Chapter 874 "Hero" El

El is now a first-class quartermaster.

The first-class quartermaster is considered to be a high-ranking one in the army, so as a first-class quartermaster, El naturally has many small privileges in the army.

For example, when El is on the march, he can have a pack horse to travel.

As a second-class quartermaster, Kuci is one level lower than El, so the treatment he can enjoy is also lower than El.

El can use a pack horse to travel, while Kuci can only use a donkey to travel.

"First-class Bernard, your horse."

Kuci led El's horse over.

"Ah, thank you. Hmm? Second-class Kolovin, why do you look weird?"

After noticing that Kuci's expression was strange, El climbed on the horse and asked Kuci.

"... Bernard, wait a minute, when I went to get the horses just now, I found that many people in our army had a lot of complaints." Kuci said with a bitter face, "Many people are complaining that there is too little rest time, which is not enough for them to rest..."

The troops that Kuci mentioned were naturally El and the 5,000-man baggage train that he was responsible for commanding.

After hearing what Kuci said, El was stunned.

Then he raised his hand and scratched his hair, smiling bitterly:

"I can understand their feelings very well, after all, even I feel that there is too little rest time."

"But I can also understand the coach's difficulties."

The coach that El mentioned was naturally Nikita.

"Our army is responsible for rushing to the west."

"If we arrive at the western battlefield even one day earlier, we may gain huge benefits."

"So I can understand the commander's hardship of forcing the army to march quickly in order to arrive at the western battlefield as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's talk slowly later. The troops in front have started to move, and we have to set off quickly."

After hearing El's reminder, Kuci realized that the troops in front of them had started to move.

This army led by Nikita and responsible for rushing to the west is divided into two parts-the front army and the rear army.

The front army is all combat troops, while the rear army is all baggage troops, which is the army El and his team are in now.

There are 12 baggage troops in the rear army, and El is responsible for commanding one of the 12 baggage troops.

The commanders of these 12 baggage troops were all first-class quartermasters without exception, and the number of people in each baggage troop was different. The larger baggage troop had tens of thousands of people, while the smaller baggage troop had only a few thousand people. For example, the baggage troop led by El had a total of only about 5,000 people.

The troop in front of El was also a baggage troop, which was mainly responsible for carrying food.

The consumption of food and fodder was far greater than that of military supplies, so 7 of the 12 baggage troop were responsible for transporting food and fodder.

The total number of these baggage troop responsible for transporting food was basically much larger than that of the baggage troop transporting other supplies.

After noticing that the troops in front began to move, Kuci also quickly rode on his donkey and led their troops with El to catch up quickly.

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El, riding a packhorse, and Kuci, riding a donkey, walked one after the other on the way to the western battlefield.

At this moment, Kuci, who was one step behind El, suddenly asked El:

"Bernard, wait, we only have so few troops.

Do you think we have a chance to win this battle...?"

Not counting the baggage troops that basically have no combat effectiveness, there are only 50,000 soldiers in their army who can fight, and 10,000 of these 50,000 are recruits who have just been trained.

In terms of combat effectiveness, these 10,000 recruits may be about the same as these civilians in the baggage troops.

Before sending this army to stop the Britannian army, Vasili announced that he would send 100,000 troops to boost his momentum and deter the Britannian army.

It is called an army of 100,000, but in fact there are only 50,000 soldiers.

Some ordinary soldiers and civilians in the army may really think that they are sending 100,000 troops to rescue the west this time.

Although the second-class quartermasters were not high-ranking officers, they were still qualified and capable of contacting and understanding some truths that ordinary soldiers did not have the opportunity to understand.

Therefore, as a second-class quartermaster, Kuci naturally knew the truth about the dispatch of troops. He knew that the so-called dispatch of 100,000 troops was just a show of strength, and the real total combat power was only 50,000.

Although Kuci did not know how many troops the Britannia Army had dispatched this time, according to the various versions he had heard so far, the Britannia Empire had dispatched at least 150,000 troops this time.

Using 50,000 to hit 150,000... Although Kuci did not know how to march and fight, he still knew arithmetic.

After hearing Kuci's question, El turned around and looked at Kuci.

After carefully looking at Kuci's worried eyes for a while, El roughly guessed what Kuci was thinking now.

"Second class Kolovin." El smiled at Kuci, "Don't worry, the Britannian army is not that scary."

"We won't face that many Britannian troops."

"According to reliable intelligence, the Britannian Empire has only dispatched about 150,000 to 180,000 troops this time."

"After capturing the Chubol Fortress, the Britannian army split into two armies."

"According to this calculation, each of the two armies of the Britannian Army has only 70,000 to 90,000 people."

"The Britannian Army's active division of troops gives us the opportunity to defeat them one by one. We can defeat the two armies of the Britannian Army one by one."

"Our total combat power is now 50,000, and each army of the Britannian Army has only 70,000 to 90,000 people. The difference in the number of troops is not that big."

"So - we still have a chance to win, relax."

After hearing El's comfort, Kuci's face finally looked better.

"That's right, we have a chance to win."

"If we really can't win, we still have 'Hero El'." At this point, Kuci changed to a half-joking tone, "First Bernard, if the battle situation is stalemate or our army is at a disadvantage, will you enter the general's tent to assist the commander?"

Kuci's sudden words almost made El fall off his horse.

"What 'Hero El'..." El said to Kuci unhappily, "Don't call me such a shameful title. I can't bear the title of hero."

"First Bernard, please don't say that. Your heroic deeds in the 'Hammer' battle have long been known to everyone!"

At this time, Kuci, who was looking at El with a fiery gaze, seemed to have many shining little stars in his eyes.

Bathing in Kuci's fiery gaze, El sighed silently in his heart.