Zhu Jue came to the Ministry of Military Affairs to communicate with department bureaucrats about important military-related matters.
Zhu Jue plans to expand his army, and it will be a big expansion.
Such an idea was not a temporary idea. When facing the invasion of the Destroyer, Zhu Jue felt that the existing military strength was still insufficient. After returning to the Ant Alliance, Zhu Jue received exciting information from the ant colony minister and the big-headed ant god worker ant "Summary": After years of development, the total number of ant colonies in the Ant Alliance is estimated to have exceeded 20 million. mark.
The Ant Colony Department is responsible for the domestic ant colony breeding program of the Ant Federation. It has the authority to curb or increase the scale of ant colony breeding of all ethnic groups in the country. It has always been an important department used by Zhu Jue to secretly control the strength of various ethnic groups in the country. It also ensures that The dominant ant clan in the Ant Alliance - the big-headed ant clan.
In the context of successive wars in recent years, and because the territory on the south bank of the Qinghe River has been greatly expanded and there is enough living space, the ant colony has been very convenient for the growth of ant colonies of all races. In the past two years, the ant colonies in the Ant Alliance have The number of users has experienced explosive growth. Last year it passed the 10 million mark, and this year it has doubled.
The ant colony has an ant colony breeding plan, which makes it easy to count the number of existing ant colonies. There is no need to conduct a census with great fanfare like in the human world. Of course, the method of statistical data on ant colonies such as the ant colony is very primitive and rough, and there are large errors, but it is enough for reference for the ant alliance, which does not need to be meticulously managed.
The strict ant egg birth control plan implemented by the Ant Federation in China is accurate to the number of ant eggs that each queen of each nest should lay in a quarter. Although this kind of planning is rigid, and sometimes it cannot prevent some queens from exploding eggs in the reproductive mode, it generally maintains a stable proportion of new ant colonies of each race, and the error between statistical data and actual data is not too large.
Based on the number of ant eggs born, and excluding the percentage of premature death rate, the number of existing ant colonies can be roughly inferred. Taking into account the existence of super births and illegal births, the actual number of ant colonies in the Ant Alliance should be more than 20 million. a bit more.
There are a total of 20 million ants, and most of the ant colonies are in young adults. The age ratio of the ant colonies in the Ant Alliance is in its golden period! Based on this foundation, Zhu Jue felt that it was enough to support further military expansion plans!
The Minister of Military Affairs "Spade Elephant II" and the Deputy Minister "Centiper Python II" who came later had a secret meeting with Zhu Jue in a small hidden conference room. When Zhu Jue's proposal to expand the army to 2,000 legions was thrown out, When he came out, the two ants were immediately frightened.
"Spade Elephant II" and "Centiper Python II" did a quick mental calculation. If the Ant Alliance's 20 million ant colonies support 2,000 legions, then an average of 4 ants will have to feed one soldier, not to mention reaching the limit of production. , at least it will greatly reduce production efficiency, and most of the material wealth will be consumed by the army, making it difficult to accumulate it for the future development of the Ant Alliance. This is definitely militarism, and is so militaristic that even the most militaristic ants cannot stand it. . As the chiefs of the Military Department, "Spade Elephant II" and "Centiper Python II" thought this military expansion plan was too crazy.
You must know that the last military expansion of the Ant Alliance has not yet ended and has not yet reached the scheduled amount. Due to the rapid onset of winter this year, the situation of military expansion in various places has not yet been fully reported. The head of the Ministry of Military Affairs does not know how many legions there are in the Ant Alliance at present, but the elite There are only a few hundred veteran legions. These legions are all off-duty and require a lot of resources. If another thousand or hundreds of new legions are added, if they are all professional legions, it will be financially unbearable.
Zhu Jue has his own considerations. The massive invasion of the Destroyer has arrived. The current battlefield is still within the civilized ant alliance, but they may invade the ant alliance's homeland from different directions at any time. Faced with dozens or millions of destroyers who frequently send out troops, and faced with a steady stream of destroyers, Zhu Jue felt that the Ant Alliance also needed sufficient military strength to defend its homeland.
Of course, it would be too crazy to expand the army to 2,000 professional legions and about 5 million soldiers all at once. Zhu Jue planned to implement it in layers. He would tell the whole story to "Spade Elephant II" and "Centiper Python II":
Among the 2,000 legions, there should be at least 500 front-line main legions, which are professional legions, including all tank legions, field artillery and flying knight troops. Among them, the infantry legion is composed of the original elite legion or a new legion with veterans as the backbone. These main front-line armies are Zhu Jue's most powerful field force.
There are planned to be 600 second-line reserve corps, which are semi-professional corps and are composed of newly formed infantry corps and city defense artillery in each nest. The second-line reserve corps has received combat training, and the soldiers are all young and strong. They are mainly used for defensive operations in strategic locations. At the same time, once the reserve corps has withstood the baptism of war, it can quickly improve its combat effectiveness and can also serve as a reserve force for field troops. At the same time, the reserve army conducts production in the form of farming during non-war times to ensure self-sufficiency!
The last 800 legions are third-line garrison troops. They are non-professional legions. They are not out of work at ordinary times. They are formed dispersedly from various nests. Each nest has from 1 to dozens of troops. The members of the garrison corps include retired veterans and young ants who have not been included in the first two front-line corps. They mainly focus on production on a daily basis. They conduct military training during the off-season and are responsible for the defense of their own nests during wartime. They will not be easily taken out to fight in the field.
Among the 2,000 legions, the proportion of warriors of the big-headed ant clan exceeds 80%, which is even more exaggerated than the 70% of the total ant population accounted for by the big-headed ant clan. Among the remaining 20%, there are mostly warriors from pavement ants and sickle-hunting ants, while the number of warriors from the abdominal ants, black-clothed turtle ants and other clans is smaller.
The army was suddenly expanded to 2,000 legions. Although not all of them were professional legions, the pressure on the Ministry of Military Affairs was still unprecedentedly high. "Centiper Python II" pointed out that the production capacity of weapons and equipment was insufficient. Zhu Jue instructed to increase production after next spring, [Hematite City], [Hardware City], [Tuohuang City], [February Lan City], [Xinyang City], [Magnet City], [Little Magnet City] ] and other metallurgical and military industrial centers must go all out to produce military supplies, even if the production of ironware for civilian and commercial purposes is temporarily suspended.
Zhu Jue predicts that the existing equipment and old equipment will be enough to arm the infantry of the first- and second-line armies. The equipment required by technical arms such as tank troops, artillery and flying knights will need to be fully replenished within one year. As for the third-line garrison, the framework of the army must be established first. The weapons can be used as old weapons that have been eliminated or not used for the time being. They will not participate in the war in a short period of time.
The army expansion plan was finalized. Zhu Jue made a plan for the Ministry of Military Affairs, requiring that by the end of next summer, the expansion of the main front-line corps should be completed, basic weapons and equipment in place, and all military training completed; before winter next year, all weapons and equipment of the second-line reserve corps (except city defense artillery) in place and formed combat effectiveness; after the spring of the following year, the equipment training of the third-line garrison corps was basically in place.
