Chapter 205 Comprehensive military expansion! (Subscribe!)
The unique aroma of wheat gradually spread in Jah Revere's mouth, making his eyes moist involuntarily.
His previous life as a pirate had made him wander around and live in fear, to the point that it was extremely difficult for him to get a good night's sleep. But now... he was finally experiencing the life of a normal person again.
Captain Jack was right. Idar County was indeed a magical place, and it rekindled Jah Revere's hope for the future.
Jake Revere was moved by the bustling city life before him, and Captain Jack was also surprised by the new weapons Bruno prepared for them.
Although compared with the Idar Navy, the newly established Idar Whaling Company can only be regarded as the godson of the Idar Lord at most, but the new weapons placed in the warehouse in front of him are enough to make him so excited that he can't stand.
The number of magic crystal bombs is very small. After all, it is an extremely important strategic material for the Idar Territory, so Bruno will naturally not deliver it easily.
Besides, since the pirates entrenched in Merlin Bay have been wiped out, who are you going to attack with the magic crystal bomb?
So... the number of magic crystal bombs handed over to Idar Whaling Company is extremely limited, more so that they have a trump card to prevent other unexpected incidents from happening.
In fact, it is not just the Idar Whaling Company, but also the army of Idar. The use of every magic crystal bomb must be recorded in the archives to prevent the loss and abuse of this powerful weapon.
Most of the weapons and equipment Bruno provided to the Idar Whaling Company were improved melee weapons and new crossbows specifically for hunting whales.
And those improved weapons are all forged from extremely high-quality steel.
The Idar Steel Plant has an extremely terrifying steel production capacity for this era, and all of this steel is high-quality steel that is selected from thousands of miles away.
However, since the framework of Idar Territory has just been laid out and construction in all aspects is only in its infancy, in addition to the creation of melee weapons, a large portion of the steel produced by the Idar Steel Plant has been stockpiled as a strategic resource.
Instead of leaving it in a warehouse to rot, it would be better to give part of it to the Idar Whaling Company for use.
On the one hand, it can greatly improve the combat capabilities of these former pirates, and on the other hand, it can also test the quality of these weapons through the feedback from the pirates after using them, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Moreover, if circumstances permit in the future, Bruno can even export these weapons in exchange for a large amount of gold coins, thus clearing obstacles for the further development of Idar Territory.
In order to facilitate the rapid development of the Idar Whaling Company's legitimate business, a large number of these melee weapons are sharp harpoons. Bruno also added an additional bleeding groove at the tip of the harpoon to cause greater damage to possible enemies.
As for the improved crossbow...Bruno called it the "I-type whale hunting harpoon".
Not only the pirate ships of the Idar Whaling Company, but also the three-masted warships that the Idar Navy is proud of will soon be equipped with this new weapon and equipment.
Idar's apprentice wizards combined the original crossbow with the crossbow arrows and drew a new magic array system in it. What it fired was no longer arrows, but whale hunting harpoons made of fine steel! With the blessing of the magic array, this whale hunting harpoon was powerful enough to penetrate the hull, making it a well-deserved naval weapon.
Captain Jack carefully touched the magical weapons in front of him. As a former pirate, he could sense the powerful power of these weapons just by looking at them. This also made Captain Jack more in awe of the strength that might be hidden behind the scenes of Lord Idar.
Even without the magic crystal bomb, with these weapons, Idar County is enough to sweep across Merlin Bay!
After giving so many good things to the Idar Whaling Company, Bruno naturally would not forget his two "sons" - the Idar Army and the Idar Navy.
In order to make it easier to distinguish the difference between the two, Bruno reorganized the Idar regular army led by Sam Layton some time ago to a certain extent, thus establishing the Idar Army.
Today, the Idar Army consists of two forces, namely the Idar Army First Army and the Idar Artillery Force.
In order to facilitate management, Bruno separated the artillery from the cavalry and infantry, and specifically responsible for operating the magic cannon.
The selection for artillery is the most rigorous. Not only do they need to have service experience in the Idar Army, but they also have to pass a special mathematics test. It can be said that they select the best of the best.
Now that the Idar Army has been established, the original commander of the Idar regular army, Sam Layton, was naturally promoted and became the new commander-in-chief of the Idar Army.
However... although it sounds impressive, the actual number of people in the so-called Idar First Army is really dismal, less than a thousand...
As for the newly formed Idar artillery unit, it only had 40 to 50 people...
Therefore, Bruno finally made a major decision...to expand the army! The reason why the number of soldiers in Idar was only a few hundred before he took the lead was mainly because the population of Idar was only 10,000 or 20,000 people. A few hundred people could just control the number of soldiers within a reasonable ratio, but now...
A large number of refugees from all over the northern part of the empire gathered in the land north of the Solon River port waiting to enter Idar Territory, and the number of people who have entered Idar Territory is about to exceed 100,000. Therefore, expanding the army has become a top priority for Idar Territory! As the main force responsible for Idar's defense, the number of Idar Army troops must be increased to about 2,000 at least! Perhaps in other parts of the empire, every expansion of the army is extremely difficult, and forcibly capturing able-bodied men is an extremely common thing.
But in Idar Territory, there are no such troubles at all.
Although Bruno has set up many conditions for screening, there are people who voluntarily go to the Idar conscription registration office set up at the gate of Idar city to register every day, in order to become a soldier of Idar as soon as possible.
In Idar Territory, serving as a soldier is an extremely honorable thing!
Not only can they receive a considerable amount of military pay every year, but the soldiers' families can also receive various preferential treatments and care.
Not to mention two thousand, as long as Bruno is willing, Idar County can gather even four thousand soldiers! Therefore, as soon as the news of the full-scale expansion of the army was released, the entire Idar County became boiling in an instant.
(End of this chapter)
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