"Great Khan...... And that made that impudent guy leave? After Steady exited the hall, the robed minister looked at Nicholas Weiss and asked.

No one could leave alive in front of the Great Khan, and the steppe warriors who were shocked by the rifles also looked at it at this moment, and just waited for the Great Khan's order to rush out and chop Steed.

Nicholas Weiss waved his hand and commanded, "Someone! Drag the body out for me...... Let's wait a while, let's not go south to loot Hanhai North County for the time being. ”

"Are we just giving in? Sweat? The robed minister frowned and asked a little unwillingly.

"Forget it? Forget it, it's not really a big deal. Nicholas Weiss snorted coldly, then looked at his confidant minister and asked, "Who do we have the greatest enmity with?" Arant? No, our Prairie Empire and the Holy Demon Empire have the greatest enmity. ”

"Back then, our ancestors, 300,000 armored iron riders went south, what was the result? The dragon knights of the Holy Demon Empire easily shattered our dream of becoming the master of Arant. Nicholas slowly walked back to his throne, reaching out to stroke the carving of the wolf's head.

He turned around, looked at his generals and ministers, and continued to ask, "You all think that we should not give in, but I ask you, my warriors...... Do we still have the courage to go south and conquer the Arant? ”

After asking this question, the generals who had just been clamoring that they could not let Ellan Hill go all bowed their heads.

How dare they forget the despair and fear that the dragon spewed flames and rushed through the dense cavalry, and was painted on the four walls of this hall?

"If we've already given in, why can't we give in one more time?" Nicholas sneered, and his voice echoed throughout the hall: "If Iran Hill is willing to trade with us and provide us with the necessary materials for life, what else are we going to loot for?" ”

"If they can't fulfill their promises, how much will we delay if we go south to grab it?" He sat back on his throne and said, "So we just have to wait, for a human emperor worthy of our trust to appear, or for a treacherous stupid pig to show his flaws." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The robed minister at the head bent down and praised: "We just have to wait, if Arrant is not stupid, he will definitely clash with this Iran Hill, the contradiction between them is irreconcilable, and we are only on the side of those who benefit us!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the generals and ministers bowed down and praised loudly: "Long live the Great Khan!" ”

In the midst of this mountain of cheers, Nicholas Weiss narrowed his eyes. He knew he was gambling on whether Ellen Hill really had the courage and strength to change the order of the world.

If Iran Hill really succeeds, he doesn't mind helping Ellan Hill and borrowing Alley Hill's power to eliminate the Holy Demon Empire, the sworn enemy of the Prairie Empire. If Alan Hill fails, he doesn't mind continuing to plunder south and return to his old job as a steppe empire.

As for whether he will sit back and watch the rise of Iran Hill, he really doesn't care about this matter at all: this rising Iran Hill will definitely clash with the Arrant Empire in the south, which is stronger and which is weaker, and at that time there will naturally be a clear decision.

The worst result is that Iran Hill defeats the Arant, and the Steppe Empire has nothing to lose by ally with Iran Hill in advance...... This is the real strategy of a monarch, and his decision-making must be based on the maximization of interests.

Outside the main hall, Stred, who did not look back, raised his chin and walked towards the post station with his entourage. He knew that this time he had completed his mission, and it was no longer possible for the Prairie Empire to threaten the north of Ellan Hill.

Once the dumping begins, countless supplies will pour into the grasslands, completely destroying the already fragile economy here. Eventually, it will become a raw material supply base, supplying Iran Hill with wool and cotton, and there will be no more waves.

And the developed Elan Hill, the weapons and equipment will only become more and more, better and better, and the 100,000 cavalry that the Steppe Empire is proud of will only dissipate in the dust of history in the end.

"Wait! We'll be back soon......" Stered smiled knowingly as he remembered when he was in the woodshed buying tables, chairs and benches. At that time, he really didn't think that he would become a foreign secretary today.

……

"Kill!" On the school grounds, thousands of soldiers who had just enlisted for a month were practicing assassination maneuvers. Because of the urgency of time, their combat skills are trained along with skills such as queues.

It was different from the beginning, this time because of the full preparation, every soldier was equipped with training uniforms and armed belts, and they looked very heroic.

They all wore M42 steel helmets, stood under the scorching sun, sweating and carrying training guns made of wood, stabbing forward again and again. Their tactical moves are very simple, with only three actions: parrying and stabbing, which are coherent and easy to master.

Although many of the rank and file commanders believed that the possibility of close combat by the enemy was already low when armed with rifles, the training of bayonet fighting was retained, and even more strengthened at the suggestion of Modryel.

At the shooting training ground at the other end, soldiers who have been in the army for more than three months have to undergo shooting training every day - empty gun training to reload 100 times, and then shoot twice at the target, one round each.

This is already the best training conditions that Chris can prepare for these recruits, and the overtime production in the arsenal every day cannot meet the demand for more and more bullets.

Originally, it was a shooting training requirement for more than 1,000 people, and the daily consumption of ammunition was only 2,000 rounds. Since the start of the production of bullets using assembly line machinery, the supply of 2,000 rounds per day has been satisfied.

But now, Iran Hill has expanded the grenadier unit, and the entire three regiments and 3,000 rifles are consuming ammunition, and if you count the cavalry regiment and the new infantry regiment that may be formed later, this is a huge pressure on the arsenal that has just realized the semi-automatic production of bullets.

According to the plan of Chris and generals such as Wagglon and Wilkes, Alan Hill should form 25 infantry regiments and more than 37,000 armed forces. To equip these 25 regiments, at least 500 cannons and 25000 rifles were needed......

In addition, in order to deal with the threat of the Magic Empire, at least 10 anti-aircraft artillery regiments should be formed, and each infantry regiment should be ensured to have sufficient anti-aircraft weapons and flat-firing large-caliber artillery......

In addition to the bullets consumed by training, it is also necessary to reserve bullets for possible wars. According to Chris's conservative estimates, he must at least have 10 million rounds of ammunition in reserve before starting a war with the Arrant Empire, which can be considered safe.

It is actually very difficult to accumulate so many bullets in the process of consumption. What's more, these bullets are all real money, and when they are produced and stacked in the warehouse, it is equivalent to squeezing so much money for nothing - it is distressing to watch.

If you use this money to develop industry and pile it up in other areas, you may be able to get more benefits.

It's like playing a game, after the money is collected, whether to build troops or upgrade technology is a decision and a choice. Taking the risk of upgrading technology can give you the power to crush in the later stage, but in the early stage, you have to risk being killed by the other party.

But blindly building troops will set the population and economy in advance, and will delay their technological advantages until later to give full play to their advantages - Chris feels that no matter how he chooses, he is not very satisfied.

What is even more depressing is that this amount is an estimate based solely on rifle consumption and does not take into account automatic weapons. If Chris had equipped his troops with weapons like machine guns a year later, that number would have increased tenfold.

A full 100 million rounds or more, as well as tens of thousands of shells, defensive artillery against the Holy Demon Empire's Warcraft Cavalry and Dragon Knights...... The pressure on the arsenal was unprecedented, and the production plan was changed again and again.

You must know that in a real large-scale battle, as the number of troops on both sides continues to increase, the consumption of ammunition will also become an astronomical amount. During World War II, hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition were consumed every day, and during the Vietnam War, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition were needed for each person killed.

If it really goes on like this...... Even three years later, Chris didn't have enough bullets to fight a war.

Since there is no guarantee that every unit will have enough weapons and equipment, Chris can only focus on traditional training. He had to train his troops a lot so that they could have a certain combat capability even after they ran out of ammunition and food.

Unfortunately, when fighting against the Arrant Empire and the Holy Demon Empire behind it, the only effect of this kind of training is to embolden the soldiers. As for the actual efficacy, everyone knows that it does not exist.

Looking at the seriously trained soldiers on the school ground, Chris still had no idea about the future battle with Arant. His troops are so small that they are cumbersome to expand, which is really a headache.

What he lacks now is time, but he doesn't have time for him to develop and grow steadily. After the current winter, next year, a big war is likely to break out.

"Kill!" On the school ground, a mighty voice shouted again, and Chris looked at these young faces expressionlessly, thinking about the southward movement of the Arrant Empire.