Chapter 1684: Wisdom, Will, Budget
From this moment on, the storm stirred up by the butterfly wings of Meng Chao pushed the Crimson Dragon Army onto a path utterly different from its previous life.
The Crimson Dragon Army grew ever stronger, ever more capable of fighting independently, and naturally ever more eager for a budget and status commensurate with its strength.
In short, the Crimson Dragon Army hoped to evolve, after being tempered a thousand times over, from a purely defensive City Defense Force, Garrison Force, and Garrison Force into an Expeditionary Force with independent global strike capability—or at the very least, Intercontinental Rapid Strike Capability.
The transformation from a City Defense Force into an Expeditionary Force, a change that required shedding its old skin and breaking down the old to establish the new, was naturally not something that could be accomplished overnight. It required astronomical resources, an incomparably heavy price, and the courage to face unimaginable difficulties.
But for any army in the normal sense of the word, when faced with a sacred mission such as "conquering the world," so long as there was even a one-percent chance of success, it could not possibly refrain from giving one hundred percent effort to fight for it, strive for it, and even take risks for it.
In order for the Crimson Dragon Army to evolve as soon as possible into a true army, rather than merely an appendage of Peerless Experts, everyone within its ranks worked tirelessly, carrying out sweeping reforms to its organizational structure, equipment system, and military doctrine.
Even before Meng Chao departed for Turanze, the Crimson Dragon Army had resolutely advanced plans for disarmament and reorganization on the grounds of its great victory in the Monster War.
The expected goal of the first round of disarmament was to