On the battlefield, Li Xin in the mecha cockpit slowly exhaled.

Turning his head, he looked at the entire battlefield.

In addition to the three knight squires he killed himself, there were also the corpses of two knight squires and a dagger squire.

The battle was so intense. Although the number of mechas on both sides was similar, there was still a big difference in the experience and quality of the mecha pilots.

In any case, the new recruits on Li Xin's side are still somewhat lacking in experience.

However, from this battle, it was discovered that the quality of the enemy's mecha pilots was also declining.

Before the first battle, the enemy's knight followers in the Behemoth Steel Plant were all at combat levels of D4 and D5.

They were really powerful at that time. Sometimes, when the inexperienced Li Xin thinks back on it, he even feels scared.

But the recent battles were different. Li Xin absorbed several unknown psychic signals, the melee control level of which was only D4.

There wasn't a single D5, including the three mechas just now. Even their squad commander, after being killed by Li Xin, was found to have only a D4.

The melee driving skill of one of the mechas is only D3.

It seems that the veterans on both sides have been exhausted in this state.

But it's normal if you think about it. Maintaining an army is actually very expensive, even for a big force like the Blueprint Biotechnology Group that occupies a vast area of ​​land, or the second-level Knights of Milda.

The cost of maintaining an army is definitely not low, and the soldiers' salaries can only be considered a small part of the expenses.

After all, Li Xin only earns a few hundred worth of energy coins a month.

However, weapons expenditure is definitely the biggest expense.

Training a mecha pilot, if the only requirement is to send him to the battlefield, actually doesn't take that long, just like Li Xin himself.

If you practice with a real mecha, you can go to the battlefield in less than a month.

It’s just that Li Xin is a little stronger, with the help of plug-ins.

It would be simpler if we use the three new recruits Wei Gan, Gan Hongcai and Ling Yangping as an example.

In military academies, they usually practice in simulation chambers, which is a much cheaper training method.

He already had D2-level combat skills before graduation, and after practicing with Li Xinshi for less than a month, he reached D3.

Now that I experience battles frequently, my experience points increase faster.

There are times when talent and veterans are important, but that is in times of war.

If you practice like this during non-wartime, one electromagnetic cannon shell will cost several energy coins, and one plasma cannon will consume even more energy.

The energy consumed by operating a huge mechanical creation like a mecha is definitely not low.

If you want to train soldiers, you have to spend money. In non-wartime, both Blueprint and the Knights of Milda have standing troops.

It was enough to prepare for a general battle, but a full-scale war had not occurred in hundreds of years, even in Guansuo IV.

Fights are going on everywhere, the Knights of Milda and Blueprint are fighting, and the Blueprint Group has to face more enemies.

It was normal that there were not enough veterans. All those who had not graduated, such as Wei Gan, were sent here.

Some former veterans were also re-enlisted.

But whether it is a new recruit or a retired veteran, they all have the same problem.

These combat levels are not permanent. It is normal for skills to become rusty if they are not used or practiced for a long time.

Although veterans who have not experienced war are stronger than new recruits in some aspects, they are not much stronger.

In the past, Li Xin only knew that the veterans in the blueprint were not enough, but now he realized that it was not just the blueprint.

There are not enough veterans of the Milda Knights either.

The Dan'an area is not the most intense battlefield, so the troops stationed here may not be the most elite.

This does not mean that all the veterans on both sides have been killed. That is impossible. A full-scale war will consume veterans, but it is the new recruits who will be consumed faster.

Many elite troops are still confronting each other on the fierce battlefield.

The enemy has prepared the most elite troops on the table, so our side must also prepare similar chips on the table.

Otherwise, if one place fails, the loss will be greater than the loss of veterans.

The gap between infantry recruits and veterans is relatively small. Just like the new recruits of Hengan Defense, they are sent directly to the battlefield after one month of training and fight a few battles. Those who survive are naturally veterans.

Technical arms, such as armored troops and artillery, are relatively more difficult, but now that technology is advanced, many officers have biological intelligence chips.

For example, artillery members need to perform core tasks such as calculating ballistics and coordinates, which can be completed in a short time by officers equipped with chips, and veterans are enough for this.

As for the other soldiers, there is no problem in filling them with new recruits. They just have to do some work such as loading shells, propellant, etc.

It is more difficult to produce mecha soldiers because they require psychics, but as long as they are willing to spend money, Blueprint Group or the Knights of Milda can mass-produce psychics.

The territory currently ruled by Blueprint Group and the Knights of Milda on Guansuo IV is about the same size as a country on Blue Star where Li Xin originally lived.

The blueprint is relatively larger, and the Knights of Milda are a second-rate force.

The wartime state and the peacetime civilian state are of course different.

In wartime, many factories will be directly converted into military factories, materials will be requisitioned, and workers will be mobilized to produce combat weapons and ammunition.

Correspondingly, the cost of these weapons and ammunition will also drop rapidly.

If one shell is calculated in terms of energy coins, it would cost a few energy coins, but if converted into worthless planetary coins, it might be several thousand.

But what is its main cost?

Some chemical gunpowder, some copper, or even steel can be used.

If we remove the profits of military-industrial enterprises and labor costs, we will see that an entire major force is making efforts for war.

Then the cost of war weapons is actually not worth mentioning.

As long as the resources can be produced locally, the cost will not be high. As for the others, we can consider them after the war.

Just like a biological intelligence chip, one requires hundreds of energy coins, or even a higher price.

However, the value of these chips is largely reflected in the price of technology. After removing the added value of labor and technology, even if a chip requires some precious materials, the overall cost is very low.

It’s just that low-level psychics cannot use advanced chips.

Li Xin gradually withdrew his thoughts. He had too many things to think about at the moment.

But judging from the individual quality of the enemy soldiers currently launching the attack, the Milda Knights are not having an easy time either.

Not only is Blueprint using soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, but the Knights of Milda are also doing the same.

Will the battles in the Dan'an area become a fight between weaklings in the future?

Li Xinxin couldn't help but fantasize in his heart.