In the process of reducing and dismantling the eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions, there will be requests from some officers and soldiers who are unwilling to retire and wish to continue serving in the military. The Dominion Military Region has already made plans. In fact, the overseas Dominions have just had 380 more soldiers.
There are more than 10,000 Hicks immigrants, so adding a Hicks Corps can also stabilize the psychological activities and emotional changes of the new Hicks immigrants, making them understand that the overseas autonomous territories do not treat them as outsiders...
So Claude gave the quota of the volunteer corps to the eight Hicks Returning Divisions, and asked General Derivic to select the most elite 90,000 horsemen from the more than 300,000 Hicks officers and soldiers.
This volunteer army was built. As for the weapons and equipment, everything was the same as that of the Thunder and Rock Legion. For example, the weapons were replaced with new rifles instead of Veblen matchlocks.
Now that the families and relatives of these Hicks officers and soldiers have immigrated to overseas autonomous territories, Claude naturally no longer has to worry about these Hicks officers and soldiers rebelling. Therefore, in terms of weapons and equipment, salary and benefits, they are all the same as those of the Thunder and Rock Legions.
To show equal treatment. However, the officers and soldiers of the volunteer corps who have just replaced the new rifles must undergo shooting training to master the shooting skills of the new rifles and avoid unnecessary waste of bullets.
Of course, the Hicks Volunteer Corps is not yet of use. Only four returning divisions have been transported back this time, and four more returning divisions are waiting for the last immigration transport fleet. The Dominion Military District has already
The battlefield that will determine the future of the Hicks Volunteer Corps is in the colonies of various countries on the West Coast. Even if the war ends, the Hicks Volunteer Corps will be dispersed and stationed in various leased seaport cities on the West Coast to guard the local areas and safeguard the interests of overseas autonomous territories.
On August 17, 607 of the Holy Light Calendar, the Pamigal National Republic leased the Port of Philimz to the Dominion Military Region. Today, a cruise squadron consisting of six armored warships arrived at the port again. According to
The agreement reached between the Dominion Military Region and the Pamigar people's high-level leaders, the six armored warships arriving this time may be more appropriately called a teaching squad. This is the first step for the Pamigar people to establish their own navy.
The Dominion Navy will teach the Pamigal people step by step how to control these six armored warships. After the six-month internship period is over, these six armored warships will be transferred to the Pamigal National Republic, and they will form the first army of the Pamigal people.
A naval cruising squadron. It can be said that the Dominion Military District spared no effort in supporting the Palmigal people.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and the naval officers and soldiers on these six armored battleships got along very well with the Pamigal people who learned from them. They all had a good relationship. They happened to meet one of the battleship captains and two Pamigal people.
The students' birthdays all fell on the same day, so everyone decided to hold a grand birthday party to celebrate the three's common birthday.
Because of the aphrodisiac and the fact that there were many young, beautiful, enthusiastic and active Pamigal women at the banquet, the birthday party continued to party all night long, and it was not until noon of the next day that all the officers and soldiers gradually sobered up and recovered.
Come over. When a naval petty officer accidentally looked at the place where the six armored battleships were parked in the harbor, he was shocked and screamed: "Where are our battleships? Where have the battleships gone?"
Six armored warships disappeared, and all naval officers and Pamigal trainees were detained. Even the Pamigal women who attended the banquet were not spared. At first, the top leaders of the Pamigal National Republic thought that
It was the officers and soldiers of the Dominion Navy who were guarding and stealing. They were unwilling to transfer these six armored warships to the Pamigal people, which led to this farce.
But as the investigation progresses, especially the confessions of the young women from Palmigal who attended the birthday party, and the naval officers and soldiers who had sex with them that night are listed one by one, it can be concluded that all the people on the six ironclad battleships
All officers and soldiers attended the birthday party, and they all had sufficient evidence of their presence. The witnesses were none other than the young women from Palmigal.
But if it weren't for the naval officers and soldiers of the Dominion, how come the six armored battleships were missing? Those Pamigal students had just learned for a few days and were not yet able to operate these six armored battleships alone. Because of this, the battleships
The navy officers and soldiers on board were so arrogant that they didn't even arrange sentries on the ship. Everyone rushed to attend the birthday party. They all thought that no one could operate these six iron-clad warships, and this was a seaport base leased by the Dominion Military Region.
, safety can be guaranteed.
As a result, under such circumstances, six armored warships disappeared without a trace. The investigating officer sent by the Dominion Military District finally found an eyewitness, an old Pamigar sailor who got up at the dock in the middle of the night.
While laying bait, he planned to catch some seafood and sell it to the tavern in the morning in exchange for a small amount of money. He said that he did see six armored warships slowly moving out of the harbor in the middle of the night. They seemed to have no engines and no rumblings could be heard.
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The old Pamigal sailor didn't take it seriously. He thought it was a night departure training. The moonlight was very bright at the time, and he could clearly see many people moving on the six armored battleships. For this reason, he
I thought it was the armored warships conducting normal night training, but I didn't expect that six armored warships were hijacked and left the harbor.
The officers sent by the Dominion Military District to investigate became more and more puzzled. It was obvious that the six armored warships would not disappear for no reason. The only people who could control these six armored warships were naval officers and soldiers, not the Pamigal people. But the Dominion Navy
Everyone swore that they didn't do it, so who could have done it? No one else can control an armored warship! The Wang Navy can control these six armored warships, but do they have the guts to come to the continent of Nubisia?
The disappearance of the ironclad battleship was listed as one of the ten most mysterious cases. It was not until three months later that the Black Sail Pirates' fleet met a sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands in the waters of the Nubari Islands.
The sail pirates refused the Fox Islands United Kingdom Sail Fleet's order to stop their sails and anchor for inspection, and both sides began to prepare for battle.
As the fleet of sailing battleships outside the Black Sail Pirates moved away, twelve armored battleships suddenly came out and rushed into the battle formation of the United Kingdom's sailing fleet on the Fox Islands. They collided and opened fire on all the battleships they saw.
The sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands was in chaos. They were pleasantly surprised to have caught the culprit who attacked the shipbuilding base at Mount Weders. However, they were disappointed that they could not do anything to the twelve iron-clad battleships of the Black Sail Pirates...
This naval battle that took place in the waters of the Nubari Islands ended with the Fox Islands United Kingdom losing nearly half of its sailing warships. In fact, the Black Sail Pirates also suffered heavy losses. The twelve ironclad warships were scarred, and they followed up and rushed into battle.
Of more than 40 sailing ships and warships, nearly 20 were also lost.
However, compared to the United Kingdom of Fox Islands, which had 108 ocean-going sailing warships and armed sea ships, it lost nearly half of its sailing fleet and had to retreat from the battlefield first, making the winner of this naval battle a black-sailed pirate. And the leader of the black sailing fleet
Erikson, the sailing pirate, has been praised as the pirate king by other pirate forces, and he can even call himself the Grand Duke of Nubali.
The Grand Duke of Nubali represents the most powerful pirate gang in the Nubali Islands, an archipelago known as a pirate paradise. His triangular flag can even order all pirate gangs in this sea area to obey him.
Do what you will. Or it can be said that the Grand Duke Nubali mentioned by the pirates is just a legend spread among the people. In fact, no pirates will willingly obey the orders of other pirate groups.
Erikson's mind is still clear at this point. Although he defeated the regular navy of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands and a powerful sailing fleet, it also exposed that the black sail pirates were attacking the shipbuilding base colony of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands.
The man behind the scenes, as well as the mastermind behind the seizure of six armored warships from the navy of the overseas autonomous territories. To stay in the waters of the Nubari Islands is simply to sell out, and wait for the enemy to come and settle accounts with you...
So Erikson's black-sailed pirate fleet suddenly left the waters of the Nubari Islands on a moonless night and disappeared without a trace under the eyes of other pirate groups. Waiting for another sailing fleet from the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands to become fierce
After running to the waters of the Nubari Islands, they discovered that the whereabouts of the Black Sail Pirates could no longer be found.
The special envoy from the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands arrived at Orchid Lake City and met with General Claude and Beach Kerin. They informed them of the outcome of the mutually destructive naval battle between their kingdom's sailing fleet and the Black Sail Pirates. They made the Dominion Military District aware of their six armored ships.
The reason for the mysterious disappearance of the battleship also confirms that the Black Sail Pirates have mastered the repair and modification technology of ironclad battleships.
This is the fault of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands. When their shipbuilding base at Mount Wade was attacked, they had technical atlases and atlases about ironclad warships, the hulls of six ironclad warships, and more than a dozen technical experts and
All the rune mages fell into the hands of the Black Sails Pirates. From the fact that the Black Sails Pirates were able to drive away the six armored warships in the Dominion Military District without anyone noticing, it can be inferred that the Black Sails Pirates have an extraordinary understanding and mastery of the armored warships.
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The naval battle in the waters of the Nubari Islands has made all the pirates and maritime merchants who were watching understand that the future must be dominated by armored warships. A sailing fleet of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands has 108 large and small ships with varying firepower.
Sailing warships and armed seagoing ships. The Black Sail Pirates only have more than forty sailing warships and armed seagoing ships, as well as twelve ironclad warships.
But no one could have imagined that the result of the battle between the two sides would be that the United Kingdom's sailing fleet in the Fox Islands lost nearly half of its fleet and was the first to evacuate the battlefield. The sailing fleet would not be able to survive if it did not evacuate. If the evacuation was considered a failure, half of its maritime power could still be retained. If it did not evacuate, it would continue to fight.
If it continues, even if it causes more heavy casualties to the Black Sail Pirates, the entire Sail Fleet will be annihilated.
The Black Sail Pirates lost eighteen sail warships and armed ships, and the twelve iron-clad warships they owned were also scarred, but they still had combat effectiveness. Not to mention anything else, in this naval battle alone, these twelve armored warships were
The armored warships collided and bombarded, destroying no less than forty sail warships. The fleet commander of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands determined that there was nothing they could do with these twelve armored warships, so he had to order the withdrawal from the battlefield and admit defeat...
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No one can find the whereabouts of the Black Sails Pirates now, but everyone knows that when the Black Sails Pirates appear again, they will still show off their power with twelve armored warships. No pirate group or the navy of the West Coast colonial country will become
Their opponent, the special envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, hoped that the Dominion Military Region would dispatch the navy's armored fleet to hunt down the Black Sails pirates, but this request was rejected by the Dominion Military Region.
Claude smiled bitterly and told the envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands that if they happened to encounter black sail pirates on the ocean, the armored fleet of the Dominion Navy would definitely attack the black sail pirates and would not let go of any of their armored warships.
But the armored fleet was specially sent to hunt for the Black Sails pirates in the colonial waters of various countries on the West Coast. I'm sorry, but the Dominion Navy simply doesn't have the time to play a hide-and-seek game with the Black Sails pirates...
It can be seen from the map that the most important task of the armored fleet of the Dominion Navy is to maintain the safety of the sea lanes of the ocean-going transport fleet between the two continents. For example, the waters of the overseas Dominion and the Beibu Gulf of Karnas Prairie
, there are also two leased seaport cities for maritime security. Although there are armored cruise squadrons, they are more for protection than attack...
Ironclad battleships are indeed powerful, but maintenance costs and costs are also very high. The Dominion Navy has a total of nearly 60 armored battleships, which is already the maximum use limit of the naval funds that the Dominion Military Region can maintain. If the number of armored battleships is increased, the Dominion Military Region will
The funds will be overwhelming. So under the current circumstances, even if it is known that the Black Sail Pirates are the mysterious black hands who took away the six armored warships, the armored fleet of the Dominion Navy has no time and energy to trouble them.
The sixty armored warships of the Dominion Navy are clearly distributed on the chart. The first is the overseas autonomous waters, which require two patrol teams of six armored warships to patrol back and forth to maintain the security of the sea. Then there is the Beibu Gulf, where the same two teams rotate.
Cruise. Each of the two leased port cities is stationed with a patrol squadron of six armored warships.
In this way, out of the total 60 armored warships owned by the Dominion Navy, 36 armored warships have gone somewhere. The remaining 24 armored warships make up the armored fleet, which needs to maintain more than 300 ships.
The ocean transport fleet composed of sailing ships escorts the safety of ocean trade transport between two continents...
The special envoy of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands found that the Dominion Military Region was indeed unable to mobilize an armored fleet to hunt down the Black Van pirates. He was not discouraged, and instead made a suggestion, hoping that the Dominion Military Region would build a batch of armored warships for the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands. This business can be
Yes, Claude reported a high price of 300,000 gold crowns for an armored warship with a smile on his face.
The envoy was shocked and asked why the price had risen so high. Claude explained that the price he quoted was for the second generation of armored battleships, not the first generation. The cost of the first generation of armored battleships was only half of that of the second generation, but
The combat effectiveness is really low, and it has become an obsolete species. The shipbuilding workshops of the Dominion no longer accept the customization of the first-generation iron-clad warships...
The special envoy left with some doubts about the parameters of the second-generation armored destroyer, armored cruiser, and armored armed transport ship. He could not make the decision alone. He needed to contact the senior officials of their kingdom. It seemed that it would take some time to know whether the United Kingdom of Fox Islands
Reply from the Dominion Military District on the purchase of custom-made ironclad warships.
The promotion of second-generation ironclad warships is an economic plan formulated by the Dominion Parliament to revitalize the Vibato seaport. Among the three major deep-water ports in the overseas autonomous territories, the Port of Corbichus in Tilsim has become the main link between the Kingdom's mainland and the overseas autonomous territories.
The transportation port is bustling with activity. The Port of Patres in Robido State has become a military port and shipbuilding base and is extremely busy. Only the Port of Vibato has always been sluggish in popularity and has little room for development.
Of course, this is related to the vigorous expansion of railways in the overseas autonomous territories. Now the railway companies in the autonomous territories are studying how to build a bridge on the Dolini Bara River so that the railway can connect the two sides of Henan and Hebei without getting off the train and transferring. How to build a bridge in the Rocky Mountain Prefecture
Digging tunnels and laying railways can facilitate the transportation of various mineral resources. Because of the development of railways, passengers going to Vibato Port State prefer to take trains instead of taking boats, causing Vibato Port to become increasingly deserted.
The Dominion Council hopes to develop the Port of Vibato into another heavy industry base and drive the economic development of several surrounding states. The Port of Vibato State is adjacent to the Rocky Mountain State and has access to rich mineral resources of various types. Therefore, when choosing
When looking for ways to promote the economic revitalization of the Port City of Vibato, the first- and second-generation iron-clad warships that had been eliminated by the Dominion Military Region came into the Executive Committee's attention. The interested members of Congress established several shipbuilders.
The workshop has set up a stall in Vibato Port. Anyway, the main products here in the future will be the first and second generation armored battleships...
Claude has no objection to the MPs making money from the sale of first-generation and second-generation iron-clad battleships. The problem is that they must be sold if they can be built. If possible, the cost of selling a second-generation iron-clad battleship
It can be used to build a fourth-generation iron-clad battleship. How could Claude and the senior officers of the Dominion Military Region object to such a high profit? The only difficulty is where to find such a wealthy man.
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Now the twelve iron-clad warships of the Black Sails Pirates are all moored in a remote shipbuilding workshop in Vibato Port for repairs. This is what General Bokoal contacted Erikson. In addition to repairing these twelve first-generation iron-clad warships
In addition, the owner of the shipbuilding workshop took over a big job from Erikson, which was to provide Erikson with sixteen fast three-masted sailing warships selected from the pirate fleet at a budget price of 50,000 gold crowns per warship.
The outer shell is wrapped with a finger-thick copper sheet, and then the previous generation marine steam-powered machinery is modified in the bottom tank...