Sometimes when you talk too much, you get slapped in the face very quickly. Just after Claude said that he was glad that he did not become loyal to Prince Hansback and become a traitor, he saw General Bolognik, General Skerry, and General Albert.
Both General Bichlin and General Bichlin looked at him with strange expressions, and then General Skerry found a newspaper from the pile of newspapers on the table and handed it to Claude: "You'd better read the report here first.
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This is a newspaper from the Kingdom of Nasseri, the sworn enemy of the Kingdom of Overas, and its name is the "Herald Tribune". It was also published more than three months ago, and it should have been bought and brought to the country by a certain captain or someone.
I read it on the ship and then threw it on the ship. Colonel Bockard bought various newspapers at a high price, so this long-expired newspaper was also brought over.
The above report is very interesting. The title is Cheering for the arrival of peace. The content is to celebrate that the Kingdom of Ovilas has returned from its lost ways, changed its ways, turned confrontation into cooperation, and created a new chapter of peace with the Kingdom of Nasseri. They are cheering for it.
The reason is that Stirling XI, Prince Wedelek, sent a special envoy to sign a treaty with the Kingdom of Nasseri, and transferred the counties of Cafilezte, Ruston Keren and Bertaarnia to
, and the Woodnisia County captured during the five-year war in the eastern region was returned to the Kingdom of Nasseri...
During the reign of Sterling IX and Sterling X, the previous kings of the Kingdom of Ovelas, there were three wars with the Kingdom of Nasseri. The Kingdom of Ovelas came to the capital of the Kingdom of Nasseri twice.
.Kafirezte County, Ruston Keren County and Berta Alnia County were originally the territories of the Kingdom of Nasseri. During the third war between the two countries, the Kingdom of Nasseri sued for peace and was unable to afford war compensation. As a result,
It was these three counties that were forcibly annexed by the Kingdom of Overas.
This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Nasseri has become the mortal enemy of the Kingdom of Ovilas. During the five-year war in the eastern region, the Red Dragon Legion of the Kingdom of Ovilas once again occupied Woodnessia County of the Kingdom of Nasseri. After the war, there was no return.
Returned to the Nasseri Kingdom, whoever asked for it could not pay the ransom and could only use the land to pay off the debt. However, these four counties have always been difficult to manage in the border areas, and the residents could easily set off rebellions under the covert instigation of the Nasseri Kingdom.
Rebellion in the Kingdom of Orvilas...
Fortunately, there was an analysis of current affairs below this report, which allowed Claude to understand why Prince Wedelek did this. It was very simple, just to get rid of the burden, and at the same time, to avoid fighting on two fronts and give up all the things that could not be done.
Bringing profits to the territory where he could only invest funds to maintain local order, he concentrated all his elite troops to put down the rebellion of the domestic prince Hansback first and eliminate his rivals for the throne.
In late May of this year, the troops of Prince Hansback and Prince Wedelek finally had a large-scale confrontation. Both sides attacked and defended each other. This was not the traditional gathering of troops on the continent of Farea, marching in line, lining up, and shooting to divide the points.
The battle mode is about winning or losing, but it is a trench warfare mode in which both sides build defensive fronts and conduct surprise attacks on each other, trying to attack one point and force the entire defensive front to collapse.
The fighting was extremely fierce. The positions of both sides were intertwined like canine teeth. Projectiles were flying all over the sky. Hand-to-hand fighting lasted from morning to night. Dead bodies and mutilated limbs were everywhere on the positions. However, the positions of both sides had good in-depth protection. Even if the first line of defense fell, there would still be
The following lines of defense were able to withstand the enemy's assault. The battle lasted for more than a month, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, with one or two hundred thousand casualties each. In the end, they could not even supply ammunition, and had to cease fighting to recover...
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In terms of combat effectiveness, the troops under Prince Hansback's command are much stronger than those under Prince Wiederek. Even Prince Hansback's commanding ability has given the troops a lot of combat power bonuses. However,
The problem is as Marshal Michelich said, the current war is about logistics. Prince Wedelek's troops, supported by the military industry of an old noble family, have much more supplies than the enemy.
, when the enemy throws a grenade, they will throw three or four to fight back.
In a hand-to-hand battle, Prince Hansback's troops were invincible. As long as they rushed into position, the position would soon change hands. However, Prince Wiederek's troops also had experience. As soon as a certain position fell, they would immediately organize a throwing attack.
The bomb squad threw hundreds of grenades at that position, but the ones who suffered heavy casualties were the troops under Prince Hansback...
This positional offensive and defensive battle, known as the "June Bloody Battle", seemed to have no winner or loser between the two sides, but the actual situation was not very good for Prince Hansback. Whether it was the recruitment of soldiers or the supply of ammunition,
He couldn't compare with Prince Wedelek. After the war, he had to voluntarily abandon the four local counties on the defensive front and shrink his troops to White Deer City. He relied on danger to defend himself, hoping to use the strategic location to defeat Wedelek.
The troops sent by Prince Lek to pursue the enemy were blocked in the mountains to buy time for their side to recover.
Even if Prince Wedelek regained four local counties, his life would not be easy. You must know that he has now relied on loans to raise military expenses. From the map, Prince Hansbach occupies the northeastern part of the kingdom.
In the newly occupied territory and the three southwest counties, Prince Wedelek occupies the middle territory of the kingdom. Although the middle territory is the essence of the Kingdom of Overas, a "June bloody battle" has already injured these people involved in the war.
The local county is far from being able to recover its vitality, and now it can no longer provide much help to Prince Wedelek.
Prince Wedelek is not stupid. He knows very well that he cannot leave time for Prince Hansback to recover. He should pursue and force him to leave the three southwest counties. However, Prince Hansback is currently entrenched in White Deer City.
, this is the place where the late King Sterling IX was resurrected, and Prince Wedelek would never want Prince Hansback to become the second Sterling IX.
However, the mountains and roads in Bailu City are high and dangerous. When the Imperial Guards are not dispatched and the half-disabled Red Dragon Legion needs to rest and recuperate, sending the local second-line army to attack would be a killing for Prince Hansback. The kingdom is best at fighting in mountainous areas.
The only one is the Griffin Legion, but the Griffin Legion is deployed in the Odin Mountains to block the attack of the two standing legions in the newly occupied territory, and there is no time to deploy it to attack White Deer City.
It was at this moment that Prince Wedelek decided to return the territory of the four counties of his mortal enemy the Kingdom of Nasseri, because not only were these four border counties unproductive, but the kingdom also needed to invest a large amount of military spending every year to maintain local security and suppress riots.
.Just like the Red Dragon Legion, they have been stationed in the borderland of Bertaarnia County to prevent and pressure the Kingdom of Nasseri.
Another important reason is that after returning the four border counties of the Kingdom of Nasseri, the Griffin Legion stationed in the Odin Mountains can safely and boldly withdraw. Even if Prince Hansback left the two standing armies in the newly occupied territory,
The regiment occupied the Odin Mountains and could not pose a threat to the kingdom. Because the Cafilezite County in front of them has become the territory of the Nasseri Kingdom, unless they want to go to war with the Nasseri Kingdom, they will not be able to go to war with the Nasseri Kingdom again.
It is also impossible to launch an attack on the kingdom's mainland via land...
This is a good thing that kills three birds with one stone for Prince Wedelek. Firstly, he has lost his burden and will no longer need to invest military expenditures and suppression funds in the four border counties. Secondly, he has brought back the Griffin Legion, so that he can continue to attack the Han Dynasty.
The White Deer City occupied by the Great Prince of Sparks launched an attack. The third is to cut off the danger of the kingdom being attacked from two sides. Even if the Great Prince Hansback escapes from White Deer City and returns to the newly occupied territory, he will find that the newly occupied territory has already interacted with the mainland of the kingdom.
Not connected. He must first occupy Kafirezt County, which has been assigned to the Kingdom of Nasseri, before he can pose a threat to the kingdom...
Of course, this matter also has great disadvantages, because it is equivalent to Prince Wedelek throwing away all the fruits of war victory obtained by the previous kings Sterling IX and Sterling X. He will become the history of the kingdom.
The famous prodigal king. However, Prince Wedelek never cared about his reputation. What he cared about was driving Prince Hansback away from the kingdom or physically annihilating him so that he could secure the throne.
The "Herald Tribune" report and analysis are very detailed, and the arguments and arguments are beyond doubt. It can be seen that the person who wrote this analysis report has a very good vision and level.
Claude put down the newspaper and was silent. He only felt the burning pain on his face. The slap in the face was so severe. Prince Hansback only released about 300,000 Hicks prisoners, but was honored by the war zone generals.
Prince Wedelek, who is the king, sent four border counties to his mortal enemy the Kingdom of Nasseri in one fell swoop. Although I don’t know if there is any inside story about this treaty, I think it is nothing more than a compensation amount...
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The question is, can these territories be compensated with a sum of money? In the eyes of the Kingdom's orthodox soldiers, Prince Widlék's move is to throw away all the sacrifices and blood that the Kingdom's soldiers have paid for these territories over the years. Not only does he
It is just a waste of money, but it is trampling under its feet all the national war honors that the Kingdom of Ovilas has gained since Sterling IX, and discarding the glory and glory of nearly a million heroes who died on the battlefield...
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Among other things, when the kingdom's mainland and the newly occupied territory are no longer connected by land, it means that Prince Wedelek has legally given up his right to rule over the newly occupied territory. This is the payment made by the Kingdom of Ovelas
Incurring the casualties of more than 600,000 soldiers, and more than 20 years of national financial accumulation, they fought a five-year war with the five anti-Austrian countries in the eastern part of the Farea continent, and wiped out the new territories occupied by the three principalities...
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Now all the territories of these three principalities have been lost to Prince Hansback by Prince Wedelek. He does not care whether Prince Hansback establishes a new country on the newly occupied territory or treats the newly occupied territory as a new country.
It is a base for counterattacking the kingdom's mainland. Prince Wedelek only asked that Prince Hansback be driven out of the kingdom as soon as possible so that he could close the door and become his king comfortably. As for the strong objections and protests from the kingdom's soldiers, he was completely
When you can't see it.
General Bolognik let out a long sigh, breaking the silence and embarrassment in the conference room. He said with a wry smile: "The two brothers fought to the death for the throne. The late King Sterling X vigorously opened up the continent of Nubisia.
Overseas territories under the direct jurisdiction have only now reached such a scale. With more than 20 years of treasury accumulation, they have eliminated three principalities, occupied a large area of new territory, and established the eternal foundation for the kingdom to dominate the eastern part of the mainland.
As a result, the two princes became more prodigal than the other. Prince Hansback asked us to give up our overseas direct jurisdiction to the Kingdom of Hicks. Prince Wiederek even gave four border counties to our kingdom's mortal enemy, the Kingdom of Nasseri.
, and also gave up the power to rule over the newly occupied territories. The achievements of the kingdom's foreign expansion in the past century were completely lost to these two brothers.
As a soldier of the kingdom, it is our sorrow to encounter such two lords, but this is not a reason for us to give up our responsibilities. As long as we still wear this military uniform, we must protect our overseas territories from the enemy.
Invasion. Regardless of whether the Kingdom of Hicks has assembled ten standing legions this time, we must do our best to defeat them.
The situation is now obvious, and you also understand the current situation in the kingdom. I believe that even if Prince Wedelek wins in the end, we will not be able to get any support or help from him. He may even send a special envoy from
Overseas territories collect money for him. Therefore, we should not place our hopes on this prince. We should find a way to rely on our own strength..."
General Skerry nodded: "The only thing our overseas territorial theater can rely on now is ourselves. Almost all newspapers in the west coast colonies are not optimistic that our theater can win the final victory. After all, the Kingdom of Hicks has assembled ten people this time.
There are a standing legion of more than 600,000 troops, five of which are composed of veteran captives who are ready to come to avenge humiliation. There are also five standing legions that Mechid III used after assessing the rebellion of the nobles in the country.
The private army is composed of young men from the noble territories, and they all have a certain fighting capacity.
For some countries, these more than 600,000 troops are already capable of destroying the country. The Hicks Kingdom is preparing to devote all of them to the next colonial war. It should also be considered that they suffered disastrous defeats in the first three colonial wars.
Lessons learned. Therefore, leasing the Fox Islands United Kingdom's Rodex Bay Colony, gathering all the troops and relying on strong combat power to push southward is their best tactic. The Kingdom of Hicks knows very well what the weaknesses of our territorial war zone are.
We cannot get support from the Kingdom itself, so we can only use the strength of two legions to resist their attack. Even if they rely on a war of attrition, they can exhaust us..."
"So we must first occupy the northern coastal mountainous area, build a solid defensive front based on the terrain, and rely on depth and advanced weapons to block the attack of the enemy's ten standing legions! If the Nikancha people are ignorant, I don't mind destroying this Nikancha first.
Kamchat State!" General Buechlin repeated his old tune again.
However, this time it was not General Albert's turn to refute. Claude looked at General Beachlin coldly: "Why are you so sure that the ten standing armies of the Hicks Kingdom will come from the north?"
Going south from the coastal mountainous area? If you occupied the northern coastal mountainous area, built a defensive front, and deployed troops to prepare for defensive position warfare, but the Hicks bypassed your defense line and refused to move south from the northern coastal mountainous area.
, then what should you do? For this reason, you have offended the Nikancha people and added a mortal enemy to our war zone. Do you dislike us for not dying fast enough?"
"Yes, but if the Hicks don't come south from the northern coastal mountainous area, how can they still fly over from the sea?" General Beachlin murmured in retort, but he knew that Claude had a better strategic vision than he did.
Qiang, you must have seen something wrong before criticizing yourself like this.
Claude stood up and walked to the large map on the wall, and knocked on the mountainous area on the eastern border of Rodex Bay Colony with his fist: "Don't forget that most of the inland colonies of the Hicks Kingdom are in this direction, damn Nikan
The Chariots have not yet completely conquered this inland colony. If the Kingdom of Hicks gathers its troops to march, it must first rescue their immigrants and mineral developers who are besieged in the inland colony.
Commercial Bank Base......
In addition, they are also mortal enemies with the Nikancha people. For the Hicks Kingdom, the Nikancha people are their rebellious slaves. The Nikancha people occupying their colonies and establishing an independent country is a humiliation to the Hicks Kingdom. Therefore,
I think they will leave our war zone aside and eliminate the Nikancha country first, teach these Nikancha slaves a lesson, and regaining the entire inland colony is the first priority."
Claude looked at General Beachlin again: "If you occupy the northern coastal mountainous area and build a defensive front, the Hicks can completely ignore this area. They can get a breakthrough from the eastern mountainous area, as long as they occupy
After conquering the Nikancha people's country and regaining the inland colonies, they can choose another route to enter our directly administered territorial war zone..."