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It was the morning after a whole week (eight days) since our return to Capital Parnam. Inside the government affairs office at Parnam Castle, the only sounds that could be heard was those of me moving the pen and Liscia presenting the documents.
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I had worked in the Dukedom Capital Van, but this workload, ever since my return to Parnam, wasn’t that much different either…… Not at all, or rather, it had multiplied. Since the system of the Three Dukes had been dismantled, I need to reform the military immediately. Then, in order to have an equal relationship with the Empire, I need to expand the military, so I can oppose the threat from the Demon Lord’s Territory together with them…… so to speak, I have to『strengthen the military』[1]. And that “Strengthen the Military” plan is, for sure, the 『United Army Plan』 that I had declared during the Final Counsel with the Three Dukes.
Looking at humanity’s history, a “strong soldier (in this case, it has the meaning of an army)” might be a mobile army corps. In short, whether or not we have the ability to send essential military forces to important positions quickly.[2] In practice, our complete victory in the battle against Amidonia was also because we were able to take up positions on the predicted battlefield earlier than our enemy. Since we arrived earlier, we would have had plenty of rest and were able to battle with the totally exhausted enemy. If we had arrived at the same time instead, then our fatigue levels would be similar and although the Amidonian Army’s numbers were a bit inferior, it would result in a battle with no retreat for them, so they would have held out considerably longer. If this happened, then the Kingdom Army would have surely had a harder fight.
Then, so that we are able to gain this mobility, together with the road improvements, I need to remove the fence between the Royal Army, the Kingdom Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; unite them under the same command; and create a structure that is able to move the whole army immediately. This is the 『United Army Plan』. The Royal Army with the Kingdom Army, Navy, and Air Force, together with the disassembled Nobles’ Army, the Nobles’ private soldiers attached to Royal Army, will be reorganized to create the 『Elfrieden Kingdom Defense Force』 (or EDF for short)[3]. Well, the abbreviation does give “that” sort of impression[4], but for the people of this world, my complex feelings about the name wouldn’t be able to be transmitted to them. By the way, it seems that this world has giant ants.