Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 355: The Chaotic Situation

The great news from the Overseas Territories of the Nubian mainland, which allowed the King to celebrate for a whole month, was an unexpected victory for all. Almost all those concerned about this colonial war on the Nubian continent were privately pessimistic when news came in last October that the five standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks had begun marching to the Cromwell administration, and they thought the end result would be that the Kingdom would lose several overseas territories...

Nobody thinks that the Rangers will win, and even though the Rangers have been allowed to expand into regiments, there is no time, whether recruits are enlisted or equipment transported, to the mainland of the Kingdom. The Ranger Corps is one enemy, even with two overseas field corps, but the battle power of the second-line corps created just in time of war is numbered in everyone's mind. Defense may also play a role, and field time is purely cannon ash.

A lot of people thought it was a rumor when the news got here. The Rangers killed more than 300,000 people in the five standing legions of the Hicks kingdom and maimed the Neptune fleet. It was a miraculous victory. It was unbelievable. But both the Royal Army and the National Assembly came forward to confirm with certainty that the victory of the war belonged to the Kingdom, and that the King was soon embroiled in a carnival.

Perhaps the victory came by surprise, or perhaps the ruling prime minister of the kingdom, Crius. The Duke of Man Duncan is concerned only with the physical health of King Sterling X, who cannot sleep, resulting in slow administrative efficiency. It was not until a month later that a response was received and the Kingdom's envoy was again dispatched to the Kingdom of Hicks to seek an understanding and a peace agreement between the two countries on the colonial issue of the Nubian continent.

Just as the winner of this war, the Kingdom of Orvillas has no intention of ceding the Cromwell administration for peace this time, but feels very generous not to allow the Kingdom of Hicks to compensate for the losses caused by the invasion of its legions. After all, to date, the fifteen standing legions of the Kingdom of Hicks have been eliminated by the Rangers. The Special Envoy of the Kingdom believes that, with this tragic lesson, the Kingdom of Hicks should agree to a peace agreement with the Kingdom.

From the Kingdom of Ovieras to the northern part of the Farea continent, it takes three countries, the Kingdom of Nasseri, the Kingdom of Menbamak and the Kingdom of Breot, to reach the Kingdom of the Hicks. Perhaps because of Bering Ghanaian Dajie, the Kingdom's envoys have been warmly received along the way, even by the dead enemy, the Kingdom of Nasseri, with great respect.

In particular, the Kingdom of Breot, the neighbouring country of the Kingdom of the Hicks, was a reception hostage for those in power in the military junta, and the Special Envoy of the Kingdom was asked very carefully, and the details of the Battle of Bering Ghana and the battle power of those standing regiments that had been completely destroyed in the Kingdom of the Hicks were greatly appreciated for the strength of the Rangers of the Kingdom of Ovilas. In such a harmonious and delightful atmosphere, the royal envoy was delighted and intoxicated.

The only thing that never occurred to the Special Envoy of the Kingdom was that when he arrived at the border of the Kingdom of Hicks with great vigour and was ready for customs clearance, he was refused entry to the country by small soldiers guarding the border gates. Even though the Kingdom's envoy repeatedly emphasized himself as an envoy and was instructed to send the Kingdom of Hicks, the leader of the border guard unit, a small sergeant refused to allow his pedestrian to enter the Kingdom of Hicks.

The Special Envoy of the Kingdom also thought that the little soldier in front of them was deliberately harassing them, claiming angrily that he would be severely punished by complaining to his superiors. But the little soldier looked at the envoy of the Kingdom with disdain and spoke to a soldier next to him, who turned to the wooden hut post on the side of the road and took an announcement from it and showed it to the envoy of the Kingdom.

This is a circular from the capital of the Kingdom of Hicks, which clearly states that a special envoy from the Kingdom of Ovieras is listed as an undesirable person in the Kingdom of Hicks and that all border checkpoints must deny him and his entourage entry. Even the announcement clearly states the name and surname of the Kingdom's envoy and its appearance, the treatment is similar to that of a wanted person, but the avatar is not painted on it...

The fact that the Royal Envoy almost had a heart attack was an insult to the Kingdom of Auveras and an insult to him personally. He never thought that the Kingdom of Hicks would refuse the entry of an envoy despite diplomatic manners. This is a precedent that has never occurred in the history of the Farea continent, but it also means that the Kingdom of Hicks has closed the door to peace talks with the Kingdom of Orvilas, which they consider a dead enemy.

Unlike when he arrived, the envoy of the Kingdom, who had nowhere to protest, stepped ashore on his return journey, hid in a carriage diseased all the way, and he was truly invisible. Nearly a month and a half later, when he returned to say that the Kingdom of Hicks had refused him entry, it was unjustifiable that all senior members of the kingdom were so angry that they agreed to order the Ministry of the Army to allow the Rangers to seize the port of Vibato, the only good port of the Kingdom of Hicks on the mainland of Nubian, and to sever the control of the Kingdom of Hicks over the hinterland colonies of Nubian by sea.

It was only two months after Wang Du's order was passed to the headquarters of the Rangers. General Michelch took the Rangers to Port Vibato, to the border under the Cromwell administration, and was about to enter the territory of the Colonial County of Vibato in the Kingdom of the Hicks. As a result, he discovered that it was the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas who was patrolling the border...

What's going on here? General Michelchi ordered the barracks to be set up, not to move lightly. Then an envoy was sent to inquire about the light cavalry of the Principality of Kanas, why they were in the colonial county of Vibato in the Kingdom of Hicks, and whether the Principality of Kanas wanted to declare war with the Kingdom of Ovilas?

As a result, the light cavalry of the Kingdom of Kanas denied being the forces of the Principality of Kanas, claiming that they were merely mercenaries and accepted Hicks' hire to guard the border. Out of mercenary duty and glory, even if they knew they were not rivals of the Rangers, they would resist the Rangers invasion of the Colonial County of Vibato...

I believe you, you bastard! Shitty mercenaries, whose uniforms and guns are clearly made of the Principality of Kanas, and that well-equipped defensive position, is that possible by a group of mercenaries, clearly by the elite forces that have experienced the brutal Duchy of Rimodra in five years of war in the eastern part of the country?

General Michelch found himself making a big mistake, having spent the past six months busy accommodating the prisoners of the five standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks, as well as recruits and equipment from the mainland of the receiving kingdom, expanding the Rangers into regiments, and rebuilding the Port of Patres under the direct authority of Robisto and arranging city artillery positions.

That is why General Michelch ignored the changes in the territory of the colonial county of Vibato, the Kingdom of Hicks. For the Rangers, the port of Vibato is just a fruit hanging from a tree that can be picked up by reaching out. But the peace talks between the kingdom and the Kingdom of Hicks were successful, which is why he ordered not to march into Port Vibato, so as not to irritate the Kingdom of Hicks again. Turns out he had no idea that an elite force in the Duchy of Kanas would suddenly appear in front of him like this...

In the expectation of General Michelchi, the five standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks were wiped out by the Rangers and severely damaged with the Neptune fleet. Within a year and a half, the Kingdom of Hicks could not regain its vitality at all, even if it wanted to redeploy forces to the Nubian mainland again.

The Kingdom's earliest message was that it had sent its envoy to the Kingdom of Hicks, and because of the victory of the Battle of Bering Ghana, there was great certainty that the Kingdom of Hicks would put an end to the colonial war on the Nubian continent and reach a peace agreement between the two countries.

But who would have thought that the Kingdom of Hicks would be ashamed of this great defeat and refuse the entry of the Kingdom's envoy despite diplomatic manners? This means that they will not only close the door to peace talks, but will also continue to haunt the continent of Nubia and the Kingdom of Auvilas to bring this colonial war to an end.

Therefore, General Michelchi also immediately took the lead in the completion of the tourist cavalry after receiving an order from the Royal Ministry of the Army to seize the port of Vibato. In his vision, there was only one place where the Port of Wibateau, guarding the regiment's strength, could be completely drummed down, and lucky enough to capture a few battleships of the Neptune fleet under repair. But no one expected an elite force from the Principality of Kanas to appear on the border of the Colonial County of Vibato and to form a tight defensive front.

Instead of ordering the Rangers to attack, General Michelch, who felt something was wrong, set up a camp to get the intelligence staff to figure out exactly what happened to the colonial county of Vibato in the Hicks Kingdom?

As a result, the intelligence staff found a spy report from the port of Vibato two months ago, which stated that the joint fleet of the Kingdom of Nasri and the Principality of Kanas had been transported twice to a standing regiment of the Kingdom of Nasri and a light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Kanas, the standing regiment of the Kingdom of Nasri to guard the port of Vibato, while the light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Kanas had rushed to the border...

This was intelligence two months ago, but it was ignored by all, and it was a terrible mistake. General Michelchi was very angry, but the fighter planes had been lost and the strategic task of Port Vibato could not have been accomplished. General Michelch would not hesitate to order the Rangers to attack the enemy if the two standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks were in front of him.

But in the face of a standing legion in the Kingdom of Nasseri and a corps of light cavalry in the Kingdom of Kanas, General Michelchi was forced to resign. The Standing Regiment of the Kingdom of Hicks, even more elite and brave, has the confidence to lead the Ranger Regiment to crush them with leading tactical tactics and advanced precision firing guns, easily winning with minimal casualty costs, even a pair or two.

Unlike the regiments of the kingdoms of Kanasseri and Kanas, which are the dead enemies of the kingdom, they also suffered five years ago from wars in the eastern region. Although they are losers on the battlefield, they have gained a wealth of battlefield experience in dealing with the Royal Army. They are the most intractable enemies of the Royal Army, especially in defensive warfare, and they cost the Royal Army a great deal of casualties even if they win.

General Michelchi had to report again to Wang Du, stating that the Rangers had to restrain themselves in order to avoid the black pot on their backs that had once again provoked the war between the three countries in the eastern region. Only a few years after the signing of the truce peace agreement, the recurrence of regional wars would not benefit any country...

Only a month later did the King receive a report from General Michelch that the colonial county of Vibato in the Kingdom of Hicks was actually stationed in one of the regiments of the Kingdom of Nasri and the Principality of Kanas, as well as a defensive front, which prevented the Rangers from accomplishing their task of capturing the port of Vibato, and that the higher echelons of the Kingdom were foolish and no one understood what was going on. It took several days to decide to send envoys to the two countries to question whether they wanted to provoke regional wars again.

As a result, General Michel waited almost three months before receiving a reply from Wang Du. After the arrival of the Kingdom's envoys in the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Kanas, the ruling figures of both countries vowed unanimously that they had never been present in the colonial county of Vibator in the Kingdom of Hicks. They had no colony on the Nubian continent, had no interest in the war between the Hicks and Ovillas kingdoms there, and had no money or energy to intervene in the colonial war.

Because peace was not easy, high-level figures from both countries said they would never do anything to provoke the kingdom of Ovilas. Also as a result of the five years of war in the eastern part of the country, the economies of both countries have so far not recovered, so much so that the armed forces of their own countries have been reduced in order to reduce military expenditures.

In the view of some senior military generals, it is highly likely that the Kingdom of Hicks, in the form of civilian recruitment in both countries, formed a group of downsized soldiers into voluntary mercenaries to travel to the Nubian continent, an act of civilian mercenarism that has little to do with the two countries.

Well, both the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Kanas washed their suspicions clean, and the Angry Kingdom envoy pointed out that there was evidence that the two regiments were being transported by their combined fleet, that the other two regiments were equipped with weapons of both countries, and that the uniforms worn by the soldiers were combat uniforms of both countries, so how do you explain that?

This is a very good explanation, as high-level figures from the two countries have indicated that the poor economic situation has left the two countries with virtually no funds to sustain the day-to-day seagoing inspection tasks of the combined fleet. It was helpless to lend the United Fleet to the Kingdom of Hicks for three years in order to obtain a generous rent to invest in the economies of the two countries in order to recover as quickly as possible. Rental documents are available to testify that the combined fleet has not been under the jurisdiction of both Governments since last year...

As far as those weapons are concerned, it is better explained that last year the Kingdom of Hicks imported a large quantity of armaments from both countries, which they are likely to use to form those two voluntary mercenary regiments. On the other hand, the issue of uniforms is one of the reasons why it is difficult for the military in both countries to talk about it. As a result of economic difficulties, the cost of soldiers' discharge subsidies has been drastically reduced, so the military can only use combat uniforms for the benefit of retired soldiers.

It was a shameful act to say, but in order not to mislead the envoy of the Kingdom of Ovieras, the military had to brag about its ugliness. So it's perfectly normal for ex-soldiers to go to the mainland of Nubicia wearing two-state combat uniforms and volunteer to join a mercenary regiment formed by the Kingdom of Hicks to fight...

Phew! The royal envoy was exasperated on the spot. He really underestimated the level of brazenness of high-ranking people in both countries. Even the black ones can be said to be white. Even the joint fleet can be rented. How is this possible? The two countries regard the joint fleet as their treasure. That is the safety and security of the maritime areas of their two countries. Lending it to the Hicks Kingdom for three years. Who would believe that?

However, high-level figures in both countries were convinced that the rental documents had also been produced as proof, so the United Fleet was now headed by the Kingdom of Hicks, and what had been done had nothing to do with the two countries. At the same time, high-ranking figures from both countries falsely stated that the same had nothing to do with the two regiments that appeared in the Kingdom of Hicks, and they supported the redeployment of forces from the Kingdom of Ovilas to destroy the two voluntary mercenary regiments on the continent of Nubian...

In addition to the replies of the two countries, the Messenger brought another message about the Kingdom of Hicks. More than a month ago, the Kingdom of Hicks announced that it would once again assemble 10 standing legions and drive them to the Nubian mainland, vowing to end this colonial war with the Kingdom of Orvilas!