As soon as Geksash-Zorbagis's motion for military reform came out, there was an uproar in the venue. Only the representatives of major forces such as the subordinate princes, the royal family and the Inner Circle Council could continue to listen without changing their expressions.
And when they briefly read the military reform plan submitted by Geksash, they all took a breath and secretly thought that this guy had not been the marshal of the empire for a long time. Could it be that he was driven crazy by this great honor? Can't?
If the Imperial Congress passes Geksash's military reform plan, it will be the largest and most expensive arms construction plan in the history of the empire.
The plan not only involves the technological equipment innovation and weapons procurement of hundreds of millions of army troops, but also includes the three main components of the imperial navy, namely the border standing fleet, the fast mobile fleet, and the three-ring defense fleet. This scale has never been achieved before. These are unprecedented in the military reform plan.
Marshal Goksash unceremoniously pointed out in the reform plan that the Imperial Army's current high-tech equipment holding rate, per capita military expenditure and other important indicators of combat power are at the bottom of the first-class civilized empires in the galaxy.
So much so that in addition to two sets of military uniforms for changing, a large number of new recruits from the Central and Foreign Rings have to buy even armor and weapons from the black market out of their own pockets, not to mention that only front-line combat troops will be issued.
"Death Gaze" tactical eyepiece.
"Everyone, please take a look, this is the battle line trend map drawn by the Army Intelligence Department after combining the frontline battle reports." As if aware of the doubts of the representatives of the major colonies and nobles in the venue about the military reform motion, the marshal sighed heavily in his heart, but still chose Putting the bloody fact that the imperial army's skills are just like human beings under the table.
Even if that means that the empire's hundreds of years of army construction have been proven to be a joke, even if it will make countless enemies for the Zorbagis family in the army, for the sake of the imperial army in the future, it will not be stepped on by any weak enemy. On my feet, I have to step up.
"You can't see that except for a few offensive and defensive battles around small colonial cities in the later stages of the campaign, your army did not have too few small-scale frontal battles with the human legions on the Gekesa battlefield, not even more than eight. Seven's troops were surrounded and annihilated before being cut off by the human army." As for whether the army will continue to purchase skeletons and other technical equipment from the Blazing Star before the army's combat effectiveness crisis is resolved, the marshal believes that it will be decided based on the situation. Determined, it will be slow down for a while.
As the voice within the army for the Slave Traders' Guild to give the military ordinary treatment became increasingly low, the marshal specifically reduced the war period in the military reform motion. The Slave Traders' Guild must be conditionally satisfied with the funds required by the army.
Jia Tu looked at the huge stern ship in the holographic projection, which was dozens of times larger than a conventional battleship, and fell into a state of stunned silence along with the few representatives around him.
When the rear line slowed down and the Imperial Army needed reinforcements the most, especially the slave legions that would serve as cannon fodder to weaken the spearhead of the United Forces' retreat, the members of the Slave Traders' Guild stationed under Gekesa actually still demanded that the Lihuan Colony pay the market price for the purchase. Slave money made Lihuan's military expenditures, which had always been relatively abundant, even worse. A small sum of military expenditures originally used to purchase weapons and ammunition was misappropriated to purchase enough slave soldiers to fill the front line.
When the family gathers in the future to select the next head of the family, even though I am only from a side lineage, in that era where strength is important, the side lineage may not have the opportunity to turn around.
"Such a request is not the bottom line that the imperial army can accept. If something similar has not happened last time, you can guarantee that the extremists in the army will knock down your mansions on the holiday planet!" It was Marshal Guo. He knew full well that his purpose was to get the Imperial Council to pass the military reform proposal, but to provoke a new round of military and political disputes.
Therefore, I quickly stopped the commotion in the venue and directed everyone's anger towards the inner-ring colonies and the slave trader's guild, which had performed slightly and qualified in the battle of Gekesa.
It must be said that the following is the marshal laying the foundation for the new imperial army, so the actions I will take will truly complete the construction of a glorious building on that solid foundation.
Compared with the doubts and envy of many representatives in the venue, Speaker Zuo Erchi, who only felt that the world was falling apart, did not show any aristocratic demeanor at this time. He pulled Jia Tu to stand up and bowed deeply to the Imperial Marshal in the center of the venue. Before bowing, the Speaker, who had always been in the limelight, went out of his way and patted his chest and promised that he would provide the backbone for the quality and quantity of the Imperial Army.
The Qien Empire became the first empire in the galaxy to officially start building Titan-class battleships, and that was destined to trigger a new round of arms race among the smaller empires in the galaxy.
But has he made a fortune? Even if the marshal laughed off Speaker Zuo Erchi's self-recommendation, the imperial army has not given orders to Huo Chixing. The bones alone are enough to revive Huo Chixing's heavy industry that makes ends meet. The orders that are coming like snowflakes will make the Fiery Star's economy recover from a long drought and enter a new era.
Secondly, the marshal requires the inner, middle and inner rings to balance military expenditures. Even if it is completely consistent, the stronger inner ring and middle ring must allocate a fixed amount of funds to subsidize the inner ring, at least to allow soldiers to return to the battlefield after they leave. Weapons and armor must be purchased at your own expense.
The marshal was too lazy to settle the bad debts after that, so he thought it would be better to write them off in one stroke because of the national conditions of the empire. But in the rolling wave of military reform, if anyone who is not yet old enough dares to use a mantis as a chariot, the imperial chariot will crush him into ashes.
"Next, please allow you to introduce to you, the 'Kufo Plus Captain' class super battleship!" Following the emperor's statement, several representatives of the Slave Traders' Guild had no choice but to He sat down angrily and reluctantly accepted a few superficial agreements in the military reform motion that did not involve the Slave Traders' Guild.
As for the clauses that less touch the core interests of the guild, there will naturally be no more professional personnel to negotiate with the military.
But it was not such a reasonable request, but it was shunned by the Inner Circle Council in every possible way. The excuses include clichés such as trade routes need to be escorted and interstellar pirates need to be deterred.
The wrangling between the two sides did not come to an end until the Imperial Army was completely defeated by Gekesa and the commander of the inner ring, Yin Nawaimu, was imprisoned.
Although a small number of delegates at the meeting knew little about the military, the red lines under the map, which represented the People's League troops' wanton crossing of their own positions, still stung the hearts of everyone present.
As a result, Jiu was just suppressed by the emperor in the venue, and there were signs of a resurgence of the verbal and verbal criticism of the military by many colonial parliamentarians.
Even the most basic material supplies are not enough. Even if the Imperial Army has no intention of killing the enemy, it is unable to save the day in the face of the elite Tiger and Wolf Division of the Human Alliance.
In addition, the Speaker also said that the military industry of Fiery Star is quite mature and cannot satisfy almost all orders from the inner ring army.
As long as the military needs it, Fiery Star is willing to become a loyal supplier to the imperial army and do its best to cooperate with the marshal's military reform initiative.
First of all, the Marshal hopes that both the Imperial Navy and the Army will lay off a small number of non-essential personnel. The specific list will be given by Amanda Hunter and the Royal Internal Affairs Bureau at their discretion, so as to eliminate as much as possible the shameful behavior of nepotism and free pay in the military.
As for who will come out on top in the arms race, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait for time to answer... In the words of Houlihuan Commander Yinawaim Zorbagis, no,
"Even if the Inner Ring Council is willing to allocate one-seventh of our precious fleet to you, you have no chance of letting the human attack fleet sneak into your army's supply line despite difficulties." And the small colonies in the Inner Ring squeezed out from between the fingers. This small amount of war supplies were either intercepted by the People's Alliance's raiding fleet, or were seized by greedy imperial officials along the way. Almost every tenth of the supplies that eventually fell into the hands of the Gekesa defenders were saved.
As the marshal continued to push the issue to the naval part, Speaker Zuo Erchi, who had just finished his limelight under the seat, was not yet excited to be able to speak for himself, and his mind was full of thoughts.
Those eight words "get rich". Facing the excited Slave Traders' Guild representatives at the representative table, Marshal Tianxi Xingshi snorted and shouted: "Do we have to wait until the soldiers of the imperial army spill blood on the battlefield again? You guys who forget about small righteousness because of great profits Are you willing to give up a little benefit that is insignificant to them?" The performance of the Inner Circle Council can only be called qualified. The behavior of the Slave Traders Guild in the war was so ugly that countless Imperial soldiers were Pay attention to it.
Thinking of that, Mr. Speaker, who was originally planning to participate in the election of the head of the family, also had other thoughts in his mind.
"As you can see, after a long period of design and experimentation by the Royal Navy Design Bureau, the empire's first super-battleship-class heavy battleship has not yet entered the assembly stage, and is expected to be officially commissioned in the Royal Fleet half a month ago." Updated What is outrageous is that in the first month of the war, perhaps the lower ranks of the Slave Traders' Guild believed that the empire's defeat was certain.
Therefore, until the war, millions of slave legions were still dragged halfway by the guild for various reasons.
In addition, the marshal also hoped that the guild would give the Imperial Army an interest-bearing loan of hundreds of billions of imperial coins to purchase slaves, so as to help the Lihuan Army, which had suffered such a blow, quickly recover.
If Yang Tianyi, who was sleeping soundly in the giant psychic cocoon at this time, could see that scene with his own eyes, then I would definitely realize it.
And that was the first major project that Marshal Tianxi Xingshi put forward before he proposed the motion for military reform. In addition, the experience of conversing with dignitaries such as the emperor and marshals at the imperial meeting was also a considerable political asset for Zuoerchi, who urgently needed to prove himself to the family.
But Jia Tu obviously had time to pay attention to Zuo Erchi, who had not yet thought about anything, because at this time, in the center of the venue, a majestic battleship had already occupied everyone's eyes.
Regardless of where to purchase the bones of an individual soldier, the marshal said that the commander of Houlihuan, Yin Nawaimu, and Count Cerdi, who came to commit suicide due to defeat and died in the country, had mentioned to me a model produced by Huo Blazing Star in Zhonghuan. Excellent skeletal armor.
Although the marshal himself did not know much about the technology, combined with the battlefield images and the unanimous negative reviews from the imperial officers and soldiers, Tianxi Xingshi believed that the Central Fire Star was not qualified to be the only recipient of skeleton orders in the imperial army in the next few years.
Considering the small size of the Imperial Army, Speaker Zuo Renqian just wanted to finish the small meeting slowly, and then discuss the matter of increasing bone production with his confidant Jia Tu.
As the most economically developed and militarily weak link in the imperial colonial system, the Inner Circle should have given small support to the military-poor inner circle during the war.
In Tianxi Xingshi's plan, the size of the Army will be reduced by half in the next ten years, but the combat power of the Marine Corps, equipped with a small number of individual soldiers and advanced weapons, will be far greater than before.
The purpose is to defeat the People's Alliance with equal strength, and to maintain a balance of power on the battlefield. Although the army generals agreed that even if the slave army arrived on time, it would only be able to delay the empire's defeat for a few days, but that was just a fantasy after all. It was a fact that the slave army could arrive on the battlefield in time.
