Thousands of sparks

Chapter 117
Colonel Philip, who was sober, had a livid face, and it was difficult to tell whether he thought the situation was serious, or because the ice cubes for sobering up were too cold.

In short, Mr. Colonel quickly understood the progress of the matter, and then made his own proposal.

"No matter what the capital's considerations are, we did receive an order to 'enter the city to maintain law and order'." Mr. Colonel never mentioned the fact that he was still drunk after receiving the order, and he said righteously , "Because it is impossible to obtain more equipment transportation in a short period of time, and at the same time that Niusal is currently facing a possible invasion threat, I suggest that the House of Commons authorize the Army as soon as possible, so that we can start the recall of the reserve."

The army is a poor department, although they can get a huge budget from the empire every year.But these budgets are nothing compared to the Navy's ship acquisition costs.What's more, a large part of these budgets are directly used for front-line operations - the main eight-inch heavy artillery used by the army costs 15 gold pounds per shell, and when the firepower is prepared, it is not tens of thousands of rounds A round of greetings towards the alliance?

The navy can buy a destroyer for 2000 million pounds, but the army has to think about whether such a small amount of money can be spent on the front line for two days.

The navy's family property is getting richer and richer, while the army's family property is getting less and less.The gap between the two services has become more and more obvious-the navy can directly recruit ready-made high-level talents, while the army can only train middle and high-level officers a little bit by itself.

"Most of the army's garrison troops stationed in Newisal are logistics and officers." The colonel made no secret of the current weakness of the army in Newisal, and he said very honestly, "If we only use our registered Reserve soldiers, after the mobilization of the reserves...Neusar's army can be expanded to 5000 men, but this number may not be enough."

The person Dusande sent to invite his father back to the meeting came back empty-handed, and the garrison navy has not yet returned after the emergency liftoff.It's also thanks to the fact that Duchamp is still floating in the vast sea of ​​stars, otherwise he would definitely have to spit in the face of this army colonel.

The garrison army in Newsail has a total size of 1000 people from top to bottom. Except for a guard of more than 200 people at the headquarters, the rest are almost all officers—this kind of out-and-out reserve garrison, In theory, it should be possible to expand the army to at least 5 people within a few weeks.

Now... the military expansion has only reached 1000?In the scale of [-] people, how much empty salary did you, Mr. Colonel, eat?
"That number is definitely not enough." Dusand had no idea how much the army should expand.But he was pretty sure that for a colony that took over the entire planet, a 400-man army wasn't even a big fart for a population of 5000 million in Newsail.

"This number is too small." Dusand turned his head and began to call, "Please go to the Belford Automobile Factory and ask Rear Admiral Horn to come over immediately."

Colonel Philip's eyes immediately became ugly.

After he learned that Rear Admiral Horn was actually a Rear Admiral of the Marine Commando, the expression on his face became even uglier—it was almost the same as when he was just dragged out of the cellar by two postmen in red, and even uglier.

"I need an exact number." Dusand looked at the colonel with an extremely ugly expression, and said word by word, "How many troops can you pull out in a month?"

"The problem now is that we lack sufficient resources." Mr. Colonel said seriously, "The amount of equipment is sufficient, but the barracks, training system, and logistics supply are completely insufficient..."

"The logistics supply is what the garrison needs to maintain. Every year, the military department pays a large amount of military expenses for the garrison to purchase and store durable supplies." Androni directly interrupted Mr. Colonel's sophistry, "Mr. Colonel , we don’t have time to listen to your complaints, we just need troops to guard His Majesty’s colony.”

Du Sande also showed a sinister smile just right, "If your logistics officers don't remember where they put the supplies they bought, maybe I can send some postmen in red to help them remember. You want Understand, now is not the time to talk about conditions, we must have sufficient defense capabilities to ensure the safety of this colonial planet."

Blind pressure sometimes does not bring good results. In order to turn the garrison army into a combat-capable force as soon as possible, Du Sande also proposed a "quid pro quo".

"It is obviously not enough to call back the retired army veterans. Most of them may not be at the most suitable age to join the army." Du Sande proposed his own exchange conditions, "I can arrange for you 2000 educated students from various schools in Newsail to serve in the Army."

"Give me [-] students, and the Newsail Garrison Army can have [-] qualified soldiers within a month." The lieutenant colonel's eyes lit up when he mentioned students. These students are really "highly educated" "Talent.

Students who have completed four years of education can almost easily master the mathematical skills that junior and mid-level officers of the Army need to master, and easily understand the combat intentions of their superiors.

Five thousand students means that at least 4000 mid-level officers and more than [-] junior officers can be selected from them.

This is the real baby!Colonel Philip felt that he had completely sobered up, and at the same time, there was a feeling of excitement and anticipation from the bottom of his heart.How many junior and mid-level officers can the entire Imperial Army system train in a year?If he could get [-] student soldiers for the army in one go, then starting next year, he might have to carry the rank of brigadier general.

"It's only two thousand, and they can only serve in Newsale." Dusand didn't plan to hand over the first batch of top talents trained in the Newsale education system to the army. "In exchange, I ask you to give me at least 5 troops within a month."

"Then there can only be male students. It is not only useless for female students to serve in the army, but it is also easy to be dangerous." The colonel quickly reached a consensus with Dusand, "I want all students to become officers, and female officers can Can't control those big guns—maybe they will become the prey of the big guns."

"In addition, I will give you a group of armored troops." Dusande forced himself not to delve into what the "prey" was all about, and then said, "I ask you to set up a special armored force, and The armored soldiers will work together to study how to use this brand new weaponry."

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Dusande and Androni stayed overnight in the building of the Arms Administration.

Using the Heraldry Management Office as a base, Androni convened an emergency plenary meeting of the Marquis Party.At the meeting, Androni conveyed the news of the death of Mr. Marquis to the members of the Marquis Party, and explained the current situation to them.

Under the "deterrence" of the postmen in red, the Marquis Party finally did not disperse.And as members of the Marquis Party, the members of the House of Commons are not to say that they are calm, at least they can be called panic.

"Our current actions are not only to protect this colony, but also to protect ourselves." Androni united almost all the Marquis Party MPs with one sentence, "We are united not because we are La Fayette Marquis' entourage or die-hard loyalty. It is because we all have a common goal-to unite for a better Newsail, and to better contribute to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Now, everything we do is justifying ourselves." Androni issued an appeal and mobilization order to her colleagues, "Unite and protect Newsail. His Majesty the Emperor will definitely See our loyalty!"

Androni is mobilizing, while Dusande is looking for someone.

He sent a total of four invitation letters, among which Colonel Philip and Androni, the army commanders, rushed to the coat of arms management office soon.Duchamp has yet to reply because of the urgent dispatch.Major Horn came later, but this was also because the invitation letter to him was sent the latest - he soon set off again with Colonel Phillips, to the Belford Automobile Factory, ready to receive the first batch of tanks and armored corps.

As for Governor Edmund, he still hasn't appeared in the Heraldry Management Office so far.

"What's going on with the governor?" Dusand called Ms. Tamara for the third time. "It's already dawn, why hasn't Governor Edmund arrived yet?"

"The Governor's Mansion hasn't responded yet." Ms. Tamara seemed emotionally still not calmed down. She said to Dusand, "I have gone to two groups of postmen in red, but they haven't come back yet."

"Send more people." Du Sande was in a hurry. The governor, as the emperor's representative on the colonial planet, had to be present in such an important situation, "Send ten... fifteen... No, I'll go directly !" He stood up from his seat, picked up a red postman's cloak from the table next to him, and walked out, saying as he walked, "Send a combat team with me, use our car— —Show the sign of Aika!"

In order to make his actions more "fanfare", Du Sande led the people out of the building and directly called two steam knights.

"You follow us, before I order, you just need to follow." Du Sande said to the two steam knights who knelt on one knee and obeyed the instructions, "Don't bring firearms, bring the largest armor-piercing hammer with you. superior."

Since the mountains don't move, let's go to the mountains.Dusand was going to visit the representative of the royal power in Newsail, and hear for himself what reason he refused to come to the coat of arms management office for a meeting.

Three steam carriages and two steam knights walked through the streets of Newsail.People who had just started school and work watched the scene in shock, and then started whispering.The reaction of the students was more... Sunnier, they shouted "Come on" towards the carriage of the Coat of Arms Management Office, and then waved their hands very enthusiastically.

Dusand, who was sitting in the car, was expressionless. As the wheels accelerated, the group quickly crossed seven or eight intersections and came to a magnificent looking "palace".

The governor's mansion on every colonial planet is a formal royal building that can become the emperor's palace.At the gate of Governor Edmund's mansion, seven or eight guards in gorgeous uniforms were standing guard.

Du Sande brought three carriages and two steam knights directly at the gate of the governor's mansion.Afterwards, he got out of the car wearing a purple cloak, and walked to the gate of the governor's mansion swaggeringly.

When he came here just now, Dusande had already checked with several other colleagues—there was no postman in red at the door, and there was no steam carriage parked outside the Newsail Coat of Arms Management Office.

The two red-clothed postmen did not know where they went.

"I am the acting director of the Newsail Coat of Arms Management Office." Dusand walked to the gate of the Governor's Mansion, showed his ID to the guards at the gate, and said, "I am here to ask Mr. Governor to go to the Coat of Arms Management Meeting here—there were two postmen in red clothes here before? Where are they?"

The guards were expressionless as if they were wearing masks, and one of them shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Dusande glanced at the dew on the guard's cloak. The guard must have stood here overnight.Then there is absolutely no reason for "I didn't know that two postmen in red came here".

He smiled slightly, and said indifferently to the guard's lies, "It's okay, please open the door—I'll just go to see Mr. Governor."

"You can go to see Mr. Governor, but your entourage can't." The guard said nervously, "Your entourage and carriage can go to the stable and side hall to wait."

"These two steam knights can also wait in the side hall." The guard added, "If you have any questions, you can directly ask the chief of the main hall—he should be at the main hall's gate right now."

Du Sande raised his eyebrows, this matter seems to be... interesting.

If the other party intends to do something to him—although he doesn't know why the governor would do this—then the safest way is to let the steam knight and his followers wait at the door.If the other party is not going to show their knives to him...then why did he detain the postman in red who sent the letter before?
Dusande hesitated for a second with narrowed eyes, then decided to go in and take a look.

Anyway, after entering the Governor's Mansion, at worst, he would just lead people to the main hall.With someone on hand, Du Sande's confidence is extraordinary now.

He thought so, and he did so.Three steam carriages and two steam knights entered the mansion in battle formation, and then rushed directly to the main hall of the mansion.Under the cover of twelve black muzzles and two armor-piercing hammers that were two yoles long, Dusande knocked on the door of the main hall.

Amidst the maid's terrified screams, Dusande's voice filled the hall, "Where is the steward? I seem to have lost two of my subordinates in the Governor's Palace. Do you see them? They are wearing purple cloaks and red uniform."

(End of this chapter)