"You did an outstanding job, beyond all of our expectations." General Michelich, the division commander of the Ranger Division, led a group of senior officers to welcome Claude's arrival at the division headquarters: "Given that For your contribution to the kingdom, as the highest responsible officer of the Ranger Division, I hereby announce your promotion to the rank of colonel. Congratulations, Colonel Claude, from this moment on, you are the youngest in the history of the kingdom "Colonel Officer"
Everyone present applauded, and no one doubted Claude's promotion. The 131st Ranger Battalion's battlefield performance and military exploits in the two direct territories of Beringana and Robistoe have already amazed people. Apart from anything else, they are working hard on the Claude defense line. The more than 15,000 prisoners of the Hicks Kingdom proved everything. You know, the 131st Ranger Battalion only had 1,800 men at full strength, and they captured almost ten times as many prisoners.
General Michelich put Claude on the colonel's shoulder insignia with three silver moons on the spot, and at the same time told Claude some good news. The first is about the 131st Ranger Battalion. All officers and soldiers were promoted to the first level. Second, the 131st Ranger Battalion was expanded into a regiment on the spot and became an independent reinforced field regiment, officially designated as the 131st Ranger Regiment.
The last good news is about Claude personally. Because of the outstanding performance of the 131st Ranger Battalion under his command, General Michelchi has requested the Stirling royal family to grant Claude a knighthood in his own name. If nothing else, Claude should be able to obtain the title of Baron. Of course, this baronetcy is not hereditary, but belongs to Claude personally.
There are three types of titles granted in the Kingdom of Overas. The first is a hereditary title, which can be passed down forever. This is also the most difficult to obtain. When conferring a hereditary title, the Sterling royal family will also grant a manor based on the size of the title, and the output of the manor does not need to be taxed to the kingdom.
The second type of title lasts for three generations, that is, this title can be passed down to three generations, and then decreases with each generation until there is no title left. For example, if your ancestor received the title of earl, and it has been three generations since your grandfather's generation, then your father can only become a viscount, and when it is passed to you, he will become a baron. Your son's title will no longer exist in his generation, and he will only have national status. Your grandson will be the worst off, as he is a commoner, and he has to work hard on his own if he wants to climb up.
Generally speaking, the recipients of the third generation title will be granted a manor in the kingdom. However, this manor is also the same as the title and does not need to pay taxes to the kingdom within three generations. But after three generations, all the output of the estate was subject to tax. But there is another option, you can sell the manor back to the Sterling royal family and get a lot of money for your family to find another way out.
The last kind of title, also called honorary title, is personal, just like the viscount title that General Michelic received for his military exploits during the five-year war in the eastern part of the continent, and cannot be passed down to future generations. The title is there when the person is around, and the title is gone when the person is gone. The benefit to the family is an improvement in status, allowing his son to obtain national status without any effort.
The honorary title is not conferred by any manor, but it can receive a large annuity. If Claude can obtain the title of baronet, he will have an annuity income of nearly one hundred gold crowns every year until his death. In addition, his wife, Caifuni, can be called a baroness, and the family property under Claude's name can also receive tax benefits and exemptions.
Basically hereditary titles and third-generation titles. Except for the founding of the Kingdom of Overas and the battle to restore the kingdom under Sterling IX, many meritorious ministers received a large number of titles. The Sterling royal family rarely grants these titles. Grant these two titles. When the country was founded, the hereditary nobles who were granted titles also needed to be granted titles to their respective territories, which caused the greatest harm to the kingdom in later generations.
Sterling IX's battle to revive the kingdom eliminated a large number of territorial nobles, strengthened the centralization of power in the kingdom, and also reformed the title granting system. Sterling IX granted a large number of hereditary titles and third-generation titles to his subordinates who had made meritorious services, mainly to set an example for the reform of the title granting system. Instead of granting realms, he would grant manors. By the time of Stirling X, there were very few people who could obtain hereditary titles and third-generation titles.
Claude's deceased father, Mr. Morsant, and his friends originally planned to open a new route, hoping to use this meritorious service to obtain a title from the kingdom and make the Field family a member of the aristocracy of the three southwest counties. Unfortunately, they made a wrong move and the result was tragic. But Claude has now applied for a knighthood based on his military exploits. He originally had the title of knight and the status of a lord. If nothing unexpected happens, becoming a baron is a sure thing.
Immediately after General Michelchi promoted Claude to colonel, a military council was held. Now all members of the Ranger Division have arrived in the Amphiston Direct Territory, and as the first batch of reinforcements, their respective tasks have been completed well. Needless to say, the performance and military exploits of Claude's 131st Ranger Battalion. Colonel Severit's 034th Ranger Regiment has also completed most of the construction tasks of Claude's defense line, and at the same time reorganized Amphiston. Local garrison armed forces in the directly-administered territories.
As for Colonel Bolognik's 033rd Ranger Regiment, nine local garrison regiments have been formed and reorganized in the three direct jurisdictions of Tiersim, Arturas, and Mormali in the rear, and they have all been brought to Anphes. The direct jurisdiction of Dunton, plus the two local garrison regiments of the direct jurisdiction of Amphiston, are enough to form a local garrison with excess troops.
At the military meeting, General Michelich had decided to use these local garrison regiments to form the first field regiment of the Kingdom's overseas territories. He also dispatched a large number of officers from the Ranger Division and decided to make this overseas field regiment a Ranger. The affiliated corps of the division performs the task of counterattacking the invading colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks.
The two targets now in front of the Rangers are the Panclair Army in the Robistore Territory and the Clado Army in the Beringana Territory. The staff officers at the headquarters had a heated debate over which corps should be the first target of the Ranger Division's counterattack. In the end, General Michelich made the final decision, and the target was Panclair's corps.
Claude was a little confused. In terms of strength comparison, the Panclair Army was superior to the Clado Army. Even the supplies sent by the Hicks Kingdom’s transport fleet after the rainy season in March were from Panclair. The Clay Legion took advantage of it. They supplemented the strength of a division, including a regiment of hussars. The Crado Legion only added two infantry regiments and no light cavalry that could be used as reconnaissance scouts.
Persimmon should choose the soft one. Claude believes that the Krado Army should be attacked first, and then the Panclair Army should be counterattacked. But it was obvious that General Michelic did not think so. He explained that the purpose of annihilating the Panclair Army first was to buy time to strengthen the city defense firepower of Port Patres. The twelve heavy field artillery pieces that accompanied the Rangers to the territory of Amphiston this time were intended to be deployed in Patres Port to serve as city defense artillery.
With these twelve heavy field artillery pieces, Patres Port can block the entire entrance and channel of the Dolinibara River. The transport fleet of the Hicks Kingdom can no longer pass through the Dolinibara River to Bering. The Krado Corps of the Ghana Direct Territory has delivered military supplies. Even if the Crado Legion learned of the destruction of the Panclair Legion, they would not be able to escape across the Dolinibara River for a while.
On the contrary, if the Crado Army is annihilated first, then the Panclair Army that besieged Port Patres will be prepared. When they notice that the Rangers are coming in force, they may notify the transport fleet to help them evacuate. The failure to completely annihilate the Panclair Army would affect General Michelchi's subsequent plan to cross the Dolinibara River to regain the remaining lost territory.
Before attacking the Panclair Corps, the 131st Ranger Battalion had to continue to enter the Robisto Territory to implement the battlefield cover plan, which was to set up a blockade to prevent the reconnaissance cavalry of the Panclair Corps from discovering the Ranger Division and its affiliates. The approach of the legion's large forces will reduce the number of troops in advance and prepare for defense, causing obstacles to the upcoming attack launched by the Ranger Division and increasing the risk of casualties.
This was an easy task for Claude. Even though the Panclair Corps received reinforcements from the new light cavalry regiment, the light cavalry brigade of the 131st Ranger Battalion had always maintained suppression of their reconnaissance cavalry. battlefield situation. The small teams of reconnaissance light cavalry sent by the enemy still never returned, and the light cavalry that attacked in large groups were often lured into an ambush by the soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion. The final result was that they fled back in embarrassment with heavy casualties.
Now there is room for the Panclair Army's light cavalry to move within a thirty-mile radius. Outside this range, they will encounter the light cavalry of the 131st Ranger Battalion anytime and anywhere. Within a range of thirty miles, the reconnaissance light cavalry of the Panclair Corps was still 50% sure that they could escape back to their camp when encountering the light cavalry of the 131st Ranger Battalion. If you go beyond thirty miles, you are really going to die.
What Claude has to do is very simple, that is, let his men gradually increase the suppression of the reconnaissance cavalry of the Panclair Corps, and compress the range of thirty miles to within ten miles, so that they can effectively cover the large rangers of the Ranger Division. The troops approach the enemy's garrison and then launch a surprise attack on the enemy. When the Panclair Army, which was busy attacking Port Patres, discovered that it was attacked by the Rangers, the outcome of their complete annihilation was inevitable.
However, there were still three days before the Rangers' departure, and Claude had to return to the camp of the 131st Ranger Battalion to tell everyone the good news that everyone had been promoted to the first level and had received an expansion. The camp was stationed in Lanhu Town, and Claude quickly returned to the military camp. But what he didn't expect was that he met two of his relatives at the battalion headquarters, his sister Angelina and his brother Blovik.
"Why are you here? What happened at home?" Claude asked in surprise and confusion. He hugged his brother, who had grown into a young man, and touched his sister's hair.
Sister Anna curled her lips: "Second brother, have you forgotten Booker's age? He is twenty years old this year and must serve in the army. My mother and sister-in-law said that it is best to come to you to serve in the army. , so that I can get your care."
Claude patted his forehead, he had really forgotten this. He is eight years older than his younger brother Blovik. He is already twenty-eight years old on New Year's Day, while his younger brother has unknowingly turned twenty and has already grown up. In fact, his younger brother Blovik has reached the age of military service after graduating from junior high school at the age of eighteen. However, the five-year war in the eastern region has just ended. The kingdom does not need urgent military service for the time being and can delay it for a year or two. But at the age of twenty, he had to serve in the army, so his sister took his brother to find Claude.
"McJack, you take Booker to complete the formalities." Claude said.
This matter was easy to handle, just as Claude received the order to expand. So soon Blovik became a member of the 131st Ranger Regiment. His position was Claude's orderly, his rank was private, and he usually followed Claude.
It is the power and an unspoken rule of the senior officers in the king's army to arrange for their relatives who have been recruited to serve as orderlies and guards to be taken care of by themselves. There is no need for Claude to act arrogantly. In addition, he and his brother Blovik have been separated for a long time, and they need to get to know and observe him around to see what aspects can help his brother develop.
First, he told Michael Jack to find a place for his sister Anna to live in Lanhu Town. Female family members were not allowed to stay in the military camp. Then Claude told his subordinates the good news about promotion and expansion. The 131st Ranger Battalion burst into cheers. Except for Blovik, who had just joined the army and looked at a loss, all the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Battalion burst into laughter. They all cheered happily.
Although the promotion and expansion are good news, before the Panclair Army and the Crado Army are eliminated, the 131st Ranger Regiment must maintain its battalion formation and participate in these two battles first. After all officers and soldiers are promoted to one level, they must stay in their original positions first and wait until they have time to rest before arranging expansion matters.
In the evening, Claude stayed with his younger brother Blovik and had a good conversation. Soon, he understood that his younger brother was also a troubled guy. Similar to Claude, his younger brother Blovik also graduated with the first place in physical education from Bailu City Junior High School, but it was not the case that Claude would be tied with Viriclo for first place in physical education. Blovik is the invincible player in the country, and he is the undisputed number one in physical education.
Apart from that, Blovik has nothing to be proud of. His academic performance in liberal arts is a mess. Teacher Wickham in junior high school once taught him a lesson, saying that Claude would be the first in physical education. , he was also ranked in the top ten in the class in liberal arts. Why was it that when he became his younger brother, his liberal arts scores were always in the bottom few? Can't he be more upbeat
In addition, Blovik was also relatively aloof in middle school. Unlike Claude, he at least had two young friends, Verricro and Bockard, as well as Erikson, who later turned against him. The four of them grew up together, having fun and going on adventures together. But Blovik is the little bully in the middle school. He has no close friends, but he has a lot of younger brothers.
In addition, Claude was always with his friends when he went on adventures. But Blovik went into the mountains and primeval forests for hunting adventures alone. He didn't know where he got so bold, which made his mother worry about him going out day and night. However, her sister Anna knew very well that her brother Blovik, like Claude, started learning magic at the age of sixteen, and was not officially promoted to a first-level rune mage until he was eighteen.
As the seven zero-level spells for the basic engraving, Brovik chose Magic Hand, Precision Control, Exploring Eye, Decomposition and Fusion. He did not learn it because he did not like to experiment with alchemical magic. The remaining four basic spells he imprinted were magic flying arrows and mental shock, as well as the vine entanglement technique that Claude got from the young mage Sheila, and the magic jewelry that his sister Anna acquired from Claude. Zero-level spell, wreath of thorns.
Well, Blovik chose combat spells, which was why he dared to venture into the mountains and virgin forests alone. He said that he was very famous in White Deer City and was called the Hunting King because he once went to Kermida Swamp alone and hunted three Niros crocodiles, one of which was bigger than the one Claude killed. . The reason is that he heard from his sister Anna that the skin of the Niros crocodile can be used to make magic scrolls and magic books. He wanted to have his own magic book, so he went to hunt the Niros crocodile.
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