Li Ruobai explained in detail, and Chu Jungui understood more details.
The Federation is under an overall central government, but its actual structure is relatively loose. Each star region and even the largest families have a considerable degree of autonomy. This is also the basis for the unique private military nature of some of the Federation's legions. Strong families often establish their own
For its own legion, the federation will provide some basic army building expenses and provide basic training. Then most of the main equipment of the legion will be borne by each family, thus turning it into a semi-private army.
In major battles, these legions must obey the call of the Federation, but in peacetime, they have certain rights to act independently.
Under the loose military system, most of the family legions are famous for their elites. Their combat power is not bad, and it even exceeds the legion formed by Star Territory itself, and outstanding generals are constantly emerging. In this way, descendants of famous families in the Federation, especially the Ring of Roses family
, the starting point for joining the army is high, and there are many opportunities. Promotions are not limited by seniority. They are promoted based on merit. Therefore, a group of very young major generals have emerged. However, the threshold for major generals to be promoted to lieutenant generals has become quite high, and there is a strict requirement for military merit.
The requirements forced many young major generals to accumulate battles one war at a time, and most of them slowly turned gray in the process.
The military system in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was relatively strict, with strict requirements and restrictions on promotion. For example, Chu Jungui is still only a second lieutenant, and Li Ruobai, as a pilot, has a high starting point in military rank, but so far he is only a major. Without battlefield military merit
Under such circumstances, if soldiers in the prosperous Tang Dynasty wanted to be promoted, they had to climb up the ladder slowly and step by step.
The Federation is not monolithic. Many families have feuds with each other, and the hatred between each other may even exceed the conflict between the Federation and the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ruobai analyzed that Agnes was obviously tricked by Gan Bo. She had no idea about the situation on Planet 4, so she gave Chu Jungui such a long time to develop. In addition, her preparations for the first battle were completely unqualified. There are various signs.
All indicate that Gamble did not share any real information with the Crystal Falcon Legion when he left.
After breaking through the second beast nest, Agnes will immediately leave Planet 4, obviously intending to leave Chu Jun to the next successor. It is not uncommon to use the enemy's hands to attack the enemy. Li Ruobai
I don't mind playing an important role in it, so I also support Chu Jungui's sale of tanks. In this environment, strengthening yourself is the first choice.
It's just that Chu Jungui's chariot was sold a little cheaper.
After Agnes finished the meeting with the officers, her exclusive room had been created. She was not sure about this room, but after comparing the accommodations of Li Xinyi and Li Ruobai, she knew that this was the best room in the entire base.
After seeing the room, Agnes handed over a ransom list.
Chu Jungui discussed with Li Ruobai, and Li Ruobai believed that most of the people on the list should have some background. The role of these people in the shadow of doomsday is no different from that of ordinary people, so it is better to let them go, both for ransom and favor.
Looking at this list of 200 names, Chu Jungui felt a little reluctant. These were all good laborers, and he also had some doubts about the use of such things as favors.
"Fenqing is..." Li Ruobai tried to explain, but found that some explanations were not clear, especially that he could not explain it quantitatively. For example, the difference between one humanqing and two humanqing may be more than one humanqing. What is the equivalent of a big humanqing?
A small favor, etc.
Before Chu Jungui understood this knowledge, Agnes's ransom had been delivered.
Several high-speed Crystal Falcon chariots parked outside the gate of the Doomsday Shadow Fortress. After receiving the notification, Chu Jungui personally welcomed him out of the fortress and saw an elegant man standing in front of the chariot waiting.
Seeing Mr. Chu return, the elegant man took a step forward and said, "I am Hearne, the senior staff officer of the Crystal Falcon Corps. I have sent a ransom on the order of General Agnes. Please check it."
He handed over a box, then pressed the side and the lid opened automatically.
Inside the box are four dark gold cards, all made of strange crystals. Each crystal card has the Commonwealth Bank's logo and the number 10 million on it.
"This is a fixed face value crystal card issued by the Commonwealth Bank. It is anonymous and can circulate freely in any star area. Anyone holding this crystal card can open an account at any branch of the Commonwealth Bank and deposit the face value of the crystal card.
Commonwealth Bank. Under no circumstances will Commonwealth Bank inquire or verify the identity of the cardholder."
This is equivalent to special large-denomination cash, but it is usually not seen in the market.
The ransom of 40 million was more than expected.
Chu Jungui took the card box and put it away, then returned to the fortress and let Agnes out. The delivery of personnel and tanks will take place one day later, at which time Chu Jungui will deliver 200 tanks and the personnel on the list.
The delivered tanks did not have additional configurations as required by tactical deception, but quite the opposite. Under Li Ruobai's painstaking explanation, Chu Jungui finally understood that the previous price was not too high, but too low. This tank
For this kind of thing, the pricing is based on combat power rather than cost. For example, if this tank can compete with the Federation's main battle tank, then the pricing should be based on the pricing of the Federation's tank.
In the end, Chu Jungui redesigned a performance-shrunk version of the tank's attitude control and fire control systems, integrating the two systems into one and using only one biochip to drive it. The performance of such a tank was reduced by about one-third compared to the personal version.
However, the armor and weapons are the same, so the overall combat effectiveness is only a small loss.
When Hearne sent another crystal card worth 140 million, Chu Jungui asked the Crystal Falcon warriors scheduled to be released to drive the chariot out of the base. The last 30 chariots will leave an hour later, and they are responsible for carrying ammunition.
This was Li Ruobai's idea, in case Agnes used the purchased chariot to turn around and attack the Shadow of Doom. However, Agnes seemed to have no intention of breaking the contract, and there was no movement after receiving the chariot.
The release of a group of Crystal Falcon warriors had an unexpected effect. All the Crystal Falcon warriors who were still captives surrendered. After careful questioning, Chu Jungui found out that these warriors were all civilians and came from ordinary families. Their families could not afford rescue.
Action. This is not because of the ransom. As civilians, their ransom amount is not large. However, if they want to leave Planet 4 and return home across several star fields, the travel expenses required far exceed the ransom. It is not theirs at all.
The family can afford it. Under normal circumstances, one can only wait for the exchange of prisoners of war between the two parties.
However, the exchange of prisoners of war is a matter between the Tang Dynasty and the Federation, and it is currently far away. Therefore, most of the soldiers who were left behind felt that they had been abandoned, so they chose to surrender.