7. Antique invaders (Part 2)
.In the process of the "Glorious Revolution", the armed urban residents made great contributions to the victory of the coup, but also caused great damage. Although the people are the fundamental force to promote the progress of history, the uncontrolled civilian armed forces are often the most terrifying destruction. The military operations of both sides of the coup basically lasted for half a day, but all kinds of evil items such as beating, smashing, looting, and burning lasted for more than half a month, and many neighborhoods were completely destroyed due to robbery and arson.
If it was just the pain of the coup, it would be nothing. Once it was endured, it would pass. This was also a normal phenomenon in the process of regime alternation. However, after tasting the sweetness of robbery through force, the citizens were no longer willing to put down their weapons. Almost overnight, dozens of militia organizations of all sizes emerged from Rushipa, divided the territory and occupied warehouses, which was like a king. The major churches also contributed to the fire and bought militias for their own use. The government's plan to confiscate weapons many times was all failed under such strong pressure.
Although the citizens of the city have become accustomed to the hierarchy, and the militias are basically obeying a certain church or being governed by the royal family. However, after all, they still maintain considerable independence and become the biggest instability factor in the new regime. The government and the church's top leaders have no doubt that if a powerful ambitious man raises his arms at the right time, Ryuhipa will fall into a vortex of blood and fire again. However, the disputes and struggles between each other have made no superiors willing to give up this important force. Therefore, after the coup, the militia's armed forces have not been weakened, but have improved to a considerable extent through the several arsenals they captured.
The royal family was also emotionally contradictory to these subjects who had mastered force. They neither wanted to break up their own hands nor were willing to raise tigers. Therefore, they were also cautious in their specific handling and hesitant, and their attitude towards disbanding the militia organization was not tough.
Although the Chevrolet Church has been overthrown on the surface, it was once powerful, and its remnants are still lurking everywhere on Yongju Island. It is always waiting for the opportunity to counterattack and count down, and maintains contact with its overseas accomplices. In recent days, the Navy has repeatedly captured Chevrolet Church agents who have infiltrated overseas. Most of these guys are responsible for the tasks of destruction, inciting and creating panic, which is enough to show that the remnants of the old regime are still planning various conspiracies. The increasingly fierce internal disputes of the new regime make necessary searches impossible, and give them sufficient space for activities.
In addition to these forces, the areas outside Yongju Island lost the unified constraints of the central government. Agraron's exile government was talking and pointing fingers, and the relationship between them suddenly seemed very chaotic, and even attacked each other, and the situation was as follows.
However, the powerful factions in various places remained in military consistency at this time. They were all crazily expanding their troops to protect themselves. Even those who had applied to the new regime on the surface also worked through their own offices in Beijing to confront the central forces, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, so as to gain a stepping stone for themselves.
The royal family, major churches, central navy, militia organizations, the remnants of the Chevrolet Church and other provinces fought and used each other in the chaotic situation after the "Glorious Revolution", stirring up the huge Yongju Island into a mess. Before the new regime could stabilize its foundation, it was dug into a pile of sand full of holes. However, all parties still fought for power and profit on the pile of sand. There was no concept of tolerance for the country at all.
Although the mortal world is turbulent, even in heaven is not peaceful. If Chevrolet is defeated, who should the main god be? How should the new seats be ranked? Every elf god has his own opinion. And every elf god will not agree with others' opinions. The chaos in the upper realm spreads to the lower realm, which is manifested as the church organization competition and even bloody conflict. Such serious internal consumption will inevitably affect the progress of war preparations.
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As the army gradually gathered in the port, ordinary people slowly disappeared from here. Only a team of elves patrolled back and forth and pulled out a cordon. A large number of army soldiers who had just enlisted in the army and the Wong Kar Guard were lined up in a square formation at the dock, waiting to board the ship. They were about to go to Senbora Island, the largest naval base of the elves fifty miles away, to carry out adaptive training for landing operations for this expedition, and then set out with the Marines on the island.
The Wong Kar Guards are mostly spearmen, archers and swordsmen, wearing green composite light armor. Although they are a little behind the times, they at least look decent, and a considerable number of them are holding expensive magic weapons. The army soldiers can only wear dirty military coats, not to mention the dusty faces, but also have yellow-brown mold spots. I don’t know how long it has been fermented in the warehouse or even the cellar. So many mold coats gather together, and you can smell the choking smell of mold half inside and outside. Slapping the clothes gently in the sun, the thick dust can rise several feet high, choking the soldiers sneezing, and then blowing more dust again due to the sneezing airflow and crowded crowds. This cycle has turned the dock into a biological warfare experiment site with various molds, which makes Daniel very worried that his soldiers will have severe asthma before joining the war.
The equipment of the army soldiers has been fully weaponized, all of which are musketeers, and some light field artillery used by infantry. However, these guns and cannons are mostly old antiques from old warehouses, and there are even long-lost combs, which are old and shabby, rusty and poorly maintained, making people wonder whether they can be fired during the battle.
As for the quality of the soldiers, there is no need to mention the formation. Not to mention the whispering, when waiting on the dock to board the boat, there were still many people squatting on the ground, standing still listless, and the age composition was even more terrifying. There were old and young men, some were gray, some were not as tall as muskets, and many were women. There were only one in ten.
"Our soldiers are too new, but their equipment is too old!" Daniel complained to the coach Princess Frya, "Except for the five thousand Marines and two thousand Wong Guards, the remaining six thousand men are simply inferior to militias. It's fine if the old and young, and it seems to be a little military training.
There is no foundation. What standard are you recruiting soldiers?”
"There's no way!" Frya shrugged, "Just as I told you just now, the situation is unstable, and neither the Marines nor the Wong Guard can be dispatched too much. As for the quality of the recruits..." She sighed long, "There are not many soldiers who are not controlled by the church's forces."
After countless disputes, compromises and negotiations, Yongju Island finally barely pieced together an expeditionary force in early March. The total number of troops in the expedition of Xin Naserel was about 13,000 troops and 6,500 sailors. The Elf Navy mobilized more than 200 warships and more than 600 transport ships, almost exhausted all its capital, and of course its combat effectiveness was good. But the Elf Army was not so satisfactory when it came out of the Elf Army with the ship.
Due to the lack of war, Duluxipa had few permanent troops, and was wiped out in the coup. Therefore, the formation of the army must be overturned. But this is not the biggest problem. At the beginning, the senior management believed that the Wong Kar-Kar-Guard and the Marine Corps were sufficiently used, so there was no intention to rebuild the army. When they became powder kegs, the main force of the Wong Kar-Guard was firmly held back, it was too late to cram the moment.
This army unit was formed too hasty, with serious shortage of troops and equipment, and too many new recruits. Inadequate training, at least half of the weapons have been sealed in the warehouse for decades. It is not that Ryuhipa does not have new weapons, but the problem is that most warehouses and factories are controlled by churches or militias. The government wants to get things from these confrontational thorns. It is no easier than grabbing meat from tigers. Although the royal family uses both soft and hard work, all parties can only barely collect some scrapped weapons at most: the equipment is only these, take them away. Don't pull them down!
So the Elf Army was very honored to use various antiques. Almost everything from shells to socks is of great historical value, and the production date is usually before the birthday of the birth. These rookies can fully understand the little things of their predecessors' military careers. According to a soldier, "Oh my God, these boots were actually worn by my grandfather when he was in the envoy, and his name was embroidered on it! God blesses me, don't let me infect his athlete's foot."
The historical value of equipment is too high, and the soldiers are also twitching. Now, Yongju Island has a central government that is basically controlled by the royal family, but is actually divided up by major forces. Due to the consumption of years of war, the proportion of young and middle-aged people in the city is not high, and the rest of the land has now joined militia organizations in groups. Each block has formed a guard team and patrolled the streets with live ammunition, and from time to time, he also greeted each other very friendly with bullets and bayonets. If you want to recruit soldiers, you have to start with these illegal and unruly people.
But the problem is that the royal family is more reserved and elegant. They always regard these militia organizations as gangs and never look at them. When they want to serve, they find that even these troublemakers have a stubborn position. The churches of the Elf Gods are in trouble to compete for the position of the Gods, and they are lacking cannon fodder to strengthen their courage. How could they put so many militias that are easy to incite? Without the church organization, it is difficult for the government to recruit a man even if they want to be strong. The remaining militia organizations with no masters are only two or three kittens, and most of them are still old, weak, sick and disabled. The government had to pinch its nose and accept it, but although the recruitment standards have been relaxed to pregnant women and primary school students, the number of people gathered is still far from enough.
Seeing that a group of government civil servants were about to "voluntarily" join the army under the "persuasion" of the royal family, a small official who loved life fully activated his scattered thinking and led a group of recruits who were facing the danger of "voluntary joining the army" to "friendly visits" the crazy asylum, the disabled welfare home and other places that have not been paid attention to by the church organizations. In line with the innovative standard of "if you are sick, you are not sick", he finally broke through many difficulties and obstacles and raised a large number of high-quality soldiers for the expeditionary army on time. The only regret is that the prisons in Ryuhipa have been large and small and small, and the elf wandering god Femaro, who has a large and large thief believers.
So the elf army had face paralysis and drooling, missing arms and broken legs, and in wheelchairs. One-eyed dragon and deaf people were even in groups. The generals who tested the recruits praised in unison: "We are not a sanatorium!"
"Why don't you mobilize the armed forces in the church? Their equipment and qualities are much better than those of our men!" Daniel looked back at the cordon, and there were many burly men wearing fur coats or full of armor gathered there, monitoring the departure of the expeditionary forces. The flags of these guys were painted with holy emblems of their respective churches, and the latest guns in their hands made Daniel even more envious. "After pulling these guys who cause trouble all day, how quiet can Rushipa be?"
"Several churches are willing to send troops, but the problem is that the royal family is unwilling to accept it." Fraya said with a wry smile, "The military must obey politics!"
Daniel was slightly stunned, but soon realized, "Is it because the royal family doesn't want to give up absolute control of the expeditionary force?"
Princess Freya nodded and admitted that, "It is not impossible to recruit the church's force, but this will inevitably make room for them in the leadership of the Expeditionary Force, and even the chief officer will be replaced." She pointed to herself, "My mother and sister always want to use this opportunity to expand the royal family's force and pave the way for political centralization through military victory. The Expeditionary Force is the big stick and trump card in our hands. In fact, even Marshal Toulouse doesn't trust much, so how can we let this army be penetrated by the church forces that want to suppress?"
"This is really a reason..." Daniel flipped his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"I also know very well. If you see too far, you will trip over the stone under your feet." Freya patted Daniel on the shoulder, "There is no way. As a warrior, although the stick in his hand is not very satisfactory, you must do your best to win. If you shoot the bow, there will be no turning back and we have no choice."
Chapter completed!