In the blink of an eye, April has arrived in the 588th year of the Holy Light Calendar, and more than a year has passed since the Battle of Beringana. For the winners and losers of this battle, more than a year has passed.
Many changes have taken place on both sides, which will have a very important and far-reaching impact on the future situation and the colonial war that took place on the Nubisian continent.
For example, the defeated Kingdom of Hicks not only refused the entry of the Kingdom's envoy from the Kingdom of Overas who came with the intention of armistice and peace negotiations, but also stated that it would re-establish ten standing legions to carry out this colonial war to the end. At the same time, they
They also hired the combined fleets of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, as well as two so-called volunteer mercenary corps composed of retired veterans from these two countries, and successfully preserved the colonial county of Vibato, which has an excellent military port...
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On the side of the victor, the Kingdom of Overas, the domestic situation was somewhat chaotic because the old king Sterling X was bedridden for a long time. In order to effectively control the Ranger Legion, the powerful royal guard force,
, to prevent General Michelci's prestige in the Ranger Corps from being too great and causing the Ranger Corps to only obey his orders. The Sterling royal family selected many soldiers from royal relatives to serve in the Ranger Corps in order to effectively control this group.
A royal guard armed force.
Just like General Vansnik, the head of the Army's Logistics Department who came to the post after the Beringana Campaign, he comes from a branch of the Stirling royal family. It is said that his grandfather is a cousin of Stirling VIII, and he has his own territory and
Hereditary earldom.
However, after Sterling IX restored the kingdom and had a war with those territorial nobles, the royal earl stood opposite Sterling IX because of his territory. As a result, the defeated territory was confiscated because his surname and royal family name
Fortunately, the blood relationship saved a life, but the hereditary earl title was lost, and he was demoted to an honorary viscount. Every year, he relied on the honorary viscount's annuity of more than two hundred gold crowns and the subsidy of more than one hundred gold crowns from the royal family to maintain a living.
A decent livelihood for an established aristocratic family.
When Stirling X ascended the throne, General Vansnik's grandfather passed away, and the honorary viscount was gone. Although his father was canonized as an honorary baron by the royal family, the title annuity was reduced by half. This was very important to Vansnick.
The life of the general's family has had a great impact. It costs a lot of money to maintain a decent life for an established aristocratic family, and his father's several failed investments have made the aristocratic family even worse...
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General Vansnik has known since he was a child that when the next king ascends the throne and his father dies, he has no hope of receiving a title from the royal family. Although they are both members of the Sterling royal family, the family ties have become thinner as time goes by, and the blood relationship is
He could not sustain his career for three generations, and his future had to rely on his own efforts. So when he was young, General Vansnik signed up for the Royal Youth Military Academy. With hard work and diligence, serving in the military after graduation was smooth sailing.
In fact, General Vansnik is not a brave man. Because he is afraid of death, he chooses a major in logistics management, so that he does not have to go to the front line to fight when the war comes. As a professional logistics technical officer, he is still very qualified.
At the same time, because his surname was Sterling, he had a great advantage in promotions and promotions. It only took him twenty-one years to become a colonel officer in charge of logistics. It is worth noting that,
He has been working in the logistics department of the Kingdom's Army Department and has never been on the battlefield.
This time serving in the Ranger Corps was the most important turning point in General Vansnik's life. First of all, his military rank was promoted again, from colonel to major general. At this time, he was already forty-eight years old, and finally crossed the right
For the kingdom's logistics and technical officers, this is the most difficult promotion hurdle in the military. Secondly, it means that he is once again included in the royal family's attention list, and may even be recognized as a member of the royal family again and regain his title.
In fact, when General Vansnik received the order to serve in the Ranger Corps, it was the beginning of the Battle of Beringana. The five standing armies of the Hicks Kingdom marched towards the Cromwellian Territory with great fanfare.
The Jockey Regiment easily abandoned its capital, Wickham Castle, and moved into the Beringana Direct Territory. The situation looked very tense and critical.
So as expected, General Vansnik fell seriously ill. He suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and could not even stand up straight. No matter what pharmacist he hired, there was nothing he could do about his condition. Facing his friends and military colleagues who visited him, his face was expressionless.
The gray-grey General Vansnik lay feebly on the hospital bed, lamenting that he was really unlucky and should not have gotten sick at this time. He hoped to go to the Overseas Territory of the Kingdom of Nubisia to meet the fighting rangers.
The division resisted the invading enemies together and lived and died together. However, he did not expect that this serious illness would hinder his schedule...
But as soon as the news of the victory at Beringana came and was confirmed, General Vansnik jumped up from his hospital bed, immediately packed his bags and rushed to the mainland of Nubisia. He plausibly stated to his relatives and friends who were seeing him off that he was seriously ill because of his illness.
As a result, he missed the fruits of victory of the battle. Now the war has just ended, and a total of 300,000 enemies have been captured. You can imagine how busy the logistics work is. He must not stop performing his duties because of illness. This is the moment when his hero is useful
The time of martial arts.
It only took General Vansnik a month and a half to arrive at the Ranger Corps' station and take over the post of logistics director. On the first day he took office, he ordered Claude to hand over four four-wheeled cargo trucks to the Corps headquarters.
The luxury goods enjoyed by the senior officers of the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks carried in the carriage were sealed and prepared to be handed over to the Sterling royal family to show his loyalty and filial piety to the royal family...
Even General Michelich did not expect that the newly appointed logistics director would take such an unusual approach. He gently reminded General Vansnik that he had reserved the luxury goods loaded in these four large carriages for delivery now.
The purpose of handling the matter for the new logistics manager is that General Vansnik can take this opportunity to get acquainted with the officers of the Ranger Corps. He handed over all these luxury goods as trophies to the royal family, and it was easy to offend the regiment.
officer, because he violated the traditional unspoken rules of distribution of spoils...
But General Michelich soon found out that General Vansnik's ranger regiment was the royal guard of Stirling. Everything captured on the battlefield should belong to the royal family.
The assigned practices can reflect the Rangers' loyalty to the royal family and the royal family's favor and care for the Rangers.
Because of what General Michelich said about the traditional unspoken rules of distribution of spoils, General Vansnik accused him of being disrespectful to the Stirling royal family, and he wondered whether General Michelich took credit for winning the battle.
Too big to take the Sterling royal family seriously...
Immediately afterwards, General Vansnik pushed all the troublesome matters such as the expansion of the Ranger Corps, recruitment of new soldiers, and equipment replacement to Colonel Skerry, deputy director of the Corps' Logistics Department, and others. He devoted himself to searching for all the Ranger Corps after the victory of the Beringana Battle.
The loot was seized, and soon in the confessions of the captured logistics officers of the Hicks Kingdom, clues were found about a huge military expenditure worth more than half a million gold crowns from the Hicks Kingdom to the five standing legions.
. Now he was like a treasure. Lima started to trouble the 131st Ranger Regiment and its leader Claude who had captured Wickham Castle, where the military expenditure was stored...
But what General Vansnik didn't expect was that the Colonel Claude was a thorn in the side. He and the officers and soldiers of the 131st Ranger Regiment showed General Vansnik what it means to be a proud soldier. They didn't understand it at all.
General Vansnik, the logistics manager, took this seriously. Instead of privately seeking to see him and giving him gifts or money to say good things, he kept shouting at a loud voice that he had been wronged. He accused General Vansnik of doing it for selfish reasons and promotion and wealth, to the benefit of the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps.
In spite of it.
Not only did that Claude not cooperate with the investigation, he also generously published all the itineraries of the entire regiment after the capture of Wickham Castle as evidence. It proved that they had inadvertently burned down the supply warehouse because the occupation period was too short.
They missed the huge sum of military expenditure stored in the ammunition, firearms and ordnance warehouse area of the Hicks Kingdom, causing the huge military expenditure to disappear after the explosion of those ammunition warehouses. This was their unintentional mistake, and it was not their turn.
General Snick came to find out the truth. After all, the military expenditure was not the property of the kingdom.
As a result, General Vansnik seemed very passive. He wronged the soldiers who had made great contributions to his army because of the enemy's military expenses. As a result, his reputation in the Ranger Corps continued to decline, to the point where no one wanted to deal with him. But General Vansnik still
There are two reasons for clinging to Claude. One of the logistics officers of the Hicks Kingdom confessed that the military expenses stored in the material warehouse were all gold, silver and copper coins, not paper products such as gold dollar rolls.
Even fires and explosions should leave traces and cannot disappear.
The second reason is that he dislikes Claude very much, and he also knows that Claude is General Michelchi's confidant. He can make a big deal out of the unknown whereabouts of military expenses, and Claude
As the most suspected target of hiding military expenses, it is easy for him to be suspended from his position as the leader of the 131st Ranger Regiment and undergo investigation from above.
This not only frees up vacancies for the senior officers sent by the Stirling royal family, but also reduces General Michelci's influence in the legion. At least the 131st Ranger Regiment will no longer listen to Michelci.
Under the direction of General Erqi, General Vansnik believed that the higher-ups would see what he did and would like his performance...
But what General Vansnik didn't expect was that Claude was so impatient by him that he actually led the 131st Ranger Regiment to dig out the military funds in the ruins of Wickham Castle. At first, he just thought it was a lie.
What a joke, it’s not like I didn’t send people to look for it, but the material warehouse that was said to store military funds turned into a big pit due to the big explosion. Those people dug around the big pit, but they didn’t find the money boxes filled with gold, silver and copper coins.
I can only return disappointed.
But this Claude made the discovery after half a month of digging at Wickham Castle. He was not busy working next to the big pit, but was looking for the ashes and garbage in the ruins of the castle. He thought that the explosion of the ammunition warehouse was likely
The gold, silver, and copper coins used as military expenses were blown up to all parts of the castle. Using this idea to search, the results were as expected, and the harvest was rich.
Now the other troops of the Ranger Regiment who were watching became jealous. The 131st Ranger Regiment could dig, why couldn't we dig? So under the leadership of the commander in charge, they each headed to Wickham Castle, occupied a piece of territory, and joined
The excavation site was in full swing. It seemed that all the excavation troops had achieved good results, and the officers in charge all had smiles on their faces...
General Vansnik, who heard these rumors, rushed to Wickham Castle for an inspection. The result disappointed him. Claude and the 131st Ranger Regiment, who were against him, were cleared of the suspicion of secretly hiding this military trophy.
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They indeed did not know the existence of this huge military expenditure of the Hicks Kingdom, and the gold, silver and copper coins of this military expenditure were indeed scattered throughout the castle due to the explosion as Claude expected, covered by silt-like ashes.
.The pieces of gold, silver, and copper coins they brought up that were turned into pieces due to the explosion, as well as the deformed coins, clearly showed the truth of the matter.
But what disappointed General Vansnik even more was that he found that he could not confiscate the gains of the various units of the Ranger Legion. Because the gold, silver and copper coins that were excavated were no longer captured trophies, he had no power to order the Legion.
The officers turned over their harvests. And now the entire Wickham Castle has become a gold mining place with a wealth of nearly half a million gold crowns buried, but he cannot get his own share of it...
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Especially when General Vansnik discovered that a soldier had picked up a gold shield, which was a gold coin issued by the Kingdom of Hicks, he saw the soldier stuff the gold coin into his trouser pocket. This scene made him deeply moved.
Feeling extremely jealous and irritated, he immediately rushed back to the legion and tried his best to get General Michelich to order that all the troops digging at Wickham Castle be transferred back to carry out the so-called military discipline rectification. Then General Vansnik himself
He brought all the logistics and equipment troops under the logistics department to the ruins of Wickham Castle, sealed off the entire area, and then ordered the soldiers to dig.
It took more than a month of hard work before General Vansnik found gold, silver and copper coins worth more than 10,000 gold crowns. This was only obtained by closely monitoring the digging soldiers. He had been wondering whether the soldiers below had hidden them.
When the coins were excavated, almost every soldier who excavated the coins had to be personally searched.
But the fact is that he once personally searched the bodies of several soldiers who were suspected of hiding it, but found nothing. This made him wonder whether these soldiers did not hide the excavated coins on their bodies, but stored them somewhere.
place, come back to get it later...
Looking at the coins he found, General Vansnik felt extremely wronged. He only received the smallest share of the huge military expenditures of the Hicks Kingdom worth more than half a million gold crowns, and he had to distribute them to those who participated in the excavation.
Each unit under his command. Otherwise, he will be accused by his subordinates of secretly using military force to do personal work. This is a very serious crime in the military. Even if his surname is Sterling, he will be held accountable. Just for the next round, he can stay.
There aren't many left in his hands.
This is why General Vansnick went to the officers in charge of the various units that had excavated the ruins of Wickham Castle and asked for a share of their harvest. He felt that the reason for his little harvest was that he came too late.
It was too late. Those troops found most of the military expenses during the excavation process, but what they were left with was the end.
But the officers in charge of those troops felt that General Vansnik was a bit too greedy. They had gained something from the Wickham ruins, but the total value was only more than 10,000 gold crowns. Of course, the soldiers had something secret.
That's for sure. No matter how much you keep privately, it won't be too much. It is estimated to be worth about one or two thousand gold crowns at most. If one unit can harvest so much, then the total of seven or eight units digging in the ruins of Wickham Castle
The harvest was only over 100,000, and perhaps the 131th Ranger Regiment that was the first to dig would gain more.
The military expenditure of the Hicks Kingdom, worth a total of more than 500,000 gold crowns, was only received by everyone, about 100,000, and at most 200,000. The remaining more than 300,000 were taken care of by you alone. You used your power to force it.
Let's not talk about the team returning to the camp. I led the team to dig there for more than a month. Now I come back and say that I didn't get much. I asked everyone to hand over a share of the profits to you. Only a ghost would believe your words, so Claude suspected that he was
He concealed the truth and pretended to be poor in front of everyone. Everyone believed Claude's story...
Just when General Vansnik was so angry that he had no excuse, and everyone in the Ranger Corps despised his character and believed that he had hidden hundreds of thousands of military expenses that he had unearthed, Claude received a request from General Michelchi.
The summoning order. The first words General Michelich said shocked Claude, because the general said, Claude, I am going to let you withdraw from the Ranger Corps...