I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 285

To be honest, Fabian was not surprised by this result.

This is not his self-confidence in his identity and title, but the situation facing the "Storm" Legion, which is now called the Legion and actually has only one infantry division, is such an embarrassing situation. Excellent officers are absolutely rare animals.

Even though everyone here seems to be full of talents, in fact, as the Storm Legion, which was a conscripted corps at the beginning of its establishment, there are serious shortcomings in all aspects of configuration. There are almost no candidates and replacement talents for each unit. The entire department would immediately be paralyzed.

Among them, the problems of logistics and the staff are the most serious. From the very beginning of Carl Bain's "one-person staff", he finally has a shelf that seems to be working hard, and he is still required to work hard every day for six days as the chief of staff. It takes more than an hour to maintain normal operation, and one cannot escape for a moment. One person has done at least three or four staff jobs.

As for the grenadier regiment commander like him, he actually also served as deputy commander, head of the military corps council, prison warden, logistics consultant, instructor and a series of miscellaneous positions - and it was difficult to find a suitable candidate for replacement.

With such a shortage of manpower, and with almost no local supplement, Ansen Bach certainly would not abandon his qualified deputy and train a middle-ranking officer from scratch—the gap would only be bigger.

According to Fabian's initial guess, in any case, with the lessons of the Joseph incident, Anson Bach will not continue to trust himself as much as in the past; although he will not abandon it immediately, he will slowly ignore it, stand up, and finally It is the most reasonable choice to let others gradually replace it.

But he never imagined that the other party would not only not suppress it, but even publicly proposed that he be the deputy commander of the legion? !

Although Fabien has long been a de facto deputy commander—the commander-in-chief has long thrown the blame—but there are two completely different concepts, the nameless and the justifiable.

The moment the words fell, he thought of countless possibilities and guesses in his mind, and his eyes were locked on Anson Bach's face, hoping to get the answer from the slightly changed micro-expression.

Bright rise and dark fall? Temptation hints? still……

It's a pity that the commander-in-chief, who didn't sleep well last night, could not see any emotion at all except for a pair of unhealthy eye circles and a slightly indifferent and stiff expression-after Talia left, he not only got up late, but slept well. too late.

Of course, Carl Bain on the side knew what was going on, but of course he would not take the initiative to say it out of tacit understanding. He could only use his eyes to signal everyone to vote on the resolution.

But the scene was still as quiet as a pool of stagnant water.

Obviously, no matter what the outcome of this military meeting is, it will determine the future pattern of the entire legion. Many things that were vague in the past will be replaced by a new organization.

In other words, this will be a complete makeover of the Storm Corps—Storm Division—Storm Corps, moving forward from an armed interest group that partners for money, to an interest group with a clearer institutional system and stronger relationships.

At first, everyone just wanted to survive the war. Later, they found that they could make a small fortune, and then they started to make a lot of money. After that, they successfully obtained the establishment. They also bought a lot of real estate in the new world and bought shares...

As the scale continues to expand, the demand gradually increases, and the interest relationship becomes more and more closely, many issues that were not mentioned or even considered in the past are also time to be brought to the table.

"I have a question."

Just when everyone was still silent, Julien, the commander of the Fifth Corps with a complicated expression, suddenly said, "No offense, but Commander-in-Chief, I have to confirm one thing before making a formal statement."

"Is this vote really for all of us to vote, or is it just going through the motions as before, and it's still up to you in fact?"

"If it's the latter, then I can tell you now that I agree with your proposal -- not just this one, but all proposals."

After speaking, ignoring the eyeballs that were about to fall out of Alexei and the military doctor beside him, and the continuous gasping of cold air around him, the handsome Julian pursed the corners of his lips, and looked at Anson with a determined look. , quietly waiting for the answer you want.

Feeling Fabian's looming gaze beside him, and Carl's "this is what you want" expression on his face, Anson slightly raised the corners of his mouth, pretending to be indifferent:

"Of course it is a collective vote, and the system is one person, one vote, and everyone's vote will be respected due to it; and in order to avoid private votes and other people's behaviors, before all the resolutions are completely carried out, today's military conference It won't end."

"I repeat, all of you here, regardless of position or title, have one vote per person... I, too, have one vote." Anson raised his head and turned his sincere eyes to the commander of the Fifth Corps who stood up first:

"I wonder if you are satisfied with this answer, Lieutenant Colonel Julien?"

"I am very satisfied, and please allow me to apologize for the abruptness just now, Commander-in-Chief."

Surprised with a bit of joy, Julien stood up and gave Ansen a military salute; then he quickly sat back to his original position and raised his right hand decisively:

"I agree with the decision to appoint Colonel Fabien as the deputy commander of the regiment!"

Looking at Julien who raised his hands to vote for himself, the officers who were still silent just now looked at each other and could no longer pretend to be dead, and they raised their hands to vote one by one.

In the end, it was no surprise that Fabian was successfully elected as the deputy commander of the legion with a high vote; the only two dissenting votes came from Alexei, the commander of the 2nd Infantry, and Hank, the commander of the military doctor.

The former is simply unhappy with Fabian (again, Fabian, no matter how good things are his - Alexei), the latter is simply unhappy with the Guards, his pet hospital is due to the abuse of illegal drugs Smuggled with furs and was seized several times by the Guards.

Anyway, they guessed that Fabian would never lose the election, so the two took the opportunity to vent their old and new grievances.

Next is Carl Bain's proposal. Since the army has expanded from an infantry division to a legion, the staff and logistics also need to add more manpower and resources, especially clerical talents.

Of course, in order to make up the current staff, almost all officers with the attribute of "literacy and hyphenation" have been selected and cleaned up, and the remaining rotten dates or even the minimum requirements for job transfer have not been met. , or he was already in an important position and couldn't get away... So Carl didn't put his mind on his own people at all.

"Since it's already a legion, then it's entirely possible to directly face the colony and recruit Clovis people who are loyal to the cause of the empire and the legion to join our big family!"

At the end of the proposal, Carl finally tried to find a dagger: "In order to ensure that truly high-level talents can be recruited, it is natural that funding should not be too stingy..."

The officer corps finally came to a realization—he was asking for money!

The so-called organizational reform, except for some minor details and the same title, the real core content is actually very simple: how should money be divided?

After more than two years of accumulation, the Storm Legion has accumulated a considerable amount of wealth; the equal distribution in the past has become more and more unfair, and a new way to distribute this incomparably attractive cake is urgently needed.

This is not only for the officers themselves, but also for their respective departments: each combat unit, each front line and logistics department, and even each branch of the army... The size of the cake they get will determine their respective right to speak in the legion. size.

Even further consideration, the direction of these money flows is also the direction of the future change of the Legion: is it to rapidly expand the force, or to streamline administration? Is it to strengthen the artillery, or increase the weight of the cavalry? Is it to improve the field military hospital, or to further improve the efficiency of logistics supply...

If this is a military strategy game, it is equivalent to the "upgraded" Storm Legion getting a lot of skill cards and attribute points, and consider where these precious points should be invested.

And this is the real world. If you want to change some parts of the army, it is not enough for Ansen to play a one-man show. He must also get the full cooperation of his subordinates; at the same time, if the investment of one party is increased, then the winner will be in the army. The internal weight will also increase, which in turn affects all aspects of the Legion's future.

As for Carl Bain's proposal...it was approved collectively without any suspense.

After all, the problem of the staff is obvious to all. It is really impossible not to expand the staff, and it is already reluctant to cope with daily work; a strong staff is no less than the brain center for an army - so the storm division in the past was It's no different for a brain-dead patient who keeps giving himself blood to prolong his life.

The Chief of Staff's proposal also made everyone see the essence of this military meeting, so the next meeting was not so smooth.

Following Carr, Chief Surgeon Hank demanded increased budgets for field hospitals, especially training spending and an increase in the number of medics—and armed.

The reason is also very simple: the current storm division cannot afford to die at all, and once there are mass casualties, the combat effectiveness will decline exponentially; therefore, it is reasonable to increase the budget of the field hospital.

As the minutes of the meeting, the little secretary sitting in the corner of the conference room made a quick calculation according to the various requirements put forward by the chief of the military doctor, and found that the increased budget was about to train two more grenadier regiments.

So all the officers couldn't sit still.

Alexei, the commander of the second infantry regiment, took the lead in attacking, and proposed that instead of increasing the expenditure so much, it would be better to expand each infantry regiment by adding two line battalions - so that the regiment would be expanded to nearly 8,000 people, plus the shooting corps and freedom Confederate militia, even if the Empire counterattacks, there is nothing to fear.

As for which infantry regiment should be supplied to the new troops first... Isn't it obvious enough?

Cavalry Major Jason Fruhoff immediately objected. He believed that the rapid increase in the combat effectiveness of the legion was not the infantry at all, but the cavalry-because this was the biggest shortcoming of the legion, no one!

Due to the lack of cavalry, the battles of the legion almost revolved around the battlefield. Every time they faced the imperial army, they had to be beaten unilaterally and then counterattack because of the lack of mobility. They were very passive.

You can imagine how different things would be if you had a strong cavalry!

For this kind of lice on the bald head, the officers present collectively expressed their contempt. Of course, everyone knows the problem of poor mobility, but does Clovis have a good cavalry?

Even if Jason Fruhoff can recruit so many horses and riders, with the combat power of the Clovis cavalry that requires two to one to ensure that they will not be unilaterally beaten by the imperial cuirassiers, is it to expand them for the enemy? Add a few more exploits?

As the cavalry officer with the highest rank in the current legion, Major Jason certainly knew about this problem, so he immediately came up with a real plan—expanding the number of reconnaissance cavalry and messengers to build a light cavalry regiment of about 500 people.

Compared with a strengthened hussar regiment, this requirement is obviously more reasonable, but it is still not recognized by most people; in the end, only the current reconnaissance cavalry company was expanded, and the original hussar company was added to form a strengthened hussar company. cavalry battalion.

After the dissatisfied cavalry battalion commander sat back to his original position, the artillery company commander gave his very sincere suggestion: no expansion was required, but the artillery company's artillery has been used for almost a year now, and the loss is not small. Tinkering, swapping out a few old guns, and adding some light, fast cannons isn't too much, right?

But even such a reasonable demand~www.mtlnovel.com~ is still very embarrassing - the local supply is not in place, the small military factories in the colony can at most produce rifles, and it is impossible to cast guns.

And what kind of artillery is needed, there must be corresponding artillery shells, and how to replenish it is also a big problem; even if the requirements are not excessive, once the artillery company is really required to be refitted collectively, the cost will not be much smaller than that of the field hospital.

At this time, Fabian, who was originally silent, suddenly gave a new proposal: increase the number of skirmish companies in each infantry regiment, from the original company to the battalion.

"With the harsh natural environment and lack of materials in the New World, skirmishers are the most efficient arm of killing the enemy, and at the same time the arm that is most adaptable to various battlefields and terrains, is the strength that the legion should immediately improve." Fabian explained:

"This kind of improvement is immediate, and the cost is not very large - the infantry of each regiment has received skirmish training, and now it is only a part of which is directly converted to skirmish formation, and it is used in skirmish order and tactics. The vacated line formation can be solved by adding troops."

"Just by expanding from the current five thousand to nearly seven thousand, the corps will have six or seven skirmish battalions; this force can be used as a reconnaissance, and can also conduct fast mobile operations before the enemy reacts, and the cost is far less than that of cavalry, Concealment is far superior to large-scale cavalry units."

"Therefore, I hereby formally propose to train a brand-new skirmish battalion in each infantry regiment, and to move the entire Storm Corps to be dominated by skirmishers, supplemented by line soldiers, good at quick response, cross-country marching, and highly efficient in individual firepower. , to transform the army that fights by killing rather than suppressing!"

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