Outside the North City Wall of Theo Fortress, in a temporary camp, Velin counted the battalion-level and higher-ranking officers of the Underground Auxiliary Army who had been summoned. Only twenty-three remained.
According to the military structure, the Underground Auxiliary Army was divided into ten battalions, each with one battalion commander and two deputy battalion commanders.
Below the battalion level were eight companies, each with one company commander and two deputy company commanders.
Including the five deputy legion commanders at the Underground Auxiliary Army headquarters, there should have been a total of two hundred and seventy-five officers.
Yet now, fewer than one-tenth remained. The losses could only be described as devastating.
Looking at the respectful faces before him, Velin lowered his head slightly and murmured, "Their overall strength was too weak. That was the main reason the losses were so severe."
In the past, the Auxiliary Army in the Underground World had essentially been left to fend for itself. Apart from basic survival supplies, it received very few Transcendent Resources.
By comparison, each soldier of the Underground Auxiliary Army received only around one-fiftieth of the Transcendent supplies allotted monthly to an ordinary soldier in Qixing Territory's Standing Army.
Even so, for soldiers who had been slaves themselves, whose fathers had been slaves, or whose grandfathers had been slaves, it was undoubtedly a blessing.
As for the original clan rulers, aside from a very few, they had either died at his uncle-in-law's hands the moment the Underground World fell, or become pioneers on the experimental table.
"Everyone, stand."
The twenty-three Underground Auxiliary Army officers, who had been kneeling on one knee, slowly rose to their feet.
"In this battle, the Underground Legion Command System was practically wiped out."
"The casualties among the rank-and-file soldiers were also immense. More than thirteen thousand warriors