But Debera used a grand victory parade to make the Venetta people believe in three things: Venetta has won, Venetta is winning, and Venetta is still heading for a new victory.

Debera took this opportunity to announce three things.

First, in the future, a new San Marco statue will be cast with captured Tanirian cannons and weapons - this is basically the traditional custom of the Venetta people, and of course they use old cannons and weapons; secondly, all debtors can get debt relief through service; finally, a withdrawal will be carried out in the rural areas of Venetta to form two new legions. The war will continue until Venetta's final victory; second, the third thing is actually one thing: the source of troops.

The standing army is a recruiting army, an elite professional soldier; while the reserve army is a citizen with good military training.

That is, half of the Great Vinetta Legion and the entire Saint Mark's Legion are all composed of the city's population - most of them are citizens of the Aquarium City.

These recruited reserve personnel are the essence of the city. Getting trained in weapons and carrying weapons in Venetta is a privilege, and the bottom-class citizens who are tired of life have no energy and money to obtain them.

Therefore, the reserve soldiers are essentially "civilians" and are wealthy merchants and handicraftsmen in the city. They receive military training once a week, and a considerable number of reserve soldiers' weapons and armor are purchased by themselves.

Because of this, although they are not as elite as the permanent army, the reserve soldiers also showed strong combat effectiveness in the battle on Akio Island.

But the two legions have drawn away nearly 10,000 absolute urban laborers—adult male citizens with sound limbs.

If we continue to recruit reserves on a large scale, the production and life of Vinetta cities such as Hailan will inevitably be affected.

Therefore, new legions and supplementary soldiers will be recruited from rural areas... Whether this decision is good or bad, no one knows.

A week after the victory parade, a new fleet was assembled in Hailan Harbor.

Before leaving, Consul Debera held a grand ceremony.

The gongs and drums were loud, the horns were sing, and the clergy held religious ceremonies to bless the fleet.

Debera handed a battle flag to the hands of the fleet commander Clo Zeno. The red flag of the battle flag was embroidered with gold thread on the bottom, wearing a crown on the head, with wings on the back, holding a sword on one claw and holding a scripture on the other claw.

The consul solemnly declared:

God gives you a divine mission, and use your courage to defend this republic and to avenge those who dare to insult him and infringe on its safety. We give you this victorious and awesome battle flag your mission is to bring it to triumph and not to defile its honor.

Amid the cheers of the people and salutes, the fleet slowly sailed away from the sea blue port.

However, the ship was equipped with only supplementary troops and military supplies. The two new legions had not yet been assembled, and even the number had not been determined.

Clo Zeno is also just a brigade general, with a position in the army far lower than Nareshau, Antonio and Leighton.

However, there was no ceremony when the Great Vinetta Legion went to war, and there was no ceremony when the St. Mark went to war. Instead, the ceremony of a small supply fleet made the expedition very lively, making people who knew the inside story.

Winters is also in this fleet.

The reason why he returned to the country was to escort the prisoners was just a part-time job, and the main purpose was to recover from the injury. Dr. Kane sternly told him, "If you don't want to saw off an arm, go home and rest."

But after three weeks of rest, Winters realized that the arrow injury had almost healed.

He doesn't want to fight, but Antonio is on the front line, Bad, Andre, Moritz is on the front line, and he can't stand hiding in the safe homeland and watching relatives and friends bathe in blood

Therefore, Warrant Officer Winters Montagne applied for early return.

The faces of the person who was seeing off on the shore could no longer be seen clearly, and Winters returned to the cabin. He carefully opened the exquisite pendant in his hand, which contained portraits of Coza and Ella... and Anna's.

On a small piece of paper, you can use delicate brushstrokes to capture the soul of the person being painted. This is Anna's gift.

Anna's voice lingered in his ears: "Write me! Mr. Montane, write me a hundred letters, please write me every day. Tell me, you can tell me! I will write to you every day! I will wait for you... I will write to you every day! Please write to me too! Don't forget me..."

Winters stared for a while, closed the pendant and hung it carefully back to his neck.

Before leaving, he promised Anna that "after all this is over... leave the army or apply for a safe position."

"It's actually good to retire with the rank of lieutenant colonel." Winters lay on the bed, thinking in his mind.

...

On the shore, the shadow of the ship on the other side of the sea has gradually disappeared from the sea level.

Elizabeth held Madame Serbiati with tears in her eyes, and Sophia held Miss Navare who was crying.

Ella didn't expect that she would be the youngest and strongest in the end. She actually wanted to cry, but she firmly believed that "Winters won't have any trouble."

...

Departing with the soldiers, there are also appointments of officials, special envoys, merchants, priests, speculators... The number of these non-military personnel is more than twice that of military personnel.
Chapter completed!