After a long time, Colonel Bolognik finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Let's talk about what we should do next. Whether this Baron Strathern is guilty or not is none of our business, but we must ask Strathern to
Baron Larson surrendered his power as admiral and asked us to take over the local garrison of Tiersim. If we don't do this, we will not be able to complete the task of forming reserve forces here. The local garrison here has been completely eroded.
Already..."
Colonel Sevicit said with a grimace: "Although we have the task of preparing local defense forces, we do not have the authority to take over the local defense of the direct jurisdiction. This matter will have to wait for the subsequent division troops and personnel sent by the 6th Military Headquarters to arrive to organize the war.
Only the Logistics Command can take charge. Moreover, Baron Strathern is Her Majesty the Queen's nephew and the admiral here. He can use the excuse of being sick and bedridden to refuse to cooperate with our request..."
"If that's the case, we will arrest him directly for dereliction of duty and corruption!" Colonel Bolonik was much more ruthless than Colonel Sevicit: "Anyway, we already have the evidence given to us by the Governor, and now it is war.
In the meantime, we cannot tolerate this Baron Strathern delaying our time. If he knows what is going on, his problems can be dealt with after the follow-up troops arrive, and he can still be free for three or four months. If he does not cooperate, let him go to the cell.
Stay here, we have no time to delay..."
Although the method of cutting through the knot with a sharp knife is good, it is easy to go to extremes. Colonel Severit could only shake his head, and he did not agree with Colonel Bolognik's handling method. It is ridiculous to say that the Rangers are known as the most trusted members of the Sterling royal family.
The Guards Armed Forces, but I didn’t expect that on the first day I arrived in the Tiersim Direct Territory of Nubitia Continent, I would prepare to operate on Her Majesty the Queen’s nephew. This is really speechless and full of irony.
"What do you think?" Colonel Severit asked Claude.
Claude had already thought about it during this time, and he said to the two senior group leaders: "We may have thought everything too simply. Before arriving at Nubisia Continent, we thought that the local garrison forces under the direct jurisdiction of this place were
It should be similar to the mainland of the kingdom. But what we see now proves that we thought too well about the progress of the armaments of the directly governed territories. I think we have to change the original plan. We must leave a regiment in the rear to form and reorganize the military equipment of these directly governed territories.
Local garrison and reserve forces.
Otherwise, we would all go to the front line. What I am sure of is that once we fight the enemy and the rear cannot provide support, our three troops will have to fight alone. And if the casualties are too large and the loss of troops is too much, we will
It is simply impossible to set up a solid defensive line to withstand the enemy's advance. Maybe the enemy will be able to reach here in three or four months.
We must take over the local garrison of the Tiersim Direct Territory. If Baron Strathearn is willing to cooperate with us in handing over his admiral power, then he can continue to be sick and at ease at home. Even the Port of Corpicius is short of vacancies.
We can provide him with the strength of the local garrison regiment and the local garrison battalions in the other four towns, as well as muskets and weapons. If he is not willing, I think one of the seven admirals of the overseas territories has already been killed in the battlefield, so if he does not
It’s not strange to sacrifice anyone…”
Colonel Bolognik and Colonel Sevict were both stunned. Well, Colonel Bolognik just wanted to arrest Baron Strathern, but Claude was even more ruthless and wanted to send the man to the front line to die heroically.
.But after thinking about it carefully, I have to admit that Claude's idea is better. Everything will be settled once a person dies. There will be no scandals and no charges. The reputation of the royal family can be preserved. Even Baron Strathern's sacrifice will bring
More prestige.
"I think Baron Strathern has no choice. He will definitely cooperate with us obediently. Moreover, we have also promised to make up for him the shortage of troops and muskets and weapons for the local garrison. He will definitely be very satisfied."
Colonel Wickett laughed.
"It's not such a cheap thing. He still needs to give us more than 50,000 gold crowns to sponsor the military expenses to show his absolute loyalty to the kingdom." Claude said through gritted teeth.
Colonel Bolognik was stunned: "Is this possible? How can he afford this money?"
"If you can afford it, you can figure it out yourself. There is a shortage of four thousand troops a year, and a soldier's salary and welfare subsidy of two gold crowns a year. From this alone, he has earned more than eight thousand gold crowns. Plus military expenses
Expenses, resold muskets and weapons, and the soldiers’ pensions that he falsely claimed. I think the old fox governor’s estimated income of fifteen thousand a year is still small. We don’t want more, so let him spend these three years.
Just take out the embezzled military funds. If you are not willing to pay for your sins now that you are facing death, then go and die in battle for the kingdom..."
Although Claude's calculation was general, the two senior group leaders could still approve the expense. With this money, it would be easier to recruit reserve troops to prepare military supplies, and there would be no need to talk to the governor about wartime military expenditures.
Yes, delays have a very negative impact on the war.
"What should we do about the commander of the local garrison in Port Corbicius, Lieutenant Colonel Everard? It is said that he is a confidant of Baron Strathern, and he is responsible for the reselling of muskets and ammunition, and that Captain Hinkson,
He should also be deeply involved in those matters, and it was he who came forward to purchase spare military supplies from us..." Colonel Bolonik said.
"All Baron Strathern's cronies and subordinates who know his crimes will be requisitioned by me in the name of guides and taken to the front line. I hope Baron Strathern will cooperate with us in handing over the power of admiral. Otherwise, he will also volunteer to go to the front line in person.
Going to the front line to detect the enemy's situation..."
Claude believed that Baron Strathern would make a wise choice. Although he lost a large amount of money and admiral power, the crimes he had committed before had disappeared. All the handlers and insiders
Everyone has gone to the front line, and whether they can come back depends on their performance and luck during the war. The most important thing is to preserve the dignity of the Stirling royal family. As the nephew of Her Majesty the Queen, he is a relative of the royal family.
If the things he did were exposed, it would become a major scandal in the kingdom. Even if His Majesty the King appoints relatives of the emperor to serve in local public offices in the future, ministers will question him based on his example.
This is why both senior leaders believe that Claude is the best way to send Baron Strathern to the front line to die heroically. After all, even if Baron Strathern made a wise choice this time, he still
They will hate Claude and the three people who carried out this task. There is a high possibility that they will slander Claude and the three people in front of the Queen in order to avenge him for losing his wealth.
But Claude didn't care. He and the two senior leaders had already discussed it and recorded everything, including the evidence of Baron Strathern's embezzlement of military expenses and other crimes, and handed it over to General Michelich.
The general handed it over to the Grand Prince Hansback. I believe that Baron Strathern will be abandoned by the royal family in a short time. A baron without power will have no effect on Claude and the three of them. His Majesty the King and the Grand Prince will
I will be grateful to Claude and the other three for preserving the dignity of the royal family...
"Our time is very tight. Tomorrow my 131st Ranger Battalion can rest for another day. The day after tomorrow, we must set off to the front line to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and find out the current war situation. Where has the army of the Hicks Kingdom marched? At present,
We need to find out what places have been captured. So we can only have one day at most to solve the problem of Baron Strathern. If he really doesn't cooperate, I will force him to rush to the front line."
Claude looked at the two senior captains: "You must leave one person and one regiment here to take charge of the reorganization and reorganization of the local garrison. The Tiersim Direct Territory can form at least two local garrison regiments to go to the front line.
We don't need to conduct voluntary recruitment. Didn't Baron Strathearn resell muskets and weapons to the civilians here? We will first compulsorily recruit a group of reserve troops according to the roster. If there are three men in the family, one man must serve.
Otherwise, he will be arrested for evading military service, his property will be confiscated, and his whole family will be forced to serve in labor force."
"It's during the war, I think it's feasible." Colonel Bolognik nodded: "At the dinner at the governor's residence, I asked Viscount Cruz that Tiersim has one port and four towns under its direct jurisdiction, and there are thirty-seven official residents of the kingdom.
Ten thousand, we can definitely recruit the strength of two local garrison regiments."
"Our time is very tight. We can only stay here for ten days at most before we have to go to the front line to set up defensive lines. We don't know if we can form two local garrison regiments to go out with us in these ten days." Colonel Sevicit
explain.
"Let's set it up first, and we'll talk about the training on the way." Colonel Bolonik didn't have much hope: "If we can set up a defensive line on the front line before the enemy comes, we can take time to train these local garrison regiments on how to defend.
It’s time to fight.”
"Retrieve the local garrison regiment of Port Corbichus and the garrison squadrons from the other four towns, and form a regiment first. The other four towns must reorganize a brigade of security forces each, and Port Corbichus must also form a regiment.
Leave a garrison battalion to guard against riots by local indigenous people."
Claude walked to the map of the seven overseas territories of the Kingdom of Overas spread out on the table, clicked on it and said: "Actually, what I am most worried about is that the matter of Baron Strathern is not an isolated incident.
The admirals of the directly-controlled territories are actually similar to him, and the situation of local defense and armed forces is not optimistic..."
"Look at the map," Claude said: "The kingdom's seven overseas territories, except for the Beringana territory, the other six territories are all lined up along the coastline. To the south of the Tiersim territory
There is also the Arturas Direct Territory, and the south of the Arturas Direct Territory is close to the endless virgin forest. No one can enter and come out, so the security of the Arturas Direct Territory is still safe.
To the north of Tilsim is the Direct Territory of Mormali, followed by the Direct Territory of Amphiston, which connects the two Direct Territories of Beringana and Robisdo. Among them, White
The Beringana Direct Territory is the only territory directly under the Kingdom's jurisdiction, and most of it is the Albato Prairie. In addition, the Beringana Direct Territory has the Dolinibara River, the largest river in the Nubisian continent, and the waterway is connected with Robisto.
The direct jurisdictions are connected, and materials can be transported from the Dolinibara River, which is very convenient.
The two demesne of Beringana and Robistoe are connected to the demesne of Cromwell. Before we set out, we had learned that the demesne of Cromwell had fallen into the hands of the enemy. At present, the enemy has divided its forces into two groups to attack Beringen.
The two direct territories of Ghana and Robisto attacked.
According to the information given to us by the Kingdom's 6th Military Headquarters, the Kingdom of Hicks originally deployed two field legions in its colony, and those local garrison troops were also the size of a legion. After the war broke out, another legion was transported there, and there were subsequent
We don’t know whether any troops have been transported here, but I estimate that the total strength of their colonial garrison is only about 240,000 to 245,000 in four legions.”
Colonel Bolognik and Colonel Sevict both nodded. What Claude said was common sense, and his estimate of the strength of the Hicks Kingdom's colonial garrison was also very accurate.
"Before the war broke out, the Hicks Kingdom asked our kingdom for the jurisdiction of the three overseas territories of Cromwell, Beringana and Robbins. It can be imagined that their purpose in starting the war this time is to seize
These are three direct jurisdictions of our kingdom. Of course, if the local defenses of these direct jurisdictions of our kingdom are vulnerable, I think the Kingdom of Hicks would not mind swallowing up these seven overseas jurisdictions of our kingdom.
Our kingdom does not want to have a war with the Kingdom of Hicks. First, the Kingdom of Hicks is the dominant power in the north of Farea Continent. Second, our kingdom has just ended the five-year war in the eastern part of the continent. Although
Although they won, the country was exhausted due to the war and was unable to compete with the Kingdom of Hicks in Nubicia. Therefore, the Kingdom could only dispatch our Ranger Group to teach the colonial garrison of the Kingdom of Hicks a lesson, hoping that
To force peace through war.
In fact, the colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks in Nubisia Continent are not much less than those of our kingdom, but most of the colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks are located in the Inland Continent. It was not until they obtained the colonies of the Kingdom of Nasseri that Viba
Tuogang, an excellent seaport city, serves as a reliable and safe landing place for them to transport supplies and mobilize troops.
Therefore, for the Kingdom of Hicks, the Port of Vibato is related to the safety of all the colonies in the Nubisia continent. Perhaps they asked our kingdom for Beringana and Robisto, the two direct jurisdictions, just to get them for themselves.
The second and third safe landings are with supply ports.
Therefore, I think that the strength of the colonial garrison of the four legions of the Kingdom of Hicks, in addition to a legion-sized local garrison to guard various places to prevent indigenous rebellions, there is also a legion of troops that should be distributed in the Port of Vibato and the newly occupied
The Cromwellian Overseas Territory of our kingdom. Based on this calculation, I think they can only use the remaining two legions to attack the two direct territories of Beringana and Robbins respectively.
The two municipalities of Beringana and Robisto are on our side of the Dolinibara River. The enemy needs to cross the river to attack. The capital of the Robisto Municipality, Port Patres, is the former
The destination port of our kingdom's fearless fleet's eastward route has always been tightly fortified. It would be very difficult for the Kingdom of Hicks to have a legion capture Port Patres. If they want to transport heavy siege guns, it will take longer.
time.
Our 131st Ranger Battalion will leave the day after tomorrow and is expected to arrive in the Amphiston Territory within half a month. The task given to us by the division headquarters is to form the first defensive front in the Amphiston Territory. I will send troops
The reconnaissance cavalry went first to the two direct jurisdictions of Beringana and Robisto to find out the enemy's current movements, and to look for opportunities to attack the enemy's small troops and transportation and logistics convoys to delay the enemy's offensive."
Colonel Bolognik watched Claude explaining these strategies on the map. He understood what Claude meant: "I understand, let me stay and reorganize and reorganize the garrison forces in these directly-administered territories in the rear. We will try our best to
Within half a month, Colonel Severit was asked to lead his 034th Ranger Regiment and the two local garrison regiments from the Tiersim Territory to the north, arrive at the Amphiston Territory, set up a defensive front, and complete the division command.