5. The first cry of the giant (10)
PS: There will be a change later
At first, the citizens of Lüders generally thought it was a joke. But as all the signs showed the truth of that message, people became uneasy.
If it were other rumors, they would have been accepted at this stage, but this time it was different.
The Royal Government will set up an independent army dedicated to preventing and combating terrorist activities - seemingly simple and boring, but the citizens of Lüders with a keen sense of smell can smell danger from inside.
Literally, it's just a small force. But in the eyes of the people of Lüdes, who are fond of building barricades against the government, the so-called "anti-terrorism" is actually used to clear the heat and defeat the revolutionary masses and at the same time add a tax item.
A learned and educated person would not think so. In their eyes, there is too much to be taken lightly behind an independent army.
Independent Security Forces.
The literal word "independent" shows that this newly created force has considerable autonomy. It is very likely that they will not accept the constraints of the War Department and will do their own thing on their own terms. Then who or which force holds the reins of this beast is extremely important, and if it is the king or the crown prince, it does not matter. But the one who can put forward this advice and can't wait to put it into practice is Fuquet.
The chief strategist of the second prince, and the close friend of V.E.
Things are going in a very dangerous direction, and the crown prince has taken the lead in the race for the throne with the support of the army. Now the second prince has created an army within an army, and with the financial support of V.E., he cannot compete with the regular army. It's not too far off.
An army split in two, a country that could be divided over the throne, and eventually turn into a nightmarish civil war – a horrific deduction that makes the wise shudder to think about it.
Fortunately, this extremely dangerous proposal is still a rhetorical statement, and people still have a chance to dispose of this bomb that has exploded at an unknown time......
- It's weird.
"There have been comments that you intend to push for the division of the army, to seek more arms orders from competition, and to have a say in the country's politics. ”
Nidhogg's upright face said in a tone of laughter and tears:
That genius inference was actually accepted by many people. ”
"There is always a market for conspiracy theories, because the masses are always in need of fresh material to spice up their daily lives. It's just that this rumor is at least a little true. The division of the army is indeed our phased goal, and so is the civil war. ”
Li Lin crumpled the printer paper into a ball. The paper ball makes a beautiful arc. Drop into the Trash.
"It's a pity that the latter item is still early, and there is still a lot of value in this country that has not been exploited, and they cannot be allowed to fall into civil strife now. ”
Stroll to the window. The band below is playing a song. Walk through the glass into the college lounge. Music that doesn't belong to this world.
"March of the Warships".
The military song of the island nation that was once arrogant and swept half of the Pacific Ocean with a saber.
Under the slogans and banners of "Seven Lives to Serve the Country", "Respect the Emperor", and "The World Fights Arms", countless hot-headed emperors and citizens of the island country embarked on the road of no return to the battlefield with the accompaniment of "March of the Warships". Eventually, he died in a foreign land. Eventually, the mad empire named after the sun was burned by the flames of war that he had ignited, and the mushroom clouds rising from Hiroshima and Nagasaki put an end to that empire forever.
Now, it's like time and space are out of order. The impassioned, death-inducing melody is played in the National Academy of Magic, and the initiator is, of course, Li Lin.
This is a small trick to "recreate" history.
Create a new ...... Militaristic Charlemagne.
It sounds a little weird.
The supreme commander of an elven camp wants to transform a human country and the number one power on the continent into a militaristic country.
It's either whimsical or insanity, and it needs to be checked by a psychologist or neurologist urgently.
Li Lin is in a normal state of operation both physically and psychologically, and behind this seemingly strange decision is a deep-seated strategic consideration.
In terms of technology alone, whether it is the technological leadership or the speed of replenishment of technical equipment determined by industrial production capacity, Alfheim is overwhelmingly ahead. After the production of the Leopard tank, this advantage became even more obvious.
However, the deep-rooted disease of the elven camp - the problem of the source of soldiers has never been completely solved.
Policies to encourage childbirth have long been in place, and the current peaceful environment has led to a significant improvement in public health and medicine. But even so, after the full mobilization in wartime, the total number of troops available, including the reserves, is only about 230,000, and the second-line troops facilitated by some human/orc volunteers will only be 280,000 when the battle is full.
This figure seems to be reasonable, but it is not worth mentioning at all in Charlemagne's vast territory equivalent to the whole of France + two-thirds of Germany, and it is like sprinkling pepper noodles in a wheat field. Even if the elven warriors are all ten of them, they are like the reincarnation of Spartan pants, and they can fight like a humanoid Gundam. At best, they can only occupy Charlemagne, and later they will be swallowed up by the sea of human coalition forces surging from all directions.
In order to avoid that situation, the best thing to do is for a country to take the place of Alfheim in the role of being under siege. The country needs to be strong enough to have aggressive expansionist tendencies and be under the control of Yalfheim.
Eligible for this is a militaristic Charlemagne.
Among the nations of the human race, with the exception of the permanently neutral Serres. There are ideas of expanding their territory in all countries, and Charlemagne's impulse is the strongest. Thanks to the operation of V.E., this original agricultural country is slowly showing some signs of industrialization and modernization, and its economic situation is significantly better than that of its neighbors. In order to meet the needs of sustained economic growth, the demand for resources is also increasing, and this demand is gradually turning into a driving force for expansion. At the same time, the strengthening of their own power, in turn, inflated nationalist passions, and more and more Charlemagnes began to focus on recovering Brittany, expanding in the direction of Castile, opening up overseas colonies, and so on. And if you want to accomplish these things, it will be difficult to do it without a big war.
Of course, a Charlemagne who has the motivation and the strength to change the current demarcation of national borders. This was enough to cause strategic anxiety in Albion and Castile, which intensified the contradictions, and in their last breath expanded into conflicts. That's exactly what Alfheim wants to see.
Continued conflicts and wars will not only deplete the strength of the countries, but also win a large number of arms sales orders for Alfheim, as well as the most important strategic opportunity - to overcome the division and internal friction of the human camp, reverse the balance of power between the two sides, and reap the results above their own strength standards.
This plan can be called clever, and its intention is to transform the national strength of each country into the strategic dividend of the elven camp and objectively change the strategic environment. But there are also some unpredictable factors – how to control the scope and time span of the conflict so that it is limited to limited wars of moderate intensity. to make it in line with the timetable set by the Alfheim side, etc. And the first question is, how to build a militaristic Charlemagne?
Militarism is not only an ideology, but also a system. It is characterized by the power of military organizations as the center of gravity of the regime, and the power of the government is dependent on military strength. It may not be as easy as imagined to militarize the loose, freedom-loving, and slightly undisciplined Charlemagneans to serve the interests of Alfheim.
Now, the answer is about to be revealed. Before the army could start playing "Drawing the Sword", Li Lin and Nidhogg exited the lounge. (To be continued......)