The cold wind howled, snowflakes were flying all over the sky, and under the gloomy sky, houses were destroyed and burned into ruins. The corpses of the Buckler Legion soldiers who had been plundered were carried out by the soldiers of the Breault Mountain Legion and piled up in the square. As the snowflakes fell, they were soon covered with a thin layer of snow. There are already more than a dozen such piles of corpses in the square. These are the victims of a fierce battle last night. Traces of blood can be faintly seen on the muddy snow...
Under the guidance of several officers of the Breault Mountain Legion, Claude entered the palace of the city lord in Scananamo City, the capital of Skvia County, and then stopped in front of a row of corpses on the ground in the administrative office hall. Compared with the corpses of soldiers who were carried to the square outside and piled up, these corpses wearing the uniforms of the generals of the Kingdom of Hicks were obviously treated more favorably. At least they were covered with a gray military blanket.
"This is the commander of the Buckler Corps, His Royal Highness Prince Mondo Carlo da Hicks." Officer Breault with a beard pointed at the corpse in the center wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general and said: "He He led the guards around him to launch a final charge towards us, and then we all knocked him to the ground. Finally, when we went over to check, we found out that he was a lieutenant general. We found a few captured officers and soldiers to confirm, and then we found out that he was a lieutenant general. His Highness Mondo Carlo da Hicks..."
"At least he was brave. He died well. He died on the way to charge. He wore such a military uniform in vain and did not embarrass the soldiers." General Diavid next to Claude expressed his thoughts: "But He was not a qualified commander, and he trapped himself in a dead end. He was simply a brainless idiot. He thought that the Glowing River could be used as a defensive barrier, but he did not expect that the Glowing River would also trap his legion to death in Scandinavia. In the city of Namo..."
It was the morning of December 11th, and the fighting in Skvia County ended before early this morning. After a month of fighting, the Thunder Legion and the three Breault Mountain Legions used the mobility of the Thunder Legion's light cavalry to break through the enemy's defensive fronts and divide and surround the enemy in the towns where they were stationed. After the three Breault Mountain Corps arrived, they would then cooperate with the fierce offensive of the new artillery regiment to launch a storm, wiping out the 350,000-strong army assembled by the Kingdom of Hicks, mainly the Buckler Corps and the Bruce Corps, in one fell swoop.
Last night's night attack was the result of the coordinated operations between the 3rd Thunder Division commanded by General Diaverde and the 1st Breault Mountain Corps. The officers and soldiers of the demoralized Buckler Corps surrendered as soon as they resisted. It was not until they attacked the enemy's base camp, the palace of the city lord of Scananamo City, that the resistance became fierce and tenacious. Finally, General Diavid ordered the use of nearly a hundred new light infantry field artillery pieces, bombarding them for more than an hour, destroying almost half of the city lord's mansion, and then captured the enemy's last stronghold...
"We captured a total of nearly 200,000 enemies. The number of enemies killed and wounded is estimated to be around 110,000, and our own casualties were nearly 60,000. Among them, the Thunder Legion suffered more than 8,000 casualties, and the three mountain legions of the Breault Kingdom There were nearly 54,000 casualties..." The adjutant, Captain Fahsselin, immediately reported the rough casualty statistics to Claude.
It is worth mentioning that most of the casualties of the Breault Kingdom's mountain army were the losses suffered when they conquered the mountain city of Hidpath alone. They were more than 43,000, which was almost the same as the battle losses of the defending Hicks Bruce Standing Army. It's one to one. Even though Claude dispatched a new artillery regiment directly under the legion to help, the casualties greatly increased due to improper cooperation and repeated mindless charges launched by the Breault Mountain Legion...
That's why in last night's night attack, Claude ordered General Diavid to lead the 3rd Thunder Division as the main attack, with Breault's 1st Mountain Corps to assist and cooperate, just to let these simple-minded mountain people see, What should you do to reduce your own casualties when attacking a well-defended city? However, it seems that the effect is very limited now. Instead, the officers and soldiers of Breault's First Mountain Corps have a competitive mentality, and they still suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.
Judging from the situation, the reorganization more than half a month ago did not achieve the desired results. The reorganization of Breault's three mountain regiments was nothing more than eliminating the weak and selecting the best. Select qualified and strong soldiers from the three mountain legions and reorganize them into the first and second mountain legions. The remaining older veterans will be concentrated into the third mountain legion to be responsible for transporting prisoners and taking care of these affairs. The First and Second Mountain Corps have been reorganized, and although their organization and military discipline have been strengthened, their bravery is worse than recklessness, and they still need long-term tactical training.
The occupation of Scannamo City, the capital of Skvia County, meant that the two standing armies of the Kingdom of Hicks, the Buckler Army and the Bruce Army, were wiped out. It also meant that five of the eight local counties in the southern coastal zone lost them. defensive defense. What remains are the two standing armies, the Dahli Army and the Faklin Army, stationed in the three counties of the Manoli Plain.
The winter of 604 in the Holy Light Calendar was very difficult for the Hicks Kingdom. Five of the eight local counties in the southern coastal zone have fallen into the hands of the invading army of the Overseas Autonomous Territory of the Overseas Kingdom of Overas. The Thunder Legion is like no one in these five counties. The administrative offices and territorial nobles in these places have been invaded by these invaders. They were all arrested, their homes were ransacked, and their belongings were completely plundered...
In the city of St. Hyprian in Wangjing and the Wangjing area, the invaders launched a massive investigation campaign. Countless patriots who wanted to serve their country were either arrested or killed. What angered the Hicks people the most was that the Hicks officers and soldiers who were once part of the Hicks Kingdom's Nubisia Continental Expeditionary Force turned out to be accomplices of the invaders. They work for the tiger and are even more disgusting and hateful than those vicious Storm Legion officers and soldiers.
Comparison only hurts. If the Storm Legion only plundered property, then Wangjing residents would take it for granted. After all, this is the standard behavior of invaders. But why should the families and relatives of the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Homecoming Division receive such preferential treatment? You must know that those soldiers who were forcibly recruited into the expeditionary force were the most humble untouchables in the Kingdom of Hicks. Therefore, even if the expeditionary force suffered a disastrous defeat in the colonial war and was completely wiped out, nearly half a million prisoners remained in the Hicks Kingdom without anyone caring about them, and no one cared about the lives of these untouchables.
War will naturally destroy the normal social order. The nearly one million residents of Saint Hyprian City in Wangjing rely on supplies for their daily life and supplies from large and small farms and orchards in the Wangjing area and supplies from various parts of the kingdom. However, after the fall, Of course, the transportation and supplies of Wangjing Saint Hyprian City were greatly affected. Even if the occupiers would not intentionally interrupt this private commercial activity, the imposition of town taxes and strict inspections would still be inevitable.
The supply of daily necessities in Wangjing St. Hyprian City began to become a little tight, and prices rose rapidly. Many Wangjing residents were forced to leave their homes and go to other counties to visit relatives and friends. Under such circumstances, the families and relatives of the four Hicks Homecoming Division officers and soldiers received great preferential treatment. They even occupied a large area of the Royal Plaza and the noble residential area, and set up residential camps. All living supplies were provided free of charge, naturally at the cost of various resources and materials collected from the treasury of the Kingdom of Hicks.
To many residents of Saint Hyprian City in Wangjing, the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force were lowly servants and cannon fodder in their eyes. They who had noble status usually looked down on these untouchables. But now they have become the most miserable people, lacking many necessary daily necessities and daily consumables. They have to queue for two hours to even buy a piece of bread. But those untouchables they looked down upon were reunited with their families, laughing and chatting in the residential area and having no worries about food and clothing. So much so that the residents of the royal city of Saint Hyprian grew increasingly resentful of these untouchables who had rebelled against the Kingdom of Hicks...
What surprised General Albert, who was guarding Wangjing, was that with the arrival of the families and relatives of the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division, the attacks on the soldiers of the Storm Legion in St. Hyprian City and Wangjing area became more rapid. On the contrary, there has been an increase in terrorist attacks on the residential camps where the families and relatives of these Hicks Homecoming Division officers and soldiers are located. In just two months, nearly a hundred family members and relatives of returning division officers and soldiers were harmed by these attacks.
In contrast, the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Homecoming Division became more and more fierce and cruel in their arrest and pursuit of the perpetrators of these attacks. They even went as far as to get clues about the pursuit and find the planners of these attacks. They can torture the captured prisoners to death...
Compared with their behavior when they first entered Wangjing Saint Cyprian City, these officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division have changed from being young and shy to fierce and cruel. In their eyes, the residents of Wangjing Saint Cyprian City have become their enemies rather than their fellow citizens. Any Hicks people who prevent them and their families from seeking a happy life have become their sworn enemies.
As the Military Intelligence Agency arranged in the report of the spies of the Hicks Returning Division, these officers and soldiers who were recruited into the Hicks Kingdom Expeditionary Force crossed the Silent Ocean to the Nubisian continent and the overseas autonomous territory military zone to fight the colonial war. , most of them are serfs and subordinates under the nobles of the Hicks Kingdom. They have a humble status and are untouchables and servants in the eyes of most of the free people of the Hicks Kingdom. No one looks down on them.
After losing the colonial war and becoming prisoners, even if they served in the overseas autonomous territories, their treatment was even better than in the Kingdom of Hicks. As long as you are willing to work hard and work hard, having enough food and clothing is the most basic condition. You can even get very low salary and welfare subsidies, which can be accumulated and become personal property. If they are willing to learn, they will be taught how to read and write in the labor camps, which they cannot get from the territorial nobles...
Therefore, after the expiration of the labor service, the Hicks prisoners still lived well in the overseas autonomous territories. They were truly free people here. There is a salary for working, and the treatment is the same as that of young people in the Dominion. The only difference is that they are not immigrants and do not receive the preferential treatment and industrial distribution given to immigrant families by the Dominion. This is also the real reason why two to three hundred thousand Hicks prisoners wanted to settle down and immigrate to the overseas dominions. It’s not that the remaining Hicks prisoners don’t want to have the same thoughts as these companions, but they are concerned about their families in the Hicks Kingdom...
Well now, the overseas autonomous territories have promulgated new regulations, allowing them Hicks captives to form eight returning divisions, return to the Hicks Kingdom, bring their families and relatives to immigrate to the overseas autonomous territories, and give Ovelas Immigrants from the Kingdom receive the same generous treatment and are assigned a share of family property, allowing them to settle down in overseas autonomous territories and live a happy life.
This was great news for all the Hicks prisoners. They enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and even the losers asked their comrades to take their families back to the overseas dominions. The Dominion has also opened the door to facilitate this, allowing these unsuccessful candidates to register, and then bring their families and relatives back to the Dominion overseas, all fees free.
When the officers and soldiers of the eight Hicks Returning Division once again set foot on the territory of the Hicks Kingdom, their emotions were very complicated. There is both joy and fear. After all, they have become rebels, following the overseas autonomous military regions to attack their motherland. Therefore, after receiving the order to assist the Storm Legion in conducting an inventory of St. Cyprian City in Wangjing and arresting those resisters, the performance of the four Hicks Returning Divisions who first arrived in Wangjing was not very good, and they were quite perfunctory. Looks like something is wrong.
The spies assigned by the Military Intelligence Bureau to the four Hicks Returning Divisions reported such an incident. A squadron of the Hicks Returning Division that had just entered Wangjing was ordered to guard a stone bridge in the city and inspect it. Whether pedestrians passing by vehicles are armed. While they were performing their mission, a noble lady of the Hicks Kingdom yelled at them, scolding them as scum of the Hicks people, traitors and so on. But the soldiers of this squadron behaved in shame. They checked the intercepted carriages carelessly and then let the intercepted carriages cross the river...
This is not a special case. Most of the officers and soldiers of the four Hicks Homecoming Divisions that just entered the city behaved in the same way. As they themselves said, this is the city of St. Hyprian, the royal capital that the Hicks are most proud of. As citizens and serfs, they may never have the opportunity to enter this great city in their lifetime. When they came to this royal capital as occupying troops this time, their mentality was still humble and full of panic. They always felt that the residents in the city were nobler and unattainable than them.
However, General Albert did not punish the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division for these reasons. Instead, he kept his promise and sent troops of the Hicks Returning Division to various local counties to bring the families of these officers and soldiers to justice. They brought them back with their relatives and gathered them in the royal capital. A large residential area was arranged for them, with sufficient supplies to ensure that these officers and soldiers could be reunited with their families and relatives, in order to improve the Hicks Returning Division. The morale of the regiment’s officers and soldiers.
I just didn't expect that the result of this would be that the relatives of the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Homecoming Division in the residential area would be hated by the people of Wangjing St. Hyprian City, and the armed resistance elements would also target this residential area. , claiming that the rebels of the Hicks Kingdom would also suffer the pain of losing their loved ones. This was the price they should pay for betraying the kingdom, etc. Therefore, even the relatives of these officers and soldiers who went shopping and playing on the streets were attacked. The target was either severely beaten or seriously injured, or was robbed, insulted, or otherwise abused. The residential area was also attacked by gunpowder pack explosions, resulting in dozens of casualties...
The resisters of Saint Cyprian City in Wangjing had no idea what kind of consequences they were incurring. Their triumphant attack aroused the common hatred of the officers and soldiers of Hicks' Homecoming Division. No one can prevent these officers and soldiers, together with their relatives, from committing to a happy life in the overseas autonomous territories, where they can truly live like individuals instead of humble pariahs.
If the attack was directed at these Hicks Homecoming Division officers and men, they could endure the humiliation. No matter what, they consider themselves Hicks, and now they feel guilty about helping the armies of overseas autonomous territories invade their own motherland. Even if there are casualties, it is inevitable that everyone is their own master. Their casualties can be compensated by the autonomous military region, and their families can still immigrate and live a happy and peaceful life. In that way, the sacrifices they have made are worth it.
However, the attacks against their families and relatives aroused the indignation of all the officers and soldiers of the returning division. Just before immigrating to the overseas autonomous territories, their relatives suffered such attacks. This is the most heinous crime. As a result, the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Homecoming Division became aware. Now they no longer regard themselves as Hicks people, but as members of the overseas autonomous territories. They began to take the initiative to search for those resistance elements, and even shot the captured militants to death on the street in public...
If the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Homecoming Division had just remained silent when they were scolded by the residents of Wangjing St. Hyprian City when they first entered the city, then whoever calls them traitors or traitors now will only be arrested by them. Even if you get a good beating, you're still lucky. If you are unlucky, your life may be in danger.
There was such a small territorial nobleman who recognized several officers and soldiers of the returning regiment as their serfs and fellow citizens, and publicly called them bastards and bastards. So this brave territorial noble was picked to death on the street with bayonets by his former serfs and fellow citizens...
Moreover, after killing the territorial noble, the few serfs and territorial citizens who dared to kill their former master even pouted at the corpse. They said that when they fought desperately for the Kingdom of Hicks on the continent of Nubisia, as a As a lord, he drove their family out of the castle. Because without them, the lords were unwilling to support these burdensome old and weak people. Their families could only make a living by picking up garbage in the territory, and were humiliated. And they were captured and served in overseas autonomous territories, but their lords ignored their life and death. Why not kill such lords and keep them
There are many such cases in the Hicks Homecoming Division. With good luck, officers and soldiers can find their families and relatives. With bad luck, some family members have passed away. At worst, the whole family has died violently. With the arrival of news from various places and the arrival of relatives of officers and soldiers, more and more officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division regard the overseas autonomous territories as their true hometown and place of hope. They are willing to shed blood, sacrifice and fight to the end for the overseas autonomous territories... ...