Since the active forces in the Far East and even the militia organizations in towns, villages, and communes across the country also have the need to install new air rifles, the current production capacity of the "Wind Gun" is stretched. Roland immediately raised funds to expand the Icewind Valley Gun Factory, and the new factory plus the old factory is expected to produce more than 200,000 Type 1624 air rifles per year, plus 2,000 Type 1624 air pistols for military officers.

According to Rudolph's predictions, Claude's cabinet had just come to power, and the current political situation in the empire was unstable, and it was unlikely that he would immediately launch a crusade. It is already September, and if it is delayed for a while, winter will come in the Far East, and it is unlikely that the Imperial side will brave the bitter cold to launch an Eastern Crusade in winter, and it will have to wait until April and May next year when the weather warms up and the ice and snow melt before launching a military operation. After a hasty calculation, the Far East still has about half a year to expand its armaments, so he made the following demands:

First of all, before the end of the year, the "shooting corps" must complete its reorganization and be stationed in southern Xinjiang to conduct actual combat training in southern Xinjiang, where the climate is warm in winter.

Second, by the arrival of next spring, the equipment, including the "Wind Gun" and the "Magic Guide Personnel Carrier," will be in place, and the heavily armed shooting corps will also be transferred to the western border.

Including the soon-to-be-established shooting corps, the total strength of the army, navy, and air force in the Far East will exceed 100,000, not counting the more than one million reserve militia.

"If our plan of expansion can be carried out in a step-by-step manner," Rudolph said confidently to his son in private, "then there is no question of whether we can stop the imperial army from going east, and the question that is really worth pondering is...... Will the Empire be able to hold back my army of expeditions to the west? ”

His Majesty's confidence is not built on the air or on the superiority of troops on paper, but also on the deployment and preparation of a large amount of strategic materials, which are the most important responsibilities of Roland, the Crown Prince of the Far East, Assistant to the Prime Minister, Governor of the Central Bank and Minister of Defence.

In the days that followed, Roland was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground. First they went to Icewind Dale to inspect the expansion of the Gunsmith and the Arsenal Factory, then they went to the North Bay, where they inspected the Airship Company and the Arsenal specializing in the production of mechanical armor, and then they went to Kolas Island, accompanied by the Janbo sisters, to attend the joint parade of the Janbo Fleet and the North Sea Fleet, and by the way, they inspected the shipyard, the Arsenal Magic Navigation Construction Research Institute, and the newly established Far East Second Magic Navigation Automobile Factory.

After this round of inspection, Roland signed the military order and signed softly. Airships, mechanical armor, magic cars, and even magic crystal cannons of various calibers were all purchased in large quantities, while manufacturers worked overtime to start production day and night, and continuously delivered all kinds of military equipment to various military regions.

Immediately afterwards, Roland went to the "Green Country" and inspected various state-owned farms and cotton planting bases in southern Xinjiang accompanied by Sister Jinlong, ensuring that sufficient military rations and clothing were supplied to the national defense machinery that was in full swing.

Next, Roland returns to the Lucia Plateau to Kitland to check on the ongoing recruitment process.

It is well known that the Kitlander from the Lucian Plateau was both the most capable worker and the best reserve militia. Rudolph proposed that the Shooting Corps give priority to recruiting the elite of the militia, so it is logical that the tall, strong, hard-working, loyal and brave Kitland militia is undoubtedly the best choice.

There was a long queue of people in front of the gate of the Kitland recruiting station, and Beowulf, the lord of Kitland, who accompanied Roland on the visit, told him with regret: "The "Conscription Order" came too suddenly, and there was no adequate preparation in advance, and many retired veterans went to the south to work, otherwise there is no need to recruit soldiers from all over the country, and we in Kitland City can pull out 30,000 militiamen who are proficient in archery!" ”

Roland was moved to tell the truth - conscription is such a thing, you can't "just catch a sheep and kill it", otherwise it will hurt the Kitlanders too much.

"In case there is an imbalance in the ratio of men and women in Lucia, it is not a good thing to have a long-term prosperity and decline, and besides, there are very enthusiastic calls to join the army all over the country, so we must also leave some opportunities for militias in other places to serve the motherland."

After visiting the recruiting station, Roland also wanted to visit the nearby Dragon City. The elder brother Vigraf sent a letter not long ago, saying that the people of Dragon City are also enthusiastic to join the army, hoping that he can be given no less than 5,000 conscription places, and if he can't join the shooting army, other legions can also be slots.

Roland vaguely remembered that the total population of Dragon City was probably only about 50,000, and Vigraf asked for 5,000 conscription places as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, looking back, the Dragonborn are a natural fighting nation, not much better than the Kitlanders, all the Dragons are proud to be Far Eastern soldiers, and watching the Kitland recruiting station next door is booming, I am afraid that my heart is very uncomfortable. Vigraf, the governor of Dragon City, was also forced by public opinion to write to him asking for war.

The Dragonvein clan are also citizens of the Far East, and Roland does not want to spoil the enthusiasm of the residents of Dragon City to join the army, so he writes back to Vigraf's request, and says that he will take the time to go to Dragon City to personally inspect the recruitment work.

After finishing Kitland's affairs, Roland was about to teleport to Dragon City when a red ball of light suddenly appeared in front of him. Holding it in his hand and reading the magic information, he couldn't help but smile.

The magic text message was sent by Eltaran from the silver sky, informing him of the good news - with Nikita's assistance, Eltaran has finally overcome technical difficulties with the help of the latest achievements in magic engineering and successfully created the "Star Mass Automatic Extractor"!

This kind of machine can perfectly simulate the special ability of psychic powers, automatically extracting star essence from the void, and the efficiency of one machine is equivalent to 200 skilled psionic workers. What made Roland even more pleased was that this kind of machine could work as usual after moving to the main material realm, but the efficiency of extracting star mass was about 50% lower than that of the astral plane, but it was still much more efficient than manual star extraction.

Since the "Star Extractor" adopts the design idea of "magic engineering", it is natural that it also needs additional energy to work. Thankfully, Nikita helped to keep the machine's energy consumption within an acceptable range, consuming only 1 ounce of magic crystals per 100 tons of star mass extracted.

When Roland learned of this, he immediately postponed his trip to Dragon City, first found a quiet desk and sat down, and wrote letters to Nikita and Eltaran respectively, congratulating them on the success of their new invention and expressing his heartfelt gratitude.

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