On the Flying Airship heading to the frontline for supply transport, Perfikot was only granted a small cabin. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

This was the crew cabin on the ship, with a total area of no more than ten square meters, and decorated very simply.

There was only a narrow bunk bed, sufficient for two people to lie down, a small table beside it allowing one person to use from the bed, and a metal locker set against the wall.

There was nothing else; the space was so cramped that it was impossible to stretch out within the room, raising an arm would hit the walls.

Perfikot didn’t mind the lodging conditions much, since even this simple environment was far more comfortable than her previous long-distance train rides.

Apart from the hard bunk bed which made Perfikot, accustomed to sleeping on soft beds, feel a bit of back pain, everything else was within her acceptable range.

Moreover, beyond all that, what concerned her more was the current situation on the frontline.

Through conversations with the officers on the ship, Perfikot learned some information, including details that differed from the reports she had received.

For instance, the casualty numbers were actually higher than on the reports she had seen; some soldiers’ deaths were glossed over just to make the reports look better.

The conditions on the battlefield were also more severe and worse than Perfikot had realized, as the Steam Knights indeed imposed tremendous pressure on the Revolutionary Army, forcing them to shrink their defensive lines to avoid the Steam Knights’ prowess.

Various attempts to hinder the Steam Knights’ movements were being made; for now, at the cost of demolishing railway bridges and other crucial transportation facilities, the Steam Knights’ actions were indeed affected, temporarily confined to the vicinity of a certain city.

While the Steam Knights were limited, the Revolutionary Army’s offensive against the colonial garrison did not cease, and because of contracting defenses and concentrating their forces, some strategic locations originally held, ended up being overrun.

Of course, the military state in the Northern Territory was somewhat better, with major issues stemming from colonial troops.

Ultimately, the military standards of the colonial troops were indeed quite poor, not even a comparison to the Northern Territory’s Guard Army or the Empire’s regular forces.

This scenario was within Perfikot’s expectations; according to the Empire’s military classification, the Guard Army is top-tier, the regular troops are a bit inferior, with non-combat skeleton units even more so, with colonial troops behind those.

Based on different grades, the quality, equipment level, and training of the troops vary completely.

The Guard Army is undoubtedly the strongest; those who serve either have significant service years as veterans or are young volunteers joining voluntarily.

Regular troops have uneven manpower, including many randomly recruited from the streets as strong men, criminals, or hoodlums.

As for non-combat skeleton units? They lack manpower, usually retaining only officer corps and a few veterans, only recruiting eligible males from across the nation to fill ranks when truly needed on the battlefield.

Among the three, there’s no doubt Guard Army soldiers possess a higher combat desire and personnel quality than regular forces, with daily training and subsistence supplies up a notch to ensure training levels.

Contrary to common belief about military training, soldiers don’t train daily but at certain intervals.

Since soldiers are human, not machines, enduring daily high-intensity training isn’t viable, not to mention the logistics consumption, which burdens most countries and armies beyond their bearable scope.

Typically, only specialized forces from the original world could reach such training intensities.

In this world, perhaps only the Knight Order manages daily training, with the Extraordinary’s physical ability bearing such efforts, though their logistics consumption often equates to a Knight Order depleting the supply of an entire infantry regiment.

Yes, in this world, a Knight Order and an infantry regiment’s logistics consumption is alike, with a Knight Order generally having only a hundred people, while an infantry regiment presumably at least a thousand, or even more, sometimes reaching over two thousand.

Thus, the Guard Army trains every three days, while the regular army does so every five days.

In non-combat skeleton units, veterans are trained every three days to maintain their state and quality; however, when newly recruited conscripts and mobilized soldiers fill ranks, new recruits typically undergo one to three months of basic training, then are directly sent to the battlefield, without any daily training involved.

Still, it’s somewhat favorable since veterans act as backbones capable of upholding basic operational standards.

As long as they fight a few battles, surviving recruits quickly become seasoned veterans, improving swiftly.

It’s even safe to say that as long as a force fights long enough on the battlefield without losing a significant number of veterans, it can keep enhancing combat capability to reach the Guard Army’s level.

Many of the Victor Empire’s Guard Army came about this way, from regular forces and non-combat units accumulating enough honor and military achievements on the battlefield before being promoted to Guard Army.

As for colonial troops, they typically aren’t included in the Empire’s combat sequence.

Because colonial troops are security forces organized independently by Governors as per local financial conditions.

Simply put, they are of the same rank as City Guard, with daily tasks maintaining order, not engaging in combat.

Despite colonial areas experiencing warfare, they are restructured to regular force specs, but their combat prowess evidently doesn’t compare to the Empire’s true non-combat forces.

After all, everyone understands the difference between veterans and city guards.

Therefore, given the current state of the war, Perfikot actually comprehends this situation quite well; from some perspective, the Northern Territory’s military joining was truly the regular Empire forces entering the conflict.

Before, it was akin more to city guards and militia keeping order, not a real organized battle.

And Major General Richard did fairly well when he joined the war with his forces, though the initial traps didn’t manage to ensnare the Revolutionary Army; subsequent assaults, while methodical, still imposed great pressure on the Revolutionary Army.

After all, his forces were the Empire Guard Army, newly equipped by Perfikot; if they couldn’t achieve some notable results, it’d be best to disband early.

Yet it was because of this that he faced an assassination attempt.

Although upon understanding the detailed circumstances, Perfikot thought that at most, it was an assault on the command center.