Chapter 47: The Game Plan
Shadowfall Kingdom
Vincent
Kaijuu Ryu's Laboratory.
05:55
Kaijuu Ryu
I put my left hand on Shannon's shoulder. She looks at me. I close my eyes and nod.
"FORM UP!"
Thank you general Tailor.
They start forming a line. About 5 meters in front of us with me at the center.
They all stand at attention.
"At ease."
Everyone takes a wide stance, hands behind their backs.
I look at Wilfred and nod.
"From now on you are to refer to general Kaijuu, vice general Shannon and myself as Sir. Is that understood?"
"""""""""""""""""""Yes Sir!"""""""""""""""""""
I take a look at the clipboard in my right hand.
"Covert Corps, Step forward."
To the far right 2 step forward then one of them steps forward again.
"Commander Shizuku"
"Yes Sir!"
She and her vice commander Mary Westeria are wearing their black ninja outfits, mask removed and a black scarf each.
"Report on enemy numbers"
"Yes Sir!"
Mary hands her a paper.
"East Empire forces as of 1 month ago:
Footsoldiers 60 000
Spearmen 20 000
Archers 12 000
Mages 6 500
Support 14 000
Rearguard 7 000
General's Elite Guard 250
Total troops approximately 120 000, Sir"
"Good. Hand me that report will you."
"Right away sir."
Mary takes it and brings it over and hands it to me at attention.
"Dismissed"
She turns and heads back to her position.
"What's their covert corps numbers?"
"They have no such division Sir!"
Shizuku Answers.
"I see. Return"
""Yes Sir!""
They step back in line.
I turn to Shanon.
"Inform them of the flag communication system"
As she starts telling them I go over our own numbers:
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Footsoldiers First Division 20 000
Commander Mark Gutenberg
Vice Commander Debby Fin
Footsoldiers Second Division 12 000
Commander Martin Lewis
Vice Commander Jeremy Matthews
Spearmen Division 10 000
Commander Daniel Steady
Vice Commander Hector Wilson (no Relation)
Tank Division 4 000
Commander Shirley Moonwood
Vice Commander Phillip Surges
Archer Division 8 000
Commander Archer Million
Vice Commander Bernice Filmos
Magic Division 12 000
Commander Mike Turner
Vice Commander Alice Turner (Sister older)
Support Division 5 000
Commander Lindy Mercia
Vice Commander John Carter
Beastmen Division 18 000
Commander Gary Coleman
Vice commander Shaun Surges (Half-brother older)
Covert Corps 500
Commander Shizuku Hamilton
Vice Commander Mary Westeria
Horse Cavalry 500
Former General Shanon Wilson
Vice Commander Richard Orchard
General's Elite Guard TBD
General Ryu Kaijuu
Vice General Shanon Wilson
Vice General Wilfred Shadow-Wolf
Total Forces 90 000
*Approximate numbers used
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She finishes her explanation.
"Magic and archer division, step forward."
The 5th and 6th group from the left step forward staggered as before.
"Commander Archer"
"Yes Sir!"
"How's your ribs?"
"Fully healed Sir!"
"How many of your soldiers passed basic, report."
"Yes Sir! 7 500 of the 8 000 passed sir."
"Commander Mike"
"Sir!"
"How many of your soldiers passed basic, report."
He takes a note from Alice
"Sir! 8 500 of the 12 000 passed sir."
"The men that failed will be providing support for your divisions only, understood"
""Yes Sir!""
"For the archers I want 2 divisions and the mages I want 3 divisions, assign each division a captain that selects their own vice captain. Understood."
""Yes Sir!""
"Return"
""Yes Sir!""
They step back in line.
"Footsoldiers First Division, Second Division and Spearmen Division, Step Forward."
"""Yes Sir!"""
The first 3 groups from the left step forward as before. They are all basically wearing the same uniform, red undershirt and pants, silver light armor, The spearmen have leather armor in addition to this.
"All footsoldiers will merge under the command of commander Mark and his vice commander, I want 6 divisions divided equally, Spearmen will divide into 6 parts as well, each joining a footsoldiers division. Commander Mark will assign each division a captain, each captain will select his own vice captain. From the men who failed basic each division will have 500 Soldiers provide support. If your numbers are short for support, our support division will supplement the numbers. Understood?"
"""Yes Sir!"""
"Any questions so far, raise your hand"
The commander of the second division does.
"Commander Martin. Proceed"
"Permission to speak freely, Sir!"
"Granted"
"Why is Commander Mark placed in charge? I believe myself a better candidate. Please explain Sir."
"Very well, Commander mark was the only one of you that had the guts to challenge one of my wives, that I personally trained I might add, while the rest of you... need I continue."
I'm a bit annoyed, I think It's showing.
"No Sir"
He looks dejected. I calm myself.
"Return"
""""""Yes Sir""""""
They step back.
"Beastmen Division, step forward"
They do. Commander Gary is not wearing a shirt only pants and boots, his vice commander Shaun is wearing the same brown pants and combat boots, but also a brown button up military shirt. Shaun's bunny ears are also at attention. Gary has what looks like wolf ears above his hair. He looks like a miniature bodybuilder. You know If you take an amateur bodybuilder and just shrink him down,. He is 2 Heads Shorter than me. They both have tanned skin, same as Felmina.
"Commander Gary"
"Yes Sir!"
"Tell me about your division, your strengths, weaknesses, numbers and anything else you may find relevant. I am unfamiliar with your division."
"Sir! My division is over 18 000 strong, 2 of my soldiers failed basic. Our strength is in our attack power and speed. Our weakness is defense. We are referred to as glass cannons among our peers. Some from my division including myself have the ability to transform. 6500 of our 18 000 have this ability."
"Interesting, can you perhaps demonstrate?"
"Yes Sir, however, If I may ask permission to speak and act freely once I do"
I look him up and down. Something crazy is about to go down.
"Granted, but wait a moment before you do."
"Yes Sir!"
I turn to my left 90 degrees.
"Wilfred, front and center."
He runs to his position.
"Sir"
I put my hand up, and whisper something to him.
"Yes Sir!"
"About face!"
Everyone does except Gary and Wilfred.
"At ease."
They follow.
"Plug your ears."
Everyone does except Gary and Wilfred.
"Now, if you don't mind commander Gary"
I gesture with my hand as if I am about to shake his
"Thank you Sir."
He goes into a stance, hair starts growing from his body, like how you would see a werewolf transform.
He is now 1 head taller than me, his chest muscles have expanded greatly as he seems to loom over me. looking at me.
Then he strikes a muscle pose.
"Aren't I cool, wasn't I cool just then. I am so manly."
He keeps posing.
"Look at me. Look at these rippling muscles."
"Gary SIT!"
He sits like a dog.
"Paw"
He gives me his paw. He's so obedient.
Eyes sparkling.
I snap my fingers. Wilfred goes:
"Revert back commander Gary"
He stands up and reverses the process.
"Please excuse my conduct sir."
He bows.
"No problem, thank you for the demonstration. Now tell me what exactly happened there?"
"Sir, in beast form we cannot control our thoughts from spilling to the surface."
"I see."
I point to the commanders with their backs to us.
"Wilfred can you do something about this?"
"Yes Sir"
Wilfred runs around to their front claps his hands, then gestures for them to remove their fingers from their plugged ears. They do. Their hands go back to their positions behind their backs.
Wilfred orders.
"About face" then "At ease"
They follow.
I continue.
"Commander Gary"
"Sir"
"From your beastmen I want 4 divisions. Do the same as the other regarding captains and such. Also I want an additional 1000 of your fastest and 1000 of your strongest to form a special division. The special division will be to provide support for your troops. The strong will drag injured troops out of harms way while the fast will administer healing. Is that understood?"
"Sir, Yes Sir!"
"Return."
"Yes Sir!"
They do.
"The rest of you will also use your support units for safety and recovery in this manner. Vice commander of the cavalry unit, covert corps and support division stay behind, The rest of you are dismissed."
"""""""""""""""""""Yes Sir!"""""""""""""""""""
They do as ordered.
I speak to the 5 that remained along with Shanon and Wilfred.