Navy Branch 153 had a full complement of 1000 Marines. The composition was roughly 970 soldiers and 30 NCOs. The ratio was 1 to 30, meaning that one NCO was in charge of 30 soldiers.
Officers above the rank of colonel needed to report to the headquarters for approval. That is to say, the appointment of a colonel officer would be strictly recorded in the headquarters. This record wasn't like the lowest level of cannon fodder, which only had a set of serial numbers. Instead, it had a detailed record of the person's identity and personal history.
Because of the lack of pay, Navy Branch 153 was fully staffed in the headquarters' files. But in the past two days, Yarlin had actually calculated that Navy Branch 153 had a total of 644 Marines. Even if the two warships on duty at sea were counted as 100 Marines, there was still a shortage of 256 Marines.
"256 of them, 12 of them are empty in the NCO level (the NCO level was already empty in the first place, plus the missing and dead), 244 navy soldiers. This is the space we can operate on," Arlen said to Bello Maybo as he closed the statistics.
At this moment in Navy Branch 153, Colonel Monca was in a coma, Lieutenant Colonel Satoni was missing or dead, Lieutenant Colonel Lippa was in command of a warship all year round, and the remaining Lieutenant Colonel had been sent out by Colonel Monca to eliminate a group of pirates and hadn't returned yet.
The Lieutenant Colonel tactfully applied for a transfer and was sent to serve on Lieutenant Colonel Lippa's warship. The entire base's officers were all gone, leaving behind only junior officers. No one dared to go against Berroumebé. Thus, the entire Navy Branch 153 became Berroumebé's sole authority.
"These are our people!"
Yarlin took out a stack of Navy files. After carefully examining them, he selected 12 files and handed them to Berroumebé. He lightly said: "These 12 people can be promoted to NCOs to fill the vacancies in the base."
Berroumebé didn't hesitate at all. He completely trusted Yarlin's loyalty and ability. The only thing he needed to do was to act as Colonel Monca's spokesperson, and then make a human-shaped seal.
Fick, Csónitz, Gagou, Tanner and some other official members of the Freemasonry were promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and quickly distributed the power within the base.
The base recruited new recruits, trained new recruits, the navy's daily drill, internal order inspection, logistics and other important departments. According to Yarlin's suggestion, Berroumebé ordered the new Second Lieutenants to be placed in these departments, and the original officers were slowly transferred to other departments.
With this kind of methodical progress, after two weeks, Navy Branch 153 could be said to have fallen into Yarlin's control. Of course, there would be some twists and turns along the way, but under Colonel Monca's years of accumulated power, and Berroumebé's forceful implementation, all voices of opposition and complaints were suppressed.
And within these two weeks, the originally sparse and lax management of the branch base was like someone tightening a screw and putting oil on it, and it began to operate faster.
All the veterans were reorganized into groups, and underwent strict daily training. All the subordinates assigned to the officers were abolished, and were once again placed under the command of the training officers, undergoing strict training. The original officers were naturally dissatisfied and grumbling, and a large portion of the soldiers at the bottom couldn't adapt to this sudden increase in training pace, and were exhausted and grumbling every day.
Regarding this, Berroumebé was slightly worried, but Yarlin turned a blind eye. The only reason they could complain was because the training wasn't enough, and ordered the officers to increase the amount of training. Sure enough, after a period of time, the soldiers didn't even have the strength to complain, but unknowingly, they began to gradually get used to this kind of dry and dull training. The entire navy was like being remolded in a furnace, labeled with the label of discipline and obedience.
Navy Branch 153 entered a completely sealed environment, and all the navy including the officers were restricted from entering and exiting. Every entry and exit had to be approved by Berroumebé before they could be released.
At the same time, the new recruitment office was also endlessly recruiting new recruits. Yarlin was well aware that these were all members of the Brotherhood in Shields town, and he needed to use the number of new recruits to dilute the number of veterans.
He didn't care about the customs of these soldiers, including the old soldiers who had been retrained. Arlen also understood that a large portion of them were still branded with the label of a faction. These labels couldn't be completely removed in a short period of time by dispersing and reorganizing.
Yarlin didn't have the whimsical idea of unifying everyone's hearts, this wasn't something that could be achieved through mere training, but he could artificially create two naturally opposing groups between the veterans and the new recruits, and artificially transfer the dissatisfaction and resentment of the old officers to the new recruits and the new officers, and thus achieve a period of smooth transition.
He didn't need everyone to be of one mind at this stage, he only needed to continuously weaken the power of the original officers, and make it difficult for everyone to be of one mind.
Next, he had plenty of ways to use the Marine's elimination mechanism to remove the unneeded components of Navy Branch 153, and then slowly refine the remaining components into a group firmly branded with his personal will.
"Elimination mechanism?" Berroumebé stared at Yarlin puzzledly.
"The Marine's duty and obligation to eliminate pirates is a Marine's duty and obligation. The Marines of 153 Branch shouldn't be holed up in the base all year round, and only occasionally go out to perform pirate elimination missions. Instead, they should maintain a high frequency of active attacks to eliminate the pirates guarding the sea, and use this system to constantly draw out the internal Marine soldiers for tempering between life and death." Yarlin said coldly: "Eliminate the weak, leave the strong, and at the same time perfectly screen out those who are not of one mind with us."
"In this vast sea, no matter how many corpses are buried, it will never be obvious, and no one will be able to find the problem." Yarlin continued to add: "Cut out the rotten flesh, and continuously absorb the nutrients of fresh blood to grow, so that every muscle and bone in the body will be completely under our control."
Berroumebé understood Yarlin's meaning. He didn't realize that for some reason, he was confined to Monca's residence, and Yarlin, who was handling all his orders, had already placed his tentacles in the various departments of Navy Branch 153. Once Yarlin completed the elimination and screening, then would the new body still retain his position as Berroumebé?
(Author's note: I won't go into the details of the infighting between the Marine forces. They're all small fries, so I won't waste space on them. Next up is Arlen's complete control of the 153rd branch of the Marine Navy. The Mother Nest's complete body will appear on the scene. Her influence will expand, and the map will expand accordingly. You know, the stage will be set, and the characters from the original work will appear one after another.)
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