"... Judging from the current situation, the Kingdom of Hicks helps the so-called Kingdom of Nasseri and the exiled royal court of the Principality of Karnas to form a restoration army. For us, there is nothing for the time being.
It is threatening. No matter how loud it screams, it will only thunder but not rain. The only thing that can be implemented is to send a small team to lurk into the country to spy on intelligence and contact the rebels to incite civil unrest. It will not affect the peace and stability of the entire eastern region...
..."
General Skerry held a small wooden stick in his hand and pointed at the map hanging on the wall while talking. The conference room was filled with parliamentarians and senior officers of the two legions. This was a meeting of parliamentarians and military officer representatives from overseas autonomous territories in the royal capital.
Another conference, the topic of the conference was the two bad news just received two days ago. General Skerry, as the representative of the Dominion Military Region, gave detailed analysis and explanation to the participants at the conference, so that they could understand the situation of the overseas Dominion.
crisis faced.
"The Sea King Fleet of the Hicks Kingdom has been annihilated by the armored fleet of our Dominion, so it cannot mobilize large forces by ship to carry out landing operations on the eastern coast. In addition, during the war, the Hicks Kingdom can attack Breo
The Kingdom of Te and the Kingdom of Monbamark rented a land route as a logistical supply channel to transport military supplies to the frontline troops. They also allowed their defeated soldiers to retreat back home along this land channel.
But now that the war is over, it is no longer possible for the Kingdom of Hicks to mobilize large forces to rent a land passage from the Kingdom of Breout and the Kingdom of Menbamark as a way to enter the Nasseri area. Because doing so would indicate that Breout
The Kingdom of Breault and the Kingdom of Monbamark also joined the Hicks Kingdom, actively declared war on us and became invaders. The Kingdom of Breault and the Kingdom of Monbamark will never participate in such a war that has nothing to do with them.
....
Since there are still two countries between our kingdom and the Kingdom of Hicks, the land borders are not adjacent, and the Kingdom of Hicks has lost its only Sea King fleet at sea, so we don’t have to worry about it challenging the eastern region again.
The war started. No matter how it supported the exiled royal courts of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karrnath, it was just like selling business to earn money, show its presence, and show that it was still the leader of the alliance of nations in the eastern region.
As for the Restoration Army formed by the Kingdom of Hicks with the help of the two exiled royal courts of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Kannas, even if they send a small group of troops to cause trouble, they can only be in the Nasseri area. And as we all know, Nasseri
The Seri area has been granted by His Majesty the King to the nobles of the kingdom as a hereditary family territory. Therefore, it is the territorial nobles who need to consider how to deal with these rebels. Their family armed forces are more than enough to deal with these small groups of rebels.
The conferred territory our Overseas Dominion received from His Majesty the King is the coastal area of the Beibu Gulf of Karnas Prairie. After the conferment ceremony is over, it will become another territory of our Overseas Dominion in the Farea Continent.
The Dominion Military Region has decided to dispatch an armored squadron to the Beibu Gulf to protect the security of the territory's waters. Therefore, to our Dominion, the Kingdom of Hicks is just a vicious dog barking in a cage. No matter how loud it barks, it is no threat.
"
After talking about the Kingdom of Hicks, General Skerry called his adjutants and guards to replace the map on the wall with a map of the Nubicia continent. Next, he would like to explain the effects of the prohibition on trade issued by the colonies on the west coast on overseas autonomous territories.
The impact and adverse consequences caused.
General Skerry pointed at the colonies on the west coast of the map with the small wooden stick in his hand. He waited until the noisy conversation in the conference room stopped and then spoke: "Compared to the Kingdom of Hicks helping the Kingdom of Nasseri and Karnas,
We believe that the joint statement issued by the colonies on the west coast of the Nubisian continent is the biggest bad news for our overseas autonomous territories. They have implemented a trade ban on us!"
The noisy discussion in the conference room started again, and a voice shouted loudly: "Declare war! We declare war on them! They dare to expel the trading houses and merchants of our Dominion. This is discrimination against our Dominion! We can absolutely
Defeat them by force and ask them to sign an agreement so that we can trade freely on the west coast!"
General Skerry smiled bitterly. The owner of this voice was probably superstitious about the invincible combat power of the Overseas Dominion Military Region. The first thing that came to his mind was war, using war to open a way out for the overseas Dominion's business. There were many others in the conference room.
People echoed his views and cheered loudly for war, war...
He slapped the small wooden stick in his hand on the wall twice, suppressing the discussion in the conference room. When everyone's emotions calmed down, General Skerry shook his head: "Yesterday, the Dominion Executive Committee and the Military Region
We discussed this issue and came to the conclusion that we cannot declare war on the colonies on the west coast.
This incident cannot be solved by a war, because our Dominion Military Region simply does not have the time or the ability to win this war in a short time, and the longer the delay is, the more detrimental it will be to our overseas Dominions."
"Why?" A congressman stood up and asked loudly. From the sound of his voice, he should be the person who just advocated declaring war on the colonies on the west coast.
"Look at the map, this is the West Coast..." General Skerry tapped the map of the West Coast with a small wooden stick: "You should be able to see from the map that the area of the colonies on the entire West Coast is four times larger than our overseas autonomous territories.
About times, their colonies have penetrated deep into the interior, and they were developed nearly a hundred years earlier than our overseas colonies. In terms of the population, products and development scale of the colonies, they are more complete than ours."
What General Skerry said is very true. The earliest colony of the Nubisian continent was on the west coast. It was known as the land flowing with nectar under the sun. It was flat and vast and rich in products. At that time, the southern continent where the overseas autonomous territories were located was
In a desolate and barbaric land, King Sterling X of the Overas Kingdom sent colonial troops to the southern continent because he was unable to intervene on the west coast. After more than sixty years of continuous development, the current overseas autonomous territories were established.
"In the past two hundred years, the colonies of various countries on the west coast have gone through several wars and annexed each other, and finally formed the current structure. This is the colony of eight countries in the southern part of Farea. The former northern coastal countries have been squeezed out of the west coast, and they can only start from the east coast.
and the Hokuriku Snowfield were looking for a few barren places to establish their colonies. This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Hicks provoked a colonial war against us. It hoped to obtain its own colonies from our southern continent.
Nowadays, the west coast is an exclusive colony of the eight countries in the southern part of the Falea continent. The peace of 40 to 50 years has enabled the west coast to achieve great economic and social development. But fortunately, the eight southern countries still adopt the same approach to their colonies on the west coast.
The economic policy of blood transfusion, just like our previous kingdom, suppressed the economic and industrial development of the colonies and treated the colonies as resource exporters and dumping grounds for domestic products.
Why are the goods produced by our overseas autonomous territories dumped in the colonies of various countries on the west coast? The simple reason is that they are of high quality and low price, with guaranteed quality. Instead of being like the eight southern countries, which dumped inferior goods produced in their own countries at high prices to their own colonies. Because the eight countries
Implementing a policy of trade monopoly, the people in their colonies can only choose these low-quality and high-priced goods, and endure being exploited and squeezed by their own country's businessmen because they have no choice.
But all this changed after the goods produced in our overseas dominions were smuggled into the colonies of various countries on the West Coast. Even though the local governments of the colonies on the west coast vigorously prohibited smuggling activities, the people in the colonies still chose to buy the goods produced in our dominions.
As a result, the goods transported by the eight southern countries to their colonies became slow-moving goods and could not be sold. In other words, we had touched their cheese.
Thanks to the victory of our overseas autonomous territories in the colonial war over the Kingdom of Hicks, the eight colonial governments on the west coast did not dare to use force against our overseas autonomous territories. They could only express strong protests and ask us to stop smuggling activities against the colonies of various countries on the west coast. We refused.
In response to their request, we told them at the time that we believe in freedom of commerce and trade. If others come to purchase, we have to do this business, and we have no control over where the goods are shipped.
Two-thirds of the goods produced by our overseas dominions the year before last were smuggled and sold to the eight colonies on the west coast. Last year, due to the war in the kingdom, sales decreased, but half of the products were also shipped to the west coast by smugglers. It is worth noting that
, the low-denomination banknotes issued by the Overseas Minsheng Bank of our Dominion also have an amount of nearly 10 million gold crowns circulating in the eight colonies on the west coast...
The people of the eight colonies on the west coast use the banknotes issued by us and avoid the commercial taxes that need to be paid to the colonial governments. Because the colonial governments do not recognize our banknotes, the people of these colonies can take the banknotes to our Dominion merchants.
The trading houses opened in the eight colonies on the west coast implement free exchange. I think this may be the reason why the eight colonial governments also expelled the trading houses legally opened by merchants from our autonomous territories..."
The congressman who asked why he did not declare war interrupted General Skerry: "We know these situations, but this should not be an excuse for our Dominion not to declare war on them! If we dispatch the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion, as well as our iron armor
If we use a fleet, then the maritime smuggling blockade of the eight colonies on the west coast will be in vain, their colonial garrisons will be defeated, and they will eventually have to open the door to welcome us and them for free commercial trade!"
"You think everything is too simple!" General Skerry said helplessly: "Our declaration of war on the eight colonies on the west coast does not mean that we only declare war on the eight colonies on the west coast. It also means that we declare war on the eight colonies on the southern coast of Farea.
Declaration of war, do you understand? Just like when the Kingdom of Hicks provoked this colonial war, the Kingdom sent our Ranger Division to come for reinforcements, and eventually we evolved into the Thunder Legion and the Rock Legion.
The total area of the colonies of the eight countries on the west coast is four times that of our overseas autonomous territories, and the total population exceeds 60 million. Although most of them are mixed-race indigenous people, the nearly two hundred years of colonization by the eight countries in the south have made these mixed-race indigenous people recognize their colonial countries as their motherland.
, this is many times stronger than the Nikancha people here. If we declare war on them, they will be regarded as invaders, and they will also take up arms to resist our attack.
Do you think the two legions of our Overseas Dominion Military Region with more than 200,000 troops can sweep away the entire eight-nation colony on the west coast in a short time? It is impossible to do it for more than five years. And even if we defeat the colonial garrisons of these eight countries, we
There are not that many troops stationed in various occupied areas to maintain local order. Unless our overseas autonomous territories carry out general mobilization and recruit more than one million troops, this will be possible.
And do you understand what recruiting one million troops means? It will be a very large-scale regional war. Can our overseas autonomous territories afford the price of this regional war? Unfortunately, we can’t afford it, and we don’t have the capital. Because we
The enemy we face is not only the eight-country colony on the west coast, but also the eight countries on the southern coast of Farea. They will continuously reinforce their colonies and may even send troops to attack our overseas autonomous territories.
By then, our Dominion will be in a helpless situation. You are also aware of the situation in the Kingdom itself. Not only will it not be able to provide us with support, but it is also very likely to sever relations with our overseas Dominion. Because it cannot afford the pressure from the eight southern countries.
Diplomatic pressure, and what it needs most now is time to rest and recuperate. Therefore, we cannot risk declaring war on the eight colonies on the west coast because of the ban on trade."
This time General Skrein said it very bluntly. What he said was that the overseas autonomous territories could not afford to fight this war, and they did not have the financial, material and combat power to fight this war. The questioning congressman stood there and thought for a long time.
Still a little unconvinced, he wanted to say something more, but was immediately pulled down by the people around him.
"Who is he?" Claude asked Mr. Veblen beside him.
"Old Berman's son, Andecolos Joyster. This boy is very lucky. Last year he replaced Old Berman as a member of the parliament, and this year he became a hereditary baron of the kingdom. However, their family is located in the states of Robisto and Antoine.
Feston State has opened seventeen daily necessities workshops, and most of the goods produced are smuggled and sold to the eight colonies on the west coast. This time the ban on trade in the eight colonies on the west coast has the greatest impact on their family..." Veblen
Sir, you know the details of these congressmen very well.
Claude laughed: "No wonder he was so excited and clamored to declare war..."
General Skerry in front was still speaking: "...Although the eight colonies on the west coast have issued a ban on trade in our overseas autonomous territories, smuggling cannot be prohibited as long as there is profit. The Executive Committee of our autonomous territories has come up with
There are two countermeasures. One is to carry out armed cargo transportation for smuggling caravans and open up new smuggling routes to ensure that they will not be easily captured by the garrison in each colony and at least have the ability to escape and resist...
.
Second, in the next three years, our overseas dominion will vigorously develop the Beibu Gulf of Karnas Prairie, a hereditary territory belonging to our dominion. This will become a new commercial trading center for us in the Falea continent. Two continents
Specialties and commodities will gather here and become the largest commercial free trade market, allowing businessmen from all over the world to come here to purchase their favorite commodities and then transport them back to their respective regions for sale.
The Executive Committee believes that this place will soon become a new economic growth point for the overseas autonomous territories. Even the economic losses caused by the ban on trade imposed on us by the eight colonies on the west coast will soon be made up for by the commercial free trade market here.
, so we need a little patience and time. While developing this territory that belongs to our autonomous territory, the Executive Committee will also send personnel to the colonies on the west coast to negotiate and ask them to lift the trade ban as soon as possible."
"Are you going back to the Dominion this time too?" asked Mr. Veblen.
"Yes." Claude nodded: "Thunder Legion and Rock Legion are now being dragged here and cannot be transferred back. The trade ban on our Dominion on the West Coast must be lifted as soon as possible, otherwise it will have a very negative impact on the economy of the Dominion.
.Our current rhetoric to the outside world is to divert investment and develop the territory of Beibu Gulf, but secretly we must teach the eight colonies on the west coast a profound lesson...
They chose a very good time to attack us this time. The forces of the two major armies of our Dominion were dragged in the eastern region, and the armored fleet had to split up the seaports stationed here to maintain maritime security. Therefore, the eight colonies on the west coast jointly issued a ban
Smuggling has tightened sea restrictions and driven out our trading firms because we can't do anything about them during this period. However, the eight colonies on the west coast have become the largest sales place for goods in our autonomous territory, and we must not give up."
"But the current strength of the Dominion is only one division of the Rock Army, and there are twelve local garrison regiments. The strength is meager. Should one or two divisions be transferred back from here?" Mr. Veblen asked with some worry.
Claude laughed: "I'm not going to fight this time, but I want to see if there is a way to solve the trade ban without fighting. The Dominion Military Region has been fighting in the Kingdom for the past two years, so it should take a rest.
, I am also prepared to reduce some of the troops to reduce the military expenditures of the autonomous territories. And not all problems must be solved by force. I believe in my judgment that the eight colonies on the west coast do not want to have a war with our overseas autonomous territories."
"I hope so..." Mr. Veblen asked again: "Marshal Bolognik will also return to the Dominion this time?"
"Yes, he will transfer to civil affairs duties when he returns and act as the administrative affairs of the Parliament in the absence of Chief Bennett. As for the development of the Beibu Gulf Territory, the Dominion Military Region will transfer Generals Skerry and Beachlin, and also
With General Albert staying here, I believe they can maintain the security and order of the Karnas Prairie." Claude replied.