Two days later, Dr. Perrent finally got the news and learned the whole story of why the Kingdom of Overas declared war on the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance. It turned out that the special envoy sent by the Kingdom of Ovilas not only received a cold reception when he visited the Kingdom of Nasseri, but was also humiliated by the envoy of the Kingdom of Hicks in the palace of Nasseri. The envoy from the Kingdom of Hicks came to sign a civil commercial and trade agreement with the Kingdom of Nasseri. In the royal court, he met the envoy from the Kingdom of Ovilas. They clashed because of the disrespectful words of the two parties, and then initiated a duel.
It is a pity that the envoy of the Kingdom of Overas was a civil servant. Out of anger, he failed in the duel and was also ridiculed by the nobles of the Kingdom of Nasseri. He couldn't think about it for a moment, so he drew his sword and committed suicide in the royal court. As the master, the Kingdom of Nasseri should have prevented the conflict between the envoys of the two kingdoms. As a result, they not only did not come forward to stop the duel request made by the envoy of the Kingdom of Hicks against the envoy of the Kingdom of Ovilas, they even added fuel to the fire, forcing the envoy to In order not to damage the reputation of the Kingdom of Orvelas, he reluctantly accepted the duel challenge. And when he failed in the duel and was seriously injured, and was ridiculed and insulted by the nobles of the Nasseri Kingdom who were watching, he resolutely drew his sword and killed himself, which did not live up to the name of fortitude.
Only then did the sober-minded nobles of the Nasseri Kingdom realize that something was wrong. Sure enough, the envoy's entourage gathered up the envoy's body and sent it back to the kingdom. As soon as the news spread, the whole country was boiling. Sterling X delivered a speech in the National Assembly, calling the envoy incident a complete humiliation to the Kingdom of Ovelas. He announced that from today on, he would suspend the peace agreement with the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance. Ovelas The Kingdom of Sri Lanka declared war on the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance.
This was four or five days ago. This world is not one where you can immediately send troops to attack the enemy country as soon as you declare war. Of course, it is okay for you to have already launched an attack over there as soon as you declare war. But generally speaking, declaring war means mobilizing the whole country, recruiting troops to expand the legion, and sending troops to attack the enemy country, but this all takes time. And this time it was not that the Kingdom of Overas deliberately declared war, but because the sudden envoy incident aroused the kingdom's anger, Sterling X went to the National Assembly to give a speech and declare war.
It took two days for the news of the Kingdom of Ovelas's declaration of war to spread throughout the eastern region of Pharea. The five countries that had formed an anti-Austria alliance soon issued an announcement announcing their acceptance of the Kingdom of Ovelas's declaration of war. And began nationwide mobilization, recruiting troops to expand the army, and at the same time declared war on the Kingdom of Orvilas. This means that the war between the Kingdom of Orvilas and the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance has begun. This is another war that will involve the entire eastern region of the continent in the flames of war.
Claude feels that sometimes the way of war in this world is a bit ridiculous. Declaring war does not mean launching an attack immediately, but to remind the other party that we are going to fight you. We tell you clearly so that you have time to prepare for war and prepare for defense. . Originally, Claude thought that the Blue Feather Legion would immediately launch an attack when the news of the declaration of war came. However, he did not expect that two days later, most of the Blue Feather Legion troops were still busy in their respective military camps, preparing to go to war. Preparations before the battlefield. But the officers of the legion have been having meetings and discussing something.
Claude and the security squadron have been helping in the canteen of the military camp for two days, busy making military dry food and making military brown bread. The order from above is to prepare dry food for the entire battalion for fifteen days. Calculated based on the fact that a soldier needs one elbow-long piece of black bread every three days, five loaves of military black bread are needed in half a month, and the entire battalion needs to prepare nearly 6,000 loaves of military black bread. bread. In addition, there are other nutritious food configurations, such as a small salt box, dried cheese, dried meat powder, a small piece of butter and some dried fruits.
A small part of these military rations are carried by the soldiers, but most of them are transported by the logistics department. Food is basically distributed every three days. However, this is for consumption on the march or in battle. If you are stationed for a long time or preparing to go to the battlefield, you need to prepare hot food for the soldiers. A hot meal will give you the strength to fight on the battlefield.
It was an eye-opener for Claude. He never thought that he would start making dry military rations only after a war broke out. At this time, the training of his guard squadron and stretcher team was stopped. There was an order from above, and the logistics department immediately counted various military supplies and replenished the insufficient and lacking supplies as soon as possible. Therefore, not to mention the training consumable materials such as gunpowder and guns, even if the washbasin is broken, you cannot pick it up during this period. You have to wait for the logistics department to make statistics and send the inventory material information.
The 11th Field Battalion stationed at the Fulkby Hill Military Camp is considered to be a more combat-oriented battalion of the Blue Feather Corps and belongs to the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Field Division. But the strange thing is that in the next half month, the second, third and fourth divisions of the Blue Feather Corps all moved to the front line respectively, but the first division, which is recognized as the strongest in combat effectiveness of the Blue Feather Corps, remained stationary. . Many officers who were eager to go to the battlefield and meritorious service asked around, but the order from above was to stay well and don't look for trouble. There were many opportunities to go to the battlefield.
Dr. Perrente was a man of great powers, and he got a lot of information. For example, this time the Ministry of War decided to attack in two directions. From the northwest, the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion would attack the Kingdom of Nasseri and attack from Berta Alnia County. In the northeast, the Blue Feather Legion attacked the Principality of Sidings from Cafilezte County alone, with the purpose of annexing the Principality of Sidings, and then decided which country to attack.
Judging from the map, the Principality of Sidings is only as large as the seven counties of the Kingdom of Overas, but the junction of the two countries is the Odin Mountains, which is a stretch of high mountains and dangerous terrain. The Principality of Sidings built two defensive fronts in the Odin Mountains. It believed that its defense was tight and there was no need to consider the attack of the Kingdom of Ovilas. After all, those fortresses and castles on the two defensive fronts built on the dangerous mountains are enough to make the enemy suffer a bloody blow and return without success.
In the opinion of the people in power in the Principality of Sidings, even if the Kingdom of Ovelas attacks the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, the route to be taken should be the Kingdom of Nasseri. After all, the Kingdom of Ovelas and the Kingdom of Nasseri are at war. During the two wars, troops also came to the capital of King Nasseri, King Qedri, and the two sides knew the truth. Moreover, that route is much flatter than our own. There is only a hilly area at the border. Both the defensive facilities and the dangerous terrain are much worse than our own.
Therefore, relying on these two defensive fronts, everyone in the Kingdom of Sidings always thought that they had nothing to worry about. Although they declared war with the Kingdom of Ovilas, they believed that the flames of war would not burn into their own country, and they could sit back and watch the Kingdom of Nasseri Fighting to the death with both sides of the Kingdom of Orvilas. They even think that the war sweeping across the eastern part of the mainland is just dragging on for a longer time. When both sides are exhausted from fighting, they will naturally resume peace talks. By then, they can sign a peace agreement and enjoy peace for decades more. . The so-called price of war is just to provide some reinforcements and some supplies to the Nasseri Kingdom and fulfill the responsibilities of an ally.
But the Principality of Sidings never dreamed that the Blue Feather Legion stationed in Cafilezte County has been plotting against the Principality of Sidings. Moreover, the main purpose of this war is to seize several seaport bases from the territory of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance and completely eliminate the maritime threat posed to the kingdom by the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance's combined fleet.
The two excellent seaports owned by the Principality of Xidings have become the goals of the Kingdom of Overas. Annexing the Kingdom of Xidings and seizing those two seaports will be equivalent to expanding the kingdom's eastern sea territory to the east by more than 300 years. At sea, this is almost the heaviest blow to the United Fleet. They can no longer send squadrons deep into the eastern waters of the Kingdom and pose a threat to the Kingdom's coastal territories.
Although the Blue Feather Legion is one of the kingdom's ace field armies, it ranks behind the Guards Legion and the Red Dragon Legion. It took a lot of effort to seize the leadership of the war in the Ministry of War this time. . The most important decisive factor in this is that the Blue Feather Army takes advantage of the convenience of being stationed in Cafilezte County, adjacent to the Principality of Sidings. In recent years, it has been unremittingly sending spies and reconnaissance personnel to map the border terrain and move the Principality of Sidings The two defensive lines built in the Odin Mountains were clearly understood, and a secret passage was also found to move troops around behind the two defensive lines.
For the Blue Feather Legion, simply going behind the two defensive lines of the Odin Mountains is like peeling off the shell of the egg of the Principality of Siddings, revealing the delicious yolk protein inside. There is no need to lose troops and generals by attacking those two well-equipped defensive lines. At that time, as long as the logistical supplies on the two defensive fronts of the Principality of Sidings are cut off, it will be enough to force the armed forces of the Principality of Sidings on those two defensive fronts to surrender. As for the remaining two-thirds of the plains in the Principality of Sidings, they cannot stop the Blue Feather Legion's demonstrations and raids.
Just because the Blue Feather Legion mastered this secret passage, the Griffin Legion, which was better at mountain warfare, was forced to assign the Red Dragon Legion as its deputy to attack the Kingdom of Nasseri. The anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance also believes that the main direction of the offensive chosen by the Overas Kingdom should be over there, and is mobilizing and sending troops to gather in the Nasseri Kingdom. The strategy they adopted on land was to defend and counterattack. They built all kinds of defensive positions and facilities in the rear regardless of cost, preparing to use these to gradually resist the attack of the Kingdom of Ovelas army, and slowly drain the enemy's blood until until they are unable to attack.
The reason why Dr. Perrent was able to find out this information was because the Second Field Division and the Third Field Division of the Blue Feather Corps had bypassed the two defensive lines deployed by the Principality of Sidings in the Odin Mountains through secret passages and occupied the Vimys City is an important transportation city leading to the Odin Mountains. Next, the Second Field Division will continue to sweep through the territory of the Principality of Siddings and approach the capital of the Principality, Fort Afina. The 3rd Field Division and the 4th Field Division clamped the Odin Mountains one after another to prevent the defense troops on the two defensive fronts, which accounted for half of the forces of the Principality of Sidings, from jumping over the wall to break out.
"But why does our First Division stay here instead of heading to the front line?" Claude has never been able to figure this out. Dr. Perrent also said that he did not know the reason. Perhaps only the top generals of the Legion knew the answer to this question. It was obvious why it was kept secret.
After more than a week, we finally got the exact news. It turned out that the first field division of the Blue Feather Army had been staying in Cafilezte County to wait for the arrival of the second prince. Sterling X sent the eldest prince Hansback Don Sterling to the Red Dragon Legion and the second prince Wedelek Don Sterling to the Blue Feather Legion. The two princes' duty was to go to the front line. Supervising the war, he also went to the three border counties to announce the kingdom's new administrative measures.
As the war approached, the kingdom decided to lift the military control order in the three border counties of Cafilezte, Raston Keren and Bertalnia. Taxation is subject to the same policies as elsewhere in the kingdom. The only requirement is to recruit young men from these three border counties to form three second-line legions to serve the kingdom in this war sweeping the eastern part of the continent.
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the First Field Division realized that they had been staying in Cafilezte County just to protect the second prince before heading to the front line. And Claude also followed the 11th Field Battalion to the Legion Camp, because Prince Wedelek will hold a military parade at the Legion Camp, and after reviewing the officers and soldiers of the First Division, he will go to the Odin Mountains to preside over the military parade there. The collective surrender ceremony of the defending troops on the two defensive fronts of the Principality of Sidings