Lord of Industrialization

"How does it feel to see dust?

Flying up every now and then are chariot soldiers.

The dust is high and the Pegasus parade

Long short enemy infantry..."

When Frederick and Old Franz arrived at the military camp, the instructors were teaching the new recruits who had joined the army in the fall to sing the "March Song."

Now Weisen's army is fully equipped with huge investment of funds. About 4,000 main troops are stationed in three military camps. The military camp in Heijiapu is stationed with the original version of the special forces and the newly formed imaginary enemy force. The two regiments are stationed respectively. The military camps to the north and west of Weissenburg City provide mutual support to Weissenburg City.

Wesson's army is about to be divided into three levels. The first level is the main force of two regiments, a cavalry company and a magician company with the Weisenberg University militia company. They are the mobile strike force in the army; the second level is It is the city defense army. They are composed of original veterans and forest mercenaries who come to make a living. They are only responsible for the defense of the town. The fire brigade is under the command of the city defense army. The third level is the basic militia and minute men from various places. The basic militia follows the main force during war. Troop operations are responsible for logistics, transportation, civil engineering and other support work, and one-minute personnel are responsible for guarding local security.

Now Frederick felt that the boulder rolling down the cliff was unstoppable. If there was no war next year or the expected results were not achieved, the territory's finances would be completely devoured by the army.

Fortunately, those who wanted to invest in the war acted immediately after seeing Giovanni become the president. Frederick only asked them to open an account in the bank and deposit for three years on a regular basis, and the interest was normal, so they gave it to Frederick. Lie Quanjun had the confidence to change his uniform.

The two did not stop at the training ground and walked directly into a small red brick building, which is the office of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Today Frederick's destination is the map room. There is a huge sand table here. Staff officer Frederick Jr. is leading a group of people to study the latest military information.

"Hello, Commander!"

"Hello principal!"

As soon as Frederick entered the door, everyone called him differently after seeing him.

There are many professors and students at Weisenberg University who have reached the end of their academic career. They do not have the talents and opportunities to do business like BASF and Schmidt, but they do not want to teach students, so they have entered politics and the military.

These people vaguely formed a faction, and they called Frederick "principal" to show their closeness.

Frederick nodded toward them, and was surprised to find that Frederick was also here.

He came here after receiving news that there was the latest military situation. He walked up to little Franz and asked, "What's new?"

Little Franz pointed at the circle around the Wesson Territory on the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "According to the latest information, the Reese Territory in the southwest, the Ansbach Territory and Fürth Territory in the northwest, the Roth Territory in the northeast, The five territories of Eichstadt in the southeast did not sell food after the autumn harvest, just like the summer harvest.”

Frederick curled his lips and said, "How come even Earl Felt got involved? We are not neighbors."

There is an Ansbach Territory between the Fürth Territory and the Wesson Territory. It is adjacent to the Free City of Nuremberg to the east. It is the only Wesson Territory in area. Because the royal family has to keep an eye on Nuremberg, the territory is small. The title is high.

Although the area there is small, it is close to the city of Nuremberg, making a lot of money from producing glass, and it is convenient to purchase weapons, so it still has some fighting capacity.

Old Franz had seen too many annexation wars between nobles and said thoughtfully: "It is estimated that they have reached some kind of territory replacement agreement. As long as Count Fürth helps Count Ansbach seize any of our places, he will be given peace." Sbach leads a certain piece of land adjacent to itself."

Frederick nodded. This was not surprising, but he had a feeling in his heart that he was the wall when everyone pushed him down.

"Any more news?" he asked.

Franz Jr. replied: "Mountain mercenaries have appeared in these territories. Now only the early stage personnel are setting up camps. Judging from the scale, the five territories add up to 20,000 people."

"What's going on?" Frederick frowned tightly, "The time and the number of people are wrong."

Hiring mercenaries requires payment, not from the moment they go to the battlefield, but from the moment the army is assembled.

They initially expected the war to take place in the summer after the harvest. If these mercenaries started to gather from now on, then a winter and a spring's wages would be in vain.

Moreover, Frederick felt that there was no need for the neighbors to hire so many people. Based on their financial resources and past war examples, each family would be enough to hire one or two thousand people.

The combat effectiveness of mercenaries is not comparable to that of untrained farmers. According to Tian Ji's horse racing method, knights and magicians are on the horse, mercenaries and standing armies are on the middle horse, and farmers are recruited on the dismount.

Now that there are so many middle horses all of a sudden, it is not impossible to drag them down with reasonable tactical arrangements.

"A new force has entered the scene." Frederick's eyes narrowed slightly, "It seems that we have a lot of oil and water on us."

Little Franz pointed at a big city on the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "It's Nuremberg. Someone of them found the mountain mercenaries through an agent."

Frederick frowned and said with a sneer: "It seems that Orr has gotten wind of it a long time ago. No wonder he wrote several articles about Helvetic people in newspapers."

At this time, an old mercenary who served as a staff member said: "I don't think that's the case. That guy Orr has a grudge against the Helvetic people. In fact, we forest mercenaries don't deal with mountain mercenaries. If there is a chance, we won't." Miss the opportunity to belittle the other person.”

Frederick held his chin and said, "Then you should submit more articles to newspapers recently."

Colleagues are enemies, and it is impossible for colleagues in two regions to get along well with each other.

Franz Jr. continued: "Our latest judgment is that the enemy will launch an attack much earlier, probably after spring sowing and before summer harvest."

Old Franz continued: "Their purpose may be to steal our wheat seeds."

Frederick nodded and said: "Economy is the basis of war. From this point of view, it is not surprising that they want to launch a war in advance."

"They have to move ahead, and we have to speed up the pace. I'll go check on weapons production tomorrow."

"The army has strengthened its training and raised its food standards."

"The militiamen started intensive training as early as possible, and milk exports stopped to supply them."

"There were a lot of problems in your last long-distance maneuver exercise. You must seize the time to summarize your experience and lessons. If problems occur on the battlefield, people will really die."

Franz Jr. and his staff turned pale when they heard Frederick mention that exercise. At first, everyone thought they would just take the 600 people to sign in at various major cities in the territory, but they just walked out of the military camp. After 500 meters, I received a forbidden curse.

This forbidden curse was real. Richard Nall, the head of the referee team, personally took action. The sky was dark and the earth was dark within a radius of 500 meters. After the three-second prelude, less than 30 people were still standing.

Although there were no more forbidden spells along the way, emergencies occurred one after another. The night attack was quite good. From time to time, a group of people suddenly appeared on the roadside and beat them to pieces. Taiyuan was tied up, stuffed with shoes and socks, and hung on a tree.

After one exercise, everyone died more than three times.

After receiving the order, little Franz continued: "Reliable information, the Principality of Byrne is also involved."

Frederick's face twitched, he really treated himself as a broken wall, didn't he?

"Did they also send troops?" asked Frederick, "or did they pay for it?"

It was Frederick who answered him. The poisonist handed over a glass bottle and said: "The Principality of Byrne secretly provided this."

"Three days ago, a carriage going from the Principality of Byrne to Ansbach overturned because the horses were frightened. One of my students happened to be passing by after collecting medicine. When he helped to help the carriage up, he grabbed a handful of powder from the barrel. The powder comes out.”

Frederick took the glass bottle and observed it carefully for a while. He could only see that it was mainly plant powder, as well as some white crystals and dark red powder.

"This is the agent for poisonous smoke bombs." Friedrich said in a deep voice. "After it burns, it will emit very thick white smoke. It will cause pain to the eyes of humans and horses, and it will also cause serious pain to the throat and trachea if inhaled." pain."

"This medicine was invented when I was young." A smile appeared on his face. "At that time, my master asked me to make a medicine to smoke mosquitoes, so I made it. Once the mosquitoes were smoked, He will die immediately."

Frederick continued to carefully examine the medicine in the glass bottle and asked, "Is there any way to detoxify it?"

"No." Frederick shook his head. "It can't kill people, so there's no need to detoxify it. Covering your mouth and nose with a thick cloth can reduce inhalation. Just wash your eyes with water and you'll be fine."

"However, this kind of medicine is very practical on the battlefield. If you don't have that much time to clean your eyes, you will lose your combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

Frederick nodded. It seemed that this poisonous smoke was an incapacitation agent and could be used to open a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield.

Friedrich continued: "But we cannot rule out that there are other poisons, and I am afraid there are even more powerful ones."

Frederick frowned and asked, "What are the methods of poisoning on the battlefield?"

Friedrich replied: "The most common one is poisonous smoke. The smoke balls can be thrown with a trebuchet. It has a wide range and quick effect. The only thing is that the wind direction must be controlled."

At this time, old Franz said: "This is difficult to handle. From spring to summer, the wind blows from the south and it won't change much."

Friedrich nodded and said: "The best way is to have the mage company blow away the poisonous smoke in time. You can also prepare masks made of multiple layers of thick cloth, which is also useful."

Frederick nodded. Poisons using smoke as a carrier should be absorbed by activated carbon.

"Any more bad news?" he asked.

Little Franz replied: "Not at the moment. I thought the king would take action, but there has been no movement in the city of Cologne."

Frederick nodded and said, "Intensify your efforts to inquire about information. I'll try on the gas mask."