Mage Joan

People who don’t know the inside story may have questions:

Why the size of the Continental Army has been maintained at around 40,000, so why can't it recruit more recruits to grow its size?

The reason is actually very simple, it is lack of money!

Recruitment is easy and difficult to pay. The Continental Army’s funds, equipment, and material supplies are already very reluctant to maintain the size of 40,000. Only when the veteran contract expires and a payment is made available, will there be a quota for recruiting new recruits. .

After all, there are only a small number of people willing to bring their own dry food to join the army, so under the rigid constraints of military expenditures, the size of the Continental Army has been unable to grow.

There is also the fact that people who lack a deep understanding of the New World often cannot imagine it.

The Continental Army has 40,000 troops, which does not mean that the independents of the New World can only fight with these 40,000 people. In fact, each town and village in the colony has its own militia.

The total inhabitants of the three colonies of Jotunheim, Midgard, and Alfheim are nearly 10 million. How many of them are active militias?

It is shocking to say it, and it is conservatively estimated that the total number of active militiamen is not less than 300,000!

That's right, the strength of the Continental Army is only a fraction of the total number of militias in the New World.

Compared with the vision of an independent nation, the residents of the New World are more keen to defend the three-acre under their noses. Only when the intruder hits the door of the house will they realize that "protecting the home" and "defending the country" are not contradictory.

This is the situation in Alfheim now:

Gates' regular army was completely lost in Prince Port, but the militia organizations everywhere did not hurt their muscles and bones.

The grassroots militia provided a sufficient source of troops for the Continental Army. Today, Alfheim has no shortage of soldiers, but lacks training, equipment, and an excellent general who can integrate the militia against the invaders.

Recognizing this reality, it is not difficult for Qiao An to draw an inference:

General Vassar had neither spare energy nor need to send large-scale reinforcements to Alfheim again, but he must quickly select a talented and well-established general in the south to carry the burden of "firefighters" to replace the captured Charles. Gates, rebuild the southern theater.

George Vassar himself seems to be the most suitable candidate, but as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, once he personally goes south to "fight the fire", who can sit in the Forge Valley for him and stabilize the situation in the north?

Qiao An can't think of a solution for both.

In the next week, in addition to daily practice and teaching her adopted daughter Inanna to learn magic, Qiao An also paid close attention to the progress of the war in the New World.

In the second half of May, Qiao An received a letter from Roland and learned that General Vigraf, who had just returned to China, had been sent back to the New World by the Emperor.

The poor General Vigraf was born to work hard. Before he left, he specially selected a group of elite instructors from the Far East Military Academy and organized a delegation to the Forge Valley to assist General Vassar in training new recruits.

Where are the recruits?

Charles Gates led his troops to surrender in the Port of Princesa. Wouldn't they leave 20,000 pay?

With the salary, there is no worries about recruiting young men who are willing to carry guns and eat food in the New World.

The question is, where did the gun come from?

In the Battle of Prince Port, when 20,000 Continental Army officers and soldiers surrendered, they were also forced to surrender tens of thousands of rifles, making the current situation of the Continental Army’s weapon shortage worse.

In order to solve this problem, the instructor group led by General Vigraf also had a mission on this trip to **** the magic transport airship, and send 20,000 "wind guns" and associated inflatable devices to the Forge Valley.

In addition to the news about the war, Roland also mentioned two things in his letter.

The first is to urge Qiao An to return to Kolas fort before June 1 to attend the 1627 "Colas Award" ceremony.

The second is to meet him to talk about the prevention and treatment of a mysterious disease called "sacred flame".

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As early as the founding of the Far East, Roland, who was still the crown prince at the time, proposed to create an award, which will be awarded once a year to reward domestic elites who have made great contributions to technological progress, literary creation and public undertakings.

This award, which was fixed on June 1st each year, was the "Colas Award" with the highest gold content in the Far East literary and academic circles.

The awards are divided into ten categories, and the single prize is as high as 100,000 jin tal. In addition to monetary rewards, the winners will also receive the title of nobility and the medal of honor awarded by His Majesty the Emperor.

In fact, Qiao An has received the news a long time ago. With the improvement of the "Wing Cavalry" floating device, he was selected into the list of candidates for this year's "Colas Award" magic guide construction process category along with Jack and Kafta.

Under this category of awards, the results of other award candidates are obviously not as good as the "Wing Cavalry" floating device. Judging from the meaning disclosed by the Emperor in the letter, Qiao An, Jack and Kafta shared the "1627" The Collas Award" should be no suspense.

Given Qiao'an's current wealth, the bonus is dispensable for him, but the honorary commendation of "aristocratic title" is more attractive.

He was born in a rural family in the southern part of the New World. He was originally a scumbag rural guy. After winning the award, he transformed himself into the noble "Lord Vader" in people's eyes, and the whole person suddenly became "upper"!

However, on second thought, Qiao An remembered that he had been deeply influenced by Enlightenment in his years of schooling, and he claimed to be a new youth advocating "Republicanism" and an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal progressive intellectual.

So now the question is, can republican fighters accept the title of nobility granted by the royal family of the Far East?

When progressive intellectuals encounter the test of "sugar-coated cannonballs", what choice should they make?

The ideal way of course is to stick to ethics, be wary of the feudal aristocracy's wooing and corruption, and refusing to accept awards righteously. How can the lofty republican beliefs be shaken by the title of money and vanity!

That's what I said, but Qiao Ann felt... his ethics didn't seem to be that noble, and his belief in republican ideals was not as pure as he imagined.

Does accepting the honorary titles of "Colas Award" and "Lord" mean surrendering to the decadent aristocratic lords?

"No! Of course not!" "Associate Lord" Dr. Vader secretly shook his head, "Only the two stunners with low emotional intelligence can be so persistent. It is either black or white. The "sugar coating" was peeled off and eaten, and the "cannonball" returned intact."

Receiving the award does not mean changing one's position. Who said that the noble lord cannot be a republican fighter at the same time?

Rebecca, isn't she also a noble lady?

Mrs. Josephine, the diplomat of the Continental Congress, herself has the title of countess, so she still has to work hard for the new republic and be broken?

The more Qiao An thinks about it, the more he feels this is true.

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