Pirates of the First Empire

"Your Highness, there is still more than a day's journey before we can reach the Red Earth Continent."

Lautner came to Doyle to report that it was already the seventh day of their voyage at sea, but fortunately there were enough reserves on the battleship, and they would not be in danger of running out of food.

"Very good, let Etaf contact the Holy Land before we arrive, and let them open the passage."

After really going out to sea, Doyle realized how boring the life at sea was, and no matter how safe their boat sailed, it was still impossible to be as stable as they were on land.

Doyle just nodded casually, and then gestured to Etaf on the other side.

"Yes, Your Highness." x2

The two replied in unison.

"Your Highness, Grove the Half-Murloc returned to the Kingdom three days ago, and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a promotional advertisement in the newspaper in the name of the Kingdom."

"It will be published in this issue of the newspaper, and there will be a special advertisement in each issue for the next six months."

As he said that, Etaf handed the newspaper to Doyle. The position of the advertisement was not particularly conspicuous, but it was on the edge of the headline on the first page, so it was easy to be "accidentally" noticed.

Doyle just glanced at it briefly. This kind of advertising routine was left over from others in his previous life, and it didn't appeal to him.

There was nothing worthy of Doyle's attention in this week's newspaper, so he didn't read it too much, and returned it to Etaf after reading it a little.

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"Your Highness, it is Your Excellency General Pojun."

Elsa took out the one that was rang from the shelf behind her, and while speaking, handed the microphone to Doyle.

"General Gust? This is Doyle."

As the strongest fighting force in the Andre Kingdom, Doyle still respects this respected old general very much.

"Your Highness Doyle, it's the old man."

"That's right, Your Highness. The First Marine Corps under the old man's command has been reorganized and divided into 400 Marines with 125 members as combat units."

From the end of the Great Council, Gust followed Doyle's order to conduct secondary training and reorganization of the Kingdom's most elite army, transforming it into the current "Marine Corps".

This is also one of the important forces for the expansion of the Andre Kingdom in the future, but what is more important is not these "special forces", but the real "main forces".

"According to His Royal Highness's vision, the training of the Marine Corps is mainly focused on beach landing warfare, supplemented by sea pursuit and special operations. It is not the main force of frontal combat, but the role of the "tough man" in a team."

"Then, we need at least millions of troops to target the main force of the navy. We have no shortage of soldiers. Now His Highness has established offices in various countries in the South China Sea. Even if the domestic military resources are insufficient, we can supplement them by "poaching people."

Doyle vaguely heard what the old general meant. Since there is no problem with the source of troops, the problem is with the officers...

Sure enough, Gust paused, and continued:

"However, Your Highness, at present the kingdom is extremely short of middle and high-level military talents, and it is impossible to build a complete naval system, especially the talents of the younger generation."

Of course Doyle knew that to solve this problem, the most correct solution was to establish a military academy by himself, so as to train talents at all levels and train senior officers.

It is easy to train ordinary grassroots officers. For example, there are a total of [-] reserve lieutenants on the auxiliary country warship he is currently on.

However, according to Doyle's previous arrangement, Andre's navy will finally take shape, that is, when it reaches the level of supporting an empire, it will have at least 300 million troops.

Of course, only 50 is enough for the first phase, and non-commissioned officers do not have the authority to lead troops independently, and generally exist as lieutenants' deputy.

Lieutenant officers began to have separate authority to lead troops. Under normal circumstances, a lieutenant could lead a [-]-man squad, a lieutenant would be paired with two lieutenants, and a captain would lead two lieutenants.

A major has 1000 subordinates, including 800 subordinates under two captains, 125 subordinates under a Marine Corps captain (with the rank of major), combined with logistics, the full staff is 1000, and the lieutenant colonel has [-] subordinates. Soldier.

But starting from the colonel, everything is different. In addition to the 1000 troops of the two lieutenant colonels under his command, he will also add [-] personal guards, making a total of [-] subordinates.

Therefore, Andre's major general has an establishment of 1000 people. This is also the highest combat unit of Andre's navy.

In the establishment of Andrei's navy, the vice admiral has the highest rank on the surface, and he has nine major generals under his command and a 1000-person personal guard force, which just makes up a [-]-strong army.

This is also one of the reasons why Doyle established the Overlord's Mansion, because Andre's navy is absolutely impossible to be outside the regular leading officers like the Navy Headquarters.

There are also many existences that are purely used as a deterrent to combat power. As long as these people have sufficient combat power, they can be promoted by catching powerful pirates, and they may not necessarily lead troops to fight.

The reason why Doyle set up the Overlord's Mansion is to assign the strong men under the Overlord's Mansion in the form of task entrustment to assign the strong men above the rank of lieutenant general to cooperate with the navy's actions in the future.

Therefore, Andre's admiral will be a vacant post, and there will be no admiral, but the king as the supreme commander.

By analogy, a total of 50 Andrei Navy needs at least fifty colonels, hundreds of lieutenant colonels and majors. Similarly, there is a huge gap in the Marine Corps.

After possessing the strength comparable to that of a lieutenant general in the navy headquarters, plus a certain amount of military accomplishment, only five such lieutenant generals are needed to establish Andre's navy.

However, even if Doyle has greatly reduced the pressure on personnel from military officers through his own design, it is still difficult to build it in a short period of time...

Moreover, Gust, the old general, is expected to lead Andre's new navy, the honor of the first general, to retire honorably in the near future.

That is to say, the only one who can really serve as Vice Admiral Andre at present is Greedy Wolf Lautner.

This is why Gust contacted Doyle in person. If he wants to build Andre's naval system before retiring, he must break through this difficulty.

"I will find a way to do this, General Gust, your health is good now, you can start to establish the domestic military school, and leave the rest to me!"

It is only 1511 now, and there are still three years left, which is enough for Andre to become the first joining country to establish a navy after all countries regained the right to establish a navy at the World Conference.

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