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Chapter 405: Retirement Incident
On October 21, 590 of the Holy Light Calendar, on the fifth day after General Bolognik and General Albert led the Guards Division to arrive at Lanhu Town, the special envoy finally announced the final response to the assassination. treatment plan. In view of the fact that Claude and General Buechlin, who were also assassinated and seriously injured, were exempted from accountability.
After the assassination, General Bolognik rushed back to Lanhu Town to take charge of the overall situation. He made a prompt decision and led the Guards Division to attack Vibato Port and captured the Hicks Kingdom's only deep-water port on the Nubisian continent. The end of this colonial war. He was a perfect fighter and made no mistakes. He was promoted to lieutenant general of the kingdom and acted as the supreme commander of the theater.
After the assassination, General Skerry immediately organized officers and soldiers to chase and intercept the gray-robed magicians who came to assassinate them, killing five of the assassins. After General Bolognik led the Guards Division on the expedition, he single-handedly stabilized the situation in the theater and organized an efficient logistics transportation team to provide a steady stream of supplies to the frontline troops. The merits and demerits are equal to each other, and no punishment will be taken.
General Albert was in Wickham Castle at the time of the assassination. When the Guards Division attacked the port city of Vibato, he led part of the Thunder Legion to assist in the siege and made his own contribution to ending this colonial war. . Therefore, he was exempted from joint and several liability, and while Claude was still recovering from his injuries, he temporarily acted as the commander of the Thunder Legion as chief of general staff.
The only unlucky person is General Xazorak, and everyone knows this. After all, the person who was assassinated was a general of the kingdom. He came to the overseas directly-administered war zone to gain military exploits in order to be promoted to the marshal of the kingdom. Unexpectedly, he would not be able to go back after he arrived. For such a big thing, someone has to take the responsibility. General Xia Zolake, who is responsible for local garrison affairs, public security and the prevention of enemy spies, became the perfect candidate to take the blame.
Even if General Xazolak tried his best after the assassination and uncovered the main messenger and the truth behind the assassination, this could only slightly alleviate some of his responsibilities. He was removed from all his posts and stripped of his military rank, and could only retire from the army as a soldier. Fortunately, he retired as a soldier who had served for fifteen years, so he still had national identity.
However, in the Overseas Territory of Nubicia Continent, it really doesn’t make any difference whether you are a national or not. Anyway, civilians here have almost all the rights that the native citizens of the kingdom have. At most, they are a priority to become a public official. After General Chazolac retires, it is impossible to return to the kingdom. He has already purchased a family property in the Amphiston Territory, and the whole family has moved to the capital, Greno Castle...
General Alges, the kingdom's general, hereditary earl, and supreme commander of the war zone who was assassinated, was posthumously named Field Marshal of the Kingdom. His body has been cremated and his ashes collected, and will be brought back to the kingdom by a special envoy to be buried in his family cemetery. The other high-ranking officers of the Guards Division who were killed in the assassination will also be dealt with in the same way. The three grey-robed magicians who were captured alive will also be escorted back to the royal capital by the special envoy for disposal.
Since the special envoy had already learned that General Bolognik was leading the Guards Division to attack Vibato Port before departure, the Kingdom's Ministry of War gave the special envoy some corresponding powers to make temporary decisions on some personnel and troop affairs in the theater. After discussion, the special envoy decided to reorganize the three Rock Divisions into one Rock Corps, with General Bolognik as the commander of the Rock Corps, and General Bichlin as the chief of staff after he returned from injury.
In this way, the war zone has five overseas territories under the jurisdiction of the Direct Territory of Amphiston, the Direct Territory of Robisto, the Direct Territory of Beringana, the Direct Territory of Cromwell and the newly-incorporated Direct Territory of Port Vibato. The current focus of defense is on the two deep-water ports of Vibato Port and Patres Port along the coast to prevent attacks by pirates and the Hicks Kingdom's Sea King Fleet.
Therefore, the adapted Rock Legion is responsible for the defense of the coastal area, while the Thunder Legion is responsible for inland and border defense. As well as closely monitoring the coastal mountainous area in the northern part of the Overseas Territory of Vibato Port, the newly established Nikancha Kingdom's war of annexation of the vast colonies of the Hicks Kingdom in the inland area, the war refugees generated, and the prevention of certain The dizzy Nikancha people invaded the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Vibato Port.
Claude originally thought that the theater establishment would be abolished after the capture of Vibato Port, but the special envoy said that they did not have the power and could only make some changes in personnel and troop establishment. Whether the war zone establishment is cancelled or not depends on the considerations of the royal capital. After capturing Vibato Port, it can only be said that for the time being, there is no need to worry that the Kingdom of Hicks will once again increase its troops on the Nubisia continent and a large-scale land war will occur.
Before signing an armistice and peace agreement with the Kingdom of Hicks, it means that we have to be prepared for sudden attacks by the enemy and harassment of the coastal areas. Without a theater establishment, it is difficult to ensure unified command and vigilance of the coastal defense line. However, five of the kingdom's eight overseas territories are under the jurisdiction of the war zone, which is a big deal. Mainly because the military expenditures of the two legions in the theater require the tax revenue of the three overseas territories that are not under the jurisdiction of the theater...
However, the special envoy does not care about this. They believe that it is best for the overseas directly-administered territorial theater to remain unchanged until the powerful senior officials in the royal capital make a decision. They hurriedly packed their luggage and prepared to leave with the Guards Division, because urgent news came from the kingdom. King Sterling X, who had been bedridden for many years, finally breathed his last and returned on the morning of October 7th. The kingdom of the god of war. And the will he left behind stated that the person who would inherit the throne was not the eldest prince Hansback, but the name of the second prince Wedelek...
The kingdom is facing a storm, and now not many people in the upper echelons have anything to worry about in the overseas territories. Because after Prince Hansback learned that he was not the one to inherit the throne, he left the royal capital in anger and disappeared without a trace.
The powerful people in the royal capital had to organize the funeral of Sterling X and the coronation ceremony of Prince Widrick. At the same time, they had to pay attention to the whereabouts of the eldest prince. In addition, local defense forces in various parts of the kingdom were ordered to strictly guard traffic checkpoints and detect the whereabouts of the eldest prince. Everyone knows the prestige and influence of the great prince in the kingdom's army. Once he raises the flag somewhere and proclaims himself king, it will be a nightmare for the kingdom...
The special envoy didn't care about picking up the beginning and the end, and soon led the Guards Division on the way back. After the news of the death of the old King Sterling X came, another order from the Kingdom's Army Ministry followed, requiring the special envoy to immediately lead the Guards Division back to the royal capital.
Because most of this Guards Division belongs to the forces of established noble families, they follow the will of Sterling X as the criterion and serve the new king, Prince Widrik. Compared with other units of the Guards Corps, the Great Prince has the least impact on it. The Kingdom's Army Ministry needs this Guards Division to return to the Royal Capital as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the surrounding areas of the Royal Capital.
Blovik also followed the special envoy back to the kingdom. Claude ordered Butler Yarick to take two servants to follow his brother back to help him deal with some household chores. The next thing was to recover from his injuries, but Claude still couldn't find peace, because although the supreme commander of the theater was represented by General Bolognik, the situation facing the theater now made General Bolognik undecided and had to summon him. Let's discuss how to solve this problem together.
Both the Thunder Division and the Rock Corps are facing the large-scale retirement of grassroots officers who have expired after fifteen years of service. Most of these grassroots officers were veterans of the Ranger Corps. They had participated in the five-year war in the eastern region, and then joined the Ranger Division and traveled to the Nubisian continent to fight against the colonial war launched by the Kingdom of Hicks.
In the blink of an eye, another five years passed, and the Kingdom of Orvilas finally won the colonial war. As the five reinforced divisions were transferred from the Ranger Corps to the theater, they were promoted from veterans to grassroots officers and became the combat backbone of the five reinforced divisions. When the divisions were reorganized into corps, most of the veterans became Lieutenant-level officer. Now that the war is over, many veterans are tired of their military careers. In addition, they believe that captain-level officers are already their peak, so they have the idea of retiring and returning to their hometowns to settle their marriages and start some personal family property.
The more than 20,000 officers and soldiers who were transferred from the Ranger Corps to the five reinforced divisions now have the lowest rank of sergeant major and the highest rank of captain. No one expected that more than 10,000 people would file a discharge report and apply to retire and return home. All the officers in the theater command were immediately stunned. What troubles General Bolonik the most is that they have indeed expired their service, which is legal and legal. According to the regulations of the Kingdom's Ministry of War, in peacetime, such a situation is basically to approve the discharge application and let these veterans and grassroots officers retire and return home. .
It's just that this is the kingdom's overseas territorial war zone, not the kingdom itself. For any ace legion in the Kingdom to have such a situation, it is nothing more than recruiting a new batch of new soldiers to fill the vacancies, and retraining until it has a certain combat effectiveness. Some of them are personnel replacements. Large-scale retirements have not happened before, and they have long been commonplace. .
However, there are no such conditions in overseas directly administered territorial theaters. Those who meet the conscription regulations are all in the two legions. Once these more than 10,000 grassroots officers retire and return home, not to mention the recruitment shortage cannot be filled, even the combat effectiveness of the army will plummet. You must know that these more than 10,000 veterans have been trained on the battlefield. As the grassroots officers of the army, most of them are the most trustworthy people in the minds of the soldiers they lead. With or without them, the response speed of grassroots troops when receiving orders from superiors is different...
General Bolognik did not want these veterans to retire and return home, but he was powerless. It was not that he did not want to stop it, but that he could not stop it. These grassroots officers who want to retire and return home are considered the most loyal and brave soldiers in the kingdom. They have fought for the kingdom for more than ten years. Now that their fifteen-year service period has expired, most of them have exceeded their service period. Now they want to retire and return home to solve their personal marriage problems. This way All the generals in the war zone were unable to stop the situation, and it was unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.
If it is the ace legion of the kingdom, it would be easy to solve such a situation, that is, to recruit these retired grassroots officers as volunteer officers, provide them with excellent salaries, and arrange for their married families to be in the legion's military base. This will not only meet the life needs of these grassroots officers, but also give them further hope in their future military careers. However, the conditions for recruitment of volunteer officers by the kingdom's four ace legions are relatively strict. Only the best grassroots officers can be recruited by the legions after their service period has expired.
However, the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion are only second-line corps with a local garrison nature in the establishment of the Kingdom's Army. They have the current wartime establishment due to the needs of the overseas directly-administered territorial theater to deal with the colonial war provoked by the Kingdom of Hicks. Now that the colonial war has come to an end, the army is facing a large-scale retirement of grassroots officers. It is not that they do not want to recruit these grassroots officers as volunteer officers, but that they do not have the conditions and financial resources to retain so many grassroots officers.
General Bolonik originally wanted to report what happened here to the Kingdom's Army Ministry, so that the Royal Capital could understand the true situation of the army's combat effectiveness being greatly reduced due to the retirement of so many grassroots officers, and expected the Kingdom's Army Ministry to come up with a reasonable solution. But as soon as he proposed this method, he immediately became discouraged.
According to the current situation in the kingdom, the royal capital has no intention of paying attention to the decommissioning events in overseas directly-administered territorial theaters. The most they can do is approve the discharge application. They don't care about whether the two second-line legions have combat effectiveness. And even if the report is sent, only God knows when we will get a reply from the royal capital.
We can't keep those junior officers who applied to retire and return home in the army and wait for the approval from the royal capital before releasing them. According to the regulations of the Kingdom's Army Ministry, these junior officers who applied to retire fully meet the requirements, and there is no reason for anyone to detain them. Detained in the army, a mutiny would inevitably occur.
General Bolognik, General Albert, and General Beachlin, who was barely recovering from his injuries, were helpless. General Skerry thought of several ways, but it was impossible to do it according to the current conditions in the war zone. In the end, he could only smile bitterly and thought that it was better to approve the retirement applications of these grassroots officers.
Claude couldn't think of any good ideas, but on his way back to Veblen Manor from the war zone headquarters, he encountered a situation where two immigrant families were being watched over a quarrel over trivial matters, blocking half of the street. In the end, guards were sent to drive them away. Done. However, this incident gave Claude an inspiration. He hurriedly turned the carriage back to the theater headquarters and notified the generals to reconvene the meeting.
"We can turn those grassroots officers who are preparing to retire into volunteer officers," Claude said. "The war zone cannot afford the superior salaries they receive after becoming volunteer officers, as well as the funds to build military-affiliated bases. I don't think we need these. We The war zone is mostly about land, and what is lacking most is immigrants. We can use immigration qualifications to attract these retired grassroots officers to become volunteer officers for the two legions."
Claude was inspired by the 100,000 soldier immigrant families who migrated from the Kingdom to the Amphiston Territory. These soldier families were willing to immigrate to overseas territories war zones for only two reasons. They were extremely poor in the Kingdom itself, and Immigrants to war zones will own a family property, such as ten acres of farmland, or a shop. This is a goal that they cannot achieve in their hometown in the Kingdom through a lifetime of hard work.
The second reason is that the young men who were forced to retire due to the end of the war can continue their military career, which gives them one more person to look forward to after their service period to improve their family and social status. Therefore, these 100,000 families of retired soldiers are willing to voluntarily immigrate to overseas jurisdictions with the migration funds provided by the emerging business aristocracy, even if there is a war in the war zone...
Claude said: "The two direct territories of Cromwell and Beringana are the most suitable areas for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. Because of the colonial war and General Michelchi's strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country, they have become a vast area. White land. As the saying goes, a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on. Now that Vibato Port is in our hands, there is no need to worry about the landing of King Hicks. And we are preparing to build five bases and fortress cities in these two territories, ready to be connected. A logistics support channel.
Now we can rely on these five bases and fortress cities to vigorously develop these two directly governed territories and implement an access policy, that is to say, restrict the qualifications of immigrants. Only soldiers who have served in our two legions are eligible to immigrate here. Two demesne. Of course, this immigration qualification represents a large area of family property in these two directly-administered territories, such as one hundred acres of good land, or more than one thousand acres of good pasture... "