Claude returned to the regiment headquarters of the 131st Ranger Regiment with a gloomy face and lost his temper. The deputy regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Schneck, and the logistics director, Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried, came over to persuade them for a long time before finally finally Jean Claude stopped his anger.
However, Claude immediately issued an order, telling the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment not to pay attention to the information sent by the Legion Logistics Department regarding cooperating in the investigation of the missing of Hicks military expenses worth half a million gold crowns. . Any officers and soldiers who receive notice of the investigation need to obtain Claude's permission before they can go to the Legion Logistics Department for questioning.
This was a direct disagreement between Claude Preparation and General Vansnik, the head of the Legion's Logistics Department. In fact, it was unwise for General Vansnik to intervene in this matter, and it also violated the traditional unspoken rules of distribution of spoils on the battlefield. If this huge military expenditure belongs to the kingdom, then it is legitimate for him to conduct the investigation as the head of the logistics department, and it is within his scope of responsibility.
But this military expenditure that was not found belonged to the enemy Hicks Kingdom, and was not the military expenditure given to the Rangers by the Overas Kingdom. As the newly appointed head of the logistics department of the Ranger Regiment, General Vansnik had no right to go to such trouble to find it. He even suspected that the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment had secretly hid the money. There was a big conflict and dispute with Claude in the Ranger Corps.
According to the traditional unspoken rules for the distribution of spoils, the enemy's ammunition, firearms, ordnance weapons, logistical military support materials and the like captured by officers and soldiers on the battlefield must be turned over. However, the property seized from the enemy is basically the private property of the officers and soldiers, such as the luxury goods enjoyed by the enemy's senior officers and the property found on the prisoners.
Sometimes the expropriation of property from the enemy also falls within the scope of distribution of spoils of war. For example, when the First Battalion of Rangers entered the three southern counties of the Eskiline Principality, they expropriated a winery belonging to an enemy noble and privately divided up the wine cellar. The collection of various precious wines, as well as the gold and silver utensils found, are also a reward for the officers and soldiers who fought bravely and won the war.
Of course, in these unspoken rules for the distribution of spoils of war, it is not that the property captured by the officers and soldiers is directly put into their pockets. Basically, the army is the main unit and the captured spoils are redistributed to ensure that every officer and soldier in the army can get a share of the benefits. This is also the biggest difference between organized and unorganized ones. Organized ones are the most efficient in robbing, oh no, in seizing trophies, and can avoid missing any valuable trophies.
If the 131st Ranger Regiment discovered the military expenditure worth half a million gold crowns at Wickham Castle, then according to the principle of spoils distribution, 70% would need to be handed over to the regiment, and the remaining 30% could be distributed to each individual in the regiment. An officer and a soldier. Even if it is 30%, for all the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment, it is still a great wealth if it is distributed into the hands of individuals. Every officer and soldier of the 131st Ranger Regiment who received this news was very regretful and distressed. They just missed this huge military expenditure.
But the problem now is that the 131st Ranger Regiment was not at Wickham Castle. They found that there was such a huge sum of money in the ammunition, firearms and ordnance material warehouse area. They set fire to the material warehouse and left in a hurry, causing those The ammunition warehouse exploded, causing a big hole in the warehouse where this huge military expenditure was stored. This huge sum of money disappeared and could never be found again.
As a party involved, the supporting evidence submitted by Claude showed that the 131st Ranger Regiment indeed neglected to conduct a careful search of the ammunition, firearms and ordnance material warehouse area, and even missed such a large amount of wealth. Generally speaking, things like this are not uncommon on the battlefield. You can only blame yourself for your bad luck. Most people will just treat it as a joke if they know about it.
Even if this military expenditure is huge, it still belongs to the enemy after all. If you get it, it is considered extra money. If you don't get it, you can only blame yourself for not having the wealth and blessings. No one will treat this huge military expenditure of the Hicks Kingdom as the property of the Stirling royal family like General Vansnik did. He will investigate and inquire to the end to get to the bottom of this missing wealth.
Unexpectedly, Claude didn't care about the newly airborne major general in charge of the logistics department of the legion. General Vansnik even had a bad encounter with Claude. Just like Claude said when he had a big argument with him in the logistics department, why do you think that the military expenditure of the Hicks Kingdom belongs to the wealth of the Stirling royal family? You have to give an explanation yourself. Could it be us? The beloved royal family paid the Kingdom of Hicks to attack the overseas territories of their own kingdom.
However, General Vansnik emphasized that the Ranger Corps is the guard force of the Sterling royal family, so all honors obtained by the regiment belong to the Sterling royal family, even the trophies captured on the battlefield. According to him, all loot captured should be handed over to the Sterling royal family first, and then distributed to the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Regiment by the Sterling royal family. Only in this way can the Rangers' loyalty to the Stirling royal family be reflected, as well as the Stirling royal family's favor and care for the officers and soldiers of the Rangers.
To put it bluntly, many things are nothing more than a struggle of interests. Claude pointedly pointed out that all General Vansnik did was to gain the leadership in the capture and distribution of the Ranger Legion's loot. Just like the luxuries loaded in the four four-wheeled cargo carriages that Claude handed over to the Legion Logistics Department, they wanted all the officers of the Ranger Legion who participated in the Battle of Beringana to gain a share. When General Vansnik took office in the Ranger Corps, he withheld the luxuries of these four carriages and handed over these luxuries to the Sterling royal family as a sign of the effectiveness of his tenure. This is because he only cares about his own promotion and wealth, and ignores the interests of the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps.
Claude's accusation made General Vansnik furious. Not to mention the huge military expenditures that were unaccounted for, which were the five four-wheelers loaded with valuable luxuries that were captured from Wickham Castle and enjoyed by senior enemy officers. Claude should not only hand over four large freight carriages to the Legion Logistics Department, and then privately let the officers and soldiers in the 131st Ranger Regiment divide the luxury goods loaded on the remaining carriage, because that means How disrespectful to the Stirling royal family.
General Vansnik proudly took out a handwritten account book of the distribution of spoils within the 131st Ranger Regiment as evidence on the spot. He said that people like Claude have no loyalty to the Sterling royal family. A person who should not have stayed in the royal family's armed rangers. He will ask the superiors to remove Claude from his post and reduce his rank, and put Claude in jail for corruption for review until he finds the five-dollar sum. Until the huge military expenditure of 100,000 gold crowns.
The quarrel between the two became more and more tense. If Colonel Skerry, the deputy director of the Legion's Logistics Department, hadn't heard the commotion and rushed over to hug Claude, Claude would have rushed up and beat General Vansnik hard at that moment. The matter got serious, and both of them were called over by General Michelchi and given a severe scolding. However, Claude knew in his heart that his life in the Ranger Corps would not be as comfortable as before. General Vansnik, the newly airborne head of the Legion's Logistics Department, had already set his sights on him.
Watching Lieutenant Colonel Schneck and Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried leave their office, Claude looked a little amused. The temper he lost in the regimental office when he came back was all for them to see, to show that he had a clear conscience. But Claude couldn't tell at this moment who among the two Lieutenant Colonel Schneck and Lieutenant Colonel Siegfried betrayed him. Perhaps in their hearts, this was not betrayal, but just responsibility to the 131st Ranger Regiment. .
McJack, Belklin, Murray Ed and Diavid, four of Claude's most trusted younger brothers, entered the office immediately. The big man Gemie consciously stood outside the office to avoid the approach of others. . Michael closed the door and asked with concern, "Sir, what did the regiment commander say?"
Claude let out a long sigh, "Do you know what it means to be a master of great power?"
The four people shook their heads inexplicably, they did not understand the meaning of this sentence.
"General Michelich's life has begun to get difficult." Claude stood up, "That General Vansnik was sent here to restrain him. The Rangers are the guards of the Stirling royal family. We must be on guard against General Michelich. Because of this colonial war, the prestige of the Rangers has greatly increased, making the Rangers the leader of General Michelich. The Stirling royal family will be very embarrassed. Therefore, the royal family will send a group of officers over recently, saying that they will enrich the high-ranking command of the legion.
I was targeted by General Vansnik not only because of the huge military expenditure, but because they regarded me as General Michelich's confidant. If you want to deal with the big tree like General Michelchi, you must first cut off its branches. Unfortunately, I was regarded as the thickest branch on this big tree. Without my words, General Michelchi has lost the most important support for him in the Ranger Corps. Everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of our 131st Regiment is the most powerful and elite in the Ranger Corps."
"No way, the Kingdom of Hicks also announced some time ago that it will form ten standing legions to carry out this colonial war to the end. How could the Sterling royal family cut their wings at this time without Michelle? General Qi, then wait until the Kingdom of Hicks launches another invasion
When attacking, who can the Rangers rely on to resist the enemy?" Belklin murmured.
"You're right." Claude nodded. "The problem now is not that the Sterling royal family wants to cut its wings and deal with General Michelchi. What they have to do is to put General Michelchi in the hands of Gao Gao. Whether it is being promoted to Field Marshal of the Kingdom or being conferred the title of Third Earl, giving the royal manor to the royal family is, on the one hand, to show the respect and favor given to General Michelic, and on the other hand, the purpose is to make the senior officers assigned by them , can successfully take over and control the real power of the Rangers with the cooperation of General Michelci.
You should be able to tell from the distribution of combat merit rewards this time that the above deliberately exaggerated the achievements of General Michelci and suppressed the merits of the other participating officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps. This will cause the disgrace of General Michelci and the officers and soldiers of the regiment. gap. They just want the officers and soldiers of the legion to think that General Michelch took all the credit for the entire battle, because doing so will reduce the prestige of General Michelch in the hearts of the legion soldiers and arouse dissatisfaction in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the legion. They do not want to, you General Michelich has always had the final say on the Cavalry Corps.
As for the Hicks Kingdom's claim to form ten standing legions and continue to carry out this colonial war to the end, it is actually very early. You all know how long it takes to form a legion and then train the soldiers to have the most basic combat capabilities. It is impossible to complete within a year and a half. The intelligence about the Kingdom of Hicks sent from the Kingdom's Army Ministry shows that they have indeed begun recruiting soldiers to form a standing army, but the progress is very slow, and only one and a half legions have been formed until now.
The formation of any legion does not just require recruiting new soldiers. It also requires various armed military supplies, recruit training, and the training of a large number of grassroots officers to fill the command vacancies. The Hicks Kingdom needs to form ten standing legions, which is impossible to complete within two or three years. What's more, they have to transport these ten standing legions over long distances by sea to the mainland of Nubicia, and at the same time, they have to prepare more military and logistical materials to meet the combat needs of the ten standing legions. Therefore, the people above predict that in the next three or four years, the Hicks Kingdom will not be able to launch the next colonial war on the Nubisian continent.
Three or four years is a long time, and no one knows whether other unexpected situations will occur during this period. Perhaps the kingdom's economy will improve and other legions can be dispatched to overseas territories to take charge of this colonial war. Therefore, the concern above is that General Michelci will turn the Ranger Corps into his own private army in the next three or four years. The purpose of sending those senior officers to take over the command and control of the Ranger Corps is to prevent this. a little. After all, the Sterling royal family has invested heavily in the Rangers, which are the royal guards. They cannot place the ownership of the Rangers on General Michelchi's loyalty to the royal family.
The main reason why General Vansnik targeted me was because of the seat I was sitting on. Maybe he also had the idea of obtaining the huge military expenditure of the Hicks Kingdom to ask for credit from the Sterling royal family. It is said that our King, His Majesty Stirling X, has been bedridden for nearly three years. Time is running out. So no matter which prince takes the throne, General Vansnik can rely on this huge military expenditure worth half a million gold crowns. Get him an important position in the new royal court. As long as he donates this military expenditure to which prince, he can give that prince a heavy bargaining chip in the competition for the throne of the king."
"That's our wealth, why should we let this bullshit General Vansnik use it to ask for rewards from above?" Murield begged angrily in a low voice, "Boss, why don't I take two people to shoot this General Vansnik's black gun?" Well. We can completely create evidence that it was the spies sent by the Hicks Kingdom, and throw the blame on the Hicks Kingdom. I believe they will have no way to defend themselves that it was not them."
Claude shook his head, "Don't be crazy. Don't you know that General Vansnik's surname is also Don Sterling? He is a branch of the royal family. If they really hit him with a black gun, they will never let it go unless they kill the entire Ranger Corps." We can't turn it upside down. I, who had a huge quarrel with him when he fell, will become the first suspect. But it is true that letting him continue to be entangled like this is not an option. We have to find a source for the huge military expenditure to make him give up on us. doubt.
Merde, you and Dede take the time to go to the place where the military expenditure is buried, get some gold, silver and copper coins, and give half of them to Michael. Mike, give these gold, silver and copper coins to my sister Anna, and ask her to make these gold, silver and copper coins look like explosions and fires will melt and smash them. Tomorrow I ordered the 131st Ranger Regiment to go to Wickham Castle to excavate the ruins. Didn’t General Vansnick want me to give an explanation? When the time comes, hand over the scraps of these coins so that everyone can I know that the huge military expenditure was indeed lost due to the big explosion. "
"But boss, what is the use of the other half of the gold, silver and copper coins you asked us to get?" Diavid asked.
"Haha." Claude laughed. "You have to scatter those coins secretly in the ruins, so that the soldiers occasionally find one or two coins, causing the explosion to scatter these coins throughout the ruins. In this way, even if some soldiers turn them over , but more people will hide it privately. Even if the amount of coins collected is very small, it will only be suspected to be the personal work of the soldiers who excavated the ruins, so that the remaining money we hide will be truly safe."
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