Claude did not expect that there would be so many troubles. He originally thought that after the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas were destroyed, the war ended, and the Kingdom of Ovelas unified the eastern region of Farea Continent. Next.
It’s just a matter of giving birth, resting, and recuperating. There’s nothing else to do without him. Once the Kingdom’s reward for the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region comes down, everyone can pack up their luggage and take the loot with them, and happily return to the Overseas Dominion to live their own little lives.
As a result, he was now dragged into the Nasseri area and became the temporary acting governor. He couldn't get out for a while. He had to deal with countless official documents and administrative trivial matters all day long, which was really a burden to Claude.
Painful torture. If he had known it would be so troublesome, Claude would have regretted that he should not have destroyed the Kingdom of Nasseri and put himself and the two legions in such an embarrassing situation.
To put it bluntly, Claude, General Beachlin, and General Albert, as well as the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion are now working for Frederic I. The two legions from the Overseas Dominion Military District originally participated in the war.
The agreement was that after the war, the two legions would immediately return to the overseas autonomous territories and no longer participate in the affairs of the kingdom.
But now, the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion have become garrison legions stationed in the Nasseri and Karnas regions to maintain local order and security. There is no name for military control, but they are doing the work of military control, and they are not even dispatched by the royal court.
Before the local administrative officials took over, Claude and others had to stay here to perform the duties of the temporary acting governor.
This is not a matter of whether the royal court trusts Claude or not. Although Claude is the temporary acting governor, his responsibilities and powers are not that great. He is only the acting governor, and it is temporary, so he has no power to govern. Seriously
Analyzing it, he only replaced the Royal Court and the Sterling royal family, collecting taxes and tributes in these two areas, and maintaining public security order in these two areas, which is equivalent to the role of a tax collector and a patrol leader combined.
This is actually the royal court using the combat power of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion to suppress local areas, and first collect taxes from these two areas for a period of time to replenish the treasury. Because the military expenditures of these two legions in the Overseas Autonomous Territory Military Region do not need to be borne by the Kingdom.
To pay, the agreement has already stated that the overseas autonomous military regions will bear the responsibility themselves. Therefore, Wang Ting's move is equivalent to using two powerful legions for free, which is a huge advantage.
Claude began to wonder if the so-called sending of administrative officials to the Nasseri and Karnas regions to take up posts and the resistance from the selection officials was an excuse made by the royal court to use the two legions for free. Fortunately,
More than two months have passed, and the Nasseri region has basically been settled, and the Karnas region has been entrusted to General Albert. Now the only thing left is to collect taxes and send troops to suppress local riots and rebellions.
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General Bolognik arrived at the Royal City of Polyvisia at the end of March after the rainy season. He stayed in Ames City for half a year and finally captured the more than 100,000 Nasseri Guards, grassroots officers, administrative officials and local nobles.
They and their more than 200,000 family members were successfully transported to the port of Florik in the Rimodra region and boarded an ocean-going transport ship. From now on, these prisoners and their families will have to settle down in the Rocky Mountain State of the Overseas Dominion.
Mining for a living.
After sending away the prisoners, General Bolognik took the first division of the Rock Legion and the legion headquarters to the Royal City of Polyvisia and met with Claude. Claude was very happy and dumped all official duties to him
He was ready to let himself relax for a while. However, General Bolognik pulled Claude and said that he came here this time to take advantage of the two hundred thousand prisoners in the royal city, and also wanted to transport them to overseas autonomous territories to enrich themselves.
population.
General Bolognik told Claude that the more than 300,000 prisoners previously transported to the overseas dominions had attracted the attention of many dominion members. For example, the president of the Mining and Commerce Association, Representative Hindman, made a public announcement in the parliament.
In the speech, he believed that the captives obtained from the ongoing war in the eastern region of Farea Continent are the best opportunity to fill the labor vacancies in the overseas autonomous territories. These more than 300,000 captives have just enriched the lack of mining manpower in the Rocky Mountain Continent.
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Therefore, the representatives of Atlas State also hope to obtain more than 100,000 captives from the two legions participating in the war as a scarce labor force. Due to the huge sales of cigarettes by tobacco companies, Atlas, as the main source of tobacco,
The supply of wild tobacco in the state is no longer available. Many wealthy people in the Dominion have begun to invest in the construction of tobacco planting estates in Atlas State and cultivate tobacco on a large scale. However, Atlas State is one of the autonomous regions with a small population.
, and plantations require a large number of manpower, so they also focused on prisoners...
Although neither the Kingdom of Overas nor the Overseas Dominion practiced slavery, captives were much cheaper than labor hired from outside. General Bolonik brought several state legislators and local people from the Dominion with him this time.
They are willing to compensate the autonomous military region, bear the cost of the prisoners, provide food, clothing, housing and transportation, and accept the supervision of the military region.
Claude smiled bitterly. The taste of a good war seems to have completely changed now. The two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region are participating in the war not for the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Ovilas, but to increase labor and immigrants for the Overseas Dominion.
I just received a letter from Michael Jack some time ago. He said in the letter that the officers and soldiers of the legions who were originally part of the great prince's influence and who were taken in by him have been asking to immigrate to overseas autonomous territories with their families. Because they are worried about the veteran of the Kingdom of Orvelas.
The influence of the aristocratic family will settle the score in the future. By then it will be too late for them to regret. It is better to immigrate to overseas autonomous territories to feel more at ease.
At the same time, McJack asked Claude in the letter whether to recruit these officers and soldiers into the Dominion Military Region, such as establishing a fourth Thunder Division. Currently, McJack has taken in nearly 80,000 of these soldiers who were originally Han soldiers in the three southern counties and the Eskiline area.
The several legions of Prince Spark's forces were dispersed in the mountains and local areas. Among the officers and soldiers, 50,000 to 60,000 were rescued prisoners, and the rest were small groups who fled into the mountains.
When the Eskiline region became the eastern enclave of the Kingdom of Hicks, these small groups of troops who fled into the mountains had been fighting guerrillas and carrying out resistance activities with the Hicks army. The leader of the largest group was still Crow
De's old boss, whom I haven't seen in nearly ten years, was the battalion commander of the 1st Ranger Battalion, Major Lieutenant.
Michael believed that although these officers and soldiers were the old subordinates of the great prince, the prince was gone now, and they had all become homeless dogs. The Thunder Legion swept through the newly occupied territories, destroyed the Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra, and recovered
The Eskiline area, an enclave of the Kingdom of Hicks. Now that this newly occupied territory has returned to the Kingdom of Overas, it has brought great uneasiness to these officers and soldiers.
Although they are also soldiers of the Kingdom of Overas, as the old subordinates of Prince Hansback, they still wear the hats of rebels on their heads. During the civil war in the Kingdom, they fought in the Kingdom and fought against the forces of the established noble families.
They had to fight to the death, and the two sides had already forged a blood feud. Even though it was Frederick I who was sitting on the throne now, not Stirling XI, these officers and soldiers were still worried that they would be retaliated by the forces of the established aristocratic families in the future.
During the Kingdom's civil war, Prince Hansback had already moved the families of his officers and soldiers from the Kingdom's mainland to the newly occupied territory, so now these officers and soldiers are not opposed to immigrating their families to overseas autonomous territories. However, Mike felt that they should be allowed to go
It is a pity that overseas autonomous territories are farming. They are all strong soldiers with battlefield experience. It is best to recruit them into the army again.
Originally, McJack wanted to organize these officers and soldiers into local garrison forces to assist the Third Thunder Division in maintaining local order and security, but in the end he only organized two garrison regiments with more than 10,000 people. The reason was not that these officers and soldiers looked down upon them.
Because of the status of the local garrison, he was worried that after becoming a member of the local garrison, he could only stay in the region, and would be liquidated by the kingdom in the future, which would affect his family. That's why McJack wanted to organize them into the Fourth Thunder.
Division, this can calm their minds. In addition, these officers and soldiers are also envious of the military treatment and benefits of the overseas autonomous military regions, and are happy to become a member of the Thunder Legion.
In addition, McJack also reported to Claude that the task originally assigned to him, which was to reintegrate the military industries in the three southern counties and first set up a new rifle bullet production line, has been completed. The employees recruited
They are all family members of officers and soldiers preparing to immigrate to overseas autonomous territories. Currently, this production line can produce 500,000 new rifle bullets per month. The only problem is that there is often a shortage of production materials, such as brass-skin pressed cartridge cases and primers, etc., which cannot be stabilized.
of production.
As for the production of shells for new artillery, the current production conditions are not complete, and there is a lack of some large-scale press and forging manufacturing machinery. The reason is that during the occupation of the Kingdom of Hicks, some large-scale forging accessories machinery was shipped back to the country, resulting in the southern
The level of military manufacturing in the three counties has dropped a lot, and some special large-scale parts cannot be forged. Just like the shells of artillery shells, three large-scale forging machines are needed to manufacture...
In fact, Claude does not want to expand the Thunder Legion's establishment. The Thunder Legion in three divisions has reached 120,000 people, while the establishment of one division is only 35,000 people. Originally, there were two divisions in one legion, plus the legion headquarters.
The total strength of the directly affiliated independent regiments and four logistics battalions is nearly 82,000. Before entering the war, a division was expanded, bringing the total number of the regiment to more than 125,000. Claude has always felt that
It feels a little too bloated.
It is not that an increase in military strength is a good thing, it means that military expenditures are out of the budget. This is not just an increase in military expenditures for one division, but adding one division will also increase the logistics, administration and other civilian officers and auxiliary personnel of the army headquarters.
The base number. In the past, it was an era of queuing up with matchlocks to kill. The purpose of adopting legion organization was to use the strength of troops on the battlefield to offset the adverse effects of too many casualties and maintain lasting combat effectiveness.
It is said that in the past, when the two sides fought, they basically concentrated their forces and found an open terrain to set up their positions. The commanders of both sides commanded their troops to close in and shoot, and engage in hand-to-hand combat. The casualties were very high. The strength of two divisions of one legion was up there for a whole morning.
It’s impossible to fight. A big battle can be won or lost in three or four days, and hundreds of thousands of casualties are common. Therefore, the more troops a legion has, the better. As a result, most countries use about 60,000 people per legion and two divisions.
preparation.
In the First Eastern War, the Anti-Austrian Alliance clearly realized that such a field battle was no match for the four major field armies of the Kingdom of Overas. Therefore, they adopted a positional offensive and defensive battle model, digging trenches and building defenses.
The facilities were waiting for the army of the Kingdom of Ovelas to attack, which offset the Kingdom of Ovelas' invincible advantage in the field. In the end, the war was dragged out to the point where both sides were exhausted and unable to continue, and a truce was successfully negotiated and signed.
protocol.
To a certain extent, the First Eastern Region War has changed the traditional field battle pattern in the nearly thousand years of war in the Farea Continent. Even small and weak countries know that when their military strength is not dominant,
Which style of play to use? The colonial war that was fought between the Kingdom of Overas and the Kingdom of Hicks in the continent of Nubisia broke through the bottom line of traditional field battles.
First, the weak Ranger Division used various strategies to deceive the enemy and won two colonial wars. Later, the five divisions formed in the overseas territorial theater were able to sweep through the Kingdom of Hicks.
This legion also forcibly occupied the Vibato Port Colony of the Hicks Kingdom and turned it into the eighth direct-administered territory of overseas territories.
These three colonial wars were an eye-opener for the countries in Farea Continent, so much so that when the Kingdom of Hicks came back two years later and rented the Rodex Bay Colony of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands at a high price to continue this colonial war, almost
Attracted the attention of all the countries in Farea Continent. At that time, the Kingdom of Ovelas was undergoing a civil war between two kings competing for the throne. There were only two legions in the overseas territorial war zone, but the Kingdom of Hicks invested ten standing legions, so that basically
No one in the world is optimistic that the Overseas Territory Theater side will win.
The first time the Thunder Legion sneak attacked the base camp of the Hicks Kingdom Expeditionary Force and won by luck, while the Hicks Kingdom Expeditionary Force only lost two and a half legions, which was particularly powerful. The second time the Hicks Kingdom Expeditionary Force retaliated in kind and landed on 6
The fishing port town of the overseas territory directly approached Lanhu City, where the war zone of the territory was located, and was reduced to ruins.
However, the Thunder Legion rushed thousands of miles to help, and the directly-administered war zone survived the disaster, and the three Hicks Legions on the 6th were surrounded and annihilated by the entire army. After that, the Thunder Legion once again attacked the base camp of the Hicks Kingdom Expeditionary Force and succeeded, and fought with the Rock Legion.
Together they annihilated all the Hicks Kingdom's expeditionary force, and finally won the colonial war.
In the final battle of the colonial war, the new rifles equipped by the two legions in the overseas territorial theater began to attract the attention of various countries in the Farea Continent. The power of this new rifle far exceeded the weapons installed by various countries.
matchlock gun, but due to the tight security in overseas territorial war zones, little information about the new rifle has been leaked.
It was not until later that the Kingdom of Ovilas experienced too many changes. Overseas territories became autonomous territories, and war zones became military zones. In the name of helping Archduke Sidings and Archduke Rimodra to restore their kingdoms, the Kingdom of Hicks raided and occupied
The new territory occupied by the Kingdom of Ovelas. The kings of Ovelas revolted, Frederic I came to power, and the Kingdom of Chikos led the establishment of the Eastern Regional League of Nations. The Kingdom of Nasseri and the Kingdom of Ovelas were in debt.
During the war, the Eastern Region National Alliance intervened and formed a coalition to invade the Kingdom of Ovilas.
Then the two legions from the overseas autonomous territories returned to the kingdom for reinforcements. As a result, the alliance of countries in the eastern region was destroyed. The alliance army had only 700,000 troops left. Four countries were destroyed, and the Kingdom of Orvelas unified the entire eastern region of Farea continent.
The emergence of new rifles, new artillery, and armored fleets in this second war in the eastern region has brought about earth-shaking changes in the mode of war. The victory of the war no longer depends on the number of troops on both sides, but on the power of the new weapons.
With only one division of troops, the Thunderbolt Legion was more than enough to resist the attack of the four legions of the Alliance Army. It inflicted a large number of casualties on the enemy while retreating while fighting, luring the Alliance Army under the Royal City of Polyvisia, laying the foundation for the victory of the battle.
This is why Claude believes that in the future, divisions can be used to replace legions. The troops should be elite but not numerous. There is no need to accumulate troops and expand them into a large legion mode.
However, General Bolognik did not think so. He told Claude an inside message. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Marquis Blancart, wrote privately to tell him that in the next three years, the Kingdom would not be able to govern and govern Nasseri, Kanner
There are no financial resources to invest in areas such as Si, Esquiline, Rimodra and Sidings. Therefore, the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region need to guard these areas for three years and first accumulate some tax wealth to support the kingdom.
Restore the vitality of the mainland, and then return the jurisdiction of these areas to the royal court...
This is a very surprising news. It is equivalent to the royal court entrusting the overseas autonomous territories to take over the jurisdiction of these areas for three years on behalf of the kingdom. However, the official entrustment has not been announced, and the matter is only talked about in private. General Bolonik said that this is
The royal court gave rewards to overseas autonomous territories and military regions. The kingdom did not have the financial resources to fulfill the meritorious services of the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion for the kingdom, so it compensated them in disguised form in this way.
Administering these areas for three years means that in addition to the taxes and tributes paid to the royal court, all the business profits in these areas will be in the hands of the overseas autonomous military regions, which will be a very huge amount of wealth. At the same time,
, it is entirely possible to immigrate from these areas to overseas autonomous territories within three years, and Wang Ting pretends not to see it. After all, they were all enemy countries in the past, and more immigrants will alleviate the kingdom's trouble in managing these areas in the future.
"Okay, then, the Thunder Legion will expand by another division, and select suitable soldiers from the old prince's troops to fill the vacancies left by the martyrs of the two legions this time. Let General Beach Kerin go and take charge of this.
For the first time to expand and replenish troops, Michael will be his deputy." Claude made the decision, just as General Bolognik said, the Thunder Legion really needs to expand to guard so many places.
"As for the prisoners you want, you can take away the nearly 100,000 soldiers from the former Nasseri Kingdom and their families and send them to Arturas State. However, the remaining 100,000 soldiers from the Hicks Kingdom can be taken away by you, along with their families.
Prisoners, I am not going to let them go to overseas autonomous territories, so let them build roads here first..." Claude continued.