"Why are you running here?" Claude looked at the dust-covered Major General Albert Lund, the commander of the Panshi Third Division, and asked with a smile, while calling the orderlies outside the big tent to get a basin of water.
General Albert scrubbed his head and face, which were stained with dust and sweat.
General Albert was a little annoyed: "I hurriedly ran over with the troops, just because I heard that you were facing the follow-up troops of the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnas, I thought you couldn't eat them for a while.
, I came here to reinforce you and share some of your military exploits. I didn’t expect that in just over twenty days, you killed them all. This action was too fast..."
Claude shook his head: "Ellen, I appreciate your kindness, but you have to look at your own conditions. Our Thunder Division has four legs no matter what. If we miss a hit, we can fly thousands of miles away.
If you can't fight, you can still escape. You, the Third Rock Division, are running on two legs. What if we fail to deal with this volunteer light cavalry regiment this time and our Thunder Division escapes, but you bump into them?
Wouldn’t that mean delivering meat to your door?”
Claude had no other meaning when he said this. He knew that General Albert really meant well and took the initiative to come to reinforce the Thunder Division. It was better than those so-called in history who just sat back and watched friendly troops being trapped, but were as stable as a fisherman even though they were dozens of miles apart.
The pig teammates who remained motionless and ran away immediately after their friendly forces were exhausted and surrounded and destroyed by the enemy were much friendlier.
But as the supreme commander of the theater, he disapproved of such an approach. The reason was very simple: the problem of equipment and mounts. The Beringana Territory was so devastated by Marshal Michelchi's strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country that there was not even an intact town.
, the Panshi Third Army Corps, which was rushing on two legs, rashly entered the war zone without knowing the enemy's situation, but it was an extremely dangerous move.
If it is true as he said, the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps did not fall for the trick and did not dismount and dig trenches, but instead used light cavalry assault tactics to confront themselves until now, then they will soon find out that the Panshi Third Division has entered
The whereabouts of the Albato Prairie. If they use a small number of troops to involve the Thunder Division, and the large force secretly moves to launch a surprise attack on the Third Rock Division, then General Albert and his troops will suffer a major defeat.
.
On the prairie, the power of light cavalry can be fully utilized. The infantry formations do not have time to defend or build forts. At the same time, they cannot withstand sudden attacks from all directions...
General Albert knew very well what Claude was referring to. He just shook his head and wiped his face with a wet towel: "I have already considered what you said. In fact, I really wish you had not won this volunteer.
Light Cavalry Legion, let them come to me, just in time for me to try the power of the chariot formation. After all, you know, we don’t have the confidence just to train, and the effect cannot be seen. Whether this chariot formation can be used still needs to be tested on the battlefield.
..."
Car formation...Claude now finally understands what General Albert relies on. Speaking of which, this is also the trick that Claude created. More than half a year ago, Claude and the four division commanders
When I got interested, I conducted a sandbox simulation again, but I was unlucky enough to get the battle in the Karnas Grassland. Claude played the role of the commander of the completely annihilated Blue Feather Legion, while Major General Bolognik became the commander-in-chief of the light cavalry of the Principality of Karnas.
.Everyone knows the outcome of this battle, so they all think that what Claude can do is to avoid the complete annihilation of the Blue Feather Legion and escape with a few more troops.
No one expected Claude to invent a side carriage, use the carriage to form a carriage city, and then use light infantry artillery to fire shotguns to severely beat the attacking Karnath light cavalry. If Major General Bolognik hadn't seen the situation bad, let him
The light cavalry wandered around without attacking, preserving a large number of troops. Maybe Claude commanded the Blue Feather Army to turn defeat into victory.
The results of that sand table deduction were eye-opening to almost all the senior officers of the theater command headquarters who were watching. In the end, Claude relied on a sidecar to allow the Blue Feather Legion and the two second-line legions to retreat. The two sides were considered to be fighting.
It was a tie.
It was that time that Claude introduced the sidecar to everyone. It was easy to assemble and disassemble, and could build a reliable defensive barrier for the infantry in the short time when the enemy's cavalry raid was discovered. Unexpectedly, Ai now
General Behrendt really came up with this thing. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time. The volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars was taken over by Claude, and this sidecar lost its use.
land.
However, Claude was still curious: "Alan, where did you get so many packhorses to pull the cart? Isn't it said that the most lacking thing in the war zone right now is packhorses?"
General Albert had a bitter look on his face: "Don't mention it. I was begging my grandma to worship my grandpa. I sold out all the honors on this face, so I chose from Senior Bolognik's Rock First Division and Senior Sevicht's Rock
The Second Division borrowed all the packhorses they had equipped, and together with those from our division and the theater logistics department, we collected a total of about two thousand packhorses. One packhorse can pull a cart, and although it can pull it, it still needs to be pulled from time to time.
They needed soldiers to help push the cart, so we rushed over so slowly..."
Claude laughed loudly: "Okay, don't be upset. Our Thunder Division has annihilated the entire volunteer light cavalry regiment, and captured a lot of war horses and pack horses. I am about to send people to take all the pack horses back and put them on the market to reduce the transportation capacity in the war zone.
If the demand is insufficient, you can now use war horses to pull the cart. Two war horses pull one cart to ensure high speed."
"Yes!" General Albert's worries turned into joy: "How could I forget this... No, I have to let them unload the pack horse immediately and replace it with two war horses to test the speed of the vehicle.
"
General Albert didn't say goodbye and ran out with a "chirp". Claude had no choice but to recruit his adjutant, Major Anders, and asked him to follow General Albert to help him solve some problems to avoid causing trouble.
Surprise. After all, they were two divisions, but the seizure belonged to the Thunder Division. Without Claude's warrant, General Albert might have been in trouble in front of the soldiers on duty.
But soon General Albert came back. Claude was approving some official documents from the Thunder Division, looking at the processing and results of certain things, as well as the logistics department's accounts and statistics on material allocations. These official documents
It must be read and signed by Claude before it can be archived. If Claude is not satisfied with the outcome of a certain official matter, he has to write down his own opinions and send the document back to the department in charge of the division for reprocessing.
....
Naturally, General Albert knew these procedures very well. He was also a division commander himself, so he stayed quietly and made himself a cup of black tea to taste slowly. Claude processed official documents very quickly and basically processed them.
He was very satisfied with the process and results. He took up a pen and wrote the word "read" on the official document, signed his name, and stamped it with the seal of the division commander. All these trivial matters were over. Only the accounts of the Logistics Department required mental arithmetic.
It will take a little longer.
After Claude finished reviewing and approving these official matters, he raised his head and found that General Albert was sitting aside in a daze, with his eyes fixed and he didn't know what he was thinking. After looking at the time, Claude pulled the summoning bell rope.
Major Anders came in from outside the tent and waited for instructions. Claude asked him to talk to the small canteen and get a table of food and drinks. He would entertain General Albert in the big tent.
General Albert had come to his senses and had no objection to Claude's proposal to entertain him. Claude smiled and asked what he was thinking about just now. General Albert said that he recalled the formation of overseas field legions a few years ago.
thing.
Claude didn't know much about the Overseas Field Corps. He only knew that Marshal Michelchi sent General Albert and General Beachlin, who were still colonels at the time, with a group of officers from the Ranger Corps.
Elites were selected from the local garrison forces in overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction of the country, and became the reserve force and supplementary force of the Ranger Division.
But now the two overseas field armies have been disbanded, and the selected soldiers of suitable age have joined the five reinforced divisions. So Claude smiled and asked General Albert if he had any good memories.
Sharing, I guess it should be the wonderful experience of accepting banquets from powerful local people and spending time with those beautiful ladies, right?
General Albert smiled bitterly. He replied that it was not such an exaggeration. In fact, he was ordered to form an overseas field army at that time. Even he himself did not expect it to be so dangerous. Just assassinating him and General Beach Green was a problem.
Several times, General Bichiklin was unlucky. Once he was seriously injured and had to recuperate for half a year before he recovered. From this point of view, the overseas territories of Nubisia Continent are far away from the mainland of the Kingdom and are isolated overseas.
A lawless place.
Then Claude listened to General Albert talking about many past events. From a certain point of view, the kingdom's jurisdiction over overseas territories is very inappropriate. Although the governor and admiral system separates military and political affairs, it can easily be
The big bosses of the two parties are fighting each other, so that the powerful local people can only protect themselves as neutrals. If either the governor or the admiral has a clear mind, the overseas territories can still develop. I am afraid that both the governor and the admiral will
If you treat this position as a distribution and only focus on making money regardless of local development, then the local situation will be in a mess.
The reason why Generals Albert Lund and Beach Green were assassinated was because the governor and the admiral were at odds with each other. They regarded the capital city of the direct territory as a place of struggle between the two sides and gave up the effective management of the remaining towns in the direct territory.
, as long as the taxes are in place, nothing will matter. As a result, those local towns fell under the control of those local tycoons, and even the local defense forces became the private force of local tycoons.
Marshal Michelich ordered General Albert and General Bichklin to reorganize local garrison forces to form overseas field corps. As a result, some local tycoons who could not distinguish the situation thought that this was to suppress them, and contacted them privately to prepare for the two.
The Kingdom officer who had his teeth pulled out of the tiger's mouth was so powerful that he decided to assassinate him after failing to bribe him with money. Of course, the final result would be to confiscate his family and exterminate his family. No matter who goes against the regular army of the Kingdom, he will not get any benefits.
General Albert told Claude with emotion that during those two years, he had to sleep with one eye open to avoid being accidentally poisoned. Fortunately, he finally got through it, and things went smoothly after he formed an overseas field army.
.The promotion of himself and Beach Kerin to the Kingdom's major generals was not so much due to their contribution to the formation of overseas field regiments, but rather to the fact that the Royal Capital had rectified the local order for them, suppressed the local tyrants and careerists, and made the Kingdom
The rewards for the merits of strengthening jurisdiction and prestige in these overseas territories...
Claude now understands the reason why Albert and Biechlin, two unknown seniors in the Ranger Regiment, were promoted to the Kingdom's Major General with him. If General Albert hadn't told
If he said this, he might think that the two seniors, Albert Lund and Beach Kerin, had to follow the path of a certain kingdom boss to become one of the division leaders of the five reinforced divisions.
At this time, the wine and food were delivered, and Claude invited General Albert to sit down, and the two began to eat. After the main meal was over, the orderly poured wine for the two generals, and Claude asked him to stand aside and wait.
After a while, he asked General Albert whether the speed of the sidecar drawn by two war horses would increase a lot...
General Albert shook his head and said that he did not use the war horse for the pack horse to test the vehicle because he felt it was not necessary. The purpose of this sidecar was to deal with the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars. Now the volunteer light cavalry regiment has been defeated.
Lord was annihilated in the first battle, so this sidecar was of little use. At most, it was used by the logistics battalions assigned to each division to transport supplies. It could be used as protection when encountering a small group of enemy cavalry raids.
It's of no use anymore.
Therefore, General Albert now focuses on the war horses captured by Claude. He hopes that Claude, as the supreme commander of the theater, can allocate these war horses to his division and let his division
Become the second Thunder Division to play a role in the offense, rather than becoming a backup source of troops for the 1st and 2nd Rock Divisions.
This idea coincides with Claude's previous idea. Claude declared very frankly that he did have plans to form the Second Thunder Division, but the matter was so important that he needed to call all his deputies carefully after returning to the war zone.
Let's discuss with each other to determine which division will become the second division of Thunder. They will fight together under their own command and use offense to suppress the enemy.
General Albert was overjoyed. He bluntly told Claude that there was no need to discuss it, and he would decide on the Second Thunder Division. The reason was very simple, whether it was General Bolognik, General Sevicit, or Bichik
General Lin, they are all good at defense. In terms of offense, apart from Claude, the only one left is himself. This is not bragging, but a fact. The three division commanders admitted it in the sand table deduction. Maybe it can be done.
It is said that General Albert was the person who learned the most from Claude in terms of offensive tactics.
Seeing that Claude was a little moved, General Albert struck while the iron was hot. He said that he and Claude had conducted so many sandbox simulations. Although he had lost countless times, it was because of this that he understood Claude's offensive tactics.
With a certain understanding, he will definitely be able to cooperate with Claude on the battlefield. At the same time, he will obey Claude's command and will not make his own decisions. No matter from any point of view, his Third Rock Division is the most suitable.
candidate.
In addition, General Bolognik's 1st Rock Division and General Servicit's 2nd Rock Division are responsible for the important responsibilities of the Dolinibara River Defense Line and the Claude Defense Line, so it is impossible to form the Thunder 2nd Division. At the same time,
The styles of these two seniors are prudent and prudent, and they are better at defense than offense, so equipping these two legions with war horses is of no use...
As for General Bichklin's Fourth Rock Army, it only has 10,000 troops so far. It is an empty division. The Kingdom has not yet transported the last batch of more than 20,000 immigrants to the mainland, so the Fourth Rock Army has not yet arrived.
With full strength, it is impossible to form the Second Thunder Division.
Based on the above situation, General Albert believes that there is no one more suitable to be reorganized into the Thunder Second Division than his Third Rock Army. As the supreme commander of the theater, Claude can give orders directly, and his Third Rock Army can
The Third Division happens to be here, so we can take this opportunity to immediately reorganize on the spot without having to drive all the horses back to the war zone.
Claude laughed: "Well, I'll give you a chance to dispatch two regiments to escort the prisoners, pack horses and other supplies back to the Robisto territory. The remaining troops will be converted into light cavalry and accompany our Thunder Division.
Demesne of Cromwell.
I heard that the volunteer field regiment of the Kingdom of Nasseri is carrying out construction work on the ruins of Wickham Castle, preparing to build it into a logistics base again. I want to pull out this nail, if your division can cooperate in this battle
If you do well, I think I can make you the second Thunder Division..."