Chapter 482： arms

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"Well, if Lord Leadbetter wants to come, we welcome it. But we must be prepared for war."

The chairman of the council, Marcus, finally made a decision.

He turned to Joe Foster. "How about you, my friend, entertain him?"

"I am willing to take on this difficult task." Foster nodded.

The speaker asked again: "Now I will trouble you to tell everyone about our armaments."

The weapons of the Horn Bay Alliance are mainly purchased from the Northwest Gulf.

At the beginning, the alliance did not want to rely too much on the Northwest Gulf, but the weapons sold in the Northwest Gulf were of high quality and low price.

For the price of making a sword at home or buying a sword from other places, you can buy five to ten swords in the Northwest Gulf, and the quality is not bad.

This has led to the Angle Bay Alliance relying more and more on the Northwest Gulf when expanding its arsenal. Everyone wants to do more with less.

Members of the Council can't figure out how the Northwest Gulf keeps the price so low, especially the important raw material for making ordnance—iron. Could it be that the iron in the Northwest Gulf can come out of the ore by itself?

Foster cleared his throat and said in a confident tone: "Colleagues, although once the war breaks out, there is a high possibility that the Holy See will support them on the Jiaowan Church, but we also have sufficient preparations to counteract this kind of attack from the Church." Advantage."

"The first is armor. We have prepared a total of 30,000 sets of metal armor, including more than 3,000 sets of high-end armor, and more than 50,000 sets of leather armor. We can also achieve at least a 50 percent approval rate."

"Secondly, in terms of weapons, there are currently a total of 100,000 spears, 30,000 one-handed swords, 10,000 longbows, and 30,000 shortbows in stock in armories around the world..."

"In terms of large equipment, a total of 100 ballistas, 30 large catapults, 100 small catapults, and siege vehicles..."

"In terms of animal power, there are a total of more than 35,000 horses and 10,000 mules..."

"In terms of food..."

The arms deal with the Northwest Gulf was mainly carried out by the eldest son of the Marquis Foster, and the Marquis was also very concerned about this matter. Before this meeting, he specially wrote down various data on paper.

After a while, Marquis Foster finished reading the various statistics on the paper.

Finally, he concluded: "If we arm our army according to the figures above, we will create a powerful army that has never been seen in the history of Jiaowan. More common, and thanks to weapons from the Northwest Gulf, we will truly arm every soldier as a defensive, offensive, and murderous weapon, rather than a ragtag bunch of pitchfork-wielding militiamen."

"Our military organization is extremely advanced. When recruiting soldiers, we only need them to come. The government provides uniform weapons and armor and conducts training. And our inland neighbors, their soldiers also need to provide their own weapons. "

"In addition, we have also negotiated with the major mercenary groups in Jiaowan, and they are all willing to accept our employment—of course when we need it."

After listening to Foster's eloquent talk about the armament situation, everyone in the speaker's office became more confident.

Horace waved his fists excitedly: "That's right, you should use your fists for fists, and your swords for swords like this, and the church's army will definitely **** in front of the allies who put out all their strength. But—"

He frowned suddenly and said in a warning tone.

"We must beware of traitors, especially some guys who talk about church and church all day long."

After hearing his words, everyone laughed inwardly. Everyone knew that Horace was talking about "Pious Simmons", a very pious congressman, and Horace was very at odds with him on weekdays. Recently, due to the tension between the alliance and the church, he stayed at home behind closed doors, and seldom came to participate in the discussions of the council.

At this time, a congressman suddenly asked: "When fighting on the ground, does our fleet have any combat missions?"

He just asked a question, and everyone burst into laughter and blushed.

Do those bumpkins who grew up inland have warships? To deal with a crowd of landlubbers, do we still need to discuss the issue of the fleet?

Speaker Marcus still answered his question: "Although you may not take it seriously, I am still planning to raise a hundred warships in case something unexpected happens. A large number of ships capable of combat have already been registered and will no longer sail far. If necessary, our port can muster at least fifty fully manned ships within three days."

"An accident happened?"

Horace asked: "Is it to prepare our allies to turn against the water and turn to the Church?"

The speaker replied: "Oh, Mr. Horace, don't speculate so maliciously on our allies who have signed an offensive and defensive agreement. I believe in the integrity and character of our allies in power. What I worry about is their military level. They may …not as well prepared as we would have liked."

"Once... I mean, once one of their ports is captured from land, they will be able to threaten our merchant ships. As long as they have money, they can still recruit a group of sea desperadoes."

"in addition!"

Speaker Marcus looked around the crowd and said.

"We must beware of threats from the Holy See. Although their ports are a bit far away from us, we must guard against them."

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"Ah Choo!"

The militiaman on duty sneezed. Feeling a little dizzy, he covered his nose and blew his nose, then touched the brick wall next to the post.

This is a checkpoint on the border of the Jiaowan Alliance. It didn’t exist at first, but it was newly added half a year agoSince the conflict with the church became public, the Jiaowan Alliance has built a large number of such checkpoints on the border , a five-six-meter-high watchtower made of wood or masonry, equipped with a hut for the garrison to rest, often only two or three guards or local militia are garrisoned at a checkpoint.

Their purpose is not defense but vigilance.

The militiamen on duty felt that they were very unlucky. They caught a cold, but their application to go home and rest was rejected by the higher authorities, all because of the **** situation.

Um? what is that?

The guard's Tongkong quickly focused on the far side of the road.

This was originally a commercial road. In the past, it carried most of the commercial traffic between the Horn Bay Alliance and the landlocked Principality of Sealand. However, since the situation has deteriorated, the road has become increasingly deserted. Today, only rabbits The top jumps from side to side every now and then.

However, at this time, a group of carriages and horses appeared on the road that had been invisible all day.

Are landlocked countries about to invade?

The militiaman became very nervous, and his eyes widened and he looked in that direction vigorously.