Chapter 243: Ingram's Suspicion, Zhang Heng Does Not Understand【

Mai stopped at the door of the big tent.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed very hesitant.

The hierarchy of the lieutenants in the giant city was extremely strict.

Unlike a small character like Mai, Ingram was a big man who really had the right to speak and power in the garrison of the giant city of Attucks.

Otherwise, Marquis Andrea would not have given him the important task of supporting Magtan City.

Of course, the so-called support for Magtan City was just a gimmick.

In fact, the most important task of the team led by Ingram was to annihilate the group of monsters entrenched in the ruins of Magtan City, and at the same time destroy the void passage and the ritual cave.

Yes, in the combat instructions issued by the Marquis and the City Hall, Magtan City was regarded as a ruin.

So Ingram knew from the beginning to the end that he was not leading a support team, but a crusade army.

The purpose was to annihilate and clear, not the so-called support.

But Magtan City was a town under the jurisdiction of the giant city of Attucks after all.

The administrative levels of both sides in the kingdom are superior and inferior.

In order to justify the war and maintain justice, the team must assemble and set off in the name of support.

The military organization of the many ethnic groups in the Naroa continent is different.

The five major human kingdoms are basically the same.

From squads, squadrons, battalions, to regiments, corps and army groups.

Each squad usually has 12 people, and the configuration is related to the type of arms. There is a squad leader with the rank of a first-class lieutenant and enjoys the subsidy given by the local city of Bangcheng.

Of course, this subsidy is not much.

The squad leader can freely appoint one or two deputies in the team, which can be regarded as deputy captains, but they have no rank or subsidy, and can only manage other people in the team except the captain.

Ten squads form a squadron.

The number of people is basically around 140.

There is a squadron leader, a deputy squadron leader, and a 20-person direct squad.

Enjoy the rank and subsidy of a second-class lieutenant.

Going up, ten squadrons form a battalion.

The number of people is about 1,600, and the military positions in the team are similar to those in the squadron, with one captain and one deputy captain.

They belong to the third-rank lieutenant, and there is also a 200-man reinforced direct squadron.

Five battalions form a regiment, and the number of people is usually between 7,000 and 10,000.

The regiment commander, that is, the fourth-rank lieutenant, is the ceiling of the military function of the state city.

Moreover, the kingdom has clear restrictions on the number of military positions in the state city.

There are no more than two fourth-rank lieutenants, and no more than eight third-rank lieutenants.

This move is to prevent the proliferation of the military rank system.

After all, the Naroa continent is too big.

In fact, the kingdom has no mandatory restrictions on the number of state city garrisons in various places.

As long as the local governor can afford it, it is no problem to expand it by 100,000 or 80,000 people.

And some state cities are large in size.

The permanent population can even reach 500,000 to 1 million.

State cities of the size of Magtan City are considered to have a large population in the border area.

But compared with the large state cities in the core area of ​​the kingdom, it is just a younger brother.

You should know that some state cities with a long history and rapid development are already moving towards the size of a giant city.

This is like the Xia Kingdom in Blue Star. Some county-level cities in wealthy provinces are even larger and have higher GDP than prefecture-level cities in other provinces.

Back to the topic of military organization.

Above the regiment level is the legion.

Usually a legion is composed of five to seven regiments.

The number of people is at least tens of thousands.

This does not include scattered teams responsible for logistics, reconnaissance, intelligence transmission, etc.

For example, the Vanguard Dragon Eagle Squad is responsible for reconnaissance.

There are a total of six Vanguard Dragon Eagle Squads following the two garrison corps.

As for the team responsible for logistics, there are nearly 10,000, including a large number of trailers and horses and other animal power.

There are also quartermasters carrying sensitive materials, equipped with special storage jewelry.

And Ingram Dajans is the supreme commander of the two garrison corps.

He is a sixth-rank colonel of the kingdom, and receives generous subsidies from the Kingdom of Duroya.

He is a senior official of the giant city appointed by the king himself.

His gold content is incomparable to the low-ranking lieutenants of Bang City.

His Dajans family is also quite powerful in the Kingdom of Duroya.

The activities of family members are distributed throughout the kingdom.

Even Marquis Andrea Ferre has to treat him with courtesy.

In this operation, Ingram not only led the two garrison corps under his command.

In addition, Marquis Andrea also gave him the command of the elite force of the Ferre family, the Bauhinia Knights.

The Bauhinia Knights have a total of 4,200 heavy armored knights with silver-level magic element cultivation, 12 knight commanders with gold-level magic element cultivation, and they ride third-level and fourth-level magic blood dragon scale horses.

The training cost of an elite knight is equivalent to thirty infantrymen of the same level.

The entire Atax City covers an extremely vast area and has a population of tens of millions.

However, there are only two elite knights.

In addition, this operation also brought a fifth-level magic cannon, which can be regarded as a strategic weapon of the city.

This is the pinnacle of Naroa's magic technology.

It is an absolute kingdom-controlled product and a weapon of war.

Except for the Loge Fortress on the front line, most of the giant cities only have a quota of six to ten fifth-level magic cannons, and the quotas of lower-level magic cannons will be more.

The huge city has a defense area that cannot be matched by the state city.

Ten or eight fifth-level magic cannons would be stretched in such a large defense area.

And its power should not be underestimated.

The medium-sized dark mandala light curtain that can trap the entire city of Magtan can't withstand a single shot.

And the size of the team actually dispatched by the giant city is not limited to this.

The state cities such as Brindisi Swamp City, Dark Sunset City, and Mountain Wolf Castle between the giant city and Magtan City were also ordered to form a coalition army, ready to follow the giant city garrison troops along the way to provide support.

Such an expedition configuration is enough to show the trust and importance that the giant city of Attucks has for Ingram.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the status gap between Mai and Ingram is as big as the world.

After a moment of silence, Ingram, who was thinking with his head down, looked up at him as if he had realized something.

Mai spoke cautiously.

"Sir..."

"Excuse me, will the support team continue to march to Magtan City?"

Now that the crisis in Magtan City has been resolved, the monster's void transmission channel has been completely destroyed.

The team in the giant city seems to have no reason to continue to march.

Such a large army not only has a slow progress, but also consumes a huge amount of supplies every day.

Originally, they planned to come out from the second transmission point, and the remaining distance of 1,700 to 1,800 kilometers would take about five to seven Naroya days.

Now it is the third Naroya day, and the main force is still more than a thousand kilometers away from Magtan City.

Since the threat of monsters has been resolved, the giant city of Atax naturally does not have to worry about the formation of an area flooded by demonic disasters there.

In this case, there is no need for the support troops to continue to march, and the coalition forces temporarily assembled in various states should be disbanded immediately.

Mai didn't know why he asked this question.

It seemed that after seeing the figure on the bank of the Coya River, he had an inexplicable concern and bond.

It was so unreasonable and incomprehensible.

There was even a hint of madness.

Rather than saying that he was worried about Magtan City, it was better to say that he was worried that the giant city would try its best to track down the mysterious and charming figure.

Hearing Mai's words, Ingram frowned without anger.

This question was obviously beyond the line.

A mere vanguard dragon eagle knight captain was not qualified to know the subsequent actions of the legion.

But Ingram was not the kind of extremely conservative old-fashioned noble.

He was a new school officer with a more open mind.

So after a little hesitation, he still gave Mai an answer.

"This matter should be judged by the Marquis and the chief officers."

"However, I think it is very likely that the troops will be withdrawn to the giant city."

"Magtan City, which has lost the threat of the demonic disaster, has no geographical strategic value."

"The giant city will not put so many combat forces there."

"Okay, go and rest."

Ingram shook his head, not wanting to continue talking.

In fact, being able to say a few more words to Mai was already considered to be very good-tempered.

Mai was relieved.

As long as the Atax City does not continue to spend manpower and resources to investigate the affairs of Magtan City.

That means they will not go out of their way to find the dragon-slayer.

Because it is not worth it.

After bowing, Mai walked out of the tent.

He planned to resign from the military position to his superiors after returning to the city.

Following the flow of the Coya River, he continued to look for the figure that haunted him to the east and southeast.

Without paying attention to Mai's departure, Ingram sat at the long table.

Picking up the feather pen stained with magic ink, he pondered for a moment and then began to write furiously on a magic book.

The contents of the book will appear on the main book in the city at the same time.

After writing, Ingram put the feather pen on the copper stand.

"A powerful dragon slayer..."

"How powerful is he to lead a small border city to kill at least 100,000 monsters and several guards by himself?"

Ingram muttered to himself, and he remembered the dragon tail recorded in the crystal.

A rare dragon is at least a demon general.

As a direct subordinate of the demon lord, a demon general with full strength can kill gold-level monsters like mowing grass!

And in the relevant records of Naroa, the dragon is considered a relatively special existence among the demon descendants, and its number is very rare.

"We have to let the scholars of the giant city check the ancient books."

"See if there are any records of dragons appearing around Magtan City!"

Thinking of this, he picked up the feather pen again and added a few lines to the magic book.

The situation is too abnormal, and the giant city will not let it go.

Although Magtan City is a small place, what the giant city cares about is the hidden things behind the destruction of the demon disaster.

Although it was not necessary to send a large force, Ingram thought that a survey team consisting of high-level spellcasters, scholars, and humanoid aliens with enhanced perception talents could be sent to Magtan City.

Putting down the quill again, he stood up and walked out of the tent, silently looking into the distance.

…

Blue Star, Tianhai City.

Came to the coffee shop agreed as the meeting place.

Chen Xuan met Zhang Heng who had arrived earlier.

Zhang Heng was wearing casual clothes today, with a briefcase next to his chair.

He took the initiative to stand up and waved to greet Chen Xuan when he entered the door.

"Mr. Chen! Here!"

Chen Xuan nodded and sat opposite him.

There were not many people in the coffee shop in the early morning.

At this time, it was not time for the working party to "recharge".

Most of the people sitting in the store were some middle-class uncles and aunts.

A cup of coffee plus a sandwich or a freshly baked croissant is a breakfast.

"Mr. Chen, you said in the voice that you need to find a reliable headhunting company?"

After sitting down without much greeting, Zhang Heng got straight to the point.

It must be said that he is still a bit of a practical spirit, at least a qualified intermediary salesperson.

"Yes, I plan to recruit employees for the company."

Chen Xuan nodded and directly stated his series of requirements.

When Zhang Heng heard him say that he wanted to recruit more inexperienced fresh graduates, supplemented by a small number of employees with certain relevant work experience, he was stunned.

This was the first time he heard such a strange request.

Other companies or units give priority to those with relevant work experience, but Chen Xuan insisted on giving priority to fresh graduates with green hands.

Moreover, it is not a model of old employees bringing in new employees, but recruiting from the company's startup team.

This puzzled Zhang Heng.

There is a big difference between companies with employees and those without employees.

The former not only needs to pay corporate social security funds including pension insurance, unemployment insurance, medical insurance, work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance.

It is also responsible for the Labor Law.

The latter is just a simple shell.

If a company recruits employees but is not running for efficient profits, then it is a very contradictory thing in itself.

This means that Chen Xuan needs to spend a salary and social security fund every month, and after the employees move in, they have to purchase various office supplies, such as computers, printers, etc.

Even some professional versions of paid software are a considerable expense.

Although he silently raised his rating of Chen Xuan in his heart, Zhang Heng still couldn't understand his intention.

Because in his opinion, Chen Xuan is just a social animal who has been unemployed for a short time.

Maybe there are some savings, but they can't stand such a waste.

Even if the bonus for bravery and the convenience that the relevant departments may give are taken into account, his request still seems absurd and unwise.

In this situation, Zhang Heng was confused. He pondered for a moment and really didn't know how to start.

It seemed inappropriate to say it or not.

If he spoke bluntly, it might hurt Chen Xuan's self-esteem.

But if he didn't say it, he felt it was not appropriate, after all, this was a pit behavior that could be seen with the naked eye.

It's not that he is so good, but his professional experience tells him that in the intermediary business, in many cases, if you catch a potential stock.

Sincerity is often the ultimate skill.

Just when he wanted to speak.

Chen Xuan took out two bundles of banknotes from his backpack and put them on his desk.

…(End of this chapter)