Lille's military forces
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Report: Lille's military forces
Author: Colonel Pierre de Surmont — Date: 66 days post-Mist — Confidentiality: Public
Objective
Answer the Lillois's legitimate questions about the way they are defended against the Mist.
Background
Since the Mist killed 99% of humans and the French government fell, the Triumvirate has invited the survivors in the North of France, Belgium, South East of England, Luxembourg, South West of the Netherlands, and West of Germany to join us in Lille to form the largest gathering of survivors and biggest Mist research centre. Despite our size, se can guarantee your defence against the Mist and here is how we are doing it.
Answer the Lillois's legitimate questions about the way they are defended against the Mist.
Background
Since the Mist killed 99% of humans and the French government fell, the Triumvirate has invited the survivors in the North of France, Belgium, South East of England, Luxembourg, South West of the Netherlands, and West of Germany to join us in Lille to form the largest gathering of survivors and biggest Mist research centre. Despite our size, se can guarantee your defence against the Mist and here is how we are doing it.
Missions
Main missions
- Protect against the Mist monsters.
- Detect Mist anomalies and potential Mist contamination.
- Contain potential contaminated individuals.
- Prevent survivors from killing each other out of paranoia or stress-inducing quarrelling.
Divisions of tasks between each of the 7 regular companies
2 companies patrolling the borders of Lille's Survivor Camp.
1 company guarding each of the 3 entrances of Lille's Camp and patrolling inside the city.
1 company guarding: the military command centre, the government head quarter, the research centre, the supply distribution centre.
1 company escorting the supply runners going outside of Lille to gather supply.
2 companies on standby for interventions.
Organisation of Lille's military forces
Numbers: 1,329 soldiers and civilians
229 pre-Mist military and police professionals
9 pre-Mist soldiers, members of the national rapid response based in Lille (including General Pierre de Surmont and Commandant Hippolyte Decroix-Gaultier)
54 pre-Mist gendarmes from the Hauts de France region
166 pre-Mist policemen from the Hauts de France region
800 post-Mist volunteers (who were civilians pre-Mist but who now have with military training)
300 civilians (civilians with training to act on an active battlefield to support the rest or the army and do specialised tasks)
100 healthcare professionals
100 engineers
100 supply civilians
Branches of the army:
Infantry corps: 1029 individuals, lead by Colonel Pierre de Surmont
Regular division: 929 individuals, divided into 9 companies of around 100.
Elite division: 1 company of 100 individuals, lead by Commandant Hippolyte Decroix-Gaultier. Bodyguards for the Consuls of the Triumvirate, ministers, and the engineering corps.
Engineering corps: 1 company of 100 individuals, lead by Anne-Line Decroix (with the courtesy title of Commandant). Civilians with scientific and engineering skills trained to work on a battlefield.
Logistics corps: 1 company of 100 individuals, lead by Leader of Supply Recovery (with the courtesy title of Commandant).
Medicine corps: 1 company of 100 individuals, lead by Marie-Françoise Decroix (with the courtesy title of Commandant). Civilian healthcare professionals trained in emergency medicine.
Organisation of companies
Composition of a company:
1 captain (officer)
1 lieutenant (officer)
3 adjudants (non-commissioned officers)
7 sergents (non-commissioned officers)
7 corporals (rank soldiers)
77 post-Mist volunteers (rank soldiers)
Subdivisions of a company:
Platoon: lead by 1 sergent and made of 2-3 fighting groups.
Fighting group: lead by 1 adjudant with the assistance of 1 corporal and made of 11 post-Mist civilian volunteers
Squad: a fighting group can sometimes be divided into 2 squads of 5 or 5 volunteers for specific missions.
Conclusion
Our military forces are highly welcoming of any civilians wanting to volunteer to contribute to our safety by enrolling into our defence patrols. We also organise self-defence training, medical emergency training, and help the research centre run tests to develop new defences and weapons against the Mist. Come to Lille's military headquarters to learn how to participate!| Related Articles | ||||||||||
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Author's Notes
Sources for the numbers of military personnel / gendarmes / policemen in the Hauts de France)5,998,920 inhabitants in the Hauts de France region in 2022 (Source) including 25.3% under 18 years old (1,515, 041), 7% cadres and superior intellectual professions (among which 30% are engineers and technical cadres, i.e., 126,000), 2% working in agriculture (i.e., 120,000), and 6% working in construction (i.e., 360,000) (Sources: 1 and 2).
Around 34 gendarmes and policemen / 10,000 inhabitants in the Hauts de France region in 2019, i.e. 20,366. (Source: Insee Références – Édition 2021 – Fiche 6.1 – Policiers et gendarmes).
5,485 gendarmes in the Hauts de France region in 2011 (3713 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais + 2772 in Picardie). ()., Including 7.7% of officers (Source).
430 soldiers in the national rapid response based in the Citadelle in Lille (Source).
Healthcare practitioners in the Hauts de France region in 2022 (Source): 19,393 doctors (including interns) and 65,118 nurses and associated professions
Outside of hospitals: 4,985 general practitioners, 4,041 specialist doctors, 8,978 nurses
In hospitals: 7,451 medical professional (doctors only) + 2,916 interns and junior doctors + 56,140 healthcare personnels (nurses, nursing assistant, midwives)
2,114,000 jobs in the Hauts de France region in 2020
Number of survivors calculated as 1% of the initial population (the real percentage is lower, but soldiers / gendarmes / policemen / doctors / nurses were more likely to survive the monsters that appear after First Exposure to the Mist).
The division and hierarchy of the post-apocalyptic forces are of course adapted from the current French army.