Cromwell's Demesne, Wickham Castle. .shung
Wickham Castle once again became a large construction site. More than 50,000 surrendered officers and soldiers of the former Tofield Standing Corps of the Kingdom of Hicks became diligent workers, playing their part in building a new Wickham Castle. of light and heat, and countless sweat, blood and tears.
There is only one reason for them to work so hard, that is, the current Supreme Commander of the Overseas Directly Administered Territory of Nubisia Continent of the Kingdom of Ovelas, Honorary Baron Claude Hanfield, Major General of the Kingdom, believes that under the current situation, Micheliqi should be used. The strategy formulated by the marshal to fortify the walls and clear the country was not suitable.
When the Nikancha people launched a rebellion in the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom and continued to capture more and more territory, the Thunder Division must have a good position near the colonial county of Vibato Port in the Hicks Kingdom. The base was used to attack the enemy in the Hicks Kingdom's war to suppress the colonial rebellion, and played a role in responding to the Nikancha rebellion. Therefore, Claude also chose Wickham Castle as the new garrison of the Thunder Division.
In Claude's plan, after the construction of Wickham Castle was completed, more than 50,000 captives were forced to continue to build four strong castles in the Dominion of Cromwell and the Territory of Beringana, making Wickham Castle to the Dolinibara River to form a complete logistics supply channel, strengthen the control of the two territories of Cromwell and Beringana, and at the same time lay a foundation for the economic development and urban construction of these two territories after the armistice and peace in the future. solid foundation.
While he was busy with construction, Claude also did not forget to attack the Colonial County of Vibato Port. From Wickham Castle to under the city walls of Vibato Port, this vast area has become the territory where the light cavalry of the Thunder Division gallop freely. The situation of the Kingdom of Hicks on the Nubisian continent is very bad. They can only firmly guard the Port of Vibato. The mountainous area along the northern coast of the Colonial County of Port Vibato has become the territory of the Nikancha people. The occupied territory, and the road traffic from the vast inland colony to the port of Vibato has been cut off by the Thunder Division
From July 589 of the Holy Light Calendar when he attacked the Albato Prairie under the direct jurisdiction of Beringana to March of the Holy Light Calendar 590 year now, Claude has not returned to Lanhu for nearly eight months. Town. He has been sitting on the front line, and all official matters in the rear theater headquarters can only be communicated and discussed through falcon messages.
Three months after the end of the Third Colonial War, in which the Thunder Division took the initiative and annihilated the three main legions of the Kingdom of Hicks, Claude had to decide to lead the guards to march lightly with the urging from the rear. Return to the Lanhu Town War Zone Headquarters.
Major General Bolognik, the commander of the Panshi 1st Division in charge of the Dolinibara River defense line, crossed the river specially to welcome Claude. The two hugged each other, then remounted their horses and crossed the pontoon bridge to Major General Bolognik's camp. On the ground, Claude went to take a shower first, get rid of the dust of the road, put on his new military uniform, and then accepted the hospitality of General Bolognik.
The banquet hosted by General Bolognik was very sumptuous, but neither Claude nor General Bolognik had the intention to enjoy the food. After filling their stomachs hastily, they began to privately exchange the information they obtained. After the successful report of the Third Colonial War was uploaded to the Kingdom's Army Ministry, three months passed before a definite reply was received. Subtracting the month spent on the road, the Kingdom's Army Ministry wasted more than two months before responding to this victory. This was surprisingly slow.
However, the information that General Bolognik knew was passed on from the Mining and Commerce Association. They have offices in the king and are better informed. After receiving the information, they used a hawk to send a message to White Deer City, and the courier boarded the ship and arrived in Tire. The Sim Municipal Territory, and then use the Falcon Eagle to send the message to the Mining and Commerce Association headquarters in the Amphiston Municipal Territory. Excluding the half-month journey across the sea, it actually took less than twenty days to get the news from the royal capital to the association headquarters.
"The Kingdom's Army Ministry agreed to place the Third Rock Division led by Allen under the Thunder Division, but instead of reorganizing it into the Second Thunder Division, the Thunder Division was reorganized into the Thunder Legion. You were promoted to the Kingdom's General, in recognition of your achievement in annihilating three main legions of the Kingdom of Hicks in one fell swoop. At the same time, because you annihilated the two volunteer legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, your honorary title has also been raised by one level, and you have been Created as an Honorary Viscount of the Kingdom."
General Bolognik clicked his tongue: "You did a really good job, annihilating the main legions of the two mortal enemies of our kingdom. It's just that the kingdom's reward this time was too stingy, so you were promoted to the first level and the first level. In terms of honorary titles, Allen was only credited once with great merit. The news said that after the reorganization of the Thunder Legion, you will be the commander of the Legion, and Allen will be the chief of staff of the Legion.
This is good news. The bad news is that you have been dismissed from your position as the supreme commander of the theater. Like us, you have become the deputy commander of the theater. You are temporarily acting as the supreme commander of the theater to handle affairs, waiting for the arrival of the new supreme commander of the theater dispatched by the kingdom. Handover again. According to the information obtained by the association, the person who will serve as the new supreme commander of the theater is the former commander of the Guards Corps, the Kingdom's general, the hereditary Earl of Algeske Osmolin. He will bring a Guards division to take office. "
Claude frowned. Is this another slap from the Kingdom's Ministry of War? Being promoted to lieutenant general and honorary viscount of the kingdom, and becoming the commander of the Thunder Legion was the reward he deserved. General Bolognik was right. This reward for himself could only be said to be too little. After all, he had annihilated the two main legions of the kingdom's two sworn enemy countries.
Although the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas unanimously claimed that the two volunteer regiments hired by the Kingdom of Hicks were formed by retired soldiers from the two countries and had nothing to do with them. But in fact, the countries concerned know that this is just an excuse. The so-called volunteer corps are the main standing corps of both countries, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of mercenaries.
During the Second Colonial War, before General Michelchi was promoted to the rank of Marshal of the Kingdom, he commanded the Ranger Division to annihilate the five standing armies of the Hicks Kingdom. After receiving an order from the Kingdom's Army Ministry, he prepared to conquer Victoria. When entering the port of Baator, it was discovered that the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnus was stationed at the border between the two colonies. General Michelich immediately stopped the attack because he was not sure that he could defeat the opponent with a ranger division. Volunteer light cavalry regiment, but in the end General Michelchi became the marshal of the kingdom by virtue of two complete victories in the colonies.
The five-year war in the eastern region has made the King of Overas aware of the powerful combat capabilities of the main legions of the two sworn enemy countries, so these two volunteer legions hired by the Kingdom of Hicks have become a thorn in the overseas war zones. Now Claude has annihilated these two mercenary volunteer regiments at the cost of nearly half of the Thunder Division's casualties. Logically speaking, it should be about the same as General Michelchi's feat of annihilating five Hicks Kingdom standing corps. But the kingdom only promoted Claude to the first level of military rank and the first level of honorary title. No wonder even General Bolognik avenged Claude and thought that the kingdom's reward this time was too stingy.
What is even more surprising is that Claude was also removed from his position as the supreme commander of the theater. Although he had made great achievements and made no mistakes, being removed from this position was more like a humiliation for a kingdom general. But the person who became his boss was a hereditary earl from an old noble family in the kingdom, and the former commander of the Guards Corps, Admiral Algeske Osmolin. This made Claude feel particularly disappointed. It's strange, when would the most senior general of the royal family like this be sent to an overseas colonial war zone? Is this considered an exile
"Do you know the origin of Admiral Algeskai Osmolin?" Claude asked General Bolognik.
General Bolognik shook his head: "I am a civilian officer. During the five-year war in the eastern region, I was just a small major officer. I have nothing to do with a senior kingdom general like the commander of the Guards Corps. But I heard I have said that he was the one who commanded the fiercest, cruelest and most casualty positional offensive battles fought by the Guards in the Principality of Rimodra. It is said that he is the best general in the kingdom at positional offensive battles, whether it is a fortress or a castle. Under his command, he was invincible and victorious. The only drawback was that every time he won a victory, the casualties of his soldiers were very heavy. It was common for a battalion or a regiment to be deorganized due to the death of all the troops.
After getting the news, the only thing I can be sure of is that your position as supreme commander of the theater was removed not because you made any mistakes, but to make room for the new general of the kingdom. Otherwise, for a kingdom general and hereditary earl to be subordinated to you, a kingdom lieutenant general and honorary viscount, it will bring great shame to the royal family and the established aristocratic families. Therefore, the Kingdom's Army Ministry easily approved the reorganization plan you submitted, and even went a step further, directly reorganizing the Thunder Division into the Thunder Legion, and merging the Third Rock Division and the Thunder Division under Allen's command. First, being under your command can be considered as comfort to you. "
This explanation is very reasonable. Although I don't know why a high-ranking general of the kingdom such as a general or a hereditary earl would serve in an overseas territorial war zone, it is really embarrassing for him to accept Claude's command. Who is it that Claude is lower than the kingdom's general and hereditary earl in terms of military rank and title, so he can only give up the chair under his butt.
"I'm a little worried," Claude said. "The annihilation of two mercenary volunteer corps and a standing corps happened at the end of last year. It has been more than three months ago. Our current war situation in the Colonial County of Port Vibato is still peaceful. As before, the enemy's remaining standing army defended the port city of Vibato and refused to step out of the city gate. All supplies relied on the fleet to transport them. The area of thousand miles from the city to Wickham Castle was very difficult for them. For us, the light cavalry patrol team of the Thunder Division, it was like entering an uninhabited land, with everything under our control.
Such a long time has passed, and I think the Kingdom of Hicks should have known about their failure in the colonies and what strategies they had adopted to deal with it. It’s just that we are in the continent of Nubisia and don’t know what the Kingdom of Hicks will do next. And the news we can get now is that the Mining and Commercial Association has inquired from the royal capital. Admiral Algeskai Osmolin will serve as the supreme commander of the war zone, and at the same time he will bring a Guards Division with him. Does this mean that the Kingdom's Army Ministry has obtained some intelligence and is specifically planning to strengthen the troops in the theater to cope with the next large-scale attack by the Kingdom of Hicks? "
General Bolognik also had a serious expression: "This may be very possible. You have annihilated three main armies of the Hicks Kingdom this time. They can only defend the seaport city of Vibato Port and cut off contact with the inland colonies. This For the face-loving Kingdom of Hicks, it was like being bullied and slapped three times on the face by you. Counting the three colonial wars, we have wiped out a total of ten standing main legions.
Even if the two mercenary volunteer corps are not from their kingdom, it will cost a lot to maintain these two mercenary volunteer corps. Plus the other eight standing corps, even if the country of King Hicks is great, it will not be able to withstand it. Such battlefield consumption is incurred. In particular, every time it made loud remarks, it was always slapped in the face by us. The three colonial wars were all victorious. This has become a joke to the countries surrounding the Falea continent.
If the Kingdom of Hicks cannot save its face and win a victory in the next colonial war, it may have to step down from its position as the dominant power in the northern region of Farea. At least it can no longer suppress the ambitions of the few small countries around it that regard it as the boss. Maybe there will be a regional war in the northern part of Farea continent, and even the Kingdom of Hicks will be divided and annexed by other countries. Territorial possibilities.
I also suspect that the Kingdom of Hicks is likely to launch a big move in Nubisia Continent next. It is likely that the Kingdom’s Ministry of War received this information before sending a Kingdom general to serve as the supreme commander of the theater. At the same time, we also brought a Guards Division to strengthen our combat capabilities in the theater so that we can fight to the death with the Kingdom of Hicks in the overseas territories."
According to the news from the Mining and Commerce Association, Admiral Algeske Osmolin has led a guard division to board the ship in White Deer City. If the journey goes smoothly, he will arrive in Tire in ten days and a half. After landing in the Sim Municipal Territory, it took more than half a month to arrive at the theater headquarters in Lanhu Town, the Amphiston Municipal Territory. Claude had to hand over his position with him. Therefore, there are only a few months left for Claude. He must deal with all the official affairs currently accumulated in the war zone before the arrival of the new supreme commander of the war zone, lest the kingdom general has to wipe his ass after he takes office. .
The banquet ended quickly. Claude, who was full of thoughts, didn't rest very well. He only woke up after four or five hours of sleep, practiced meditation to cheer himself up, and had breakfast. Accompanied by General Bolognik, he rushed back to the Lanhu Town Theater Command in three days.
To Claude's relief, Major General Skerry, the director of the logistics department, was also present at the theater command headquarters. As Claude's former boss, he knew Claude's temper very well, and took the initiative to let Claude handle all the backlogged trivial business affairs in the war zone, leaving only a memo for Claude to review. This relieved Claude's worry that he would be buried in the pile of official documents.
However, all official matters related to the Thunder Division were left to Claude, one of which was the merit report from Colonel Kofisler, the director of the intelligence department of the theater command, to Boker. Bockar, his childhood friend, came under Claude's command, and was sent by Claude to take over the Buffalo Trading Company, and went to Vibato Port to perform the task of reconnaissance of the enemy. Bockal has become the intelligence staff officer of the Thunder Division Headquarters and is directly under the management of the Intelligence Division of the Theater Command.
It seemed that the fat man had done a pretty good job, so Claude picked up the credit report for Bockaar. The report said that Bokoal had established a firm foothold in the Port of Vibato, opened a branch of the Bison Trading Company, and investigated the reasons for the disappearance of the former Nikancha spies. This Claude already knew that all the Nikancha people were captured and made slaves by the army of the Kingdom of Hicks, and the secret agents were no exception. If Bokoar hadn't gone to Vibato Port to send back the news, maybe the theater command would have sent Nikancha spies there to continue sending slaves to the Hicks.