Chapter 425: Avalon Fortress (Part 1)

The army organization of the Britannia Empire is very simple, easy to understand, and even a little rough.

In the army of the Britannia Empire, the smallest combat unit is the "squad".

There are 10 people in a small team, and a team captain of 10 (usually referred to as the 10th captain or 10th leader) is set up to take command.

Above the "Squad" is the "Squadron".

There are 100 people in a squadron, which means that a squadron is composed of 10 squadrons, and a hundred captains are set up to take command.

Above the "Squadron" is the "Brigade".

There are 1,000 people in a brigade, and a brigade is composed of 10 squadrons. A captain of one thousand is set up to take command.

And above the "brigade" is the "army".

An army of 20,000 people consists of 20 brigades.

Only knights can serve as commanders and deputy commanders of an army.

This army formed a knighthood. A knighthood has a commander and a deputy commander who is responsible for assisting the commander.

Therefore, the ranks of soldiers in the Britannian Empire army, from low to high, are: ordinary soldiers, ten captains, hundred captains, thousand captains, new laurel knights, double oak knights, orchid knights, four royal knights, and unified knights.

Generally speaking, most ordinary soldiers move up step by step and become knights according to the above-mentioned level chain.

Su Cheng, an ordinary soldier or captain who has never served as a knight for a day, is a pure outlier.

In the past, the commander and deputy commander of an army were not fixed. Only when the war began, the commander and deputy commander of the participating troops would be temporarily established.

Now, the Britannia Empire Central Committee, which is determined to strengthen the empire's military power, plans to conduct a pilot project with the Michael Knights to see if setting fixed commanders and deputy commanders can increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, and If there is an increase, how much can it increase?

In the extremely tragic defensive battle against the North in 288 2 years ago, the Knights of Michael suffered serious losses. Not only did the commander and deputy commander of the regiment die in battle, but most of their troops were lost, 200,000 men. Only 70,000 people remain.

After the defensive operation against the north in 288, the central government integrated the remaining 70,000 defeated soldiers of the Michael Knights and reorganized them into four new armies.

However, although it is said that these 70,000 remnant troops have been reorganized into 4 new armies, in fact, strictly speaking, they are only 3 and a half armies, because the new 4th Army only has 10,000 people.

The Knights of Michael are now the smallest among the three major knights, so they are suitable for piloting.

The central government transferred a large number of older knights from the Knights of Michael, and transferred these older knights to other knights or the imperial capital, leaving only a large number of young knights in the Knights of Michael.

Then the eight best knights were selected from the remaining young knights and served as the commanders and deputy commanders of the only four armies of the Michael Knights.

The reason why the central government transferred a large number of knights is because the Michael Knights no longer need so many knights.

Although the Knights of Michael lost a large number of soldiers and captains in the defensive battle against the North in 288, and even the captain and deputy captain were killed, the knights did not suffer too many casualties.

To put it simply, during the northern defense operations in 288, the knights did not suffer too many casualties compared to ordinary soldiers.

For the Knights of Michael, who now have only 70,000 soldiers left, there are too many knights.

As a result, the central government transferred these excess knights to other knights or the imperial capital.

As for why the transferred knights were all older knights, it was to reduce Su Cheng's pressure.

Su Cheng's biggest shortcomings now are that he is too young and his knight level is too low.

Although Su Cheng had outstanding military exploits and accomplished astonishing feats at a young age that many knights could not accomplish after decades of hard work, it is undeniable that Su Cheng was still too young and his knight level was too low.

Su Cheng, who is still only 18 years old and just a Knight of Two Oaks,

It is very likely that many older knights will dissatisfy Su Cheng's command and management.

After all, not everyone can calmly accept a junior who is too late to bear the pressure on him.

Therefore, in order to relieve Su Cheng's pressure in managing the Knights of Michael, the central government transferred a large number of older knights from the Knights of Michael to other knights or the imperial capital, leaving only the younger knights behind. Knights of Michael.

Now, except for Su Cheng, Willy, Alyssa, and Deng Jiaer, there are only 16 knights left in the Michael Knights.

Among them, there are 2 Knights of Orchid, 6 Knights of Double Oak, and 8 Knights of New Laurel.

The average age of these 16 knights is 28 years old.

The average age of knights is so low that it breaks the record of the nearly 300-year history of the Britannia Empire.

After the northern defensive operation in 288, the central government deployed the reorganized remnants of the Michael Knights in the Avalon Fortress, the "northern gate" of the empire, and asked them to guard the northern gate of the empire.

In the following two years, the Michael Knights have been stationed in the Avalon Fortress.

Until today.

The Avalon Fortress, which had been dormant for two years, finally regained some vitality.

Because the new leader of the Michael Knights and the highest person in charge of the Northern Front is about to come to Avalon Fortress...

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Britannia Empire, Northern Territory, Avalon Fortress.

It's about 7 o'clock in the morning.

Because it is winter now, and the Avalon Fortress is located in the northernmost part of the Britannia Empire, even though it is already past 7 o'clock in the morning, the sky is still as dark as late at night.

Under the inky black sky, the south entrance of Avalon Fortress was filled with a large number of soldiers wearing neat armor.

Avalon Fortress has only two gates in total, the north gate and the south gate.

The northern gate leads to the northern superpower, the Holy Hiran Empire, and the southern gate leads to the Britannia Empire.

A neat queue of soldiers, 78 of them in total, stood at the south gate of Avalon Fortress.

These 86 soldiers lined up neatly at the south gate of Avalon Fortress are the only 70 thousand captains of the Michael Knights, as well as 8 knights, 4 deputy commanders, and 4 commanders.

There was only one reason why they lined up at the south gate of Avalon Fortress early in the morning.

That is the new leader who greets them.

In order to show respect for Su Cheng, everyone took a bath, put on clean armor, and wore swords with polished scabbards and blades.

Standing at the front of the queue were four young knights wearing different colored knight swords and armor.

These four young knights are the four commanders of the Michael Knights selected by the central government.

"ha……"

Among the four people, a knight with short black hair, orange eyes, neither fat nor thin, and an orange knight's sword hung on his left waist yawned greatly.

"I'm so sleepy... I really want to sleep... When will the leader come..."

The orange-eyed man who had just yawned loudly said this in a tired and dissatisfied tone.

Just as the orange-eyed man finished speaking, a tall man with black hair but cyan eyes standing next to him said to the orange-eyed man in an neither urgent nor slow tone:

"The leader should be here soon, so Samuel, please bear with me a little longer."

"Samuel, Gary, you two, please be quiet!"

A sturdy man with blue eyes and short brown hair rushed to the orange-eyed man and the green-eyed man and continued in a warning tone:

"Mr. Su Cheng will be here soon! If he makes a noise, wouldn't it be too rude to Mr. Su Cheng?!"

"Raymon... you are the noisiest person right now..." The only woman among the four people said to the strong man in a helpless tone.