Three hundred and fiftieth chapters military expenditure storm
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Chapter 356: Military Expenditure Controversy
The news that the Kingdom of Hicks was going to form ten new standing legions to fight this colonial war on the mainland of Nubisia, and that it was fighting to the death with the Kingdom of Ovilas, did not make General Michelci pay much attention. He
It is very clear that ten standing legions cannot be created by just touching the upper and lower lips. Even if the Kingdom of Hicks is the dominant power in the northern part of the Farea continent, it will take at least two people to form ten standing legions.
to three years.
General Michelich ordered the intelligence staff officer to increase efforts to collect information about the armament status of the Vibato Colonial County of the Kingdom of Hicks, and at the same time wrote a letter requesting the Ministry of War of the Kingdom to pay attention to the information and information on the formation of the ten standing corps of the Kingdom of Hicks.
progress. In addition, he personally went to the Cromwell Territory and the Beringana Territory to conduct geographical inspections, preparing to build an unprecedented defensive front to deal with the massive invasion of the Hicks Kingdom's ten standing legions in two or three years.
It was not until December of the 587th year of the Holy Light Calendar that the reward for the victory in the Battle of Beringana was belatedly spread to the Ranger Legion. It’s just that this time the reward seemed stingy. It is said that this is because
The kingdom is in a difficult economic period, and the cost of this colonial war has exceeded the budget. As a result, all the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps who participated in this battle were not very satisfied with the rewards they received.
The only exception was General Michelic. He was promoted to Field Marshal of the Kingdom for planning this battle in which the weak defeated the strong, successfully annihilated the five standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom, and defeated the Sea King Fleet.
, becoming the seventeenth soldier of the Kingdom to take up the marshal's scepter since the founding of the Kingdom of Ovelas 383 years ago. At the same time, his honorary earl title was also canonized as the third earl by the kingdom, which can be passed down to descendants for more than three generations.
And gave General Michelic a royal manor near the royal capital.
Compared with the royal favor received by General Michelic, the rewards received by the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps who participated in this battle seemed a bit harsh and ungrateful. The average soldier only received a gold crown.
Rewards: two gold crowns for non-commissioned officers, five gold crowns for lieutenant-level officers, and ten gold crowns for school-level officers. Only those officers and soldiers who have definitely killed and wounded the enemy will receive the meritorious service required for promotion due to the registration of military merit...
As for the rewards received by the officers and soldiers, as mentioned above, the victory of the Battle of Beringana mainly relied on General Michelich's strategic planning, which put the enemy in a dilemma. In addition to annihilating Tanya in advance, Kuzoya
In addition to the fact that these two legions also required the Rangers and the First Overseas Field Corps to cooperate with each other in combat, the subsequent three legions of Wicklen, Seebock and Febot basically had nothing to do with the Rangers.
The fierce battle meant that they annihilated a division sent by these three legions to escort logistics supplies, and swept away the light cavalry scouts who came out for reconnaissance. The enemy hunkered down in the barracks and could not move for a few moments.
Later, the only real fierce battle related to the Ranger Corps was the artillery battle that crippled the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks, but the three artillery regiments of the Ranger Division and most of the light infantry field artillery teams participated in the battle. The enemy
The Sea King fleet was falling into the trap set by General Michelci on the Dolinibara River and became the target of three heavy field artillery positions hidden on the river bank. Just like in training, in this seemingly fierce battle
In the artillery battle, the artillerymen of the three artillery regiments suffered few casualties. This main contribution lies in General Michelich's pre-war planning and layout...
In fact, in this miraculous Battle of Beringana, the heaviest casualties were an artillery garrison regiment of the First Overseas Field Corps guarding the port of Patres, the capital of the Robidoux Territory. Port of Patres was almost
After being bombarded by the Sea King fleet, less than 600 people from the more than 4,000-strong artillery garrison survived, which was already a casualty rate of over 80%.
However, the surviving officers and soldiers still did not give up resistance. With the remaining eight heavy artillery pieces that could still be used, they continued to fight back against the enemy warships from the sea, forcing the Sea King Fleet to give up its plan to capture Port Patres and directly
Going upstream from the Dolinibara River leads to traps and destruction.
Therefore, in the view of the evaluators of the Kingdom's Army Department, the victory of this battle had little to do with the officers and soldiers of the vast ranger regiment. The very small casualties are a good proof. In the later period, except for those small teams that eliminated the enemy's scouts and light cavalry,
Men and horses, most of the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps are soy sauce. They follow the instructions of General Michelchi, track, monitor and follow the march of the enemy's three standing legions, and then wait for the desperate enemy to surrender and collect the enemy's prisoners.
The mission was completed and the entire battle was won.
As for the 131st Ranger Regiment, which burned down the enemy's supply warehouse at Wickham Castle Logistics Base, the capital of Cromwell, its early performance was pretty good. It successfully cut off the enemy's logistics supply channels, raided and captured the enemy's supplies.
transport convoy. But in the middle of the campaign, there was nothing to show for it, because the enemy could not retreat and no longer sent material transport convoys to the three standing corps on the front line. As a result, the 131st Ranger Regiment had no place to perform meritorious deeds if it wanted to.
As for the feat of burning down Wickham Castle in the later period, it was also based on the advance planning of General Michelci. If General Michelci had not instructed the 131st Ranger Regiment to dig the road leading to the outside of the city when the strong wall was clearing the field,
Secretly, it would be impossible for the 131st Ranger Regiment to sneak into the castle easily, nor would it be possible for them to cooperate inside and outside to seize the castle gate and occupy the entire castle...
General Michelich also asked for credit for Claude, regarding the fact that Claude used the food and supplies captured in Wickham Castle to build a camp in advance, thus avoiding the deprivation of food and clothing for the nearly 200,000 enemy prisoners who surrendered.
, the dilemma of having no treatment but waiting for death, prevented the Rangers and the Kingdom from being criticized by various countries due to the large number of casualties of prisoners. However, it was refuted by the Kingdom's Ministry of War. Instead, Claude was dismissed from Wickham
The castle got into trouble with the logistics of more than 800 wagons seized.
There is still merit. Claude was recorded as one major merit as the commander-in-chief of the 131st Ranger Regiment. He still needs two more major merits to become the youngest major general in the history of the Kingdom of Ovelas. Because at this time
Claude is only twenty-nine years old. As long as he becomes the kingdom's major general before the age of thirty-five, he will become a legend in the kingdom's military circles. From a civilian to a general, Claude only took more than ten years...
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On the other hand, Claude's younger brother followed Claude into Wickham Castle as a sergeant. He performed outstandingly and was promoted to three levels in a row. He has become a noncommissioned officer and is currently receiving training as a noncommissioned officer of the Ranger Regiment. And he is accompanied by the adjutant.
, Claude's cheap brother-in-law, Mike, also performed well. He made another great contribution and has accumulated two first-level meritorious service. If he does it again, he can be promoted to major.
Claude's trouble is the unknown whereabouts of a military expenditure worth more than half a million gold crowns. This is not the kingdom's military expenditure, but the Hicks Kingdom's reserves at Wickham Castle to pay the salaries of the officers and soldiers of the five standing legions.
Military expenditures for wartime welfare subsidies. According to the confession of the captured enemy logistics officer, this military expenditure worth 500,000 gold crowns is basically the three currencies of the Kingdom of Hicks: gold kepu shield, silver kaile and copper fenni.
, but its whereabouts are currently unknown.
Wickham Castle has become a large ruin due to the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse, especially the location of the ammunition warehouse, which has formed a large pit. The captured logistics officer of the Kingdom of Hicks said that the reserve of these funds
The warehouse of silver and copper coins is in the middle of these warehouses where ammunition, firearms and ordnance are stored. The reason is that the warehouse is the strongest and safest...
Even the strongest and most secure material warehouses could not withstand the explosions of the surrounding ammunition warehouses. They were all turned into huge pits. Where could we find the whereabouts of these military expenditures? The unwilling to give up, General Vansnik, the logistics director of the Ranger Corps, mobilized many soldiers to fight in the ruins.
After searching online for a few days, I found a lot of deformed copper feni. However, I found no trace of the two gold and silver coins, the gold Kepu shield and the silver Kaile.
Therefore, General Vansnik began to suspect that Claude's 131st Ranger Regiment had secretly swallowed up the military expenditures of the Hicks Kingdom. He summoned and questioned Claude three times in succession, asking Claude to transfer the money.
Huge military expenditures were handed over.
Of course, Claude complained. He said that he had never seen the so-called military expenditure worth half a million gold crowns. Wickham Castle was initially occupied, and it was not until the morning that the castle was completely occupied, and then
Monitoring and managing more than 7,000 prisoners as they loaded supplies onto carriages, choosing only straw and logistic support supplies, not paying any attention to the enemy's ammunition storage warehouses.
The reason is very simple. The enemy's ammunition, guns and ordnance are not compatible with the kingdom's standard equipment at all, and they are not light in weight. They take up a lot of space and transportation capacity on the carriage. Only when you are full and exhausted will you carry those wastes.
Claude asked General Vansnik to ask the soldiers on guard duty and the officers in charge of patrols at the time. He found out that he had not entered the ammunition and firearms storage area at all. After knowing that it was a warehouse area for ammunition, firearms and ordnance,
Claude also ordered a squadron of soldiers to guard all entrances and exits to prevent soldiers from going in and wasting time...
From fighting all night to occupying the entire castle in the morning, the next step was to gather the prisoners and escort them to carry supplies. By around four o'clock in the afternoon, the entire 131st Ranger Regiment had evacuated Wickham Castle. At that time, almost most of the supply warehouses were
They have all been set on fire.
Claude asked General Vansnik how he had time to inspect the material warehouses filled with ammunition, guns and ordnance one by one. Even the captured enemy logistics officers did not bother to interrogate. This can be seen from the fact that
This was proven by the confessions of the enemy logistics officers captured at Wickham Castle. Therefore, he and all the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment did not know that there was another item in the ammunition, firearms and ordnance warehouses worth nearly half a million gold.
The material warehouse of the Krona military expenditure.
But General Vansnik was still very suspicious of Claude, because he had two pieces of evidence that showed that Claude could not escape the suspicion. First, when evacuating Wickham Castle, Claude was the last to leave with his cronies and guard squad, accompanying him.
There were also five fully loaded four-wheeled freight wagons.
During the march, many officers, soldiers and prisoners of the Ranger Division saw the deep ruts on the five large carriages, which indicated that the items carried on the carriages were very heavy. It is very possible that Claude and others
He secretly hid the Hicks Kingdom's military expenses in a carriage and smuggled them out.
The second evidence is that Claude loaded a carriage with the honorary sabers of the Hicks Kingdom and distributed them among the Rangers as trophies of the victory at Beringana. Almost every officer of the Rangers had one.
A sword of honor.
The honorary saber is an honorary saber that can only be obtained by the Hicks Kingdom in the military to reward those officers who fought bravely and made meritorious deeds on the battlefield. It is inlaid with gold rim and silver ornaments. It is very gorgeous and sharp. It is an honorable saber.
Enemies of the Kingdom of Hicks can pass it on to their descendants as trophies to boast about their ancestors' bravery.
The problem is that the warehouse containing these honorary sabers is in the ammunition, firearms and ordnance supplies area. Claude can get a carriage of honorary sabers, which means that he is lying when he says that he did not enter the ammunition, firearms and ordnance supplies warehouse area. So Vance
General Nick has always suspected that Claude and others secretly hid the Hicks Kingdom's military expenditure, which makes sense.
However, Claude did not admit it. He believed that General Vansnik's suspicion was grounded. Although he was the last one to evacuate Wickham Castle, it was because he was the commander of the 131st Ranger Regiment and was responsible for leading the troops.
Originally, one had to uphold the attitude of charging ahead and retreating to hold the line, so that all the officers and soldiers of the regiment could be convinced and obey their orders. This is also the foundation for the 131st Ranger Regiment to continuously win victories from battalion to regiment.
As for the five large four-wheeled freight carriages loaded with deep ruts, the items on them were all high-end luxuries stored in Wickham Castle by the Kingdom of Hicks, such as those provided to senior officers of the five standing legions.
They enjoyed the precious wine, gold and silver tableware, many gorgeous and rich decorative arts, as well as pure white cashmere blankets, etc.
In fact, these things can be said to be the spoils of the 131st Ranger Regiment, and according to battlefield rules, they do not need to be turned in. However, Claude still gave the division headquarters four four-wheeled cargo carriages filled with these luxury goods.
So that every officer in the entire legion participating in this battle can share a share of the spoils.
Claude pointed out that the total value of these five four-wheeled freight carriages loaded with luxury goods exceeded fifty or sixty thousand gold crowns. If he was really as greedy for money as General Vansnik accused him of and hid that huge sum of money,
As for military expenses, then I don’t have to hand over these luxury goods at all. This is my legitimate seizure of loot...
It’s understandable that the ruts were deep. Anyone could imagine how heavy a carriage loaded with dozens of boxes of precious wine would be. Moreover, it was just after the melting period in February, and the roads in the Cromwell Territory were not originally
No matter how good it is, it can't be said to be muddy, but it's not very solid either. It's normal for a loaded four-wheeled freight carriage to pass by and leave deep ruts. It's abnormal not to have deep ruts.
There was also the cart of honorary sabers. Claude asked General Vansnik to ask the captured enemy logistics officer to see what his answer was. Because the material warehouse containing the honorary sabers was in the ammunition, firearms and ordnance department.
The front of the supply area was the most luxuriously decorated. Even the soldiers standing guard at the entrance to the road in this area knew that the items inside were honorary sabers.
So after Claude received the following report, he ordered the soldiers guarding the ammunition, firearms and ordnance warehouse area to move all the honorary sabers in the warehouse in front before evacuating. He did not enter the ammunition and firearms area himself.
Ordnance and supplies warehouse area...
Even if there is witness evidence for everything Claude said, even the trophies distributed to the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment can be checked in the account books. All seizures are on the surface and open to inspection, but Claude
De still can't get rid of this trouble.
General Vansnik, whose mission was to find this huge military expenditure and hand it over to the Sterling royal family, still regarded Claude as the most important suspect, and ordered Claude's subordinate officers to go to him at regular intervals.
His office was questioned and examined. In the end, Claude couldn't stand the anger and had a big fight with him in the office, and almost beat up General Vansnik. The lawsuit eventually reached General Michelchi.
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