Chapter 861 War Loan

Among the entire staff team, the one with the most experience in territorial governance is actually Duncan. Earl Winston, the owner of the old butler, died under the butcher's knife of the orcs last year. Although he was excavated by Rody at this time, he never said a word. Obviously, without knowing Roddy's temperament, he dared not express his opinion at will.

But Rody would not let him continue to act dumb: "Duncan, I know you have some experience in large-scale combat. Come, tell me what is reasonable about what I am doing now, and how is it different from what you have experienced."

Luo Di directly asked questions by name. How could Duncan dare to refuse? He bowed in fear and respect, thought for a few seconds, and said in a low voice: "Master Prime Minister, what I have experienced is really not on the stage..."

"Stop talking clichés, I'm the most efficient here, so say what you have."

Duncan was choked, but he liked Roddy's words... Most nobles like to listen to fake clichés. Few people can listen to the data. Now that he got permission, he felt that he couldn't hide it all the time, so he opened up the conversation: "Master Prime Minister, I've been wondering...Aren't you really going to call these lords in the territory to fight?"

The war in the Karen Kingdom has always been that the big lord issued a summoning order, and the small lords below flocked with the knights and followers in their own territories. Everyone got together and announced the battle plan. Usually, they arrived at a certain place before a certain month. There is no arrangement in the middle of the process, and everyone does what they can. The big lord usually undertakes part of the logistical logistics, and the rest must be collected along the way, or raised by other lords.

And now it's April, and Roddy, as the prime minister, still hasn't issued any "requisition order". The only mobilized army is only in charge of Soderol. The total number of troops is only about 15,000... This is the figure after including the "logistics system".

"Call a group of guys with different military literacy to fight, and wear yourself down before you start. I can tell you clearly that from now on, this kind of thing will never happen again."

Rody knew that this staff member was good at calculating numbers, but pure calculation ability didn't mean much. He needed the whole team to keep up with the changes of the times.

"You must understand that the battle we are going to fight is different from any previous war with rules. So from now on, we must not follow the framework of previous wars to calculate data, understand?"

His words made the staff in the conference room stop their current work, some were thoughtful, and some still couldn't understand. Duncan was the one who obviously thought more, and he replied: "These steps you implemented seem to be more efficient now,

Roads and trucks make logistics more than ten times faster, but... I always get the feeling that you're spending too much money on logistics. "

The food transported during wars has always been saved as much as possible. In other words, the knights are either responsible for eating their own food. If the lord wants to pay for it, who will give you any big fish and meat? Black bread and water are the most common treatment. In case of famine or special circumstances, knights can catch mice to eat. After all, productivity is too low in this era.

Now Rody spent enough gold coins to build roads, manufacture trucks, and "pave the road" to fight a battle of a thousand people. In contrast, the money spent on military pay to train professional troops is not even half that.

"It's not just logistics. The...'aircraft' project also cost a lot of money. Prime Minister, if it's just for reconnaissance, I think it's not appropriate to spend so much money on research in this area."

Duncan's words are actually doubts that have always existed in the hearts of many staff members. They don't understand the meaning of Rody's continuous spending of money and granting Kardashian to study airplanes. Is it really just to please this Dragon Clan?

Although an aircraft capable of carrying people to the sky has been manufactured, this kind of thing brings them limited surprises... After all, this is an era when mages can fly into the sky, and "flying" is not a dream that is difficult for humans to achieve. In Duncan's eyes, a few planes could not change the trend of the war at all. What else can you do besides scouting?

"This is one of the key points I want to tell you today." Rody stood up and pointed to the map beside him, "Whether it's a war involving tens of thousands of people or a local war involving dozens of people, the side with the initiative has a better chance of winning." Big, do you all understand this truth?"

Everyone nodded. Anyone who knows a little about military affairs understands that "number" is not the biggest factor in determining the outcome, but "initiative" is.

"'Airplane' is the most important tool to help us gain the initiative. You will gradually understand this in the future." Rody then slid his finger across the map, sliding from Elson to the temple, and then pointing to the imperial city in the south : "You may think that wars should be carried out step by step, gradually encroaching and annexing. But from now on, I hope you understand this brand-new combat concept."

"In this brand-new way of warfare, the most important thing is logistics. It can be said that I think the war is about logistics, not the number of people mobilized."

Rody reached out and took out a document from the pile of documents beside it, which was marked "March Weapons Production Report". One of the pages was folded. How big of an impact?"

Duncan frowned and looked at the production list that said "Type III spar energy cannon". What effect will the equipment have in actual combat...

"Master Prime Minister, such a weapon should be equivalent to letting the team bring digital magicians to fight with the army at any time?"

Roddy nodded: "It can be understood in this way."

"Then... if it is used on a large scale, we can indeed save a lot of money and greatly improve the combat capability of the army compared to the cost of training magicians..."

Duncan's angle of entry is always related to money, which can't be helped. Who made him deal with gold coins all his life?

"But you said that war is about logistics, which means that we need to focus more on...roads, planes and these armaments?" Duncan was a little hard to understand, but he was not dead-headed. Since he was sitting here, he would Do your best to understand the boss's intentions. He thought for a while and replied: "Then we may be facing a big problem now. If we maintain the current investment ratio, after the war, we will spend much more gold coins than any previous battle of the same scale."

Then he began to list a series of numbers. Because it has been more than half a month since he joined the staff group, he already knows everything he needs to know. He is now familiar with the budget of trucks and planes, so he is extremely accurate in judging the consumption after the war begins.

Compared with Camilla, who has never experienced war, Duncan is obviously more sophisticated in details. Because many things are one thing on paper, they often become another situation in practice. To give the simplest example: It is said that the daily diet of all soldiers in the army is bread and broth, but when an army of tens of thousands of people is mobilized, where can they find broth and bread in many places? If I bring my own, what should I do if the middle deteriorates? How much would it cost if a refrigerated magic circle was used? How much spar does it cost? How much is the possible loss in the middle? If a substitute is found, who will supervise it? How to implement it? How much extra cost?

It's hard for Camilla to imagine what she hasn't experienced. Duncan is familiar with this, and he has supplemented the details of military expenditure calculations very well. But the result is that the initial budget for the whole war is higher than before. According to the expectation that everything goes well, this war will cost at least eight million gold coins!

This number is very astonishing, because in the past wars with the same number of people, it might take so many gold coins to fight for two years. Moreover, based on the current gold reserves of the Karen Kingdom, in fact, there are not so many gold coins at all, and they can only be replaced by equivalent items.

The most important thing is that right now this is only a budget for about eight months, and if there are changes, it needs to be increased at any time.