"You have embarrassed our King this time..." That was the first thing Speaker Bennett said when he met Claude in Canpast City, the capital of the North Gulf of Karnas region. .
It is indeed embarrassing. His Majesty King Frederic I of the Kingdom of Overas held a grand celebration in the royal capital to celebrate the successful completion of the Hicks Kingdom Raiders. None of the meritorious soldiers of the Dominion Military Region attended, only a few Officers and soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion who had been to the Kingdom of Hicks and fought with those local garrison troops came to replenish their numbers. Speaker Bennett did attend the celebration. He said that His Majesty the King had a gloomy face throughout the whole process, and looked like he was smiling but not smiling.
Claude had returned to the Beibu Gulf Territory of the Overseas Dominion at this time. General Skerry built him a Field Family Manor on the seaside of the capital Canpast City, facing the sea and blooming flowers in spring. So Claude moved in in the name of recuperating and letting himself have a good rest. After finishing his official duties and schedule in the royal capital, Speaker Bennett also came here to visit Claude and brought some gifts to Claude.
The aristocratic court heard the judgment, received the payment receipt, and proved the blood relationship. Now Claude is the head of the Han Field family. What made Claude unexpected was that Speaker Bennett actually purchased the Field Family Mansion in White Deer City and gave it to him as a gift. This was an ancestral property, and Claude had no choice but to accept this favor from Speaker Bennett.
But what Claude didn't expect was that his mother would sell the mansion. It seemed that she and Albert had made up their mind not to return to White Deer City again. One side kept saying that they would never forget the merits and honors that their deceased father, Mr. Morsant, had made for the family, but the other side even gave up the White Deer City and ancestral property where his father's grave was located. People's hearts were unpredictable, and Claude was also filled with emotions. .. ...
After recuperating in the Beibu Gulf for half a month, Prime Minister Blancart came to visit again. This time he brought official business. Although Claude and the meritorious officers and soldiers of the Dominion Military Region refused to attend the celebration meeting held by His Majesty the King in the royal capital, the promotions and decorations they deserved still had to be given. It seems that Frederick I held his nose and approved the list of meritorious soldiers submitted by Claude, but Claude was still promoted to the hereditary marquis of the kingdom.
Only three people in the Dominion Military Region were promoted to generals this time. Colonel Bockar played a great role in the Hicks Kingdom's strategy because of Claude's support and was promoted to the Kingdom's Major General. The two senior officers promoted with him were colonels of the newly formed Storm Legion, who were also promoted to major generals of the kingdom.
Compared with military rank promotion, Frederick I was very generous in conferring titles. Eleven senior officers in the Dominion Military Region were promoted to honorary barons of the Kingdom this time. It seems that His Majesty the King is still prepared to pay for the promotion fees and land selection fees. Come up and make some money. Compared with those senior generals who have been promoted to hereditary titles and obtained family territories, in addition to Claude, General Albert, General Belklin and General Diavid have gone a step further and become hereditary barons. After being promoted to a hereditary viscount, the family territory has also been expanded, but the land selection fee still needs to be paid.
For example, Claude was originally a hereditary earl of the kingdom. This time he was promoted to a hereditary marquis, and the family territory almost tripled. However, because Claude excused himself to recuperate and did not attend the celebration meeting, His Majesty the King was so embarrassed that he almost couldn't get off the stage. Therefore, the family territory granted due to the title promotion was arranged by His Majesty the King in the Nasseri area, and it was originally in the Beibu Gulf. The territories are more than 600 miles apart. If Claude wanted to merge the two family territories together, he would have to go to the royal capital and pay the land selection fee...
However, this time the Dominion Military District has gained a lot from the Kingdom of Hicks, and they don't mind giving His Majesty the King a little more benefit in this regard. The person in charge of these affairs was naturally Speaker Bennett. He packed his bags and saluted again, brought a battalion of escort soldiers, and escorted nearly six million gold crowns of gold and silver property to the royal capital for negotiation. News soon came from the royal capital that the family territory of the Overseas Dominion in the Karnas region had once again expanded to a large circle, and General Skerry was busy again.
When the ocean-going cruise fleet under the Dominion Military Region arrived again to transport military immigrants to the overseas Dominion, Claude also boarded the ship and prepared to go back. Next, the main focus of the Dominion Military District will be on the colonies of various countries on the west coast. The implementation of the wildfire plan has progressed very slowly as those colonial countries have increased their vigilance and vigilance.
As reported by General Beachlin, although the Pamigars and Rusmans, with the help of the Dominion Military District Volunteer Corps, once again wiped out the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resniya and the Principality of Vasilko. Three Kingdoms Expeditionary Force. But it also faced the crisis of invasion by several other colonial countries on the west coast. Nowadays, the Pamigal National Republic and the newly established Rusman Chiefs Union require assistance from the Dominion Military Region for almost everything, which has become a huge economic and military burden for the Dominion Military Region...
In April of the 606th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude returned to Lanhu City, the capital of the overseas autonomous territory. Unwilling to return to Sheila's manor last time, Claude held a military meeting in the Dominion Military District to learn about the implementation of the wildfire plan, as well as the situation and various assistance issues regarding the West Coast Palmigal National Republic and the Rusman Chiefs Alliance. .
General Beachlin believes that the current situation of the colonies on the entire west coast has undergone great changes, and the wildfire plan needs to be changed according to the situation. The biggest problem is that the Pamigal National Republic has been in war for three consecutive years after its establishment, with extremely heavy casualties, which to a certain extent frightened the indigenous peoples in other countries' colonies. Many indigenous peoples who were ready to respond and wanted to riot and establish an independent country to drive away the colonists fell silent and watched the success or failure of the war between these two independent countries.
The wildfire plan formulated by General Bokoal was to set off a wave of national liberation and independent nation-building in the colonies on the entire west coast. This caused the eight colonial countries on the southern coast of Farea to focus on one thing and the other, unable to suppress the riots of indigenous ethnic groups in the colonies and resist the overseas autonomous military regions' attacks on various countries. The military assistance of the colonial indigenous peoples' armed forces eventually enabled the indigenous peoples in the entire eight-nation West Coast colony to liberate and establish various nation-states.
It was only the armed uprising of the Pamigals and the riots of the Rusmans that alerted the colonial authorities of the other west coast countries. They transported a large number of troops from their own kingdoms and implemented strict blockades and vigilance on the colonial borders. It has become extremely difficult for the spies dispatched by the Dominion Military Region to communicate with the indigenous peoples in various colonies. Even weapons and military supplies to assist these indigenous peoples cannot be transported...
The indigenous peoples in several colonies had originally planned riots, but they all stopped because of this reason. Then came the two expeditionary wars launched by the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resnia, and the Principality of Vasilko to regain their colonies. Although the Pamigal National Republic and the Rusmans won the victory with the support of the Dominion Military District, the three-year war cost these two indigenous peoples nearly one million casualties, which frightened other colonies. Those indigenous peoples are not willing to pay such a high price for independence.
The only good news is that the annihilation of the two expeditionary armies of the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resnia and the Principality of Vasilik has left the rest of the colonial countries on the west coast with lingering fears. Even if they have gathered two or three standing legions, they will not. They were willing to be the first to try to invade these two indigenous nations, fearing that their military operations would also fail. Because they are wary of each other and provoke each other, the situation maintains a very delicate balance.
The Kingdom of Morosik and the Principality of Vasilko have completely withdrawn from the west coast of the Nubisian continent due to the failure of two expeditions. Only the Kingdom of Resnia still retains a colony on the west coast and is still surviving. However, the problem it faces now is not that the indigenous people in another colony are also rioting, but that the failure of two expeditions has caused the Kingdom of Resnia to lose most of its troops and self-protection capabilities. In the two surrounding colonial countries has turned its greedy eyes to its only remaining colony...
Perhaps for the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmanlane and the colony of the Principality of Leliolo surrounding the Kingdom of Resnia, instead of attacking the Pamigal Nation Republic and the Rusman Chiefs Alliance, they suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses due to the determined resistance of the indigenous peoples. It would be more cost-effective to provoke a colonial war with the Kingdom of Resnia than to gain a colony without losing more than the losses in the war. Anyway, the Kingdom of Resnia is now an exhausted drowned dog. It can be defeated without any effort and the colony can be collected.
Therefore, disputes have continued between the three countries' colonial borders in recent times, and it is said that several armed conflicts have occurred. Even though the Kingdom of Resnian has been swallowing its anger and the colonial authorities have repeatedly called on all countries to unite to deal with the threat of armed insurrection by indigenous peoples to obtain national liberation and independent nation-building, the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leliolo still go their own way and press forward step by step. , the two countries now only have a reasonable excuse to fight against the Resnian colony...
Precisely because of the ambiguity between the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leriolo, the remaining three countries, the Opsaro City-State Alliance, the Principality of Federo and the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, lost their ability to attack Pamigal on their own. The desires of the National Republic and the Union of Rusman Chiefs can only watch the situation develop.
Especially the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, which occupies the most colonies on the west coast. Even after losing the Rodex Bay colony occupied by the Dominion Military District, there are still three colonies of varying sizes left. These three colonies are not connected to each other, and the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is powerful with its naval fleet rather than its land army. Now each of the three colonies has a patchwork garrison to guard against the indigenous peoples in the colony... .
The most nervous one right now is the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. What it is most worried about is that the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leriolo will launch a war against the remaining colony of the Kingdom of Resnia, in which case it is also likely to be involved. In this storm of fighting for the colony. After all, the garrison forces in its three colonies are very weak. There is only one garrison legion with low combat power, which is no match for the two or three standing legions in the neighboring colonies.
Fortunately, the navy of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is very powerful. To be honest, it is least worried about the indigenous peoples in the colonies launching riots. Because the indigenous peoples in their colony have been deeply influenced by the colonists of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands for more than a hundred years, they call themselves the Lanstobuks, which means darlings of the sea and warriors in the wind and waves. They are good at fishing and diving in the sea. Therefore, the four major naval fleets of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands have recruited many bluestobuks to enlist as sailors, and they have treated the indigenous peoples in the colonies fairly well.
It is a long sea journey from the Farea continent to the Nubisia continent. It is the territory where the four major naval fleets of the Fox Islands Kingdom show off their power. Its four colonies on the west coast have not been involved in colonial wars in the past century because of its powerful maritime fleet. Because even if the colony is occupied by another country, the naval battle and blockade launched immediately by the United Kingdom of Fox Islands can reverse all the adverse situations. In the end, the country that provoked the war will still have to return the occupied colony to the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. .
However, with the emergence of iron-clad battleships of the navy of the overseas autonomous military regions, those sailing ocean-going battleships began to become obsolete overnight. Even though the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands already has four powerful maritime fleets, it still falls to the same level as other countries. In the past few years when all coastal countries have invested heavily in the development of iron-clad warships, the biggest weakness of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands has been exposed to other countries. That is, as an archipelagic country, its kingdom does not have rich mineral resources and advanced iron-making technology...
Compared with other countries in the southern part of Farea Continent, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands has always been at a disadvantage in terms of iron-making and forging technology. This can be seen in the backward matchlock guns equipped by its army. Therefore, the Dominion Military Region sold the captured Hicks Kingdom's standard matchlock guns to the colonial officials of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands at a low price, which made them very happy. They emptied the vaults of the colonial banks and ate a large amount of weapons and equipment... ..
Two years ago, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands sent a special envoy to the overseas autonomous territories to contact them, hoping to purchase an armored warship from the autonomous military region and go back to do research. It was just that General Murield, who was the admiral of the navy, said this to the special envoy in a very disdainful manner, meaning that they could not imitate the iron-clad battleships even if they bought them back. Their kingdom simply did not have what was needed to make the iron-clad battleships. Basic industrial technologies such as refining, forging, and welding cannot be copied even by the simplest fire engines and steam engines.
Moreover, in the past two years, other coastal countries have made progress in the development of iron-armored warships. Two countries have even built ocean-going warships covered with copper armor, which also use marine steam engines for power. Although it is far from the armored warships of the Dominion Military Region Navy, it can be regarded as seeing a bright future and hope. Compared with those wooden sailing ocean-going warships, the combat power has been greatly exceeded.
Therefore, the United Kingdom of Fox Islands also knows very well that once any coastal country builds iron-clad battleships like the overseas autonomous territories, its crown as a naval power will change hands. And if it cannot become a maritime power, its remaining three colonies on the west coast of the Nubisia continent will not be able to be saved.
It’s just that the United Kingdom of Fox Islands lacks resources and production technology. Faced with this dilemma, the United Kingdom of Fox Islands decided to invest in one of the colonies called Mount Wade Seaport. This colony is mostly hilly and has some good metal mineral resources. It can be developed into a large-scale mineral refining and production base. The United Kingdom of the Fox Islands decided to acquire technology and recruit technical personnel from all over the continent to build this colony into a production, research and development base. Naval base with ironclad battleships.
This is why the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands is most afraid of the outbreak of colonial wars among other colonial countries, fearing that this will disrupt its colonial construction plan. Therefore, it worked hard to achieve unity among the colonial countries, causing them to once again turn their goals to the Pamigal National Republic and the newly established Union of Rusman Chiefs. At the same time, he uses his kingdom's currently powerful naval fleet to threaten those colonial countries. Whoever provokes a colonial war will face his naval blockade and declaration of war...
General Beachlin spoke at the military conference. He believed that the best way now is to provoke colonial wars among those colonial countries, and let their troops accumulated in the colonies of various countries fight each other and consume each other until they are exhausted. At the end of the day, the Dominion Military Region will come out to take advantage. This is the most ideal situation. In that way, the goals of the Wildfire Plan can be accomplished effortlessly, so that the indigenous peoples in the colonies of various countries can be liberated and establish independent nations.
But the biggest impact and disadvantage at present is that the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is obstructing it. With its existence and the threat of its maritime fleet, the colonial countries on the west coast will not go to war. The best way is to eliminate the Fox Kingdom's maritime fleet first. Without the threat of its four maritime fleets, colonial wars will definitely break out, and even the three colonies of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands will become the targets of annexation by other countries... . ...
The problem is that the Dominion Military District has no way to destroy the United Kingdom's maritime fleet in the Fox Islands. It has no name and no excuse. In particular, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands also ceded the Rodex Bay Colony to the overseas autonomous territories, maintained friendly relations with the overseas autonomous territories, and hoped to purchase ironclad warship production technology from the autonomous military regions at a high price.
Under such circumstances, the Autonomous Territory Military Region was embarrassed to launch an attack on it for no reason. After all, the Autonomous Territory Military Region also paid attention to its reputation and needed a little face. In the West Coast Colonial War, the name of the Volunteer Corps can be used on land, which can still be concealed. But at sea, you can't tell lies with your eyes open. If you insist that the armored fleet is also a volunteer fleet, you really can't explain it...
"Have you considered using pirates to attack the fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands?" General Bokoal stood up and said.