Chapter 60: Panic
The competition was not entirely fair, and the Cadet Army and Cadet Reserve were still the biggest winners, especially the Adjutants, without exception, all of whom came from these two groups.
Because there is a necessary condition for serving as an adjutant at all levels, that is, to be able to read and write at the most basic level, this level alone will turn away 99% of the mountain hunters and military slaves, and the literacy rate of the Eternal Night Legion will be scary to death.
Only a few people have become among the ranks of grassroots officers with their bravery, but the highest is the hundred guards, and then they don't simply need bravery, and the scores occupied by military literacy are getting heavier and heavier, which is their fatal shortcoming, and they can't compare with the young army at all.
Even the Captain of the Hundred Guards is only two people, one is Achill, who was born as a slave in the Bastille, with an average stature, but he is a strong man who can rival a skull-crushing soldier with the blood of a Kentana barbarian in terms of strength, wearing three layers of armor and still walking like a fly, and his courage is greater than that of ordinary people born as military slaves, and he dares to try new things, so he is a good infantry candidate.
The other is Arnold, who was born as a hunter of the Andes mountain people, a good eagle with a tame hand, coupled with skilled archery and hunting experience, an excellent sentry candidate, and surprisingly, he was selected not for the sentinel team, but for the engineer team.
Sean personally ordered the general to do what he is best at - falconry, not one or two, but hundreds of large-scale training of Andes Mountain Eagle.
Sean noticed this mountain eagle early on, and they domesticated several of them themselves.
Domesticating mountain eagles is not a rare thing among the Andes mountain people, they have a wide perspective that hunting dogs do not have, and with a well-trained mountain eagle, they can spot prey or enemies first, making it easier to seize opportunities.
The Andean eagle is a small and medium-sized eagle, and it is not expensive to feed, and the only drawback is that this mountain eagle is relatively arrogant and not easy to domesticate.
Sean sees it not only for its use in reconnaissance, but also for its home-loving and ultra-long-range pathfinder characteristics, which have a striking resemblance to the domestic pigeon, and if it can be used in information transmission, it will directly lead to a change in the way the Legion fights.
I have tried several times before, but they all ended in failure, and the reason is that due to the limited manpower, material and financial resources, the number of domestication is too small, and the effect cannot be seen, and then there is no excellent patient falconer.
Arnold's appearance once again gave Sean hope, and although he had only met the middle-aged man a few times, he was still extremely impressed.
The whole person is lifeless, as if there is nothing worthy of his nostalgia in the whole world, and he is definitely a patient with severe psychological trauma, only when he talks about Shanying, the whole person shines with dazzling brilliance.
Obviously, the mountain eagle occupies an extremely important position in his life, and if the mountain eagle is placed in the hands of such a person, it may bring a lot of surprises, and maybe Arnold will be able to come out of the pain of losing his wife and children.
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Dodo!
There was a knock at the door.
"Please come in. Sean, who was struggling to write, didn't even lift his head, and it had been two weeks since the Eternal Night Legion officer selection.
This was Sean's busiest two weeks since he came to this world, and he devoted himself to the formation of the Legion of the Eternal Night, except for the most basic training.
The formation of a legion, especially a brand new legion, is by no means a matter of gathering the number of people and selecting junior officers.
Organizing training, rationing and equipment, formulating military regulations, formulating military salaries, food standards, and food supply and distribution are not considered major matters when viewed separately one by one, but when more than 6,000 people are involved, eating, drinking, and lazing are all major matters.
As a critical moment in the transition from the grass platform team to the regular army, Sean naturally can't relax, and he has to participate in everything to discuss and formulate a set of things that are most suitable for them.
After this set of things comes out, you can form a new legion, such as a permanent legion or a dark night group, just change the name and change the person, and just apply it directly.
The outline of these things has basically come out, and the rest can be refined and perfected, which is not a day's work, and it needs to move forward in exploration.
Now Sean is drafting the development plan of the Eternal Night Army for the next three to five years, if the previous things are related to the combat effectiveness of the Eternal Night Army, the current things are related to the height that the Eternal Night Army can reach in the future, so he has to be cautious.
"What's the matter? so urgent?" doesn't need to look, Sean also knows who it is, and the people who bother him at this point in time are none other than those people, whose footsteps are like cats, inaudible, only Ralph, who is dedicated to working hard as a spy chief.
This time, Ralph made a choice that had a lot to do with this life goal, he did not join the Eternal Night Army, but led the twenty or so people he selected to form an independent department called Hawkeye, which is positioned to collect, transmit, organize, and summarize information.
Functionally overlapping with the Sentinels of the Eternal Night Army, but different in nature, although the Sentinels of the Eternal Night Army are responsible for the function of detecting and transmitting information, they belong to one of the legion arms and act with the actions of the Legion.
Hawkeye is a pure intelligence organization, responsible for collecting far more comprehensive things than Sentinels, not only about military aspects, but also about people's livelihood, culture, resources, local information, etc., will be the scope of their collection.
Influenced by the film and television works of his previous life, Sean has a certain wariness of this kind of intelligence organization, Jinyiwei, East and West Factory, and Zhongtong Military Commander are lessons from the past, this thing is easy to use when it is used, but if you give too much power, you may become a disaster at any time.
Therefore, at the beginning of its establishment, when it was only an inconspicuous small department, it was given many restrictions, only giving them the power of intelligence gathering and partial supervision, and not giving them the power of decision-making and law enforcement.
Even if it will affect efficiency, Sean strongly agrees with one point of view - rights should be put in a cage.
This applies not only to Hawkeye, but also to himself, and when he decided to let it go, Sean had already begun to build a cage for himself to bind his power.
I can keep my head clear now, who knows if I will keep this sober mind when I have enough power, even if I can guarantee myself, I can't guarantee that my successor will be as sober as myself.
Sean didn't have the idea of seeking a world inheritance in his heart, but he didn't want to do what he worked hard to do to become a castle in the air attached to him, and it would collapse without him.
"This ......," Ralph came in, and he didn't hold back a complete sentence for a long time.
"What is it that makes you embarrassed like this?" Sean put down his pen and looked up at Ralph, "It's not like your character, what do you have to say." β
"I'm sorry, General......"
"Alright. Sean waved his hand and said, "How many times have I told you, you can still call me Sean or Don in the future, you don't think it's numb, I still listen to it." β
"There are no rules. Ralph said with a serious face, "This is what the general taught us, and we must abide by the rules when we set them, even if the general is no exception." β
"Let's say that in private, can we still use the previous name in private?"
"I don't think it's very suitable, some things are easy to get mixed up, and the impact is not good. β
"You guy, when did you become as rigid as Marshall. β
Sean sighed helplessly.
"It's because I'm a little infatuated, when we are officially reorganized into an army, our relationship will never go back to the past, let's say, what is it that makes you so panicked? Could it be that Semyon has already begun to take action?"
"There is indeed intelligence coming from the Manyu military commander, but it is good news, Duke Borg's reaction speed is even slower than we expected, and now I fully believe the news brought by the treacherous fox, and hire him as the second military minister of the Duke's Palace, and have the right to observe the military affairs of the military leader, and the war summoning order was officially issued only three days ago, and the army will complete the assembly, at least until the end of early winter, once there is a heavy snowfall, this battle will not be fought until at least the beginning of spring next year. β
"Don't be so optimistic, from another point of view, the other party is a steady performance, maybe our intelligence is now in front of the other party's table, once it enters the state of war assembly, the other party's reaction speed will inevitably accelerate, although the Borg has been a little mediocre in policy over the years, but the name of winning a hundred battles can be placed there, even if the Manyu army leader has been chaotic over the years, there has never been a large-scale chaotic army, and even the retention of the Bastille is the result of a multi-party game, how can the lion allow others to snore, and the war will definitely not drag on for the beginning of spring, or even for a monthγ β
"Are you saying that Duke Borg will not wait for the other nobles' private armies to assemble and directly lead his descendants to launch a surprise attack?"
"The battle situation is changing rapidly, everything is possible, we have to guard against it, continue to increase the density of the deployment and control of the western outposts, and the sentinels have been increased from the original six hourglasses to three hourglasses. β
"Understood! Shall we try to send an elite squad to disrupt the gathering speed of the opponent's army? The longer it drags on, the more perfect our in-depth defense line will be, the more manpower we gather, and the more well-trained the Eternal Night Army will be. β
"In the face of absolute power, these small means of yin damage play a very little role, rather than bothering to do this, it is better to build yourself stronger. Hawkeye was just established, excellent intelligence officers are hard to find, it would be a pity if it was compromised in this regard, and besides, we were not prepared to fight with them this time, as long as we were careful and didn't let them fight a surprise attack, the rest can be carried out as planned. β
"After going around for most of the day, you haven't said your true intentions, so you won't come to report this to me, right?"
As soon as "this ......" was mentioned, Ralph began to stumble again, and even people like Sean, who were not quick tempered, wanted to scold his mother.
"I told you not to worry. β
"If you don't say it, I'll be in a hurry. β
"Madame went to the Hot Springs Valley. Ralph whispered as fast as he could.
"What?" the other party spoke so fast that Sean didn't even react.
"Madame went to the Hot Springs Valley. It wasn't so difficult at first, and Ralph replied loudly, "Madame went in the direction of the Thermosciences Valley before an hourglass." β
"What?" Sean jumped up, and the quill in his hand was almost thrown out as a hidden weapon, "Why did you come to tell me such important news?"
"I also just got the news, and I'm here to inform you as soon as possible. β
"Inform me as soon as possible, and grind your teeth here with me for a long time, prepare the horse! Prepare the horse! Hurry up and prepare the horse!" Sean didn't care about anything else, and pushed Ralph away and ran wildly, "Who leaked the news to her?"