The so-called wildfire plan means wildfire. It was during one of his trips to the colonies on the west coast to inspect commerce that Colonel Bockal saw local people accidentally setting off forest fires by burning wasteland, and he drew up such a wildfire plan on the ship on his return trip. It is because more than two hundred years of colonial rule on the West Coast have accumulated countless pains and resentments among the people of each colony. Just like the mountains and forests during a drought, it only takes one spark to turn into a prairie fire.
This is the plan formulated by Colonel Bockal three years ago. It means that the overseas autonomous territories can set off wildfires and let the colonies on the west coast burst into a frenzy of national liberation and independent nation-building. However, three years ago, the relationship between the colonies and overseas autonomous territories on the west coast was very harmonious, which was the period when business exchanges were most frequent. The Dominion Military District believed that the outbreak of war in the colonies on the west coast could not affect commercial profits, so the wildfire plan was shelved.
Because it was a plan to start a local riot written by his teenage friend, Claude was extremely impressed. He even specially invited Colonel Bockard to ask him what made him think of such a plan. When the kingdom heard in the mainland that the eight colonies on the west coast jointly declared a ban on overseas autonomous territories, Claude knew in his heart that the day had finally come for this wildfire plan to come to fruition.
Colonel Bockard once told Claude what he saw and heard in the colonies on the west coast. Those colonies were different from the overseas autonomous territories. They actually practiced a semi-feudal and semi-slavery system mixed with racial discrimination. As long as they are of mixed race, they are born to be slaves. Generally speaking, the colonists from the Falea continent, that is, the white race, have the most noble status, followed by skin color. The darker the skin color, the lower the status.
The colonial history of the West Coast for more than two hundred years is, for the local indigenous people, a long history of being conquered, oppressed and humiliated. Nowadays, there are no purebred local indigenous people on the west coast. They have all become mixed ethnic groups, such as the Parmigals, the Lanstobuks, the Rusmans, the Gibgoths, and the Dolamanas. People with different names such as the Malcharin people.
In the eyes of the people of various countries in the Farea continent, the Nubisia continent has always been a barbaric land, a new colonial continent suitable for exiled prisoners. Just like the colonies on the west coast, even if they have a colonial history of more than two hundred years, in the eyes of the people of their mother countries, they are still an adventurous place to gain wealth, and the mixed-race people there are untouchables who are discriminated against.
Various colonial countries have introduced many discriminatory policies for the mixed-race ethnic groups in the colonies, such as not being allowed to join the army, not being allowed to become local officials, etc. The only thing these mixed-race people can do is sell their labor in exchange for low wages to support their families. They endured endless exploitation and oppression by the colonists, and were either slaves or servants. Even if they owned their own land, they had to bear heavy tax burdens and labor...
However, for more than two hundred years, there have been many beautiful stories of love and friendship between colonists and mixed-race indigenous people. Just like the first candidate recommended to Claude by Colonel Boker, Tezzinger Nora Taganem. His father was a hereditary baron from the Kingdom of Morosik, who fell in love with his mixed-race maid, the mother of Tezzinger Nora Taganem, and eventually had Tezzinger Nora. Taganem, the mixed-race child of love.
Tezzinger Nora Taghanem's father was brave. He ignored criticism and left his property and title to his mixed-race son before his death. Just beautiful wishes cannot produce the same beautiful reality. As a mixed-race person, Tezzinger Nora Taganem suffered discrimination because of his skin color. In the end, he regarded himself as a Pamigar and overthrew colonial rule. The idea of gaining national liberation and establishing an independent country...
In the colonies on the west coast, there are many mixed-race people like Tezzinger Nora Taghanem. As Colonel Bokoal said, some are because of family feuds from generation to generation, some are because of personal grudges, and some are ambitious people. . Especially those mixed-race people who became smugglers. They traveled all over the country, were well-informed, had financial resources, were bold, and had a high reputation in the local area.
These insightful and outstanding people of mixed race are deeply dissatisfied with the status quo of the colony. They all want to change the situation of the colony, even if they do not seek to overthrow the colonial rule like Tez Singh Nora Taganem. The road to national liberation and independent nation-building also hopes to allow one's own nation to obtain a relatively fair and non-discriminatory identity and status.
Claude knew very well that the eight colonies on the west coast had implemented a trade ban on the overseas autonomous territories. It was obvious that these eight countries had reached a unanimous attitude towards the overseas autonomous territories, or formed a unified alliance. Even if the overseas autonomous territories send troops to attack the colonies of one of the countries, what will happen will inevitably be a joint declaration of war by eight countries.
Even if the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion of the Dominion Military Region are truly invincible, fighting one against eight is not a good choice. If the eight-nation colony on the west coast is only as big as the Nasseri region, maybe the Dominion Military Region can give it a try and fight to settle the matter. Anyway, Claude didn't pay much attention to the combat effectiveness of the colonial garrisons in the eight colonies on the west coast. According to the intelligence obtained in the past few years, the combat effectiveness of these colonial garrisons can basically be regarded as the fifth scum of the war, not much different from the local defense forces of the previous overseas territories.
The problem is that the eight colonies on the west coast are too big, more than ten times the size of the entire Nasseri region, and more than four times the size of the entire overseas autonomous territories. With such a large territory, even if the Thunder Legion pushed all the way, it would take more than half a year to get from one end to the other, which would also put huge pressure on logistical supplies. The most important thing is that there are no troops to garrison the captured areas...
Another key issue is that the total population of the eight colonies on the entire west coast is more than 60 million people. After more than two hundred years of colonial history, the mixed-race ethnic groups in these colonies naturally regard themselves as people of this country. If the overseas autonomous territories launch a war, if they are regarded as invaders by the mixed-race people in these colonies, and these eight colonial countries mobilize their people to resist the autonomous military regions, then this war will not be easy to fight.
As a time traveler, Claude naturally understands the power of national resistance, and he will not step into this pit even if he is killed. As General Skerry said, the overseas autonomous territories are not only going to declare war on the eight colonies on the west coast, but also on the eight coastal colonial countries in the southern part of Farea. Without mobilizing nearly a million troops and spending five or six years, there would be no results in sight for this war. Therefore, the Dominion Military Region cannot afford to fight this war, nor can it afford the price of this war.
No matter which colonial country declares war or attacks the colonies of any country on the west coast, it means that the overseas autonomous territories will have to fight one against eight or even one against sixteen. Coupled with the current situation in the eastern region of Farea Continent, the Dominion Military District is unable to mobilize the troops of the two legions back. Therefore, in the face of the trade ban jointly issued by the eight colonies on the west coast, the overseas autonomous territories can only endure this tone, acquiesce and accept the result...
However, this does not prevent Claude from preparing to implement the wildfire plan formulated by Colonel Boquear three years ago and triggering riots in the colonies on the west coast. Sometimes things are so interesting. If the overseas autonomous territories declare war or launch an attack, then the eight colonies on the west coast will inevitably fight against the enemy and launch a counterattack.
However, the overseas autonomous territories endured this result without posing any threat to the colonies on the west coast. If civil strife breaks out in a colony of a country on the west coast at this time, it will not receive support and help from other colonies, but will watch and fan the flames like schadenfreude. Even neighboring colonies may secretly assist the rebels, hoping that this will Burning the fire bigger and bigger, giving onlookers a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire...
It is easiest to attack all strong fortresses from within, so Claude decided to set off a wave of overthrowing colonial rule in the colonies on the west coast to achieve national liberation and establish independent countries. Regardless of whether things work out or not, it is more cost-effective for the overseas autonomous territories than directly sending troops to declare war. If successful, these independent countries will need the support of overseas autonomous territories to stabilize the unity and integrity of the country's territory, and will also become a dumping ground for the products of the autonomous territories.
Just like the current Nikancha country that occupied the inland colonies of the former Kingdom of Hicks, although it is nominally independent, their country has no manufacturing industry, no unified planning and development of agriculture, and everything is in a Original production condition. All their supplies need to be imported from overseas autonomous territories. Whether it is food, daily necessities, luxury goods, weapons, alcohol, etc., it is the sales market for overseas autonomous territory products...
Claude has asked Bockal to be responsible for the implementation of the wildfire plan. The first choice is the colony of the Kingdom of Morosik, funding Tezzinger Nora Taganem, a mixed-race baron, to establish the Pamigal Liberation Front. , assisted them with a large amount of military supplies and weapons and equipment, and formed a Pamigal division. And dispatched veterans from the Dominion to sneak into the colonies of the Kingdom of Morosik in the name of being hired to help and guide this Pamugarian armed force to complete training as soon as possible, start an armed uprising, and carry out the struggle for national liberation and independent nation building.
Colonel Bockard told Claude that the trade ban imposed by the eight colonies on the west coast against overseas autonomous territories was actually the best trigger for local riots. In recent years, the people of the colonies on the west coast have become accustomed to the high-quality and low-priced daily necessities from overseas autonomous territories. Now the colonial local government prohibits people from using them and introduces high-priced and high-quality domestic products. This is the worst thing to happen. A bad move.
Just like a person who is used to eating cakes on a daily basis, now it says that cakes are forbidden and only slices of black bread can be eaten. What's even more upsetting is that the price of a slice of brown bread would have paid for two cakes. Under such circumstances, it is easy for the people in the colonies on the West Coast to feel that they have suffered unfair discrimination, especially the mixed-race people in those places, who are the most harmed groups...
As long as the torch of national liberation and independence is lit in one colony, the same wave of national self-reliance will soon be set off in the colonies on the west coast. By that time, the eight colonial countries in the southern part of the Farea continent could only devote their reinforcements to maintaining social order and public security operations in their colonies. When they are exhausted, the overseas autonomous territories can confidently send troops to the west coast under the banner of helping each colony to achieve national self-reliance and self-determination, and win the final victory.
It is still too early to talk about overseas autonomous territories sending troops. In fact, Claude does not want to use the troops of the autonomous territories to participate in the riots of national independence caused by the colonies on the west coast. But this does not prevent Colonel Boker from giving the rebels the last glimmer of hope, so that even if they fail, they will still be confident in their future and believe that the overseas autonomous communities will send troops to help them realize their dreams.
After two days of exchanges with Claude, Colonel Bockard was enthusiastically preparing to go to the colonies on the west coast to implement the wildfire plan. Since the colonies of various countries on the west coast have now tightly sealed off their waters to prohibit smuggling merchant ships, Colonel Bokoal needs to take the land route this time, first arriving at the Nikancha country, and then turning from its internal borders to the direction of the colonies on the west coast. It takes a month's journey to get there.
This is also the reason why Claude sent the Wolf Fang Special Forces commanded by his younger brother, Major Blovik, to Boker, just to protect his safety. At the same time, he also found a job for his younger brother Blovik, so that he would not have to stay drunk at his sister Anna's ranch every day. In addition, it is also to open up a land smuggling trade route to the colonies of various countries on the west coast, and transport goods from the overseas autonomous territories from the Nikancha country to the colonies of various countries on the west coast.
This time Claude returned to the Overseas Dominion, and there was another very important matter that he needed to handle personally. That is the more than half a million Hicks soldiers who were defeated and captured in the colonial war. They were sentenced to five to eight years of hard labor. Most of them have now expired and need to be released and freed.
The problem is that the Kingdom of Hicks has not yet signed an armistice and peace agreement with the Kingdom of Ovilas. Theoretically, the two countries are still in a state of war. Even if the borders between the two countries are not adjacent, and there are two other kingdoms in between, making it impossible to attack and defend, the two countries are still enemies in the war.
Judging from the results of traditional wars, the defeated party usually sends envoys to the victor to seek peace. The victor needs to show his magnanimity, and the two parties conduct friendly negotiations and reach an agreement to cease war and peace. But the problem now is that the Kingdom of Hicks refused to admit defeat. Even though Melchid III was repeatedly slapped in the face by the Dominion Military District and lost nearly a million troops, he still thought that he was not defeated and even led that marshal. The retreat of more than 100,000 Hicks soldiers from the Nasseri area back home was said to be a successful strategic shift...
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Overas to send envoys to the Kingdom of Hicks to negotiate an armistice and peace agreement. No one knows whether the mentally ill Melchid III would consider himself the victor because of this, and thus put forward a series of conditions like a lion opening its mouth. By then, not to mention signing any armistice and peace agreement, the Kingdom of Ovilas will suffer even greater humiliation. Therefore, let’s leave this ridiculous situation where the two countries are still at war...
But the problem is that this situation has brought great confusion to the overseas autonomous territories in dealing with the defeated Hicks prisoners. Now that the labor service period has expired, these Hicks prisoners of war should be released and allowed to go free. However, the two countries are still in a state of war, and the overseas autonomous territories cannot repatriate these prisoners of war. They can only continue to keep them in the autonomous territories and issue them temporary identity certificates so that they can move freely within the overseas autonomous territories.
This batch of prisoners released from Hicks in the past two years were very popular with the major workshops and farms in the overseas dominions. They were all young and strong laborers, which just filled the human resources lacking in the dominion's expansion of production. Just two years later, many Hicks prisoners fell in love with life in the overseas autonomous territories, and some were lucky enough to become the sons-in-law of their own bosses. They wanted to naturalize and settle down, and receive the same treatment as immigrants from the Kingdom of Ovelas... ...
Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes sent Claude a lot of information about these Hicks prisoners. General Skerry also considered it when handling the release of these Hicks prisoners. There are more than 100,000 Hicks prisoners overseas. People wander around the Dominion doing part-time jobs to make a living, which basically does not violate the laws of the Dominion. Most of them want to be naturalized and settle down. They also want to own a piece of land and personal property of their own.
There are also hundreds of thousands of Hicks prisoners who have signed long-term labor agreements with manufacturing workshops and farms across the Dominion. They all stay in one place and do not like to move, and they go to and from get off work on time. The future destination of these Hicks prisoners is undecided. They have learned and mastered certain technologies. Some hope to stay in the Dominion and live a stable life, while others hope to return to the Hicks Kingdom.
There are still more than 200,000 Hicks prisoners who want to return to the Hicks Kingdom after the war. For this purpose, the Dominion Military Region has specially formed several infrastructure teams to arrange their work and pay them corresponding rewards and salaries. For example, these infrastructure teams are the main force in the construction of railway lines that are still being built in the Dominion. Since the wages they earned in the infrastructure construction team were more and more cost-effective than in the Hicks Kingdom, these Hicks prisoners were relatively emotionally stable, and they only hoped that the war would end as soon as possible so that they could return to the Hicks Kingdom to see their families. .. ...
Now Claude is in trouble because more than 100,000 Hicks prisoners have written applications, hoping to allow them to return home and reunite with their relatives. There are those who want to naturalize and settle down and hope to go back and bring their families back. There are also those who have earned a lot of money in the Dominion and want to take it back to make their families happy. There are also those who want to go back and see their families before coming to work in the Dominion. When there were few people, they could still hold back, but now there are more people who want to go back, and the Dominion Military District can no longer ignore the opinions of these released Hicks prisoners...
Claude rubbed his temples and felt a headache. This was indeed a problem for the Dominion Military Region. No one knew what would happen to these prisoners when they returned to the Hicks Kingdom. After all, the two countries were still at war. Claude does not want these prisoners to go back and be armed and become enemies of the kingdom and overseas autonomous territories...
"Let's do this. You send people to notify these Hicks people and let them choose their own representatives. Just set a quota of two thousand people. Let these two thousand people go back to the Hicks Kingdom first. If nothing happens, we will let them go. The other Hicks people go back..." Claude made a decision.