Chapter four hundred and seventy-first the finishing touches after the war
Chapter 471: Cleaning up after the war
From late March to early April of the 594th year of the Holy Light Calendar, as those offshore transport ships departed from Rodex Bay and returned to their respective ports, the colonies on the west coast already knew the remaining four kingdoms of Hicks.
News that the standing army was completely wiped out and a combined fleet was lost at the same time. What is even more interesting is that even the Rodex Bay Colony was occupied by troops from the territorial war zone, saying that they were going to complete the mission on behalf of the Hicks Kingdom.
Five-year lease agreement...
Well, the Kingdom of Hicks has once again become the object of ridicule by the colonies on the West Coast. Two years ago, the Kingdom of Hicks announced the formation of ten standing corps and leased the Rodex Bay Colony to the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, vowing to fight with Orvelas.
The Kingdom's Overseas Territory War Zone will carry out this colonial war to the end.
At that time, everyone thought that the winner of the war must be the Kingdom of Hicks. It was very simple. The two kings of the Kingdom of Overas were fighting for the throne, and a civil war broke out. They were all crazy. How could they think about the overseas territories and Hicks?
The Kingdom of Hicks's colonial war. Whether it was military strength or logistical support, the wealthy Hicks Kingdom had a clear advantage. At that time, some good people even set up a bet, betting on when the war would end, and the war zone would lose a few dollars directly under its jurisdiction.
Get it and wait.
Then something unexpected happened. The five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks who launched the first attack were severely beaten, and three and a half legions were annihilated by the direct-administered war zone. The result of this war made many people
They were surprised and had a new understanding of the combat power of the two legions in the directly-administered territory. However, after the Kingdom of Hicks transported the remaining legions to Rodex Bay Colony, most people were still optimistic about the outcome of the Kingdom of Hicks.
achieve final victory.
After all, the Kingdom of Hicks has deployed seven legions of more than 400,000 troops in the Rodex Bay Colony. Such a large number of troops can launch a war of annihilation against some small and medium-sized kingdoms and principalities in the Farea continent.
However, the directly-administered war zone does not receive the troops and material support from the Kingdom itself, and it is difficult to withstand the second attack launched by the Hicks.
News of the subsequent war situation continued to spread back to the colonies on the west coast as the owners and sailors of the transport ships who helped transport Hicks soldiers and landed in the fishing port towns in the war zone directly under the jurisdiction made many newspapers and experts believe that the direct jurisdiction
The leading battle area suffered heavy losses due to the sophisticated tactics of the Hicks, and the final outcome of this colonial war could only be bowing down and admitting defeat.
At that time, the three standing legions of the Hicks landed in the fishing port town with more than 100,000 troops to besiege Lanhu City, the administrative center of the direct territorial war zone and the location of the war zone headquarters. However, the defenders only had more than 13,000 people, more than ten times the number.
Due to the disparity in military strength, everyone thought that Lanhu City could be taken with just a few clicks. As a result, the Hicks suffered fifty or sixty thousand casualties. After nearly a month of bloody fighting, they still had not captured the entire Lanhu City. Almost everyone who paid attention to this battle thought that it was really impossible.
Incredible.
Then the Thunder Legion rushed thousands of miles to come to the rescue. At this time, all hindsight thought that the biggest mistake made by the Hicks was not to seize the Dolinibara River defense line in advance and cut off the reinforcement road to the directly-administered war zone. When the Thunder Legion crossed
After the Dolinibara River appeared outside Lanhu City, the Hicks could only switch from offense to defense, giving up the initiative on the battlefield.
When the fishing port town was suddenly attacked by the Thunder Legion and burned to the ground, and the pontoon was also burned, it meant that the three standing legions of the Hicks who landed had lost their way out. The Hicks who were besieged by the Thunder Legion made a mistake.
They chose the strategy of retreating to the Mormali Direct Territory under their control, which completely put an end to the three standing armies that landed in the territory's theater to besiege Lanhu City.
Under the endless harassment and attacks day and night by the Thunder Legion, a light cavalry regiment that was good at attacking, the three standing legions of the Hicks on the retreat finally collapsed from exhaustion, and most of them became demesne.
The prisoners in the war zone, and even the senior officers of the three standing regiments of the Hicks who ran to Popbia, a small seaside town under the direct jurisdiction of Mormali, looked at the Hicks warship cruising on the sea in the distance, but they could not
After crossing the beach and shallow sea area blocked by the Thunder Legion soldiers, they finally raised the white flag and surrendered...
This landing battle confirmed the strong combat power of the two legions in the Direct Territory War Zone, but at the same time both sides suffered heavy losses. The losses of the Hicks were the annihilation of three standing legions again, while the Direct Territory War Zone suffered heavy losses due to the war.
Internally, Lanhu City was almost in ruins, with heavy casualties and property losses.
When the newspapers of the colonies on the west coast published special reviews of this battle, they unanimously believed that the combat strength of the two legions in the territorial theater was comparable to the five or six standing legions of the Hicks, one to two and a half or one to three.
The proof and conclusion can be obtained from the performance of the Thunder Legion after arriving at the battlefield of Lanhu City and the subsequent attack on the retreating Hicks. However, most newspapers believe that both sides will be calm for a period of time, and there will be a truce for at least half a year.
.The Hicks need to get reinforcements from the mainland again, and the territorial war zone also needs to heal the wounds of the war...
Because the Kingdom of Hicks still has four standing legions with more than 2.67 million troops in the Rodex Bay Colony, this force may not be enough for offense, but it still has enough power for defense. Especially they are on the mountainous border in the north and east.
Complete defensive camps have been set up, plus the defensive front of Fombix Hill in the rear, which is fortified at every level, which can prevent troops from the directly-administered theater area from raiding the general logistics base camp in the rear again, so there is no need to worry about it.
In addition, the sea areas under the jurisdiction of the Directly Administered Territory War Zone are all under the control of the Sea King Fleet and the United Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks. The Directly Administered Territory War Zone must prevent the Hicks from landing again somewhere in the war zone, and the coastal area of the Directly Administered Territory War Zone is very long.
It is necessary to divide the troops for defense, so that they cannot concentrate their forces to attack the Hicks. Therefore, newspaper comments in the colonies on the west coast believe that this colonial war will continue until one of the parties can no longer hold on.
Unexpectedly, less than three months after the landing battle launched by the Hicks, unexpected troops descended on the territorial war zone. They used the material deal reached between the Buffalo Trading Company and the Hicks logistics officer of the Rodex Bay Colony to ambush the transportation.
The fleet evaded the cruise warships of the Hicks, arrived at Rodex Bay, raided the general logistics base camp of the Hicks, and captured the entire combined fleet's warships and ocean-going transport ships.
Immediately afterwards, the 1st Division of the Thunder Legion raided the Hicks defense line at Fombix Hill and annihilated the 3rd Expeditionary Legion. Then they continued their efforts and divided their forces to surprise the camps of the 4th Expeditionary Legion on the northern mountainous border, joining the 2nd Thunder Division on both sides.
They attacked from a pincer attack and once again won, annihilating the Hicks' expeditionary 4th Corps.
Finally, the Thunder Legion raided the Hicks' Second Expeditionary Army and the First Expeditionary Army on the eastern mountainous border. With the cooperation of the Panshi Second Division, after nearly ten days of fierce fighting, they forced the landing of the First Expeditionary Army and the Second Expeditionary Army.
The remaining troops destroyed all the troops deployed by the Kingdom of Hicks in the Rodex Bay Colony, plus a combined fleet.
This is indeed an unquestionable victory, or it can be said to have ended the seven-year colonial war with the Kingdom of Hicks. The territorial war zone has become the final winner. This is almost shocking.
It caught the attention of all the newspaper commentators on the West Coast. Thinking about the ten standing legions that were so powerful in the Kingdom of Hicks, and then looking at the ending of the ten standing legions being wiped out, it always makes people feel that things in this world are too unexpected.
Feel.
The Pioneer Tribune, which has the largest circulation on the West Coast, commented that if the Kingdom of Hicks wants to continue this colonial war, it will have to reorganize more than ten standing armies and build a combined fleet again. At the same time, it will have to
After the five-year lease agreement of Rodex Bay Colony expires and the troops in the territorial theater withdraw from Rodex Bay Colony, we will then negotiate with the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands to lease Rodex Bay Colony for the second time.
Only in this way can this colonial war continue. Any king with a normal mind will not invest countless money in this colonial war with no hope of victory...
The most ridiculous thing is that at the end of April, the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks arrived on the mainland of Nubisia, loaded with a standing army that had just been formed to replenish its troops, and then learned about the Rodex Bay Colony in the harbor on the west coast where supplies were temporarily parked.
The news that it had fallen into the hands of the territorial war zone, that the four standing legions had been annihilated, and the combined fleet had also been captured, made the commander of the Sea King Fleet immediately paralyzed. He didn't know what to do...
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If we continue to go north, the Sea King fleet full of soldiers and supplies is not suitable for launching naval battles and landing battles, but if we don't go north, none of the colonial ports on the west coast will welcome the Sea King fleet of the Hicks Kingdom to stay there. Just a Sea King fleet doesn't matter.
, but there is still a standing army, so I can only refuse.
Because no one knows whether the Hicks will suddenly launch a landing attack to seize their own colony. Therefore, every time the Sea King fleet arrives at a port, it will attract the vigilance and vigilance of the port garrison, and even supplies cannot dock.
The transport ship was sent to the sea for trading, and the price doubled...
After wandering in the waters off the west coast for ten days and a half, the Sea King Fleet could no longer hold on and had no place to dock. If it stayed any longer, it would have to sell ships to replenish supplies. In the end, the Sea King Fleet could only empty out all the coins in its pockets.
After replenishing the navigation supplies, we embarked on the return journey, and at the same time, we also wanted to bring this unfortunate news back to the kingdom.
Claude had already stayed in Rodex Bay Colony for three months at this time. It only took more than half a month and twenty days for the war to end, but it took more than two months for it to end. This time
I have just finished arguing with the administrative officials in Rodex Bay City, and reiterated again that the troops in the theater will not return until the five-year lease of Rodex Bay Colony signed by the Kingdom of Hicks and the United Kingdom of Fox Islands expires.
Evacuate Rodex Bay Colony.
This is because the Territory War Zone defeated the Kingdom of Hicks, so everything left by the Kingdom of Hicks in the Rodex Bay Colony will become the spoils of the Territory War Zone, and this Lend-Lease Agreement is no exception. It will be transferred to the Territory War Zone by
Troops occupy the colony of Rodex Bay until the lease expires and then return the colony to the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands.
Seriously speaking, the troops in the direct command theater are not popular with the residents and officials of Rodex Bay City. Because compared to the Hicks, the troops in the direct command theater can be said to be extremely stingy, whether it is the Thunder Legion or the Hicks.
The soldiers of the Rock Legion will not go to the city to live and drink. Even the romantic tents set up by the city residents near the camp are rarely visited by soldiers. In addition, they are more calculating than the Hicks when it comes to money.
Never spend extravagantly.
For the officials in Rodex Bay City, the logistical supplies for the directly-administered war zone are supplied by the war zone itself and will not be purchased from the city, leaving the city officials without the extra money they can earn through their own hands. In addition, in the
The various materials and reserves of food and grass seized in the camp are enough for the troops stationed here to consume for a year and a half. Even the muskets, artillery and other military supplies from the Hicks Kingdom that the city officials want to purchase have increased in price.
Half. Last time it was discounted in half, but this time it is sold at almost the original price, except for the transportation cost.
When these administrative officials in Rodex Bay City gritted their teeth and purchased all the muskets, artillery and other military supplies from the Hicks Kingdom, and came to ask when the troops in the territorial war zone would evacuate, they found out that
A piece of bad news came from De's mouth: the troops in the directly-administered theater area were not planning to leave and would stay here until the lease expired.
This is simply a bolt from the blue to the administrative officials in the city. If the troops in your directly controlled theater do not leave, then when will the Hicks come? If they don't come, to whom will these weapons and equipment we purchased be sold at high prices?
Claude comforted them and said that if the Hicks didn't come, they could sell it to residents of the colonies on the west coast or to local defense forces. After all, it was still active equipment for the Hicks Kingdom's army, and the profit would still be 20 to 30%.
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When news came from the west coast in May, the Hicks Kingdom's Sea King Fleet, fully loaded with a standing army and military supplies, had been wandering in the waters of the colonies of various countries on the west coast for half a month. After being unable to find a port to berth, they had no choice but to
At this time, Claude finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Rodex Bay Colony will be under the jurisdiction of the territorial war zone in the next two years.
At this time, the mountainous area adjacent to the Rodkers Bay Colony, including the northern mountainous area and the eastern mountainous area, ceded from the Nikancha people's country, had been named the Rocky Mountain Territory by the theater command, becoming the first direct-administered territory in the war zone.
Nine overseas territories directly under the Central Government. Although these territories are all mountainous, they are rich in mineral resources. There are 17 medium and small-sized gold and silver mines alone. Other mineral resources have not yet been explored.
The 230,000 Hicks prisoners of war captured in Rodex Bay Colony have entered this territory under the escort of four local garrison regiments. They will take on the responsibility of building roads and building fortresses and castles in the mountainous areas. So many projects
The construction was enough for them to work for three or four years. Claude also represented the war zone and promised them that they would be fed and clothed, that they would be treated by pharmacists when they were sick, that they would receive a meager monthly salary, and that if they did well, they would be rewarded.
wait......
In short, the 230,000 Hicks captives in the war zone are guaranteed to be treated as normal laborers, not prisoners serving hard labor. This is also a prerequisite for the first army to lay down its arms and surrender in the final battle of humiliation. Beech
General Kling agreed to this request.
To be honest, the direct-administered war zone actually suffered miserably from the emerging business aristocrats of the kingdom. At first, Marshal Michelich agreed to the request of those emerging business aristocrats and handed over to them more than 300,000 Hicks prisoners in exchange for 100,000
The families of retired soldiers immigrated. As a result, these more than 300,000 Hicks captives were mistreated at the hands of the emerging business aristocracy, so that after they were re-armed and formed into legions, they became the most tenacious and brave people in the territorial war zone.
The most fearless opponent, the two legions suffered huge damage as a result.
This time, General Beechlin will lead the 2nd Rock Division to garrison the Rodex Bay Colony, and at the same time, General Beechlin will also be responsible for the construction of the Rocky Mountain Territory. Claude's 1st Thunder Division will
Garrisoned at the Monkenad Castle in the Vibato Port Territory, monitoring the movements of the Nikancha people and the security of the Vibato Port Territory. General Albert led the Thunder 2nd Division back to Lanhu Town as a war zone.
of maneuverability.
Claude selected a group of captured sailors from the United Fleet and transferred them out of the prisoner camp honestly. Under the supervision of the officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion, he set sail from Rodex Bay, sailed the ship back to the direct-administered battle area, and arrived at Weiba first.
Tow the port, and then to the Port of Patres in the Robisto Territory. In the next two or three years, the territorial territorial theater will build its own ocean-going fleet.
It's just that when Claude arrived at Vibato Port, he received a falcon message from the theater command, saying that Colonel Boker was finally back...