Claude set out from Wickham Castle with Michael's Thunder Battalion 131. Even with light cavalry, he traveled through the night, and it took him twelve days to reach the border between the Amphiston and Mormaley territories.
.However, Belklin's Thunder 1301st Regiment, Muiride's Thunder 1302nd Regiment, and Diavide's Thunder 1303rd Regiment were all in place. After receiving the message from Claude's Falcon Eagle,
I got here in seven days.
Facing these three regiments are the local coalition forces of the three local garrison regiments put together by the three direct jurisdictions of Tiersim, Mormali, and Arturas. In terms of numbers, each local garrison regiment has
There are about five to six thousand troops. Compared with the three reorganized Thunder regiments, they are even more numerous. At the same time, three trenches were dug on the border line, relying on several small mounds and three battalions.
Fortress, a very crude defensive front was deployed.
Claude brought McJack's Thunder 131st Battalion into the camp and raised the flag of the general. When the three local coalition forces knew that the general in charge was here, they immediately sent envoys to ask for an audience.
Belklin, Murield and Diavid were still confused as to why Claude ordered them to bring the troops here.
The messenger was an old man, in his fifties or sixties, with a rat beard and two mung bean eyes that kept rolling. It seemed that he should be a clever and eloquent person. Sure enough, he started his performance after entering the big tent.
First, he complimented Claude on his reputation as a good fighter and praised Claude for his great achievements in the Third Colonial War. Then he turned his tongue and expressed his disapproval of Claude's deprivation of the post of supreme commander of the theater.
Regretful and regretful, I finally reminded Claude that the governors and admirals of the three direct territories were willing to cooperate with Claude.
As long as Claude is willing to join the governors and admirals of the three direct territories to surrender to the great prince Hansback and swear allegiance to the prince, the governors and admirals of the three direct territories are willing to jointly recommend Claude to the great prince Hansback.
He assumed the position of supreme commander-in-chief of the war zone and controlled the military and political power of the war zone.
Claude squinted and smiled as he listened to the old messenger boasting about the military and strategic advantages of Prince Hansback, and describing Claude's surrender to Prince Hansback with all kinds of pie-like promises.
All kinds of benefits after the prince. When he finally said he was tired and closed his mouth and wanted to ask for a cup of tea, Claude summoned the big man Germi and pointed at the old messenger: "Watch him, if he wants to
If you speak, you will be slapped. Remember, slap every word you say..."
"Yes, General." The big man Gemi immediately stood in front of the old messenger, staring at the mouth of the old messenger whose expression changed greatly without blinking an eye.
Claude looked at Belklin and others: "You don't know why I asked you to bring the troops here. It's very simple. I give you half an hour to prepare, and then launch an attack on the opposite position. Those son-of-a-bitch governors and
The admiral imprisoned General Bolognik, who went to discuss taxation of military expenses, and forced us in the theater to be loyal to Prince Hansback like them.
Now I order you to clean up the garbage in front of me within three hours. Monknade Castle is being built, and the silver mine next to it is short of miners' labor. So I am very happy that there are so many idiots across the way who can't wait to go mining.
, don’t let a free labor go away, I believe these idiots will make the mining and business association happy to help us increase military spending..."
"Yes! General." Belklin and others were filled with joy, and they were gearing up to walk out of the tent. They originally didn't know why Claude asked them to bring troops, but they didn't dare to question the urgent order.
After they arrived at the border, they were provoked and scolded by the coalition forces from the three directly-administered territories on the opposite side, and they had long been holding back their anger.
Originally, they thought this was a field military exercise or something. After all, the three local garrison regiments opposite were also the kingdom's local garrison forces and could barely be regarded as their friendly forces, so they just restrained their soldiers to ignore them and wait for the field military exercise.
Let's give them another harsh lesson at the beginning of the drill, since they are used to hitting these stupid faces anyway.
After they set up camp, envoys were sent from the opposite side to frequently contact them and learn about their details. Belklin and the others did not care, thinking that these were friendly contacts before the two sides conducted on-site military exercises, so they told the envoys that they had received the message.
The troops came here just under the order of General Claude. At the same time, he also wanted to find out why this field military exercise was being conducted and whether it was to conduct military training and reorganize the local garrison forces of the three directly-governed territories. However, they were all rejected by the envoys.
Got fooled...
It was only after Claude arrived that the three of Belklin felt something was wrong. What did the old messenger who came over mean, asking the war zone to surrender to the great prince Hansback? How could this be possible? The war zone had rejected the prince's secret order at the beginning of the year.
This is a fact that all senior officers in the war zone are very aware of. They have truly offended Prince Hansback and have become traitors in the eyes of the prince.
It was only after Claude issued the order that Belklin and the other three realized that he was going to take action for real! They were almost furious. I wonder if the governors and admirals of the three direct territories had their minds filled with water.
The Acting Supreme Commander who dared to imprison the war zone, did he think that he could withstand the attack of the Thunder Legion just by relying on those rubbish on the other side?
"Claude..." When the old messenger saw that Claude had ordered an attack, he quickly came out to stop him.
"Pa!" This was the slap given to him by the big man Gemi. He only remembered Claude's order, one word at a time and one slap at a time.
"Ah..." the old messenger screamed. He didn't expect the big man Gemi to slap him so hard. The left side of his face immediately became red and swollen, and his mouth was full of blood. I don't know if he bit his tongue, but his teeth were slapped.
One of them fell and he fell to the ground.
The big man Germi still didn't let him go. He took a step forward and picked him up, giving him two more slaps: "You just said two words, and then you yelled again, which was exactly three slaps."
The old messenger covered his face tightly, fearing that he would be slapped by the big soldier in front of him if he screamed in pain.
Claude glanced at the old messenger coldly, not caring about what happened to him being slapped by the big man Germi: "You three, wait a moment, don't rush into battle, I haven't finished speaking yet. Eliminate the enemy on the other side.
After a group of rubbish idiots, Diavid left a force to guard the prisoners, while the rest of the force swept through the Mormali territory, arresting all the people related to the governor and the admiral, including family members.
Belklin leads your 1301th Thunder Regiment to drive directly to the Arturas Direct Territory. What he has to do is the same as Diavid. As for Murield's troops, together with McJack, send troops to Tilsim.
Directly under the jurisdiction, rescue General Bolognik, and at the same time control the port of Corpicius. There is a temporary prison there. It is said that nearly a thousand naval officers and soldiers of the Storm Fleet who are unwilling to surrender to Prince Hansback are imprisoned, and free them."
"Yes, General." The three of Belklin stood at attention and saluted before walking out of the tent. Soon, sharp copper whistles sounded everywhere outside, and the horns for dispatching troops also sounded in the camp.
"Let's also go out and see the combat power of the troops led by those three guys. I hope they won't let me down. We also suffered a lot of casualties in dealing with those rubbish." Claude and Michael said, getting up and leaving the tent.
He got on his mount and went out of the camp to watch the battle.
In fact, Belklin and the others did not disappoint Claude. When the first grenade exploded on the defensive positions of the three local coalition forces on the opposite side, the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion rushed towards the enemy with almost zero casualties.
position. The only reason why it cannot be counted as zero casualties is that when two unlucky guys rushed to the position, one soldier's mount stumbled and he fell off the horse and sprained his foot. The other's mount sank.
He also fell upside down in the trench dug by the local coalition forces and scratched his forehead...
Claude found that he called the local coalition forces on the opposite side trash idiots and seemed to look down upon them. Such behavior could only be classified as stinky shit. When the three regiments of the Thunder Legion dispatched the first three
When the brigade launched an attack on the entire defensive line, the gunfire on the local coalition position was so intense that it was like setting off firecrackers, but unfortunately none of them had an effective hit.
The local garrison regiments of these three jurisdictions are not under the jurisdiction of the war zone. When Marshal Michelci led the Ranger Division to the overseas territories, he also ordered Generals Albert and Bichklin to use the jurisdiction of the territories directly.
The local garrison forces were reorganized into two overseas field regiments to supplement the strength of the Ranger Division. However, the two generals, Albert and Beach Kerin, soon became very disappointed with the local garrison forces of the three directly-administered territories.
How should I put it? The local garrison troops in these three jurisdictions were all good at sneaking around, bullying good people, and stealing money. They relied on the firearms in their hands to deal with the Nikancha people. The two generals thought that no matter how strict the conduct was
Even the military training could not turn these rubbish into qualified soldiers, so they quickly gave up on rescuing them. Anyway, these three directly-governed territories did not fall under the jurisdiction of the war zone, so there was no need to bother.
Claude really couldn't imagine how the governors and admirals of these three jurisdictions had the confidence to think that these garbage could block the attack of any legion in the war zone. Who gave them the courage? It's clear from now on that the two
In contrast, the armed soldiers guarding these places pulled the triggers and fired when they saw the attacking soldiers of the Thunder Legion. They neither aimed nor looked at the range. The shooting was very lively, but it also hurt the attacking side...
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On the contrary, after the snipers of the Thunder Legion opened fire at a distance of 100 meters, the officers and soldiers of the local coalition almost hid themselves in the excavated trenches, just stretched out their muskets and fired randomly. Now the grenade group following the snipers
He didn't even bother to dig a hidden pit, and rushed directly to a distance of sixty or seventy meters in front of the defensive line, and began to place the throwing device and put the grenades.
Then don't say anything. After the first grenade exploded on the position, the local coalition forces were stunned for a moment. Then the first batch of grenades exploded on the entire defensive front. Claude saw that on the defensive position
Like a hornet's nest with a hole punched in it, almost all the armed officers and soldiers who were still able to move jumped out of the trenches and ran away. They threw their weapons around as they ran, as if they didn't like these weapons hindering their ability to escape.
Not happy...
Only a few of the second batch of grenades landed on the deserted position and exploded. More grenade groups did not have time to throw the second grenade, because there were no enemies on the position and all the enemies were desperately trying.
Fleeing backwards. Such a situation was never expected during the grenade throwing exercise. They were all stunned for a moment, not knowing whether they should continue to throw the next few rounds of grenades in accordance with the army's regulations.
Fortunately, the copper whistle that sounded immediately behind the position relieved their confusion. This was a signal to order the light cavalry troops to dispatch the pursuit. Claude could only shake his head, pitiful for those local coalition soldiers, who thought they could run through on two legs.
The four-legged Qingqi? No matter how far you run and you are captured, you have to walk back obediently. It is better to just raise your hands and surrender after running out of position.
Belklin rode over and proudly boasted about his troops. Claude gave them three light cavalry field regiments three hours. As a result, it only took them less than an hour to clear the front.
Those rubbish. After saying a few words, Belklin hurriedly led the officers and soldiers of the Thunder 1301 Regiment to the Arturas Direct Territory. This is the northernmost territory and the longest distance, so
Belklin's troops did not participate in the pursuit.
Two hours later, the pursuit ended, and most of the local coalition officers and soldiers became prisoners. Sometimes Claude had to admire the garbage in these places, their fighting power was so poor, but they all had their own tricks for escaping. If it weren't for Claude
Not willing to spend more time on these rubbish, he believed that the officers and soldiers of his regiment could still find these deserters hiding in the wilderness. But it didn't matter, the three regiments would then control the three direct territories,
These deserters will still become prisoners when they return, otherwise they will live their whole lives in the wilderness.
Claude led the 131st Thunder Battalion and the 1302nd Thunder Regiment to the Tiersim Directive. The Mormali Directive had its own Diavid led the 1303rd Thunder Regiment. Murray was in charge.
Ed rode his horse and rushed to Claude's side, but hesitated to speak.
Claude glanced at him: "If you have anything to say, just say it, why are you hesitating? Do you think it's not appropriate for me to directly send troops to these three direct territories? Don't worry, it's okay. They are loyal to Prince Hansback and have become
Since they have rebelled, it is justifiable for us to attack them..."
Muriel spat on the ground: "I don't care if they die, as long as it's the boss's order, I'll even dare to attack the palace. What I want to say is that there is a problem in the reorganization of the army, and we can't solve it...
....”
"Is there any problem with the adaptation?" Claude was stunned: "Didn't the theater command issue an establishment list? You just follow this establishment list. What's the problem?"
Murray cried bitterly: "Boss, that organization is wrong. We can't adapt it. No one dares to raise it for fear of losing face to the generals..."
"Tell me what's going on?" Claude became curious.
It turned out that the battalion organization was to blame. At the last reorganization meeting, Claude proposed to implement the small regiment organization. Finally, General Bolognik made the decision. A regiment has an organization of 3,600 people and a battalion has an organization of 800 people. The problem is that a small group of 12
There are fifty-three people in a squadron, and the four squadrons form a brigade with 212 people. Adding the brigade headquarters and a directly subordinate squad, the total number of brigade reaches 240. Four squadrons form a brigade.
Battalion, then there are already 960 people in four brigades, and the theater command headquarters only allows a battalion to have only 800 people. This is simply impossible...
Claude Khan, I bet they never thought that the number of troops was wrong when they made the decision. Normally, a normal battalion has about 1,200 people, except for the four brigades that serve as the main force of the battle.
, the battalion headquarters also has a guard squadron, a logistics squadron, an artillery squadron, a guard squad and a military police squad directly under the battalion headquarters. In addition to the battalion headquarters personnel, there is also a medical team. Sometimes the number of a battalion exceeds 1,200 people.
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If the strength of a battalion is 1,200, then four battalions form a regiment, and the number of the regiment will be 4,800. Including the regiment headquarters and directly affiliated troops, the total strength will be about 5,600.
. Then one division and four regiments, plus the division headquarters and directly-affiliated troops, have a strength of 25,000. Two divisions form a corps, plus the military headquarters and directly-affiliated troops, with a strength of 60,000.
Claude sadly discovered that this was still the normal strength of the kingdom's second-line army. They had changed it for a long time but it was still in vain. They were just adapting the reinforced division into a conventional second-line army. The total of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion was
The strength of 130,000 troops can only be reduced by 10,000 troops at most, just by removing the enhanced version.
Damn the paralyzing disarmament order, how about I stop the layoffs? Anyway, the kingdom’s mainland is now so stupid, no one knows whether Prince Widrick can still be the Sterling XI. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so take
The three direct jurisdictions of Tilsim, Mormali, and Arturas, and the eight direct jurisdictions on the Nubisian continent are already under the control of the war zone. Next, we still have to deal with the overseas direct jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Hicks.
Why do we need to disarmament even if we are facing an invasion of territory?
Claude said with a cold face: "Forget it, let's keep the troop organization as it is for now. I will discuss with the generals at the theater headquarters to correct this mistake. The most important thing for us now is to capture the Port of Corpicius.