Major Leedfunk failed to transfer Belklin back to the 1st Ranger Battalion. This was not because he did not try his best, but because the 2nd Ranger Battalion where Belklin was currently serving transferred more than 20 former Rangers. The soldiers regarded him as a treasure and refused to let him go. In addition, Belklin once again performed meritorious service on the battlefield. He continuously killed several enemy lieutenant-level officers from a distance of more than 100 meters, causing the enemy's assault troops to lose their frontline command, causing the attack to end in chaos.
So Becklin was promoted to another level, from sergeant to second lieutenant, and his military rank was the same as Claude's. This guy took advantage of the Second Ranger Battalion's retreat to rest, put on a brand new officer uniform, put on a green star epaulette, and went to Ames City to treat Claude and others he saw. In fact, he just wanted to show off. , and ended up being beaten up by the envious and jealous Muriel Ed and Diavid.
While Claude was lying in the treatment center recuperating from his injuries, more than seven legions of the Kingdom of Ovilas commanded by Prince Hansback finally besieged three legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri in the Emilia Plains. After more than half a month of tug-of-war, the army of the Nasseri Kingdom, which had run out of ammunition and food, finally laid down their weapons and entered the prisoner camp. In this battle, the Nasseri Kingdom suffered more than 98,000 casualties, more than half of whom were killed in battle, and three legions with more than 160,000 troops were completely wiped out, including two of the Nasseri Kingdom's standing legions.
The casualties in the Kingdom of Overas were not small, but the number of soldiers killed in the battle was less than half of the enemy. It can be said that a decisive victory was achieved in the Principality of Sidings. In the history of the kingdom, this battle is called the Victory of Emilia. But few people know that after this battle, the Firearms Research Institute of the Kingdom of Overas began to focus on the development of precision aiming and shooting muskets, instead of pursuing the maximum range of the muskets.
Claude received a lot of letters while he was recuperating. He had nothing to do in the treatment center, so he wrote letters to people he knew every day. As a result, Vericro's father, Uncle Kuberik, wrote to him and told him that Vericro, as a soldier of the Guards Corps, had also gone to the front line and should be in the Principality of Sidings. It's just that the Guards Corps is on the front line as the main offensive force and has no interaction with Claude. Claude can only ask Michael Jack and the big man Gimi to go to the treatment center set up by the Guards Corps in Amis City to find those injured. Bing asked if anyone knew Viricero.
Bokhar did not reply, but his father Lubiwill wrote to tell Claude that the Bunjilia garrison battalion where Bokhar was located had also been pulled to the front, but he didn't know whether it was on the eastern or western front. He was very worried. The life of my precious son is safe. At the same time, Boker's father told Claude another piece of news in the letter. That Erikson, the Ike who broke off relations with Claude because of what happened to his father, Captain Otruny, also joined the army, but he joined the navy
Her mother's letter was as always full of worry and concern. Even if Claude told her the good news that he had become an official second lieutenant of the kingdom, it could not alleviate her worries. She was very afraid that one day she would receive notification of Claude's death in action. to frequent insomnia
The letter from sister Anna uses agreed words to vaguely indicate that she has become a first-level rune mage, and the seven basic spells are exactly the same as Claude, which means that she already has a certain ability to protect herself. Unlike Claude, she is truly interested in pharmacy and is currently studying how to cure her mother's insomnia. At the same time, she complained to Claude in a letter because her younger brother Booker was ten years old and had become a real naughty child.
There is also a letter from Caifuni. The girl puts her heart into Claude. Although she is also worried about Claude's safety, she still expresses her confidence that she will wait until Claude returns safely to tie the knot with her. happy match. The letter was full of love and longing. She recorded many small things that happened around her and shared them with Claude. For example, her sister Catherine and Gerald are now pregnant after getting married. The couple has been worrying about what to name the child in their belly for several days.
Lady Maria also wrote back, in which she apologized to Claude because she did not tell Prince Hansbach to ask him to take care of Claude. The letter said that she was only seven years older than the eldest prince. When he was a child and lived in the palace, the eldest prince always refused to call her aunt. Although he called her aunt when he grew up, the relationship between the two was not very harmonious and they only maintained Surface politeness. She had brought up the second Prince Widelek since he was a child. The two of them were very close and could say hello directly. In addition, the eldest prince was the crown prince, and she would not go out of her way to please him in order to avoid suspicion, so she did not ask for this favor from the eldest prince regarding Claude.
It turns out that this is the case, and Claude suddenly realized. He was a little strange at first, thinking that Mrs. Maria would greet the eldest prince, but then Lieutenant Colonel Rosler targeted him so much that he didn't understand why the eldest prince didn't come forward to take care of him. Only now do I know that Madam Maria did not say anything to the eldest prince. The relationship between them is not close and it is not easy to please.
Perhaps it was because of the second prince that Claude had such a misunderstanding, thinking that Mrs. Maria had great powers in the royal capital and could do anything. It turns out that there are still people in the royal capital who don't sell her face, and the eldest prince is one of them. But that's okay, it means that Claude's future promotion will be due to his military exploits and his own efforts, rather than to Mrs. Maria's care.
Without the support of the Nasseri Kingdom's army, the remaining Sidings Principality's armed forces and the reinforcements from the other three principalities simply could not withstand the forces of the Ovelas Kingdom. After more than a month of arduous resistance, even though Archduke Sidings clamored for a nationwide resistance and said he would rather be in pieces than in ruins, he still packed up his belongings early and fled to other countries with his people. The capital of the country, Fort Afina, was left behind, heavily surrounded by the army of the Kingdom of Orvelas.
On August 10, the defenders of Fort Afina, who had persisted for half a month, laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Guards Corps of the Kingdom of Ovilas. On August 12, Grand Prince Hansback arrived at Afinasburg, personally lowered the last flag of the Principality of Sidings, raised the two-headed dragon flag of the Kingdom of Overas, and announced the annexation of the Principality of Sidings. The Kingdom of Ovelas, and from this day on, the Principality of Sidings has become history.
The Royal Guards led four second-line legions and invaded the Principality of Rimodra. They invaded and plundered like fire. In less than a week, the Principality of Modra lost a quarter of its territory. On the one hand, he tenaciously resisted the enemy and asked for help from his allies. On the other hand, Grand Duke Limodra secretly sent a special envoy to sue for peace with the Kingdom of Ovelas. However, after the special envoy met the eldest prince at Fort Afena, Archduke Modera's unilateral peace request was rejected by the prince. The prince asked for unconditional surrender and only promised to consider Modra after the war. The question of whether the Principality can continue to exist.
When it comes to the survival of the principality, Archduke Rimodra has no choice but to persist in resisting and pin his hopes on the strong support of his allies. With the Duchy of Sidings as a lesson, the Principality of Eskiline and the Principality of Karnas finally made up their minds this time, and each reorganized three legions to enter the Principality of Rimodra, hoping to limit the war within the Principality of Rimodra. without affecting their own territory. You must know that if the Principality of Rimodra is destroyed, the Kingdom of Ovelas can invade the Principality of Eskilin in the east and the Principality of Kannas in the west. The territories of both countries are bordering the Principality of Rimodra.
At this time, the Nasseri Kingdom, the leader of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, was also unable to protect itself. The three legions supporting the Sidings Principality were surrounded and annihilated, and two of them were standing legions. For the Nasseri Kingdom, it was already a great source of vitality. Injury, you must know that the four standing armies of the Kingdom of Nasseri are equivalent to the four field ace armies of the Kingdom of Overas. They maintain 80% of the staff all year round, which is completely different from those second-line armies that only have an empty frame and are recruited and expanded during the war. It's different, now half of them are missing, which makes it somewhat difficult to dispatch troops.
Especially after annihilating the three regiments of the Nasseri Kingdom, a gap in the defense line appeared on the border with the Sidings Principality. At some point, the Ovelas Kingdom transferred back the Griffin Legion from the Western Front. , leading two second-line legions to counterattack into the Kingdom of Nasseri. Forced by the severe situation of fighting on two fronts, the Kingdom of Nasseri was unable to protect itself and had no energy left to support its allies in fighting the invasion of the Kingdom of Orvilas.
At present, the advantage of the war in the eastern part of the mainland is tilted greatly towards the Kingdom of Ovelas, so much so that Sterling X delivered a passionate speech at the Harvest Festival celebration banquet on September 1st, declaring that this war has brought suffering to the people in the eastern region. The war will end within a year at most, peace will be restored in the eastern part of the mainland, and the people will start a new happy life under new enlightened rule and good social order.
Sterling X's speech exposed the final intention of the Kingdom of Ovelas, which is to unify the entire eastern region of Farea continent and build a regional power covering the entire eastern region.
When Claude was about to be discharged from the hospital, he saw this speech by His Majesty the King in the newspaper he received at the treatment center. The title was "Cheer, victory is at hand." Claude said in his heart, this old king is really big-hearted. He has just attacked the Principality of Rimodra, and you think that the war is about to be won. It is nonsense.
Claude lay in the treatment center for nearly three months, mainly because of the recurrence of the injury. God knows that the riding sword of the lieutenant of the Nasseri Kingdom was soaked in horse urine or something else, and the disinfection during first aid on the battlefield was not done well. Anyway, that’s what the doctor in the treatment center told Claude, thigh The penetrating injury took a long time to heal. There was a time when the bruises were so severe that the doctor even said that Claude should consider whether to cut off the injured leg.
If Dr. Perente of the Blue Feather Legion hadn't specially sent someone to deliver the healing potion he prepared to Claude after receiving Claude's letter, then Claude might really have become disabled and gone home. He already hated the treatment center he was in, and for the first time he realized that not all the doctors in the treatment center had the same level of pharmacy as Dr. Perrente.
The other is that there are too many wounded soldiers. Every day, there is an endless stream of carriages transporting countless wounded soldiers to the treatment center. If Claude is not a second lieutenant officer, maybe he can only use diluted medicine like those wounded soldiers. Use low-quality healing potions instead of general-quality primary healing potions to recuperate your injuries.
In the middle of September, Claude finally recovered and left the treatment center. By this time, both Murieled and Diaverde had already recovered and returned to the camp. One was a month and a half earlier than Claude, and the other was earlier. A month later, Claude was the last to return to the Ranger Battalion. By this time, the 1st Ranger Battalion had already gone to Fort Afina. Claude took Michael Jack and the big man Gimi to find a team to transport military equipment. Carriage with supplies, take their car to Afena Castle.
Major Leedfunk welcomed Claude's return, but he was a little embarrassed about Claude's job arrangement. Because there are currently no vacancies for officer positions in the sixteen squadrons of the Fourth Brigade of the First Battalion, it was too late for Claude to recover and return to the camp. Even the two newly appointed sergeants, Murray Ed and Diaverde, have taken over the duties of a squadron leader and are doing a pretty good job so far.
Claude said that he might as well stay at the battalion headquarters first. It would be good to be a second lieutenant as a staff officer. Anyway, he was not in a hurry to go to the battlefield. Major Liederfunk was very satisfied with Claude's knowledge and knowledge. At the same time, he told Claude that the 1st Ranger Battalion was about to leave for the Principality of Rimodra to replace the severely damaged 3rd Ranger Battalion.