Doomsday Code

Chapter 832: The 1st Army

After a joyful night, the next day Chen Cheng found King Pingbei Daoer and Jamil, and then he told them his ideas.

Of course, the meaning was similar to what he said to Jamil last night.

When King Pingbei and his men saw that Chen Cheng was not bewitched by Jamil, and instead wanted to use Jamil and his men, they finally felt relieved.

After talking about Jamil, Jamil tactfully said goodbye first.

After he left, King Pingbei sighed and said:

"I didn't expect the church to have such a political talent. It's a pity that those rigid charlatans don't cherish him."

"Well, this can be considered as a kind of luck for us. But I want to emphasize one thing here. His deceptive rhetoric is just that, a rhetoric. Don't let him really deceive you and really worship me as a god.

You must make this clear when you return, and at the same time, political work must be stepped up here in Doyle. We can't let all our newly recruited soldiers become believers in some kind of gods or ghosts."

Although religious warriors may have a fearless courage when fighting, it is also because of this courage that it is difficult for them to have the discipline of a regular army.

The same point applies to legionary combat: it relies not on individual bravery but on the power of teamwork.

At the same time, a real army is not a disposable item. They are not required to shout "Long live the gods" and then mindlessly fight the enemy to death.

So this was the first thing Chen Cheng said after Jamil left. He said that the army’s thoughts must be well controlled and no religious beliefs should be allowed to get in.

"Your Majesty is right. Although these religious believers are fearless in battle, it's because they've been brainwashed by religion into believing they'll enter heaven after death. If these warriors don't value the lives of their enemies, they'll also lose sight of their own lives."

What we want to do is not to create a demon army with life-canceling effects, otherwise the battle will become a battle of numbers, so this must be controlled."

Doyle nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that's the first point. Now for the second point, Doyle, you guys should prepare to start recruiting soldiers. The initial target area is the North City area, and you'll start by recruiting 10,000 soldiers."

Then Chen Cheng looked at Pingbei Wangdao:

"I think Yurijin and his team have created the equipment I want based on the blueprints I gave them this year."

Hearing Chen Cheng asking about the new equipment, King Pingbei nodded and said:

"According to the blueprints Your Majesty provided, it's true that Yurikin and his men have created a batch of new weapons. Furthermore, based on the training manual Your Majesty left behind, we have also secretly trained an elite 1,000-man team."

"This army is indeed superior to the existing army in terms of overall combat effectiveness, but its logistical requirements are several times higher than those of the existing army.

However, in some aspects, the existing army still has certain advantages.

Therefore, Your Majesty, I still suggest that we not take too big a step. Our current base area is limited in territory and supplies. I think it is best to mix the newly equipped troops with the existing troops."

Chen Cheng did not rush to show off his superiority in front of King Pingbei by using his experiences in his previous life, because doing so would be a very stupid thing to do.

And King Pingbei was not wrong. Modern firearms troops are indeed much more important in terms of logistics than traditional cold weapons, and the logistical pressure is also much greater.

It can be said that a modern firearms force is a force based on adequate logistical support.

That’s why we have mechanization, motorization, modernization and informatization, and these are all improvements in logistical supply capabilities.

And indeed, he let Huidun take charge of all the firearms troops in the Kingdom of Moss, because he had an entire kingdom.

Even so, according to their estimates, the kingdom will only be able to support about one-third of its existing army.

This is because their weapons and equipment are still at the level of World War II, and the things on the drawings that Chen Cheng gave to Yurikin before were improved by him. Although the types of weapons have not changed much, their power and so on have been improved by more than one level.

Doyle also read the information given to him by King Pingbei last night, which naturally included an introduction to the firearms unit.

"King Pingbei is right. If we want to arm an army of 10,000, I think we need at least 7,000 logistics personnel, and they must be professional and skilled logistics soldiers.

Our current situation is clearly not satisfactory.”

"Although I have never commanded such an army, judging from the information provided by King Pingbei, they are indeed unrivaled in long-range firepower projection. Even the most elite archer army of the empire at that time might not be able to match them.

However, in close combat, their shortcomings become very apparent."

Chen Cheng was very clear about logistics, but when it came to combat effectiveness, Chen Cheng felt that how could modern firearms have the shortcomings that Doyle mentioned?

You have to know that in addition to artillery, they are holding automatic rifles, and one shot is enough to kill a gold-level warrior.

Chen Cheng expressed his doubts.

However, Doyle smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, do you think that Gold-rank is strong? But what if I tell you that every soldier in the elite troops of those powerful kingdoms is as strong as Platinum-rank? Moreover, they can coordinate autonomously, linking their domains to form small battle formations? Your Majesty, do you think your rifle is still useful?"

And once they get close, how are we, the soldiers with muskets, going to fight them?"

Doyle was not a man who had never seen the world, and although King Pingbei also knew it, he did not want to dampen Chen Cheng's enthusiasm.

After hearing his words, Chen Cheng's original arrogance turned cold.

He couldn't imagine a scene where an entire army was of platinum-level strength. No wonder the rulers of this world were not those demigods, but kings of various countries.

With an army like this, any demigod-level warrior would be useless in front of them, unless a true god comes.

It’s just that Chen Cheng has never been to the City of Sin. If he had been there, he would know that the current world limits the power of demigods. Otherwise, with their destructive power in the City of Sin, no matter how many platinum-level epic players come, they will be rubbish.

When King Pingbei saw Chen Cheng like this, he immediately said:

“Actually, what Doyle said isn’t entirely correct. Only a very small number of kingdoms possess such elite troops, and the size of their armies is definitely around 10,000 people.

As for the rest of the army, using muskets against them would be like chopping melons and vegetables."

King Pingbei was afraid that Chen Cheng would not be able to accept the news, so he spoke to comfort him.

Chen Cheng took a long breath and waved his hand.

"I've thought of this a long time ago, but this is for the best. At least it gives me a bit of a challenge. Otherwise, it would just become a lawn mowing game, which would be too boring."

Then he looked at Doyle and the other man and said:

"Let's follow your arrangements and establish a mixed army first. Let's call it the First Army."