"Can we go back?" General Albert walked into Claude's Chinese army tent excitedly. .Although biquge did not catch up with the Thunder Division and the Principality of Karrnath Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, the Third Rock Division also calculated its strength in the battle to attack Wickham Castle and encircle and annihilate the Nasiri Kingdom Volunteer Field Corps. Claude also endorsed the reorganization of the division under his command into the Second Division of Thunder. Therefore, General Albert has been satisfied and in a good mood for the past ten days. Now he just wants to escort the prisoners back with the captured ones and show them off in front of General Bolognik and others.
Claude shook his head: "No, it will take another few months."
General Albert was startled: "A few more months? Aren't all the things here taken care of? Why are we still here for so long?"
In the ten days since the capture of Wickham Castle, all the prisoners, captured supplies, and wounded on both sides have been accounted for. In General Albert's view, there is nothing else to do except a triumphant return. Gotta deal with it.
Claude handed him a folder: "Look at this."
General Albert took the folder and opened it. He saw that they were all confessions from senior officers of the Nasseri Kingdom’s Volunteer Field Corps. He looked through them quickly and found nothing special. He couldn’t help but asked curiously: "Claude, do you think there is anything interesting in these confessions?"
"Haha, it's not that famous. Look at page fourteen." Claude replied.
"Page fourteen?" General Albert quickly turned to page fourteen and looked at it carefully, but was a little disappointed. Because what is recorded here is the confession of a captured officer, and it also describes the daily life of the volunteer field regiment. Among them, it was mentioned that the soldiers of the Volunteer Field Corps and the two soldiers of the Hicks Kingdom's standing regiment often had fights and fights. They were all disputes caused by trivial matters. The only one who had any value was the captured officer. The evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the two newly formed standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks is that they only have their form but not their spirit.
"Look at page 21 again," Claude said.
Page 21 is also the confession of a captured officer, but this captured captain officer of the Kingdom of Nasseri once served as a training instructor for the newly formed standing army of the Kingdom of Hicks. In his confession, he believed that the soldiers of the Hicks Kingdom were a very good source of soldiers, and with a little training they could become qualified soldiers. It's just that he has never been on the battlefield, and there is still a long way to go before he can become an elite warrior.
As for the junior officers, the captured officer's confession said that they were courageous and arrogant, not calm and easily carried away by passion, but they were willing to take on heavy responsibilities and were not afraid of sacrifice. However, the evaluation of the senior officers of the Hicks Kingdom is very low. They are old-fashioned, proud, insist on the so-called noble dignity, cannot judge the situation, emphasize the superiority and inferiority, and like to shirk responsibilities. To some extent, they are more like politicians or bureaucrats, but not like soldiers.
Finally, the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the two newly formed standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks was summarized by the captured middle-level officer of the Kingdom of Nasseri. He believed that the Kingdom of Hicks had first-rate lower-level soldiers and second-rate grassroots soldiers. Officer, third-rate high-level commander. Without a radical military revolution, the Kingdom of Hicks will always remain a clay-footed giant.
"Clay-footed giant? Hahaha" General Albert laughed: "I have never seen this metaphor before. I just think of the performance of the standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks in the first two colonial wars. I think this metaphor is really good. It’s very appropriate.”
"Haha, I think so too." Claude nodded: "This metaphor is very appropriate, but what do you see from these confessions?"
General Albert's face became serious: "I feel that you should be planning on these two standing armies."
"Yes, your senses are very keen." Claude laughed: "Look at page 28 again, and you will understand why this volunteer field army from the Kingdom of Nasseri went to Wickham Castle to build something. It’s a logistics base.”
General Albert hurriedly turned to the twenty-eightth page of the document in his hand. This was the confession of the logistics director of the Volunteer Field Corps. It recorded many mercenary regiments, the Volunteer Field Corps and the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, and the following. The intrigues between the top officials of the two standing corps of the Kingdom of Hicks arrived, as well as the feuding and quarreling interests between the senior officers of the corps. There is also the main reason why two mercenary groups were forced into the Cromwell Territory during this military operation and occupied Wickham Castle to build a logistics base.
After the failure of the Second Colonial War, the Kingdom of Hicks hired retired soldiers from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas to form two volunteer corps, which stabilized the situation in the entire Vibato Colonial County. It must be said that it came out of nowhere. A brilliant move. This move forced the aggressive Rangers to give up their plan to capture Vibato Harbor, allowing the Kingdom of Hicks to retain the only excellent harbor on the Nubisian continent.
Similarly, the annihilation of the five standing legions caused the Hicks Kingdom to be stripped of its pretense of being a hegemonic and powerful army in front of the various countries in Farea Continent. The Hicks King team, which had not experienced a war for more than 40 years, no longer Then become an armed force that is feared by neighboring countries. Therefore, the knowledgeable people of the Kingdom of Hicks proposed to hire instructors from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, which had just ended the five-year war in the eastern region, to train the ten standing legions to be formed in preparation for the third colony. Avenging shame in the war.
It's just that the instructors from the two countries who went to the Kingdom of Hicks to help them train soldiers found that their treatment was a bit strange. In front of lower-level soldiers and grass-roots officers, their training and tactics are very popular. After all, these are means to save lives on the battlefield, and no one will not take them seriously. But in front of the senior officers and legion commanders of the Kingdom of Hicks, their tactics and training were always questioned and criticized. Many senior officers bluntly accused their tactics of being too clumsy and lacking the courage and responsibility of soldiers. He would rather his soldiers face death with their heads held high than let them huddle in the trenches and live like mice.
Therefore, when these instructors finished training the soldiers and grassroots officers of the two newly formed standing corps, their mission was also over. Then the two standing corps were transported to the port of Vibato and joined the volunteer corps of the two countries. With the arrival of these instructors, the stupid jokes about the senior officials of the Hicks Kingdom spread to the two legions. These retired soldiers of the hired volunteer corps began to despise the military combat effectiveness of the Hicks Kingdom even more. None of them thought highly of these two newly formed standing corps.
Originally, the garrison task of Vibato Port was undertaken by the volunteer field corps of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and the border security task of Vibato Colonial County was completed by the volunteer light cavalry corps of the Principality of Karnas. Now there are two more standing corps newly formed by the Kingdom of Hicks, which first brought a food crisis to the colony. After the food crisis passed, these two standing corps were ordered to arrest Nikancha people in the coastal areas of the colony.
They gave some of the young men to the mining owners in the colony as mining slaves, and then forced the rest of the Nikancha young men and the old and weak women and children to open up wasteland and plant potatoes outside the port city of Vibato. In the past six months, nearly ten thousand Nikancha people were beaten to death by the soldiers of these two standing legions and forced to work to death.
For the retired soldiers employed by the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, although they look down on the Nikancha people, they will not treat them so cruelly like slaves, especially since they are very He likes to vent his excess energy on those Nikancha women.
But as soon as the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom came, everything changed. The Nikancha settlements in the coastal areas of the Hicks Kingdom's colony were destroyed, and all the Nikancha people were arrested, no matter what. Whether he is an elder of the settlement, a leader or a laborer, as long as he has red skin he is an unforgivable sinner. They were captured and made slaves, but the official propaganda of the Hicks Kingdom was to purify the colonial race and build a new homeland for the white people in Farea.
Therefore, the soldiers of the two standing legions who were the executors were despised and ridiculed by the two hired volunteer legionnaires, because no regular army would do such an unreasonable thing. The soldiers of the two mercenary volunteer regiments scorned these soldiers of the Kingdom of Hicks as thugs of the slave owners, believing that what they had done had tarnished the honor of a kingdom's regular soldiers by doing such despicable things that only the local police could do. They don't bother to admit their military status
As a result, the port of Vibato has entered a troubled period. As long as soldiers from both sides meet, a street fight is inevitable. As a result, the soldiers of the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom were no match for the veterans of the mercenary volunteer corps. They were stuck in the military camp for three days and were unable to compete with the soldiers of the mercenary volunteer legion who liked to provoke outside the military camp.
When things got serious, the senior officials of King Hicks were unable to step down, so they decided to transfer these two mercenary volunteer corps to the front line. Anyway, they were the bosses who paid the money, so they couldn't help but disobey the two mercenary volunteer regiments. As a result, they ordered the volunteer field regiment of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars to attack the Cromwell Territory to destroy this and the maintenance. The area adjacent to Bato Colonial County was occupied and became a frontline barrier to protect Vibato Colonial County.
If these two mercenary volunteer regiments obey the orders of King Hicks and stay obediently in the Cromwell Territory, it will cause Claude a lot of trouble. The support field regiment of the Kingdom of Nasseri is holding fast at Wickham Castle, and the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnas is responding as a guerrilla outside. Let alone the Thunder Division, Claude can't do anything even if he brings all five divisions in the theater. Annihilating these two mercenary volunteer armies may result in losses for both parties.
Fortunately, the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars did not take the order of King Hicks as a decree. After leaving Vibato Colonial County, they began to let themselves go and hunt the migrating buffalo herds to earn extra money. . This may also be related to the inability of the two mercenary volunteer corps to achieve unification of command authority. During the five-year war in the eastern region, the Principality of Karrnath was an ally of the Kingdom of Nasseri, with the Kingdom of Nasseri as its leader. But now both countries are equally employed by the Kingdom of Hicks, and the two mercenary volunteer corps are equal in status.
Perhaps the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karrnath left the Cromwell Territory just because they were no longer willing to obey the orders of the Volunteer Field Corps of the Kingdom of Nasseri. It was no longer the five-year war in the eastern region. No one wanted to be the younger brother unconditionally, so they went Hunting migrating bison herds to make extra money is just an excuse. But this gave Claude a chance to defeat each other. With grenades and ingenious planning, both mercenary volunteer legions became ashes of history.
Claude spread out a large map on his desk, which was a map of Vibato Colony County in the Kingdom of Hicks. He said to General Albert: "Come here and take a look at this captured map. It marks the twenty-seven important defense positions on the border defense line of the entire Vibato Colony County. Thirteen days ago I ordered the reconnaissance brigade under me Break it into pieces and sneak into the enemy's territory to conduct reconnaissance and verify the authenticity of the defensive lines marked on this map. In the past two days, the falcons of the reconnaissance brigade have sent letters back, proving that the conditions of all the defensive strongholds on this map are the same as marked. , no errors.
By the way, this map was captured from the camp of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Legion in the Principality of Karrnath. You should know that the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnas was originally responsible for the defense of the Vibato Colonial County Border Defense Front, but they are now replaced by the newly formed Torfield Standing Corps of the Hicks Kingdom. However, I am very fortunate that the volunteer light cavalry regiment that left Vibato Colonial County did not hand over this defensive position layout map to the Torfield Standing Corps that replaced them. Instead, it fell into my hands.
The intelligence fed back from the reconnaissance brigade currently sneaking into the enemy's territory shows that after the Tofield Standing Corps of the Kingdom of Hicks took over the garrison task of the border defense front of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, it did not make any changes. Instead, it continued step by step according to the volunteers. The original defensive layout of the light cavalry regiment was used to arrange the garrison troops. As a result, I discovered their biggest oversight. They forgot that the volunteer light cavalry regiment was different from them. It was the elite light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars, and they were just an infantry field regiment. "
Claude clicked on the color marks next to the defensive strongholds on the map: "Alan, look, there are a total of twenty-one important defensive strongholds along the border, which are connected into a defensive front. The Principality of Karnas When the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps deployed its garrison troops, it arranged a main battalion at each important defensive stronghold to defend. At the same time, there were three mobile light cavalry regiments deployed at the three strongholds behind to implement mobile reinforcements based on the battle conditions on the front line. In addition, this The three blue strongholds are logistics warehouses, which are used to replenish food, grass and ammunition for the 21 important defense strongholds on the front line and to treat the evacuated wounded. As for the golden stronghold in the center of the rear, it is their command center.
If the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars were to defend this defensive front, it would indeed cause a lot of trouble for the attackers. Because no matter which important checkpoint the attacker attacks, as long as the defenders hold on for a quarter of an hour, they will receive a steady stream of reinforcements and supplies from the rear. But now it is replaced by the Hicks Kingdom's Tofid Standing Corps to guard this border defense front. They have no mobility capabilities. And I don't think one of their battalions can hold out for an hour during the attack of our Thunder Division.
The biggest shortcoming of this border defense front is that as long as one point is conquered, the rest of the so-called important checkpoints will be ineffective. If the enemy goes around to the back of this border defense line, the defenders of the twenty or so important defensive strongholds in front will have no choice but to capture them with no way back. For the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Karnas, they can use the mobility of the light cavalry to make up for this shortcoming, but for this Tofid standing army, taking over this border defense front is tantamount to automatically jumping into the volunteer army. The big hole dug by the Light Cavalry Legion! "
General Albert carefully inspected the important defensive strongholds marked on this map, and finally had to say that what Claude said was very reasonable, but he was still a little worried: "We currently have less than five troops that can fight. A main regiment, and troops left to guard the prisoners and guard Wickham Castle."
Claude laughed: "We don't need so many troops. Our Thunder Division has a main field regiment and the 131st Guerrilla Battalion. You can lead two more regiments. The rest of the troops are staying at Wickham Castle. . What we have to deal with is only the newly formed standing army of the Kingdom of Hicks, not the elite troops of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas."
On October 23, 589th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude led the Thunder Division to attack the Vibato Colony County of the Kingdom of Hicks.