Chapter 956 Changes in the Empire
After the end of the "Aurora" offensive, there were 3 major changes in the Britannian Empire.
The first major change is that the central government began to implement the "permanent army commander system" to the entire imperial army.
In the past, the Knights' army had no permanent commanders.
It is only when there is a war that the armies that want to participate in this war will be temporarily assigned a knight as its commander and deputy commander.
The rescue war in the Lund Kingdom 6 years ago is an obvious example. Su Cheng was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the 10th Army of the Gabriel Knights, while Alisa was the commander of the 10th Army.
After the battle ended, Alyssa's appointment as commander of the 10th Army was immediately withdrawn.
There are many benefits to doing this, but there is a fatal disadvantage, that is, this will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.
It was not until the war began that the generals and soldiers of each army knew their commanders for the first time, and the knights responsible for commanding them were also the first time they were commanding them.
If the commander and the army he is in charge of command are not familiar with each other, their combat effectiveness will naturally decline.
The central government of the Britannian Empire also realized this, so it discussed the matter at the roundtable in 290.
In order to solve this problem, the central government decided to try a "permanent army commander system".
As the name suggests, the so-called "permanent army commander system" is to establish a fixed army commander for each army. This army commander has always managed and commanded the army.
In order to test the effectiveness of this new system, the central government did not vigorously promote this system from the beginning, but conducted a pilot project in the Knights of Michael.
Because at that time, the Knights of Michael had only 70,000 people, which was the least powerful among the major Knights and was most suitable for pilot projects.
After the Knights of Michael tried the "Permanent Commander System", after numerous selections, Raymond, Samuel, Gary and Del were selected to become the commanders of the 4th Army of Michael Knights of Michael.
"Overlord Counterattack" was the first large-scale battle participated by the Knights of Michael after the implementation of the "Permanent Commander System".
Whether it was the "Overlord Counterattack" or the subsequent "Aurora" offensive, the Knights of Michael burst out with extremely strong combat power.
Although there are many reasons for the powerful combat power of the Knights of Michael, the establishment of the "Permanent Army Commander System" is one of the main reasons.
Because Raymond and Samuel have always commanded and managed their respective responsible armies, they are naturally quite familiar with their respective responsible armies and are easy to command.
The middle and lower-level officers of each army were also very familiar with their commanders and knew the command style of their commanders.
The amazing effect of the "permanent army commander system" was very satisfying to the central government.
Therefore, the central government decided to end the pilot and observation of the "permanent army commander system" and officially implement the "permanent army commander system" throughout the Imperial Army.
After the "Aurora" offensive ended, the Central Committee made the Gabriel Knights, the Rachel Knights, and the Uriel Knights all set up a fixed commander like the Michael Knights.
In addition to implementing the "permanent commander system" to the entire imperial army, the central government also implemented the "horse-shoe" to the entire imperial army.
At the beginning of 291, Su Cheng went to Kelor's hometown to invite the blacksmith who could build and use horseshoes.
After hiring the blacksmith with a large sum of money, the blacksmith also made a contribution worthy of the huge amount of hiring money.
After inviting the blacksmith to Baidi City, the capital of the northern border, the blacksmith taught all his skills and taught them to all the blacksmiths in Baidi City.
The production technology and usage methods of horseshoe are not difficult at all, but they just don’t understand the production principles.
After understanding the production principles, the blacksmiths in the north immediately made the horseshoe mass production and equipped them in the Knights of Michael.
To put it bluntly, horseshoes are putting shoes on horses' horseshoes.
Horses without horseshoes are like running barefoot.
And installing horseshoes is like putting shoes on four horses' hooves.
One is running barefoot, the other is running in shoes.
Which horse's hooves are better? It's clear at a glance.
After Su Cheng invited the blacksmith who knew how to make horseshoes back from Kylor's hometown, Su Cheng and Humphrey actually reported to the central government that horseshoes were extremely practical equipment.
But it is naturally impossible for the central government to immediately order the mass production of horseshoes because of the two of them, and promote them throughout the army.
Whether this equipment is easy to use must be discussed after going to the battlefield for a trial.
"Overlord Counterattack" is also the first large-scale battle that the Knights of Michael participated in after they were equipped with horseshoes.
Horseshoe demonstrated its powerful performance on the battlefield for the first time.
In the past, after a fierce battle between the cavalry, a considerable number of horses were injured due to horseshoes and could not go to the battlefield again.
However, whether it is the "Overlord Counterattack" or the "Aurora" offensive, the loss of horses of the Cavalry of the Michael Knights has dropped sharply compared to the past.
The reason is that the horses of the Knights of Michael were all wearing "shoes", and there were fewer horses that could no longer go to the battlefield because of the horseshoe injury.
After the "Overlord Counterattack" ended, the center was shocked by the amazing effect of the horseshoe.
The "Aurora" offensive immediately after the "Overlord Counterattack" strengthened the central government's determination to produce large-scale horseshoes in parallel.
Therefore, after the end of the "Aurora" offensive, the central government not only implemented the "permanent commander system" throughout the Imperial Army, but also produced horseshoes on a large scale and carried out assembly throughout the Imperial Army.
The central government's goal is to enable all horses in the empire to be equipped with horseshoes.
Not just war horses, but also pack horses responsible for transporting baggage were loaded with horseshoes.
Horses are a very expensive strategic material, and the number of horses has a direct impact on the strength of a country.
Looking at the countries in the mainland, the country with the largest number of horses is naturally the Frank Empire.
The Frank Empire's prairie people adjacent to the Far East, in addition to being able to snatch or buy a batch of horses from the prairie people, the Frank Empire also has many excellent horse farms in the top few in the continent.
It is precisely because of the abundant horse resources of the Frank Empire that they could build a heavy armored cavalry team of 20,000 people, such as the Iron Armored Paladin.
However, even the Frank Empire, which had the most abundant horse resources, could not squander this expensive resource at will.
Even the Frank Empire could not do it, let alone the Britannian Empire.
In order to reduce the loss of horses, it is imperative for the central government to mount horseshoes on all horses in the empire.
It is conceivable how much work is to put all horses in the empire.
So even though it has been two years since the end of the Aurora offensive, except for the Knights of Michael, half of the Empire's war horses are not equipped with horseshoes.
Even the important war horses have not loaded the horses, let alone the pack horses responsible for transporting the baggage.
Chapter completed!