Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 405 Decommissioning Incidents

On 21 October 590, on the fifth day following the arrival in Lake Lan town of General Bolognick and General Albert, the Special Envoy finally announced his final plan for the assassination. In view of the equally assassinated and severely wounded Claude, General Bitchcline and two others were exempted from accountability.

After the assassination, General Bolognick returned to the town of Lake Lan to preside over the situation and took the opportunity to lead a regiment of restraining guards into the port of Vibato, seizing the only deep-water port in the Hicks Kingdom on the mainland of Nubian and ending the colonial war. He was promoted to lieutenant general of the kingdom, acting as commander-in-chief of the theatre.

Immediately after the assassination, General Skerry organized officers and soldiers to surround the magician of the grey robe who came to the assassination, killing five assassins. After General Bolognick led the Corps of Imprisoned Guards, he stabilised the theatre independently and organized an efficient logistical convoy to provide continuous supply to the front-line forces. There is no discipline for having done the opposite.

General Albert was at Wickham Castle at the time of the assassination and contributed to ending the colonial war by leading a Legion of Thunder Legions to assist in the attack on Port Vibator. Consequently, he was relieved of joint and several responsibility and temporarily acted as Commander of the Legion of Thunder while Claude's injuries were not recovered.

The only bad luck is General Shazorak, which we all have in mind. After all, it was an admiral of the Kingdom who was assassinated or came to the battlefield of the Overseas Territories to do battle in order to be promoted to the Kingdom's Marshal. He could not return without expecting to do so. General Shazoraki, who is responsible for local security, policing and the prevention of enemy espionage, has to take on this responsibility.

Even after the assassination, General Shazorak did his utmost to uncover the protagonists and the truth behind the assassination, which only slightly lessened the responsibility. He was dismissed from all posts and was also deprived of military service and discharged from the army only as a soldier. Fortunately, he was discharged as a soldier who had completed 15 years of service, thus also having national status.

However, in the overseas direct jurisdiction of the Nubian mainland, it really makes no difference whether it is a national or not. In the meantime, the rights enjoyed by the native citizens of the Kingdom are almost always enjoyed by the civilian population, at best a priority option for becoming a public official. Nor is it possible to return to the mainland of the kingdom after General Shazorak's retirement. He has set up a family estate under Amphiston, and his entire family has moved to the capital, Castel Grenoux...

The assassinated and deceased Admiral of the Kingdom, the hereditary Count, the commander in chief of the theatre, General Algers, was hunted down as the Royal Army Marshal, whose body had been cremated and astringent, and his body would be taken back to the Kingdom to be buried in his family cemetery. The rest of the senior officers of the Guardian Corps who were killed in the assassination were also dealt with, and the three surviving Grey Robe magicians would be escorted back to the King by the Special Envoy.

Since the mission had been informed prior to its departure that General Bolognick had led a corps of guards to attack Port Vibato, the Royal Ministry of the Army had given the mission some corresponding authority to decide temporarily on some personnel and force matters in the theatre of operations. After discussion, the Special Envoy decided to convert the three Rock Divisions into a Rock Legion, with General Bolonik as the head of the Rock Legion, and to serve as the general chief of staff of the Rock Legion when General Bitchcline's wounds recovered.

The theatre would then be under Amphiston, Robisto, Bering Ghana, Cromwell and the newly incorporated Port Vibato Overseas Territories. The focus is now on the coastal ports of Vibato and Patres, two deep-water harbours, to prevent attacks by pirates and the Royal Navy of the Hicks.

The restructured Rock Corps is therefore responsible for defense along the coast, while the Thunder Corps is responsible for inland and border defense. And close surveillance of the northern coastal mountainous areas of the Overseas Territories of Port Vibbato, the war of annexation of the newly established Kingdom of Nikanca against the vast colonies of the Hicks Kingdom in the hinterland, which resulted in war refugees, and the protection of certain dizzying Nikancas from violations of the direct territories of Port Vibbato.

Claude had thought that the battlefield configuration would be cancelled after the capture of Port Vibato, but the mission stated that they did not have that authority and had to make some changes in personnel and force levels. The cancellation of the theatre will depend on how Wang Du thinks about it, taking over the port of Vibator, and it can only be said for the time being that there is no fear that the Kingdom of Hicks will once again increase its troops to the mainland of Nubicia, where there will be a massive land war.

The absence of a truce peace agreement with the Kingdom of Hicks meant protection against sudden attacks by the enemy and harassment of the coastal zone, without which it would be difficult to guarantee unified command and vigilance of the coastal defence line. However, five of the Kingdom's eight overseas jurisdictions are under the jurisdiction of the theatre, which in turn appears to be significant. Mainly because of the military expenses of the two regiments in theatre, the taxes of the three overseas jurisdictions not under theatre are required to provide...

However, the Special Envoy was not concerned about this, and they believed that it would be best if the Overseas Territories' war zones remained unchanged until a decision was taken by the senior levels of power in Wangdu. They rushed to pack their bags and prepare to leave with the Guardian regiment, as urgent news came from the mainland of the kingdom that King Sterling X, who had been ill for many years in bed, finally swallowed his last breath and returned to the kingdom of the gods of war on the morning of October 7. And the will he left says that it was not Prince Hansburg who inherited the throne, but the name of Prince Wedleck II...

With the wind and rain in the kingdom, there are not many upper echelons to worry about overseas jurisdictions anymore. Because when Prince Hansburg learned that he was not the one who inherited the throne, he left the capital without knowing where he was going.

Wang Du's powerful figures will be running the funeral of Sterling X while preparing Prince Widreck's boarding ceremony, while also following the fate of the Great Prince. It also ordered all parts of the kingdom to guard strictly against deadly traffic checkpoints and to investigate the whereabouts of the Grand Prince. Everyone knows the prestige and influence of the Grand Prince in the Royal Army, and it would be a nightmare for the Kingdom once he had raised his flag somewhere to stand on his own...

The mission was also unable to pick up the end of the line, and soon embarked on a return journey with a regiment of guards. Immediately following the news of the death of old King Sterling X, an order was issued by the Army Ministry of another kingdom requesting the Special Envoy to lead the Forbidden Guard Regiment back to Wangdu.

Because most of this regiment belongs to the ranks of the old aristocratic family, they are guided by the will of Sterling X and serve the new king, Prince Widreck. The Grand Prince has the least impact on the other units of the IRGC, and the Royal Army Ministry needs this IRGC to return to the King as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the surrounding areas of the King's capital.

Blovik also followed the Special Envoy back to the mainland of the Kingdom, where Claude instructed Yarik's housekeeper to bring two servants back with him to help him with some family chores. The next thing I know is that he was injured, but Claude was still not at peace, because the commander in chief of the theatre, although represented by General Bolognick, now faced a situation that left General Bolognick uncertain and compelled him to summon everyone together to discuss how to resolve the problem.

Both the Legion of Thunder and the Rock Legion faced a massive decommissioning of a grass-roots officer who had completed 15 years of service. Most of these grass-roots officers, veterans of the Rangers, participated in five years of Eastern Regional Warfare and then joined the Rangers, turning to the mainland of Nubian against the colonial war waged by the Kingdom of Hicks.

Five years later, the Kingdom of Ovilas finally won this colonial war. As a result of the transfer from the Rangers to the five reinforced divisions in the theatre, they were also promoted from veterans to officers at the grass-roots level, serving as battle backbones for the five reinforced divisions, until the divisions were converted into regiments, most of whom became lieutenant officers. Now that the war is over, many veterans are also tired of military careers, and they think the lieutenant officers are already their culmination, so the idea arises to retire back home and solve individual marriages and get some personal family property.

Over 20,000 troops were transferred from the Ranger Corps to five reinforced divisions, and today the lowest rank is the Sergeant Chief and the highest is already the Captain. No one expected more than 10,000 people to report discharge, apply for discharge, and immediately stunned all officers in theatre command. What gives General Bolonik the most headache is that they did indeed expire their military service, which was lawful and legitimate. In peacetime, as stipulated by the Royal Ministry of the Army, this was essentially a case of granting discharge applications and releasing these veterans and grass-roots officers.

It's just that this is the kingdom's overseas territorial war zone, not the kingdom's mainland. This situation in any of the Ace Corps on the mainland of the Kingdom is nothing more than the recruitment of a new batch of recruits to fill the vacancies, retraining until they have some fighting power, some replacing personnel, and the large-scale decommissioning has not happened, and it has long been strange.

However, there are no such conditions in the Overseas Territories' war zones, and those who meet the conscription regulations are in both regiments. Once this more than 10,000 grass-roots officers are discharged and repatriated, let alone the recruitment gap is not replenished, even the force's combat strength will decline in a straight line. You know, these 10,000 veterans were honestly honest and honest on the battlefield, and most of them were the most trusted officers in the army. Without them, the grassroots units react at different speeds when they receive orders from their superiors...

General Bolognick did not want the veterans to retire, but there was nothing he could do to stop them, not because he did not want to. These grass-roots officers who want to retire to their homeland are considered the most loyal and courageous soldiers in the kingdom. After more than 10 years of fighting for the kingdom, they have now completed 15 years of service. Most of them have already exceeded their service terms. Now they want to retire to their homeland to solve their personal marital problems. This situation cannot be prevented by all generals in the war zone, and cannot reasonably be said.

In the case of the Ace Legion of the Kingdom, it is easy to resolve this situation by recruiting these retired grassroots officers as volunteer officers, offering them superior salaries and arranging for their married families to be based at the Legion's military base. This will both meet the living needs of these officers at the grass-roots level and give them further hope in their future military careers. However, the conditions for the recruitment of volunteer officers by the four Ace Legions in the Kingdom are harsh, and only the best grass-roots officers can be recruited by the Legion after their service.

But the Legion of Thunder and the Rock Legion, in the formation of the Royal Army, are only second-line regiments of a local defensive nature, and have today's wartime regiments because of the need to respond to the colonial wars provoked by the Kingdom of Hicks in the Overseas Territories. Now that the colonial war is over, the force faces a massive decommissioning of officers at the grass-roots level, not wanting to recruit them as volunteer officers, but unconditionally and financially leaving so many at the grass-roots level.

General Bolonik would have liked to have informed the Royal Army Ministry of what was happening here, so that Wang Du could have known the truth about the dramatic reduction in force strength caused by the discharge of so many grass-roots officers, and looked forward to a reasonable solution from the Royal Army Ministry. But as soon as he had proposed it, he was exasperated.

In the light of the current situation in the Kingdom, Wang Du had no interest in the discharge from the overseas territorial war zone, at best by granting discharge applications, and they were not concerned about the combatability of the two second-line regiments. And even if the report were sent, only God would know when Wang Du's reply would be received.

Grassroots officers applying for discharge and repatriation cannot be held in the army until Wang Du's approval arrives. According to the Royal Ministry of the Army, these grassroots officers applying for discharge are perfectly qualified, and there is no reason to hold them in the army. That would have to be a mutiny.

General Bolognick, General Albert, and General Bitchcline, who have recovered from their wounds, are in vain. General Skerry thought of several ways, but under the prevailing conditions in the theatre, he could not do so at all, and ended up laughing bitterly at the fact that he could still approve the applications for discharge of these officers at the grassroots level.

Claude couldn't think of a good idea, but on his way back to Viberon Manor from Ward Command, he ran into a situation where two immigrant families were watched over trivial quarrels, blocked half the street, and finally sent guards to chase him away. However, the incident inspired Claude, who hurried the wagons back to theatre headquarters and informed the generals to reconvene.

“We can convert those grassroots officers who are ready to retire into volunteer officers.” I don't think there's any need for war zones to afford the superior salaries they get when they become volunteer officers, or the funds to build military bases, "Claude said. Our battlefield is mostly land, and most lacking is immigration, and we can use immigration credentials to attract these retired grassroots officers to become volunteer officers for both regiments. ”

Claude was inspired by the emigration of 100,000 families of soldiers from the kingdom to the Amphiston administration who were willing to emigrate to the overseas administration war zone for two reasons: they were in extreme poverty in the kingdom itself, while emigration to the war zone would have a family estate, such as ten acres of good land, or a shop, which in the kingdom itself was a goal that they could not achieve by working hard all their lives.

The second reason is that the youth who were forcibly discharged at the end of the war could continue on their path to military service, thus adding to their expectation that their service would expire as nationals to promote the social status of their families. So the 100,000 families of retired soldiers are willing to voluntarily migrate to overseas jurisdictions with the money from emerging business aristocrats, even if it's a war zone...

“Cromwell, Bering Ghana are two of the most suitable areas for agro-pastoral development, because the colonial war, combined with General Michel's firm wall clearance strategy, has turned into a white space," Claude said. Now that the port of Vibato is in our possession, there is no need to worry about the landing of the army of the Kingdom of Hicks, which we intend to build five base fortress cities in both jurisdictions, ready to connect to a logistics corridor.

Now, with these five stronghold cities, we can vigorously develop these two direct jurisdictions and implement an access policy, that is, to restrict the eligibility of immigrants, only soldiers serving in our two regiments are eligible to migrate to these two direct jurisdictions. Of course, this immigration status represents a large family estate in these two jurisdictions, such as 100 acres of good land, or over a thousand acres of good pasture... "