While enjoying the peaceful life, Zhao Dutian also felt a little tired, there was no smoke of war, no new territory was incorporated, and there was no more population......

For him to exploit!

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Dutian felt that he should speed up the process!

Yes, it's the process of army expansion!

After a large number of graduates of the Imperial Military Academy in the first phase entered the front-line army, Zhao Dutian finally dared to let go of his hands and feet to expand the army!

Without the financial pressure of recruiting troops with gold resources, the production of gold mines can be used to mint a large number of golden 'Zhao Datou', and these money, with Zhao Dutian's temperament, will naturally not be used to improve national welfare!

In addition to the large appropriations for the railroad and shipbuilding industries, the main financial output of the Han Empire was used to expand the American field army!

Of course, this kind of financial tilt is also destined to make Zhao Dutian's recruitment of Han villagers extremely slow!

However, everything was worth it, the American Field Army, from 10,000 people, doubled a whole!

Moreover, there are plenty of Han officer corps and non-commissioned officer units in it, and today's American Field Army is more loyal and more efficient than the one established shortly after the founding of the Han Empire!

Of course, expanding the army is not just about reaching the standard of numbers and issuing a weapon, but also requires systematic training and ...... Training!

The so-called 3-month infantry training period is only the most basic, to ensure that these hunters and farmers who have never fired a gun know how to walk in line, how to use the correct posture, and under the orders of the officer, to shoot a platoon!

Perhaps, after 3 months of training, the soldiers can get out of a decent queue on the training ground, and when they hit the target, they can shoot a salvo in a unified manner, however, when they really arrive at the battlefield, they must not take the performance of the soldiers on the training ground as a reference, otherwise, they will die a miserable death!

Even in the era of queuing to be shot, the longer the training time of the army, the better!

The British fired a three-column salvo at close range, not only relying on the whip and 'kicking the ass', but also repeated and mechanized training to allow the soldiers to form an instinctive conditioned reflex, which was also indispensable!

In this era in Europe, many elite soldiers have even been trained for more than ten years!

This kind of soldier who has been trained to the standard for a long time is even better than those veterans who have been on the battlefield!

What is lacking is only blood!

Normally, recruits who have been trained for 3 months and brought to the battlefield are just a little stronger than the mob, which is the level of a group of militiamen and cannon fodder, unless these recruits used to be 'scum' who killed people without blinking!

If it weren't for the kind of army trained by mud legs at a time of national crisis, it would take at least more than a year of 'leather whip' teaching before it could be safely pulled to the battlefield, consumed, and killed!

Therefore, while waiting for the completion of the first-class battleship, Zhao Dutian happily used the European way to train those Indian soldiers who advocated freedom and did not know what discipline was!

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Moreover, almost all the information is so gratifying for Zhao Dutian!

The Kingdom of Spain in turn followed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (i.e., the United Kingdom), which aimed to become the hegemon of the seas...... The war has begun, and it is the kind of war that takes a little time, fights a little scattered, and is localized, where it is difficult to bring down the other side in one blow, and it will make both sides continue to bleed and lose their wealth!

Moreover, at the beginning of the 7th year of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Dutian also got the result of a battle between Frederick the Great and Maria Theresia, the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire who had ascended the throne and was giving birth.

It is clear that the main army sent by the Austrian female king was defeated......

Frederick's army, in the land of Silesia, gained the support of almost all the Protestants, who in Silesia made up more than half of the total population!

After capturing the important Silesian city of Breslau, Frederick II declared to the locals that not a single house would be plundered, not a single resident would be harmed, that Prussia would strictly observe military discipline, and that the change of territory would be done in the most Sven form.

Moreover, Frederick also swore an oath to the Catholics throughout Silesia, granting them complete religious freedom!

From the words of this information, Zhao Dutian was deeply aware of the special significance of religion on the European continent!

Defeating the armies of Europe is not something that is out of reach, but if the people of Europe are converted, they will definitely fall into the sea of people's war first!

The perennial wars on the European continent have made the European people accustomed to war, and they know how to defend their rights!

There will be no shortage of leaders among the people of Europe, especially under the banner of religion, where all kinds of landless nobles will continue to emerge, and wealth supported by various strange channels will quickly use public opinion to gather a large number of opposing commoners!

Faith, in Europe, is a veritable fuse that causes war!

It seems that before gaining military strength enough to kill the entire European continent into a barren land, it is better to think about expansion in other directions, or to carry out some proxy support?

When Zhao Dutian saw this, Angela's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, of course, it was not Angela who was not wearing clothes!

Forget it, even after sleeping together for two years, Zhao Dutian still doesn't worry about letting Angela out......

Just like Maria Theresia, the current queen of the Holy Roman Empire, when she was young, she was just a girl who fantasized about having a warm little family all day long, and after she had power, she immediately became a resolute and uncompromising tough ruler!

Because this Maria Theresia who had just given birth to a child refused to cede Silesia to Frederick II, who was not greedy, after the defeat of the main army of the Holy Roman Empire!

At the same time, Zhao Dutian also learned from the intelligence of the secret service that this so-called Frederick the Great was not as perfect as he remembered!

The Battle of Molwitz, that is, the battle that defeated the main force of the Kingdom of Austria, Frederick was persuaded by his subordinates to flee the battlefield because of the unfavorable initial war!

It can be said that Frederick's army was able to win, not because of how awesome his command was, but because the discipline of the Prussian army was much higher than that of the Austrian army opposite, and under the command of a Prussian marshal, it had always held out to resist the charge of the Austrian army, which had gained superiority!