[Chapter 397: Winter City’s Military Strength]
Snowflakes are flying and the north wind is howling.
In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.
But for the northern plains, the new year still starts with a cold wind and snowstorm. However, the people living in Winter City will not be affected by the cold wind and snow.
Staying in a heated house, you don’t have to worry about falling asleep in a harsh environment.
The people of Winter City, who don’t have to worry about their living environment and have enough food, even regard shoveling and sweeping snow as a kind of entertainment. Laughter and joy can be heard from time to time in all parts of Winter City.
In such an atmosphere, the development speed of Winter City can be imagined!
“The industrial zone is constantly growing and developing, and several new factories have been built this month.” Weatherby Swan reports to David on the situation in various parts of Winter City every once in a while. Today is the day for routine reports again: “They are the production of clocks, pen ink, compasses and rulers, school uniforms…”
“Are they targeting Winter College?”
“Yes.”
All the learning tools used by students of Winter College are distributed by the school.
In the past, when the number of students was small, these things could be purchased by Ethan in his own world, or even customized by craftsmen in Winter City, which was not a big deal.
But since the population of Winter City has skyrocketed, the number of new students this year has become particularly large.
Winter College not only recruited many new teachers, but also ordered a large number of various school supplies – this move also brought business opportunities to those nobles with sufficient capital.
Some nobles have determined that Winter College will continue to operate, that is, Winter College will not fall. With the continuous increase in population, there will be new students every year, plus ink, notebooks and the like are consumables, which means that Winter College has to purchase these things for a long time. So
the nobles want to open a workshop to monopolize this stable business – with the establishment of the industrial zone, the workshop has become a factory.
In addition to the continuous increase in factories in the industrial zone, more jobs have been provided for residents in the city: because of a large number of vacancies, orcs began to work in factories.
With the completion of the construction of the east-west highway, the civilian transportation industry has also begun to rise – transporting all kinds of rice, noodles, vegetables, fruits, and various clothes from Winter City to Snowfield Castle and Port Tilan for sale. It also
stimulated the prosperity of the civilian vehicle production industry.
What David is facing now is not economic stagnation or insufficient resources, but insufficient labor.
The current 100,000 people in Winter City seem to be a lot, and compared with the small population at the beginning, it has increased a lot. But when the real large-scale development is carried out, it is found that 100,000 people are nothing.
This is the case with the help of Cybertronians in construction, and Winter City has a lot of “advanced” machinery.
If it is purely based on human development, these 100,000 people may not even build Winter City!
“What about the military industry?”
“The production line of new light cavalry armor, heavy cavalry and super heavy cavalry systems has been established, and it is expected that the first batch of equipment will be produced before the weather warms up.” Light cavalry armor
, heavy cavalry systems and super heavy cavalry are about to be mass-produced.
Among them, the heavy cavalry system has three postures: motorcycle, flying skateboard and heavy armor, while the super heavy cavalry currently only produces two types of armed off-road vehicles/tank transformation large armor.
Whether other vehicles will be produced in the future depends on whether there is relevant demand in the future.
Ghost drones also have a separate production line, but they will not be mass-produced at present. Only a small number of them are produced. Whether they are distributed on a large scale or used in small quantities as specific equipment will be decided based on actual usage.
War armor is about to start production, and weapons must keep up.
The new flute multi-function rifle has been finalized. After testing, it is very suitable for the needs of the Knights of Tilan.
This flute multi-function rifle has semi-automatic and full-automatic modes, and can be used for ultra-long-range precision shooting. In addition to being able to fire live ammunition, it can also be switched to energy bullet firing mode.
In addition to the flute multi-function rifle, a new mechanical bow has also been finalized.
This mechanical bow has the power that is not inferior to the flute rifle, and it is more friendly to rangers who have mastered arcane energy, because this mechanical bow has a high affinity for energy and has a certain amplification and strengthening effect. In fact, it is an enchanted equipment.
If there is a disadvantage, it is that it is difficult to make and the materials are special (some materials need to be brushed in the dungeon), and the manufacturing cost is much higher than that of the flute rifle.
But David doesn’t care. Although Aidan and himself don’t go to the dungeon very often, there are so many people in Winter City, and there are always people who need to go to the dungeon to brush.
For example, Gwen and her friends still go in to exercise from time to time, and Mark has also frequently gone to the dungeon to improve his strength and get materials by the way.
Even if the number of people entering the dungeon is still limited, as long as people keep going in, the materials with the “power of hell” will only increase.
Those materials will just take up space, wouldn’t it be better to use them to make equipment and improve the strength of the subordinates?
“In this way, the Tilan Knights will be able to form a fighting force before summer.”
David set the time for his succession in autumn, and it was in line with his expectations that the Tilan Knights would form a basic fighting force in summer.
I continued to listen to Weatherby’s report for a while, and then listened to Elizabeth’s report.
Elizabeth is now the Minister of Police of the Principality of Winter, responsible for the internal security of the country, and she has done a good job so far.
Under her management, Winter City has not had any particularly serious cases so far, and the worst is fighting.
There is no need to worry about public security, and finally asked about the military.
After a period of reorganization, the Winter Knights still have not reached the standard of 100 people.
If it is based on the original standard, it can be filled with 100 people, but Gareth and Floyd have raised the requirements of the Winter Knights. Those who cannot master the Holy Light and become Paladins in the future will not be recruited into the Winter Knights.
So far, less than one-third of the Winter Knights have mastered the Holy Light and become Paladins, but everyone is making good progress. At this pace, it will not be long before all members become Paladins.
Speaking of this, Gareth also complained that Sylvanas poached Jack Krauser, the only ranger of the Winter Knights.
After Sylvanas reorganized the Tiran Knights, there are currently 450 people. This number will not change in the short term. Whether it is reduced because it cannot meet Sylvanas’s requirements or expanded to 500 people because of its outstanding performance, it depends on the actual performance of the Tiran Knights.
“The reorganized Winter Legion has reached 2,000 people.”
“Why is the number increased?”
“A new batch of soldiers were recruited from the civilians of Winter City.”
The Winter Legion will be the largest standing army in the future. They will also take over most of the standing work such as garrisoning, patrolling, and standing guard.
Together with the 800-man Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment and the Cybertronians who are almost all warriors, this is the current standing military force of Winter City.
With such military strength, it should be easy to sweep the Brunnia continent.
Moreover, David still has dozens of Kryptonians to dispatch and command. He has not yet decided whether to form a special forces team with Kryptonians alone, or let General Zod command the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment?
After listening to the routine report, David was about to call Zod to the office to ask him what he meant when Clarisse and Kara suddenly came over.
“What happened?”
“Kara found some clues about the orcs’ hometown.”
“Oh?”
David sent Rumlow and Logan to the east sea to look for the orcs’ hometown, Asegos Island, but found nothing.
Later, he originally wanted the Cybertronians to go to the sea to have a look, but Kara and Clarisse, who had been relatively idle recently, took over this task and flew to the east sea in a Quinjet.
After Kara found some clues, the two used the teleportation ability of the twinkle to return to Winter City directly, and then ran directly to report to David.
“Is there a technological product disguised as a reef on the seabed?”
“Yeah!”
Kara said that she found more than one place, and saw several technological creations of the same structure in a certain area. According to her observation, this thing seems to be an interface for docking large facilities.
“Oh?”
David immediately thought of a possibility: the so-called Asegos Island is actually a large ship disguised as an island? Or something similar?
This is not difficult to guess, especially knowing that the orcs are a race that the gods have “thrown” out, and there have been so many examples of humans and dark elves before.
“Are there other facilities below the interface?”
“No.”
David nodded to show that he knew. He now began to think about another question: If this island is really some kind of large facility, then where will it go after completing the task of launching a new race?
Fly away from this planet? Or, park somewhere else?
Flying away from this planet is naturally not a consideration; but if it does not leave, but parked somewhere else, considering the depth of the water and other issues, does it mean that there is another continent to the east or further away?
David didn’t know if his guess was right. If he happened to guess right, that continent should have a closer connection with the gods in the “sky”.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“You’re welcome, it’s just a small favor.” Kara thought that what she did was not worth mentioning. After living in Winter City for a while, she had already fallen in love with this place. She hoped that the beauty of Winter City could be maintained for a long time, and she was willing to lend a helping hand: “Are there any other troubles that need to be solved?”
“No for now.”
David wanted to ask Kara how she was doing recently? Did she find a satisfactory job?
But Liadrin was waiting outside, so David had to end the conversation and let Liadrin come in to report on the situation of the elves in the Ironwood Forest.
(End of this chapter)