Bokoal was very busy. As soon as his half-month vacation ended, he was sent by General Skerry to the newly established Rocky Mountain Territory. The War Zone Department decided to build a town on the border with the Nikancha country.
As a market location for various trades with the Nikancha people, it became a bridgehead for dumping various goods produced in the directly-administered territorial war zone to the Nikancha people's country.
The end of the colonial war forced the various workshops established by the direct-administered territories under the war zone to change the target of their products from military to civilian use. The theater logistics department has significantly reduced orders for various military products, and at the same time, it has to find a way for the production of the direct-administered territories.
Trade routes. This is also the reason why General Skerry has set his sights on the country of the Nikancha people. As a trusted friend of the Nikancha people, Bokoal became the most suitable person to preside over this project.
Mr. Lubwell wanted to re-establish his family business in the overseas territories, but he was new to the territory and had no extensive business relationships in the territory's war zone, so it was difficult. The Bison Trading Company that Boker was previously responsible for mostly used the name of the war zone to conduct external business.
Various deceitful and deceptive smuggling activities are a clear sign used by the war zone intelligence department to cover up their secret activities, and they cannot bring more help to his family business.
Although the theater command promised Mr. Lubiwell that his family business could take a share of the commercial trade with the Nikancha people, Bokoar and the Nikancha people over there also needed to reach a commercial consensus and build towns and other matters.
It would take more than half a year at the fastest. And Mr. Lubiwell also needs to open several production workshops to accommodate the families of his family business employees, and to provide goods for his family business...
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If Erikson's Black Sail Pirates come to visit, then Claude will agree to engage in arms trade with them. Anyway, there are a lot of weapons and equipment captured from the Kingdom of Hicks, even if some of them are sold to Rodex Bay City
those administrative officials, but more of the captured military supplies were stored in various warehouses in the war zone. Claude did not mind selling some arms and weapons to Erikson, so that his Black Sail Pirates could operate for a period of time.
Maintain the security of the maritime areas of the directly-administered territorial war zone, and at the same time, the war zone can also obtain profits to make up for the military expenditures during the war.
But at present, it seems that Erikson is unlikely to come to do deals with the territorial war zone in the short term. Claude estimates that they will return to their old nest, then set sail to the mainland of the kingdom to plunder people and property, and then transport the people and property
They will go back to their base, and then go to the directly-administered war zone to conduct transactions. The round-trip voyage will take at least two months, and the war zone still has sufficient preparation time.
After discussing with General Bolognik and General Skerry, Claude planned to place the transaction location in the fishing port town that was burned to the ground. The unexpected landing place of the Hicks made Claude and others realize that the fishing port
The town can be developed into a deep-water dock. However, the rebuilt fishing port town needs complete sea defense facilities, and it also needs to deploy a reliable local defense force so that the theater command can attack key places close at hand.
rest assured.
You must know that it takes two to three days to land at the Port of Patres under the direct jurisdiction of Robisto and then to Lanhu City. It only takes more than two hours of sailing from the Port of Patres to the fishing port town.
, it only takes more than half a day to get ashore from the fishing port town to Lanhu City, which saves almost two days. The theater headquarters cannot refuse this convenience...
Claude is planning to place future transactions with Erikson's Black Sails Pirates in this fishing port town. Of course, the one who will come forward is the Buffalo Trading Company, who is willing to take the blame for the war zone. If Bokoar is busy with the Nikancha people,
affairs, this transaction will be in charge of him. If he does not come back, Claude is going to let Mr. Lubiwell take charge. And War Zone can infer Black Sails through the quantity of various goods traded with Erikson.
The true strength of pirates.
The only headache for General Bolognik and Claude is that the theater currently cannot find a naval commander responsible for reorganizing the ocean cruising fleet. It is not that there cannot be excellent naval talents within the territorial theater, such as those who are willing to serve for the territorial theater.
Smuggling ship owners are all excellent candidates for battleship captains, but they cannot allow the war zone to trust the entire fleet to their command.
Anyway, this is the era of sailing battleships. Naval battles are nothing more than bombarding from a distance, sinking or landing enemy ships, and fighting close to the ship with various weapons. Whoever dares to fight and fight has a greater chance of winning. As long as you learn this
Two points, and then understanding what detouring, seizing gun positions, attacking the enemy first, maritime siege and other tactics can allow the entire ocean cruising fleet to form a preliminary maritime combat capability...
Originally, the most suitable candidate for fleet commander should be General Albert. General Bolognik is inseparable from his position as acting supreme commander of the theater, while Claude is responsible for the deployment and rectification of the two legions and local garrison forces in the entire theater.
, disciplinary supervision and training plans, and it is impossible to serve as a fleet commander. General Beachlin is stationed in Rodex Bay Colony. As for General Skerry, he is the entire logistics director of the theater and is not suitable to lead troops.
Only General Albert, as the chief of staff of the Thunder Legion, serves as Claude's deputy. He performs various tasks assigned by Claude. However, these tasks can be carried out by his officers.
There was no need to convey it through him. So General Bolognik decided to let General Albert serve as the commander of the ocean cruising fleet in the theater and be responsible for reorganizing and building this fleet. As a result, General Albert firmly refused.
General Albert refused simply and neatly, saying that he would rather disobey orders than become a fleet commander. The reason is very simple. He is really afraid of water and cannot swim. He will get seasick if he takes a sea ship for a long time.
He showed that if he were to be the commander of the fleet, it would be better to burn the entire fleet on fire, which would also reduce the casualties of soldiers in the war zone...
Well, we really can’t let a person who is afraid of water, can’t swim, and has seasickness skills to serve as a fleet commander. It is difficult to choose the commander of the ocean cruise fleet in the theater. Not only General Bolognik and Claude are bothering, but even Sk
General Li also came to join in the fun. However, the candidates he proposed were also not very good. The biggest problem was that he could not convince the public and the war zone could not determine his loyalty.
The captains of those smuggling ships are very brave and fierce. They would fight with people one against ten in the tavern. When encountering pirates at sea, they would calmly get rid of the pirates' pursuit and interception. But driving a sea-going ship and commanding a fleet are not the same.
The same thing is that the fleet itself is not defensive. The purpose of all naval fleets is to attack. When encountering pirates, you do not need to consider how to escape, but what you need to consider is how to annihilate these enemies with the least casualties...
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It was at this time that Claude received a letter from Colonel Murray Ed, commander of the 1302nd Regiment of the 1st Division of Thunder, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Vibato Port. This Muriel Ed said in the letter that he had wanted to join the army since he was a child.
He joined the Kingdom's Dreadnought Fleet and became a naval soldier, but due to his low status at home, he was not allowed to attend the Kingdom's Naval Professional Military Academy. As a result, he joined the Army when he grew up and got his current status by accident.
Now he heard that an ocean cruising fleet was being formed in the war zone, so he wanted to ask Claude to transfer him to the fleet, even as a trainee captain. This would finally fulfill his childhood dream of sailing across the sea.
Lots of talk...
Huh? After reading the letter, Claude's face was filled with dark thoughts. What on earth did this guy Murray Ed mean? Why did he want to transfer to this ocean cruising fleet? Only a ghost would believe what he said. He wanted to do it for his childhood dream or something.
I know that he is now a colonel in the Kingdom Army. If he had not severed contact with the Kingdom, he would have been promoted to the Kingdom's Major General. Now he is not the captain of the regiment. What is he going to do as a trainee captain? Is he out of his mind?
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A letter sent by a falcon made Muriel appear in front of Claude half a month later. Claude signaled his adjutant, Major Mason Hughes, to guard the door, and then ignored Muriel's dusty appearance and left him.
His letter fell on the table and asked him what was going on.
Muriel replied with a wry smile, Boss, his going to the Ocean Cruise Fleet was the result of everyone's discussion. He just lost in the draw. Because they met Bock in the Vibato Port Municipality who was going to the Rocky Mountains Municipality to work.
Colonel Al learned from his mouth how to go to the Royal Capital and the behavior of Sterling XI. Now that the direct-administered war zone has defeated the Hicks Kingdom and ended this colonial war, then the Royal Capital
A special envoy will be sent soon to take over the power of the war zone.
Because there are still four generals in the direct-administered war zone, no one is willing to believe that they will take the initiative to resist those envoys from the royal capital. After all, there have been very few rebellious local generals in the Ovilas Kingdom over the past three hundred years since its establishment.
The prestige of the Trin royal family is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. So after discussion, everyone felt that they should take control of this ocean cruising fleet and leave a way out for Claude and them. At worst, it would be good for everyone to set sail together and occupy an island to become pirates.
The end of the colonial war means that everyone is useless in the Thunder Legion. When the kingdom's envoy arrives, an order to disband the legion may be issued. The soldiers don't care, their families and relatives have moved to the direct territory, and they have also obtained
With the private land allocated to them in the war zone, they have good prospects of becoming farmers and ranchers after they return to their fields.
But for Belklin and Murield, they were not willing to be at the mercy of the kingdom's envoys. When they were unable to resist, they came up with a strategy to control this ocean-going cruise fleet and dispatched all officers and soldiers loyal to Claude.
If you join this fleet, if the situation in the war zone changes, you can take your family on a long voyage without the arrogance of the kingdom's envoy...
Claude felt a little touched in his heart. He didn't expect that his younger brothers would be so considerate for him, but their methods were too passive. They only knew how to escape and leave. He was silent for a while, and asked Mourier again
Germany, do you really want to transfer to the ocean cruising fleet?
Murray Ed categorically affirmed.
Claude let out a long breath: "Well, you will temporarily act as the commander of the ocean cruising fleet in this theater and be responsible for the establishment and reorganization of this ocean cruising fleet. All the required manpower will be selected from the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion.
Remember, all the personnel suitable to join the fleet are mainly from Zhongcheng. As for skills such as operating battleships, you can learn from those captured Hicks naval officers. The faster they teach the better, the closer they will be to their release.
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With Claude's guarantee, Colonel Murray successfully became the acting commander of the ocean cruising fleet in the theater. Whether he can remove this title of agent depends on the results of his reorganization and formation of this fleet. The theater gave him three months.
He will have enough time to complete the selection of fleet personnel, and within half a year, he will be able to complete the task of arranging the entire battleship into formation and taking a tour of the ocean.
After spending a few days to settle the matter of the ocean cruising fleet, Claude returned to the theater headquarters and brought Colonel Bock'al's report on his visit to the royal capital to meet with King Sterling XI, and then recruited those who followed Bock'ar again.
The colonel returned to the guards in the kingdom and asked them to tell about what they saw and heard on the way to the royal capital and the process of fighting bandits and bandits, and then asked them to compile it into a travel novel, and first let some newspapers in the direct-administered war zone
It will be serialized, published in a book later, and finally distributed to all garrison troops...
General Skerry tacitly cooperated with what Claude did, and soon the residents of each direct territory knew about the tragedy that happened in the kingdom. Newspapers were sold like crazy, and people in the tavern could be heard denouncing Stet from time to time.
Lin Shishi's ridiculous words caused the morale of the troops stationed in various places to fluctuate. They began to have doubts about the promise promoted by the theater headquarters that the king would send special envoys to reward all officers and soldiers who participated in the colonial war...
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General Bolognik was so angry that he broke into Claude's office waving a newspaper and asked Claude angrily what he wanted to do?
Claude just told him calmly that he hoped to let the residents of the overseas territories know the truth and understand the tragic things currently happening in the kingdom. Only by comparison will you understand how much the war zone paid for their happy and peaceful life.
, people should learn to be grateful...
"Yes, you are just publicizing your family scandal! Publicize these tragedies that happened in the kingdom in the newspapers, and let the residents of the direct jurisdiction freely comment on the wrong things our king has done. These will soon become new crimes for us generals in the war zone.
.When the articles published in these newspapers are spread to the colonies on the west coast, our Majesty the King will become a joke to those neighboring countries. This is an act of treason!" General Bolognik roared.
Claude stared at General Bolognik and looked very disappointed: "I know what you are thinking. You are too selfish. You only want to preserve your own personal reputation. You have never made major sacrifices for the residents of the territory or to defend the theater of the territory.
For the sake of the soldiers, you just want to wait until the kingdom's envoy arrives, and then hand over all your powers and responsibilities. In this way, no matter how wronged you are, you will leave a good name in the history of the kingdom...
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"Bang!" With a sound, Claude hit the table with an angry palm, pointed at General Bolognik with a louder voice and cursed: "You just hide the truth like this? What your Majesty the King did is your fault.
Are you hiding it? In a few months, without us spreading the word, jokes about our new king will spread from all over the Farea continent! I would rather the residents of our direct territory know what they know than to be ignorant.
Be strong if you don’t know!
Also, who do you think the special envoy from the kingdom will be? If you think about what our new king, who only knows how to live and drink, said to Colonel Boker, you will know that he does not care at all whether our territorial war zone is fighting with Hicks.
The kingdom is engaged in a colonial war, and all he wants is to plunder the wealth of the overseas territories to satisfy his enjoyment and luxurious life. Do you know how many tragedies will occur if you don't tell the residents of the territories the truth now?
When you went to inspect the troops, you preached to the soldiers that after the Kingdom's envoy arrives, all officers and soldiers who have made meritorious service in the colonial war will be promoted and rewarded. You know this is impossible, why do you still deceive them. Wait for the Kingdom
After the special envoy really arrives, you can give up your power and responsibilities and feel relaxed. But what should these soldiers who were deceived by your promises do? The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. When they mutiny because of disappointment, you know what will happen to them.
How much damage will it cause to the war zone directly under our jurisdiction?
Why did I publish in the newspaper the report of Colonel Bokhar and his party going to the royal capital to meet the new king? It was because I wanted to give the residents of the direct territory and our soldiers a good idea in advance, so that they would not worry about the coming kingdom.
How much hope does the special envoy have! Only in this way can we restrain ourselves from the harm caused to us by the Kingdom's special envoy, and avoid a regrettable ending. As the acting supreme commander of the theater, I hope you can directly lead the theater.
Let’s think more about our residents and our brave soldiers, instead of just worrying about our own reputation!”
General Bolognik came angrily, but was scolded by Claude instead. He was speechless and returned in shame. During this period, General Bolognik did, as Claude said, many things happened in the theater command.
They all adopted a procrastinating attitude and were unwilling to make the decision. This was because they were preparing to hand over their powers and responsibilities when the kingdom's envoy arrived, so that he would not have to worry about these chores.
Instead, Claude took the initiative, took over all these chores, and approved the orders for execution in his own name. General Skerry and Claude at the theater headquarters knew this. This was because General Bolognik believed that the Kingdom's special envoy was not allowed to do so.
Day is coming soon, so I want to delegate power. I don’t want to make the final decision on small things. The big thing is to maintain the situation of the troops and territories directly under the war zone until the day when power and responsibilities are handed over.
That's why General Bolognik made a big deal about Claude. Colonel Bokoar returned to the kingdom and went to the royal capital to meet with King Stirling XI. He was very angry and dissatisfied.
He came to be uneasy and turbulent. But he didn't expect that Claude would not give him face at all, directly exposed his thoughts and thoughts, scolded him as a selfish villain and a liar, and only thought about his own reputation...
After being scolded by Claude, General Bolognik became ill in bed and stopped coming to the theater headquarters.