"You guys sit down..." Claude raised his hand to signal the two Nikancha elders and leaders to sit down again. He had already given the Nikancha envoys present a warning. I believe that what will happen next
No Nikancha would dare to think of abandoning the northern coastal mountainous area to allow the Hicks to march straight into it.
"Perhaps you haven't realized the fact that the Hicks cannot transport all ten of their standing legions to Rodex Bay Colony in one go. According to the size of their country's two naval fleets, they can only transport them all at once.
It can transport two standing legions with more than 100,000 troops. In other words, even if they travel between the two continents three times a year, they can only transport six legions with more than 300,000 troops.
Of course, we cannot rule out that they hire naval fleets from other countries to help them transport troops, such as the naval fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. But in any case, in the upcoming April, the first batch of Hicks ships will arrive in Rhodes.
The Hicks Bay Colony will have two to three standing legions. For our direct territorial theater, these three standing legions of the Hicks will not pose any threat to us, but it is not the case for you.
"
Claude looked at the envoys of the Nikancha people present, and he could clearly see the uneasiness and anxiety on the faces of the elders and leaders. For the direct-administered war zone, these three standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom
It is absolutely impossible for them to attack the directly-administered war zone rashly, but they have no scruples when attacking the Nikancha country.
"We can guarantee that one legion in our direct territorial war zone is worth the combat effectiveness of the three standing legions of the Hicks. This has been proven by the victory of the first three colonial wars. So the first batch of shipments arrived at Rodex
The three standing legions of the Hicks in the Gulf Colony will never attack our directly controlled war zone, even if your Nikancha country abandons the entire northern coastal mountainous area. The Hicks will only send small troops cautiously
We are conducting reconnaissance, fearing that this may be a trap set by our directly controlled war zone."
Claude first brazenly boasted about the combat effectiveness of the two legions in the directly-administered theater, and then changed the subject: "As the opponent of this colonial war initiated by the Hicks for many years, our theater knows our enemy very well, that is,
The king of the Hicks Kingdom, Melchid III. He was a crazy gambler, investing huge amounts of chips in this colonial war again and again, regardless of the disastrous defeats they suffered in the previous three times.
Obviously, this crazy gambler king believes that he will win the final victory. It is impossible for him to order the first three standing legions to be transported to our war zone because he is afraid that he will repeat the same mistake again and ruin these 100,000 soldiers.
strength. Then it is impossible for him to let these three standing legions stay in Rodkes Bay Colony and waste food in vain. Therefore, our theater believes that they will definitely launch an attack on your Nikancha country.
For them, attacking you is just to suppress the riot. In the eyes of the Hicks, you are the slaves of their rebellion. To eliminate you is not only to put down the riot, but also to take back their inland colonial areas that you captured.
Reopen their connection with the remaining inland colonies. Once all their inland colonies are recovered, then after the arrival of several of their subsequent standing legions, there will be more options for launching an attack on our directly controlled theater.
You don’t even need to engage in offensive and defensive battles with us in mountainous areas.”
Perhaps Claude's speech did hit the mark on what these Nikancha envoys were most worried about. The expressions on the faces of these elders and leaders were all ugly, but no one stood up to refute. They were just silent for a while.
When Lord wanted to continue speaking, an elderly Nikancha elder finally stood up.
The elder bowed humbly to Claude, then straightened up and said: "Dear General Claude, what you said was once foresaw by our prophet. That's why we envoys are here.
, asking for help from your war zone and asking for your strong assistance. In this war, the Hicks are our common enemies. No matter whether they attack our Nikancha country first, their final goal will still be
You lead the war zone directly. At this critical moment, helping us Nikancha people is helping yourselves..."
This old man is really good at making mistakes, and even brought out some prophetic predictions. If it were true as you said, he would not have made so many unreasonable demands to our war zone. He is now assuming the correct posture to ask for help. Why not do it earlier?
Did you go? You even threatened us to abandon the northern coastal mountainous areas. Do you really think that we will be afraid and comply with your wishes?
"No, no, no, elder, please sit down first." Claude said kindly: "Actually, you said one thing wrong. In this war, your Nikancha country needs our directly controlled war zone.
The help and assistance are real. However, our directly-administered war zone does not need the help of you Nikancha people. We are even worried that you will become more and more helpful and cause us trouble.
In our Royal Army, there is a saying that we would rather have a god-like enemy than a pig-like teammate. A god-like enemy is just more difficult to deal with. We are confident that we can kill him equally. But there is a pig-like teammate.
Then it’s over. Not only will he hold us back, but he will also be a disservice, and he may even turn victory into defeat, and we will die in peace.”
"Bah! We are not pig teammates!" Several Nikancha leaders were irritated by Claude's ridiculing words. They stood up and retorted loudly: "We Nikancha people will show you in this war
What does it mean to be bloody, what does it mean to be brave and unyielding! We will not give up an inch of our territory, and as long as the Hicks want to enslave us, we will fight them to the death!"
General Albert, several senior officers, and the record-keepers were covering their mouths and laughing. It was so ridiculous. Before Claude could tell who the pig teammates were, the Nikancha leaders jumped on their own initiative.
They came out to retort that they were not pig teammates, but they did not know that by doing so, they confirmed the name of this pig teammate. General Bolognik could only shake his head with a wry smile...
"Very good. Your courage is commendable. You did not give up an inch of territory and fought the enemy to the end. Then you and the Hicks died on the border. Who will defend your Nikancha country? Let Hicks
After people wiped out the armed forces of you Nikancha people, did they swagger into your settlements, burn, kill, loot, and capture prisoners? To the Hicks, your old and weak people have no value to them.
, it will only waste food, it is better to kill them all. Even if they are catching slaves, they only need young men and women who are strong enough to work..."
Claude only asked a question, which made these Nikancha leaders look embarrassed, because they knew that what Claude said was the truth. It was hard to hear, but it was the truth. But there was also a Nikancha leader.
The leader was unconvinced and shouted: "Why do you think that we will be wiped out by the Hicks? Can't we resist their attack or even defeat them?"
"Ignorance is sometimes a blessing!" Claude commented harshly: "Why do you defeat the Hicks? Do you rely on more people? No matter how many people you have, it is just a problem that can be solved by spending more ammunition.
This is the age of firearms. Even if you are a powerful Nikancha warrior, you are still unable to withstand a small shot fired from a musket in the hands of a Hicks man!
Yes, you also have muskets, or the same standard muskets as the Hicks. But what's the use? The Hicks' legion has undergone strict tactical training and has strict discipline. Maybe their soldiers
They are not as brave as you Nikancha people, but they obey orders and obey commands, and this is the most basic condition for victory in a war.
I learned from the officers who have been to your settlement to help your armed forces conduct military training that you have no discipline. Even during military training, it is you leaders who are the first to violate military discipline, followed by those of yours who are also in training.
Relatives and friends, and then the entire team of trainees. In the end, you only learned how to fire a musket and nothing else!
Discipline! Discipline! This is the only prerequisite for maintaining the cohesion of an army and maintaining combat effectiveness, but you have given up discipline yourself. Like our officers who came back to comment, saying that your Nikancha people are all young and strong fighting alone.
You are good players, but if you gather them into an army, they are just a bunch of rabble. Even if you have 10,000 people, we only need to send out a team of 1,000 people to defeat you.
Do you still want to defeat the Hicks? Just rely on your rabble? Do you know how to arrange defensive fronts and set up frontline headquarters? You won't be the first to charge at the enemy with muskets, right? Then
You are going to die! How many young Nikanchas are you going to use to resist the attack of the three standing legions of the Hicks? Five hundred thousand or one million?
When the Hicks bombard your defensive positions with artillery, how should you protect yourself? Or should you disperse? When the Hicks launch a night attack on you, how should you be vigilant and make judgments to resist the enemy?
Attack? You can't just wake up from a deep sleep and become a slave obediently. In that case, I congratulate you, at least you are still alive.
You don't even know the most basic tactics, even if you have learned how to use muskets. But even with your little combat effectiveness against the subpar local garrison forces of our former theater directly under the jurisdiction, you will still have to pay a high price in casualties.
Only then can you win a Pyrrhic victory. I really don’t understand, where do you have the confidence to defeat the Hicks?”
Claude's words made the leaders and elders of the Nikancha tribe present as envoys feel ashamed. Even the several Nikancha leaders who stood up to refute that they were not pig teammates didn't know what they were talking about.
Then he sat down and lowered his head.
Claude glanced around the large conference room and was very satisfied with the mocking effect of his words. Under such circumstances, these Nikancha people should be more informed and would not propose those whimsical conditions for cooperation.
"Back to business, now let's talk about how to deal with the Hicks." Claude said lightly: "Actually, I don't think this is a negotiation, this is just an ultimatum for you, yes, for you Nikancha people
The country’s ultimatum. Of course, our directly-administered territorial war zone is not interested in your country, nor does it want to occupy your territory. The eight overseas directly-governed territories, such a large area, are enough to cause a headache for our war zone, and we never want to cause any more trouble.
Carrying the burden of such a large territory of your Nikancha country...
The so-called ultimatum is that if you do not implement the strategic plan formulated by our direct-administered theater, then the demise of your Nikancha country at the hands of the Hicks is just around the corner. Our direct-administered theater has always regarded
Your country is our ally and will respond to your requests. But this time is different from previous transactions. This time is related to the survival of your independent country of Nikancha people. Our direct-administered war zone has to treat it with caution and recruit
It took a large number of staff members and several drills to come up with this strategic plan.
I don’t understand why you rejected this strategic plan a few days ago, but I can tell you for sure that this is the only option to save your Nikancha country from being destroyed by the Hicks. Only strict compliance
Only by implementing the steps of this strategic plan, and by sending troops from our directly-administered theater area to provide you with military assistance, can you have hope of defeating the Hicks. Only after a complete victory in this war, you Nikan
Only the independence of the country will be recognized and respected by the colonies on the west coast.
Otherwise, in the eyes of the colonies on the west coast, you are just a rebellion of a group of Hicks slaves who have overestimated their capabilities and formed a ridiculous Nikancha country. They will never recognize you as a Nikancha country.
The independence and autonomy of the country will only be achieved if you can defeat the Hicks and use your strength to win the respect of others. As for this, as your friend, our directly-controlled war zone will also provide you with strong assistance. Whether it is sending troops,
Or sell you artillery and advanced matchlock guns, you can get them as long as you pay the bill..."
"What will happen if we fail to meet the requirements of this strategic plan or fail to complete the mission?" A Nikancha elder stood up and asked.
"It's very simple." Claude replied: "Since you are unable to implement this strategic plan, it means that you have no confidence and no way to defeat the Hicks. Our direct-administered theater will save us the trouble to support you.
We will sit back and watch your country of Nikanchas perish, and then take advantage of the fact that the Hicks are proud of their victory over you and send out surprise troops to capture your country.
Of course, you Nikancha people will no longer have a country by then. Then we will fight the Hicks on the territory that was originally your country, and eventually defeat the Hicks. I hope you will still be alive in Hicks by then
We will rescue you from the slave camps of the Nikancha people and give you freedom. But our war zone will not allow you to establish any independent Nikancha country. Maybe you can try your luck in other colonies on the west coast...
..."
This is forcing the Nikancha people to make a choice. Just as Claude said, the Nikancha people need strong assistance from the war zone, but the war zone does not need the Nikancha people as a pig teammate. If the Nikancha people
Of course, the war zone welcomes those who wholeheartedly help the war zone deal with the Hicks, but if they do things behind the scenes half-heartedly, then don’t blame the war zone for being rude. The war zone can completely leave the Nikancha people aside, sit back and watch them perish, and then send troops to fight with the Hicks.
People fight.
By then, even the territory of the Nikancha people's country can be occupied and three more directly-governed territories can be established. The only thing that can restrict the war zone is that the current eight overseas directly-governed territories are sparsely populated, and the eight directly-governed territories under the jurisdiction of the war zone
, that is, the immigrant population of Cromwell, Beringana and Amphiston exceeds one million, and each has developed one-third of the land area of the territory. The immigrant population of the remaining five territories
Most of them are around 400,000 to 600,000, and the surrounding areas of the town are all wasteland and forests...
Another Nikancha elder stood up: "Dear General Claude, we have also discussed this strategic plan. It can indeed bring great help to us in defeating the Hicks, but we are really very weak."
It is difficult to meet the above requirements. As required above, most of our country needs to be cleared away, but there are two to three million of our compatriots living in these places, and the remaining territory is simply not enough for all these settlements to live there.
..."
Claude shook his head helplessly, walked to the wall of the conference room, and pointed at the remaining two-thirds of the territory of the Hicks Inland Colony on the map: "I have never understood why you Nikancha people
If you are so unwilling to make progress, the current territory is enough for you Nikancha people to live in settlements, so you don't want to attack the mining bases and manors of the Hicks. Why don't you capture such a large territory and let your two or three million compatriots
Go there to live?
If you are not confident in the combat effectiveness of your own armed forces, we can send troops to help you attack the remaining inland colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks. We can hand over all the territory to you, but we require the supplies and prisoners captured in the battle.
Seventy percent. At the same time, we can lead one team at a time and teach your armed forces step by step how to attack. This can be written in the agreement.
In addition, why do you still treat those gold and silver ore ingots as treasures at this time and refuse to spend them, and want to get credit and installment payment from our directly administered war zone? Do you want to leave these gold and silver ore ingots to Greece?
The Hicks? If you use all these gold and silver ore ingots to buy artillery and advanced muskets in our theater, you can kill more enemies. As long as the mineral bases of the Hicks’ inland colonies are owned by you, in the future
There are gold and silver ore ingots. If you don’t have money, just send people to dig them. Can’t you understand such a simple truth?”
...
In the end, these Nikancha envoys gave in and asked to adjourn the meeting for private discussion. Soon the oldest elder walked out of the conference room where they were having private discussion: "Dear General Claude, we promise you everything
I only hope that you can lead us to defeat the hateful Hicks and achieve the final victory..."