Chapter 308: Power Division
“Forget it, population growth is also a good thing. Besides, the main reason I came back this time is to let you see how much development value the Secret Realm has.” Owen recounted the events of Academy City in detail, even letting Warm Baby play some videos.
Maya was the most outstanding graduate of the Servant Training School back then and had some understanding of Academy City. Seeing the familiar scenery again after so many years, she couldn’t help but feel emotional. But compared to her current life, the past was nothing to mention. Because since the establishment of the Serving Church, no servant maid had ever reached her current position.
As soon as Owen finished speaking, Maya’s mind, influenced by the thinking mode brought by the Zhuge Liang template, was in turmoil. Countless inspirations and strategies burst forth, hundreds of plans were continuously summarized and simplified, and finally, three strategies, upper, middle, and lower, were retained for Owen to choose from.
Owen rolled his eyes, thinking, “Do you really think I haven’t read Romance of the Three Kingdoms?” He chose the upper strategy without hesitation.
However, Maya had anticipated his anticipation. As soon as Owen nodded, she began to write the plan swiftly and decisively.
In fact, the upper strategy was very simple: leave everything to the adventurers. All the territory needed to do was control the passage and logistics. As long as these two points were in hand, no matter how much profit the adventurers made, the territory would never lose money.
Especially with Bryan, Emily, Ai Mi Er, Owen, Dragon Mother, Flame Empress, power, bloodlines, equipment, treasures, and faith, it could be said that the territory could provide everything adventurers desired. The only difference was the price.
Moreover, the longer the adventurers stayed in the territory, the deeper their assimilation and the stronger their bond with the territory. Therefore, the number of adventurers in the territory was increasing. Magic Horn Forest and the Otherworldly Mountains were no longer enough to fully absorb them. The appearance of the Secret Realm was very timely, as it could release the pent-up energy of those adventurers.
Owen’s decision made Green Shade Town the focus of the territory’s development in the coming period. The Department of Internal Affairs, headed by Maya, would be busy for a long time to improve the plan, while he was free and unburdened.
“Where’s Vanessa? How’s her development coming along?” Owen suddenly remembered the legendary assassin he bought from the secret auction and asked.
“Her growth rate has slowed down now. She looks about eight or nine years old. But as long as there is enough nutrition, her growth rate is twice that of a normal person, and it will not stop growing rapidly until her body functions are about to reach their peak.” Maya had a detailed understanding of the entire territory, so she answered Owen’s question without thinking.
“Not bad. Anyway, the territory is not short of combat power now, so there’s no hurry. But the territory does not support idlers. Let her go to the magic school to be a swordsmanship teacher.” Owen said casually. Even if a legendary figure was not at their peak, they were more than qualified to be a teacher.
“How’s the teacher I dug up from the War College and that batch of female knights doing?” Owen continued.
“Knight Emily’s talent is not bad. She is currently serving as the head of logistics. I plan to arrange her as Howard’s deputy. Now that the army is growing in size, we need to establish a more complete logistics department.”
“As for those female knights, the outstanding ones can serve as mid-level officers after some time in the army. The rest can also serve as junior officers. But all of this requires your appointment.” Maya took out a stack of documents that needed to be signed and handed them to Owen.
Owen helplessly took the documents and looked through them. In addition to some appointment letters, there were also plans for the reform of the military department. Although it was based on the existing foundation and integrated and improved, Maya did not have the right to execute it without his permission.
After reading it, Owen agreed with Maya’s proposal.
Before going to the Imperial Capital, Owen was still hesitant about whether to form a full firearm army. After going there, he completely dismissed this idea because he could not measure the overall strength of the Empire based on the strength of the Imperial Border Army.
Even now, what Owen had come into contact with was still just the tip of the iceberg of the Empire. Just one Secret Realm represented endless resources and land, and this was just a trial ground prepared by Academy City for its students. Heaven knows what else the Empire was hiding.
Therefore, even if he raised the level of firearms in the territory to the level of World War II, it wouldn’t be of much use because the users were too fragile. There were too many means of mass destruction to deal with mortal armies. Just teleportation plus poison, no matter how many mortal armies there were, it wouldn’t be enough.
Trenches, barbed wire, and fire coverage could only deal with ordinary professionals. For masters or legendary figures, there were too many means to cope.
Besides, it was simply unrealistic to raise the level of weapons to that of World War II. It was not that they could not be manufactured, but that they were difficult to mass-produce.
War, to put it bluntly, was about winning by dropping ammunition. Whoever dropped more ammunition in a short period of time would win. Modern warfare had only improved the hit rate, and the essence was still the same.
It could be said that in a real war, the role that a small number of high-end advanced weapons could play was not comparable to the effect of thousands upon thousands of ammunition being poured out.
Based on the population and industrial base of the territory, it would take at least ten times the current level to barely form a relatively complete military-industrial system.
But it was also necessary to consider how to resist the destruction of hostile forces. Because once the scale was large, it would be impossible to hide and even more difficult to defend against. It was very likely that a single teleportation plus magic would wipe out years of work.
Therefore, Maya divided the territory’s military power into three levels: mortal, elite, and legendary.
Mortal referred to the large-scale army headed by Howard, which mainly used cold weapons mixed with firearms.
Elite referred to the special forces created by Owen, such as Limit Warriors and Witch Hunters. They were small in number but could crush an army if used well.
Legendary referred to the deterrent force headed by Charle and others. If they did not exist, there would be no need for conventional warfare.
Based on this division, Maya did not choose to blindly expand the size of the territory’s army because civilian militiamen temporarily converted to use firearms were enough to make up for the training gap between them and enemy soldiers. After all, under the muzzle of a gun, all living beings were equal. Once shot, there was no difference between three days of training and three years of training.
Doing so could also reduce the ratio of soldiers to civilians in the territory and not affect the territory’s production and development.
The only problem was that the elite troops could not be mass-produced so far. Even if there were corresponding troop buildings, the territory did not have much population that could be converted. Owen still needed to use Progress Value to exchange for them. At most, the Progress Value spent would be less, but to form a scale, this little bit less could not solve the problem.
Not to mention legendary figures. It was not enough to just pile up resources to create every legendary figure. Without enough special qualities, even if one was strengthened to the legendary level, they would only be a legendary soldier and could not exert the true strength of a legendary figure.
These things could not be rushed. Owen was currently putting all his Progress Value into improving the Domain and the Golden Tree. Where did he have the spare energy to create high-end combat power?
Anyway, the territory’s conventional forces were now sufficient to deal with various situations in the Northland. If they could integrate the entire Northland’s power, without using unconventional combat power, they could even clash with the Imperial Border Army.
