Chapter 482: Holy Light Calendar Five Hundred and Ninety-Five Years
Chapter 482: Five Hundred and Ninety-Five Years of the Holy Light Calendar
Claude was very busy.
Since February of the 595th year of the Holy Light Calendar, the ocean-going cruise fleets of the overseas dominions have continuously transported a variety of large-scale machinery and equipment, technicians and their families from White Deer City. According to Fleet Admiral Murray Ed
According to the colonel, there is no longer a large-scale manufacturing workshop in the entire three southwest counties and the seven local counties in the kingdom occupied by the Thunder Legion. Whether it is military or civilian, all mechanical equipment has been transported back.
Claude had to admit that the most effective way to improve the manufacturing technology level of the overseas dominions was to form a group to rob. According to Sir Bennett and Mr. Veblen, with these mechanical equipment and technicians, the kingdom now
Products that can be produced locally can also be produced in overseas autonomous territories, and are even better in terms of production efficiency and product quality. In addition, the cost of producing the same products in overseas autonomous territories and the price sold in the market are lower, making them more competitive.
The reason is very simple. The large-scale manufacturing workshops in the kingdom are basically in the hands of the old aristocratic families and the emerging business aristocrats. Most of their products are in a monopoly position when sold in the kingdom and abroad, without the pressure of competition. Therefore,
They will increase the sales price to maximize profits. At the same time, in these manufacturing workshops, there are more management layers who join with various connections, which is overstaffed and increases labor costs and waste of resources.
Until mid-May, the ocean-going cruise fleet, which had made three trips back and forth, began a month-long period of repair and ship maintenance. When transportation resumes in June, a large number of refugees and refugees from the Kingdom will be transported back. Albert
The report sent back by General Lunt requested the military region to increase the amount of food and grass delivered, because in White Deer City alone, the Thunder Legion gathered nearly one million refugees and refugees, and the pressure on food was quite high.
Claude can only stay in the Port of Corpicius now, busy separating the various large-scale machinery and equipment transported back. The military industry belongs to the military industry, the civilian equipment belongs to the civilian industry, and the military industry belongs to the Blackstone Gun Manufacturing Workshop.
What are the joint military manufacturing industries and civilian machinery and equipment that Mr. Veblen is responsible for? What are the civilian machinery and equipment that are under the control of the Overseas Dominion Military Region, and what can be left to the Dominion MPs to operate...
There are many council members who want to establish friendship with Claude so that they can take advantage of the distribution of these civilian machinery and equipment. They all know that this store will disappear after passing this village. Let their families open a large-scale local business.
The manufacturing workshop is the best industry that allows the family to maintain local influence and is passed on to future generations.
For this reason, there are many congressmen who are ready to send their daughters or granddaughters to Claude's bed in order to close the relationship and allow their family to be taken care of in the distribution of these civilian machinery and equipment. In order to avoid these uninvited
The congressmen who came to visit with their children were simply exhausted. Fortunately, General Bolognik and Sir Bennett quickly arrived at the Port of Corbicius and took over the distribution of these civilian machinery and equipment, and finally let Claude
It's a lot quieter.
While busy, Claude sometimes felt puzzled. After Bockard came back last year, he had a secret conversation with him and said that many senior officials in the Guards Corps were dissatisfied with Stirling XI's incompetence in governing the country and were preparing to elect the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Frederic, to power.
It has been more than a year now, but there is no movement at all in the capital. Even the report sent by General Albert from the kingdom said that the capital was calm and no troops were deployed to deal with the Thunder Legion.
signs.
Claude was puzzled at this point. Naturally, he would not think that Bockaar would deceive him and fabricate a story out of thin air that the senior officials of the Guards were dissatisfied with Sterling XI. The plan for this attack on the kingdom's mainland, in addition to transporting
In addition to the restricted large-scale military machinery and equipment, improving the manufacturing technology level of the overseas autonomous territories, and recruiting local refugees from the Kingdom to fill the lack of human resources in the autonomous territories, it is also very important to slap His Majesty the King in the face.
To force the overseas territories to rebel, to force the territories' war zone corps to land on the Kingdom's mainland to rob military production and manufacturing equipment, to loot manufacturing workshops in local counties, and to recruit refugees and refugees from the Kingdom's territory, all of this was done during the Sterling 11
The slaps on the face of the world can be said to have disgraced His Majesty the King, both at home and abroad. The hats of incompetence, stupidity, and absurdity were placed on his head one after another, almost making him lose face in the kingdom.
He lost his prestige and dignity as a king in front of ministers and nobles.
Under such circumstances, the top brass of the Guards wanted to depose him from the throne. It should be easy to elect the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Frederic, to the throne. But why is there no movement in the capital? Isn't this the best time?
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In fact, what Claude didn't understand was that the top brass of the Guards were also scolding the Thunder Legion. Originally, the Guards had already made preparations to mutiny and elect the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Frederic, to power, but just as they were about to launch
At that time, the Thunder Legion landed, sweeping through the ten local counties in the kingdom, and reaching the surrounding areas of the Ibiniste Plain.
Sometimes the guards at the checkpoint defense facilities set up by the Guards Corps on the outside of the Ibiniste Plain can see the light cavalry of the Thunder Division cruising nearby. Although these light cavalry of the Thunder Division did not show hostility, they just gathered the refugee teams,
Promote the benefits of traveling to overseas autonomous territories in the kingdom's refugee gathering areas. However, the soldiers guarding the Guards Corps at the checkpoint can only prepare for battle as if facing a powerful enemy.
It can be said that the arrival of the Thunder Legion interrupted the senior management of the Guards Corps' plan to overthrow King Sterling XI. Because the Guards Corps did not know whether the arrival of the Thunder Legion was intentional, they now regretted keeping this plan vague.
It was revealed to the representatives of the territorial war zone. Originally, they wanted to win the approval of the territorial war zone. After their plan was successful, they would recognize the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Frederic, as the new king and issue a statement.
Now the direct-administered war zone has not only been renamed the Dominion, but also sent the Thunder Legion to land in the kingdom. This made the senior officials of the Guards Corps sit up and wonder whether they should continue to launch the plan. These days, they cannot trust other legions, especially
It is the Thunder Legion from the overseas territories. Even though the Thunder Legion has launched a banner of opposing Sterling XI and not the kingdom, which seems to have the same purpose, the senior officials of the Guards Corps still dare not take it lightly.
Knowing people but not knowing what they know, what they fear most is to launch a plan to abolish the throne of Stirling XI. After His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince Frederic came to power, the Thunder Legion counterattacked, claiming that the Guards Corps deposed the monarch without authorization, which was really treason.
, and then marched into the Ibiniste Plains claiming to fight against rebellion. The result is sour to think about...
Therefore, the senior officials of the Guards Corps and the old aristocratic families behind them can only stand still and watch the Thunder Legion transport machinery and equipment in the Kingdom, gather refugees and so on. With this posture, it seems that the Thunder Legion will not stay in the Kingdom for a long time, and they can wait.
After the Thunder Legion evacuates before launching a mutiny, they have plenty of time and patience.
It’s not that they didn’t send envoys to contact the Thunder Legion, and they also believed General Albert’s words that the Thunder Legion was only here to help the kingdom solve the problem of refugees and refugees, and would soon withdraw to the overseas autonomous territories. But as long as the Thunder Legion is still in the Kingdom,
, they will never act rashly and give the Thunder Legion an excuse to intervene.
However, after June, the ocean cruising fleet set off again, transporting the first batch of more than 300,000 kingdom refugees. After returning, he told Claude that the Red Dragon Legion of the Kingdom of Ovelas was ready to make a move. I learned from the Guards Corps and the Griffin Legion,
Sterling XI felt that he could still be saved, so he once again collected a war tax from the residents of the Ibiniste Plain and the royal capital, and gave it to his father-in-law, the Kingdom Marshal Duke Siegfried, as military expenses, prompting the Red Army to
The Dragon Legion came to conquer these rebellious officers and soldiers of the Thunder Legion who illegally landed in the Kingdom...
This is mainly because after June the Thunder Legion began to shrink its troops and evacuate from the occupied kingdoms and counties. Anyway, all the things that should be moved have been moved, and the refugees and refugees that should be collected have also gone to Bailu City to wait for the arrival of the transport fleet.
.Even some local county officials and wealthy families packed up their belongings and evacuated with the Thunder Legion. They were worried that after the Thunder Legion left, His Majesty the King would send someone to liquidate and hold people accountable...
Perhaps it was such an evacuation that gave Sterling XI the illusion that the Thunder Legion, carrying such a large package of refugees and refugees, had no stamina and had to shrink its forces. This gave him hope.
, that is to defeat the Thunder Division and restore his prestige as a king.
This hope was placed on the Red Dragon Legion commanded by his father-in-law. Although his wife died early due to dystocia, his father-in-law really had nothing to say to him. Without the support of his father-in-law, he would have been
Unable to defeat his eldest brother, Prince Hansback, to ascend to the throne, his father-in-law's Red Dragon Army can still be trusted at the critical moment...
It's funny to say that the one that Sterling XI valued most and relied on the most was the Guards Corps. This was the oldest and most powerful regiment in the Kingdom of Overas, but its internal forces were also the most complex. Han Dynasty
Prince Spark wanted to clear out the old aristocratic families in the Guards Corps, so he was opposed by the Guards Corps. They pushed Prince Widrick to the throne and proclaimed him Sterling XI. During the civil war in the kingdom,
Zhong Zhong has made great contributions.
But now many senior officers in the Guards have regretted selecting the wrong candidate for the throne. Sterling XI's performance is not as convincing as when he was a prince. Especially after he became the king, he relied on
The emerging business aristocrat, who was like a lost dog, instead put aside the forces of the established aristocratic families that had greatly helped him ascend the throne. This caused dissatisfaction among many ministers of the kingdom and officers affiliated with the forces of the established aristocratic families.
Sterling XI was not unaware of this, but he thought that as a king he would gain the allegiance of the Guards. For more than 300 years since the Kingdom of Overas was established, the Guards have always been the most trusted by every king.
He, the king, attaches great importance to the troops he relies on the most. Therefore, the battle should be left to other legions. Suppressing the other two ace field legions who are somewhat disobedient to the command is also one of the main things that he, the king, has to do.
It's just that the Griffin Legion didn't listen to the instructions. In order to go to war, it had to pay a huge amount of military expenses in arrears, which was very uneconomical. After thinking about it, Sterling XI felt that his father-in-law's Red Dragon Legion was more reliable.
, using family affection and adding a military expenditure can still convince his father-in-law to support him again. After all, in the eyes of his father-in-law, what the Thunder Legion did was indeed a rebellion against the kingdom. As a kingdom
As a veteran soldier, it is the right thing to send troops to attack.
However, this much-anticipated war ended in a short time. The Red Dragon Legion was attacked by the Thunder Legion before they arrived at the front line. They only lasted for half a day before the Red Dragon Legion collapsed. The muskets were gone.
The Thunder Legion can hit far and accurately, and the grenades are not as powerful as the long-range explosions thrown by the Thunder Legion. Even the physical fitness and combat awareness of the soldiers are not as good as those of the Thunder Legion, and they are almost crushed in all directions.
Not to mention that the Thunder Legion is still a light cavalry army, and its maneuverability exceeds that of the Red Dragon Legion several times. In the field, the Red Dragon Legion simply cannot withstand the attacks of the Thunder Legion. All the officers and soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion faced the continuous attacks of the Thunder Legion.
, all have the illusion that they are fighting against the many, weak against the strong. This small group of them is facing the surprise attack of the entire Thunder Legion. In the absence of a complete and solid defensive position, the Red Dragon Legion
The officers and soldiers were quickly defeated and became prisoners of the Thunder Legion...
The top brass of the Red Dragon Legion, who finally escaped to the Ibiniste Plains, wept together with the legion commander, Kingdom Marshal Duke Siegfried. There were more than 65,000 people in the legion, and less than 7,000 people escaped with them.
.This was a huge defeat. One of the kingdom's ace field regiments was wiped out in one battle. It finally allowed the kingdom's local soldiers to experience the battle of defeating and destroying the two second-line overseas legions directly under the Hicks Kingdom's ten standing legions.
Let them understand why the territorial war zone was able to win that colonial war.
Fortunately, after the Thunder Legion won the battle, they did not take all the captives back to the overseas autonomous territories. Instead, they released all the captured soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion. At the same time, they also treated the injured Red Dragon Legion soldiers on the battlefield and recovered the war dead.
All the corpses were handed over to the officer corps sent by the Red Dragon Legion to accept them, and the weapons and ammunition collected on the battlefield were also considerately returned to them.
In total, nearly 10,000 people were killed by the Red Dragon Army in this short battle, and more than 20,000 were slightly or seriously injured, which is equivalent to the casualties of half of the troops. The commander of the Red Dragon Army, Duke Siegfried, the marshal of the kingdom, was so ashamed that even the royal capital
They didn't even go back, and quietly returned to their garrison with the remnants of the Red Dragon Legion to lick their wounds...
The only benefit of this war to the Thunder Division was that it once again received overtures and wooing from the Guards Corps and the Gryphon Corps. Both regiments coincidentally sent groups of condolences officers to improve relations. At the same time, the equipment of various departments of the Thunder Corps
The new rifles and new grenades also caught their eye, but out of concern for the Thunder Legion's powerful combat power, they could only keep it in mind and wait until they returned to study and imitate it.
The Dominion Military Region quickly received General Albert's summary report on the battle, but Claude disagreed. In such a war, the Thunder Legion's victory is inevitable, and failure will be surprising. Although the Red Dragon Legion is the third largest force in the kingdom,
One of the trump card legions, but an infantry field legion. When encountering a sudden attack by a light cavalry legion like the Thunder Legion in the plains, there is no defensive front to rely on, and a major defeat is inevitable.
In addition, let alone the difference in weapon performance. Compared with the matchlock gun, the range, power and firing speed of the new rifle are many times higher. If both sides had matchlock guns, then the Red Dragon Army would not have suffered such heavy casualties. Especially
Their marching route and the marching position and deployment of each unit were obtained from the Guards Corps. Detailed information was obtained. On such a battlefield, the defeat of the Red Dragon Corps was a foregone conclusion.
After this war, the Thunder Legion's progress in the Kingdom went very smoothly. The local counties they evacuated from were quickly taken over by the Griffin Legion. The two sides maintained a tacit understanding. Let the Griffin Legion
Surprisingly, those local counties are no longer burdened by refugees and refugees from the Kingdom, have a certain degree of social order, and have begun to see a recovery in production. At least some people in some farms and fields outside the towns have begun to plant winter wheat.
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For Claude, the 595th year of the Holy Light Calendar was a very peaceful year. The overseas autonomous territories were in the peak stage of post-war production development. Thanks to the large amount of machinery and equipment shipped from the kingdom,
, nearly a hundred large-scale manufacturing workshops have appeared in the autonomous states in just one year, which heralds a further increase in the productivity of the overseas autonomous territories, and also means that there will be great benefits in terms of tax revenue.
The laying of railway tracks from Port Vibato State to Cromwell State has begun. Railway transportation has finally opened a new transportation chapter in the overseas dominions. In the next three years, the main task of the Dominion Executive Committee is to
It will be laid in every town in every state to improve the convenience of commercial logistics and promote the development of railway transportation. Originally, it would take a month to go from the southernmost state of Atlas to the northernmost mountainous state of Rocky Mountain. But now
After the railway, this trip will be compressed to seven days.
This attack on the Kingdom's mainland not only gave the overseas autonomous territories the machinery and equipment of a large-scale military industry, but also allowed the Dominion Military Region to own a large steel refining furnace and forging workshop, which can produce special steel such as gun steel. In addition, the Kingdom's refugees were transported
There are estimated to be more than 1.6 million refugee families, which to some extent make up for the lack of human resources in overseas autonomous territories.
However, at the end of the year, a piece of news came from the colonies on the west coast, which made Claude and others angry, but there was nothing they could do. The news said that the Kingdom of Hicks, the Kingdom of Nasseri, and the Principality of Karnas had sent troops together.
The eight legions invaded the newly occupied territory gained by the Kingdom of Orvilas after the five-year war in the eastern region. The three countries fought with the slogan of helping the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings to recover...