According to the original plan of the Storm Army, there was no such thing as the Northern Defense Line providing weapons and equipment. Even if they provide it, the Storm Army will not equip it, after all, it is not a direct army, and it is impossible to provide any good goods, at most, it can be pulled back to be used as a self-defense weapon for recruits and even farmers below, and nothing else will be of much use.

The Storm Army is a professional army, and the equipment is a standardized standard equipment, which is the benchmark that Duke has always emphasized.

"Goodman, remember to tap the amount of food, the equipment can be less, and the food can not be missing. ”

"Don't worry, lord, I'll do a good job. ”

Goodman assured that after being a logistics officer for so long, and dealing with logistics problems before, this kind of small thing has long been handy for Goodman.

"By the way, prepare to let a thousand logistics troops leave with food, and try to recruit refugees along the way. According to the previous time estimate, the second batch of logistics troops is also on the road, remember, after going back, they will be rotated, so that the 5,000 logistics troops will have the experience of expeditions. ”

"Yes, my lord. ”

Before Duke came to the northern defense line, he had prepared not just 5,000 men, but 6,000 men! There were also 1,000 logistics troops who set off a month apart, because the number of storm wagons and storm armor was insufficient, so they had to set off a little later.

Because this batch of logistics troops will come to replenish the equipment produced by Storm Fortress in the next month. It can be said that Duke was ready for the supply of weapons and equipment from the very beginning, and played this move in advance.

In addition to replenishing weapons and equipment, in fact, this group of logistics troops also has an important task, that is, to carry out the rotation of the five thousand logistics troops of Storm Castle, which is already the best map planning work of the French Empire.

Duke knew that if the logistics army wanted to accumulate logistics experience, it would accumulate it by marching for a long time, so that it could find the shortcomings of the expedition and improve its efficiency again in the future. Another point is that Storm Castle has come to this point, since it has shown its strength, then the pace of war is getting closer and closer, and future wars cannot always be shrouded around Storm Fort, but should be fought out, and map information is really a very important thing in cold weapons.

Let's not talk about it far, at least the map planning of the Fran Empire, Duke has to do it well. Therefore, taking advantage of the order of the Emperor of France, he was able to pass through various territories openly, and he just happened to explore the map information!

In addition to these, even on the way back and forth of the Storm Army, they can also help the Storm Merchant to transport goods. After all, with the expansion of the Imperial Capital flagship store of the Storm Comptoir, many territories need the goods of Storm Castle. However, the output of the Storm Carriage is currently digested by the Storm Army and the Storm Fort territory, and the amount of goods transported is seriously insufficient, so it can only be supplemented by the Storm Army.

As for the way back to Storm Castle, the logistics army can't be idle, first of all, on the way to the Principality of Berry, try to absorb refugees as much as possible to supplement the manpower of Storm Castle. Now Storm Fort is in a period of vigorous development, manpower is never enough, population in the era of cold weapons is a very important measure of strength, the reason why Chinese civilization can continue is not unrelated to the huge population of the main nation.

In addition, if the trade with the barbarians is successful in the future, it will also be necessary to rely on the logistics army to bring the war horses back to the Storm Fort little by little, and it is impossible to raise these war horses in the camp of the Storm Army in the northern defense line. So it is foreseeable that in the future, the convoy of the Storm Castle Logistics Army will continue to bounce on this road.

In the next few days today, the planning of the Storm Army camp is proceeding in an orderly manner, and Duke will talk to Gina if he has nothing to do, but the two of them don't have much time now, one has to be as familiar as possible with the construction of the Storm Army camp, and the other is even busier, Gina needs to understand the Imperial Army and the First Legion, and prepare to take over the command of Duke Patton.

After all, with Ji Na's strong character, she can't just be a royal symbol in the northern camp, but she really wants to lead the army to fight.

After the storm army camp was almost built, Duke also went to the Alakou Fortress under the protection of the storm, after all, this is his future defense area, as a military commander, he can't even take a look at the defensive fortress, which is really a bit unreasonable.

Dozens of storm guards and knights firmly guarded Duke in the center, because once they left the camp defense line, there was a vast grassland outside, and they could encounter barbarians at any time.

The fortress of Alakou was built near a water source in the grassland, and it was almost a necessary route if the barbarians invaded. Because whether it is a human or a war horse, the daily consumption of water is a lot, and the water resources in places like the grassland are not very abundant.

Compared to Storm Fort, a militarized city-type fortress, Alakou Fortress is a purely military fortress, and there is basically no one living here except for the families of soldiers and some steppe merchants.

Entering the fortress, in order to guard against the barbarians in the north, this fortress is actually very huge. Duke didn't know how the Fran Empire did it back then, without a strong empire, it would be impossible to build such a fortress on the grassland, and it was very difficult to transport stone resources alone, let alone build it under the harassment of the barbarians.

It is conceivable that in the past hundred years, in the era of Henry IV, the French Empire was so powerful that it was no wonder that it could challenge the Holy See back then, and even the current Milan Empire was part of the French Empire. Just like the relationship between Austria and Hungary on the planet, it was once the famous Austro-Hungarian Empire on the European continent!

Duke stood on top of the fortress and glanced at it, and the endless grassland looked like he was standing on the beach of Stormcastle and looking at the sea. However, this time Alan was not in the Alakou Fortress, he had already led a small group of storm troops to the center of the grassland, which was where the barbarians really haunted.

Judging from this vast grassland, it is not a simple matter to find a high-level transaction of the barbarians, and there is even a great risk. In case these barbarians are unreasonable and directly cut down Allen, then Duke will really lose a general.

Duke stood on the top of the fortress and watched for a while, the cold wind in early spring was still a bit biting, especially on the grassland near the North Pole, and it was even more bitterly cold. Just as Duke was about to come down, he suddenly saw a group of cavalry appear on the grassland, but they were not flying the battle flag of Storm Castle, and their outfit did not look like the big clothes of the barbarians, but a black eagle with a crown!