Chapter 328: Promoted to Seventh Ring Magician
Soon after the trade fair ended, Richard began to frequently join the newly formed battalions.
The combat effectiveness of the newly formed battalions was not strong, and many soldiers had not yet integrated into the Harland Territory. In order to improve combat effectiveness, Richard thought of many ways.
The first is to ensure logistics. Whether it is weapons, armor, clothes or food, try to do the best, let the soldiers eat well and dress warmly, do not discriminate, and improve the logistics support of the newly formed battalions to the level of the main force.
The second is to ensure the morale and military spirit of the soldiers. Half of the ten newly formed battalions are captured soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom. These soldiers are away from their parents, wives and children, and have become slave soldiers. Their morale is very low. However, in the newly formed battalion, they have the best grasp of skills and tactics, and their combat effectiveness is also better than that of the recruits who have not seen blood.
In order to stabilize the military spirit, Richard selected a group of female slaves from the contract slaves captured this year, and married them with the captives who performed better to form a new family. This method is very effective and can quickly integrate the captives of the East Coast United Kingdom into the Harland Territory.
The third is to draw backbones from the old troops and lead these people. When the war comes, whether an army can fight depends on the backbone veterans. An excellent squadron leader can lead dozens or hundreds of people, and sometimes even decide the outcome of a war.
When going south, Richard had already drawn 300 people from several old troops and incorporated them into the new recruits. After returning to Harland, Richard drew 300 veterans from the remaining troops and incorporated them into ten newly formed battalions.
In order to make the new battalion form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Richard successively drew 600 veterans and integrated them into the new battalion. On average, each new battalion has 60 veterans.
The fourth is to strengthen training, speed up the running-in speed, uniformly teach the soldiers the first three levels of breathing methods, and improve the soldiers' technical and tactical levels.
Although many methods have been thought of, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the new battalion is still slow.
The biggest problem is that the soldiers of the new battalion are in three countries, and they don't speak the same language, and they need translators to help communicate. The illiteracy rate among soldiers is very high. The illiteracy rate of soldiers recruited from the Kingdom of Delong is 100%, and there are few literate people among the captives. Only among the 4,000 recruits trained by Harland, there are about 100 elementary school graduates.
But it is difficult for Richard to give up the East Coast United Kingdom captives. After all, these soldiers have completed the recruit training and can master combat skills proficiently. If they are integrated into Harland, it will greatly reduce the training cost.
In addition, Harland's army also needs a group of people who master the language of the East Coast United Kingdom and are familiar with the internal situation of the East Coast United Kingdom.
In this southern expedition, there are many soldiers from the Kingdom of Delong in Harland's army. These people are familiar with the geography of the Kingdom of Delong, easily adapt to the local environment, and can communicate with local people proficiently, which plays a great role in the war.
This year, the East Coast United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Grant broke out in war, and there will inevitably be great conflicts and contradictions between the two countries in the future. If a group of captives from the Kingdom of Delong are integrated into the territory, it will be able to take the lead in future wars and play a very important role.
The soldiers mixed together every day, and there was a very good language learning environment. After several months of running-in, the captive soldiers of the East Coast United Kingdom had mastered a lot of Northern Frontier language vocabulary, and could communicate simply, at least they could understand military orders.
After Richard joined the new brigade, he mixed with the soldiers all day, ate and lived with them, trained with them, and came forward to solve some small problems for the soldiers, which easily won the soldiers' hearts.
Richard's learning ability was very strong. In just a few months, he mastered the language of the East Coast United Kingdom and could communicate with the captive soldiers without obstacles. His performance won the respect and recognition of the captive soldiers.
After a month in the barracks, it was already mid-December.
After an extra month of running-in, Richard felt that the morale of the new brigade had become more stable, and the combat effectiveness had also improved slightly.
According to the plan, the ten new brigades would be distributed to the front-line counties after the Goddess' Birthday.
With the addition of ten newly formed battalions, Harland has 25 infantry battalions, two cavalry reconnaissance battalions, two magic beast cavalry battalions, and the headquarters staff, with more than 43,000 regular troops.
More than 40,000 regular troops are enough to form two legions.
Harland does not have a legion system now, and the soldiers are mainly distributed in three areas, namely the Grotta River area, the Tani Canyon area, and the Losa Basin-Williamburg area.
Among them, the Grotta area is heavily stationed. According to the headquarters' plan, three newly formed battalions will be stationed in the Grotta River area. At that time, there will be ten infantry battalions, three magic hot air balloon squadrons, a magic beast cavalry battalion, and a reconnaissance battalion on both sides of the Grotta River. Together with the headquarters staff, guards, and logistics personnel, the regular army will be 18,000 people.
There are six infantry battalions, one magic hot air balloon squadron, and 9,000 regular troops stationed in the Tani Canyon area.
In the Losa Basin-Williamburg direction, there are nine infantry battalions, one scout cavalry battalion, one magic beast cavalry battalion, four magic hot air balloon squadrons, and 16,000 regular troops.
In the direction of Platos, we can only rely on the vassal of the territory and the noble coalition of the Geda Province.
Richard thought for a long time and believed that the time was ripe to establish a legion. The garrison in the Grota River Basin will be organized into a legion, and the commander of this legion will be given to Soros.
Soros is only level 7, and according to the unspoken rules of the Grant Kingdom, he cannot serve as the head of the legion. However, Harland is short of high-level talents. William was originally a very suitable person, but William was unwilling to retire from the Central Legion and come back to listen to Richard's orders, so the legion commander could only let Soros, who has the most seniority, act as the acting head of the legion.
The regular army of Tani Canyon was organized into a detachment, and Jennings served as the head of the detachment.
The troops in the direction of Losa Basin-Fort William were also organized into a legion. There was no suitable person to be the head of the legion, so Richard served concurrently.
At the end of the year, the army organization had been completed, and Harland's regular army was organized into two legions and one detachment.
After entering December, Harland received good news again. Richard was successfully promoted to a seven-ring magician before the Goddess's birthday, becoming the second high-level spellcaster in the Mage Association.
Berica and Bonova were also successfully promoted to three-ring mages.
Although the Mage Association of Harland did not have many breakthrough potions this year, the Mage Association also had six high-level apprentices successfully advanced.
In the Southern Expedition, only one official member of the Harland Territory Mage Association was killed, the number of magicians increased by five, and the number of apprentices increased by 27 this year.
Now, more than a dozen primary schools have been newly built in Harland Territory, and more than a few thousand new students are enrolled every year. These new students need to undergo qualification tests, and the Harland Mage Association has a large number of new blood every year.
According to the end-of-year roster, there are more than 200 preparatory members of the Mage Association, 47 formal magicians, three mid-level magicians, and two high-level magicians.
This scale is far larger than the Mage Tower where Sophia worked last year. In the Markholm Magic Kingdom, it is considered a medium scale.
This year, the new territory has been expanded, and hospitals and schools will be expanded in large quantities. With the current talent base of Harland Territory, it is very easy to build several new primary schools every year.
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According to the plan of Richard and Rogge, three primary schools and one middle school will be built in the Grotta River area in the early spring of next year. Now the simple school has been built and the teachers have been transferred out, just waiting for enrollment next year.
After his magic level was promoted to the seventh ring, Richard's mental power was improved again. Through the attribute panel prompt, Richard found that his mental power attribute had been increased to 52 points, and his magic power attribute reached 1248 points. By reading the magic notes of his predecessors, Richard knew that such mental power and magic power level were no less than that of a magician who had just been promoted to a legend.
Richard had several adventures, which greatly improved his mental power. The mental power of an ordinary seventh-ring magician was just 24 points, less than half of Richard's level.
Even a wizard with superior talent like Sofia had an adventure in the Markholm Magic Kingdom, used a high-level potion, increased her mental power by four points, and wore a star necklace. Her mental power was only 36 points, and her magic power was only one-third of Richard's.
If they met on the battlefield, it would be very easy for Richard to defeat a wizard of the same level.
When his mental power broke through 20 points, Richard awakened his talent for danger perception. When his mental power broke through 30 points, he awakened powerful spellcasting. When his mental power broke through 40 points, he awakened magic doubling.
Under the effect of the three talents, Richard's combat effectiveness doubled.
This time, his mental power broke through 50 points, and Richard awakened the talent of the body of fire. Awakening this talent not only doubled his resistance to fire magic, but also doubled his speed of refining fire elements. When releasing fire magic, the power will also increase by 30%.
Richard has done experiments. With the same mental power consumption, the three-ring magic fireball he now releases is more destructive than the five-ring magic fire cage released by Sofia.
After being promoted to the seventh ring, it is already the end of the year. All departments are doing year-end statistics, and the year-end meeting is also being prepared.
Although he is very busy every day and needs to attend various meetings and coordinate various conflicts, Richard tries to take time to run around the research institutes in the territory to see if there are any new inventions this year?
He has been participating in the war in the south for most of this year, and only returned to Harland Territory in October. After returning to the territory, he either inspected the local area or stayed in the barracks. He had no time to care about scientific research institutes.
Only at the end of the year can we take some time to inspect the research institutes in the territory.
The performance of the Optical Research Institute this year is average. Although it has produced a microscope with higher magnification, there are no new scientific discoveries, and the optical research has temporarily stagnated.
The results of the Chemical Research Institute are very amazing. The preparation process of three acids and two bases has been fully studied, and the factory is also under construction. In addition, three types of chemical dyes have been discovered: yellow, purple and red.
Most of the researchers at the Magic Energy Research Institute led by Wendy are mages. Many of them participated in the war, and the research has also come to a standstill.
The Metal Research Institute has produced a new super-magic metal this year. This super-magic metal uses blood steel and mountain copper, and also smelts a small amount of mithril and metal zinc. The texture is very hard, and the ability to conduct fighting spirit is excellent. It is very suitable for making armor-piercing arrows and weapons.
After the new alloy was successfully manufactured, the formula immediately became top secret in Harland Territory. All scientific researchers who studied the new alloy were included in the confidentiality list, and the intelligence department specially arranged people to protect and monitor.
To make this new alloy, a special alchemy furnace is required.
After years of development, Harland Territory has become very advanced in manufacturing alchemy furnaces.
With the successful manufacture of steam engines, it has also been of great help in the manufacture of magic alchemy furnaces.
Researchers at the Alloy Research Institute discovered that the blowing effect of a steam engine far exceeds that of artificial labor. In order to achieve a greater ventilation effect, the Metal Research Institute also found the Mage Association and used super magic metal on the pipes where the steam engines were installed, inscribing the element of wind. Magic circle.
Blood steel, orichalcum, and mithril have different melting points. In order to fully integrate the alloys, the interior of the new alchemy furnace was divided into four spaces, with different magic arrays drawn inside. After the alchemy furnace is heated, the temperature in each space is different. Because the melting point of orichalcum is very high, high-temperature alloys are also needed to make alchemical furnace materials.
Now there are more than a dozen middle school students in the Alloy Research Institute.
The middle school students led by Harland have already mastered a high level of knowledge and are smart people selected from the territory's millions of people. After entering the scientific research institute, they will soon become the core.
Richard came to the Metal Research Institute and looked at the metal alchemy furnace that was two meters too high. He found that this kind of alchemy furnace required the use of magic crystals for energy.
Richard chatted with the researchers for a few words and soon clarified the reason. Smelting this alloy requires very stable high temperatures. Using coke to smelt the alloy has less stable temperature control and is inferior to using magic crystals.
Magic crystals are transformed into flames through the magic circle. The burning process is very stable and the temperature is easy to control. Most high-end alchemy furnaces basically use magic crystals as energy source.
Today's Harland leader not only has magic crystal charging technology, but also discovered magic crystal mines in the Losa Basin. Although the output of magic crystal mines is not high, less than a thousand yuan can be mined every year, and it has been saved in the treasury. Thousands of magic crystals are enough for magicians and scientific research institutes to use.
"Saramo, how much does it cost to refine a new alloy?"
Salamo is the first middle school student in Harland. He is only 16 years old and is a famous talented student in Harland. He completed the primary school course in one and a half years and the middle school course in one and a half years. He graduated in less than three years. Nian has become the most important person in the Alloy Research Institute, and the new alloy is his invention. Salamo also played a very important role in the research of the supporting alchemy furnace.
In fact, Richard's eldest daughter Margaret is also a gifted child. She is only ten years old and is already a sophomore in middle school. Her magic talent followed her parents, and her magic qualifications are also excellent. Now she is only ten years old. She has only studied magic for a few months and is already an intermediate magic apprentice.
"Reporting to the Duke, excluding the cost of research and manufacturing an alchemy furnace, refining a furnace of a new alloy takes three days and consumes six magic crystals. Since a small amount of mithril is used as raw material, the material cost is about forty gold coins. Each furnace It costs one hundred gold coins to refine an alloy weighing about 12.5 kilograms. On average, one kilogram of new alloy costs about eight gold coins. "
Richard pointed to the alchemy furnace and asked, "How much investment does it take to make an alchemy furnace?"
"Not counting research costs, manufacturing an alchemy furnace requires the use of four thousand kilograms of high-temperature alloys, plus labor costs of one thousand two hundred gold coins."
After listening to Salamo's answer, Richard reacted very quickly and immediately asked: "So an alchemy furnace can produce 1,500 kilograms of new alloy a year, which requires an investment of 13,200 gold coins. All in all, The output is somewhat low and the cost is too high. It is not suitable for equipping the entire army. It can only produce a few sophisticated weapons for use by mid-to-high-level officers.
Can the alchemy furnace be expanded, improved, and enlarged to increase output and reduce costs? "