Struggle in the Steam Age

"The reinforcements of 2,000 people, if you add those transport ships and the sailors of the small fleet, the reinforcements should be around 3,300 people." Lawrence squinted his eyes and said after thinking for a while. "In this case, we should prepare food supplies and some medicines for 3,500 people for a week."

"Well, this amount is indeed reasonable." After Lawrence decided on the supplies to be sent, Safiel, who was sitting on the side, nodded and said. "After all, it has been less than a year since the development of New Sauer Island, so it is enough to be able to produce this number of materials."

"In addition to these supplies, I think our territory should also send some forces to join this war."

After discussing the details about the provision of supplies, Lawrence suddenly threw out a proposal to everyone. And this suddenly surprised everyone present.

"Your Excellency, I can understand your enthusiasm for righteous actions." After a few seconds of silence, the highest person in charge of the island's suffering church, an old priest with a long white beard stood up and dissuaded, "But we The work on the island has just started, and the goblins may counterattack at any time, so it is really inappropriate for us to transfer the main force away under such circumstances."

"Yes, yes." The priestess of Fortune Church also said at this time, "Facing the evil and barbaric forces entrenched around us, each of us must contribute our own strength. But this kind of participation is also within our capabilities, for example, there is really no need for our island to send its own army now."

"Uh——Actually, I don't intend to mobilize the main force on the island." After hearing what the two priests said, Lawrence understood that those present might have misunderstood what he wanted to express just now, so he hurried Explained, "I mean, we can send a small force of non-combatants."

"After all, I also know that although the army on the island has been replenishing, the army has never stopped fighting since it came to the island. Although we have achieved great victories in these battles under the premise of absolute superiority and our own losses are very large. Small, but this kind of continuous battle still makes everyone feel extremely tired."

Since gaining new powers, Lawrence has been able to roughly sense the emotions of the people around him. And during the recent period when Lawrence went to inspect the barracks, he could clearly feel that his troops, especially the army, were very, very tired and needed a good rest for a while.

Unlike those big countries, New Sauer Island has a small area and a small population, so the regular army is even less than 2,000.

In this case, once something happens, the army will only be dispatched by the whole army, and sometimes it is even necessary to mobilize part of the militia to make up for the shortage of manpower. So it is impossible to take turns dispatching like those big countries.

Because of this, Lawrence will naturally not mobilize this group of tired troops again to engage in cruel and relatively long wars like the Civilization Expedition.

But on the other hand, in this case. He didn't have the option of sending out the only regular army he had.

"If we don't send troops, what should we do?" Mr. Lambert also expressed his opinion at this time. "Although it is a good idea to send some local residents to serve as migrant workers, we are already short of manpower in the morning, and we really cannot spare people to do such work."

Unlike the other priests, Mr. Lambert is Lawrence's father anyway, and he is also a true descendant of the August family. Therefore, in addition to considering such major issues concerning the entire human race, issues related to island development will also be considered when there is no principled conflict between the two sides.

"Of course I don't plan to send workers. After all, our island itself lacks enough manpower. Even if it is forced to be transferred, it will take at most two or three hundred people. The number of manpower on this level of battlefield is too small. , can only play a very weak role at most."

"So I was thinking, in this case, we should give full play to our island's strengths." Lawrence said, looking at the priest of the Church of Suffering. "And our biggest specialty on the island is in medicine, so I think we can send a medical team to the front line."

"This is indeed a good idea." The priest of the Church of the Passion understood Lawrence's thoughts immediately, "especially the best medical skills on our island are disinfection and surgery, which should be regarded as the most suitable for rescue on the battlefield. That kind of medical skill, and it is indeed more meaningful than sending 1,000 soldiers or the same number of migrant workers."

Now that a decision has been made, the next step is to arrange the detailed rules in all aspects. Safir took some officials and began to prepare supplies for the reinforcements of the Elysion Empire, while Lawrence went to the hospital, the army and various locations to mobilize volunteers and prepare to organize a medical team.

It may be because the great concept of the Civilization Expedition has been deeply planted in the hearts of every civilized race, so when everyone heard that they needed to recruit a medical team for the Civilization Expedition, they all enthusiastically signed up.

This also made Lawrence's process of recruiting volunteers smooth, and even needed to control the number of people through selection.

"Professor Hans, it's better for you to stay here. After all, you are 65 years old now, and you are really not suitable for such an expedition." In the research room of the hospital, Lawrence persuaded the director of the hospital who volunteered. "Especially when the frontline conditions are so bad, it's so easy to get sick."

"Mr. August, I'm not as weak as you said." Professor Hans said a little angrily. "As for the situation on the battlefield, I know more than you. After all, I participated in the two civilization expeditions ten years ago and 30 years ago, so I think I should be more adaptable than you in this regard."

This Professor Hans was a professor of pathology who taught Lawrence when he was in White Eagle Federation, and he just retired the year Lawrence graduated.

Later, when Lawrence became the earl, he happened to think of this professor who he had a good impression of, so he spent a lot of effort to invite him to run the hospital on the island together with the members of the Church of the Passion.

It's just that Lawrence never imagined that this professor who usually looks very elegant would be so excited when facing the civilization expedition, and even insisted on clamoring to join this medical team to go to the front line of the civilization expedition.

To be honest, Lawrence really admired Professor Hans' courage and determination. But the problem is that in this era when it is rare for ordinary people to live beyond the age of 60, Lawrence really dare not take this old gentleman to a dangerous battlefield.

Especially at the beginning, because of the busy affairs on the island, the development of hospitals and medicine on the island was not satisfactory. Later, it was not until Professor Hans came to the island that under his specific responsibility, the pharmaceutical industry on the island as a whole entered the right track.

Not to mention, as a professor who has spent his whole life in Far-Kang Comprehensive University, Professor Hans naturally has very good contacts. At least one-fifth of these medical researchers on New Shaw Island are now recruited by him. That's why Lawrence is unwilling to take the risk to let this key figure return to the battlefield.

Therefore, Lawrence spent several hours persuading the old gentleman that day, and finally concluded that the production of various medicines and medical consumables in this war is no less important than those doctors who are on the front line to treat the wounded. .

And if Professor Hans couldn't supervise the production of those products here, he might not be able to provide enough medicines and consumables as an excuse to persuade the old gentleman to stay on the island voluntarily throughout the war.