Chapter 421 The Four Things the Army Needs Most

16 days later.

December 17, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

"Captain...we can't do this..."

Enli put his elbows on his knees and crossed his fingers under his nose. There were a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead, and there was a look of anxiety on his face.

The small table was still placed between Su Cheng and Enli.

Above this small table, there is a stack of paper.

A blank stack of paper with no words written on it.

"Captain... We are now almost arriving at Baidi City, the capital of the north, but we still haven't come up with any plan to build the Michael Knights..."

On the way from Pendragon to Baidi City, the capital of the north, Su Cheng and Enli had been sitting in the same carriage, discussing together how to rebuild the Knights of Michael and let Michael The Knights have returned to, and even surpassed, their previous peak state.

However, every discussion ended without a second discussion and turned into a tea party.

Until now, we are almost arriving at Baidi City, and the progress of the Knights of Michael's reconstruction plan is still at zero.

Regarding how to rebuild the Knights of Michael, the central government decided to adopt a very bold strategy.

After a series of discussions at the round table, the central government decided to give the new head and deputy head of the Knights of Michael a high degree of freedom.

To put it simply, it is up to the new leader and deputy leader of the Michael Knights to find a way to bring the Michael Knights back to its previous peak state or even beyond it.

The central government of the empire does not get involved and is only responsible for sending people to supervise and provide material and spiritual support.

In other words, let Su Cheng and Willy do whatever they want to do, and use whatever method they think can strengthen the Michael Knights' combat power.

The Imperial Central Committee silently stayed behind the two of them to provide them with support and supervision.

The reason why the central government adopted such a bold strategy and gave Su Cheng and Willy such great power was because there were lessons learned from the past in the history of the empire.

Just a few decades ago, not long ago, the Knights of Gabriel were as badly damaged as the Knights of Michael today.

At that time, the reconstruction plan of the Knights of Gabriel was formulated from beginning to end by central civil servants.

Many of the plans in this reconstruction plan formulated by the central government officials were ridiculous. At first glance, they looked like plans thought up by people who did not understand military affairs and could only fight with their mouths.

Thanks to this reconstruction plan with many absurd plans, the combat power of the Gabriel Knights not only failed to recover, but also slightly regressed.

The central government has learned a lesson from this incident and learned that letting civilian officials who are not familiar with military affairs intervene in military affairs may be counterproductive.

Therefore, regarding the reconstruction of the Knights of Michael this time, the central government decided to boldly let go and boldly delegated the reconstruction plan of the Knights of Michael to the knights and to the new head and deputy commander of the Knights of Michael. Chief, let the professional military attaches take full responsibility, and let Su Cheng and Willy take full responsibility for the reconstruction of the Michael Knights. The central government will never interfere in the reconstruction plan drawn up by the two men unless it is absolutely necessary, and will only silently supervise and support them. .

Therefore, there was this scene where Su Cheng and Willy discussed the reconstruction plan of the Knights of Michael on the carriage.

It's a pity that after discussions all the way from Pendragon to Baidi City, the progress of the Michael Knights' reconstruction plan is still very cruelly zero...

The two of them didn't come up with any plan.

…

After glancing at Willie, who now had a somewhat anxious look on his face, Su Cheng withdrew his gaze and continued to drink black tea calmly and look at the snowy scene outside the window.

"Captain..." Willy looked like he was about to cry, "You must be too calm...are you not born to feel anxious and panicked?"

Willy has been following Su Cheng since last year's rescue battle in the Lund Kingdom.

From the rescue battle of the Lund Kingdom to the "Xia Feng Offensive" that just ended a few months ago, Willie knew very well that Su Cheng was a very calm and calm person who dealt with things without being alarmed.

It has even become calm to a somewhat scary level.

He didn't even blink when arrows flew past his cheeks, he didn't even show a trace of panic on his face when he learned that the main army in the middle route was crippled and still ate potatoes with a straight face, and an enemy force of unknown size suddenly attacked the base camp at night.

Although Willy admires and admires Su Cheng's calm and steady character, Willy still has to admit that he still feels uncomfortable when getting along with someone like Su Cheng who is a bit too calm and seems to not know what panic is. Somewhat tired.

"Are you anxious and panicked...I am also a normal person. I also have such negative emotions, but they will not appear unless necessary."

Su Cheng smiled, and then put the teacup in his hand back on the small table between him and Willy.

"Willie, don't panic. Although there is not a single word written on this stack of paper, I have already conceived several plans in my mind that can strengthen the knights' combat power."

"Huh?! Captain, do you already have an idea on how to strengthen the knights' combat power?!"

"Yes." Su Cheng nodded, "Although the two of us have been having tea parties along the way, my brain is still working. I have been thinking carefully about how to strengthen the knights' combat power. , until today, I finally came up with a few clearer and feasible plans."

"Captain, can you tell me what plan you have come up with?"

"Willy." Su Cheng did not directly tell Willy what the plan he had conceived was. "Before I tell you, answer me a question first. What do you think is the most important thing in an army?"

"The most important thing in the army?"

After Willy muttered and repeated the question Su Cheng had just asked, he raised his head slightly and began to think about Su Cheng's question.

Many answers flashed through my mind, and each answer felt like the correct answer.

Before Willy could think of his answer, Su Cheng said:

"I have been thinking about this question since I received the Spear of Michael from His Majesty, thinking about what is the most important thing in an army, because as long as I figure out the answer to this question, I can provide I have provided considerable assistance to the reconstruction of the Knights of Michael."

"I finally came up with a clear answer to this question until a few days ago."

"I believe that the most important things for an army are four things: logistics, intelligence, discipline, and morale."

"As long as an army can ensure stable logistical supplies, reliable intelligence sources, iron-strict discipline, and flaming morale, then this army will be an invincible division that no one can defeat."

"Logistics, intelligence, discipline, morale..." Willy muttered these four names with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Among these four items, I have decided to pay close attention to the discipline and morale of the Michael Knights." Su Cheng's tone was full of determination, "The plan I have conceived now is all about cultivating the Michael Knights. regimental discipline and morale.”

"I want to train the Knights of Michael into an iron army with iron discipline!"

Just when Su Cheng was about to continue talking to Willy in detail——

"Your Excellency, the Captain, Your Excellency, the Deputy Leader, we have arrived at Baidi City."

——The coachman's voice suddenly came.

"You can already see the outline of Baidi City. And -"

The coachman paused for a moment before continuing:

"The Governor, who learned that we will arrive in Baidi City today, has already led a large group of people to greet us, the head of the group, outside the gate of Baidi City."