the inside story of this matter, the truth is completely different. (~^~)