Chapter 122 All Are Growing

"Be quiet, be quiet, the time is up, and all the personnel are here. The first enlarged meeting of officers above the deputy guard chief of the Eternal Night Army was officially held. There should be 292 people, but it actually reached 291. People, Head of the Eagle Eye Special Service, Korelf, was absent from this meeting due to special missions, and now I announce that the first enlarged meeting of officers of the Eternal Night Legion is officially held."

In the past year, the size of the Eternal Night Army has only increased by one regiment, from the original three to four, and there are less than 10,000 people at full strength, and there are no more than a hundred officers at the level of deputy guard commander and above. The effect of the Skull Crusher Legion killed 150 people.

However, the Eternal Night Legion has an affiliated engineering regiment that is more than twice as large as itself.

The top management of this corps is part-time by the Eternal Night Legion, the highest is set up to the head of the regiment, and there are five reinforced regiments. The officer configuration is basically the same as that of the Eternal Night Legion, but they are all of a reinforced nature. After all, they are more inclined to territorial than to fight. The internal infrastructure does not have such high requirements for the management of officers.

"Now for the first item of the conference, our Deputy Army Chief Marshall will summarize for us the past year, the results of our labor in the past year. Let us applaud, Deputy Army Chief Marshall."

Amid applause, Marshall walked quickly to the podium.

Due to the large scale of this meeting, the number of participants was too large, there was no sound reinforcement equipment, and there was no superb echo building like the Solo Arena. Can hear the speaker clearly.

Marshall, who is the same age as Sean, has changed a lot in the past year or so. Not only has his height increased by more than half, but his waist has also become thicker. He still looks like a big square brick, with dark complexion and rough skin.

Obviously, he has not suffered from the wind and the sun, which makes him look two or three years older than his actual age. Although Sean is the general of the Eternal Night Army, many practical affairs are handled by Marshall, especially Sean. During the time when he left the shopkeeper, he was the highest officer of the Eternal Night Army.

Thanks to the special composition of the Eternal Night Legion, most of the members' loyalty to Xiao En is at its full value. Otherwise, with Xiao En's virtue, it wouldn't be too easy to be ostracized.

Complicated affairs are the best whetstone, and also a good medicine to urge people to mature. Apart from the immature face, both the expression and the style are full of sophistication.

Just one mouthful, the male duck voice that is in the period of voice change is still full of comedy elements, but no one laughs, not only because they are used to it, but also because many of them have this kind of virtue, the Eternal Night Army itself is A young scary group.

According to the existing statistics, the average age of the soldiers of the main force of the Eternal Night Army is 17 years old, and the average age of the officers of the main force is 18 years old. In fact, it is even about half a year younger, because many soldiers in it are not sure about their own age. No, fish in troubled waters according to his physique.

The average age of the Skull Crusher Legion is slightly older, both soldiers and officers are twenty-one years old.

The recruitment requirements of the affiliated engineering corps are relatively wide. The average age of engineers is 27, and the average age of officers of the engineering corps is 20.

Not to mention the average age of soldiers, in this world that doesn't care about the use of child labor, the average age of soldiers is not particularly high, especially those regiments full of cannon fodder, but the average age of officers is absolutely unbelievable.

In a slightly formal army, the average age of officers is generally around 27 or 20. This is the best time for human beings, when their physical strength has not declined, and their life experience is also rich, so it is not easy to get bloody on the field.

Being young also has the advantages of being young, that is, strong cohesion and full of drive.

"Before I conclude, I would like to say a few words of gossip." Marshall looked around, "Recently, the morale of the army has been relatively impetuous. Many soldiers think that we are neglecting military affairs, and that soldiers can only show their value on the battlefield. If you want to start a war, you either want to fight the Walled City Alliance in the mountains, or you want to take back the Bastille."

"Some military officers not only do not conduct ideological education and reverse this wrong trend of consciousness, but instead add fuel to the flames. I am here today to save face for you. I will not name you one by one or criticize you. I will use real statistics to tell you. , Did we really do nothing during this time? You just need to listen, you don’t need to take notes. After the meeting, there will be a simplified version of the statistical table for you, take it back, and tell the soldiers.”

"In the past year and five months, the Eternal Night Legion has recruited and resettled more than 89,000 mountain people, built a total of 123 cities, more than 21,000 houses, and an irrigation water tanker. There are more than 130 frames, more than 210 wind mills, three large processing factories, more than 200 kilometers of paved roads, and the internal unification of measurement units has been initially completed."

"The Eternal Night Legion now owns 50,000 hectares of farmland, 80,000 hectares of fertile land reclaimed by the mountain people themselves, more than 8,000 cattle domesticated from the four-horned high-backed mountain ox, and 10,000 war horses. As for goats, wild boars, chickens and ducks The total number of poultry such as geese exceeds one million."

Every time Marshall said a number, there would be thunderous applause. Those young officers of the Eternal Night Legion were all blushing, with self-blame and unconcealable pride.

Needless to say, these achievements have a part of their creation.

The self-blame is because in Marshall's initial criticism, they all made such mistakes, especially the officers of the main army.

Compared with the affiliated engineering corps, they are carefully selected after all. Although the Eternal Night Army has always emphasized equality, they are the people's soldiers and serve the people, but it is inevitable that some young people have high self-esteem , especially when facing the affiliated engineering regiment.

But they are now doing the same job as the affiliated engineering regiment, the only difference is that the salary is 30% higher, and the training intensity and discipline are far higher than the affiliated engineering regiment.

If things go on like this, it is inevitable that there will be resentment in their hearts, and it is normal to have some criticisms, but they have had their mouths too much, and the amount of construction and training that should be completed is not compromised at all.

But when faced with these shocking numbers, they felt ashamed from the bottom of their hearts. If they complained less and led their brothers to work harder, the numbers might be even more brilliant.

Even so, from scratch, in just one and a half years, nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians have created so much wealth, it is definitely something to be proud of.

Moreover, many officers present knew that what Marshall said was only on the surface, and he was not afraid of numbers that others would know.

As for the medical research institute in the deep mountains, the iron and steel frying factory, the sewing machine factory, the Tang's inlaid nail processing factory...

These units related to military industry and new technology are all at a highly confidential level. Even these military officers are hearsay, and they will rot these secrets in their stomachs, and it is absolutely impossible to talk about them on such an occasion.

But they all know that that is the foundation of the future development of the Eternal Night Army. Not to mention anything else, the Tang's inlaid nail armor processing factory with less than a thousand people will be the top for the wealth they have collected from the Man Yu Army. One-third of the financial revenue of the Eternal Night Legion.

This still limits the amount of supply, and if the bulk of the Eternal Night Legion is used for its own use, if the amount is released, it is unknown what kind of shock it will cause in the Man Yu Army!

"As for the treatment of the legion, I don't need to say more. What kind of equipment did you use and what did you eat a year and a half ago? Then compare what you use, eat, and wear now. How did I hear that some soldiers are tired of eating pork? Yes, want to be vegetarian?"

Marshall's last interrogative sentence elicited roars of laughter. This was a joke that the Eternal Night Legion knew from top to bottom. This situation happened in a relatively extreme situation.

A pigsty of Bairenwei was buried by a landslide, and dozens of pigs were killed. It happened to catch up with the rainy weather, and the pork could not be transported to the brother unit, so the Bairenwei had to be cheaper and ate it for a week. The pork, some of the pork that was not processed in time at the end stinks.

In order not to waste the food, the head cook still stewed it in a big pot for the soldiers to eat. He vomited and vomited the food of several strong soldiers, crying and never eating pork again, wanting to be vegetarian.

Although the head cook was punished by military discipline, this joke also spread, but it was more to make fun of the current living conditions of the Eternal Night Army.

"Although this is an example that only appeared under extreme circumstances, it also fully demonstrates the improvement in the quality of life of our legion. But don't be complacent. It's not enough for us to eat enough. We also need to let the mountain people who follow and trust us They are also fed and clothed warmly, at that time, they will support us sincerely, if our lives have reached that level, do you still think that the so-called Walled City Alliance is our threat?"

"No!" All the officers suddenly agreed.

If they had the same question a year ago, they might have hesitated a bit, because they were not sure if they could do it, but now, they have no doubt about it.

As long as they are given another two years, they may not be able to lead those Andis people to a well-off life, but it is a piece of cake to escape the threat of starvation and have surplus food for every family.

If God is good, the weather has been good for the past two years, and it is no problem to fill the granary.

As far as their current living conditions are concerned, those mountain people from the Walled City Alliance who are still greedy are drooling.

There is no way, the generals of the Walled City Alliance can only learn from the Eternal Night Army, and follow them in various constructions and land reclamation.

But the problem is that what the Eternal Night Legion can accomplish does not mean that others can also accomplish it.

First, the Walled City Alliance does not have as many outstanding low-level officers as the Eternal Night Legion. Don't underestimate their role. They deploy manpower from them, encourage the enthusiasm of the soldiers and mountain people to work, supervise them, and punish them reasonably.

Without them, even if there are more people assembled, it will be a mess. Not only will the collective strength not be exerted, but production efficiency will be reduced.

Two, there are too many interest entanglements within the Walled City Alliance. Dozens of generals and leaders represent dozens of interest groups. When the handover is over, it is almost time to resort to force. These things alone have distracted most of the energy of the general leader, so who cares about the production below?

The final result is that the painted tiger is not an anti-dog, the large-scale production is not embarrassing, and there are many internal contradictions. If there is no such powerful foreign enemy as the Eternal Night Legion, the so-called Walled City Alliance has long been torn apart.

"Glorious achievements do not necessarily have to be created with swords and weapons. Subduing the enemy without fighting is the best strategy in the art of war. My speech is over. Thank you for listening."

Marshall finally threw out his own main argument. The previous numbers are all for this, and it simply extends the theme of this meeting. As one of the top leaders of the Eternal Night Legion, his speech is not only representative of his own. mean.

Prior to this, the high-level must have reached a consensus, otherwise, a dispute would arise during the meeting, which would be extremely detrimental to the harmony and stability of the entire legion.

Perhaps because the numbers in front were too shocking, the officers below all gave the warmest applause.

The supporter of the meeting came forward again and said, "The meeting will proceed to the second item. Chad, the director of the Military Disciplinary Supervision Institute of the Eternal Night Legion, will summarize the shortcomings of the past year for us."

As a fast-growing group, not only the group itself is growing, but also the people in the group are growing. Chad is a typical example.

He got to the current position not only because of his relationship with Sean, but like Marshall, relying on his own strength.

With the improvement of the various systems of the Eternal Night Legion, Xiao En's influence is weakening step by step.

Not only will Sean not be unhappy about this phenomenon, but he likes to hear it, because it means that this group is maturing step by step, and it will not be truly mature until the Eternal Night Legion comes out of his shadow.

To be honest, Chad was able to sit in the current position, and Sean was a little unexpected.

In Sean's impression, Chad has never been the kind of outstanding person. In the same period, his personal force and learning ability are all mediocre.

The only thing that left a deep impression on him was probably that he was a survivor of the bloody battle in the village and the mountain road.

Just such a person who upholds the doctrine of the mean, defeated countless outstanding competitors, and sat on the position of Chief Inspector of Military Discipline, and sat on it for a year and a half.

When the name of Inspector General Chad was mentioned, the officer below couldn't help tidying up his clothes, sat up straight, and even the smile on his face became standardized.

Apparently, in the past year and a half, Chad has built up his prestige, and even has a nickname of "Smiling Tiger", because he still upholds the original moderation in front of people, is kind, and often smiles. Open, but to rectify the military discipline of the army, it is ruthless, and no one will sell face, including Sean's.

One of the things he is most famous for is to throw Sean and Marshall out of the office when he came to intercede, pointing their noses and swearing.