Chapter 315, Military Construction
The Storm Mage Corps and the Cradle Project are the two core areas of Gu Hang's subsequent talent training.
The former is a path that focuses on cultivating extraordinary talents and building a psychic order, with psychics as the core; while the latter is the most indispensable talent development in the alliance's own all-round development process.
Gu Hang was willing to invest a large amount of grace points in these two things.
So far, his total investment in buildings and talents has reached more than 17,000 grace points.
There are still more than 30,000 on hand.
Next, it’s time for military construction.
In terms of military equipment, it does not rely on gift points, but on the alliance's own productivity; however, in terms of personnel, it still needs to be supplemented by the training function provided on the [Soldier Card] panel.
The first step is to replenish the existing troops.
The two phases of the Blackbird Campaign had resulted in cumulative casualties of more than 75,000 people for the Alliance; the Angry Bear Legion's battle on Koroja III had also resulted in cumulative casualties of 10,000 people to date.
The alliance army also paid the price of countless casualties in the glorious victory.
This amount of loss is actually not small at all.
Before the victory of the Blackbird Campaign, the Alliance's total manpower pool was less than 500,000 without mobilization, and it was almost full. The number of active soldiers in the Alliance had exceeded 500,000. In the middle and late stages of the Blackbird Campaign, the Alliance activated the Secondary Mobilization Order, shifted production capacity to the military industry, and expanded the scope of conscription, which helped it withstand the pressure.
Now, the mobilization order was cancelled after the war. However, after the victory, the alliance also gained control over the entire western part of the continent. After the Western Desert Province and the Western Three Provinces, a total of four large provinces with a population of 18 million joined the alliance, the alliance's shortage of available manpower was greatly alleviated.
Gu Hang had no intention of expanding the army on a particularly large scale for the time being. He simply established six new armored combined divisions numbered 60 to 65, with their organizational structure aligned with the current Xifeng Brigade.
At the same time, all other existing combined brigades have been transformed according to this standard.
As for the 1st Wind-Stop Brigade, which had always been used as a model for improvement of the Allied Forces, it was further strengthened and reorganized.
First of all, all the combined battalions have increased their strength and removed all the motorized infantry companies. Instead, they have been completely transformed into 4 armored infantry companies plus 2 tank companies, which also include engineering, logistics, communications, reconnaissance, air defense and other functional units.
The strength of such a battalion increased by half from the original 800-plus men to 1,200 men.
In terms of the number of people, it is almost comparable to an ordinary regiment, and the density of technical equipment is many times that of a regular regiment.
For the entire brigade, the number of such main combined battalions increased from 5 to 8, and the original tank battalion increased from 1 to 2. The artillery support companies of each battalion and the artillery battalion directly under the brigade changed from the original towed artillery to self-propelled artillery with much higher mobility. The brigade headquarters also has various functional units under the brigade headquarters.
The total strength of the brigade increased from 9,100 to 12,000; the number of tanks increased from 80 to 204, a 2.5-fold increase; the number of armored vehicles increased from more than 200 to 900, including the largest number of infantry fighting vehicles, more air defense models and communication and command models under the "Walker" series. The brigade headquarters also directly deployed three aviation formations of the brigade, with a total of 30 Falcons.
Gu Hang will collectively train all the soldiers from the T5 level to the T4 level; the equipment of the front-line combat infantry will be completely replaced from the G series live-ammunition rifles to the LR series laser rifles or the HS series electromagnetic rifles.
Such a luxurious and enhanced combined brigade, as a demonstration army, will take a long time to build, and it is unlikely that the modification can be completed in a short time.
From the price, it can be seen that the cost of the Wind-Quieting Brigade will soar from the original 90 points of grace plus less than 600,000 tax coins to 1,320 points of grace plus 1.8 million tax coins.
With the improvement of soldiers' quality and the greatly increased density of technical equipment, there is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of the Xifeng Brigade will be greatly increased. Although the number of people has only increased by about 3,000, the combat effectiveness should have increased many times.
However, Gu Hang was actually not sure how cost-effective the improvement in combat effectiveness would be compared to the additional costs.
The construction cost has tripled, which is easy to say. The substantial increase in the number of equipment directly enhances the combat capability. That is, the extra one thousand points of grace spent on improving the quality of soldiers can increase the combat effectiveness tenfold.
Gu Hang had some doubts about this.
But then again, how do you know if you don’t try?
It's just a brigade anyway, and the Xifeng Brigade, as a demonstration unit, should be reorganized into an experimental unit.
What remains to be done may be for the Xifeng Brigade to go to a certain battlefield and test through actual combat whether the improvement in combat effectiveness is as exaggerated as the increase in cost.
However, there was no longer any battle on the Angry Owl Star that required them to take action. For conventional local repression work, there was no difference between the cheapest garrison division and the most expensive elite heavy-armored combined brigade.
But the alliance now also has two battlefields that need manpower.
They are Koroja 3 and Black Arrow.
Gu Hang thought about it and decided that he could throw the entire Xifeng Brigade to the Black Arrow Star.
There's been a war there lately.
We will talk about the specific situation later. Gu Hang’s attention is still on the construction of his army.
To complete the construction of six new brigades, the transformation of nine other combined brigades, and the major reinforcement of the Xifeng Brigade, a total of more than 60,000 new troops will be needed; the military expenses for additional equipment will increase the military budget by nearly 6 million tax coins.
The equipment gap is another matter. With the current productivity of the alliance, the pressure is still quite great. But as the alliance develops in the future, this pressure should be able to be quickly alleviated. At the same time, large military orders will also stimulate the development of the alliance industry.
As for the personnel gaps, new troops and the losses of previous troops must also be filled. In total, Gu Hang recruited nearly 140,000 new troops into the army.
The previous alliance certainly couldn't afford to recruit so many people, and was almost reaching the upper limit of available manpower for the second-level mobilization order.
But now, the pressure is not too great.
The population of the Western Desert, the Three Western Provinces, and immigrants to the Alliance... After the total population of the Alliance soared from 25 million to 45 million, these new humans joining the Alliance can all be used.
After the mobilization order is lifted, the estimated available manpower is over 800,000.
Currently, the alliance army, including the Angry Bear Legion, only has a total of 600,000 people.
For those who have just joined the alliance, being a soldier is not a bad choice. When you first join the alliance, the treatment of a private soldier is equivalent to that of an E6. After staying for a while, performing better in training, or having a longer military service, you can be promoted to an officer or a non-commissioned officer, but at least you can reach the level of a private first class without any bottleneck.
The treatment of a corporal is equivalent to that of an E9 rank, and this level is also the same if you transfer directly to civilian work after retiring from the army.
As for injuries and sacrifices... this is the inevitable fate of being a soldier. However, the Alliance's pension policy has always been relatively generous, at least alleviating many people's worries.
These 140,000 people will enter the new recruits camps established by the Alliance Military and Political Department around the world for preliminary training.
Then, Gu Hang would perform a ritual on it.
The cost of training 140,000 people, even if all of them are only trained to T5 level, with one point of grace to train one hundred people, would cost 1,400 points.
Add to that the approximately thirteen thousand dollars that the Xifeng Brigade will spend, the total cost is two thousand seven hundred dollars.
As the size of the army grows and higher requirements are placed on the quality of the troops, the training costs that were previously considered completely insignificant have gradually become significant.
However, overall it is not a big deal.
The real big deal is the training of Space Marines.
So far, the number of phoenixes remains at around thirty.
Captain Martins was very satisfied with this.
When he was wandering, he expected the best outcome and never dared to imagine that in less than three years, their number would soar from seven to thirty-six.
As for Gu Hang, the reason he did not continue to increase the number of Space Marines was not because he did not want to, but mainly because it was too expensive.
Gu Hang had calculated that the average cost for him to train a new blood for the Phoenix was about 600 to 700 grace points per person - including the initial personnel selection and training, as well as the exchange of seeds.
This is a relatively expensive price. Using Space Marines to fight is undoubtedly a very luxurious act.
In addition to the consumption of grace points, power armor and other types of equipment exclusive to Space Marines are also huge expenses.
Previously, the reason why the number of Space Marines was not further increased was due to the lack of power armor.
At present, except for the first seven power armors used by the Phoenix, the rest were ordered by Gu Hang from Gu’s Trading Company.
50,000 tax coins per unit, excluding any other equipment.
And if we take into account other equipment, not to mention the cheaper bolters and chainswords, mobile backpacks, plasma guns or melta guns, power swords, missile platforms, and even Terminator armor and dreadnought mecha... each of them is extremely expensive.
Buying it doesn't work anymore.
Not to mention the other equipment, the price of another twenty power armors would soar to one million tax coins. At that time, it was Gu Hang who had to tie these space warriors to his battlefield and grit his teeth to keep his promise to the Phoenix. Then he encountered the attack of the green-skinned pirates. His cousin gave the money directly as a gift, which was considered to be enough to bear the cost.
If I buy it later, the price will be too expensive.
And it is difficult to buy it.
Space Marine Power Armor is not only expensive, but also has low production capacity. Generally, only some forge worlds of the Mechanicus have this production technology. But the key demand is relatively small.
A standard Space Marine Chapter has a full complement of about 1,000 men. Taking into account some possible reserves, the total demand is only about 1,500 or 2,000 sets.
And this kind of power armor can only be worn by Space Marines.
The regular power armor that mortals can use is not the same as this.
With such a low demand, many forging worlds have the ability to produce, but they won't produce too much. If you buy a small amount, they won't bother to make it for you, and can only wait and see if there is any surplus; if you buy a large amount, they will be willing to start production, but the price is unaffordable.
After all, when it comes to power armor, the saying "it's better to buy than to build" is simply not true.
The production of power armor and other Space Marine-specific equipment still has to be solved by self-production.
It's just a matter of spending more grace points.
In fact, he had already made up his mind to extract some Space Marine-related technologies during this return voyage. After completing the event line of "The Death of the Phoenix", he could already choose to extract Space Marine-related technologies when extracting technologies, which greatly reduced the element of luck.
Let's put aside the matter of the technology lottery for now. Gu Hang has planned another amount of gift points, about 15,000 points. It is expected that 20 new Phoenix bloods can be cultivated.
They themselves also need at least half a year to two years of growth time, and during this period, the Alliance's own power armor should be able to come out.
Even if it cannot be built, or it is not cost-effective to build, it is still possible to extract technology and pull the black box out.
In addition to twenty new Phoenix blood, spending these 15,000 points of grace also provides some additional benefits.
That is a large number of elite soldiers of level T2, T3, and T4.
The T4 soldiers will be placed in various units. These are the first batch of young men who are eliminated in the process of training space warriors. They have the weakest potential. In the regular units, they are also excellent soldiers. All units will welcome their arrival.
As for the T3 and T2 level soldiers, they were all assigned to the 10th Brigade.
This special warfare brigade has more than 4,000 people, all of whom are eliminated during the training process of Space Marines. Wearing the exoskeleton armor produced by the Alliance, they can also use bolters and chainswords individually. Their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of regular Space Marines. If they really meet them, I'm afraid they will be killed at will by the invincible Space Marines.
But if they encounter other normal armies with the same light infantry, they can still kill them indiscriminately.
The point is that the quantities vary greatly.
After all, there are only a few dozen Space Marines, and they can't be asked to take on every mission.
But it is different for a special operations brigade with thousands of people.
In fact, the 10th Brigade had already performed very well in the previous Blackbird Campaign. They were responsible for attacking key targets many times, and they were often able to fulfill their mission and achieve their goals, avoiding heavy casualties among conventional troops. They also carried out special airborne operations, infiltrated operations behind enemy lines, carried out decapitation tactics on the enemy's data transmission command nodes, and destroyed the enemy's logistics supply centers...
At that time, there was only a special operations brigade of 2,000 people, but the effect they brought was more effective than several more divisions.
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