Lorist decided to reform the family's armed forces again. Having learned the lessons learned from Chief Hansk's family's civil strife, this military reform involves the two most important aspects: one is the complete separation of the military and the government, and the complete separation of the administrative system and the family's armed forces.
At present, the Norton family's armed forces are only able to truly separate the military from the government and the North Sea Fleet. Without Lorist's order, no one can command it. The rest of the Guards Corps, Garrison Battalion, and Garrison can be commanded by anyone, and even Director Speer, who is in charge of the family's finances, can dispatch one or two Guards Battalions to turn them around at any time.
This is also one of the reasons why the 1st Guards Legion is easily controlled by Chief Hansk and his accomplices. After all, the soldiers of the Guards Legion are young and strong captives recruited. The responsibilities of maintaining stability in the garrison and being responsible for logistics support are somewhat entangled with the local administrative departments in terms of command and management.
As long as you say hello to the high-level legion, it is natural to send a few guard battalions to obey the orders of the family's civilian officials, anyway, it is for the family's cause. Just like when Chief Hansk asked to suppress the riots of the captives of the mountain barbarians, Chief Speer asked to send a battalion of guards to escort the family property, Fatty Shi dispatched the Angry Bear Knights to station in Muyeyuan Province, and so on.
Lorist is planning to set up a military aircraft department to deal with the family's armed affairs. Whether it is the replacement of armaments and weapons, logistics supplies, and the recruitment of family soldiers, or the distribution of salaries and benefits, as well as the assignment and dispatch of troops, all matters are left to this The department is responsible. As for the deployment of troops and combat staff during the war, it is needless to say.
It's just that Lorist hasn't figured out what to name this department, Military Aircraft Department? Military and Political Department? General Staff? Department of Defense? These names sound so awkward. Lorist thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good name, so he had to put it aside. The big deal is to let everyone think about what to call it.
As for the chief in charge of all affairs of the family's armed forces, Lorist had two candidates in mind, one was Bodfinger, and the other was Malek. In a sense, becoming the head of this department is almost like becoming the boss of all the knights in the family, and he is the veritable number one knight of the Norton family. This position is really dazzling.
Like Fatty Shi, although he claims to be the chief knight of the Norton family, everyone knows that this chief knight does not use force and fighting spirit as the standard. On the contrary, Fatty Shi won this honor with his outstanding administrative coordination and management ability. Among all the golden knights of the Norton family, Fatty Shi ranked last in terms of strength with a gold one-star grudge rank and poor swordsmanship. Even if he had a grandfather-in-law who was a great swordsman, it would be in vain.
In terms of force value, the tiger Ross is definitely ranked first among the family knights, just like Lorist gave him the title of tiger, there is no one who is best at attacking except him. Whether it's a personal duel or the Flying Tigers led by him, the only way to deal with the enemy is to attack, keep attacking until the enemy is defeated. Now Tiger Ross's battle qi cultivation is already at the peak of three gold stars, as long as he can find an opportunity, it is not unexpected to be promoted to a great swordsman.
But what Lorist worried about was that Tiger Rose's character was not very likable, and he was arrogant. Except for Lorist and a few friends in the family, he didn't pay attention to other family knights, even Fatty Shi didn't catch his eyes either. In addition, being good at wine and sex is also a major shortcoming of Tiger Ross. At the same time, the last time he did not follow orders and led troops to fight in the business alliance privately was also the main reason why Tiger Ross could not get a step closer to the family.
What Lorist is worried about is that appointing Tiger Ross to be in charge of the department that manages all affairs of the family's armed forces will be difficult to convince the public, and judging from Tiger Ross's temperament, it will be difficult for him to get used to sitting in the new department of the family to deal with trivial and complicated matters. daily administrative affairs. So Lorist quickly ruled out Tiger Rose as a candidate.
Except for Tiger Ross, who is good at attacking, the only one who can sit in the town is Bodfinger, who is good at defense. He is the only family knight in the family who can be compared with Tiger Ross, and he is also an opponent that Tiger Ross publicly declares that he does not want to fight. There is no other reason. Bodfinger's swordsmanship is really good at defense. Although he can't defeat Tiger Ross, he can drag Tiger Ross helplessly with his defense, and finally has to give up the duel.
What kind of legion leader can leave a certain style for the legion he leads. Compared with the Flying Tiger Legion, which is good at capturing fighters and plundering like fire, and attacks wave after wave until it destroys the enemy, the Rock Legion also has He is famous for being good at keeping things. Especially in the face of the crazy attack of the 300,000 business alliance army the year before last, the Rock Legion did not move like a mountain, holding on to the camp for more than a month, resulting in heavy damage to the armed forces of the business alliance and returning without success, reorganizing the army of the defeated Antinac Kingdom Armed bought time and made a comeback. The Rock Legion is also famous for this battle.
It seemed normal for Baldfinger to be the head of the new department in charge of all affairs of the family's armed forces, and it would also convince most of the family's knights. But in Lorist's mind, he thought the most suitable candidate was Malek. Compared with the arrogant Tiger Ross, Bodelfinger's personality is a bit too modest. What Lorist is most worried about is that Bodelfinger is easy to talk to others and act like a good guy when dealing with certain military affairs.
If it was Malek, Lorist would not have this worry. Malek, who is known as the iron face, is actually the most feared golden knight among the Norton family's armed forces. As a law enforcement officer, Malek has always been known for his ruthless and meticulous execution of military laws. He can't escape punishment if he violates the military law.
Moreover, Malek is extremely decisive in dealing with people, with a resolute and loyal character. Lorist's trust in him was much higher than that of Tiger Ross and Bodfinger, but Malek's reputation among the knights of the family was not very good, and it was true that no one would like a guy who was not willing to accommodate people. Except for a few close friends, Malek and most of the family knights are casual acquaintances, just familiar faces.
Letting Malek take the position would cause even greater commotion in the family. For the purpose of protecting Malek, Lorist felt that he could not insist on pushing Malek to this position. After much deliberation, Lorist decided to let Baldfinger become the nominally responsible officer of the military and political department, and concurrently serve as the head of the Rock Legion, but in fact, the main daily affairs of this department are all handled by Malek. good idea.
The establishment of a new department to implement the separation of military and government is one aspect, and the other aspect is that Lorist is planning to reduce the family's armed forces. This is the change he has to make. In the past few years, the family armed forces have been fighting outside, and the number of family armed forces has expanded rapidly without knowing it. Although most of the increased number of soldiers were recruited from captives who had served several years of hard labor, and did not affect the development and operation of the family territory, two-thirds of the family's annual financial income had already been spent on the family's armed forces. This has become a very huge number.
This family civil strife launched by Chief Hansk reminded Lorist. There are nearly 200,000 people in the five regiments of the Guards, and they are actually responsible for local defense, escorting logistics and supplies, and maintaining order in the newly occupied territory. Is it necessary for them to be treated as generously as the three major field regiments of the family? ? Although the Norton family used the generous treatment of family soldiers to absorb these captives who were once enemies of the family and transform them into camps, the fact that the first regiment of the guards was easily controlled by Chief Hansk and his accomplices in this family incident finally made Lorist wake up. , Not many people will cherish things that are too easy to get.
Since those guys who were conscripted into the Guards Corps regard becoming an armed soldier of the Norton family as a job to support their families, and whoever pays them will follow their orders, then the Norton family doesn't need to spend so much to support these unreliable guys . Nearly 200,000 conscripted captives from the five guard regiments stayed comfortably in the rear while enjoying the treatment of soldiers from the family's three major field regiments. This is indeed absurd to say.
Lorist took a piece of paper from the desk and wrote the names of the Rock Legion, Flying Tiger Legion, Chaser Legion and Guards Legion on it, followed by the North Sea Fleet, Raging Bear Knights, and Guards Battalion. and artillery battalions. These are the main force of the family's armed forces in Lorist's mind. Lorist planned to combine the five Guards into one, and also became the Field Army, while the rest were reduced to the local garrison.
The Rock Legion has 48,000 people, the Flying Tiger Legion has 48,000 people, the Chaser Legion has 48,000 people, the Guards Legion has 48,000 people, the North Sea Fleet has 12,000 people, and the Bear Knights have 15,000 people. Thousands of people, 3,000 people in the guard battalion, and 3,000 people in the artillery battalion. In this way, the main force of the family's armed forces is only 220,000, which is almost cut by more than half of the current scale. This will be good news for the family's finances.
Lorist previously set the size of the family's three armies at 60,000. It cannot but be said that Lorist has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder and likes integers. But it was only through several successive foreign wars that Lorist realized that in this era when communications depended on shouting, it was not unreasonable for the maximum size of the generals of the countries of the Galintia continent to be below 50,000.
The legion organization of the countries of the Galintia continent is basically 10,000 to 12,000 people as a corps, and two to four corps form a legion. This is actually the maximum number of troops that a legion leader can command. Lorist formed a legion with 60,000 people, but during the actual battle, no matter whether it was the Rock Legion or the Flying Tiger Legion, they would put 15,000 people behind one legion, and only three corps with 45,000 people would actually fight. Thousands of people, this is actually a waste of combat power.
Although there are only more than 10,000 more people, but when the actual deployment of troops has added a lot of difficulties to the command system, the delay in communication is only one of the aspects, and the most troublesome thing is that the arrival of orders cannot keep up with the situation on the battlefield The change, missed the fighter. People like Bodfinger and Tiger Ross complained to Lorist several times, that sometimes too many soldiers is not a good thing.
This time, Lorist decided to cut one battalion out of five battalions in one legion, so that one legion would lose four battalions and 12,000 soldiers, and a legion of 48,000 people would be no different from other kingdom legions. It just so happened that this time the family armed forces fought against the business alliance and suffered a lot of losses. Excluding the retired soldiers who died and were disabled, they might need to recruit some soldiers from the Guards Corps.
After deciding on the establishment of the main forces of the family's armed forces, Lorist began to consider the candidates for the officers in charge of these armed forces. The Rock Legion is very simple. The head of the legion, Bodfinger, is the new chief officer of the military and political administration department that is going to be formed part-time. The deputy head of the army, Malek, who is actually in charge of that department, is leaving the position of head of the army, so the Rock Legion needs to add a Golden Knight.
After thinking about it for a while, Lorist chose Berunek as the commander of the Second Corps of the Rock Legion without hesitation. Firstly, he fulfilled Berunek's wish to go to the battlefield, and secondly, he was demoted from being the commander of the army. Being the commander of the regiment can be regarded as his punishment. The commanders of the third and fourth regiments of the Rock Legion were all veteran students of Dawn College who followed Lorist to the north. One was Wilson and the other was Seborah. However, Wilson had just asked for leave to be promoted to the golden rank, so the Rock Legion lost another regiment commander.
After thinking about it for a while, Lorist transferred the commander of the Third Guards Corps deployed in Dremke Province, the former golden gladiator Jedes. Anyway, the Guards Corps was going to be consolidated and reduced. It won't be long before the legion commander becomes the captain of the Rock Legion. Lorist's compensation is that Jades will also be conferred the title of baron of the territory at the New Year's celebration.
Most of the positions of the Flying Tiger Legion have not changed. Tiger Ross is still the head of the Legion and the head of the First Corps. The head of the Second Corps is also the golden gladiator Mason who was rescued from the slave kingdom. The commander of the 3rd Corps is Dolles, and the commander of the 4th Corps is also a veteran student of Dawn Academy, Ait Mordrake.
There will be major changes in the Chaser Legion. Lorist plans to transfer the commander of the 4th Guards Legion, the golden mercenary Farea, to be the commander of the Chaser Legion. The former commander, Golden Marksman Josk, will be relegated to the rank of regiment commander. . Who told this guy to act recklessly, and led the legion directly to the front line without obeying orders. He was not the same as Tiger Ross. The Flying Tigers escorted immigrants to Winston Province, so it was understandable to return to the front line. As for Jost, he just abandoned Makinohara Province, and was only demoted by one level, which is already considered Lorist's protection for him.
The commander of the first regiment of the Chasseur Cavalry Legion is the commander of the legion, Farea, the commander of the second regiment is Yuri, the commander of the third regiment is Jost, and the commander of the fourth regiment is Vasinma. However, Vasimma also handed over a leave note, preparing to hit the threshold of promotion again and become a golden knight. Lorist decided that if there was a vacancy in this position, he would let the Chaser Legion recommend one, and he would not interfere.
The Guards Corps will also become the main force, and the rest will be reduced to become the local garrison. So Lorist, the candidate for the legion commander, decided to let El take on the role. The Rock Legion is good at defending, the Flying Tiger Legion is famous for attacking, and the Chaser Legion is armed with light cavalry, and they are good at raiding and raiding. As for the Guards Corps, Lorist hopes to become an armed force capable of both offense and defense.
El is the head of the legion and the head of the first corps. The second corps is headed by the former bandit Ovekis. The third corps leader Lorist is going to transfer back the golden knight Pachico who guards Hilovas Island. The commander of the Fourth Corps will choose someone else. In this way, each of the four major field legions has three golden knights sitting in command, and they are not weaker than others in terms of high-end combat power.
The North Sea Fleet is still commanded by Sambawood, and the Bear Knights are also commanded by Terman. However, the Raging Bear Knights will be under the direct control of the newly established department in the future, and will also assume the duty of military police to maintain military law.
The guard battalion was still led by Reddy, and the deputy commander, Parker, asked for leave the year before last to be promoted to the gold rank. Fortunately, he avoided the family's civil strife. It is said that he has been promoted successfully and will return at the end of the year. The artillery battalion is led by Shi Huade, and the deputy commander Jim said that he will be promoted to the gold rank after he recovers from his injury. The last time he was attacked by a great swordsman gave him a deep understanding, and this promotion will definitely not fail again.
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief after deciding on the main plan for the reform of the family's armed forces system. When he was thinking about where there were omissions, Genorio knocked on the door and came in to report: "Your Highness, Baron Christon is asking to see you." .”
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