Book 6: Chapter 2
I’m actually quite fearful of getting involved with a military. While I’m aware that having military power also means having political power, the problem lies in empowering one with military power the right to speak.
I grew up at my Moms’ side, and my city was given to me by them. Will my moms feel a little threatened if I have the right to speak? Not to mention, the army I intend to build consists of humans and elves…
On the elven side, I’ve always considered making a unit that rode Earth Dragons. If I could create such a unit, my vanguard would virtually be unstoppable. I’ve witnessed the destructive potential of Earth Dragons charging at the enemy before. If I were to give them armour which could guard against piercing attacks, then they could run wild in the enemy camp and stomp them.
As for humanity, they still use a linear formation even though they have guns. The most powerful types of soldiers in this era are artillerymen. Napoleon started as an artilleryman. Cannons are the most effective weapon against enemies utilising a linear formation.
However, we’re in a different era right now and a different world. Not only are there humans in this world, there are also elves. I’m not sure if there are other races out there. If I utilise humans versus humans methods here, I’ll easily get caught in a passive position since cannons aren’t much of a threat to races which split their forces up to do battle. Plus, cannons are easily disabled.
Consequently, I need a highly mobile unit. While infantry are the mainstream choice, I need a unit that can attack, which means I need cavalrymen. Now, if I were to fuse human cavalrymen with guns, then they would be the very common but have the infamous chunnibyou title, Dragoon.
Of course, they’re not just infantrymen on horses.
Dragons exist in this world, a fact I know since my father died trying to slay the dragons up north…
Actually, we don’t know if he actually died or not. He might just have fallen in love with a dragon mistress up there. But if my moms were to find out that was true, they’d raise an army to go and destroy the two of them… but back on topic. It looks like the dragons in this world are scary and rare. Since the Earth Dragons are low-end creatures, they can’t be called proper “dragons.”
