We are in Terra and there is no book to read.

The Pardoner, who had been silent until now, spoke up and asked about the most critical point.

You must know that this battle in Rem Billiton is different from the past. Kazdare is paying to help others fight, and the remaining money in his pocket is almost full. The Carters will not be able to pay back the money in the short term, and even We have to continue to ask Kazdale to advance money.

Although there is a boost from production allocation optimization, the goal of this industrial construction is technological development rather than economic effects.There will definitely be benefits in the future, but right now it will only lose money. How can Kazdaele survive the investment period in this situation?

Theresa actually had the answer in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it.

"Do you... believe me?"

He said this suddenly.

After the three clan leaders were stunned for a moment, they all nodded.

"Of course, Your Majesty."

"You haven't made any mistakes in your decision so far."

Seeing this, Teresica took a deep breath, "I haven't decided yet on how to solve the problem of future supplies, but the cost of industrial development... I plan to start with the military."

When he said this, he paused, and Teresica noticed that although the expressions of the three patriarchs changed slightly, they did not interrupt him, but waited for his further explanation.

"I want to reduce military spending, but there is a major premise for this, which is not to weaken the military's ability to deal with crisis situations."

"How do you plan to accomplish this goal?"

The King of Scavengers asked. There was no doubt in his words, but more curiosity.

"This time at Rem Billiton, we have seen the combat capabilities of troops that fully use individual crossbows. Will an army like Victoria's fully equipped with crossbows give us a chance to rush in front of them? Or how much strength do we have left after we rush in front of them? To put it bluntly, there should be few living people left, so is it necessary to retain our troops who are still using old cold weapons? "

"So... you mean to reduce the size of the infantry while carrying out military reforms? This is indeed possible. The daily training expenses of an infantry division using individual crossbows are much higher than the previous division."

The Banshee Patriarch tried to ask: "How many troops do you plan to reduce?"

"This... only three infantry divisions will be retained."

When Teresica hesitated and said the expected number, a look of surprise flashed across the faces of the three most calm clan leaders.

"Three infantry divisions...doesn't this completely abandon the armed forces?"

"No, no, no, it's not. This is just an adjustment of the infantry. We also have ship troops and drone combat troops. Not only will I not weaken them, but I will strengthen them."

Teresica walked to the map aside and, like a salesperson, told the three patriarchs her ideas.

"Around Kazder, we have five bastions built during the Letania War. I plan to use them, and then supplement them with infantry divisions to form a solid line of defense with trenches to deal with possible crises in the future. And in The artillery, drones, and ships behind them can all provide them with fire support."

At the moment, Kazdel has beaten up all the people around him who want to cause trouble.In addition, Kazdaele has a special geographical location, far away from any surrounding countries.Those who can be beaten by Sakaz cannot come, and those who can be attacked cannot be offended by Sakaz.Under this special environment, it is completely feasible for a certain period of time to build an army with defensive warfare as its main goal.

In this way, it can not only meet actual needs, but also significantly reduce military expenditures.

"And disarmament is not arbitrary. I will arrange a large-scale screening to select the best and retain them, and the rest will be uniformly retired. These retired soldiers will not leave the army immediately, but will still receive professional production skills under the military command system. Training, only after completing production training will they officially leave the army and enter various production units."

After hearing Teresica's plan, the three patriarchs pondered for a while. After their eyes intertwined, the Scavenger King spoke.

"Can we withstand the pressure of defense in this way?"

"This is just a preliminary plan at the moment. I will also discuss it with technical staff to see if there are any options without strengthening the bastion, and then make further plans."

The King of Scavengers could tell that disarmament had become a foregone conclusion on Teresica's side, so he asked again: "Can that save military expenses?"

Hearing this, Teresica nodded, "The maintenance cost of five bastions is cheaper than the daily expenses of five infantry divisions."

"OK then……"

The King of Scavengers looked around and said, "We agree with your decision. If you hold a royal meeting later to bring up this matter, we will all agree. But there are many things that cannot be promoted by being right or beneficial. Disarmament You may encounter unimaginable resistance at the Military Commission, so you have to prepare early."

Chapter 296: A powerful person?Insect!

The hints in the Scavenger King's words were already very straightforward, and there was no way Teresica could not understand them.

As anything develops over time, complex old and new interests will form.The impact of this disarmament is too great, and it is bound to attract full criticism from the elders of the Military Council.

So... no disarmament?

Teresica has never thought about this at all. It is right to allow the existence of old-style troops that are no longer in line with the times, uselessly consuming national resources, and letting her soldiers use cold weapons to risk their lives to fight against the enemy's long-range troops. The irresponsibility of all Kazdaele citizens.

In the past, crises were at the forefront, and the sharpness of external crises suppressed everything.Now, as the situation changes, the internal valve problems in Kazdale have begun to gradually surface again, causing people a huge headache.Sometimes he even wonders why his cousin and sister didn't kill all of them when they were fighting each other!

In fact, Teresica herself also considered whether she was being too tolerant to those people and whether she should really make a list.But after thinking about it carefully, I realized that this was tantamount to demolishing all of my military superstructure, which would not be restored in a short time.

They are not easy to use but cannot be replaced, so until a new generation of senior military talents emerge, we can only tolerate their existence temporarily.

Only the obstacles to industrial construction have been cleared, and we are faced with a shortage of raw materials for production.An initial intention to disarmament was reached, but they had to deal with a bunch of sores growing with Kazdaele.

"Why does this trouble never end..."

After sending the three clan leaders away, Teresica fell into trouble.In the study room of the royal residence, the light of the desk lamp did not disappear all night, until the next morning during dinner, The Shining lightly knocked on the door.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to have some breakfast."

"Well, I see."

Teresica, who had been sitting in her seat all night, got up and walked to the restaurant.

"Shining, I want to visit Rem Billiton's Eureka state in the next two days."

The request was very abrupt, but Shining did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?"

"Go and see our troops, and discuss future arrangements with the Carters. It's not appropriate to always call them to Kazdale."

Last night, Teresica went through all the memories in her mind, trying to find some answer to the dilemma from the various histories perfectly recorded on Earth.Perhaps it was because of his vague memory. He felt as if he had grasped some key point, but at the same time he seemed not to have grasped it.

This feeling is very strange. He plans to go to Eureka State, the only state where Kazdaele can make a fuss at the moment, and go around the field.

"Does Your Majesty want to go publicly or secretly? You can't go to Rem Billiton secretly without letting people know like Victoria and Colombia did. This will affect the relationship between the Carters and us. We have to respect it. Their sovereignty communicates to them.”

Listening to Shining's advice, Teresica asked: "How long will it take to arrange?"

"I'm afraid it will take a few days."

"Then as soon as possible, I want to leave today. So today...our technical staff should be at the giant experimental site of Meyer Shipyard now, so let's go there and have a look, it just happens to save waste. It’s time to call them for a meeting.”

Teresica directly picked up the bread on the table with her hands, and walked out quickly like a student worried about being late.

"Your Majesty, you need to rest now."

Shining could only follow quickly, but Teresica replied.

"We don't have much time!"

.........

After coming here again after a few days, two turrets of the resting Guardian had been lifted out, and one of them had even been mostly dismantled.

Drost, Mel, Alfred, Gottlieb, Nasty... around a Victoria destroyer, technical personnel from various departments of Kazdaele were basically gathered here.

"How is this hull material made? Materials with such hardness have never been seen in Leitania!"

"Their loading machine is very cleverly designed! The layout is very reasonable!"

"Victoria's cannonballs are rectangular. They seem to have the same function as rifling. However, the way they push the projectile out of the barrel device at high speed is really difficult to analyze. We can't figure out what material it is at all."

In a conference room made of random wooden boards, technical staff from various departments involved in the analysis of the Guardian sat together and started communicating with each other, but no one could say anything useful, and they all looked like they were seeing the world. .

This is just Victoria's destroyer!There are even more terrifying battleships!

After Teresica stood outside quietly eavesdropping for a while, she still stepped in.

"Everyone, you've worked hard."

As soon as they saw who it was, everyone quickly put away their previous casual attitude and stood up to salute.

"His Majesty."

"You don't have to be so formal. This is your workplace. You should follow your habits."

Teresica motioned for everyone to sit down, "It can be seen that the work task is not light, so I won't waste any more words. There is a design task for you now. Remember the bastion we built during the Leitanian War? ?"

Everyone nodded, and Nasti among the crowd was a direct participant in the project.

"I want to use them as a support point to build a defense line. However, the imaginary attack targets of this defense line are Terra's first-class powers like Victoria and Ursus, so our bastion must be strengthened. It serves as a defense support point. , must have the defensive power to withstand the Victoria large-caliber naval gun, and have strong attack firepower. To put it bluntly, it is a warship that cannot move."

After Teresica finished speaking, the crowd chattered for a while, and Nasty raised her hand and said: "Your Majesty, the building materials of the bastion itself are already our strongest. If we want to further improve our defense capabilities, , then you can only use Origin Stone skills."

After hearing what they were responsible for, several Pardoners stood up and said, "Your Majesty, we will complete the design of defensive spells for large targets as soon as possible."

The defense matter has finally come to an end, but what about the attack firepower?Kazdel's current infantry cannon is no different from a mosquito to a battleship.

"Your Majesty... why don't you remove the guns from our battleships?"

A naval engineer at the shipyard suggested: "Most of the warships we purchased from Ursus do not have enough crews and are idle anyway. Let's just remove the turrets and use them."

"That's a good suggestion."

Teresica strongly agrees that using existing resources can greatly save costs. It just so happens that what he wants now is to reduce military expenditures.

"We will get the design plan out as soon as possible. In addition, we also need to prepare and arrange a large-scale arms export."

Chapter 297 Touch Victoria

When any product is created from scratch, the cost is not just as simple as materials.There are also a series of investments in early scientific research and experiments, construction of production lines, etc.However, these investments will be gradually diluted by the scale effect as output gradually accumulates.

But no matter how you downplay it, the cost is within a country's finances.If the country can eat it all by itself, it will be a big expense.Moreover, any country, even a country with a large army like Ursus, has an upper limit on the number of soldiers, and the cost of weapons cannot be reduced to cabbage prices.

Therefore, it is necessary to export domestic weapons to foreign countries and collect an IQ tax openly and honestly. Even if the weapons are sold well, they can in turn generate income for the country.

However, after hearing what Teresica said, Kazdale's technical staff showed embarrassment on their faces.

Unlike other countries, Kazdaele's weapons and equipment do not have any technical advantages, but only novel design ideas.As for things like design ideas, people can copy them at a glance, and they can't keep the results at all.

Gottlieb from the Mercedes-Benz production plant is the person who has the deepest experience of this matter.A few years ago, at His Majesty's request, they built a sports car.At that time, a brand new market had just opened up, and it was extremely popular. However, within two years, after city car manufacturers in other countries reacted, they launched similar products, and technically surpassed Kazdale's products.

On the other hand, Mercedes-Benz does not have the ability to continue to produce products that can compete with sports cars from other countries. It can only change from a car factory to a 'gas station'.The main business is selling high-quality fuel, and the side business is providing some after-sales service to old customers. As for new customers, they no longer exist at all.

"Your Majesty, what weapons do you intend to allow for export?"

Alfred asked, and this really stumped Theresa. After all, he still knew the quality of his own things.

"Except for the Impaler drone and our semi-automatic individual crossbow, all other equipment can be exported."

After pondering for a while, he made a decision.The former is for the sake of Kazdaele's future technical advantages, and the latter is because Kazdaele's individual crossbow has been reskinned and mass-produced in Colombia. If it is taken out at a military expo, it is likely to cause some unnecessary The problem.

"Automatic spell support platforms, mortars, infantry guns and other active weapons are all available for sale! And that..."

Teresica looked at Ms. Drost, "How is the progress of the Letania-style D32 steel bayonet project, Ms. Drost?"

"The first batch of 10 prototypes has been submitted to the equipment department for acceptance testing."

Hearing Drost's answer, he nodded, "Very good. If it passes the acceptance inspection, it will also be put into the military expo, but the strength will be reduced, and D32 steel will not be needed."

"Yes." Ms. Droste nodded.

At this time, Alfred asked nervously: "Your Majesty, do our infantry guns and mortars need to be castrated?"

After thinking for a moment, Teresica waved her hand.The overall performance of the Kazdare artillery is not comparable to the artillery of those big countries, but the infantry artillery has some advantages in the rate of fire. If it is castrated, how can it be sold?

"There is no need to castrate it, just put it over when the time comes. And the cannonballs all use our Originium cannonballs with the double Originium skill circuit. Maybe people who don't like cannons can buy some cannonballs. But... the infantry cannons should be modified a little. Is there any way we can replace the hydraulic parking machine?"

Hydraulic technology should still be unique to Kazdaele on the continent of Terra. It has huge application prospects in all aspects. If it is taken away by other countries, it will be a huge loss for Kazdaele.

However, what stuck in the infantry gun design a few years ago was the recoil offset device. Is there a way to replace it now?

The impromptu meeting ended and the researchers dispersed in a hurry. They had to complete the task at hand as soon as possible.However, the person in the crowd who was most troubled was Alfred.

Others use existing finished products to make improvements, but his task is to start from scratch and create a replacement for the hydraulic parking machine.

In the next few days, there was no news from the technical department.Although Teresica is very concerned about the bastion upgrade plan and the development of substitutes for hydraulic components, it is related to the smooth promotion of disarmament and the order for weapons exports.

But he didn't dare to push it, not at all.People do things that are inspired by sudden inspiration. What if they are disturbed by him?

Teresica could only sit quietly in the Sakaz Palace, watching the information from the shapeshifters and the elders of the military council.

Until the day before he was about to leave for Eureka State, Nasty, Mel, and Alfred finally arrived at the Sakaz Palace holding several drawings.

"Your Majesty, the upgrade plan for the bastion has been completed. Please take a look."

Nasty from the banshee tribe was the first to present her results.

From the appearance point of view, the bastion has not changed much.However, the inner fortresses that were originally used to extend the holding time after being breached by the enemy were all demolished and replaced by the 120mm triple-mounted naval guns of two Ursus destroyers, surrounded by dozens of conspicuous large-scale defensive spells. crystallization.

However, Teresica had also seen the Ursus destroyer, and the naval gun turret installed in the bastion seemed a little different.

"You changed it?"