Chapter 428, Invest in People
500,000 grace points bring an annual output value of 10 billion, and in theory this increase is permanent.
Of course, if the social environment of these planets is in turmoil, or there is large-scale corruption or institutional rigidity, then there is still a possibility of a reduction in production. But that is not a problem with the exchange option, but a problem with Gu Hang's rule.
Solve whatever needs to be solved.
The uses of the other 500,000 points of grace in his hand are more complicated.
Two hundred thousand dollars were spent on military training, which would bring in twenty million qualified soldiers.
Now the Alliance's army no longer relies solely on its soldier card training system to train its soldiers. A considerable number of qualified soldiers have been trained under the qualified training mechanism that the Alliance Army has established in the past few years.
But that would still take a long time. In order to ensure the combat capability of the corresponding troops, Gu Hang still needed to supplement some qualified T5-level soldiers through the training of the soldier card system, and increase the proportion of standard Star Army soldiers in some corresponding troops to 70% or even above 80%.
The 20 million newly trained soldiers will not be used to form a new organization. They are all in the recruit training centers on various planets in the Tianma Star Region and will be sent to various troops, especially the front-line troops, to supplement the corresponding teams.
Currently, among the troops of the Alliance Army, some division-level units that were badly damaged in the war have been withdrawn for rest and recuperation. These troops will be given priority in receiving reinforcements.
Of course, in order to ensure that the front-line troops have sufficient combat troops, if a division is withdrawn, the alliance will send out a division to supplement the corresponding army group.
Currently, the total number of the Alliance Army has reached more than 400 million, at least that's the organization.
There are 18 army groups here, each of which is composed of 20 army groups, with a total of 22 million people.
A single army group has about one million people and is composed of 25 divisions and brigades.
But in general, the size of the army group and the army group is not the same. Some army groups have fewer armies, while others have more. The number of divisions and brigades under each army is also not fixed. During the war, some divisions and brigades will be temporarily transferred to where they are needed.
In contrast, the organization below the division and brigade level is fixed.
The current situation of the alliance's division and brigade units is already quite complicated, but generally speaking, there are three most common organizations:
The largest number is the Large Infantry Division, which generally has about 44,000 people and is composed of 12 infantry regiments. This is the main front-line combat force of the division; the 8 artillery battalions attached to it have 400 heavy artillery pieces, and the infantry regiment also has its own artillery support company, all equipped with self-propelled artillery.
A division has 600 self-propelled artillery pieces.
Small mortars, rocket launchers, heavy bombs, heavy plasma guns, melta bomb projectors and the like are not counted. These weapons are generally distributed to the company and battalion levels.
In addition, there is an air force squadron consisting of at least 60 Falcons.
This large infantry division is the undisputed main force and backbone of the alliance, the shield and hammer of the alliance. They are the ones who have a large number of people and strong firepower, and they are the ones who fight offensive and defensive battles. Once the trenches are dug and the fortifications are built, any enemy who wants to break in will have to be bombarded by the heavy artillery of the alliance before they have a chance.
The total cost of building such a division reached 1.3 million tax coins.
The second common division-brigade unit is the heavy armored combined brigade. The main force is 8 heavy armored combined battalions and 3 tank battalions. Not to mention the large number of armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, the main force is 320 Lion tanks, 9 Lion King tanks, and 60 Falcon fighters.
Although there are only about 12,500 people in total, the huge armored force makes such a heavily armored combined brigade almost invincible on the battlefield!
The cost of building such a division has soared to nearly 5 million tax coins.
The smallest in number is the "Skeleton Division". Such a division can actually be basically understood as a combination of an infantry division and an armored division. It has a total number of over 60,000 people, with more powerful firepower and armored strength. It mainly undertakes the most important combat tasks of an army group in a certain aspect.
What makes them different from normal divisions and brigades is that a considerable proportion of their soldiers are T4 level; their infantry equipment will also be innovated to a large proportion of laser guns and electromagnetic rifles. The number of various high-level weapons such as explosive bombs, plasma, and hot melt in the hands of infantry will also be much higher than that of ordinary troops.
The cost of building such a division would soar to 9 million tax coins.
As for the four elite special-numbered troops, the 1st Wind-Quiet Brigade, the 2nd Beast Slayer Division, the 10th Special Operations Brigade, and the 31st Ace Airborne Division, it is even more difficult to calculate, as their equipment and personnel configuration are different from those of other division- and brigade-level units.
Such is the present composition of the Union Army.
The army has both numbers and frontal firepower, supported by numerous large infantry divisions; the army has both armor and attack capabilities, supported by heavy brigades.
The Skeleton Division will lead the way in crucial battles. This is an elite force that can be compared with the elite troops of any reputable high-level Astra Militarum legion, in terms of equipment or training.
Unfortunately, the alliance is still not rich enough. Even now, it is not guaranteed that every army group has an elite unit like the "Skull Division", and even each army group only has one or two.
But despite this, the Alliance Army is still Gu Hang's pride and the trump card that enables the Alliance to survive to this day.
Even though the Alliance has invested huge manpower and material resources, the most important resources and the most funds have been spent on naval construction, hoping to catch up and overtake. But for now, the army is still the foundation of the Alliance.
A large infantry division can ensure that its position is not lost when facing an attack from an equal number of greenskins; with the addition of a heavy combined brigade, it can break through two or even three times the number of greenskin positions; facing the elite greenskins with heavy equipment, the Alliance also has enough firepower and armor to fight back.
These are extremely rare.
Gu Hang could even say with confidence that in the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, there was no other human ground force that could compare with the Alliance Army.
The Dragon Eagle Legion is no match for them. The Dragon Eagle Legion has a total of thirteen legions with a total of over one billion people, which is much larger than the Alliance Army, but in terms of equipment and overall training level, it is definitely inferior.
As long as the Alliance catches up in naval power, or at least does not lag behind, the strength of the Alliance Army will be able to play a significant role on the space battlefield.
The meaning of "not holding back" is that the navy does not have to win the naval battle. It is enough to ensure that the troops can be deployed normally and that the enemy cannot carry out orbital bombing on the army without restraint.
This requirement is much simpler than gaining control of space.
As long as this low standard is reached, the alliance's combat effectiveness can be multiplied.
After all, in this cold universe, the void itself has no value. The most important value lies in the many planets.
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In addition to the 200,000 grace points for army construction, Gu Hang also invested 150,000 grace points in talent development.
It is used in a more complicated way here.
The further construction of the academy cost a sum of grace points. The education industry on Feiyi Star is already relatively developed, but the Alliance cannot really rely on Feiyi Star to complete all educational work. The construction of corresponding academies on Angry Owl Star, Koroja, and Faches... must also be put on the agenda.
There is also some adequate training of civilian officials.
Especially after entering the war period, the alliance launched the third-level mobilization order. Under this mobilization scale, large-scale social unrest is not likely to occur, and the overall order is maintained very well, or even stronger.
However, maintaining a stronger social order requires more government governance costs. At the same time, under the mobilization order, civilian production has not suffered setbacks, but at least its growth has slowed down significantly, which will cause the growth of people's regular consumption and living standards to stagnate. This problem also requires stronger government control and propaganda to be suppressed.
Gu Hang was very wary of the possibility of systemic corruption growing within the alliance without his knowledge. The more critical the moment, the more one must be wary of pervasive corruption.
Under his request, on the one hand, the government system must conduct self-examination and self-correction to ensure that there is no such thing as "the system forces people to be corrupt", "doing the wrong things for the sake of superior indicators and performance", "ensuring the consistency of core goals and specific policies", "ensuring the consistency of goals among the government, officials, and the public"...
Generally speaking, a good system makes people do good things; a bad system forces people to do bad things.
These have put forward higher management requirements for the union government, which needs to be vigilant and adjust at all times, and rely on continuous institutional reform to maintain the vitality of the system.
But all reforms and internal adjustments require people to implement them.
In terms of personnel quality, the conventional education system is of course the most important aspect. However, directly training the loyalty of key personnel in key positions through Zhongsi College is a guarantee of the bottom line.
Let’s not talk about whether the system has problems or not. First of all, we need to ensure that there are no problems with the people who reform and implement the system. Without the latter, the former is out of the question.
In addition to the educational foundation and civil servant training, Gu Hang also made an investment in personnel, which was placed on the special front.
The alliance's demand for intelligence has become increasingly greater as its size has expanded.
The legal center system under the command of Chief Justice Lambert is independent of the Union Government. Under him, the General Police Department, the General Security Department, and the General Integrity Department are all agencies with internal intelligence functions, but they are somewhat different in terms of functions.
The police station is responsible for civilian cases, focusing on public security and maintaining stability; the Integrity Bureau is responsible for anti-corruption work among government officials and state-owned enterprises; and the Union Security Bureau is responsible for counter-espionage, anti-subversion, and monitoring and combating insurgents.
There is no need to say much about the first two. The presence of the National Security Agency within the alliance has always been low, but in fact it has been doing a lot of things in secret.
The society of the Alliance has always been very stable. This is not only because after the Alliance gained control of the entire Pegasus star region, the people's living standards have not declined but have risen, but also because all kinds of local forces have either been tied to the Alliance's chariot or suffered an iron fist and were wiped out.
But it won't be completely clean.
There are always some remnants. For example, the royalists in the old kingdoms of Black Arrow Star, the remaining old gangs and bureaucrats in Koroja, the remnants of the Fachers family, the old business owners who were nationalized on Wing Star... and their sympathizers and supporters, they always exist.
Some of them were hit by the Iron Fist, but not completely; some pretended to get on the Alliance's bandwagon and were secretly supporting the remnants.
These guys certainly don't dare to take action openly.
If you jump out, you will die. Under the strong, unified and strict rule of the alliance, with powerful military force and the general trust of the people, direct rebellion and confrontation are like an egg hitting a stone.
However, this does not mean that the hatred and will to resist in their hearts will be completely lost.
Rumors, incitement, strikes, secretly preparing weapons to incite the people to riot, packaging individual tragic cases of individuals (which are inevitable in a society of 60 billion people) as the fault of the coalition rule and privately publicizing them...
Such despicable tactics have never been completely eliminated.
The main work of the General Security Bureau over the years has been to combat this.
The internal intelligence organizations include the Military Security Bureau under the Military Affairs Center led by Thadius, which is also responsible for counter-espionage and anti-riot, but is more military-oriented; there is also the Military Police Headquarters, which is led by the Military Police Commissar and is responsible for internal military discipline;
The government also has a Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is responsible for self-examination and rectification on the government side and for purging traitors.
All in all, there are three departments in the Legal Affairs Center, two in the Military Affairs Center, and one in the government, a total of six departments with clear internal supervision and management responsibilities. Each department has its own focus, but there is some overlap in their authority, and they can supervise each other.
All of these organizations need special personnel with investigative and special service skills, that is, special agent talents.
In addition to internal intelligence organizations, there are three major external intelligence organizations: the Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Central Investigation Bureau of the Legal Affairs Center.
The military situation is actually fine, both within the team and externally. Currently, political commissars and special forces from various units have been deployed to form troops as force support, which is basically sufficient.
However, non-military intelligence agents still need to be trained, and the alliance has a large personnel gap in this area.
The first thing about these personnel is their loyalty, which is mainly solved by the training of Zhongsi Academy and the direct training of one person with Gu Hang's 10 points of grace. However, the training of skills and techniques depends heavily on the training of the alliance itself, and Gu Hang's current troop exchange options do not have such things.
But fortunately, for this kind of "job", quality is more important than quantity.
Gu Hang is unable to provide a guarantee for the alliance's internal and external intelligence personnel in terms of capabilities, but he does have a means to improve them: hero activation.
Currently, with a population of more than 60 billion, there are already tens of millions of people with heroic potential who can be activated. Gu Hang can't activate all of them, but he can activate them in a targeted manner.
For example, if the efficiency of the shipyard needs to be improved, Gu Hang can screen all the shipyard engineers, see how many potential heroes can be activated, and selectively activate some of them; the same applies to special agent talents.
Although it is possible that this person is currently working as an agent, his greatest potential is not in this area. However, this probability is always low. Those who can become agents through strict recruitment, training, and assessment by the eight major departments are likely to have special expertise in this area.
If you really fail to draw the right hero occasionally, then so be it. It's not expensive to activate a potential hero with ten points of grace. The expensive part is the subsequent upgrade. But you can also let them accumulate experience and upgrade slowly by themselves.
In short, Gu Hang spent a total of 200,000 points of grace on the construction of the academy, the activation of special agent talents and ship engineer heroes.
He used the remaining 100,000 to draw a 100,000-level technology.
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(End of this chapter)
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