Chapter Fifty-Nine: Arrangements for the Rear
His Majesty the Emperor Lin Tiantian continued, "The main problems we are facing at present are as follows. ”
"First, the defeat of the First Fleet is due to a new mysterious device that has appeared in the enemy, and now this device has been captured by our Imperial Army, and it has now been transported to the Imperial Central Academy of Sciences in the capital star. Do you have any doubts about this? ”
Lin Tian looked at the principals sitting opposite him, after all, the researchers of the empire and the members of the major research institutes were basically government employees, and only the transfer of experts and professors from the major academies still needed to consult with the principals.
All the principals looked at each other for a moment, and Barr spoke, "Your Majesty, we have no doubt about this issue, it is our duty to contribute to the empire, what personnel are needed, even if a list is issued, our Imperial Central Military Academy must arrange personnel in place as soon as possible." ”
Since the principals of the Imperial Central Military Academy have opened their mouths, the other principals have of course echoed them.
Lin Tian was not surprised by this, after all, this first problem was not a difficult problem to solve at all, and it was not the first time that the empire had sent experts and professors from major schools to organize research, and of course it was impossible for various schools to have any resistance to this.
"So let me come to the second question."
"As we all know, the First Fleet was defeated this time, and the losses were very heavy, although the fleet said that it had retreated to the second line of defense, but the number of ships lost after the retreat was not small, and the personnel were also very short. My ministers, what is the state of the Empire's finances now? ”
A fat man stood up on the minister's side, "Your Majesty, the current finances of the empire, I won't tell you, because of the years of conquest, the situation is not very good, although our exploration of the universe has never stopped, and the development fleet has also continued to make new discoveries, but after all, the new resource stars obtained from exploration will take a certain amount of time to be put into production, and the early ones will also need a lot of investment from the empire, and they will not see much benefit in the short term." Of course, the First Fleet is at the forefront of the fight against the Forsyken aliens, even if the whole empire tightens their belts to survive, they have to support the battle on the front line, not to mention that the current financial situation and economic situation of the empire have not yet reached the point of being stretched, so if Your Majesty is worried about the replenishment of ships and equipment of the First Fleet, then I can assure you and your Excellency here that the Ministry of Finance will allocate a military expenditure to everyone's satisfaction. ”
Lin Tian nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, Your Excellency the Chancellor of the Exchequer, then, I still have one more thing to ask, which is the pension of the sacrificed personnel of the First Fleet." ”
A general stood up, "Your Majesty, the issue of bereavement has long been a practice in our Imperial Army, the pension of the dead in battle and the compensation for those who retired due to injury, the Imperial Military Department will implement it in accordance with the regulations, as long as the financial aspect allocates sufficient funds, the Imperial Military Department will definitely send the money to the soldiers and their families as soon as possible, and will never let the soldiers of the empire shed blood and tears." The general looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was sitting among the ministers.
Seeing this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up again, "Your Excellency General, Your Majesty the Emperor, please rest assured, the Imperial Finance has shown signs of recovery since the war tended to be stalemate, and the Empire's financial revenue has been greatly improved in recent years compared with the beginning of the war, and the economy in the Empire has gradually recovered, which is a very good phenomenon, so there is no need to worry about the pension of the soldiers, as long as the First Fleet reports in accordance with the regulations, the Ministry of Finance will put the funds in place as soon as possible." ”
Lin Tiantian couldn't be more satisfied with this. You must know that twenty or thirty years ago, when the empire and the Fosyken interracial war were at a disadvantage of losing and retreating, the empire's economy was almost collapsed, prices soared, and the people were struggling to make a living, and in order to supplement the loss of the front, the empire needed a large amount of money to supplement as military spending, resulting in the empire's inability to macro-control the economic situation.
"In that case, then let the First Fleet report the casualties of the soldiers as soon as possible, and then handle it in accordance with the regulations of the military and issue a pension." Lin Tiantian made such a conclusion. "Next, there is another issue to discuss, which is the replenishment of personnel of the First Fleet, as well as ...... The reconstruction of the 1st Brigade of the Star Knights. Ladies and gentlemen, please share your thoughts. ”
That's the highlight of today's discussion.
The First Fleet, as you can tell by its name, is the oldest fleet since the establishment of the Human Empire, and its achievements are impressive, so when it comes to the conflict with the Phosakon aliens, the First Fleet is also one of the strongest fleets of mankind, and it is at the forefront of the battle against the aliens. Regardless of reason, the First Fleet has suffered heavy losses, and it must replenish its personnel as soon as possible.
However, this is the difficulty, although the empire is now in an improved economic situation and has a large population, there are very few personnel who can be sent to the First Fleet. After all, the fleets confronting the Fosyken alien race are under great combat pressure, and it is impossible to transfer personnel from the main fleets on these fronts. In order to maintain the resources and expansion of the empire, as well as to find out the true territory of the Foseken people, several pioneering fleets of the empire also belong to the fleets that cannot be deployed, on the contrary, because of the various dangers in the universe and the enemies of the Fossaken encountered from time to time, the development fleet is almost not fully staffed, so it is obviously unrealistic for them to draw part of the overstretched personnel to replenish the first fleet.
And what, you say that people of appropriate age are conscripted from within the empire to fight? Of course, this is feasible, but the personnel who are directly recruited belong to the completely inexperienced recruits, not to mention the combat effectiveness, and even before going to the front line, they must be trained for promotion, but even if they are promoted training, how much combat effectiveness can these personnel have? This kind of new recruits being added to the front line of the First Fleet may not only fail to play a role in reinforcing it, but will drag down the First Fleet.
The generals and ministers of the empire looked at each other, and it turned out that this was the most important reason why His Majesty the Emperor had summoned the presidents of major colleges and universities today. Since people in society are unreliable, then of course the only way to find a professional. So where is there a large number of professional military personnel, and fresh blood? There is no doubt that the cadets of the major military academies of the empire are such fresh blood.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I propose to transfer old and gifted students from major military academies to the First Fleet, and I want to come to the outstanding cadets of each school will not disappoint."
The education system of the empire, before the university, belongs to universal higher education, and there is no specific professional classification, only after graduating from high school, entering the university, there will be a specific professional selection and development, so if personnel are transferred, then of course only students from major military academies can be selected. And the military academies of the empire, compared with ordinary universities, have a full year of courses less, yes, the military academies of the empire generally adopt a 3-year system. The first and second years are mainly spent in school, and the third year is an internship stage, where basically all third-year cadets will leave school and go to various units to participate in actual combat, and then when they graduate, they will be called up by each unit, or those who have not been called up, will be assigned by the school and the Imperial War Department after consultation. These third-year students are the personnel that His Majesty the Emperor wants to transfer this time. However, many of these cadets have already been favored by the major units and are scheduled to be recruited into their own troops, and such a side-by-hand intervention is equivalent to snatching people from the major units to replenish the First Fleet, which will naturally cause many people to be dissatisfied.