". The completion of the entire recruitment plan will be divided into three phases. The first phase will recruit 300 million recruits, the second phase 400 million recruits, and the third phase 500 million recruits, which can be increased or decreased depending on the situation."
Although Junot had read out the recruitment amounts as briefly as possible, Soshyan did not look at the amounts at all. Instead, he directly projected the data on the star map. Among them, the main star of Sagan had to provide 100 million people, and The largest Vaughan hive has to provide 20 million young men who meet the standards. Based on the Astra Militarum's standard legion size of 160,000, that is 125 regiments. The current estimated population of the hive is 8.9 billion.
These numbers make many nobles look pale. Even if they drain the planetary garrison, it may not be enough.
Although conscription will not affect their status, such a large-scale conscription is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task. The conscription alone requires a large amount of manpower and material resources, not to mention whether it is possible to recruit so many young people. It will cause commotion among the people. There are two theories.
After the Ministry of Internal Affairs finished speaking, the Ministry of Military Affairs spoke up.
"We plan to establish five large-scale training camps in the five worlds of Holy Point 2, Sagan 5, Bell, Palerophon Autumn, and Siniax, and gather all recruits here for training. At the same time, Tai Lana has agreed to put all the fresh graduates from the Zhongsi Academy on Viyani, Kirab and Galen 5 in the next five years into the expeditionary force. They will serve as political commissars and low-level officers for training together with the new recruits. , This can speed up the training process of the troops and ensure that they have a certain combat capability when they walk out of the new barracks."
Soshyan nodded. Although these bureaucrats are annoying when they are annoying, they can occasionally show some skills. For example, one thing he missed was that the newly appointed political commissar officers trained with the recruits. This is very important to enhance the cohesion of the unit. Instead of waiting for the soldiers Instead of letting them adapt after they have been trained, it is better to adapt in advance and allow the political commissars to better understand the soldiers they will be responsible for next.
But the Military Ministry's demands did not end there.
"Sir, in addition, we also need a considerable number of military priests, medical nuns and military technical priests. The total number is about two million, as well as various working servitors and driving servitors. It is conservatively estimated to require 20 million. The specific number is The list of requirements will be subject to the specific recruitment situation for the time being."
After listening to the needs of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Soshyan looked at Saint Dalton.
"Archbishop St. Dalton, can we satisfy you here?"
"No problem, all loyal servants and believers of the God Emperor will go to the battlefield to burn the heretics with all their strength!"
At this time, Soshyan looked at the representatives of the forging world.
"Can the Adeptus Mechanicus provide a sufficient number of technical priests?"
After the representatives of the Mechanicum secretly whispered a binary code for a while, one of them replied in a dry artificial voice:
"No problem, Lord Commander Soshyan, Supreme Lord."
"Well, thank you for your support."
Then Soshyan looked at Saint Dalton again.
"Patriarch, can you provide any advice for conscription?"
The patriarch immediately replied passionately:
"Lord Soshyan, this is a sacred and great war. All believers of the God Emperor should set an example! I will order all churches to call on young male believers to join this holy war, and call on believers to fight for this war. Donate and contribute!”
Before Soshiyang could speak, Luo Yins suddenly answered.
"This is very important. The current warehouse of the Ministry of Military Affairs is completely insufficient to support such a huge recruitment plan. If there are donations from the church, the situation will be much better."
When he said this, Soshyan knew there must be something in his words, so he asked:
“How many soldiers can the current Ministry of Military Affairs warehouse arm?”
"Your Majesty, including all the warehouses in the Maelstrom area, the number is about 30 million. However, if there are more than 50 million troops, then the military food reserves can only last four months."
Obviously, the other party was complaining to Soshyan, but Soshyan did not accept this trick and asked:
"It has been almost two years since the transfer order was issued. Why is it that the Military Affairs Department in the Maelstrom has not prepared at all? Could it be that Terra has not transferred any materials?"
Luo Yins took a breath, then rubbed his hands, looking a little embarrassed, and then whispered:
"Sir, it's not that we are unprepared, but we do not have the authority to seize any supplies and equipment, and Terra has not given us any official documents."
Junot Rigo seemed to know what Soshiyan would say next, and immediately said:
"We have not received any official documents, and we do not have the authority to open the Ministry of Internal Affairs' warehouses ourselves. Moreover, matters related to weapons and equipment require instructions from Mars to the local forging world, and then they produce the materials and enter them. The inventory of the Ministry of Military Affairs has nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
"Mars issued the production quota, but did not tell us that it needed to be handed over to the Ministry of Military Affairs. Instead, it was to be transferred directly to the expeditionary force."
Yes, Soshyan could tell that it was because he came late to co-write it. Their subtext was that if he had come earlier, these things would not have happened.
In fact, he was indeed delayed for some time on the road due to various things, but it was not much late. To put it bluntly, this was a bureaucrat's instinct to defend himself.
So he looked at everyone seriously and said:
"Now I don't have time to argue with you about this matter. I decided to leave it to you."
As he spoke, his fingers passed over Royce, Junot, Saint Dalton and the representatives of the three forging worlds one by one.
"Establish a recruitment and training coordination office and report directly to me. At the same time, the logistics of the mortal troops are also responsible for the expeditionary force joint working group composed of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the logistics agencies under my jurisdiction, and they also report directly to me."
Then Soshyan raised his palm and opened it.
"Five months, five standard Terra months later I need to see the first batch of 300 million recruits appear in the training camp and be able to go into combat after six standard months of basic training. In other words, everything needs to be done It must be completed within one year. Also, how many veterans are there in the Maelstrom area?"
"Probably. Not counting local troops, the Astra Militarum currently has about 100 million. Most of them may have no actual combat experience and have only fought against greenskins or pirates a few times." (Warhammer refutes the rumor that the Astra Militarum is not a Everyone has heard that you will die if you go into battle. In fact, there are many Astra Militarum troops stationed in non-hot war zones in the Empire. Some people may never have fired a gun until they are old.)
"Recall them all."
Soshyan paused, and then said something that surprised everyone.
"And it is a paid recall, based on the average price of mercenaries in the current market, and I personally promise that they will have an extra severance package after the war is over, but they need to use the dog tags from their past service as proof, and they must also go through the church Those who abuse illegal drugs and alcohol, as well as those who waver in their beliefs will not be recruited."
