Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 193 Appointment of Unexpected Team Leader

“Boss, it was really fun today... but unfortunately we have to start training again tomorrow, otherwise we can spend the night in the tavern...” Berklin said in a single bunk bed next to Claude.

In the afternoon, the four nobleman brothers were kind of crazy, almost every one of them asked two waitresses to accompany him, until dinner time, when one leg held the staircase down like noodles, while Claude sat in the lobby of the pub for an afternoon, turning over the newspapers on current affairs he had bought from the bookstore two or three times, and had some knowledge of the situation currently facing the Kingdom and the situation in the eastern countries of the Farea continent.

Claude settled the bill after dinner at the tavern and ordered a carriage back to the barracks with four noble brothers who did not want to return so early. At night, the four little brothers were still rehearsing the afternoon's passion and slut, while Claude was thinking about the information he'd gotten from those newspapers.

It appears that the situation in the eastern part of the continent has become increasingly chaotic and uncertain, and it took only three months after the Royal Organization invested its resources in the development of the White Deer Town Storm Fleet to sweep away the pirate groups along the new route to the Nubian mainland, essentially guaranteeing the safety of the new route.

On October 25, a fleet of more than 150 ocean merchant ships, escorted by a naval sub-fleet, had set sail to the overseas territorial jurisdiction of the Nubian mainland, three times the size of the fleet known as the "Bleeding Path” that had gone before…

In this way, however, the coalition fleet of the five anti-Olympic countries, which invested heavily, lost its use of force. In the past, the United Fleet was able to block the route of the Kingdom of Ovieras to the continent of Nubia, forcing the Kingdom of Ovieras to pay a high price to sustain this maritime lifeline and to share a cup of spoon from it, with a very good life.

But now that the kingdom of Ovilas has abandoned its old route and opened up new routes, the coalition of the A5 will be able to fish only at sea. Hard times have come, without the tolls paid by the Kingdom of Ovilas, for the Principality of Siddins, the Principality of Eskirin and the Principality of Rimodra, the vast maritime fleet has become a financial burden. There were no colonies in the three principalities of the Nubian continent, so much so that there was fierce controversy over the future of the United Fleet among the three principalities' powerful figures.

Had it not been for the contribution of the Kingdom of Nasserli to stabilize its alliance, perhaps the United Fleet would have been disbanded. At sea, the united fleet of the Kingdom of Nasseri with the four eastern principalities is the only force that can outperform the Kingdom of Ovieras. On land, all five anti-Olympic alliance countries understand that they are weak chickens and all they can do is build defensive checkpoints and fortifications on strategic and traffic routes for the purpose of killing and delaying time.

In the last six months or more, the anti-Ottoman alliance has invaded the eastern waters of the Kingdom more than a dozen times on the grounds of piracy, wind waves, lost direction and so on, and even looted several towns adjacent to the eastern waters as pirates, causing considerable damage. The Kingdom of Ovieras has given the most stern warnings and protests to the anti-Olympic coalition, almost on the verge of declaring war.

Claude was curious as to why the five anti-Olympic allies had provoked the kingdom of Ovieras at sea, but a message appeared in a newspaper that had expired a month earlier, giving Claude a sense of what it meant to be fearless. The newspaper said that the Kingdom of Hicks, the northern power of the continent, had entered into a military transport agreement with the Kingdom of Nasseri, and that the Kingdom of Hicks would send more than 50,000 troops from a field corps to escort them to the continent of Nubian as an armed force to suppress colonial riots.

In the Nubian continent, the Nasri kingdom occupies a small colony, the size of an Overseas Territory equivalent to that of the Auvellas kingdom, many of which are barren. If war broke out, it was clear that the colony would soon be occupied by troops from the Overseas Departments of the Kingdom of Ovieras. So the attitude of the Kingdom of Nasserli towards this colony is a mixture of love and hate, and they need to reap the benefits from the colony, confined to the environment and conditions, without being able to send heavy troops to defend it, with only two battalions of troops to maintain law and order in the colony.

However, the colony of the Kingdom of Nasseri, the neighbouring Kingdom of Hicks, is the second largest colony in the continent of Nubian, with the exception of the Kingdom of Auvellas. Just because this colony of the Kingdom of Hicks is deeply inland and lacks an excellent port along the coast, the Kingdom of Hicks has also not always attached much importance to this colony, since its original purpose was to mine, thus neglecting the occupation of the coastal zone, so that the minerals that are eventually excavated are transported from the colonial ports of other countries.

From this information published in the expired newspaper, it can be concluded that the Kingdom of Nasseri has definitely entered into a secret military cooperation agreement with the Kingdom of Hicks. The Kingdom of Hicks, a powerful country in the northern part of the continent, dispatched a field corps to the Nubian continent, certainly transporting logistical resupply through the port of Wibato, the colony of the Kingdom of Nasri. After all, their own colonies did not have such an excellent port as Vibato, and a few small coastal ports had to make a scene and fish a few small fishing boats, but were unable to dock those ocean freighters that ate water depth.

In addition, the dispatch of a field corps from the Kingdom of Hicks to the continent of Nubian poses a de facto security threat to the seven overseas colonies of the Kingdom of Ovilas. While the seven Overseas Territories of the Kingdom of Ovilas have more than 100,000 troops, the size of the Overseas Territories has led to the loss of military advantage as soon as the 100,000 troops are dispersed, and most of them are second- or third-line guard forces that are significantly less powerful in battle than the field corps sent by the Kingdom of Hicks.

One of the most worrying concerns of the top members of the Auvellas kingdom is whether the Nasserly kingdom will sell its colony on the continent of Nubicia to the Kingdom of Hicks, which for the Nasserly kingdom is a chicken rib, mostly barren land, the only production being a silver mine, known as the Silver City of Monknard, and an excellent deep-water port city of Vibato. There was nothing else to be praised for, even the cultivated land for food was insufficient, and every year food was transported from the Nasri Kingdom itself to the colonies, or merchant teams were dispatched to procure large quantities of food from other colonies.

If the Kingdom of Hicks had packed this colony of the Kingdom of Nasseri, the seven Overseas Administrations of the Kingdom of Hicks and the Kingdom of Oweras would have been connected. When the war breaks out in the eastern part of the continent, the Kingdom of Hicks joins the Alliance of Five Against the Olympics, although there is no need to worry about sending troops to fight on the Farea continent, and on the Nubian continent, the Six kingdoms' field corps is well positioned to attack the seven overseas territories of the Kingdom of Orvilas.

At that time, the Kingdom's response to the war in the eastern part of the continent and the war in the Nubian continent was likely to lose each other and to find itself in a situation of underpower and powerlessness, which was a dilemma for those at high levels in the Kingdom. Unless the enemy's army and strength are not fully in place, wage war first, seeking to defeat one enemy in the shortest possible time, releasing one hand and then dealing with the other.

Claude certainly did not see these changes in the big picture and the situation, and he concluded only from these newspapers that the war was inevitable and that he would eventually go to war.

Claude was in such a bad mood to come to this conclusion that his hands were resting on the bed behind his head. Abyev in the lower bunk couldn't sleep either, and he said, "Boss, what do you want to train the sergeant that starts tomorrow? I have just finished my recruit training and need to train officers. I think it's really troublesome. It's better than the average soldier in the barracks. I can take a day off every ten days to play...”

“Train what, train how to manage recruits. Didn't you hear Dr. Perente this morning that the Blue Feather Corps has now officially begun enlarging, in four batches, enlisting five or six thousand people a month, and when we're done training, it's just about time to receive the last recruits. What we're going to train next is how to teach new recruits, just like the instructors who teach us when recruits are gathered. If you don't get trained, you can bring a new recruit. Are you sure you can handle them?” Claude was not angry to say.

“Well, I never thought I'd bring a new recruit.” Abyev snapped and suddenly thought of a problem. "But, boss, are we going to be separated? I also want to be with you all the time...”

“Of course we'll split up, not just the boss, we'll split up with you, and in the future you'll be the boss of the recruits. With good luck, we may be divided into one battalion, but with bad luck, we may not be in the same barracks.” Berklin chatted beside him: "Perhaps in a few years, we will not be in the Blue Feathers Corps, and from this day forward, we will all be treated as strangers. When we meet again, you may have to salute me and call me Your Excellency...”

Berklin's words gave rise to a low laugh in the tent, Abyev was ashamed and angry, and he grabbed the pillow and threw it over him: "Fuck off, you think you're gonna be a general and dream about your big head! All like you, the general of the kingdom can form a field corps. ”

Claude shook his head, thought was good, achievable, but very difficult. At the feet of every general in the kingdom, he stepped on tens of thousands of tired white bones. You can expect to be honored before you go to war, but all you can do on a cruel battlefield is pray that you will live safely, especially as they are the ash-like recruits...

“By the way, boss, I heard a message.” Berklin ended the fight with Abyev, gave him back the pillow he had taken and went back to bed and said.

“What's the news? ”

“Weren't the training of the veterans over? I heard that the instructors pulled out the top 50 good veterans, prepared them to be sergeant chiefs of our recruits, and by way of example, showed us how they brought recruits. ”

“Where did you hear that?” Claude asked.

“Lieutenant Moster spoke to people, and I was passing by and overheard.” Berklin replied.

“That should be true, we'll find out tomorrow morning. You should learn from the veterans. After all, we've only been in the army for three months. If we don't get trained properly, we'll have trouble bringing recruits later. If we can't hold back the recruits, we'll make jokes. Come on, don't talk. Sleep tight. You have to get up early tomorrow. ”

Nothing to say overnight.

After breakfast the next day, the rally went off and all the recruits went to the playground to rally. Indeed, a group of some fifty veterans were standing neatly there, waiting for the instructors to arrive.

The commander-in-chief of this officer training was no longer Lieutenant Moster, but was replaced by a captain named Max, who most likely came from the Blue Feather Regiment battalion, and Claude saw Lieutenant Sterley of the Military Justice Division follow him respectfully, with a cold smile on his face.

Captain Max also seemed tired of having trouble sleeping, standing in front of the recruits for just a few minutes and announcing that each team would accept a veteran sergeant chief as a squad leader and encouraging all recruits to learn from their squad chiefs in an effort to become a qualified officer as soon as possible.

Claude was somewhat bored to watch a veteran temporarily assume the position of squad leader before he arrived at the recruit's queue. Soon, a veteran came to Claude, and he smiled and revealed his white teeth: "I told you, Claude, we'll meet soon...”

Turns out, Sergeant Fitney is the leader of Claude's recruit squad, but his current shoulder badge has been changed from three straight red ranks to two red waves across, which is the symbol of the sergeant...