"Can we go back?" General Albert walked into Claude's Chinese army tent excitedly. Although he did not catch up with the Thunder Division and the Principality of Karrnath Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, he was attacking Wake.
In the battle to encircle and annihilate the Nasseri Kingdom's Volunteer Field Corps at Mu Castle, the 3rd Rock Division also calculated its strength, and Claude also approved the reorganization of the division under his command into the 2nd Thunder Division. Therefore, General Albront
The past ten days have been considered satisfactory and he is in a good mood. Now he just wants to escort the prisoners back with the captured ones and show off in front of General Bolognik and others...
Claude shook his head: "No, it will take another few months..."
General Albert was startled: "A few more months? Aren't all the things here taken care of? Why are we still here for so long?"
In the ten days since the capture of Wickham Castle, all the prisoners, captured materials, and wounded on both sides have been accounted for and arranged. In General Albert's view, there is nothing else to do except a triumphant return.
Gotta deal with it.
Claude handed him a folder: "Look at this."
General Albert took the folder and opened it. He saw that they were all confessions from senior officers of the Nasseri Kingdom's Volunteer Field Corps. He quickly looked through them and found nothing special. He couldn't help but asked curiously:
"Claude, do you think there is anything interesting in these confessions?"
"Haha, it's not that famous. Just look at page fourteen." Claude replied.
"Page fourteen?" General Albert quickly turned to page fourteen and looked at it carefully, but was a little disappointed. Because it contained the confession of a captured officer, which also described the daily life of the Volunteer Field Corps.
Among them, it was mentioned that the soldiers of the Volunteer Field Corps and the two soldiers of the Hicks Kingdom's standing regiment often had fights and fights. They were all disputes caused by trivial matters. The only one of any value was the captive.
The officers' evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the two newly formed standing corps of the Kingdom of Hicks was that they only had their form but not their spirit.
"Look at page 21 again," Claude said.
Page 21 is also the confession of a captured officer, but this captured captain officer of the Kingdom of Nasseri once served as a training instructor for the newly formed standing army of the Kingdom of Hicks. In his confession, he believed that the Kingdom of Hicks
The soldiers are a very good source of troops. With a little training, they can become qualified soldiers. However, they have never been on the battlefield, and there is still a long way to go before they can become elite soldiers.
As for the junior officers, in the confession of the captured officer, it was believed that they were courageous and arrogant, not calm and easily carried away by passion, but they were willing to take on heavy responsibilities and were not afraid of sacrifice. But for the senior officers of the Hicks Kingdom
Their evaluation is very low. They are old-fashioned and proud. They insist on the so-called noble dignity, cannot assess the situation, emphasize superiority and inferiority, and like to shirk responsibilities. To a certain extent, they are more like politicians or bureaucrats, but not like a soldier.
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Finally, the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the two newly formed standing corps of the Hicks Kingdom was summarized by the captured middle-level officer of the Nasseri Kingdom. He believed that the Hicks Kingdom had first-rate lower-level soldiers and second-rate grassroots soldiers.
Military officers, third-rate high-level command. If a thorough military reform is not carried out, the Kingdom of Hicks will always be just a giant with clay feet...
"Clay-footed giant? Hahaha..." General Albert laughed: "I have never seen this metaphor before. I just think of the performance of the standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks in the first two colonial wars.
, I think this metaphor is really very appropriate.”
"Haha, I think so too." Claude nodded: "This metaphor is very appropriate, but what do you see from these confessions?"
General Albert's face became serious: "I feel that you should be thinking about these two standing armies..."
"Yes, your senses are very keen." Claude laughed: "Look at page 28 again, and you will understand why this volunteer field regiment from the Kingdom of Nasseri went to Wickham Castle to build something.
It’s a logistics base.”
General Albert hurriedly turned to the twenty-eightth page of the document in his hand. This was the confession of the logistics director of the Volunteer Field Corps. It recorded a lot of the two mercenary regiments of the Volunteer Field Corps and the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, and the following.
The intrigues between the top leaders of the two standing legions in the Kingdom of Hicks, as well as the discord and quarrels of interests between the senior officers of the legions. There is also the story of two mercenary groups being forced into Cromwell during this military operation.
Directly administered territory, the main reason for occupying Wickham Castle and building a logistics base.
After the failure of the Second Colonial War, the Kingdom of Hicks hired retired soldiers from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas to form two volunteer corps, which stabilized the situation in the entire Vibato Colonial County. It must be said that it came out of nowhere.
A brilliant move. This move forced the incoming Rangers to give up their plan to capture Vibato Harbor, allowing the Kingdom of Hicks to retain the only excellent harbor on the mainland of Nubicia.
Similarly, the annihilation of the five standing armies stripped the Kingdom of Hicks of its pretense of being a hegemonic and powerful army in front of the various countries in Farea Continent. The army of the Kingdom of Hicks, which had not experienced a war for more than 40 years, no longer
It will then become an armed force that is feared by neighboring countries. Therefore, the knowledgeable people of the Hicks Kingdom proposed to hire instructors from the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, which had just ended the five-year war in the eastern region, to train the troops to be formed.
Ten standing regiments to prepare for avenging the humiliation in the Third Colonial War.
It's just that the instructors from the two countries who went to the Kingdom of Hicks to help them train soldiers found that their treatment was a bit strange. In front of the lower-level soldiers and grass-roots officers, their training and tactics were very popular. After all, these were
No one is not serious about the means of saving lives on the battlefield. However, in front of the senior officers and legion commanders of the Kingdom of Hicks, their tactics and training are always questioned and criticized. Many senior officers speak out.
He accused their tactics of being too clumsy and lacking the courage and responsibility of soldiers. He would rather his soldiers face death with their heads held high than let them huddle in the trenches and live like mice...
Therefore, when these instructors finished training the soldiers and grassroots officers of the two newly formed standing corps, their mission ended. Then, as the two standing corps were transported to Vibato Port, they joined the volunteer armies of the two countries.
With the arrival of these instructors, the stupid jokes about the military leaders of the Hicks Kingdom spread to the two legions. These retired soldiers of the hired volunteer legions despised Hicks even more.
The kingdom's military combat effectiveness, none of them are optimistic about these two newly formed standing legions.
Originally, the garrison task of Vibato Port was undertaken by the Volunteer Field Corps of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and the border security task of Vibato Colonial County was completed by the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karnas. Now there are two more Hicks
The kingdom's newly formed standing corps first brought a food crisis to the colony. After the food crisis passed, the two standing corps were ordered to arrest Nikancha people in the coastal areas of the colony.
They gave some of the young men to the mining owners in the colony as mining slaves, and then forced the rest of the Nikancha young men and the old and weak women and children to open up wasteland and plant potatoes outside the port city of Vibato.
In the past six months, nearly ten thousand Nikancha people were beaten to death by the soldiers of these two standing legions and forced to work to death.
For the retired soldiers employed by the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, although they look down on the Nikancha people, they will not treat them so cruelly like slaves, especially since they are very
He likes to vent his excess energy on those Nikancha women.
But as soon as the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom came, everything changed. The Nikancha settlements in the coastal areas of the Hicks Kingdom's colony were destroyed, and all the Nikancha people were arrested, no matter what.
Whether they are the elders, leaders or laborers of the settlement, as long as they have red skin, they are unforgivable sinners. They were captured and became slaves, but the official propaganda of the Kingdom of Hicks is to purify the colonial race and build Farea
A new homeland for mainland white people...
Therefore, the soldiers of the two standing legions as executors were despised and ridiculed by the two mercenary volunteer legionnaires, because no regular army would do such a sinful thing. The two mercenary volunteer legionnaires scolded these Hicks Kingdom
The soldiers were thugs of the slave owners. They believed that what they did had tarnished the honor of the regular soldiers of a kingdom. They did these despicable things that only local guards would do and did not bother to recognize their status as soldiers...
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As a result, the Port of Vibato entered a troubled period. As long as soldiers from both sides met, a street fight was inevitable. As a result, the soldiers of the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom were no match for those who hired veterans of the volunteer legions. They were beaten every three days.
Blocked inside the military camp, there is no way to compete with the soldiers of the mercenary volunteer corps who like to provoke outside the military camp.
When the matter got serious, the senior officials of the Hicks Kingdom's military were unable to step down, so they decided to transfer the two mercenary volunteer corps to the front line. Anyway, they were the bosses who provided the money, so they could not help but disobey the two mercenary volunteer corps.
As a result, the Volunteer Field Corps of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karnars were ordered to attack the Cromwell Territory to occupy the area adjacent to the Vibato Colony County and become a defense system for the Vibato Colony.
County's front line barrier.
If these two mercenary volunteer corps obey the orders of the Hicks Kingdom's military and stay obediently in the Cromwell Territory, it will cause a lot of trouble for Claude. The support field corps of the Nasseri Kingdom
Holding on to Wickham Castle, the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnath is responding as a guerrilla outside. Let alone the Thunder Division, Claude could not annihilate these two mercenary volunteer regiments even if he brought all five divisions from the theater.
Maybe both sides will suffer losses.
Fortunately, the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karnars did not take the orders of the Hicks Kingdom's military as a decree. After leaving Vibato Colonial County, they began to let themselves go and hunt the migrating buffalo herds to earn extra money.
. This may also be related to the fact that the two mercenary volunteer legions were unable to achieve the unification of command authority. During the five-year war in the eastern region, the Principality of Karrnath was an ally of the Kingdom of Nasseri, and the Kingdom of Nasseri was the leader.
But now both countries are equally employed by the Kingdom of Hicks, and the two mercenary volunteer armies are equal in status.
Perhaps the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karnars left the Cromwell Territory just because they were no longer willing to obey the orders of the Volunteer Field Corps of the Kingdom of Nasseri. It was no longer the five-year war in the eastern region. No one wanted to be the younger brother unconditionally, so they went
Hunting the migrating buffalo herds to earn extra money was just an excuse. But this gave Claude a chance to defeat each other. With grenades and ingenious planning, both mercenary volunteer legions became ashes to history...
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Claude spread out a large map on his desk, which was a map of Vibato Colony County in the Kingdom of Hicks. He said to General Albert: "Come here and take a look at this captured map. The signs on it are
Twenty-seven important defensive positions along the entire border defense line of Vibato Colonial County. Thirteen days ago, I ordered my reconnaissance brigade to break into pieces and sneak into the enemy territory to conduct reconnaissance and verify the authenticity of the defensive lines marked on this map.
False. In the past two days, the Falcons from the reconnaissance brigade came back with messages, proving that the conditions of all defensive strongholds on this map are as marked and there are no errors.
By the way, this map was seized from the camp of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karrnath. You should know that the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps of the Principality of Karrnath was originally responsible for the Vibato Colonial County Border Defense Front
The defense duties are just that they are now replaced by the newly formed Torfield Standing Corps of the Kingdom of Hicks. However, I am very fortunate that the volunteer light cavalry regiment that left Vibato Colonial County did not hand over this defensive stronghold layout map to their replacement.
Their Tofid standing army instead fell into my hands.
The intelligence fed back from the reconnaissance brigade currently sneaking into the enemy's territory shows that after the Tofield Standing Corps of the Kingdom of Hicks took over the garrison task of the border defense front of the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps, it did not make any changes. Instead, it followed the volunteers step by step.
The original defensive layout of the Light Cavalry Legion was to arrange garrison troops. As a result, I discovered their biggest oversight. They forgot that the Volunteer Light Cavalry Legion was different from them. It was the elite light cavalry legion of the Principality of Karrnath, and they were just an infantry field army.
group."
Claude clicked on the color marks next to the defensive strongholds on the map: "Alan, look, there are a total of twenty-one important defensive strongholds along the border, which are connected into a defensive front. The Principality of Karnas
When the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps deployed its garrison troops, it arranged a main battalion at each important defensive stronghold to defend. At the same time, there were three mobile light cavalry regiments deployed at the three strongholds behind to implement mobile reinforcements based on the battle conditions on the front line. In addition, this
The three blue strongholds are logistics warehouses, which are used to replenish food, grass and ammunition for the 21 important defense strongholds on the front line and to treat the evacuated wounded. As for the golden stronghold in the center of the rear, it is their command center.
If the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Karrnath were to defend this defensive front, it would indeed cause a lot of trouble for the attackers. Because no matter which important checkpoint the attackers attack, as long as the defenders hold on for a quarter of an hour, they will be able to
We have received a steady stream of troop reinforcements and supplies from the rear. But now it is replaced by the Hicks Kingdom's Tofield Standing Corps to guard this border defense front. They have no mobility. And I don't think one of their battalions is in our Thunder.
The division can hold out for an hour during the attack.
The biggest shortcoming of this border defense front is that as long as one of them is conquered, the other so-called important checkpoints will be ineffective. If the enemy goes behind this border defense front, then the twenty or so important defense strongholds in front of it will be ineffective.
With their retreat cut off, the defenders had no choice but to be captured. For the volunteer light cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Karrnath, they could use the mobility of the light cavalry to make up for this shortcoming, but for this Tofid standing army,
Taking over this border defense front is tantamount to automatically jumping into the big hole dug by the Volunteer Light Cavalry Corps!"
General Albert carefully inspected the important defensive strongholds marked on this map, and finally had to say that what Claude said was very reasonable, but he was still a little worried: "We currently have less than five troops that can fight.
A main regiment, and troops should be left to guard the prisoners and guard Wickham Castle..."
Claude laughed: "We don't need so many troops. Our Thunder Division has a main field regiment and the 131st Guerrilla Battalion. You can lead two more regiments. The rest of the troops are staying at Wickham Castle.
.What we have to deal with is only the newly formed standing army of the Kingdom of Hicks, not the elite troops of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas..."
On October 23, 589th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude led the Thunder Division to attack the Vibato Colony County of the Hicks Kingdom.