September 11, 605 in the Holy Light Calendar, in the Kingdom of Breault, Manori Plains, Patkara Port.
This is the third time that the ocean transport fleet of the Overseas Dominion Military Region has transported family members and relatives of officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division to the Overseas Dominion to naturalize as immigrants. Nearly five hundred large sailing transport ships crowded the entire harbor, and the decks of all the ships were filled with military families. They all wanted to see this land that was once their hometown, and then embark on an unknown journey to Start a new life in a distant and unfamiliar continent...
"This time we have forty-seven large sailing ocean-going transport ships and eight iron-clad transport ships, which can transport an additional 50,000 people. It is really thanks to the help of General Beach Green." Navy Admiral Murray of the Dominion Military Region General German said excitedly: "If General Bichklin commanded the Dominion Volunteer Corps to surprise the transport fleet of the Southern Three-Nation Alliance in Port Philimz this time and did not use fire attack, maybe we could get more than a hundred more. An ocean-going transport ship... "
Claude just smiled and shook his head. It was already very difficult for General Buechlin to send these forty-seven large sailing ocean-going transport ships. While the Overseas Dominion Military District was at war with the Hicks Kingdom, the war between the three southern kingdoms of Farea Continent, the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resnia, and the Principality of Vasiliko to regain the colonies on the west coast of the Nubisia Continent also began. The fight started again. Nearly 400,000 troops from the three countries invaded the Pamigal National Republic, which was just established a few years ago, and occupied most of the territory from the coast to the interior.
The armed forces of the Pamigal National Liberation Front were simply unable to resist the pressure of the troops of the three-nation coalition, and had to retreat to the remaining inland areas and the territory of the Rusman people to persist in the war. After the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces entered the second colony of the former Kingdom of Resnia on the west coast, they launched a bloody massacre and revenge on the Rusmans. Except for young women and young captives who could become slaves, the rest of the Rusmans The Man people, regardless of the old, weak, sick or disabled, were all targeted for killing...
The brutal massacre forced the Rusmans to stop killing each other and fighting for power among themselves, and to unite against the most vicious enemy. Faced with requests for help from the Pamigars and Rusmans, the autonomous military region hiding behind them had no choice but to go into battle and directly changed the two Panshi divisions into volunteer divisions, and recruited a large number of retired veterans to form the so-called overseas autonomous regions. The civilian volunteer corps, which assisted the various ethnic groups on the west coast to gain independence and freedom, marched to the Pamigal National Republic and withstood the advance of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces with three victorious defensive battles.
Faced with the visit and questioning of the special envoys of the three colonial countries in the southern part of Farea continent, General Beach Kerin responded on behalf of the Dominion Military Region and said that it was the wish of civilian retired soldiers and had nothing to do with the Dominion Military Region. Moreover, the volunteer corps formed by these civilian veterans are active on the West Coast and have exceeded the jurisdiction of the overseas autonomous territories. Therefore, the Dominion Military District has no binding power over these retired veterans who went to help the Pamigal people gain independence and freedom...
What is ridiculous is that while the three southern colonial countries were engaged in a war of words with the military districts of the overseas autonomous territories, they were also ordering various military supplies and daily consumables from the overseas autonomous territories, and then sending them to the west coast front line for the logistic supplies of the three-nation coalition forces. General Beach Kerin, on the other hand, was arrogant and shirking responsibility with the special envoys of the three countries. While commanding the frontline defensive operations remotely, he was very busy.
Until December last year, General Beach Kerin took advantage of the opportunity when New Year's Eve was approaching and most of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had relaxed their alert. He commanded a task force of the Pamigal Armed Forces and the Volunteer Corps to carry out a large detour and penetrate deep into the territory occupied by the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms. In the rear area, at the port of Philimz, a surprise attack was conducted on the ocean-going transport fleet of the three southern colonial coalition forces assembled here, and more than a hundred large transport ships and dozens of sailing warships were burned with fire. Then the attacking force drove the dozens of captured transport ships and warships and disappeared into the vast sea.
It can be said that this surprise attack on the seaport transport fleet behind the southern colonial Three-Power Allied Forces became a historical turning point in the West Coast National Liberation War. After losing the ocean-going transport fleet, the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces obviously lacked stamina and had to switch from offense to defense. The Pamigal armed forces, the Rusman light cavalry troops, and the volunteer regiments from overseas autonomous territories recovered a large number of lost lands and occupied towns in the first half of this year, and once again began a counterattack against the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces.
The forty-seven large sailing ocean-going transport ships that General Muriel mentioned as joining the Dominion Military Region's ocean-going transport fleet are the spoils of the surprise attack on Philimuz Port at the end of last year. These captured ocean-going transport ships were remodeled, renovated, renamed and added to the ocean-going transport fleet at the Patres Military Port in the Dominion Military District, contributing to the immigration cause of the overseas Dominions and contributing their own transportation capacity. .. ...
Therefore, after the ocean transport fleet came back this time, General Murield brought to Claude General Bichklin's information about what happened in the Pamigal National Republic, the territory of the Rusmans, and the colony of the Principality of Vasilko. A thick report on this war. After reading it, Claude was not worried about any bad changes in the war with the three southern colonial countries, but began to consider whether to send reinforcements to General Beachlin.
Because General Beachlin said in his report that the Rock Army was good at defensive operations, the Volunteer Army formed mainly from the two divisions of the Rock Army also continued its strengths in defensive operations. But as a result, the volunteer army lacks a fist force and offensive knife that can urge the front to break the formation and make achievements in one fell swoop at the critical moment. Just like in the surprise attack on Port Philimuz, the attacking troops suffered many unnecessary casualties. The main reason was that the soldiers' offensive awareness was not comparable to that of the Thunder Legion, and they suffered many irrelevant battle losses during the operation. .. ...
Generally speaking, since General Beechlin had such lamentations in his report, Claude should find a way to send a division from the Thunder Legion back to the overseas autonomous territories for reinforcements. For example, General Beechlin is a very good candidate. He is fully capable of serving as General Beach Kerin's deputy and assuming the responsibility of commanding the offensive of the troops. But after thinking about it, Claude decided to let General Beach Kerin hold on for a while. The implementation of the wildfire plan in the West Coast Colonies was not in a hurry. It was better to wait until the situation in the Kingdom of Hicks stabilized. .
Claude mentioned in his reply to General Beachlin that the war on the Hicks Kingdom would probably take more than a year to end. He hoped that General Beach Green would slow down the pace of the attack and not be too obsessed with defeating the three southern colonial coalition forces in the shortest possible time. Instead, this short period of time should be used to conduct round-robin battles among various units to train the Pamigal armed forces and the Rusmanian light cavalry units so that they have stronger combat effectiveness.
Claude believes that defeating or eliminating the three southern colonial coalition forces may not be the end of the war, but the beginning of another war. Originally, the territories of the Pamigal National Republic and the Rusman people were colonies of the Kingdom of Morosik and the Kingdom of Resnia. Even the colony of the Principality of Vasilko was almost half destroyed by the Pamigal armed forces. Since these three colonial countries did not admit defeat, the other west coast colonial countries were too embarrassed to take action...
The current fierce battle with the three southern colonial coalition forces is actually to protect these three colonies, which allows the spies of the Military Intelligence Bureau to pay close attention. If the three southern colonial coalition forces regained their own colonies and received strong support from other west coast colonial countries, then there would be no need for the special envoys of the three countries to purchase various military supplies and daily consumables from overseas autonomous territories. It was from this point mentioned in General Beachlin's report that Claude began to suspect that other colonial countries on the west coast also had bad intentions.
Obviously, the overseas autonomous territories produce all kinds of military supplies needed by the three southern colonial coalition forces. If they are purchased from the overseas autonomous territories, they will be really cheap and high-quality. But it would be intriguing to purchase grain, grass and meat from overseas dominions. The prices of grain, grass and meat in the colonies of the West Coast countries will only be cheaper and more affordable than those in the overseas dominions. Coupled with the difference in transportation costs, it is even more obvious. Purchasing grain, grass and meat from the colonies of the West Coast countries should be It's the most cost-effective.
Logically speaking, for the three southern colonial countries to regain their own colonies, the colonial countries should express their approval and vigorously support their food, grass, meat and other materials. Anyway, these materials are not valuable, and they can earn more by selling them. But what is strange is that the colonial countries on the West Coast are shouting loudly that the colonial countries are all in the same boat, opposing the independence and freedom movement of the indigenous peoples in the colonies, supporting the three countries to regain their own colonies, suppressing the rioting indigenous peoples, etc.
This side, however, used the excuse that the indigenous peoples in their own colonies were restless and restless. Local government expenditures increased, revenue decreased, and reserves were insufficient. They refused to provide the southern colonial three-nation coalition with the necessary military supplies and food, grass, and meat. Then they launched an initiative to suppress the indigenous peoples in the colonies of various countries. On the pretext of armed rebellion, troops were mobilized from their respective kingdoms to the west coast colonies. It is said that several countries have mobilized two legions of troops to garrison in their respective colonies...
Although the envoys from the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resniya, and the Principality of Vasilko went to the overseas autonomous territories and autonomous territory military districts to protest, the logistics officials who followed the envoys were in the autonomous territories. A large number of orders for goods were issued. Some loose-tongued people soon revealed in their chatter their dissatisfaction with the colonial countries on the west coast for their unrighteousness and refusal to provide food and meat trade. General Beachlin mentioned it in the battle report as a joke, but Claude But I felt a deep malice.
This is why Claude asked General Buechlin in his reply to take it easy and not to wipe out the three southern colonial coalition forces so quickly. The longer this drags on, the more blood the three southern colonial countries will bleed and the more they will spend on military expenditures. After the final failure in the future, there will no longer be the energy to regain these three lost colonies. Especially the Kingdom of Resnia. Although it has two colonies on the west coast, the lost second colony has now become the biggest wound on this country with a very powerful military, and it has been losing blood.
Claude believed that after the Kingdom of Resnia was exhausted and severely weakened in the second colony, then as long as the Rusmans in his first colony were incited, it would mean that The Kingdom of Resnia will soon lose all its colonies in Nubisia. In addition, Claude doubted whether the other west coast colonial countries were waiting for the failure of the southern colonial Three Kingdoms Alliance. The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were currently fighting, so they could not intervene. However, if the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces failed, then other colonial countries were likely to swarm in, thinking that To divide these three territories without a suzerain state...
Therefore, Claude believed that it was not appropriate to give General Beach Kerin combat reinforcements at this moment. Sending a light cavalry field division of the Thunder Legion back was indeed very effective in dealing with the southern colonial three-nation coalition. But it would not have much effect on the ensuing siege of other colonial countries on the west coast.
It is a long-term and long-term struggle to complete the Wildfire Plan so that all indigenous peoples in the colonies on the West Coast can follow the colonizers, gain independence and freedom, establish their own nation-states, and make the entire West Coast a dumping ground for overseas dominions’ goods. A hard war will take longer, rather than hoping for success in just a few years...
Claude had long been prepared that the wildfire plan in the West Coast colonies would take a long time to achieve results, which was different from the Kingdom of Hicks. Claude's purpose in attacking the Kingdom of Hicks was to fight a short and quick war.
The Dominion Military Region has little interest in the territory of the Kingdom of Hicks. The main reasons are firstly to immigrate the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division, and secondly to solve the future financial crisis of the Dominion Military Region and make a fortune. There is nothing better than a wealthy man. Hegemonic countries carry out robberies to earn more money. The third is to completely resolve this sworn enemy country of the Kingdom of Ovelas and the overseas autonomous territories.
Of course, Claude did not deny that the plan to attack the Kingdom of Hicks concealed the intention of shocking King Frederic I of the Kingdom of Overas and a group of royal ministers headed by Prime Minister Blancart. Ever since His Majesty the King issued a granting decree and collected 30 million gold crowns in cash, a large number of armaments and an armored squadron from overseas autonomous territories in the name of promotion fees and land selection fees, he has been secretly attacking the autonomous territories. idea...
Perhaps this time the Hicks Kingdom strategy plan can help His Majesty the King and the ministers around him to gather their thoughts and become clearer. Understand that even if the overseas autonomous territories have paid so much money and weapons and equipment to the kingdom, it is not a target they can make plans for. The Kingdom of Hicks, the overlord of the Northland, has been defeated by the Dominion Military District. So the Kingdom of Overas, which seems to be strong but is actually very weak, is best not to anger the overseas Dominions. Both sides will benefit from cooperation and fight. The kingdom must fail.
Two months ago, Claude received special envoys from the five countries surrounding the Hicks Kingdom. Not surprisingly, these former vassal brothers of the Hicks Kingdom wanted to regain the territory they had lost. Claude was very generous about this. He told these envoys, please feel free to do it yourself. The five eastern counties can be obtained by the Principality of Santa Cruz and the Kingdom of Castro, but it is best to enter after the Thunder Legion has swept them. That way they can wait for the Thunder Legion to transfer these five counties to them.
As for the ten western counties, the three countries - the Kingdom of Monadillo, the Principality of Tumaco and the Kingdom of Isabela - took their own initiative because the autonomous military region was temporarily unable to allocate troops to raid the ten western counties. However, intelligence shows that more than 300,000 troops from the Hicks Kingdom have entered the ten western counties and joined forces with local defense forces. Therefore, if the three countries want to regain their lost territory, they still need a certain amount of strength. At least they can defeat the three kingdoms of the Hicks Kingdom. An army of more than 100,000 people.
However, with the help of the special envoys from these five neighboring countries, Claude quickly figured out the origins of the more than 300,000 horses in the ten western counties. The leader is also a grand duke of the Hicks Kingdom. He has a blood relationship with the Hicks royal family and should be regarded as a palace of Melchid III. His name is Neil Tuze Se Hicks, and his title is Grand Duke of Sunset River.
The family territory of Grand Duke Sunset River is in Ferrinore County, Northland, which is a strategically important place. His family's territory was granted there because the Hicks royal family hoped that their relatives could suppress the power and prestige of the Ferriot family of the Northland Archduke. However, it seems that the first generation recipient of the title of Grand Duke of Sunset River and the current successor have not completed the mission assigned by the Hicks royal family, let alone suppressing the Ferriot family of the Grand Duke of the North. He has not been Suppression is already pretty good...
However, this time the Overseas Dominion Military Region's attack on the Kingdom of Hicks gave the Grand Duke of Sunset River hope of getting rid of the barren family territory and dominating one side. Taking advantage of his status as the king's cousin, he sold the family territory in Ferrinore County to the Grand Duke of the North, and assembled a local garrison force of more than 100,000 people, known as 300,000. . With the slogan of reviving the kingdom and driving out the invaders, they turned a corner and entered the ten western counties. They didn't even see the Thunder Legion sweeping the nine eastern counties next door.
The ten western counties that were attacked by the aristocratic coalition of the Overas Kingdom had already devastated four local counties by the aristocratic coalition, so they very much welcomed this orthodox armed force belonging to the Hicks royal family to come to protect them. As a result, the Grand Duke of Lueyi River suddenly received a warm welcome from the people of the ten western counties. He owned the territory of the ten counties. He began to organize troops and set up defensive fronts. He raced against time to build the ten western counties into a turtle shell... . ...
On the other hand, the Grand Duke of the North, Duke Pyrag. Xi Ferriot, made Claude confused. He didn't seem to worry about the Kingdom of Hicks, which had lost most of its territory. Even if the two standing armies, the Clyde Army and the Jessica Army, went to defect to him, he only ordered these two armies to choose dangerous places to garrison. It seemed that they had no intention of attacking from the northwest highlands to regain the territory.
Claude really couldn't figure out what the Grand Duke of the North was thinking. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the eight Hicks Returning Divisions did not come from the eleven northern counties, so there was no need to deal with the Grand Duke of the North. . After the Thunder Legion has swept through the local counties in the east and central part, the Storm Legion will be dispatched to the remaining six local counties in the west to gather the families and relatives of the officers and soldiers of the returning division. Then this time the autonomous military region will attack all the Hicks Kingdom. Mission accomplished.