Book 10: Chapter 14
It was my first time seeing my own army parade.
I stood on the balcony of the palace; next to me were the extravagant Nier and Lucia. Below was the army dressed in clean and neat military uniforms, marching from the entrance of the city to the plaza out the front of the palace.
Humanity’s army maintained order as always. My factory couldn’t provide them all with a rifle each, but I still had my workers pull overtime shifts to try and provide one gun for every ten men. I couldn’t ask my soldiers to score head shots with every shot against the anthropoids; consequently, firepower needed to be guaranteed. If they can’t stop the anthropoids with one round, they’ll be at great risk once the anthropoids charge over and into the formation in front of them.
While the anthropoids lack technique in combat, they can still take a few lives just charging into crowds and swinging their axes.
Cannons are the best weapon for combatting the anthropoids. I had mom increase the number of cannons that the army stationed at Socina had. Cavalry had no purpose until we reach the flat plains. Only infantry and artillerymen are useful until then.
I looked at the soldiers below, walking over with their heads high and chest’s up proudly. I watched them salute me and listened to them shout together. Nier grabbed my hand gently, while Lucia looked at the soldiers below with tremendous curiosity. It was the first time elves had seen such a mighty and dynamic military parade.
The first team to parade was the main combat force this time. They were stationed at Socina City and are experts at fighting in snowy regions. Their uniforms were totally white, and they wore thick white cloaks. Even their repeated firing guns were painted white as though their guns were frozen. The army comprises of natives of the snowy area; subsequently, they can adapt to the snow environment and are capable of surviving there.
It’s not easy to fight in snowy regions. The ice and snow, itself, is more frightening than the enemy.
The second army was the symbolic elven army. The elven army won’t appear in the battle in the North, but they needed to partake in the parade due to the alliance.
