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Chapter 222 Expansion of the Army
"So Her Majesty the Empress wants to send a new army to destroy this rebel army?"

Xia Lin understood the subtext in Queen Dorothea's words, and asked clearly.

"That's right, the Guards Division must be stationed near Helgana to guard against the [-]st Navy Division, and the [-]th and [-]th Divisions must also guard against the rebellious [-]th and [-]th Divisions. Only the new army is in the army.

I allow you to increase the establishment of the new army to 6000 people, and at the same time, I will send some palace guard knights and city guards to assist you in the new army. You have three weeks to complete the training of these newly recruited soldiers. "

Dorothea nodded slightly to confirm Xia Lin's guess.

"Three weeks? Your Majesty, is this a bit too anxious?"

Xia Lin naturally welcomed the expansion of the new army, but this urgent time made him frown.

Although the training time for the first batch of 2000 new troops was actually almost three weeks, it was only a stopgap measure. The new soldiers trained in such a short period of time were only initially trained to have a sense of discipline and mastered discipline. Basic shooting and throwing skills.

If it weren't for the high salaries of the new army and the supervision of the soldier committee members, and the fact that Xia Lin himself and the new army officers such as Ley took the lead in the battle, the soldiers of the new army who had only undergone short-term disciplinary training would have already been fighting fiercely. defeated in the battle.

Later, after the battle, even though Xia Lin rewarded the surviving soldiers of the new army with high pensions and various promotions, there were still many more than a dozen people who developed symptoms of PTSD. Shaking and unable to load bullets, he could only be transferred to the security team of the industrial park to do some daily patrol work.

"Viscount Xia Lin, this is the longest time that Marshal Hubbard estimates can be left for us. The knights and soldiers of the rebel army are all minor nobles who came from jazz leaders and retinue leaders. They currently only lack sufficient supplies. , once they complete their supplies and cooperate with several other rebels to attack Helgana, I am afraid we will have no way to stop them."

Queen Dorothea said with a serious expression.Helgana is located in the Great Plains of Hel, with only a few hilly areas in the west and southeast. The vast plains provided sufficient food and other agricultural products for the middle region, but also provided a wide stage for cavalry.

Compared with the enlightened faction relying on merchant groups, the conservative faction has more support from low-level knights and knight retinues. The number of knights in the rebel army must be much more than that of the enlightened faction. If these rebel forces jointly attack, it will take less than ten years. In a few days, the horse can be driven from the city of Helgana.

"What about the funds for the training and allocation of the new army, as well as the candidates for the commander?"

Seeing that time was so tight, Xia Lin had no choice but to refuse. After all, in terms of fighting against the rebels, he and Queen Dorothea had a relationship of both prosperity and loss, so he could only ask for more support from other aspects.

"The Dragon Vulture Legion in the Eastern Territory has an ambiguous attitude towards my succession so far, so I decided to suspend the allocation of funds to the Dragon Vulture Legion.

The newly established Imperial Bank issued national bonds quite smoothly. It has raised more than 4 gold renunds. I will allocate [-] jinlunds to you for the training and equipment of the newly recruited new army. As for the candidate for the commander-in-chief , I think Leyland is a good idea. "

Empress Dorothea suggested, Xia Lin thought for a while, and nodded with satisfaction:

"This candidate is good. Major Ley Rand has participated in battles in the northern border and has experience in commanding cavalry units. He will have a better understanding of cavalry tactics, and his performance in the battle at the southeast gate last time was also remarkable. I believe he will bring us victory."

"Okay, then I will appoint Major Ley in the name of the chairman of the alliance meeting. However, in addition to the rebel army led by East Bivis, we also need to consider the imperial navy that began to blockade the lower reaches of the Seine River yesterday. The matter of the First Division.

Viscount Xia Lin, you said earlier that there is a building called a fort that can prevent this division from attacking Helgana through the Seine River, so how much time and money will it take to build that kind of fort? "

Dorothea obviously attached great importance to the blockade of shipping, one of Helgana's lifelines. After dealing with the most difficult rebel problem, she couldn't wait to ask Xia Lin.

"It doesn't take too long to build a fort. To put it simply, we only need to transport the 80mm caliber breech-loading artillery to a relatively high-lying place on both sides of the Seine River, and the land can be leveled to complete the layout. Long-range strikes can easily destroy ships attacking along the river.

If Her Majesty the Queen is worried, I can now deploy the artillery produced by the gun factory to the First Guards Division, and within a few days, I will be able to completely block the warships of the First Navy Division from the Seine River At that time, they will at most affect our sea trade transportation, and the river transportation in the lower reaches of the Seine River will not be greatly affected. "

Xia Lin simply explained the function of the fort, or the artillery position.

Even in the era of artillery bombardment, shore artillery can make its caliber extremely large because of its own advantage of not needing to move, so it can easily obtain a range and power beyond naval artillery, thus causing great damage to ships sailing on the water. threat.

And in this era when artillery was only just introduced, let alone, they only need to arrange six to twelve artillery pieces at suitable positions along the banks of the Seine, and they can easily block the wide surface of the Seine River and let the rebels The [-]st Navy Division of the Chinese Navy returned without success during the attack.

"This matter must be arranged as soon as possible. And the idea of ​​moving the artillery to the ship you mentioned before, have you discussed it with the people from the Colin Chamber of Commerce?"

"I haven't had time to arrange this matter. Your Majesty, it is not as easy as we imagined to transport the artillery to the ship. After all, the artillery has recoil when it fires. Put two or three guns on one side of the ship, and the force of these guns firing at the same time will capsize the ship."

Xia Lin explained carefully.In fact, apart from this factor, Xia Lin is still considering whether to cooperate with the Colin family to manufacture a new type of warship with a mixture of sails and magic power, so there is no rush to arrange this matter.

With the sharp weapon of artillery, if coupled with the advantage of speed, this new type of warship can completely perform a wave of kite-flying tactics in the vast sea, playing the slow and short-handed old-fashioned warship to death, and gaining an absolute advantage on the battlefield .

"I don't know much about this matter. In short, if you need any support, you just need to explain it to Faith Luien."

As Dorothea spoke, she waved to the head waiter, and the head waiter understood and went out to bring in a young man whose name Xia Lin had heard of.

"This is Faith Louise, one of my attendants, and the son of His Excellency Babbitt Louise. He has a very good ability in coordination and management. You can contact me through him for some trivial matters in the future. "

Seeing Xia Lin's probing eyes, Dorothea explained.

"Hello, Fez attendant! Please take care of me in the future!"

Xia Lin quickly realized that this was the person Queen Dorothea had arranged for her to appease Babbitt's chief attendant, and greeted him with a gentle smile.

Now Xia Lin's position in Her Majesty's heart has also been known by many forces in the imperial capital's political arena, and can basically be regarded as the representative of the Queen's direct lineage.

Recently, the political situation in the imperial capital has changed. Xia Lin’s proposal to Empress Dorothea that night and the establishment of several new ministerial positions and government offices have not been settled for a long time. anxiety.

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