"Chapter 47: The Division of the Garrison I"
My village is the world in terms of matter, and the world is my village in terms of spiritual life.
- Mahatma Gandhi (the founding father of modern India, India's greatest political leader, founder of Gandhiism)
On the third day of mid-August, Bai Feng's army, which had traveled a long way, finally arrived at the city of Mengdan, and the 39th Army and the six other legions that had received Bai Feng's order had already arrived at Mengdan City a few days earlier, and had built fifteen large military camps outside the city.
Each of the large barracks of the standard model of the Imperial Army was capable of accommodating 50,000 soldiers stationed in it, and if a standing army of 20,000 soldiers was calculated, fifteen large barracks were enough to accommodate 30 standing legions, and 600,000 soldiers were stationed in them.
At this time, the army under the command of Bai Feng, which was merged into one place, was composed of three parts: the standing army, the special army, and the Eastern army, and the standing army part composed of 240,000 officers and men of the 12 standing army regiments was the absolute main force and mainstay of it.
The total strength of the nine legions is only 130,000, and the total strength of the nine legions is only 130,000.
After the 370,000 soldiers of the 21 regiments were stationed in the 11 military camps, Bai Feng's personal guards were stationed in one military camp alone, and the remaining three military camps, two of which were used by Bai Feng to pile up the grain and grass materials needed by the army for a year, and one was used by Bai Feng to store weapons and equipment.
The 200,000 sets of sophisticated weapons and equipment provided by the Holy See and about 100,000 sets of ordinary weapons and equipment in the White Spirit Ring were all stored by Bai Feng in this large military camp, and the Spartan heavy infantry to which the pro-guard battalion belonged was in charge of guarding this military camp, which could be called an arsenal.
The two barracks, which were as important as the arsenal, were also guarded by the Silver Shield Infantry and the Macedonian Royal Pikemen under the Guards Battalion.
This is not to say that the soldiers of the other legions are not trustworthy, but Bai Feng must ensure that there is no accident in the things in these three military camps;
After settling the garrison of the various legions, the twenty-one legion commanders followed Bai Feng into Mengdan City with their lieutenants, and Bai Feng and his party entered the city and went straight to the governor's palace, which would be the next meeting to divide the station.
With a total of 370,000 troops, it is impossible to be stationed in only one place in Mengdan Province, and even if Mengdan Province is an important province facing the Sunset Fortress, it can only be stationed in half of the troops at most, otherwise it will only weaken the war potential of Bai Feng's army.
Bai Feng, who had clashed with the orc army several times, naturally knew that the most terrifying thing about the orc army was not their fierce will to fight without fear of death, but their fierce offensive that made it difficult for the human army to resist, which was simply a nightmare for the army of the Heavenly Dragon Empire!
If the field battle between infantry and infantry is carried out in the open plain area, even the royal legion of the Celestial Dragon Empire, armed to the teeth, will not be able to stop the attack of the orc warriors who are not in armor;
Whether it is the imperial army or the orc army, for such a thing as morale, it is all one blow and then decline, and then exhausted, so in Bai Feng's opinion, the best way to block the offensive of the orc army is to reduce their morale and offensive by slowly retreating.
Wait until the fierce and invincible orc army becomes more and more tired the more they fight, and the morale of the more soldiers is lower, and the offensive is weaker, and then use the main army to fight a decisive battle with the orc army that is no longer fierce, this is Bai Feng's response to prevent the orc army from leaving the sunset fortress.
In order to truly implement this countermeasure, Bai Feng first needed to do what he needed to do was to divide the army under his command into three and send them to the provinces of Montaine, Lyon, and Toulon respectively, and then conduct targeted defensive training for all the legions that were in combat readiness.
As for how to divide the army and garrison it in the three provinces of Mengdan, it is the topic of the military meeting that Bai Feng held today with the participation of all the army commanders;
Auchinleck, who rushed to Mengdan City in advance to take over the affairs of the province, prepared the conference room needed for Bai Feng and the others to hold a military meeting in advance; Bai Feng and the legion commanders just walked into the conference room on their front feet, and the three teams of Germanic berserkers behind them shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding.
After Bai Feng sat down on the first place in the middle of the conference room, the army commanders on both sides sat down in unison; looking at the map of the three provinces placed in front of the conference table, Bai Feng, who had a plan in his heart, took the lead in speaking:
"Generals, I have gathered you together as soon as I arrived in Mengdan City today, mainly to discuss with you the division of the garrison in the future; it is impossible for all of our twenty-one legions to be stationed in Mengdan Province, so please say what you have any opinions on how to divide them. ”
As soon as Bai Feng's words fell, Asassis, the commander of the 45th Legion who was born as a system general, stood up and said: "General, you are our overseer, where you let our 45th Legion be stationed, our 45th Legion will be stationed!"
"Yes, General, you are our Overseer, and the 20,000 soldiers of our 46th Legion will fully support your decision!"
As soon as the commander of the 46th Legion, who was also a system general, finished speaking, the commander of the 74th Legion, Basaromu, who thought he was a descendant of Bai Feng, stood up and swore solemnly:
"General, even if you are not our overseer, the 20,000 soldiers of our 74th Legion will follow you!"
As soon as these words came out, not only Bai Feng himself was slightly surprised, but the three of Eric, Krefel, and Barao, who had just been assigned to Bai Feng's command not long ago, were even more shocked;
Why did Assassis and Upadama first declare Bai Feng's status as the overseer of the army when they expressed their stance just now, and then show their support for Bai Feng and the entire army under their command? After all, isn't it because the Imperial Army does not allow the existence of independent forces that are above board?
The huge Heavenly Dragon Empire, who doesn't know that the five old standing legions of the imperial military headquarters stationed in the southern border, after twenty years of stationing, are not so much the standing legions of the empire as the legions of the five major families in the south, but this is not on the table after all.
On all occasions, whether public or similar, anyone who mentions the five legions in the south will be named as the standing legions of the empire, and will not regard them as the legions of the five great families in the south, even if these five legions are actually the private armies of the five great families in the south.
Therefore, Barcelomu's statement is indeed a bit shocking, and more importantly, the generals present are not all Bai Feng's henchmen and generals, and the special identities of Eric and the other three cannot be avoided by anyone.
So, there was such a scene next: as soon as Barsaromu, who had spoken a little too much, finished speaking, all the generals, including Bai Feng, turned their gazes to the three Eric in different ways to see how the three of them reacted.