"Chapter 11: Two More Armies"
One must have a genuine affection for all life in order to discover the mesmerizing and awe-inspiring beauty of nature.
- Konrad Lorenz (Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist)
Since the empire entered the two-front war, Duke Cullen, who was in charge of the imperial military department, has not had a day of peace; one new army after another was formed, and batch after batch of reinforcements were sent to the front line, and the little money of the imperial military department was basically spent.
Even at the beginning of the fall of Sunset Fortress, Duke Cullen was willing to use the huge funds donated by the nobles to build more and better weapons and equipment for the new legions and front-line reinforcements, but the rapid attrition rate forced Duke Cullen to abandon his construction plan.
The equipment manufacturing department of the Imperial Military Department, which is producing weapons and equipment at full capacity, except for one-fifth of the production capacity, which is dedicated to building sophisticated weapons and equipment for the newly built legions near the armed imperial capital, the rest of the production capacity is to create weapons and equipment of inferior quality.
Weapons and equipment of defective quality are certainly not as good as well-built weapons and equipment, but the value of their existence is that the production speed is extremely fast; only by building weapons and equipment of defective quality on a large scale can the Imperial Military Department arm an army of two million in a short time!
Bai Feng's difficulties with Duke Kulun and the Imperial Military Department are understandable, and understandable does not mean recognition; Bai Feng, who values the lives of every soldier under his command, will not let his soldiers use weapons and equipment of inferior quality to fight the cavalry of the steppe tribes.
After coming to the barracks of the 57th Legion, the prepared Legion Commander Tevez also took the co-captains under his command and waited for Bai Feng's arrival at the gate of the barracks;
The Captain of the Tevez Legion, who had a relatively upright personality, did not say anything flattering to Bai Feng in person, but simply introduced the ten wing captains behind him to Bai Feng one by one;
After the group walked into the barracks of the 57th Legion, Bai Feng inspected the training of the officers and men of the 57th Legion, and said to Tevez who was following him: "Commander Tevez, what do you think of this General Destro next to me?"
Tevez, who didn't quite understand what Bai Feng was asking, didn't think too much about it, so he replied one by one: "General, General Destro can follow you in the Eastern Battlefield and make many achievements, so he is naturally a brave and good battlefield general. ”
"Well, Destro's experience on the battlefield is really good. Bai Feng, who nodded in approval, stopped and asked Tevez again: "If I want to keep him in the 57th Legion as the deputy general of the legion, can you accept it?"
Facing Bai Feng's blazing eyes, Tevez, who didn't want outsiders to come to his legion, hesitated for a long time before changing his attitude and said: "General, you are the commander of the army, as long as you give an order, our 57th Legion is willing to obey your arrangement." ”
Compared with Renard's calm acceptance, how could Bai Feng not hear the deep meaning contained in Tevez's words? In the final analysis, Tevez was still unwilling to accept Destro, but he was not good at disobeying Bai Feng's orders, so he had to turn around and express his stance lightly.
Normally, if Bai Feng really wanted to subdue the Captain of Tevez, after hearing him say this, Bai Feng would give up on continuing to appoint Destro as the commander of the 57th Legion, but this time, there was not much time, so Bai Feng had no more choice.
"That's good, then I will officially appoint General Destro as the corps adjutant general of the 57th Army Corps, and whether the 57th Army can become the main army of our counterattack on Longchamp Province in the future depends on the efforts of your two generals. ”
"The last general swears to live up to the general's expectations!" this is Destro's resignation.
"No!" was Tevez's unrecognizable order.
After giving Destro's appointment as the adjutant general of the corps, Bai Feng, who walked forward again, focused his attention on the soldiers who were training, and the quality of the officers and men of the 57th Legion was slightly inferior to that of Renard's 58th Legion.
After inspecting the training of the four wings, Bai Feng also gave Commander Tevez a promise to replenish the personnel and weapons and equipment of the 57th Army Corps as soon as possible; however, this commitment is indefinite, which means that the replenishment of the 57th Army Corps has no priority.
Not long after leaving the barracks of the 57th Legion, the group came to the 56th Regiment of Commander Cavani; last night at the Governor's Palace, Cavani was the first to express his intention to surrender to Bai Feng, and he attached great importance to Bai Feng's inspection today.
Cavani, who was standing at the gate of the barracks of the 56th Legion, was not only followed by ten wing commanders lined up, but also dozens of officers of all levels of the 56th Legion.
"Cavani, the commander of the 56th Army Corps, greets General Bai Feng, the god of war in the feather forest!"
"Greetings to General Bai Feng, the god of war in the Feather Forest!!"
"Greetings to General Bai Feng, the god of war in the Feather Forest!!"
Captain Cavani did not forget to salute aloud while greeting Bai Feng, and then dozens of officers of all ranks behind him shouted in unison, and then the nearly 20,000 soldiers of the entire 56th Regiment resounded in the sky.
I didn't expect Cavani to engage in such a one-handed Bai Feng, so I was surprised and had to smile bitterly and said: "Captain Cavani, I'm just here to see the basic situation of the 56th Legion today, why do you make it so grand?"
"General Bai Feng, you are the pride of our imperial soldiers, the soldiers of our 56th Legion, who doesn't want to see your real demeanor; ”
Bai Feng, who was powerless to complain, couldn't stop Captain Cavani from stepping down in front of the officers and soldiers of the 56th Legion, so Bai Feng, who didn't want to be high-profile, had to calmly accept Captain Cavani's 'surprise'.
After entering the barracks of the 56th Legion, Bai Feng found that the officers and men of the 56th Legion were all standing in the barracks waiting for him, and they had no intention of training immediately.
Since he could no longer inspect the training of the 56th Legion today, there was no point for Bai Feng to continue to stay in the 56th Legion, and after stepping down from the stage, Bai Feng told Cavani about his intention to appoint Moya as the adjutant general of the 56th Legion.
How could Captain Cavani, who could go to such great lengths to curry favor with Bai Feng, offend Bai Feng in the matter of a mere deputy general of the legion? Therefore, in the face of Mo Ya sent by Bai Feng, he accepted the past with a smile on his face, without even the slightest hesitation.
In just one hour, Bai Feng successfully installed his henchmen and generals into the 58th, 57th, and 56th Legions, which was not unfast, but Bai Feng knew in his heart that the real trouble had just begun.
Among the three corps commanders, Renard, Tevez, and Cavani, Tevez, who was the only one who was unwilling to accept the lieutenant general of the legion arranged by him, did not directly refuse his orders;