The Chief of Logistics was a woman, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was said to be Sain's older sister, with a long name, usually called Director Bell. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are three men and three women left in the head of Oude, and Sain is the fourth and the youngest. Director Bell is third in line and is almost 40 years old this year. But even so, being able to hold the position of director of the firm is undoubtedly because of her father's credit.

There are a total of three cavalry brigades in the Thunder Knights, and the first captain is the eldest son of the commander. And the second daughter of the regiment commander is the commander of the mage communication unit in the regiment. The third daughter of the regiment commander is the chief of logistics. More than half of the main institutions of the Thunder Knights are the leader's own people, and the control over his subordinates is undoubtedly extremely strong, even if other forces want to insert this, it is very difficult.

Now Sain has entered the second brigade of the cavalry, and most of the future commanders will be him. But Sain is much younger than his sister, his last sister is 40 years old, and he is only 18. There was also a man and a woman under Sain, one ten years old and the other three years old.

But these are all other party's family affairs, Oude is a general anyway, and it is nothing to marry a few wives and have a few more children. In a few years, whether the Thunder Knights will become the leader's family corps is not a question for Kevin to consider.

He just wants to get military spending now, but it's a pity that the other party is not directly there.

When they came to the door of the barracks of the office, the guards went in to report it, and came back after a while and said, "The director is not here." ”

Kevin was helpless, with his level and status, it was impossible to rush in, or do more drastic movements, but fortunately, there was enough time, and he was waiting at the door.

Kevin vaguely realized that the other party didn't want to see him, and even if he asked for military spending, the other party would find an excuse to push it away. Kevin even thought of the simplest excuse for the other party: "No money." "There's no way Kevin is going to copy their ledgers, and he's not going to get any evidence.

After all, for them, the main development of cavalry, catapults, perhaps really dispensable. But no matter what, only after trying can you know the result, and then it is possible to take the next step, and if you don't go, there is no chance.

Kevin waited at the door for a day, but nothing came of it. There were a few carriage trips in between, but the carriage was under the curtain, and it was impossible for Kevin to go up and stop the carriage. So maybe the director has been in and out many times, and Kevin doesn't know.

The next day, Kevin went to ask the support staff when he went out for exercises in the early morning, and was told that the director never went out for exercises.

Kevin is really depressed, others can't even him, and he is still targeted by all kinds of people when he. But think about it again, after all, it is a logistics force, and even if the soldiers go out to exercise, they are just standing in line.

But at least thankfully, Kevin was finally stopped by pickets on a donkey. Kevin still saluted on the donkey, and the picket finally reluctantly raised his hand, which was considered a return salute. It seems that the things targeted by the pickets are really over.

After not having to train at night, Kevin began to have a lot of time. I found a problem a few days ago, it seems that it doesn't matter if I am in the camp or not, I hid in the car and slept for a day the other day, and no one noticed. It seems that he can run around and enter the city without any problem. At most, you can show your face every morning.

But after thinking about it, the last meeting still had to ask the parrot to come and call him, and if he ran around and even the parrot couldn't find himself, I am afraid it would be a big problem.

If you think about it comprehensively, since you are the commander of an independent army, you should also have what an independent army should have. For example, it should have its own military expenses, its own communication parrots, and even its own kitchen canteen, etc. Kevin can bear these things alone, and Kevin is also a mage, and it is not difficult to sign a parrot, as long as there is a parrot to give it.

Immediately, Kevin sorted out his thoughts and tried to directly ask the head of the group for advice. But it's a pity that you hit the wall directly, and the soldiers at the door don't let you in.

One sentence: "The general is busy with official business now, please come back another day." Kevin suddenly had nothing to say, and it was impossible to pull the catapult over in the middle of the night to train at the general's gate, unless Kevin really didn't want to live.

To this end, Kevin once again found Lieutenant Colonel House, the captain of the third brigade who had answered his two questions, and Kevin had nothing to give. Although it's a little bit of money, the other party obviously doesn't like it. can only be cheeky to set up friendships.

"Lieutenant Colonel House," Kevin said very respectfully, "has been a pleasure chatting with you. ”

House smiled, "Picket settled? But there are some questions that I won't answer. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel House, actually, I still want to ask, what should I do in a situation like mine?" Kevin asked very plainly.

"What do you want to do?" Haus asked rhetorically.

"I don't know," Kevin said helplessly, "what would you do if you were me?"

"This assumption doesn't exist, so I won't answer. House directly refused.

"There is a theory called strategic deduction," Kevin replied, "and it is said to be a course that must be mastered by officers above the rank of major." You can deduce the next move from my point of view. ”

"You know a lot of words," House sighed, "but it's a pity! ”

"Then at least tell me why I'm the catapult captain?" asked Kevin.

House was silent for a long time before he spoke: "This is a difficult question to answer. I can only give you a simple analysis from a certain angle. ”

"First of all, every unit must be fully magical, which is a general regulation. That is, each unit must have a certain number of mages, a certain number of mounted archers, a certain amount of heavy equipment, a certain ability to communicate, a certain ability to strike at a long range, a certain ability to maneuver, and so on. House gave Kevin some basic knowledge, "Our army is mainly cavalry, and at the same time can bow and arrow, dismount is infantry, and mages also have it." The only thing missing is heavy equipment. ”

"At present, heavy equipment includes catapults, giant staffs, formations and many other things, among which catapults are the cheapest heavy equipment. So...... You get it?" House was only halfway there.

Kevin nodded: "So the general is for ...... Is it the only way to get a catapult after the national target has been met? But why does the state have to make such a regulation? It seems unreasonable for the cavalry to increase heavy equipment?"

"You don't care about that," House waved his hand, "there is a theory that there is overcapacity, and the warehouses in Langton City can't be stuffed, so let the armies forcibly take some of it." It is also said that the coordination of various conventional arms and heavy equipment in peacetime generals will automatically separate in wartime. Anyway, you don't care about that. ”

"But there's something I don't understand," Kevin shamelessly asked, "if the catapult troops are dispensable to the general, why send me?

"First of all, catapult troops are not optional, they must be had," House replied, "and secondly, catapult troops are by no means an ideal place to eat and die. If you really eat and wait for death, then you are likely to wait for real death!"

Kevin was silent for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"

"Every unit has a target, and every unit has a plan," House began, "how many men have a lot of fighting spirit, how are the riding skills assessed, what are the bow and arrow skills? There are assessments in the middle of the year and at the end of the year." Can your catapult, if nothing else, really deliver a single shot at the moment?"

"At the end of the year?" Kevin was shocked, "It's the end of the year?"

"Hehe, unfortunately, your immediate boss is the general. If he doesn't say it, no one else will tell you. House smiled, "Once you fail the assessment, then ...... Don't be nervous, you won't be beheaded immediately, but you will deduct all the money for half a year, plus a notice of criticism. After half a year, you don't have a penny, of course, it's still easy to eat, and you won't starve to death. After half a year, the assessment will be carried out again, if it still does not work, then continue to deduct half a year. After two or three times, you will be stripped of your officer rank and demoted to private. ”

Kevin was silent for a moment: "Was this the case with my predecessors?"

"Yes," replied House, "the catapult captain had been vacant for half a year before you came. No one wants to do this job, and everyone is crazy about finding relationships to give gifts. In the end, it was decided to choose one of the new recruits this year to be the captain of the catapult. ”

"You may wonder why you do this job when you think you're a genius and beat Sain in a recruit drill, but you can't be trained?" Haus laughed, "First of all, you have to know that some nobles look down on commoners, and the more talented the commoners, the more ...... they are Of course I don't mean anyone, don't think about it. There is also that geniuses must also be under control to be useful, and geniuses who are not under control, the more geniuses, the more dangerous they are. ”

"Do you think that the recruit is the one who beats his son in front of the general. Is it someone who is easy to control?" House asked rhetorically.

Kevin remained silent, seemingly digesting a big call from House. House also began to send him away: "Alright, I have something to do, so let's stop here today." You want military spending and the like, really don't think about it, that mother-in-law...... Ahem, I mean that Director Bell is more ...... Relatively frugal. Don't talk about you, I may not be able to see you when I go. ”

"Okay, that's a bother," Kevin got up, "When is the next time the General will hold another meeting of the independent department?"

"Not necessarily, but at least once a month, sometimes several times a day. House replied, "Why? Want to speak at the conference?"

"What else can I do?" replied Kevin, "I don't have anything else to do, but a mouth." ”

"Good luck. House waved his hand.

"Will I really have good luck?" said Kevin, who was a little confused.

"At least, you're the only one of all the catapult captains I've ever seen who drove the catapult to the door of the pickets for night training. House replied.

Kevin smiled wryly and withdrew. House didn't say anything, but he was pretty clear. For the head of the Thunder Knights, catapults are something to deal with, and they don't need to be done well, as long as they have them. The officer may be demoted because the catapult is unable to move, but it will not hurt the whole regiment. Every year a new officer comes in, one less and no less.

Kevin is the one who was chosen this year, maybe it was really because he beat Sain, and the head of the regiment took revenge on him in an alternative way. And Kevin is really not a genius, his physique is ordinary, and magic does not accept elemental physique. Winning Sein is a trick and a strategy, but it seems to them to be just a little clever.

Now it is estimated that no one will be willing to exchange with Kevin, and the recruits will be enlisted in December, and it is estimated that Kevin recruits will not be assigned, and at that time, there will be a random excuse, lack of personnel, etc., how will Kevin know if it is true or false?

Either way, the situation is clear. Kevin has no other way to think of but to find a way to break the game.

still goes to the office once a day, looks for the general once a day, and every time he gets the other party busy, or the other party is not there, etc., Kevin is used to it. At the same time, Kevin was also thinking about how to modify the catapult.

There was no need to imagine that someone would come and help him, so Kevin had to figure out how to convert it into a catapult that could be operated by one person. This catapult is a counterweight, and how to hang the counterweight in the front section to a high place is the biggest problem. At present, the counterweight is a large basket of gravel, and Kevin can move it piece by piece, but the speed is too slow to ignore.

If you install labor-saving equipment such as a rocker arm, it should be faster, but in fact, the rocker arm replaces the huge force with a longer distance. This kind of thing is shaken by one person, and it has to be shaken for a long time. Maybe it can be fast, but it's still not qualified.

Kevin came up with another idea, which was to try splitting the weight into two, with a pulley or lever in the middle, and the middle of the pulley or lever fixed to the upper rope position of the original counterweight. Once the counterweight is pulled up, it can be pulled halfway first.

The other half is kept on the ground, and when pulled to the top, it locks the catapult throwing arm. Then balance it with a pulley and lever to pull the other half of the ground up as well. At this point, pulling the other half will be very light due to the weight balance of the original half. But at this time, the gravity of the throwing arm has not decreased, just untie the lock, and the throwing arm will naturally fall.

The advantage of this is that the pulling gravity of the counterweight is directly reduced by half, but the distance at which the counterweight falls seems to be shorter. And if the volume increases, whether it is cost-effective, Kevin is not sure.

Finally, there is a very simple solution, which is to add three donkeys as well. Kevin can't pull it alone, and if you add three donkeys, it's not necessarily. It is necessary to add a winch, and then let three donkeys revolve around the winch, pulling the counterweight through the rope.

If three donkeys aren't enough, Kevin can ask for three more. Anyway, they say that there are a lot of donkeys, and three donkeys are only enough to pull a cart, and what about bullets? At present, Kevin does not have a single bullet here, and it stands to reason that the stone bullets of the catapult must meet the needs of a battle, at least three more donkeys will be able to pull a cart.

For several days on end, Kevin designed several drawings. Although the chief of affairs and the general ignored him, he felt that there was still some success. Kevin used to learn a lot of construction mechanics, and his father taught it according to the textbooks of Wang Li College, so he didn't dare to say that he was excellent, but at least it was okay.

But drawings are drawings, and Kevin knows that this is not enough. Those who have been doing handicrafts for a long time know that when a brand new thing is produced, it will inevitably encounter all kinds of problems, some of which were not considered at the beginning. Kevin's current these are at best just an idea, if you want to really modify the catapult, you must also find real skilled people to discuss and collaborate.

Of course, Kevin himself can also see wood and measure measurements, but non-experts still have to play innovation, and Kevin really doesn't have this confidence. At the end of the day, it's still about money.

Finally, another week later, a parrot flew into Kevin's cabin: "Meeting!

This time, Kevin was full of confidence, strode to the general ledger with his long sword, and then sat in the last row.

This meeting sounds similar to the last one, probably just a routine meeting, and there is no real content. Even such a "big" thing as Kevin's night training at the picket gate was not mentioned by the general. It's still about training...... What are the rules to be implemented......

Until finally, the general spoke: "What questions do you have?"

Kevin immediately stood up: "General, I'm ......"

"You've approached me many times, I know," the general interrupted Kevin directly, "It seems that you've approached the director of affairs many times, you want military expenses, right?"

"Yes, general, I ......"

"You don't have to think about it. The general waved his hand.

Kevin: "......"

"In the near future, there are big financial problems. We're checking," the general said, "don't talk about you, the other brigades haven't paid for their military expenses." If you don't believe me, you can ask them. ”

Kevin turned his head to look at the others, and they all sat still, as if by default.

"But ......"

"Kevin!" the general's face darkened, "I don't want to ask me to say it a second time. ”

"Yes. Kevin closed his eyes and sat down slowly.

"The meeting was adjourned. The general waved his hand. Everyone got up and left, and only Haus glanced at Kevin, but only one glance.

In the evening, Kevin walked all the way out of the barracks, and the only benefit of the independent detachment was that no one cared about him. Others have to go out of the barracks, the soldiers are managed by the squad, the squad is managed by the squadron, the squadron is managed by the brigade, and there is an independent department chief, and the general above is the general, and if the general doesn't speak, no one will care about you.

It seems that there is no military spending, so what can be done? Kevin went all the way into the city in a daze, wandering aimlessly, Saka City is also extremely prosperous, and in the evening everyone goes out to shop and enjoy the shade, bustling.

Before he knew it, Kevin was outside a tavern again. Kevin was stunned, the habit of a perennial bard is to run to the tavern, but he didn't expect this habit to still exist today.

There was a faint rumor in the tavern: "Rex is invincible in the world...... He's invincible in the world, invincible!hahaha......"

Kevin's eyes finally lit up, and he resolutely pushed the door in. Don't you think I won't make my own money?