Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 22 Recruiting Wounded Soldiers
Liu Huaizhong, Minister of the Navy of the Liuyun Empire, did not stay in Xingang City. That afternoon, he left Xingang City on the former dreadnought battleship Lu Jiang, and Tang Guoyi, a senior officer of the Navy Department, also left. Xingang City left after eating a meal.

Along with Liu Huaizhong, there were nearly [-] navy officers and soldiers from the Skystar Empire. These people were all captured in the last naval battle. Now the Skystar Empire and the Liuyun Empire have not only negotiated peace, but also become an alliance. Liu Huaizhong hopes that Su Yi can unconditionally release these prisoners of war of the Sky Star Empire, and Su Yi readily agreed to this.

After Navy Minister Liu Huaizhong left, Su Yi couldn't help showing a smile on his face as he looked at the imperial decree in his hand that he was canonized as a hereditary baron and the entire Xingang City as his hereditary fiefdom.

Su Yi did not expect that he became a hereditary baron, and he actually completed the system's hidden task of "promotion to nobility" and rewarded Su Yi with five silver treasure chests.

Seeing that five silver treasure boxes were rewarded, Su Yi's heart moved, and he opened the five silver treasure boxes one after another. Sure enough, as Su Yi thought before, it may be that the system saw the huge threat Su Yi was facing, and once again Send charcoal to Su Yi in the snow.

There are four silver treasure chests out of one-time supplies, including two British Colossus-class battleships and two German König-class battleships.

The British giant-class battleship has a standard displacement of 20225 tons, a full load displacement of 23050 tons, and a maximum speed of 21 knots. It is equipped with five double-mounted 50-caliber 305mm main guns, twenty 50-caliber 102mm secondary guns, and three 533mm guns. The torpedo tube, the main armor on the side is 279 mm, the deck armor is 76 mm, the main turret armor is 279 mm, and the crew is 750 seven.

German König-class battleship, with a standard displacement of 23581 tons, a full-load displacement of 29200 tons, and a maximum speed of 21 knots. It is equipped with five double-mounted 50-caliber 305mm main guns, fourteen 45-caliber 150mm secondary guns, and ten 88mm guns. Rapid-fire guns, five 500mm torpedo tubes, 350mm main armor on the side, 30mm armor on the three decks, 300mm main turret armor, and a crew of 130 and six.

The ammunition needed for the Giant-class battleship and the King-class battleship, except for the 102mm shells, is sold in the mall, but the system is still so considerate, the last silver treasure box did not open a one-time supply, but a card , 102mm shells (unit price 850 yuan, monthly purchase limit of 50 pieces).

These two battleships are all dreadnought battleships, and they are dreadnought battleships with very good performance. They can even compete with super dreadnought battleships equipped with 343mm main guns.

Su Yi put down the imperial decree in his hand, then smiled and said to Wang Chengliang: "Your Xingang... No, it should be called the Independent Fleet, and you can add four more dreadnought battleships right away. I will go to the port in a while and extract them. Equip the four dreadnought battleships with officers and soldiers."

By February, Su Yi's army-type primary combat biochemicals had increased by another 1 people, and the navy-type primary combat biochemicals had increased by 500, so Su Yi didn't need to worry about having ships and no one. Situation happens.

Wang Chengliang hurriedly nodded and said: "Commander, there are nearly 7000 naval officers and soldiers in the infantry wing. It is absolutely no problem to equip the four dreadnought battleships with officers and soldiers. I guarantee that these four dreadnought battleships will be able to form combat power immediately. .”

Su Yi continued: "We don't need to think about the navy of the Sharad Empire for the time being. If the navy of the Sharad Empire wants to reach Xingang City, it must travel at least 2000 nautical miles. It only takes more than 3000 nautical miles and [-] nautical miles to reach Xingang City, and the independent fleet must be ready to fight tough battles at any time!"

"Don't worry, Commander, as long as the navies of the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire don't come out in full force, with the current strength of the independent fleet, it is enough to defeat the invading enemy!"

Wang Chengliang said this with full confidence. If four more dreadnought battleships are added, the independent fleet just renamed will have ten dreadnought battleships, and six of them are super dreadnought battleships. With such strength, it can be ranked among the top ten in the world. The ranks of the great navy.

Su Yi then said to He Yunfei, who was in charge of the army: "Currently, the strength of the Xingang Independent Infantry Regiment has exceeded 5000, and the establishment is too bloated. There are three infantry regiments under it, and Yunfei is the commander of the Xingang garrison, a special unit composed of naval officers and soldiers, which does not belong to the Xingang garrison, and is still under my direct command."

He Yunfei immediately said: "Commander, there were more than 1000 wounded soldiers in the six hospitals in Xingang City, and now more than [-] wounded soldiers have recovered from their injuries. Many of them hope to join us. There are almost [-] wounded soldiers. People, can the Newport Garrison recruit these people?"

What He Yunfei said made Su Yi show hesitation, "Yunfei, now every month, our navy and army can add up to 500 people. It is necessary to recruit those more than [-] wounded soldiers. Newport garrison? What's more, I have too many secrets, except for you soldiers who are absolutely loyal to me, I don't trust other people in this world!"

"Marshal, if you want to settle down in one place, we are enough, but if you want to make a career in this world, the subordinates feel that more ordinary people must join us. "

Su Yi turned to Wang Chengliang and asked, "What do you think?"

"Marshal, I agree with Brother He's suggestion. I have only forty officers under my command who are truly capable of serving as captains. The other officers and soldiers have limited talents, and it is useless to train them. The independent fleet wants to become a world-class fleet. Fleet, in the future we must train ordinary people with commanding skills."

In the end, Su Yi agreed with He Yunfei's opinion, but instead of directly incorporating more than a thousand wounded soldiers who had recovered and been discharged from the hospital into the three infantry regiments of the Xingang garrison, he set up a separate infantry brigade and dispatched five infantry regiments. More than a hundred biochemical officers and soldiers added to the infantry brigade.

According to Su Yi's idea, although ordinary people will be recruited to join his army in the future, he must retain a part of the army composed entirely of biochemical people as his direct line army, and in the army composed of ordinary people, there must also be A certain proportion of biochemical officers and soldiers to ensure that these troops will not escape from their control.

Su Yi also personally formulated the military pay for officers and soldiers at all levels of the infantry brigade. The monthly military pay for ordinary soldiers is five silver dollars. This standard is the same as that of the Royal Army of the Liuyun Empire. However, the Royal Army of the Liuyun Empire generally deducts military pay According to this phenomenon, the salary a soldier of the Royal Army can get every month is actually only two or three silver dollars, or even less.

As for the three infantry regiments of the Xingang garrison and more naval officers and soldiers, due to financial constraints, they will not be paid for the time being. Fortunately, the biochemical people don't care much about whether Su Yi will pay them.

When Su Yi took control of Xingang City, there were still about 20 yuan in the entire Xingang City. In order to curb the price of food in the city, Su Yi set up several shops specializing in selling rice and canned meat. So far, Su Yi relied on selling With rice and canned meat, he has accumulated more than 20 silver dollars. He dare not pay all the officers and soldiers under his command, otherwise he will go bankrupt immediately.

(End of this chapter)