Chapter 381 Knights of Uriel

Facing the conference room that was now "exploding", Ge Zewen had already expected such a scene, so he did not panic or immediately answer the questions thrown by everyone. Instead, he turned his head silently and looked at The crown prince sitting next to him, his son Gale, cast a look.

While Ge Zewen looked at Gale, Gale also looked at Ge Zevin.

The father and son looked at each other.

After receiving the gesture from Gozevin's eyes, Gale cleared his throat and stood up: "Everyone, be quiet."

Gale's voice wasn't loud.

But after Gale spoke up, the originally noisy conference room slowly became quiet.

"I know that everyone has a lot of questions about the two plans to form the fourth Knights and to rebuild the Michael Knights. Now it is up to me to answer your questions one by one. Everyone is free to ask questions now."

As soon as Gale finished speaking, a fat territorial noble immediately raised his hand. After receiving Gale's permission to ask the question, he immediately asked urgently:

"Your Highness Gale! Why form a fourth knighthood? Are the three major knighthoods no longer enough to protect us?"

"It's a pity." Gale shook his head with a bit of bitterness on his face. "There are only three knights, which are no longer enough to protect us. We urgently need to form a fourth knights."

"Everyone also knows the knighthood system of our empire."

"The Knights of Michael are stationed in the north and are responsible for the northern front; the Knights of Gabriel are stationed in the east and are responsible for the Rhine Front; the Knights of Rachel are stationed in the south and are responsible for the southern front."

"Although the three major knights are responsible for different fronts and use different countries as imaginary enemies, we will not put all the troops of the knights on each front."

"Each knight order will allocate a part of its troops to be stationed in the imperial capital, responsible for defending the imperial capital and using them as mobile troops."

"Before the extremely tragic '288 Northern Defense Operation' took place two years ago, the Gabriel Knights with 300,000 troops had 150,000 troops in the imperial capital, and the Michael Knights also had 200,000 troops. The regiment and the Knights of Rachel both assigned 100,000 troops to garrison the imperial capital."

"Such a system has a huge hidden danger."

"That is when an emergency war breaks out on the front line, fighter opportunities are often missed because there are too few troops stationed on the front line."

"This was the case in the '288 North Defense Operation' two years ago. In the North Defense Operation two years ago, it cost a lot to transfer the 100,000 Michael Knights soldiers stationed in the Imperial Capital to the north. It took a lot of time for this defensive battle to become so fierce."

"After this '288 Years of Defense Operation', the central government has been conducting review and reflection."

"If all 200,000 Michael Knights had been stationed on the northern front from the beginning, this defensive battle would never have been so brutal!"

"So after research and discussion by the central government, we have come to the conclusion that the current system in which each knight has a part of its force stationed in the imperial capital is no longer advisable!"

"We are going to set up a new knighthood. This new knighthood is different from the three major knighthoods of Michael, Gabriel and Rachel. It is not responsible for any fronts, it is only responsible for stationing in the imperial capital! This The positioning of the new Knights is the 'Mobile Force'!"

"The central government has also decided on a name for this new knighthood. The name of this new knighthood, this knighthood specifically stationed in the imperial capital, is - the Knights of Uriel!"

"So, to put it simply, the purpose of establishing this new Knights of Uriel is to liberate the forces of the three knights of Michael, Gabriel, and Rachel! So that they no longer need to divide their troops and garrison them in the imperial capital. Let these three knights concentrate all their combat power on the fronts they are responsible for! Let these three knights better deal with the imaginary enemies they are responsible for!"

As soon as Gale finished speaking, the originally silent conference hall,

It started to be noisy again, and everyone started talking in low voices in twos and threes.

"Set up a knighthood specifically stationed in the imperial capital... This plan seems to be good."

"Well, the original system of 'each of the three major knights is stationed in the imperial capital' does have a lot of drawbacks."

"With the establishment of a knightly order stationed in the imperial capital and used as a mobile force, the three major knightly orders of Michael, Gabriel, and Rachel will be able to liberate all the combat forces stationed in the imperial capital. This is indeed a good plan... I support the formation of the Uriel Knights."

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At this moment, another person raised his hand.

The person who planned to ask the question this time was not a territorial noble, but an important local minister.

"Your Highness Gale, I would like to ask. How many troops do you plan to form for the newly established Uriel Knights?"

"150,000. By the way, the Knights of Uriel mainly recruit troops from the west, while the Knights of Michael, which is about to start rebuilding, mainly recruit troops from the north."

"According to our plan, the Knights of Uriel will recruit 150,000 people before July next year. And the Knights of Michael, who now have only 70,000 people left, will also need to recover before July next year. Return to the original strength of 200,000. As for the Rachel Knights, who have just completed the two offensives of 'Spring Awakening' and 'Summer Wind', with nearly 50,000 casualties, they will return to the original strength of 200,000 before February next year. Ten thousand troops."

As soon as Gale finished speaking, the local minister who asked the question frowned and asked:

"The Knights of Uriel have 150,000 people, the Knights of Gabriel have 300,000 people, the Knights of Michael have 200,000 people, and the Knights of Rachel have 200,000 people. After all, the strength of our Imperial Knights will be As high as 850,000... Including local garrison troops, the strength of our empire's standing army will be as high as 1.1 million... I dare to ask His Highness Gale, can our empire's financial resources support this million standing army and such a huge military expenditure? ?"

The standing army of the Britannia Empire was divided into two types.

One is the Knights and the other is the garrison.

The Knights are the front-line troops of the Britannia Empire and have the strongest combat effectiveness. In the nearly 300 years of history of the Britannia Empire, wars have basically been left to the three major knights.

The garrison is the second-line force of the Britannia Empire. Its combat effectiveness is very weak. The garrison is basically composed of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers. The garrison is scattered in various cities, and its daily tasks are just Responsible for guarding various cities. Unless the enemy attacks, they will not participate in the battle.

As for the Gabriel Knights, they had already recovered from the tens of thousands of casualties they suffered in the rescue battle for the Kingdom of Lund at the end of last year, and had returned to their original strength of 300,000 troops.

If it is true, as Gale said, that a new Uriel Knights with a strength of 150,000 is to be formed, the Michael Knights and the Rachel Knights will also be restored to their original strength of 200,000 in a short period of time. In terms of military strength, the number of their empire's standing armies will exceed one million, reaching a terrifying 1.1 million.

As soon as the local minister finished his question, everyone in the meeting turned their attention to Gale.

The question asked by this local minister is very important and realistic.

Does the empire now have the financial resources to support a standing army of 1.1 million men?

Bathed in the doubtful and curious gazes of everyone, Gale's mouth slowly turned up, revealing a strange smile:

"In the past few years, thanks to the efforts of the ministers and knights, the national strength of our empire has been recovering year by year. The current treasury surplus and income are much better than before."

"But even so, to support such a large standing army, the empire's financial resources are still somewhat tight."

"So - you, as territorial nobles, have to work hard. The tribute you have to pay to the central government every year needs to be increased. It needs to be increased from the current 40% to 50%."

Speaking of this, the strange color of the smile on Gale's face became a little more intense.