Claude stopped at Fort Afina, the capital of the Principality of Sidings. He had to discuss with General Albert and handle some political affairs of the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings, and at the same time make preparations for the division of troops.
Preparations. Thanks to the rapid advance of the troops and Claude's disguise, the unsuspecting grand dukes and nobles of the two principalities were almost wiped out, and the few remaining fish that slipped through the net were no longer able to make any waves.
What troubles the two generals now is that they have so few troops when they are used. The three divisions of the Thunder Legion have nearly 120,000 troops. The first division is led by General Belklin and goes straight to the Royal City of Polyvisia in the Kingdom of Nasseri.
This is the most critical step in the crescent hook plan. Just like a black tiger tearing out the heart, it kills with one blow. It paralyzes the entire Nasseri Kingdom and prepares for the destruction of the Ovelas Kingdom's sworn enemy country in the eastern region of Farea Continent.
Work.
The third division, under the charge of General McJack, swept across the territory of the former Eskiline Principality, which now belongs to the eastern enclave of the Kingdom of Hicks. The most important thing is to seize the three southern counties, integrate the military industry here, and
Produce the bullets and shells needed for the new rifles and new artillery equipped by the Thunder Legion in the shortest possible time to meet the ammunition needs of the entire legion. This is an arduous task related to the survival of the Thunder Legion.
General Diavid's Second Division is responsible for the destruction of the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings. Now that the task has been completed, the entire Second Division's troops have been dispersed. The three principalities of Rimodra
The key cities, the two strategic cities of the Principality of Sidings, need to be divided into garrison units. So far, Claude's legion headquarters now only has one directly affiliated reinforced combat group, two baggage transport battalions in the logistics department, and one guard.
battalion and a garrison battalion.
The combat troops of a division are four main field regiments and an independent reinforcement battalion, the seaport city of Camontole in the Principality of Rimodra, the seaport city of Floric, and the capital of the Grand Duke Castle of Rivasero, in the west.
Fort Afina, the capital of the Principality of Dins, and Ames City are strategic locations. The troops of the Second Division are stationed in these five key cities respectively. It can be said that the Second Division no longer has a field mobile unit.
They have all become local defense forces.
Claude's original plan to lead the second division to the Kingdom of Nasseri to support the first division and sweep across the entire Kingdom of Nasseri came to nothing. The two paths before him were: first, endure for two months;
Wait for the ocean cruising fleet from the overseas autonomous territories to arrive again, escort the arrival of six local garrison regiments, and replace the garrison strength of the second division. Only in this way can the troops of the second division be assembled to go to the Kingdom of Nasseri.
The advantage of this road is that the soldiers of the Second Division will be stationed in these five key cities for two months and can fully rest and recuperate. At the same time, they will have enough ammunition after the ocean cruise fleet arrives for the second time, and there is no need to worry about ammunition.
The consumption is too high. The disadvantage is that the first division that captured the Royal City of Polyvisia in the Kingdom of Nasseri needs to hold on for more than two months, and the Kingdom of Nasseri has these two months to mobilize the standing army and form
Local armed forces besieged the First Division or resisted the arrival of the Second Division, causing unpredictable changes in the battle situation...
The second way is to abandon all cities except Florik Seaport, gather all the troops of the Second Division and go straight to the Kingdom of Nasseri, and first beat the Kingdom of Nasseri to pieces so that it can no longer resist. It’s just that
In this way, the Thunder Legion is likely to fall into a dilemma with enemies on all sides. There is no escape route and reliable transportation channels for logistics supplies and ammunition. Once the ammunition and food are exhausted, the two divisions will be in great danger, and the entire army may be
annihilated.
But at this moment, Claude received a falcon message from the Rock Army about the great victory in Ambriz County. This victory was beyond Claude's expectation. He believed that the Rock Army could hold Ambriz County, but after such a fight
I really didn't expect such a great victory. Two divisions were equivalent to a normal legion, one against seven. Not only did they win three position defense battles, they also took advantage of the enemy's low morale to attack the enemy camp at night, using the power of new artillery.
Violent bombing and long-barreled rocket fire attacks on the enemy camp eventually caused the enemy's complete collapse and escape...
The most surprising thing is the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves. The National Alliance Army in the Eastern Region only managed to return four out of seven legions, losing nearly 200,000 people. The Rock Legion captured almost two legions in terms of prisoners.
More than 130,000 people suffered casualties of only more than 1,700, and the actual number of soldiers who died was less than 300. This is a battle loss rate of more than 1:100. It is said that the statistics almost blinded the interim king of Bailu City.
In the eyes of everyone in the court.
"Boney and Bick are starting to have a hard time..." General Albert commented sharply.
This is an obvious fact. The great victory in Ambriz County was like a shot in the arm for the provisional royal court. Those noble officials began to talk about implementing a major counterattack and regaining the entire country within a month. Their calculation method was very
It's so simple. Since one Rock Legion can defeat seven against one, then with the three ace field divisions and a second-line army that are being reorganized, the kingdom has enough power to launch an attack and drive all the enemies out of the kingdom in one go.
General Bolognik and General Beachlin have rejected the suggestion of launching a counterattack. Their heads are still clear. These three position defense battles and a night attack battle have consumed half of their entire ammunition reserves. The next two and a half months
Within the time limit, they have no way to obtain ammunition replenishment from overseas autonomous territories. This is because the ocean-going cruise fleet must transport ammunition to the Thunder Legion as soon as possible, and the mission of the Rock Legion is only to hold on to Ambriz County...
"This great victory bought the Rock Army half a year. During this half year, the enemy will not have to think about launching an attack." Claude said, he clicked on the map: "Between the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings.
Therefore, apart from the fact that they mistook us for the alliance army, the main reason why we were successfully accepted into our arms was that these two principalities sent the two legions they had just formed to the royal capital, otherwise we would have to first
Deal with these two legions.
Although the Alliance army lost three legions in Ambriz County, they are gathering new reinforcements in the royal capital. It is currently known that the alliance reinforcements assembled in the royal capital include five legions, and one is from the Hicks Kingdom stationed there.
The standing legions include a new legion from the Principality of Sidings, a standing legion from the Kingdom of Nasseri, a light cavalry legion from the Principality of Karnas that has just arrived in the royal capital, and a new legion from the Principality of Rimodra.
.It is said that there is still a standing army of the Nasseri Kingdom on the way.
The Kingdom of Hicks has also conscripted and formed two new standing corps, preparing to transport them to the Kingdom of Nasseri via waterways. We don’t know when they will arrive. However, I have sent Admiral Muriel’s armored fleet north to prepare for an ambush.
I believe that news about this transport fleet escorted by the Hicks Kingdom's Sea King Fleet will come in a while.
Therefore, when there are still ten legions of the Alliance Army with more than 600,000 troops in the Kingdom, launching a major counterattack at this time is purely out of the blue. However, this time the Rock Legion captured the enemy camp and seized all the logistics.
The baggage supplies aroused the jealousy of the Provisional Royal Court and the Kingdom's Army Ministry. They requested that all the captured trophies be handed over to them in the Rock Army for military use. Now Boni and Bick are negotiating with them...
."
General Albert slammed the table angrily: "They are so shameless. They always run to White Deer City after losing battles, and they don't forget to put their hands into our bowls to get food. If you have the ability, let them go to the enemy by themselves.
Get supplies!"
Claude threw the second Falcon letter he had read on the table: "Haha, Boni and Bic rejected the request of the Kingdom's Army Department to launch a major counterattack. Do you know what they said? They asked the Rock Army to send the new rifles
and new artillery to them, saying that since the Rock Legion is afraid of death, it will let other troops equip these new weapons and go into battle to attack the enemy...
Do they really think that the Rock Legion relies on these new weapons to win the war? They are idiots. I don’t know how they came to power. They can say this. But Boni thinks that some of the captured materials can be distributed to them to reduce the pressure on the Rock Legion.
.At present, the soldiers of the legion are also a little impetuous. They believe that the enemy is vulnerable and are not willing to stay in the trenches and defend.
Therefore, Boney and Bick hope that we will speed up the implementation of the plan. When the news of the demise of the Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra spreads, and the news that the Royal City of Polyvisia of the Kingdom of Nasseri has been occupied by us, the alliance army will be in a state of panic.
Chaos, then it will be much easier for them to launch a counterattack, and all they need to deal with are the armies of the Kingdom of Hicks and the Principality of Karnas."
General Albert shook his head helplessly: "But the troops of the Second Division are stuck in local garrison. Now we occupy five strategically important cities, and we haven't even cleared the surrounding areas. We can only ensure this
The safety of the passage, if these cities are abandoned, the alliance army can easily occupy these territories by withdrawing from the kingdom itself, and then we will be in a situation of being besieged by the enemy in the Nasseri Kingdom..."
Claude clicked on the map: "In fact, the only real strategic locations in the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings are these two places, the Florik Seaport and the Odin Mountains. The Florik Harbor is
We are a key port for shipping, and the Odin Mountains are the gateway to our kingdom. I have ordered Blovik's Wolf Fang Brigade to cooperate with the independent reinforced battalion of the second division to capture the Odin Mountains. There is only Xiding there.
Guarded by a local garrison of the Principality.
I am going to leave the reinforced field regiment directly under the legion to you, and you will be responsible for cleaning up the surrounding areas of the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings. Most of the young men in these two principalities have been compulsorily recruited to form legions and go to the kingdom.
We have gone to the mainland, and most of the nobles have been captured by our operation. There are no resistance forces in the two principalities. In other words, the common people of these two principalities miss the days when they were ruled by our kingdom...
...
In fact, we do not need to disperse the troops of the Second Division to garrison these five important places. It is enough to garrison one battalion in one city. After all, one of our battalions equipped with new weapons is equivalent to the combat strength of one enemy regiment.
Therefore, let the baggage transport battalion, guard battalion and garrison battalion directly under our army's logistics department be stationed in these key cities, gather the troops of the second division, and I will lead them to the Kingdom of Nasseri to support the first division.
I'm worried that if we stand still here for more than two months, the Kingdom of Nasseri will have time to withdraw its main army in the kingdom's mainland and join the battle to siege the first division. In addition, if the armored fleet does not intercept the Greek
If the Sea King Fleet of the Kingdom of Hicks lands the two standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom, it will add variables to the battle situation in Nasseri. With one more second division, I will be sure to eliminate the reinforcements from the Hicks Kingdom.
These two standing corps."
General Albert nodded: "I understand, I will stay here and help you take care of your retreat. When the ocean cruising fleet transports our six local garrison regiments, I will lead the troops to transport ammunition to Nasseri
The kingdom meets you."
The reason why General Albert is left here is because these two principalities have a very large territory, and they need one person to be responsible for all the affairs of these two principalities, whether it is military or administrative, they need someone who can make the final decision.
And can make contingency decisions in unexpected situations.
It just took some time to gather the troops of the second division. While waiting, two more good news came from the front line. One was that McJack led the third division to sweep through the entire territory of the former Eskilin Principality and regain
He took the so-called enclave of the Kingdom of Hicks and brought the three southern counties back under his jurisdiction. However, he reported a situation and discovered that in the capital of the former Eskiline Principality, the Grand Duke Castle of Braviso,
The four hard labor camps were filled with captured legionnaires from the former Prince Hansback...
The total number of captive soldiers in these four hard labor camps is more than 50,000. They were originally four legions belonging to the power of the great prince. After the prince was assassinated, they occupied new occupied territories, divided their territories, and became warlords.
Development. However, the Kingdom of Hicks, together with the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, launched an attack on the newly occupied territories in the name of restoring the Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra, and they were quickly wiped out.
The soldiers of these four legions in the newly occupied territory were all defeated and captured, and then punished as hard labor by the Kingdom of Hicks.
What makes Mai Jack embarrassed is that these more than 50,000 captured soldiers are all soldiers of the Kingdom of Ovelas. Although they are not in the same camp, they are compatriots after all. After being rescued, they asked to join the army and take revenge on the Kingdom of Hicks.
It is said that they lived a miserable life in the hard labor camps. In just two or three years, countless people died of exhaustion, freezing, beating and starvation in these four hard labor camps. Originally, they had more than 60,000 captured soldiers, but now only
More than 50,000 people...
"You can handle this matter." Claude said to General Albert: "First select personnel from among them to form several local garrison forces. Their weapons and military supplies will be allocated from the supplies we captured.
They are veterans. Let them rest and recuperate in the towns where they are stationed while they are being formed, so as to reduce the pressure on places where we have insufficient troops and are unable to garrison. Our Thunder Legion must maintain a mobile assault force to deal with unexpected and emergencies."
The second good news was the falcon message sent by General Belklin. He led the first division and successfully occupied the Royal City of Polyvisia in the Kingdom of Nasseri after a less fierce siege battle.
Most of the members of the Seri royal family have been captured, and most of the nobles and senior officials of the Nasseri Kingdom in the royal city have become prisoners of the First Division. However, due to the war, the two princes of the Nasseri royal family are outside.
The supervisor was lucky enough to escape from the trap.
After occupying the Royal City of Polyvisia, Belklin first carried out a large-scale manhunt in the city and captured all the nobles and high-ranking officials of the Nasseri Kingdom who had fallen in the city. Then they boldly dispersed their troops to attack in all directions and captured the Royal City.
The local garrison forces of all the towns within a hundred miles were defeated and defeated, and then all the food, grass and military supplies were collected and retreated to the Royal City of Polyvisia. Now the news that the Royal City was occupied has spread throughout the Kingdom of Nasseri. After a while,
It is very likely that he will be besieged by the local Qinwang armed forces of the Nasseri Kingdom...
"Major Mason Hughes, please send the order to lift the blockade." Claude summoned his adjutant. Now that the crescent hook plan has been successful, there is no need to keep it secret anymore. The fishing boats trapped in the two seaport cities and those who do not belong to the east
Sea-going vessels from other countries in the regional alliance of countries can be released.
"In addition, we reported to the Royal Court of White Deer City that the Thunder Legion successfully landed in the newly occupied territory, destroyed the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings, and recovered all the lost territory. At the same time, the surprise troops raided the Kingdom of Nasseri and successfully occupied the Royal City of Polivisia.
At present, the grand ducal families of the two principalities and their nobles will be sent to White Deer City in the near future for the royal court to handle. As for the Nasseri royal family, they will have to wait for some time before they can go to White Deer City." Claude made a brief report.
content.
"Yes, General." Major Mason Hughes saluted and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Claude: "Wait a moment, send an order to all the units of the Second Division, asking them to speed up and assemble within two days. Take two days' rest."
God, in five days the army will attack the Kingdom of Nasseri."
When the entire newly occupied territory was recovered and occupied by the Thunder Legion, the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Sidings were destroyed, and the Royal City of Polyvisia of the Kingdom of Nasseri was raided and occupied by the Thunder Legion, and most members of the Nasseri royal family were captured.
After the news reached Bailu City, the entire temporary royal court fell into an atmosphere of joy and surprise.
"Really, Your Majesty, I guarantee this is true..." General Bolognik understood very well the unconfidence and suspicion of Frederick I. Originally, the kingdom was forced by the alliance army and was about to face the crisis of national subjugation. As a result, the overseas autonomous territories
Two legions were dispatched. The Rock Legion fought one against seven, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy and stabilizing the defense line. However, the Thunder Legion quietly landed in the newly occupied territory, destroyed two newly restored principalities, and also raided the Kingdom's sworn enemy Na.
The royal city of Polyvisia in the Kingdom of Seri. Captured the king of the rival kingdom and most of his royal family members.
Now all fools know that this war has undergone earth-shaking changes. The balance of the war has been greatly tilted in favor of the Kingdom of Overas. It can be said that the kingdom has now gone from survival to victory. The surprised Frederic I grabbed General Bolognik and asked repeatedly,
Afraid that the news from Claude was just a joke, His Majesty the King asked four times if it was true or false in just one hour.
"That's why we have repeatedly rejected any counterattack plans formulated by the Kingdom's Army Department. As long as the Thunder Legion's crescent hook plan can succeed, we can sit back and watch the enemy panic internally. If we take action at this time, the enemy has no intention of fighting, and it is not a defeat.
It means surrendering. Our brave soldiers do not need to fight desperately to conquer the enemy's defensive positions. It is enough to maintain the offensive posture and pressure on the enemy..." General Bolognik said proudly.
On April 2, the first year of the Holy Light Calendar, 600, Claude led the Second Thunder Division into the Kingdom of Nasseri...