Urban Sims

Chapter 526: Civil Legion With Its Own Dry Food

There are many types of war.

There is justice and there is injustice.

Punitive, aggressive.

Of conquest, and of plunder and perdition.

Obviously, the nature of the war that Wancheng Kingdom wants to fight against Nanyuanzhou this time should belong to the latter.

It is to obtain the land and population of Nanyuanzhou, take down the spiritual veins and resources of the other party, and achieve permanent occupation.

But to achieve this goal, a large number of troops will be needed.

For example, there are thousands of cities in Nanyuanzhou, with an average population of 150 million per city. Calculated with 1000 troops per city, Wancheng Kingdom must dispatch at least one million troops to achieve full occupation.

However, under the guiding ideology of the strategy of elite soldiers, the standing regular army of Wancheng Kingdom is only four major fleets, with more than 30 people (all monks).

There are also tens of thousands of monks in the four major sects, which can form an army of 5 people.

With the strength of these two forces, there is no problem in taking Nanyuanzhou.

The problem is to achieve long-term effective occupation and management, and continuously grab benefits.

Just like a boa constrictor, it is easy to kill an elephant, but it is quite difficult to swallow it and digest it.

How to do?
The senior officials of Wancheng Kingdom are also aware of this problem.

Seeing the joining city-states desperately waving the spirit coins in their hands, and through various channels, expressing their willingness to contribute people, money and efforts to help win Nanyuanzhou, the high-level officials immediately came up with a solution.

folk power.

Borrow the power of the people.

There are currently more than a thousand cities in Wancheng Kingdom, which is equivalent to the number of cities in Nanyuanzhou.

These cities, even if each city sends a thousand troops, it can pull out millions of troops.

And a thousand soldiers, to the cities in Wancheng, it is like drizzle.

Not to mention one thousand, it's easy to pull out ten thousand... It's just that the quality of soldiers will drop slightly.

Looking at the current level of enthusiasm in each city, the mobilization work only needs a nod.

Even a certain screening has to be carried out to avoid mixing good and bad people and making it difficult to command and control.

Therefore, after some consultations and discussions, the high-level officials of the Wancheng Kingdom formulated five criteria for various non-governmental forces to join the expeditionary army.

500. First of all, a security deposit of [-] million spiritual coins must be handed in to enrich the national treasury.

1. The main leader of the civilian legion must have a national contribution of more than [-].

800. The number of civil corps should not be less than 1000 and more than [-], and they should bring their own weapons and supplies, and the proportion of monks should not be less than one-third.

[-]. Before going out for an expedition, you must receive more than three months of regular army training.

[-]. After going out for an expedition, you must obey the orders of the National Defense Forces and obey the command. If there is any violation, you will be sent back to your country immediately.

After the publication of these five articles, the entire Wancheng Kingdom was elated.

Then in various cities, various civil legions sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

The business in the weapon market is extremely hot. Armors, swords, spirit pistols, spirit guns, powerful crossbows... almost all sold out.

All kinds of military uniforms, military boots, and military accessories are also in short supply, and the factory has to rush to make them.

Even all kinds of food such as military rations, canned food, and high-energy biscuits with a long shelf life were all swept away.

Within a month, at least 3000 civilian legions were established in Wancheng.

And all of them are full regiments of 1000 people.

Of course, the quota given by the state is only 1000, and at least two-thirds will be eliminated... Only the elite can be selected.

Therefore, as soon as these civilian legions were established, they immediately hired professional officers with high salaries and devoted themselves to high-intensity training in order to win the quota for the expedition.

It can be predicted that the performance of the selected 1000 civilian legions will not be much worse than that of the regular army after being put into Nanyuanzhou.

Zhou Ming praised this repeatedly.

"This year's high-level executives are indeed very smart."

"One thousand civil legions, just for the deposit, they have gathered 50 billion spiritual coins."

"There are millions of soldiers, weapons and equipment, food and supplies, and salaries, and the state does not need to spend a penny, all of which are borne by private individuals."

"Even so, the response from the people is still positive. The major families actively participate, invest huge sums of money to recruit talents, and train hard, for fear of missing opportunities."

"In the face of this kind of power that has been fully mobilized from the government to the people, Nanyuanzhou may end soon."

Zhou Ming predicted that the war would end in a relatively short period of time.

And the loss of Wancheng Kingdom will not be much.

Some people may be worried about Nanyuanzhou's high-end combat power.

For example, there are thousands of immortals in Nanyuanzhou during the Gudan period.

There are also six or seven ancestors in Nanyuanzhou who are in the trance period.

These are all forces that cannot be underestimated, and they are very likely to cause damage to Wancheng Kingdom.

It's just that, the combination of Lingyuan Battleship + Royal Air Armor, tens of thousands of Lingyuan cannons, 10,000+ Lingyuan guns, plus instant wireless telegrams...

Zhou Ming predicted that the casualties of the Wancheng Kingdom's expeditionary army would not exceed four figures.

Therefore, he should study hard at the academy and not have to pay attention to these news all day long.

……

two months later.

end of January.

School is on holiday.

Zhou Ming returned to his hometown Xuanqingcheng.

He was immediately taken aback by the scene in front of him.

The entire Xuanqing City has been flooded with millions of foreigners.

Most of them are soldiers, and a small part are businessmen who heard the news, as well as various service industry personnel.

Hundreds of civilian legions from various cities also gathered here, preparing to participate in the selection.

The materials at the airport are piled up like a mountain, and there are more than a thousand Royal Airliners.

The restaurants and hotels in the city were already full, and hundreds of thousands of people could only live in outdoor tents, forming a huge barracks around Xuanqing City.

At high altitude, 24 Lingyuan warships form a neat formation every day to perform combat readiness patrols.

Those monks who put on the air defense battle armor and wrapped their whole bodies in it flew at high speed in the air, menacing and majestic.

As the expedition approached, there was an atmosphere of tension and excitement in the barracks.

……

Xuanqing City, the city lord's mansion.

In the banquet hall for honored guests.

The Bai family had the honor to invite the general of the National Defense Forces who led the expedition this time - General Fan Yangzhi, who is over [-] years old, to the White House as a guest.

Zhou Ming also attended the banquet and sat next to the old man.

In order for Zhou Ming to get acquainted with some important people, at the banquet, the old man strongly recommended his grandson in front of Fan Yangzhi, and listed many deeds about him.

For example, building the 'Xuanqing Highway', attracting investment, developing the economy of Xuanqing City, further cultivating the Xuanqing fruit industry, and developing hot pot rabbit breeding... The development process of Xuanqing City for more than ten years, step by step, has this treasure Thanks to the grandson.

Moreover, he has excellent academic performance, won the top score in the college entrance examination, and entered Daxian College to study. During his studies at school, he invented the Lingyuan wave cable telegraph and the Lingyuan typewriter.

Listening to these introductions, Fan Yangzhi didn't feel anything at first, and even had a flash of impatience, but when he suddenly heard the word "Lingyuanbo cable telegram", his eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his head and asked Zhou Ming: "Lingyuanbo cable telegram?" You invented the telegraph? Isn’t the inventor a man named Zhou Yuan?”

"Zhou Yuan is my pseudonym, and my real name is Bai Feiyang." Zhou Ming explained.

"So that's how it is..."

Fan Yangzhi nodded, and began to show great interest in the inventor of the "Spiritual Wave Telegraph", and asked a lot of related questions. Seeing that he answered fluently and explained the principles clearly, he no longer doubted it. , looking at his eyes, gradually became eager.

This young man is a rare talent and has great training value.

In order to test him, he was asked a few questions... about the war against Nanyuanzhou.

"Will my Wancheng Kingdom win?" Fan Yangzhi asked.

"Like an adult beating a child, our Wancheng Kingdom will surely win." Zhou Ming replied.

"Adults beat young children?"

This metaphor made Fan Yangzhi laugh, but he still asked him, "Why do you think so?"

Zhou Ming analyzed the national strength, scientific and technological strength, organizational strength, overall mobilization strength, and military combat effectiveness one by one, and came to the conclusion that Wancheng Kingdom would easily win.

Fan Yangzhi stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly, with surprise in his eyes. A 16-year-old boy has such profound insight and comprehensive analysis ability, which really impressed him.

He became more and more satisfied with the boy in front of him.

However, Wancheng will win, and anyone with a discerning eye who has a little understanding of Wancheng's comprehensive national strength can draw this conclusion.

He wanted to hear something different...preferably new.

So he asked: "Feiyang, as you said, Wancheng Kingdom will definitely win, it's as easy as an adult beating a child, but isn't there any potential hidden danger and will not face any major losses? You must know that Nan Yuan Continent is twice the size of my Wancheng country."

"If there's a big loss, maybe that's a good thing."

Zhou Ming's words were astonishing, and he said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Nanyuanzhou will be won too easily and the loss will be too slight. All parties in Wancheng Kingdom will benefit greatly. Returning, that would be a bad thing.”

Militarism?

Fan Yangzhi was taken aback by this word, and then said with a smile: "Feiyang, you are really worrying too much."

In Fan Yangzhi's heart, there was some disapproval.

In his heart, he even hoped to fight a few more wars, gain more glory, and accumulate more meritorious deeds.

After all, he has been a peaceful soldier for more than 40 years, and he has had enough, so when he saw the meaning of swallowing Nanyuanzhou on it, his mind immediately became active, exhausted his thoughts, and exhausted his connections. Leading his third fleet, he seized the opportunity to go to Nanyuanzhou.

Didn't the other three fleets that didn't get the chance hate him so much that they spoke ill of him in front of the congressmen every day?
Opportunities for war are rare, and only war can reflect the existence of their soldiers. Peace is the blessing of hundreds of millions of people, but it is the misfortune of soldiers who are eager to make contributions.

Therefore, if possible, Fan Yangzhi hopes that there will always be wars.

Until they build enough meritorious service as soldiers, or get tired of war.

Before that, they really don't want the war to end prematurely.

Because of peace, it's just too boring.

(End of this chapter)