Among the entire staff team, Duncan is actually the one who has the most experience in territorial governance. The owner of the old housekeeper, Earl Winston, died under the orc's butcher knife last year. Although Roddy was excavated at this time, he never said a word. Obviously, without knowing Roddy's temperament, he did not dare to express his opinions at will.

But Roddy would not let him continue to act mute: "Duncan, I know you have some experience in large-scale combat. Come on, tell me where I am doing it reasonably and where it is different from what you have experienced."

Roddy asked directly by name, how could Duncan dare to refuse? He bent down and saluted for a few seconds, thinking about it in a low voice: "Prime Minister, what I have experienced is really unpredictable..."

"Don't just talk clichés. I'm the most efficient person here, and I'm talking about whatever I have."

Duncan was choked, but he had a little fond of Roddy's words... Most nobles like to listen to fake and empty clichés, because they are not good at fighting, and not whether they are smart or not, few people can listen to those complicated data alone. After obtaining permission, he felt that he could not hide it all the time, so he opened the conversation: "Prime Minister, I have always been very strange... Do you really not plan to summon these lords in your territory to fight?"

The battle in the Kingdom of Karen has always been a call for summoning orders. The little lords below flocked to the knights and entourages in their territory, and everyone gathered together to announce the battle plan. Usually, they arrived at a certain place a few days ago. There was no arrangement in the process between them, and everyone did what they could. The logistics of the baggage was generally part of the responsibility of the great lord, and the others had to be collected along the way, or other lords were raised.

It is April now. As the prime minister, Roddy still has not issued any "summoning order". The only army to be mobilized is Soderol. Except for Elson City belonging to Roddy's personal guard, the total number of the entire combat troops is only about 15,000... This includes the number after the "logistics system", which means that in fact, the total number of the first troops put on the battlefield may be only about 5,000.

"Call a group of guys with mixed military literacy to go to war. Before I even started, I will drag myself down. I can tell you clearly that from now on, this kind of thing will not happen again in the future."

Roddy knew that this staff member was good at numerical calculations, but simple computing power did not make much sense. He needed the entire team to keep up with the changes in the times. If he only used previous experience to copy it, it would be useless.

"You must understand that the battle we are going to engage in is different from any previous war that has been followed. So from now on, don't follow the framework of previous wars to calculate data, do you understand?"

His words made the staff in the conference room stop their current work, some people thought about it, while others still couldn't understand it. Duncan obviously thought more, and he replied: "The steps you have implemented now seem to be more efficient. The roads and trucks have increased the logistics transportation speed by more than ten times, but... I always feel that the funds you spend on logistics are too high."

In history, food transported during wars is saved as much as possible. In other words, the knights either are responsible for their own food. If they want the lord to pay the bill, who will make you big fish and meat? Black bread and water are the most common treatment. In case of famine or special circumstances, the knights can catch rats and eat them by themselves... After all, the productivity in this era is too low.

Now Roddy's money spent on building roads, building trucks, and "paving roads" is enough to fight a thousand-man battle. In contrast, the money used to train professional troops cannot even get half of it.

"It's not just logistics, but that... the 'aircraft' project also cost a lot of money. If it's just for reconnaissance, I think it seems...inappropriate to spend so much money on research in this area."

Duncan's words are actually a mystery that has always existed in the minds of many staff members. They don't understand what the meaning of Roddy spends money and constantly approves Kardashian to study the plane. Is it really just to please the dragon clan?

Although a vehicle that can carry manned ascension to the sky was created, the surprises this thing brought them limited... After all, it was an era when mages could fly into the sky, and "flying" was not a dream that humans could not achieve. In Duncan's eyes, several aircraft could not change the trend of war at all. What else could they do besides being able to detect?

"This is one of the key points I want to talk to you today." Roddy stood up and pointed to the map beside him. "Whether it is a war of tens of thousands of people or a local war of dozens of people, the party that holds the initiative has a greater chance of winning. Do you all understand this principle?"

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

"The 'aircraft' is the main tool to help us gain initiative. You will gradually understand this in the future." Roddy then stroked his finger across the map, slid from Elson to the temple, and then pointed to the imperial city in the south: "You may think that war will take step by step and gradually encroach on and annex. But from now on, I hope you understand this new concept of combat."

"The most important thing about this new way of war is logistics. It can be said that I think the war is logistics, not the number of people in each operative."

Roddy reached out and pulled out a copy of the mountain of documents next to him, marked with the "March Weapon Production Report". One of the pages was folded. He opened them directly and handed them to Duncan: "How much impact do you think this weapon has on war?"

Duncan frowned and looked at the output order with the "Type III Crystal Energy Cannon" written on it, and could not be evaluated for a while. For people in the age of cold weapons, it would be difficult to understand what effect this kind of equipment similar to "hot weapons" would have in actual combat if it were not for the site to watch it in person...

"Prime Minister, such a weapon should be equivalent to letting the team fight with several magicians at any time, right?"

Roddy nodded: "It can be understood so."

"Then... if used on a large scale, we can indeed save a lot of money compared to the training cost of magicians while greatly improving the combat capabilities of the army..."

Duncan's entry angle is always related to money, and there is nothing he can do about it. Who has allowed him to deal with gold coins all his life?

"But you say that war is fighting logistics, which means we need to focus more energy on...the roads, planes and these arms?" Duncan was really difficult to understand, but he was not thinking hard. Since he was sitting here, he had to do his best to understand his boss's intentions. He thought for a while and replied: "Now we may face a big problem now - if the current investment ratio is maintained, after the war begins, we will spend much more gold coins than any previous battle of the same scale."

After that, he began to list a series of numbers. Because he had been in the staff group for more than half a month, he had already understood everything he should have. He is now familiar with the budgets such as trucks and planes, so he also has a very accurate judgment on the consumption after the war begins.

Compared to Camilla, who had never experienced war, Duncan was obviously more experienced in details. Because many things are one thing on paper, they often become another when implemented. To give the simplest example: On the surface, all soldiers in the army are bread and broth every day, but when they acted with tens of thousands of people, where can I find broth and bread in many places? What should I do if I bring it myself? If I use a refrigerated array, how much does it cost? How much crystals are consumed? How much damage may be consumed in the middle? If I find a substitute, who will regulate it? How much? How much additional expenses will be required?

It is hard for Camilla to imagine things that have not been experienced before. Duncan is familiar with it and has added various details of military expenditure calculations well. However, the result is that the initial budget of the entire war is higher than before. According to the expectations of everything going well, the war requires at least eight million gold coins!

This number is very amazing, because in the past, those wars of the same number of people may only cost so many gold coins after two years of fighting. Moreover, with the current gold reserves in the Kingdom of Karen, there are actually not so many gold coins at all, and they can only be replaced by equivalent items.
Chapter completed!