Colonel Philip, who had sobered up, grimaced, and it was a little difficult to tell whether he thought the situation was serious or because the ice cubes that were sobering up were too cold.

In conclusion, Mr. Colonel quickly understood how things were going and then made his own proposals.

"Whatever the capital's intentions were, we did get an order to 'enter the city to maintain policing.'" Mr. Colonel said nothing about the fact that he was still drunk after receiving the order, and he said righteously, "Since it is not possible to obtain more equipment shipments in a short period of time, and Newsal is currently facing a possible threat of invasion, I recommend that the House of Commons give the Army authorization as soon as possible so that we can begin the recall of the reserves."

The Army is a poor department, although they get a huge budget from the Empire every year. But these budgets are really nothing compared to the cost of the Navy's ships. What's more, a large part of these budgets are to be used directly on front-line operations - the army's main eight-inch heavy gun, a shell costs 15 gold pounds, when is the fire preparation not tens of thousands of rounds to greet the alliance?

The navy can buy a destroyer with 10 million gold pounds or 20 million gold pounds, and the army has to wonder if it can burn the front line for two days with such a small amount of gold pounds.

The navy's family base is getting richer and richer, and the army's family foundation is getting smaller and smaller. The gap between the two branches of the armed forces is becoming more and more obvious - the navy can directly recruit ready-made high-level personnel, and the army can only train middle and high-level officers on its own little by little.

"Most of the Army's garrisons now stationed in Newsar are logistics and officers." The Colonel made no secret of the Army's current weakness in Newsal, and he said very honestly, "If only with our registered reserve soldiers, after the mobilization of the reserves...... Newsar's army could be expanded to 5,000 men, but that number was probably not enough. ”

The people sent by Dussander to invite his father back for a meeting came back empty-handed, and the garrison navy had not returned since its emergency liftoff. It was also thanks to the fact that Duchamp was still floating in the vast sea of stars, otherwise he would have had to spit on the face of this army colonel.

Newsal's garrison was a thousand men from top to bottom, and with the exception of a two-hundred-man guard at the headquarters, almost all of the rest were officers—a complete shelf-type reserve garrison that could theoretically be expanded to at least 50,000 men in a matter of weeks.

Right now...... The expansion of the army has only reached 5,000? In the scale of 1,000 people, how much salary did you, Mr. Colonel, eat?

"That's certainly not enough." Dussaint had no idea how much the Army should be expanded. But he was pretty sure that for a colony that took over the entire planet, for the 284 million people of Newsar, the army of 5,000 men was not even a big fart.

"That's too little." Dussander turned his head and began to call, "Please go to the Belford automatic car factory, and have Rear Admiral Horn come over immediately."

Colonel Philip's eyes immediately turned ugly.

When he learned that Rear Admiral Horn was actually a rear admiral of the Commando, the expression on his face became even more ugly—it was the same, if not worse, when he had just been dragged out of the cellar by two red-clad postmen.

"I need an exact number." Dusander looked at the army colonel with an extremely ugly expression and said word by word, "How many troops can you pull out in a month?" ”

"The problem now is that we don't have enough resources." Mr. Colonel said solemnly, "The quantity of equipment is sufficient, but the barracks, training system, and logistics supply are completely insufficient......

"The logistics supply is maintained by the garrison itself, and every year the military department pays a large amount of military expenses for the garrison to purchase and store the supply of reserves." Androni directly interrupted Mr. Colonel's quibble, "Mr. Colonel, we don't have the time to listen to your grievances, we only need troops to guard His Majesty's colony. ”

Dusson also showed a sinister smile just right, "If your logistics officers can't remember where they put the supplies they bought, maybe I can send a few red-clad postmen to help them remember." You have to understand that now is not the time to talk about conditions, and we must have sufficient defense capabilities to ensure the safety of this colony star. ”

Blind pressure sometimes does not bring too good results, and in order to turn the garrison into a truly combat-ready force as soon as possible, Dussaint also proposed a "quid pro quo".

"It's clearly not enough to recall those who have retired from the Army. Most of them may no longer be of the best age to join the military. "I can give you 2,000 educated students from various schools in Newsar to serve in the Army." ”

"Give me 5,000 students, and within a month the Newsar garrison will have 20,000 qualified soldiers." At the mention of students, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's eyes lit up, these students are really "highly educated" talents.

Nearly all students who have completed four years of education will be able to master the math skills required of junior and junior officers in the Army, as well as easily understand the operational intentions of their superiors.

Five thousand students means that at least three hundred mid-level officers and more than four thousand junior officers can be selected from them.

This is the real baby! Colonel Philip felt that he had completely sobered up and did not speak, and at the same time a feeling of excitement and anticipation welled up from the depths of his heart. How many junior and mid-level officers does the entire Imperial Army system produce in a year? If he can get 5,000 student soldiers to the army in one go, then starting next year, he may have to carry the rank of brigadier general.

"It's just two thousand, and they can only serve in Newsar." Dussander didn't plan to hand over the first batch of top students from the Newsal education system to the Army. "In exchange, I ask that within a month, you give me at least 50,000 troops."

"Then there can only be male students, and female students are not only useless when they go to the army, but they are also prone to danger." The Colonel quickly came to an agreement with Dussand, "I want all my students to be officers, and female officers can't control the big soldiers—maybe they will become the prey of the big soldiers." ”

"In addition to that, I will give you a batch of armored soldiers." Dussander forced himself not to delve into what the "prey" was, and then said, "I ask you to set up a special armored unit, and work with the armored troops to study how to use this new weaponry." ”

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Dusand and Androni spent the night in the building of the Heraldic Administration.

Based in the heraldic administration, Androni convened an urgent plenary meeting of the Marquis. At the meeting, Androni informed the members of the Marquis Party of Monsieur of the Marquis's death and explained to them the current situation.

Under the "deterrence" of the red-clothed postmen, the Marquis finally did not disperse in a hurry. As members of the Marquis's party, the members of the House of Commons are not calm, at least panicked.

"We are now acting not only to protect the colony, but also to protect ourselves." Androni united almost all the Marquis councillors in one sentence, "We are not united because we are retinues or diehards of Marquis Lafayette. It is because we all have a common goal - to unite for a better Newsar, for a better contribution to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Now, everything we do, we're making a name for ourselves." Androni issued an appeal and mobilization order to her colleagues, "Unite and protect Newsar." His Majesty the Emperor will surely see our loyalty! ”

Androni is mobilizing, while Dussand's side is looking for someone.

He sent out a total of four letters of invitation, in which the commanders of the army, Colonel Philip and Androny, quickly rushed to the heraldic office. Duchamp has not replied so far because of his urgent dispatch. Major Horn came a little later, but this was also because the invitation to him was the last to be sent - he soon set off again with Colonel Philip to the Belford Automatic Vehicle Factory to receive the first tanks and armoured troops.

Governor Edmund has so far not appeared in the heraldic office.

"What's going on with the Governor?" Dusand called Lady Tamara for the third time, "It's already dawn, why hasn't Governor Edmund arrived yet?" ”

"The Doge's Office has not yet replied." Lady Tamara, who still seemed to be unsettled, said to Dussand, "I've gone to two groups of red-coated postmen, but they haven't come back yet." ”

"Send someone more." Dusant was in a hurry, the governor was the representative of the emperor on the colonial star, and in such a major situation, he had to be present again, "Send ten...... Fifteen ...... No, I'll go straight to it! He got up from his seat, picked up a red-coated postman's cloak from the table next to him, and walked out, "Send a combat team with me, and use our car to show the Emka's emblem!" ”

In order to make his actions more "fanfare", Dussaint led people out of the building and directly called two steam knights.

"You go with us, you just have to follow us before I give the order." Duschild said to the two steam knights, who knelt down on one knee and obeyed the instructions, "Don't bring firearms, bring the largest armor-piercing hammer." ”

Since the mountains are not moving, then go to the mountains. Dussander was going to pay a visit to the royal representative of Newsal and hear for himself what reasons he had refused to come to the heraldic office.

Three steam wagons with two steam knights marched through the streets of Newsal. People who had just started school and work looked at the scene in shock, and then began to whisper. The response from the students was even more ...... Sunny, they shouted "Come on" to the carriage of the heraldic office, and then waved their hands very enthusiastically.

Dusander, who was sitting in the car, was expressionless, and as the wheels accelerated, the group soon crossed seven or eight intersections and came to a "palace" that looked magnificent.

The Governor's Mansion on each Colony is an official royal building that can become the Emperor's Palace. At the entrance to Governor Edmund's residence, seven or eight guards in ornate uniforms were standing guard.

Dussand, with three carriages and two steam knights, appeared directly at the door of the governor's residence. Then he got out of the car with a purple cloak and swaggered to the door of the governor's residence.

When he came over, Dussart had already confirmed with a few other colleagues that there was no red-clad postman at the door, and no steam carriage from the Newsal Heraldic Administration was parked outside.

The two red-clad postmen didn't know where they had gone.

"I am the acting director of the Newsal Heraldic Management Office." Dussander walked to the door of the Governor's Mansion, showed his ID to the guards at the door, and said, "I've come to invite Mr. Governor to a meeting of the Heraldic Administration—two red-clad postmen have been here before, right?" Where are they? ”

The guards looked expressionless as if they were wearing masks, and one of them shook his head, "I don't know. ”

"Don't know?" Dussaint glanced at the dew on the guard's cloak, who must have been standing here for the night. Then there is absolutely no reason to "I didn't know that there were two postmen in red".

He smiled slightly, unconcerned about the guard's lies, and said, "It's okay, please open the door—I'll just go to Mr. Governor." ”

"You can go to Mr. Governor, but your entourage can't." The guard said nervously, "Your retinue and carriage can go to the stables and side halls to wait. ”

"These two steam knights can also wait in the side hall." The guard added, "If you have any questions, you can ask the head of the main hall directly - he should be at the main entrance of the main hall by now." ”

Dussaint raised an eyebrow, this thing seemed to ...... Something interesting.

If the other party was planning to do it to themselves—though it was not known why the Governor would do so—the safest thing to do would be to have the Steam Knight and his retinue wait at the door. If the other person is not ready to show the knife to himself...... What did the red-clad postman do with the red-clad postman who came to send the letter before?

Dussaint squinted and hesitated for a second, then decided to go straight in and take a look.

Anyway, after entering the Governor's Palace, it's a big deal to go directly to the main hall with people. There are people at hand, and Dussand's confidence now is not ordinary.

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does. Three steam wagons and two steam knights entered the mansion in battle formation, and then rushed directly to the main hall of the mansion. Shielded by the muzzles of twelve black holes and two armour-piercing hammers two feet long, Dussaint knocked on the door to the main hall.

Amid the frightened screams of the maid, Dussand's voice echoed through the main hall, "Where is Mr. Steward?" I seem to have lost two of my subordinates in the Doge's Palace, have you seen them? They wore purple cloaks and red uniforms. ”