Chapter 578: The Situation in the West Coast Colonies
"You have embarrassed our King this time..." That was the first thing Speaker Bennett said when he met Claude in Campast City, the capital of the North Gulf of Kannas region.
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It is indeed embarrassing. His Majesty King Frederic I of the Kingdom of Overas held a grand celebration in the royal capital to celebrate the successful completion of the Hicks Kingdom Raiders. None of the meritorious soldiers of the Dominion Military Region attended, only a few.
Officers and soldiers of the Red Dragon Legion who had been to the Kingdom of Hicks and fought with the local garrison troops came to replenish the number. Speaker Bennett attended the celebration meeting. He said that His Majesty the King had a sullen face throughout the whole process, and he was smiling but not smiling.
appearance.
At this time, Claude had returned to the Beibu Gulf Territory of the Overseas Dominion. General Skerry built him a Field family manor on the seaside of the capital Canpaste City, facing the sea and blooming spring flowers. So Claude
In the name of recuperating, I moved in and gave myself a good rest. After finishing his official duties and schedule in the royal capital, Speaker Bennett also came here to visit Claude and brought some gifts to Claude.
The aristocratic court reviewed the judgment, payment receipts, and certificates of blood relationship division. Now Claude is the head of the Han Field family. What surprised Claude was that Speaker Bennett actually transferred the Field family mansion in White Deer City to
He bought it and gave it to himself as a gift. It was an ancestral property, and Claude had no choice but to accept this favor from Speaker Bennett.
But what Claude didn't expect was that his mother would sell this mansion. It seemed that she and Albert had made up their minds not to return to White Deer City. They kept saying that they would never forget their dead father, Mr. Morsant.
The merits and honors the family has made, but the Bailu City and ancestral property where his father's cemetery is located have been abandoned. People's hearts are unpredictable, and Claude is also filled with emotions...
After recuperating in the Beibu Gulf for half a month, Prime Minister Blancart came to visit again. This time he brought official business. Although Claude and the meritorious officers and soldiers of the Dominion Military Region refused to attend the celebration meeting held by His Majesty the King in the Royal Capital.
, but the promotions and honors that should be given should still be given. It seems that Frederick I held his nose and approved the list of meritorious soldiers submitted by Claude, and Claude was still promoted to the hereditary marquis of the kingdom.
Only three people in the Dominion Military Region were promoted to generals this time. Colonel Boquear played a great role in the Hicks Kingdom raid because of Claude's support and was promoted to the kingdom's major general. Two others were promoted with him.
The senior officer is the colonel of the newly formed Storm Legion, who was also promoted to the rank of major general of the kingdom.
Compared with military rank promotion, Frederick I was very generous in conferring knighthoods. Eleven senior officers in the Dominion Military District were promoted to honorary barons of the Kingdom this time. It seems that His Majesty the King is still prepared to pay for the promotion fees and land selection fees.
Come up and make a fortune. Compared with those senior generals who have been promoted to hereditary titles and obtained family territories, in addition to Claude, there are only three generals: General Albert, General Belklin and General Diavid.
Furthermore, by being promoted from hereditary baron to hereditary viscount, the family territory has also been expanded, but land selection fees still need to be paid.
For example, Claude was originally a hereditary earl of the kingdom. This time he was promoted to hereditary marquis, and the family territory almost tripled. However, because Claude excused himself to recuperate and did not attend the celebration meeting, His Majesty the King was so embarrassed that he almost couldn't step down, so
The family territory granted due to the title promotion was arranged by His Majesty the King in the Nasseri area, which is more than 600 miles away from the original territory in the Beibu Gulf. If Claude wanted to merge the two family territories together, then
You still have to go to the royal capital and pay the site selection fee obediently...
However, this time the Dominion Military Region has gained a lot from the Kingdom of Hicks, and it does not mind giving His Majesty the King a little more benefit in this regard. The person in charge of these affairs is naturally Speaker Bennett. He once again packed up and saluted, bringing a battalion with him.
The escort soldiers escorted nearly 6 million gold crowns of gold and silver property to the royal capital for negotiation. News soon came from the royal capital that the family territory of the overseas autonomous domain in the Karnas region had once again expanded to a large circle.
General Skerry is busy again.
When the ocean-going cruise fleet under the Dominion Military Region arrived again to transport military immigrants to the overseas Dominions, Claude also boarded the ship and prepared to go back. Next, the main focus of the Dominion Military Region was on the colonies of various countries on the west coast. The implementation progress of the wildfire plan was due to
Those colonial countries have increased their vigilance and vigilance, and progress has been very slow.
As reported by General Beachlin, although the Pamigars and Rusmans, with the help of the Volunteer Army of the Dominion Military District, once again eliminated the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resniya and the Principality of Vasilko,
The Three Kingdoms Expeditionary Force is facing the crisis of invasion by several other colonial countries on the west coast. Now the Pamigal National Republic and the newly established Rusman Chiefs Alliance require assistance from the Dominion Military Region for almost everything.
It has become a huge economic and military burden...
In April of the 606th year of the Holy Light Calendar, Claude returned to Lanhu City, the capital of the Overseas Dominion. Unable to return to Sheila's manor last time, Claude held a military meeting in the Dominion Military District to learn about the implementation of the wildfire plan.
As well as the situation and various assistance issues regarding the West Coast Pamigal Nation Republic and the Union of Rusman Chiefs.
General Beachlin believes that the current situation of the colonies on the entire west coast has undergone great changes, and the wildfire plan needs to be changed according to the situation. The biggest problem is that the Pamigal National Republic has been plunged into war for three consecutive years since its establishment.
During the war, the casualties were extremely heavy, which to a certain extent frightened the indigenous peoples in other countries' colonies. Many indigenous peoples who were ready to respond and wanted to riot and establish an independent country to drive away the colonists fell silent and watched the two independent countries.
The success or failure of the war.
The wildfire plan formulated by General Bokoal back then was to set off a wave of national liberation and independent nation-building in the colonies on the entire west coast. This caused the eight colonial countries on the southern coast of Farea to focus on one thing and the other, unable to suppress the riots of indigenous ethnic groups in the colonies and resist the overseas autonomous military regions' attacks on various countries.
The military assistance provided by the armed forces of indigenous peoples in the colonies eventually enabled the indigenous peoples in the eight colonies on the entire west coast to liberate and establish various nation-states.
It was only the armed uprising of the Pamigals and the riots of the Rusmans that alerted the colonial authorities of other west coast countries. They transported a large number of troops from their own kingdoms and implemented strict blockades and vigilance on the colonial borders.
It has become extremely difficult for the spies dispatched by the Dominion Military Region to communicate with the indigenous peoples in various colonies. Even weapons and military supplies to assist these indigenous peoples cannot be transported...
The indigenous peoples of several colonies originally made plans for riots, but they all stopped for this reason. Then came the two expeditions launched by the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resnia, and the Principality of Vasilko to retake their colonies.
War. Although the Pamigal National Republic and the Rusmans won the victory with the support of the Autonomous Territory Military District, the three-year war caused the two indigenous peoples to suffer nearly one million casualties. This result frightened others.
The indigenous peoples of the colonies were unwilling to pay such a high price for independence.
The only good news is that the annihilation of the two expeditionary armies of the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Resnia and the Principality of Vasilik has left the rest of the colonial countries on the west coast with lingering fears. Even if they have gathered two or three standing legions, they will not be able to do so.
People who were willing to be the first to try to invade these two indigenous nations were afraid that their military operations would also fail. Because they were wary of each other and provoked each other, the situation maintained a very delicate balance.
The Kingdom of Morosik and the Principality of Vasilko have completely withdrawn from the west coast of the Nubisian continent due to the failure of two expeditions. Only the Kingdom of Resnia still retains a colony on the west coast and is still surviving. But it is now facing the problem
It's not that the indigenous people in another colony are going to riot, but the failure of the two expeditions has caused the Kingdom of Resnia to lose most of its troops and self-protection capabilities. The two surrounding colonial countries have turned their greedy eyes to
Its only remaining colony...
Perhaps for the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmanlane and the colony of the Principality of Leliolo surrounding the Kingdom of Resnia, instead of attacking the Pamigal Nation Republic and the Rusman Chiefs Alliance, they suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses due to the determined resistance of the indigenous peoples.
It would be more cost-effective to instigate a colonial war with the Kingdom of Resnia to gain a colony without losing more than the losses in the war. Anyway, the Kingdom of Resnia is now an exhausted drowned dog and can easily defeat it.
Defeat it and take this colony into your pocket.
Therefore, disputes have continued between the three countries' colonial borders in recent times, and it is said that several armed conflicts have occurred. Even though the Kingdom of Resniya has been swallowing its anger, the colonial authorities have repeatedly called on all countries to unite to deal with the threat of armed riots by indigenous peoples to achieve national liberation and independent nation building.
The colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leriolo are still going their own way and pressing forward step by step. Now they only have a reasonable excuse to attack the Resnian colony...
It is precisely because of the ambiguity between the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leriolo that the remaining three countries, the Opsaro City-State Alliance, the Principality of Federo and the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, lost their ability to attack Pamigal alone.
The desires of the National Republic and the Rusman Chiefs Union can only watch the development of the situation.
In particular, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands occupies the most colonies on the west coast. Even after losing the Rodex Bay colony occupied by the Dominion Military District, there are still three colonies of varying sizes left. These three colonies are different.
are connected, and the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is powerful with its naval fleet rather than its land corps. Now each of the three colonies has a patchwork of garrison corps to guard against the indigenous peoples in the colonies...
The most nervous one right now is the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. What it is most worried about is that the colonies of the Kingdom of Carmenline and the colonies of the Principality of Leriolo will launch a war against the remaining colony of the Kingdom of Resnia, in which case it is also likely to be involved.
In this storm of competition for colonies, after all, the garrison forces of its three colonies are very weak. There is only one garrison regiment with low combat power, which is no match for the two or three standing regiments of neighboring colonies.
Fortunately, the navy of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands is very powerful. To be honest, it is least worried about the indigenous peoples in the colonies launching riots. This is because the indigenous peoples in the colonies have been deeply influenced by the colonists of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands for more than a hundred years.
, call themselves the Blue Storks, which means the darlings of the sea and the warriors in the wind and waves. They are good at fishing and diving in the sea. Therefore, the four major naval fleets of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands have absorbed many Blue Storks into the army.
Being a sailor treated the indigenous peoples in the colonies fairly well.
It is a long sea journey from the Farea continent to the Nubisia continent. It is the territory where the four major naval fleets of the Kingdom of Fox Islands show off their power. Its four colonies on the west coast have not been involved in colonial wars in the past hundred years.
It was also thanks to the powerful maritime fleet. Because even if the colony was occupied by other countries, the naval battle and blockade launched by the United Kingdom of Fox Islands could reverse all the unfavorable situations. In the end, the country that provoked the war still had to
The occupied colony was returned to the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands.
But with the emergence of iron-clad warships in the navy of the overseas autonomous military regions, those sailing ocean-going warships began to fall behind overnight. Even though the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands already has four powerful maritime fleets, it is still reduced to the same level as other countries.
In the past few years when all coastal countries have invested heavily in the development of iron-clad warships, the biggest weakness of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands has been exposed to other countries. That is, as an archipelago country, its kingdom does not have rich mineral resources and advanced weapons.
Ironmaking technology...
Compared with other countries in the southern part of Falea continent, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands has always been at a disadvantage in terms of iron-making and forging technology. This can be seen in the backward matchlock guns equipped by its army. Therefore,
At that time, the Dominion Military Region sold the captured Hicks Kingdom's standard matchlock guns to the colonial officials of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands at a low price, which made them very happy. They emptied the vaults of the colonial banks and ate a large amount of weapons and equipment...
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Two years ago, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands sent a special envoy to the overseas dominions to contact them, hoping to purchase an armored warship from the dominion military region and go back to do research. However, as the admiral of the navy, General Murray Ed said this to the special envoy disdainfully.
One paragraph means that even if they buy it back, they will not be able to imitate the iron-clad battleship. Their kingdom simply does not have the refining, forging, welding and other basic industrial technologies needed to make iron-clad battleships. Even the simplest fire engines and steam engines can be imitated.
Not coming out.
Moreover, in the past two years, other coastal countries have made progress in the development of iron-armored warships. Two countries have even built ocean-going warships covered with copper armor, which also use marine steam engines for power. Although it is far less than that of the Autonomous Territory Military Region
The navy's iron-clad battleships, after all, have seen a bright future and hope. Compared with those wooden sailing ocean-going battleships, their combat power has been greatly exceeded.
Therefore, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands also knows very well that once any coastal country builds iron-armored battleships like the overseas autonomous territories, its crown as a naval power will change hands. If it cannot become a maritime power, then it will be on the Nubisian continent.
The remaining three colonies on the west coast could not be saved.
It’s just that the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands lacks resources and production technology. Faced with this dilemma, the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands decided to invest in one of the colonies called Mount Weeds Harbor. This colony is mostly hilly and has some good
Metal mineral resources can be developed into a large-scale mineral refining and production base. The United Kingdom of Fox Islands decided to acquire technology and recruit technical personnel from all over the continent to build this colony into a naval base capable of producing and developing ironclad warships.
This is the reason why the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands is most afraid of the outbreak of wars to seize colonies in other colonial countries, and is worried that this will disrupt its colonial construction plan. Therefore, it strives to negotiate cooperation among the colonial countries, so that they will once again turn their goals to the Pamigal National Republic and
The newly established Rusman Chiefs Alliance also uses its kingdom's currently relatively powerful naval fleet to threaten those colonial countries. Whoever provokes a colonial war will face his naval blockade and declaration of war...
General Beachlin spoke at the military conference. He believed that the best way now is to provoke colonial wars among those colonial countries, and let their troops accumulated in the colonies of various countries fight against each other and consume each other until they are exhausted.
At the end of the day, the Dominion Military Region will come out to take advantage of the situation. This is the most ideal situation. In this way, the goals of the Wildfire Plan can be achieved effortlessly, so that the indigenous peoples in the colonies of various countries can be liberated and establish independent countries.
But the biggest impact and disadvantage at present is that the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands is obstructing it. With its existence and the threat of its maritime fleet, the colonial countries on the west coast will not go to war. The best way is to first eliminate the maritime fleet of the Fox Kingdom.
, without the threat of its four maritime fleets, colonial wars will definitely break out, and even the three colonies of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands will become the targets of annexation by other countries...
The problem is that the Dominion Military District has no way to destroy the maritime fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. It has no name and no excuse. Especially since the United Kingdom of Fox Islands also ceded the Rodex Bay Colony to the overseas autonomous territories and maintains friendly relations with the overseas autonomous territories.
relationship, and also hopes to purchase ironclad battleship production technology from the Dominion Military Region at a high price.
Under such circumstances, the Dominion Military Region was embarrassed to launch an attack on it for no reason. After all, the Dominion Military Region also pays attention to its reputation and needs a little face. In the West Coast Colonial War, the name of the Volunteer Corps can be used on land. This can also
You can cover it up. But at sea, you can't tell lies with your eyes open. If you insist that the armored fleet is also a volunteer fleet, you really can't explain it...
"Have you considered using pirates to attack the United Kingdom's maritime fleet in the Fox Islands?" General Bokoal stood up and said.