On January 28, 586th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Prince Hansback arrived in the Tiersim Direct Territory. This time, he came to inspect the overseas territories of the Nubisian continent on behalf of the Sterling royal family, and by the way, he delivered the long-awaited equipment and logistical supplies to the Ranger Division and the Overseas Field Legion. Among them, there are nearly 100,000 Obashi type III standard muskets alone, and they are ready to replace the old matchlocks equipped by all the local defense forces in the directly governed territories.
After inspections and condolences along the way, it was already the end of March when the eldest prince arrived in the Amphiston Territory. The rainy season had just passed. Claude led the newly expanded light cavalry battalion of the 131st Ranger Regiment to take charge of the safety of the eldest prince. Task. After accompanying the eldest prince to inspect the capital of the Amphiston Territory and meeting with the Governor and Admiral, Claude will also accompany the eldest prince to Port Patres, the capital of the Robidoux Territory, because the Ranger Division is The headquarters is right there.
On April 18, the eldest prince arrived in Port Patres, and General Michelchi held a grand military parade to welcome the eldest prince.
The eldest prince delivered a passionate speech in public after the military parade, winning cheers from tens of thousands of spectators and the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Division and overseas field regiments participating in the military parade. The atmosphere was extremely warm.
After the speech, the prince conducted a ceremony of honors and promotions for the officers and soldiers who had made meritorious service. The most eye-catching one was that General Michelic was promoted from the rank of lieutenant general to the rank of general, and his title was promoted from honorary viscount to honorary earl. Claude was granted the title of Honorary Baron of the Kingdom. The two of them were the only two knights in the Ranger Group who were promoted and granted titles.
By the way, when Claude was granted the title of Baron, there was another procedure, which was what he wished to be given. According to the general situation, Claude can choose the character An, which is the first character of the Amphiston territory, or he can choose the character Luo, or the character white, which means that the merits he has accomplished are from Robisto and Bering. The two demesne of Ghana received even the word "gram" to commemorate the recovery of the lost demesne of Cromwell.
But Claude chose Chinese characters, which confused Prince Hansbach and didn't understand why Claude chose Chinese characters for the gift. Claude explained that it was the eldest prince Hansback who had a keen eye for talent, who saved him from a humble military career and allowed him to receive the knighthood. So Claude was grateful, and in order to show that he would not forget the eldest prince's support, he took the first letter of the eldest prince's name as the word "gift".
Even if the eldest prince thought that Claude was flattering him, he was still very happy. Everyone likes a person who repays kindness, so with a stroke of his pen, Claude's title was recognized as Chinese characters. From this moment on, Claude became Baron Claude Hanfield. Even his family members have an additional Chinese character in their names and surnames.
Although he explained it to the eldest prince that way, in Claude's heart, this Chinese character is the only one in his life that can be connected to his previous life. Because he was a Han Chinese in his previous life, this is a word that represents two thousand years of glorious civilization, great and glorious. Even though it has gone through ups and downs and hardships, and suffered even more humiliation in modern times, at the moment Claude crossed over, the motherland, with Chinese characters as the majority nation, had once again stood at the pinnacle of the world's great powers after more than 30 years of reform and opening up.
After the promotion and knighting ceremony, there is a grand celebration banquet. But Claude noticed that Prince Hansback didn't seem to be very interested. Not long after the banquet started, he and General Michelchi disappeared. Sure enough, when he returned to his residence at night, Claude received a notice of a military meeting at nine o'clock the next morning.
"The Kingdom of Hicks once again ignored the kingdom's peaceful will. They simply refused to admit the defeat they suffered on the Nubisian continent. They proudly told the kingdom's envoy that the Panklei Army and the Crado Army were completely annihilated. , does not mean that the powerful army of the Kingdom of Hicks is not as powerful as the Kingdom of Overas. Because these two legions are formed from colonial local garrison forces and are not the standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks."
Prince Hansback brought bad news to the Ranger Division officers who participated in this high-level military meeting that the war would continue. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Hicks did not turn its attention to the mainland of the Kingdom. Where did it fall? No matter how stubborn they were, the Kingdom of Hicks immediately announced that it would transport five standing legions to the colony of Nubisia Continent, and use offensive defense to fight to the death with the invading army of the Overseas Direct Territory of the Kingdom of Ovelas until all of them were annihilated. Until the enemy invades the colony of Hicks Kingdom
"No, how did we become an invading army? We are stationed at the border of the two countries' colonies and have not invaded an inch of the territory of the Hicks Kingdom's colony." Many senior officers complained to the Hicks Kingdom that they called the Rangers the members of their kingdom's colony. The intruders were bewildered.
Prince Hansback smiled bitterly: "Because the Kingdom of Hicks has always been very domineering and believes that the land they have occupied is their territory. Otherwise, how could they occupy the entire northern region of Farea Continent? Cromwell's direct jurisdiction fell into The colonial garrison of the Hicks Kingdom has been in the hands of the colonial garrison for half a year. According to the legal principles of their kingdom, this land has become their legal and undeniable colony. In their view, we recovered the Cromwell Colony. 's invasion"
"Nonsense" "That makes no sense"
All the officers present were very indignant. Before the war was over, the Kingdom of Hicks believed that the Kingdom's overseas territories had become their legal colonies. This was simply an insult to the Kingdom and also represented contempt for the Kingdom's military. At this moment, almost everyone was gearing up, preparing to teach the Hicks Kingdom army a harsh lesson in the next war.
A staff adjutant next to the eldest prince walked to the wall where the map was hung and introduced the military situation of the Kingdom of Hicks to the officers of the Ranger Division present. The Kingdom of Hicks is located in the northern part of the Farea continent, occupying the entire northern region. The country is divided into 13 states and 57 counties. The army is divided into the army and the navy. The army has fifteen standing corps. Basically, one standing corps is stationed in each state. The total strength of a standing corps is about 63,000. The size is actually similar to that of the Kingdom of Overas's ace field army, with a total standing armed force of nearly one million troops.
The navy of the Kingdom of Hicks is the Sea King Fleet, whose main mission is to prevent the evil magicians and pirate gangs from Sigros Island from attacking the northern part of the mainland and coastal islands. However, rumors that the so-called evil magician from Shigros Island has once again invaded the Farea continent have been circulating year after year, and basically no one takes this rumor seriously. The unopposed Sea King fleet began to extend its tentacles to the mainland of Nubicia. After obtaining the port of Vibato, it couldn't wait to set up a squadron. However, this squadron fell into a trap and sank in the Dolinibara River.
In fact, the Panclair Army and the Crado Army that were annihilated by the Rangers were also one of the standing armies of the Kingdom of Hicks. These two legions were transported to the Nubisian continent as the main force to suppress the indigenous rebellion in their colonies. The Kingdom of Hicks also recruited local defense forces in the colonial territories to form three field regiments in the colonies. After wiping out the indigenous riots in the territories, it turned its attention to the overseas territories of the Kingdom of Overas.
The Kingdom of Hicks originally thought that with the combat power of the Panclair Army and the Clado Army, it could seize several overseas territories from the Kingdom of Overas. Unexpectedly, they lost a lot of money instead of stealing chickens. The two legions were completely wiped out. The squadron was completely destroyed, all the captured territory was recovered, and the colony lost nearly 240,000 to 50,000 troops.
This was an intolerable slap in the face to the always arrogant Kingdom of Hicks. They were determined to compete with the Kingdom of Ovelas on the continent of Nubisia to determine the outcome. Just as they claimed to the envoy of the Kingdom of Ovelas, two legions were annihilated. It was nothing. The Kingdom of Hicks had many elite troops. They would send five legions first, and if that didn't work, they would send ten more legions. Don't believe Ovelas. The Kingdom of Ras will not kneel down and surrender
In fact, just before the eldest prince reported the bad news that the war would continue, the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Division had already been prepared to continue fighting. Because in the past two months, spies sent news from Vibato Port that the Kingdom of Hicks has transported three legions to the mainland of Nubisia. Currently, there are two legions deployed on the border and the Ranger Division. There was also a confrontation with the overseas field corps, but both sides were able to maintain restraint and no conflicts occurred.
On the one hand, this may be because the Hicks Kingdom's troops have not been deployed in place, so they do not want to engage in a premature battle with the Rangers. On the other hand, the Rangers abide by the orders above and are not allowed to cross the border or provoke, so as not to adversely affect the peace negotiations between the Kingdom and the Kingdom of Hicks. But now it was confirmed that the Hicks Kingdom wanted to continue the war. Immediately, some officers proposed to take a preemptive strike. While the enemy still had two legions that had not arrived at Vibato Port, they would first eliminate the two enemy regiments deployed on the border. Legion
However, both the eldest prince and General Michelic rejected this proposal. Preemptive strike is a feasible strategy, but it does not meet the strategic needs of the kingdom. What the kingdom needs now is not to defeat the enemy that is about to invade, but to let the powerful Kingdom of Hicks continue to lose blood on the Nubisia continent until it loses the threat to the kingdom's mainland on the Farea continent.
"The enemy doesn't care about the loss of 250,000 troops, but if 2.5 million troops are lost, I believe there will never be another powerful kingdom of Hicks in the north." General Michelich said, all Everyone was dumbfounded. Is this possible? It is simply not possible to wipe out the 2.5 million troops of the Hicks Kingdom.
Not to mention 2.5 million troops, even if they lose half of it, one million troops, the Hicks Kingdom will be severely weakened, and it will no longer be able to support the boss of the North. Maybe then some of his younger brothers around him will come up with the idea of this boss who has lost too much blood and prepare to bite the fat off of him.
"I'm not kidding." General Michelich said seriously: "We have fought against both the Panclair Army and the Crado Army. In fact, we did not regard them as real opponents. Their soldiers They are indeed brave and tenacious, and the grassroots officers are well-trained. But compared with our Rangers, their tactics are very old-fashioned, and their weapons and equipment such as muskets and artillery are also extremely backward. It can be said that they are an era behind us.
Don't forget that the Kingdom of Hicks has not experienced a war for more than 40 years. Although they have a large standing armed force, neither the officers nor the soldiers of these legions have truly experienced a war. At most, it can only suppress the indigenous rebellion in the colonies and wipe out the mountain bandits in the country. Unlike us, we have just experienced five years of war in the eastern part of the mainland. We have the latest tactics, are equipped with the latest weapons, and have the latest weapons. Rich war experience. They are dogmatic and rigid and will only strictly follow the old-fashioned war model, and this is our opportunity.
If we strike preemptively, it is certain that the enemy will not be able to withstand our attack at all, and eventually we will force them to retreat to the port of Vibato, which has strong and comprehensive defense facilities. We cannot capture the port of Vibato, which is not in line with our strategy and even risks turning the attention of the Hicks Kingdom to the kingdom itself. But being unable to attack Vibato Port means that we will fight a confrontation with the enemy, and the enemy will learn the latest tactics and tactics from us.
Therefore, our best strategy is not to attack the enemy, but to lure the enemy into our directly administered territory. Use space and time to lengthen the enemy's logistics supply line, allowing them to penetrate deep alone. We can then concentrate our efforts to divide and surround them, and then annihilate them one by one. We have more flexibility and more powerful firepower than our enemies. I believe that no enemy can be our opponent. "
After General Michelich finished his strategy, Prince Hansback announced several more orders, which may be seen as the actions of the Kingdom of Overas in response to the war that took place in the Overseas Territory of Nubisia. guidance strategy.
First, the Ranger Division will be expanded into a legion, and the required soldiers will be recruited from young civilians of suitable age in the country and transported to the mainland of Nubisia to join the army. Secondly, a second overseas field corps was recruited from the seven overseas jurisdictions to serve as the second-line corps of the Rangers to assist the Rangers in the war against the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks.
This order to form a second overseas field corps was a considerable burden for the seven overseas territories. Because the seven overseas territories have a total of more than 2.3 million residents of the kingdom. The two overseas field legions, plus the local garrison forces of each directly-administered territory, already have nearly 200,000 troops. Compared with the total population of the kingdom's residents, the ratio is ten to one, and almost all the residents of the directly-administered kingdom have been wiped out. of young men of the right age.
The third order was to divide the war zone. The land on the other side of the Dolinibara River from the two demesne of Robistoe and Beringana was merged into the demesne of Beringana, and together with the demesne of Cromwell, they were used as a lure for the enemy. On the battlefield, all the kingdom residents in these two direct jurisdictions will be moved to the rear direct jurisdiction to play a role in strengthening the wall and clearing the country.
At the same time, the remaining territories of the two direct jurisdictions of Robisto and Beringana on the Dolinibara River were merged together to become the direct jurisdiction of Robisto. After this division, the direct jurisdiction of Robisto appears on the map as a narrow area along the Dolinibara River. On the other side of the river, the Beringana Territory appears to be almost twice the size of the Robidos Dominion.
The two direct territories of Robistoe and Beringana were re-divided mainly for the convenience of war. The kingdom's bottom line is that it can give up the two overseas territories of Beringana and Cromwell on the other side of the Dolinibara River, and then rely on the natural danger of the Dolinibara River to defend the Robidosto territory. Even if the Dolinibara River cannot stop the enemy's attack, the Claude Line of Defense of the Amphiston Territory must be relied upon to keep the enemy out of the Amphiston Territory.
The last order of the eldest prince was to merge the four direct territories of Amphiston, Robistoe, Beringana, and Cromwell into the Overseas Direct Territory War Zone of the Kingdom of Orvelas and Nubisia Continent. The highest responsible officer It was General Michelchi. Starting today, the Kingdom will recall the governors and admirals of these four overseas territories. All military and political affairs of these four overseas territories will be under the jurisdiction of the Ranger Legion Wartime Command. In other words, these The four overseas territories are all under wartime martial law l0ns3v3
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