Waiting is a process that makes people feel very anxious, but all the insiders have to keep it secret and not reveal anything. In this world where everything is slow-paced, it often takes several months to get a result.
Claude attributed all this to the lack of information circulation. With the rapid changes in the past life, the whole world was presented on the Internet, and any news that happened could be reported to people all over the world in just a few hours. Compared with the world we know, this Faslan world seems extremely slow in terms of both the pace of life and the changes in society.
We are both on the continent of Nubisia, but it often takes a month or two for news about the colonies on the west coast to reach the overseas territories. As for the major events that happened on the continent of Farea, it will reach the west coast and then be transferred to the overseas territories, which are the farthest away. It even lasted more than half a year
In the blink of an eye, the end of the year came, and Colonel Bokoal rushed back to the theater headquarters. He visited the colonies of three countries on the west coast, and finally confirmed the lease of the Rodex Bay Colony from the Kingdom of Hicks to the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. The news has become a fact. After more than four months of negotiations, the Hicks Kingdom paid five million gold guilders to lease the Rodex Bay Colony of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands for five years.
Two gold crowns are exchanged for one gold crown. Five million gold crowns equals two and a half million gold crowns. The lease term is five years, which means the annual rent is five hundred thousand gold crowns.
The Kingdom of Hicks is so wealthy that the descendants of the Kramer pirates in the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands almost laughed out loud. To them, the Kingdom of Hicks is clearly a hero. You must know that the Rodkers Bay Colony is the only one with The most valuable thing is the catch from the bay, which produces some relatively rare and precious sea fish. The precious seafood caught every year is frozen by magicians and transported back to the continent of Farea. It becomes a delicacy at the banquet of the princes and nobles at a high price.
But even so, the total value of the colony's catch per year does not exceed 100,000 gold crowns. In addition, the entire colony has a population of less than 20,000, and the income it can bring to the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is less than 10,000 gold crowns per year. Therefore, Fox The United Kingdom of the Islands was preparing to sell Rodex Bay Colony to the Kingdom of Hicks, but the sky-high price they offered was too high for the Kingdom of Hicks to afford, so it had to turn to a lease.
"This is the news that came out after a cruise squadron from the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands arrived on the west coast of the Nubisian continent in late October. Along with the ship was a purchasing group from the Kingdom of Hicks. The mission of this purchasing group is Colonies on the west coast are purchasing in advance food and other living supplies produced next year and the year after. They have already made a deposit of nearly 100,000 gold gram shields. Currently, several colonies have begun to consider large-scale land reclamation and planting. It is expected that the colonies on the west coast will be planted next year and the year after. food production will double
I came into contact with a man from the Hicks Kingdom purchasing group who called himself Sorum. He heard that I was a smuggler from an overseas territory, and he asked me a lot about the inside information about the territory’s war zone, about the army and the war zone. I deceived him about the news and told him that I usually didn’t pay much attention to these things. It was business, but he was very interested in the fact that I could get a large amount of low-strength ale in overseas territories, so he ordered 30,000 barrels of ale for me. For the order, I was given a thousand gold gram shields as a deposit.
This contact made me discover that there must be many spies from the Kingdom of Hicks lurking inside the war zone. I found that this man named Solum knew some things about the war zone headquarters relatively well, such as the eighteen new places established in the war zone. The garrison regiment recruited 100,000 new soldiers and sold 300,000 captured Hicks Kingdom matchlocks to the Nikancha Kingdom. It is impossible for ordinary residents to know such inside information. Therefore, I suspect that there are many inside the war zone. There may be secret agents from the Kingdom of Hicks, otherwise the enemy would not know these specific numbers.
Because I told him that there is a brewery under the Bison Trading Company, and a large amount of wheat is purchased every year to brew ale, so this Solum hopes that I can provide him with a thousand bushels of wheat, and he is willing to pay three times the market price. When I came to purchase, I suspected that this was a test of my identity as a smuggler. War zones have always strictly controlled the outflow of grain, but the Bison Trading Company was able to perfectly avoid suspicion when purchasing grain to brew ale. Three times the market price was enough for countless The smuggler risked his head to complete the deal
Note: Pushel is the unit of weight in the Kingdom of Hicks, which is equivalent to tons, that is, one thousand kilograms and one thousand Pushels is one thousand tons.
However, from the request he made, we can deduce that in addition to placing orders for the food production of various countries' colonies in the next year and the next, the purchasing group of the Hicks Kingdom also purchases the existing food in each country's colonies. It was not very smooth. It was probably because the colonies of various countries needed to maintain local food demand and the stability of social order, and did not want food prices to rise too high, so they refused to sell large quantities of stored food reserves, so that Solum had to They want to buy grain through me at three times the market price.
There is also unconfirmed news. The officers and soldiers of the cruising squadron of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands confided during the carnival in the tavern that because the Kingdom of Hicks paid high rent, the United Kingdom of Fox Islands will send two ships to and from the United Kingdom of Fox Islands every year. The mainland's ocean-going fleet transported supplies or troops to the Kingdom of Hicks. This was an additional clause of the lease agreement. Because it was delivered free of charge, the officers and soldiers of the fleet were very dissatisfied and complained. We cannot determine whether this news is true or false. Several officers and soldiers were drunk.
Finally, there is news from the kingdom itself. It is also unconfirmed. It is said that Prince Widelek has divided the four frontiers of Cafilezte County, Ruston Keren County, Berta Alnia County and Woodnesia County. The county was returned to the Kingdom of Nasseri, from which it received a security compensation of one million gold crowns and a high-interest loan of four million gold crowns. The Griffin Legion had abandoned the Odin Mountains and moved to the southwest three The county is currently launching an attack on White Deer City occupied by Prince Hansback. The results of the battle have not been reported yet."
This is an intelligence report collected by Colonel Bokoal in various colonies on the west coast. He confirmed the determination of the Hicks Kingdom to continue this colonial war. It has become a fact to lease the Rodex Bay Colony to gather troops. Wait for it to end On this New Year's Eve, after ushering in the new year, the direct-controlled war zone is also facing the threat of war again. The outcome of this war will determine the life and death of the entire direct-controlled war zone.
The atmosphere in the conference room was very dull. When the news of the impending war became a reality, the senior officers of the theater command who were qualified to sit in this conference room to discuss felt a heavy sense of depression. The building is full. Claude somehow remembered this poem from his previous life. The current scene perfectly describes the artistic conception of the poem.
Claude was about to cough and say a few words to boost everyone's morale when he saw General Bolognik grinning reluctantly and nodding to Boker: "Colonel Boker, you did a very good job. Thank you for your hard work." After running back and forth, with the information you collected, our theater can make targeted preparations for this war. I believe that the final winner of this war will be our theater. It's a simple reason, because Hicks People have always been our losers, and this time is no exception.”
"General Bolognik is right, the Hicks have never been our opponents." General Albert knocked on the table twice with his fist: "Although they claim to gather ten standing legions, more than sixty We have 10,000 troops, but in my opinion, they are just a bunch of rabble. Regardless of whether we compare the elite and well-trained troops, the advanced weapons, and the leadership in tactics and tactics, our troops will outperform them by a large margin. Perhaps we This time will create a legendary chapter in the history of war, and these ten standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks will become the cornerstone for us to ascend to the altar."
General Beachlin clapped his hands, attracting the attention of all senior officers in the conference room: "In fact, there is nothing terrible about the upcoming war. What General Claude did to the Hicks Kingdom's Lend-Lease operation last time is Everyone should have read the analysis report, and the intelligence collected by Colonel Boquear also confirmed General Claude's foresight. It is absolutely impossible for the Kingdom of Hicks to gather ten standing legions at Rodex Bay Colony at once. Food and grass will become the biggest problem limiting their war
Even if the Kingdom of Hicks sent a purchasing team to the colonies on the west coast to reserve grain for the next year and carried out a certain amount of grain reserves, as long as they launch an attack, we can clear the mountainous areas of the Nikancha country and lure them. The enemy's strategy of going deep into the mountains, playing hide-and-seek with them in the mountainous areas, delaying their progress, consuming their food, and then being surrounded on all sides. The Hicks, who have been cut off from food, grass and logistical supplies, have no other way out but to surrender to us."
"This time we hope to keep the more than 600,000 troops of the Kingdom of Hicks out of the war zone, so as not to spread the war to various overseas territories and cause adverse consequences to the immigration life of the kingdom and the economic development of the territories. Therefore, we will set the battlefield in the mountainous area of the Nikancha country, use the good defensive terrain and hills and woods to deal with the Hicks, and drag the Hicks to death in this mountainous area. If we cannot eliminate the enemy's If we have the strength, we will also consume the enemy's limited food and supplies and trap the enemy to death in the mountains.
All troops in the theater, whether they belong to the two legions or the local garrisons stationed in the directly-administered territories, will carry out mountain combat training within the next year. The theater command has made a training plan for this, and all troops must strictly follow the steps of the plan. Carry out thorough training and do not be sloppy or perfunctory. The theater command will send inspectors to conduct on-the-spot inspections and result assessments of the training status of each unit. All personnel who fail to meet the standards in mountain combat training, whether they are officers or soldiers, will be punished. Perhaps he will face forced retirement.
Please don’t forget that the war we are about to face is related to the life and death of the entire direct-administered theater. All officers and soldiers must not slack off, just like the slogan put forward by General Claude. The more you sweat during training, the less blood will be shed during war. Similarly, training tasks must be carried out in strict accordance with the requirements of the training plan to achieve training goals and results. Any officers and soldiers who cannot meet the standards in the training assessment, regardless of whether they have made great contributions to the theater in the past, can only be cleared this time. troops, because we cannot tolerate that in future mountain operations against the Hicks, the entire army will be dragged down by these incompetent officers and soldiers."
General Skerry ended his speech, so the senior officers present at the theater command headquarters unanimously turned their attention to Claude. Among the five giants in the theater, Claude remained silent.
Claude looked confused and thought to himself, what should I say? The four of them finished speaking. Some encouraged everyone not to be afraid, some raised morale and encouraged everyone to win the war, and some compared the qualities of both sides. The pros and cons talk about tactics, and I also reprimand and warn everyone to take training seriously. What do you want me to say
"Cough, cough," Claude coughed twice first, then leaned back on the sofa and chair, leaving everyone with a very relaxed feeling, and then slowly began to speak: "The Hicks are finally here. Now, as a soldier, I am very happy, because we have a clear enemy again. To be honest, I have been doubting myself in the past two years, whether I am a soldier. I am obviously a lieutenant general of the kingdom, but why am I so busy? It's some boring administrative stuff
If he is not dealing with the resettlement of immigrants from the kingdom, he is planning the construction of urban road transportation, or he is responsible for driving the Nikancha people onto the ship and moving them to the country of the Nikancha people, so as not to stay in the war zone and be an eyesore. Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't wear this military uniform. In fact, it would be quite suitable for me to be an administrative supervisor. If it weren't for the Thunder Legion recruiting new recruits for training and requiring me to check, I really forgot that I was a soldier.
I am really grateful to the Hicks people for this, especially King Mechid III. He never lets us down and insists on sending their country’s young people to help our war zone direct-administered public infrastructure construction. It's free. We only need to be responsible for filling their bellies and dressing warmly. They are so polite. We don't even need to be responsible for the food and clothing. They transported everything themselves from the distant continent of Falea.
In my eyes, the more than 600,000 troops of the Hicks Kingdom are more than 600,000 free young laborers given to us. All we need to do is let them put down their weapons and obediently walk into the prisoner-of-war camp. I believe that with such With the help of more free labor, the economic development of the war zone will be improved quickly. The only thing we have to remember is that before we let these free labor put down their arms, we have to let them understand that becoming our enemy is their biggest enemy. sorrow
We are going to conduct this battlefield in the mountainous areas of the Nikancha country. We will let the Hicks remember that they rented the Rodkers Bay Colony to gather troops, which means launching a war in the wrong place. The wrong war. I don’t want to say more about the outcome of the war. There is no doubt that this war will end the ambitions and delusions of the Kingdom of Hicks towards overseas territories. From now on, the continent of Nubisia will be Hicks. The eternal pain in people's hearts
We have already made arrangements on how to cooperate with the Nikancha people. I believe that the Nikancha people will come to ask for our help within two or three months. In fact, if the Nikancha people are not willing to cooperate with us, it doesn't matter to us. When the Nikanchas cannot withstand the attack of the Hicks and are retreating steadily, losing cities and land, we can also use surprise troops to capture the occupied mountainous areas. Of course, this will be more troublesome, but after the war, these territories will belong to us. All
The Hicks are actually like a snowfield elephant, big and strong. If they gathered so many troops in the plains, I might have a headache. The difference in strength is very obvious. But in the mountainous areas, the elephants It can't beat the mountain monkey. The terrain limits its ability. It can only use five or six points at most. The mountain warfare training program General Skerry just mentioned is to make us become mountain monkeys and make the terrain and environment our helpers.
Having said all this, I just want to tell everyone that we are very lucky and have military exploits to show off. As soldiers, there are no wars and enemies. It is both lucky and sad. Fortunately, he does not need to go to the battlefield and risk his death on the battlefield. His life is in danger. The sad thing is that he has never experienced war and will never be able to prove that he is a real soldier. Now that the Hicks have imposed war on our war zone, we have only one answer, to destroy them."
As soon as Claude finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the entire conference room.