After sending Bockar away, Claude lost sleep and sat alone in the study, deep in thought. He didn't care much about the promise he had just made to Bokoal. Anyway, the Dominion Military Region was not planning to go to war in the colonies on the west coast in the next year. Instead, it is necessary to shrink the front line, strengthen the defense force of the Pamigal National Republic and solve the people's livelihood problems and land distribution conflicts caused by the war...
At the same time, in the next more than a year, the Autonomous Territory Military Region will also sort out the internal affairs of the Rusman Chiefs Alliance and deal with the violent disputes among the various Rusman tribes in the country, so that it can become an alliance that provides services to the Autonomous Territory Military Region. indigenous countries that provide assistance, instead of only holding them back. In addition, the Dominion Military Region also has to deal with the armed conflict between the two indigenous peoples, the Liscolo and the Gisdians, in the colony of the Principality of Vasiliko, which is a headache to say the least.
In fact, in the next more than a year, the Dominion Military District was indeed unable to do anything to deal with the colonies on the west coast. Even if there were any ideas, they could only be postponed. Unless there is another war and the colonial countries on the west coast form a coalition to invade the Pamigal National Republic, then the Dominion Military Region will have to bite the bullet and keep this indigenous nation...
Because in the next more than a year, the Dominion Military Region will focus on internal adjustments, gathering the military families of the officers and soldiers of the Hicks Returning Division in the Patkara Port leased to the Dominion Military Region in the Breault Kingdom. , more than two million people will be transported back to the overseas autonomous territories, and the eight Hicks Returning Divisions will also come back to disband and settle down. The Dominion Military Region needs to cooperate with the local administrative offices of the Dominion to settle these immigrants from the Kingdom of Hicks so that they can smoothly become members of the people of the Overseas Dominion.
Since the kingdom has already prepared two standing corps, these two standing corps will soon take over the newly occupied areas of Rimodra and Eskiline. The autonomous territory military districts were originally responsible for dispatching these two areas. The eight local garrison forces also need to withdraw to overseas autonomous territories. Originally there were eight local garrison regiments, but due to the establishment of the Storm Legion, suitable soldiers were selected from these eight local garrison regiments. Now the remaining ones are veterans who have reached the retirement period, and most of them are about one or two battalions. Just come back and arrange for decommissioning and then cancel the establishment.
However, the military workshops of the Dominion Military District that were originally located in the three southern counties of the Eskilen region to manufacture new rifle bullets and new artillery shells, as well as to repair new rifles and artillery, need to be relocated to the Beibu Gulf Territory in the Kannas region. These matters have their own problems General Skree is in charge. Since the Storm Legion, Thunder Legion, and eight Hicks Returning Divisions are all gathered at Patkara Port, it is said that the situation in the Hicks Kingdom is still calm, and there is no autonomous military zone as Claude imagined. As soon as they evacuated, several separatist forces started fighting...
It seems that the situation on both continents will be calm for a while. The Dominion Military Region needs to wait until the resettlement of immigrants is completed, the eight Hicks Returning Divisions and the evacuated local garrison forces are reduced, demobilized and disbanded, and the Thunder Legion returns to the overseas Dominions. Only after they are free from internal worries will they turn their attention to the colonies on the west coast again. In the Kingdom of Hicks in the northern region of Farea Continent, the separatist forces are likely to have to wait until the withdrawal of troops from the Autonomous Territory Military District in Patkara Port is completed before launching a civil war.
That's why Claude gave Boker a private promise to contact Erikson to see if his Black Sails pirates had the guts. Since the Dominion Military Region will cease to exist in the next year or so, it would be a good idea to let the pirates look for trouble in the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. Anyway, Claude was not prepared to pay any reward or property. What he promised was that only after Erikson's Black Sail Pirates destroyed a maritime fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands would he be handed over six armored warships.
These six armored warships are actually the same as the armored fleet transferred to the Kingdom. They are all first-generation armored destroyers. They have just been decommissioned and are sealed in the military port base in Port Patres. They have not yet thought about what they will be converted into. Then put it out for sale. The Navy's proposal is to convert it into a fast passenger ship for passenger transportation between the two continents. The effect is to shorten the half-month sea journey to ten to twelve days.
The current armored fleet of the Dominion Navy consists of second- and third-generation destroyers and cruisers, as well as ocean-going transport ships. The ship design department led by Master Bird is enthusiastically designing the fourth-generation iron-clad battleship. It is said that the latest marine steam power has been manufactured and verified and is ready to be installed in the fourth-generation iron-clad battleship. General Murray Ed even planned to A report called for the elimination of all second-generation iron-clad battleships...
I have to admit that the emergence of iron-clad battleships has greatly improved the technological level of overseas autonomous territories. Whether it is steam power, material technology, or basic production technologies such as metallurgy, refining, forging, and welding, they have all developed and improved rapidly. Even the chemical industry has shown its signs. For example, a highly toxic paint applied to the bottom of the ship was developed to prevent the growth of epiphytes such as oysters on the bottom of the iron-clad battleship. Therefore, these paints on the bottom of the ship must be carried out every three or four months. Renovation work on marine biota treatment extended to one year...
The only difference from the previous life in Claude's memory is that most of the technological development in this world is concentrated in various magic laboratories. Just like the development of a new ship steel plate, rune mages are doing various things in the alchemical magic array. After obtaining satisfactory results in the metal synthesis test, the reduction test steps and the calculation of the added metal composition will be re-carried out, and then taken to the smelting site for metallurgical refining, and finally the forging and welding tests will be carried out to obtain a successful marine steel plate. Finished product.
General Beach Kerin mentioned at the military meeting yesterday that during the year and a half that Claude conquered the Kingdom of Hicks, he acquired up to 400 new technologies, new materials, and new processes that were listed as top secret by the Dominion Military Region. There are many projects, most of which are concentrated in the shipbuilding industry, which is like a blowout. Thanks to the development and progress of ship steam power, the locomotive steam engines in the Dominion have now been replaced by seventh-generation steam power, and their speeds can reach forty or fifty miles per hour...
But while technology is advancing, General Beachlin is also complaining that the shipbuilding industry is burning too much money. The problem is that the current armored warships in the Autonomous Territory Military Region are already outstanding. Other countries can't even see the first generation of armored warships. The Autonomous Territory Military Region has already developed to the fourth generation. Therefore, he suggested that the Patres Military Port Shipbuilding Base should consider developing civilian ship manufacturing. Just building armored warships would be a huge hole that could not be entered without spending money...
Claude has considered going to the Patres Military Port Shipbuilding Base for an inspection some time ago. The upgrading of armored warships is indeed slowing down. In the future, we can adopt the method of design and verification to build a test warship, and then store the technology. If improvements are needed, they can be improved on the test warship. Instead of starting full-scale mass production after the new generation of battleships are finalized, try to modify the old iron-clad battleships as much as possible. The issue of upgrading should be taken into consideration during the design, and the battleships should be manufactured to leave room for future modifications. .. ...
The ship design department and four large shipbuilding workshops of the Patres Military Port Shipbuilding Base can turn to the construction of civilian ships. Iron-hulled ocean liners, transport ships, and large fishing ships are the most popular in the market, as long as they are manufactured Don’t worry about no sales if you come out. Each shipbuilding workshop only needs to leave a dock capable of manufacturing or rebuilding armored warships, and realize a self-generating market operation as soon as possible, instead of just focusing on the two to three million gold crowns allocated by the Dominion Military Region every year for the manufacturing of armored warships. superior... ...
Silla pushed the door open and came in. Seeing Claude sitting alone behind the desk in a daze, she couldn't help but be surprised and said: "What's wrong, Claude, what happened? Did your fat friend bring you some bad news?"
Claude came back to his senses, laughed dumbly, and shook his head: "No, I was just thinking about the next military schedule. There are many things that need to be handled by me personally. I have to go to Patres Military Port in a few days. A trip. By the way, why are you here..."
"Why am I here?" Sheila said angrily: "Don't look at what time it is now. It's time for the master to go down for lunch. Originally, I thought you would have dinner with General Boa, but I heard from the servant that General Boa had already left. But you have been staying in the study without any movement. I just came up to see what was going on. Who knew you were just sitting in a daze like this!"
Only then did Claude know that he was going to have lunch. He looked at the crystal hourglass on the desk and suddenly remembered that he could discuss it with Master Bird. Maybe he could make a beautiful clock, which was also a great source of wealth. So he got up and accompanied Sheila downstairs to have lunch while thinking about the issue of making clocks. Maybe this could be a private property that he handed over to Mallex. He is the illegitimate son of himself and Mrs. Sonia, and is now learning mechanical knowledge from Master Bird. Be an assistant...
After lunch, Claude returned to the bedroom and was about to take a nap, but he heard from the servant that General McJack came to visit. His brother-in-law came over, and Claude had no choice but to get up and put on his clothes again, wondering why he managed to come here in one day.
McJack no longer leads troops. He is in charge of the daily administrative and logistical affairs of the Dominion Military Region Headquarters. He is equivalent to the role of a butler, just like General Skerry before. As the top person in charge of the Dominion Military Region, Claude needed a trustworthy confidant to help him take charge of the Dominion Military Region headquarters after the handover of duties with Marshal Bolognik a few years ago. After much deliberation, he finally chose his brother-in-law. General McJack.
McJack came here this time to discuss Claude's schedule after his vacation. This was official business. The second is private matters. There are two private matters. One is to report on the performance of Claude's eldest son Tesore in the military camp, and the other is forced by his wife, Claude's sister Anna. He also wants to join Claude's family and add Han Field's surname after his name.
Michael was originally a homeless child with no surname. After the outbreak of the First Five-Year War in the Eastern Region, he was forcibly drafted into the army by the local administrative office to fill up the number of soldiers. At that time, he was still a minor, only sixteen years old. Claude asked him to follow him as an orderly, and then he followed Claude all the time. No one expected that the wandering boy back then had now become a major general of the kingdom and a hereditary baron of the kingdom, and could help Claude on his own. .
As a close confidant of Claude and married to Claude's sister Anna, McJack had originally considered joining the Field family. But at that time, Claude was busy with military affairs, and his mother and Kaifani kept acting like monsters. Later, it happened that his brother Blovik's lover Adele was killed by Claude's mother. Blovik was angry. Ke gave up his position as the head of the family and his surname and ran away from home. These things also made Michael's desire to join the Field family fade away...
So Maijack sent people back to his hometown to find out his life experience and surname. Unfortunately, his hometown was devastated during the Kingdom's civil war. The original household registration documents of the local administrative office were burned, and most of the people who survived did not know him. Even the old man who remembered the street boy, Michael, could not recall it. What is his last name
There are generally only two solutions to this situation. One is to join a close family, and the other is to pick a surname of your own and become the founder of the family in the future. With Mike's current identity and status, it is more than enough to start a family with his own surname. It's just that Michael is cautious by nature and feels that he doesn't have enough foundation to start a family. In addition, he is busy with official duties, and he wants to choose a nice and suitable surname. As a result, it has been delayed until now.
Now that the two Field families are separated, Claude has become the head of the Han Field family. When her sister Anna found out, she forced her husband, Michael Jack, to join Claude's family. After careful consideration, Mike felt that it would be more appropriate to join Claude's family, so he came to see Claude today to get a naturalization certificate and consent form. To apply for household registration, Claude, the head of the family, needed to sign and stamp the application.
In addition to McJack joining the Field family, the big man Germi will also retire and become Claude's retainer. Unlike Mike and others, the big man Gemie is now a lieutenant colonel in the kingdom and is forty-six years old. Although he, like McJack, had followed Claude since the First Five-Year War in the Eastern Region, he played the role of Claude's personal guard and saved Claude during the assassination of the Gray Tower Master. Lord's life.
Big Germi's military rank is now the Kingdom's Lieutenant Colonel. Different from Michael Jack, Becklin and others, his military career has come to an end. Two years ago, he found a rich and thick woman and got married. Last year, he had a wife. Had a child. Therefore, Claude did not take him with him when he went to conquer the Kingdom of Hicks, but asked him to stay and serve at the Dominion Military Region Headquarters. After twenty-five years in the army, the big man Germi had begun to get tired of his military career, so he decided to retire and become Claude's retainer.
Big Germi's real name is Gremet Opus. It's a pity that he has a last name, otherwise Claude would have let him join the Field family because of his life-saving grace. Of course, people like McJack who join Claude's family are considered side branches. The only difference between him and his brother Brovik is that he cannot inherit the position of head of the family. However, the more side branches there are, the more power and influence the family will have in the local area. big.
After talking about the private matter of McJack joining the Field family, Claude and McJack talked about the arrangements for the big man Germi. It happened that Sergeant Kuster, who was originally in charge of the security of the family tobacco workshop, followed Kaifuni to the royal capital to protect the safety of mother and son, mother and daughter. Claude decided to let the big man Germi take over the position of security director of the family. , to reorganize a reliable family protection force.
McJack took out the official document and prepared to confirm the future itinerary with Claude. He was not Claude's personal adjutant. He did not need to pay attention to Claude's daily itinerary. Instead, he would handle those matters that Claude needed to deal with personally. Let Claude take a look at his official business, so that Claude can be aware of it.
The most important official task for Claude now is to visit the Pamigal National Republic in three months. This refers to the situation when there is no war in the Pamigal National Republic in three months. As the top leader of the Dominion Military Region, Claude visited this indigenous nation and signed several friendly cooperation agreements with President Tezzinger Nora Taganem, including assistance in armaments and Cooperation in economic and commercial aspects.
The most important significance of this visit is that the Dominion Military Region publicly expressed its attitude to all countries, which means that our Dominion Military Region has established the Pamigal National Republic. Anyone who can't get along with it is challenging the Dominion Military Region. Among them, there is no lack of opposition to the West Coast. Warnings from the remaining colonial countries along the southern coast of Farea...
McJack needs to determine the time of this trip with Claude so that he can contact the Pamigal National Republic and then arrange the entire trip. It is also necessary to determine whether Claude needs to visit the Alliance of Rusman Chiefs. However, Claude showed little interest in the alliance of Rusman chieftains, who were constantly fighting among themselves, and refused the arrangement of a drop-in visit.
After settling the official business, Mike mentioned the performance of Claude's eldest son Tesore in the military camp. Claude did not just leave his eldest son in the military camp and ignore him, but secretly asked Michael to take care of and observe him. It's just that more than three years have passed, and Michael Jack doesn't have a high opinion of Tesore. He thinks that this kid has completely turned into a veteran, hanging around in the military camp every day, and has no ambition.
Tesore was a cowardly doormat when he first entered the military camp. After half a year of training for recruits, his performance was still satisfactory. He also knew that his father would not change his mind and let him out of the military camp, so he was somewhat improved. , like a qualified recruit. But in the military camp, it was easy for Tesore to hang out with a group of veteran veterans. It can only be said that certain people are born with similar habits and tend to gather together.
They cheat and slack off, bully new recruits, steal meat from the canteen, drink alcohol in the military camp, molest women, etc. Anyway, the veterans in these military camps are all the same. They do big things and small things, and are often put in solitary confinement. This actually affects a soldier's military career. future. Tesore soon became a veteran. He also went to the West Coast colonial battlefield twice, and his performance was only acceptable. He participated in four battles and, according to his own boast, killed three enemies. ... ...
However, based on the comments, his military career in the past three years can be considered a failure, because he often violated disciplines too many times, and his military rank is currently only a sergeant, not even a non-commissioned officer. And Claude and his younger brother Blovik have become captains of the kingdom after serving as soldiers for three years...