Author: Xin Haiyue 1

After the high-level meeting ended, Hudson immediately took the kingdom's resolution and promoted military spending reform in the military.

At this moment, the kingdom's army has not yet been fully mobilized. What is needed is the standing army, which is also the time when the resistance to reform is least.

The first measure is whether to check the accounts. Instead of checking the old accounts, just look at the accounts of everyone during the recent confinement period and the implementation of the "fat feeding" task for the soldiers.

Did Mr. Hudson warn him before, and those who could hit the muzzle with no wink, should be sacrificed for reform.

The fact that those people in Bu Nao didn't have a look didn't mean that the people behind them didn't have a look either. Everyone knew very well whether the reform was a decision jointly made by the big bosses at the palace meeting, and no one was allowed to destroy it.

A smart person knows how to do things. Hudson went to arrest the person first, but the other party sent the "stolen goods" over with a confession attached.

In conjunction with the high-efficiency hunting dogs, they were able to move faster than the house-searching team, which made Hudson feel embarrassed to hold on to others.

Self-defense eliminates the need for investigation and saves a lot of social resources. It is normal for the case to be dealt with lightly.

What's more, the mass slaughter of nobles would easily arouse the dissatisfaction of the ruling group. Naturally, Hudson would not deliberately make his reforms more difficult.

The face of all parties is sought, and the killing of chickens to scare monkeys is also carried out. The principle of punishment becomes: capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be spared.

If the circumstances are minor, the crime will be meritorious; if the circumstances are serious, the title will be removed from the title. The hereditary title will be inherited by the descendants, and the honorary title will be directly withdrawn.

In line with the principle of waste utilization, all personnel involved in the case are organized into the "Warrior Battalion". After the war begins, they will assume the most dangerous tasks on the battlefield.

If you can complete the task three times, the previous old accounts will be written off.

In order to save the face of the forces behind these people, Hudson allowed everyone to bring escorts to the battlefield. If he didn't give up his own capital, he would not be wrong to take them with his private army.

If the honor of the nobility is lost, it must be washed away with blood.

With a group of killed "chickens" and the realization that Mr. Hudson was not to be trifled with, the follow-up work was much smoother.

In just half a month, things in the military camp have changed drastically. The food standards of the soldiers have changed, and the intensity of training has gradually increased.

Could Hudson strictly implement the order of Caesar IV? He directly copied the staple food standards set by the king.

The king eats 2 pounds of fine bread every day, so the soldiers eat vegetable bread with 70% rye. I don’t know what kind of meat the king eats, but the soldiers also have to have one pound of meat every day.

Fish, rabbit, chicken, goose, pork, beef, and mutton are all acceptable, but the total amount must be enough.

I don’t dare to expect too much about the ingredients. I’ll use them for whatever I want. Anyway, I have to ask for 1 pound of coarse salt per person per month.

Don’t expect too much fruit, it’s a no-brainer. But vegetables must not be less than two pounds. Potatoes, soybeans, barley... those whole grains can also be vegetables.

The quota seems to be large, but in fact, in the military camp in Hudson, there were no leftovers.

Obviously, if there is no sequelae of lack of oil and water in the stomach, if the oil and water are replenished, everyone's food intake will gradually decrease.

The only one injured was the Royal Government, which was almost going crazy because it had raised a large amount of meat.

I hope the soldiers are not picky eaters and will eat the meat of any animal. They cannot satisfy their meat needs alone.

"Marshal Pavilion East, we can't go so far east. The consumption of the standing army alone has made them exhausted. Can we fully mobilize them?"

The Grand Duke of Newfoundland said angrily.

After being the prime minister for so many years, he has never seen such a luxurious army. Ordinary soldiers can only drink broth. How about one pound of meat a day?

"Prime Minister Gedong, I can rest assured that their military expenditure does not exceed the standard.

Now, will he let us use the money we originally spent on purchasing Warcraft meat, spices, and some luxury goods to purchase ordinary meat products?

Of course, he cut off some unnecessary expenses.

For example: the officers' private kitchens stipulate that the servants they bring must be practitioners, prohibit bringing too many personal items, and eliminate some meaningless decorations...

After accurate calculations, the current military budget of the kingdom can fully meet the monthly consumption of the standing army, and can even purchase some magic crossbows every month."

Hudson said calmly.

Is it possible to save money? Before the military expenditure reform, it was indeed in the name of saving military expenditure, but it would not be supported by the government.

Now that preliminary reforms have been completed, Hudson naturally wants to spend the money saved to improve combat effectiveness.

The elites are not fed by money, and Hudson's series of victories in the north and south are not dependent on luck and planning.

When Bu Mao was in the territory, he raised the food standards for the soldiers. After entering the Moxi Principality to fight, he even allowed the soldiers to eat freely.

Only with good nutrition can we carry out high-intensity training. Strict training combined with constant fighting on the battlefield finally created an army with good combat effectiveness.

In that era, the material standards of the kingdom's standing army were not bad. But they were better, so why not improve them?

Theoretically speaking, through rigorous training, improving physical strength and combat awareness, ordinary soldiers can be comparable to low-level knights.

Of course, that "heretical" theory is currently not exclusive to Hudson's personal research and has not been disseminated to the outside world.

Although it had been done before, the sample size was not too small. Among the more than 20,000 private troops in his family, those who could compete with low-level knights through physical training, Li Yi only had two or three hundred men.

Whether those people have different talents or whether the theory is really valid, more samples are needed for verification.

What Hudson did in the standing army was not only to improve the combat effectiveness of the kingdom's army, but also to verify his theory.

In fact, the fact that the expenditure does not exceed the standard is closely related to the current price system of the Alpha Kingdom. The normal market is affected by the relationship between supply and demand, and prices have already skyrocketed.

But at present, the kingdom's means of production are all controlled by the aristocratic group, which essentially follows the planned economy route. The price agreed upon by the government and the aristocratic lords will not change.

Once it switches to a wartime economic system, it will be even simpler. All strategic materials can be directly collected and allocated by the kingdom.

"Marshal Ge Dong, he knows that my reforms have achieved great results, but supplies are not unlimited and supplying a standing army is very difficult.

Once the kingdom is fully mobilized, they will simply not be able to provide so much meat, and logistics will drag them down!"

The Grand Duke of Newfoundland tried to persuade him.

To be completely honest, the monthly consumption of the standing army is a terrifying figure in itself. If it could be increased several times, the logistics would have to collapse.

Whether productivity is limited or not can be reversed by non-human resources.

"Prime Minister, please rest assured that nationwide mobilization is not a last resort. If their strategy is carried out normally, there is no need to mobilize so many people.

Analysis of the news coming from the prairie shows that the current Orc Empire is no longer the same as the Orc Empire of the past. Their strength is less than half of what it was at its peak, at most only 30 to 40 percent of the level.

They asked for materials to be gathered at the front line in advance. After the training of the standing army was completed, they needed to assemble another 250,000 noble elite private troops to fight them.

As the number of troops mobilized decreases, the consumption of materials will naturally decrease.

So if you increase and decrease, you can do the math and see if Donglai's logistical pressure has been reduced?

The most important thing is that this time they did not simply defend, but quickly defeated the Orc Empire, and then transferred the army to the western front battlefield, and the requirements of the soldiers were also greatly increased.

With such a high-intensity use of troops, if the supply standard is not improved, I am afraid that the war will not be over and the people will be used up first!"

The perfect reason left the Grand Duke of Newfoundland speechless. His mind was full of "strategic needs", and even the prerequisites mentioned by Hudson were ignored by him.

The battle begins at the doorstep of Bu Nao. If the battle can be won quickly and the supplies stockpiled in advance can be met, the army will indeed be able to meet its needs.

After hesitating for a while, the Grand Duke of Newfoundland was surprised to find that he had been convinced. Hudson's strategic plan was indeed risky, but the Alpha Kingdom had no choice now.

Except for that plan, which is reliable and implementable to a certain extent, other people's strategic plans are even more vague.

For example: Form an army of 300,000 Warcraft, directly defeat the Orc Empire, and step on the Elf Kingdom.

It's a pity that the Alpha Kingdom wanted to gather 3,000 Warcraft cavalry, but they wanted to bring in underage Warcraft to make up the number. The number was a hundred times different from the 300,000.

Another example: a drunken officer proposed to send a hundred strong men from the holy realm to directly destroy the leader of the wrong party.

Another example: An officer who was dozing off on duty suggested that everyone pray together and let the Lord of the Dawn send down divine punishment to destroy the enemy.

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If there is no unreliability, then there is even more unreliability.

It's not that the officers are incompetent, it's that the kingdom's strength is too overwhelming. If you force everyone to find a plan, you must come up with different plans, and you can naturally think divergently.

Whether it can be realized or not, the key is to hand over the task first. If it cannot be implemented, then the kingdom is not strong enough, or there is something wrong with the plan.

"Marshal Ge Dong, are you sure that with such a small number of troops, you can defeat the Orc Empire?"

the Grand Duke of Newfoundland asked in disbelief.

Having always lived in the east of the shadow of the orcs, it was hard for him to believe that he could defeat the orc empire by gathering half a million troops.

"If you simply calculate military strength, a small amount of troops will naturally be insignificant, but war cannot be won or lost based solely on the strength of troops.

As for how to fight specifically, we have to wait until the orcs come over before we can determine the tactics. Don't worry, he has an idea!"

Hudson said confidently.

No matter whether the plan is feasible or not, as the military commander of the kingdom, he must have confidence.

If you can't win, you should look for objective factors. Anyway, the kingdom has fought the orcs so many times, and there has never been a time when No won on his own.

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The Farland Kingdom, as the only country in the prairie with a large port, their development has not been smooth sailing.

Although there are no tolls from various countries, the consumption brought by the coming and going of people and the stimulation of local consumption are not immediate.

Although the development time of Xingang is short, in terms of prosperity, it is no less than the second-rate ports in mainland China.

Out of the lack of emphasis on the port, the Frankfurt Kingdom directly placed its capital in Xingang, not to mention promoting the great development of the port.

If there is no sudden war and continues to develop eastward, Xingang will sooner or later develop into one of the most sought-after ports in the Aslant continent.
To be continued...