Chapter 362 Military Expenditures and Military Rank Promotion
Chapter 362 Military Expenditures and Military Rank Promotion
"General, I have a question," Claude asked thoughtfully: "Concerning those 100,000 immigrant families, what do you mean by giving each of them a share of property?"
Marshal Michelich replied: "Actually, this industry is very simple. For example, if they want to farm, just allocate a piece of land to them, it can be thirty or fifty acres. They only need to clarify their ownership of the land, and the rest can be ignored.
.You should know that in the Kingdom itself, as civilians, it is difficult for them to become landlords. Only in overseas jurisdictions can they own the land we allocate to them for free. As for the future management and development of the fields by these civilian families
Whether it's good or bad depends on their own efforts.
This is not something that you, the supreme commander of the theater, need to worry about. You only need to urge the civil affairs department under the theater headquarters to make overall arrangements for the resettlement of these 100,000 immigrant families who have just arrived. In fact, it is just an area directly under the jurisdiction of Anphiston.
The territory is enough to accommodate these 100,000 immigrant families. The land here is vast and sparsely populated. If we choose a suitable place and expand two or three towns, we can accommodate these 100,000 immigrant families. In addition, the mineral development here also requires capable manpower.
If you don’t want to farm, you can go to those four mountain towns to find a well-paying job..."
Claude nodded. If it is such an industry, then the war zone can bear the burden of another hundred thousand immigrant families. It only needs to allocate land to them, and there is no need to worry about anything else, not even the early development funds to help them resettle.
Investment is needed. After all, when these civilian families moved here, they took the settlement fees from the emerging business aristocrats, which was enough to purchase production materials and develop the land allocated to them.
One hundred thousand immigrant families, each with one retired soldier, plus more than 20,000 people in 20 local security battalions, then there are 120,000 veterans who have experienced five years of war in the eastern region, and basically all have some battlefield experience. Add to that
Most of the Ranger Corps personnel who were transferred to local garrison forces and the two overseas field regiments have sufficient strength.
There are five reinforced divisions, each with a full strength of 32,000 men, for a total of 160,000 people. The Kingdom of Hicks has announced that it will form ten standing legions, with each legion having more than 60,000 people.
That is a strength of more than 600,000. The difference in strength is nearly four times. It is just that our side focuses on defense, relying on the defense line set up by the naturally dangerous Dolinibara River and the increasingly perfect Claude defense line named after himself in the rear.
This colonial war is not without the possibility of victory...
"General, there is indeed no problem with the replenishment of troops. But how to solve military expenditures, weapons and equipment, and logistical supplies?" Claude asked the final question.
"Cough, cough..." Marshal Michelich coughed all of a sudden. He looked at Claude helplessly: "I have to explain these issues to you one by one, including logistics supplies and the daily consumption of the troops.
We mainly rely on the local area and the three direct territories in the rear: Mormali, Arturas and Tilsim to provide it. Our overseas territories have always been prosperous in agriculture and animal husbandry and are the largest cash crop production base in the kingdom.
The daily material consumption of the army can be supplied on site.
Regarding weapons and equipment, the Kingdom's Ministry of War has promised to provide supporting military supplies to the five divisions, and they will be delivered here within three months. However, due to the overrun of war funds, this is the last batch they can provide.
In the future, the ordnance consumption of the troops and the ammunition consumption required for training will be provided by the firearms repair workshop and ammunition workshop here. This requires our theater to allocate funds for procurement.
Regarding the final issue of military expenditures, the Kingdom’s Ministry of War stated that in the past two years they can only allocate a maximum of 100,000 gold crowns as maintenance funds for the theater until the Kingdom of Hicks launches another attack. However, this is limited to the current tense situation on the Nubisian continent and our
In order to prepare for the war in the war zone, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Duke Clement Duncan, agreed to the Kingdom’s Ministry of War’s proposal to directly allocate taxes from overseas territories directly to our war zone as military expenditures.
According to the tax records of previous years, the combined annual tax revenue of the three direct territories of Mormali, Arturas and Tilsim is nearly 300,000 gold crowns. I think this is enough for the daily maintenance of five reinforced divisions.
Military expenses have been spent, so we agreed to the plan proposed by the Kingdom’s Ministry of War. The remaining shortfall needs to be raised by ourselves in the theater and to save expenses..."
Claude's face was a little heavy. A reinforced division had a strength of 32,000 people, and the annual salary expenses for officers and soldiers alone cost 50,000 to 60,000. A soldier's annual salary is about two gold crowns, and that doesn't even count.
Welfare subsidies for officers are doubled. The establishment of five reinforced divisions requires more than 300,000 gold crowns a year. The three direct jurisdictions of Mormali, Arturas and Tiersim can only
The taxes provided are basically spent on salaries.
But the troops are not only provided with salary. People eat what horses chew, and their daily living expenses are very high. Although these logistical supplies are also provided by the three overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction, all they can provide is food and horses.
Food and meat reserves, fresh vegetables and fruits must be purchased locally. In addition, the war zone also needs to allocate maintenance funds for firearms repair workshops and ammunition workshops. Ammunition consumption and firearms losses during training are also a large amount of expenditure.
After the reorganization of the five divisions is completed, they will still need to conduct military exercises and conduct various field battle drills to allow each soldier to adapt to the colonial war that will break out in the future. The expenditure on this alone is a huge amount, the Kingdom's Ministry of War
Only 100,000 gold crowns were allocated for theater maintenance funds, which was not spent at all. According to Claude, there is still a gap of at least 300,000 gold crowns in military expenses in the past two years to allow five reinforced divisions.
The regiment completed all combat readiness tasks.
Although Marshal Michelich said that he could raise his own military expenses in the war zone, it is easy to say but very difficult to do. It seems that the war zone has the territory of four overseas jurisdictions, but Cromwell and Beringana are two direct jurisdictions.
The territory has been cleared and turned into a blank land. There are no residents. Who can we turn to to raise military expenses? As for the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Robisto, it is a key defense area relying on the natural barrier of the Dolinibara River. Basically, there are not many
The inhabitants of the kingdom stayed there.
Only the Amphiston Territory where the theater headquarters is located is the largest mining development territory among the seven overseas territories. It has four cities, one town and one fishing port. Except for Lanhu Town and the fishing port town, it can provide some food, meat and
In addition to fishery products, those four cities are all mountain towns, mainly engaged in mining development, and spend large sums of money every year to purchase food and other daily necessities from other overseas jurisdictions.
Although there are currently 100,000 immigrant families moving to the Amphiston Territory to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry, changing the industrial structure of the Amphiston Territory, immigrant families are exempt from tax for the first three years, so they are nervous about military spending.
Not helpful at all. According to the previous taxation records of the Amphiston Territory, similar to the three territorial territories in the rear, it would be considered good to collect 100,000 gold crowns per year.
"General, no matter how you calculate it, there is still a shortage of 200,000 gold crowns in military expenditures within two years. This has a great impact on our five divisions completing all combat readiness tasks and setting up defensive fronts. The Kingdom's Army Ministry is unwilling to provide us with
With sufficient military spending, are you planning to give up all overseas territories?" Claude complained with a wry smile.
"How did you calculate it?" Marshal Michelich was curious about how Claude calculated and came to this conclusion. He criticized tactfully: "I think this is something that the logistics department needs to worry about. As the supreme commander of the theater,
Sir, your focus should not be on trivial matters such as military expenditures. The most important thing is to reorganize the troops and complete combat readiness."
"General, you are wrong. War is actually fought with logistics. Adequate military expenditures, armaments and logistics supplies are the prerequisites for winning the war." Claude retorted, and then he roughly calculated the results of his calculations.
Reported it.
"The war is actually about logistics?" Marshal Michelchi thought thoughtfully for a moment, but was immediately attracted by Claude's calculation. After listening to Claude's statement, Marshal Michelchi
He laughed: "Claude, you were actually wrong when you calculated the salaries of the officers and soldiers. Don't forget that the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps were transferred to local garrison forces, and their salaries need to be adjusted.
For example, the monthly salary of soldiers in our Ranger Corps is eight riyals, plus welfare subsidies, which is about one silver thaler. A soldier's annual salary is twelve silver thalers, which is two gold crowns more than two riyals.
A silver thaler, so you calculate that the five divisions need a salary of at least more than 300,000 gold crowns a year. But you have forgotten that our Ranger Corps is the standing army of the kingdom, and the salary and welfare subsidies for the officers and soldiers are actually those
The second-line corps is double the local garrison force.
The salary of a soldier in the garrison in those places is four riyals a month, plus welfare subsidies, it is only six riyals, which is 72 riyals a year, which is about seven silver thalers, so
The salary of a soldier per year is only one gold crown and two silver thalers. In this way, the salary required by a division is only 50,000 gold crowns per year at most. A total of 250,000 gold crowns for five divisions is enough.
, here you have an extra military expenditure of fifty thousand gold crowns a year."
Claude was stunned: "General, if the treatment of the local garrison army is reduced, then not many people in the Ranger Corps will agree to stay, right?"
Marshal Michelich smiled and shook his head: "Claude, the Rangers who were transferred to the local garrison were the veterans of the original division, not the new recruits who joined the legion after the Battle of Beringana, which was only more than 20,000.
As the backbone of the five newly strengthened divisions, although the salary of the same military rank has been reduced, in order to compensate, they will all be promoted to the first military rank. In this way, their treatment after promotion will be the same as what they originally received in the Ranger Corps.
The appearance is almost the same.
You should understand that as a soldier, what is more important than the salary is the promotion of military rank. Because it is related to his future in the military, his status and benefits after retirement, and his reduced service years. In the future, your war zone
Although the five divisions they belong to belong to the second-line army and the local garrison force, they are still the official military rank of the kingdom. Therefore, most of the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps who transferred to the local garrison force are satisfied with the promotion of the military rank, rather than the salary.
More than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps formed the backbone of five divisions. Each division only has more than 4,000 people. The rest are immigrants and recruits from local security battalions. As for the two overseas field regiments,
, originally belonged to the second-tier corps, and the salary is what I just said, and has not been reduced. Therefore, the salary you just calculated should not be calculated according to the salary of the ranger corps, so that you can save 100,000 gold crowns."
So that's it. Only then did Claude realize that he had just entered a misunderstanding. As Marshal Michelich said, based on the salary of the local garrison and second-line army officers and soldiers, at least one-third of the salary and benefits can be reduced.
To subsidize this cost, the remaining shortfall will only be about 100,000 gold crowns in two years, or 50,000 gold crowns per year. If you try your best to save, you may be able to get by...
"In addition, don't forget the hometown of our Ranger Corps. A lot of grain, grass, ammunition and other military logistics materials seized from the enemy are also stored in the Legion's logistics base. I ordered the two overseas field legions to send people to Pagoda respectively.
In the waters near Port Tres and the Dolinibara River, the sunken ship of the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks was salvaged.
At present, hundreds of artillery pieces have been recovered from these sunken ships. We can use the naval guns installed on these enemy warships to strengthen the positional firepower of the two lines of defense. In this regard, a large amount of armament funds have been saved. You
It is also clear that these artillery pieces on enemy warships are all of the same standard, which reduces a lot of trouble for us in the production of supporting ammunition.
Another point is that although the ammunition and military supplies used by the Hicks Kingdom’s army do not match the standard equipment of our kingdom, as long as they are further processed, these ammunition can be changed into matching supplies used by our army, so that
The expenditure on raw materials is reduced, and you only need to pay a processing fee."
Marshal Michelich looked at Claude with a smile: "I believe you can relax now. The various armaments and logistics supplies stored in the Legion's logistics base are worth approximately more than 200,000 gold crowns. After the Ranger Legion returned home,
These supplies will be left in this theater, which is enough for you to not have to worry about logistical support when reorganizing five reinforced divisions...
By the way, there is another good news. When the ordnance and equipment from the Kingdom’s Army Department arrive, there will also be orders regarding military rank promotions. This time, the seven colonels of you who have transferred from the Ranger Corps to the local garrison forces will all be transferred to the local garrison at the same time.
Don’t be surprised to be promoted to the Kingdom’s Major General, this is the Kingdom’s reward for your persistence in preparing for this colonial war in the frontline theater.”
This is indeed unexpected good news. It turns out that the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps were transferred to the local garrison, and the good thing about being promoted to one rank was also due to myself as a colonel. Compared with those soldiers, who were promoted from corporal to sergeant, or to the grassroots level
When an officer is promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant, he, as a colonel, has an advantage in being promoted to major general. You must know that in peacetime, it takes more than ten years to go from colonel to general. In wartime, you need to be awarded the first level three times.
meritorious deeds.
However, Claude also knew very well that whether he was taking over the post of Supreme Commander of the Theater Command of Marshal Michelchi or being promoted to major general, being able to pass through the Kingdom's Army Ministry so smoothly meant that no one in the Kingdom's military brass was optimistic about his future in the next colony.
The future in the war. To put it bluntly, I will be the scapegoat after the failure of the next colonial war, unless I can win this war again.
"I estimate that I still have three months here, and the time is a bit tight." Marshal Michelich said: "I hope that I can help you solve most of the problems of reorganizing five reinforced divisions before I leave office. Next
I will summon the remaining officers in a few days, and in a week I will complete the preparations for the new theater command, and the candidates for the heads of each department will be determined.
You first take this follow-up strategic plan for overseas territorial theaters back and look at it carefully to see if there are any omissions or areas that need to be modified, and give me a post-viewing report. Then wait for the meeting notice to command the new theater.
You need to attend the department preparatory meeting and have a good exchange with your future colleagues."
Claude stood up, picked up the blue-covered document on the table, stood at attention, solemnly saluted Marshal Michelich, and was about to leave.
Just when Claude wanted to open the door, Marshal Michelich thought of something and stopped Claude again: "By the way, Claude, your deputy commander, Lieutenant Colonel Schneck, I will
Transfer him back to the Legion headquarters and he will serve as the deputy director of the Legion Administrative Office."
Claude was stunned, what did Lieutenant Colonel Schneck do? From deputy commander to deputy director, this was a rise and fall. One was the second-in-command in the regiment, holding real power. The other was a handyman at the regiment headquarters.
, in addition to running errands, I also have to give everyone a smile...
But I heard Marshal Michelci say slowly: "You don't have to blame Lieutenant Colonel Schneck. In fact, he has always been honest, diligent and down-to-earth. It's just that he doesn't understand that not every Sterling represents the royal family, and not every Sterling represents the royal family."
Sterling is loyal to our regiment. He was just deceived by General Vansnik and gave General Vansnik the account book of the distribution of loot within your 131st Regiment..."