Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 501 Purpose of Troop Contribution

That is what the so-called good deeds are all about. When Mrs. Maria conveyed her request for the departure of overseas autonomous leaders back to Bai Lu City, the interim royal court established in Bai Lu City broke out into fierce quarrels for this purpose, which had not yet reached a final conclusion for more than a month. The Royal Ministry of the Army is said to strongly oppose the granting of independent operational and command powers to two regiments belonging to autonomous territorial military regions and insists on the inclusion of logistical supplies from overseas autonomous territories to the two regiments under its jurisdiction.

In other words, logistical supplies for the two regiments belonging to the Royal Army shall be handed over to the Royal Army Department for management before being partially distributed to the two regiments by the Royal Army. The Royal Ministry of the Army, for its part, made such proposals in order to improve the efficiency of the logistical supply of battle operations. As for this reason, the Autonomous Territories believe that they do not care, at least they themselves do.

And the demand for taxes and contributions that overseas autonomous leaders are willing to hand over to the Kingdom only 500,000 gold kroner a year has also been judged by the top ministers of the Kingdom as wolf-hearted and devoid of loyalty to the king. The current Minister of Finance of the Kingdom has bitten that the Overseas Autonomous Territories must pay taxes and contributions in the amount of KK 1 million, or the Kingdom will withdraw its right to self-government.

There are already a number of ambassadors to the overseas autonomous territories, not to mention the number of agents deployed by the Kingdom's intelligence services in the overseas autonomous territories. The development of the Overseas Autonomous Territories can now be said to have been clearly displayed in front of high-ranking figures in the Kingdom, who are well aware that the Overseas Autonomous Territories are not part of the former wilderness and that taxes exceed two million gold kroner each year. That is also why they insist on having to pay a million gold kroner in taxes and contributions.

Of course, there is no shortage of sober-minded, high-ranking ministers in the Interim King's Court. In their view, the willingness of the Overseas Autonomous Territories to contribute is already very good news at this critical time for the survival and survival of the Kingdom. Wang Ting did not have to tangle with the overseas autonomous territories, it was important to urge the overseas autonomous territories to bring the two regiments here quickly. Now the kingdom is as lucky to have the support of two Ace Field Legions like the Guardian Corps. Accept the terms and conditions as you can, there is no need to wait...

Regrettably, however, the Royal Ministry of Army and the Ministry of Finance, which are under the control of old-fashioned aristocratic family forces, insisted that the two regiments belonging to the Overseas Autonomous Territories obey their wartime command and promised to pay the millions of gold kroner in taxes and contributions. Combined with the stabilization of the front line, the stalling of the Alliance of Nations forces in the Eastern Region has led the Royal Army Ministry to believe that the enemy is weak and has lost its aggressive momentum, so it is stepping up training for two new second-line regiments in anticipation of a counterattack.

At that time, there were several more shortcuts coming from the front line, and several small-scale attacks by the Legion of the Lions had successfully captured enemy lines of defense and even recovered a defective local county. This has allowed senior officers of the Royal Army Ministry to be more certain that the enemy's offensive has been depleted and that the time for a major counter-attack will soon come. So much harder in the Temporary Royal Court, they threatened not to need the support of two regiments of overseas autonomous military districts. The kingdom's army could also recover the lost ground and drive the enemy out of the country...

Seriously, the army of the Kingdom has performed very well in this war against the invasion of the Alliance of Nations in the Eastern Region. Starting with the Red Dragon Corps and the Guardianship Division defending themselves against enemy offensives in Frontier County, the war damage and casualties of the Alliance of Nations forces in the Eastern Region were about twice as high as those of the Royal Army.

During the offensive and defensive battles at the border positions, eight standing regiments of the Association of Eastern States were defeated by four and a half, while the Red Dragon Army was almost completely overthrown, with only one and a half regiments withdrawn by the two divisions of the Injunction. Nearly 270,000 were killed or injured by the Alliance of Eastern States forces, while the Kingdom lost 110,000 Ace Field Elite troops. But the problem is that the enemy is replenishing it quickly, and in less than two months, eight standing regiments have been assembled again, and the stronghold has reached the Ibnister Plains.

The King had no choice but to give up, and the Kingdom formed two second-line regiments, led by the remaining two divisions of the Guardianship Corps, to wage a blocking battle on the Ibnister Plains. However, they were unable to resist the enemy's constant day and night attacks, and the two second-line regiments eventually collapsed, and the Guardianship Corps paid the price of a division to withdraw to Wangdu. This battle against the kingdom lost 140,000 troops, while the eight standing regiments of the Association of Eastern States again lost more than 200,000 horses and wounded, but they were already under Wang Ducheng.

Frederick I was forced to abandon the king and evacuate, or else he would most likely be trapped in the capital. Not that he didn't want to die defending the king's capital, but that he no longer had much power at his disposal, leaving only one division of the guard corps in the original four divisions. Even in Wangdu, you may not be able to recruit an army to defend the city. In any case, you can only transfer to Bai Lu City to set up a temporary royal court in exchange for space to form a new second-line army...

It may be said that the King of the Evacuation of Frederick I is the poorest king in the history of the kingdom of Ovieras, and that he has brought little wealth, because all the wealth he has received from home raiders from those emerging commercial aristocrats has been spent by him in this war against invasion, and very little remains. Nor did he bring out much armament, and the Kingdom's arsenal was empty.

The kingdom's civil war, which lasted for three years, consumed almost all the stockpiles of arms in the kingdom of Orvillas, and when Prince Hansburg left the capital, he took all the armaments he could, and what he couldn't take, he burned a flame. Later, the forces of the old aristocratic family and the forces of the great prince fought in the Kingdom's native wars, consuming armaments stockpiles of the military industry controlled by the old aristocratic family.

After finally defeating the Grand Prince, Prince Widreck made his way to Sterling XI, and he didn't even pay attention to replenishing the stockpile of arms in Wangdu's arsenal. At the same time, it has been in arrears for the cost of armaments consumed in the civil war by the military industry controlled by the old aristocratic family forces, and the overseas autonomous leaders have cut off the supply of mineral resources to the Kingdom's mainland, so that the production of the Kingdom's military industry has been in a semi-stopped state, unable to replenish the consumption of weapons and equipment of the Kingdom's three Ace Field Legions...

When Frederick I came to power, there was an interest in changing the production situation of the military industry, but limited to financial constraints, only small quantities of weapons and equipment could be produced. As a result, a debt war and incursions by the forces of the Association of Nations in the Eastern Region could be said to have consumed all the Kingdom's stockpiles of arms and armaments. The Provisional Royal Court was established in Bai Lu City because it stockpiled grass and armaments free of charge from overseas autonomous territories, allowing the Royal Ministry of the Army to form three second-line regiments again.

A year has passed since the war against the invasion of the Alliance of Nations forces in the Eastern Region, with the Kingdom paying more than 300,000 horses in casualties, and the Alliance of Nations forces in the Eastern Region losing 560,000 troops. The Royal Army Ministry believes that the enemy's sharpness has been lost and the time for counter-attack is imminent. But it was forgotten that the enemy was five countries, of which the Kingdom of Hicks and the Kingdom of Nasserley were not weaker than the Kingdom of Auvellas, and that the remaining three principalities could produce three kilos of crude ships.

Those 560,000 deaths and injuries were unbearable to a country, but apportioning them to five countries was not at all impressive. As a result, the Interim King did not feel good until it had been delayed for more than a month and four more standing regiments of the Association of Eastern States had arrived at the front line. The front-line enemy is nearly three to one, and the pressure has increased dramatically.

It is true that in the ensuing attack by the enemy, after half a month of bloody fighting, the first defensive front was finally defeated, and the Lion Vulture Corps injured most of the horses, leaving only two regiments in the last division of the Guardianship Corps. Two second-line regiments were defeated by the enemy and only one division retreated. The enemy, although equally devastated by casualties, maintains a strength advantage. The Royal Army Department can only concentrate all its troops on the second defensive front, and even two new second-line regiments have just been sent to the front line for less than a month...

Only then did the voice of the Interim King Tinley calling on His Majesty King Frederick I to agree to the conditions of overseas self-government prevail. If the second defensive front fails again, the Kingdom of Ovilas will be in danger of losing its country. Because Bai Lu City no longer has defensible strength, and there is little armament and money to allow the Royal Army Department to form a new second-line regiment again.

Perhaps Frederick I could take his family and ministers to the Overseas Autonomous Territories to set up an exile royal court, but it was not pleasant to send people under the fence, especially the high-ranking officials and powerful elders of the old-fashioned aristocratic family that the Autonomous Leaders had not always dealt with, who must have arrived at the Overseas Autonomous Territories and had to live on fishing poles after that.

Old brand aristocratic family forces finally pinched their noses to admit defeat, and the weak character of Frederick I finally stopped swinging and entrusted all military affairs to the Royal Army Department. Aware of the crisis, he immediately resolved to sign a letter of approval and agreement, dispatched a courier to the Overseas Autonomous Territories immediately, handed the letter and notice to Mrs. Maria, and urged her to hurry the Overseas Autonomous Territories to return immediately to the Kingdom for assistance.

However, the Kingdom's mainland and overseas autonomous territories are separated by a silent ocean, and it takes a month's sea voyage back and forth. Even an autonomous military region would have to wait at least a month and a half before Frederick I regretted listening to the rumors of the Royal Army that it would not require the support of the overseas autonomous military regions to drive the enemy out of the country, wasting a month and a half in vain. But now he can only pray that the front line can defend itself against the last defensive front and buy more time for the rescue of the autonomous territories.

On the other hand, although the Overseas Autonomous Territories did not receive a response due to the fact that the request for troop contributions had been sent to the White Deer City side, and had been delayed for more than a month without news, the recruitment and expansion of the two regiments in the Autonomous Territories was still proceeding in an orderly manner. General Bolognick, however, had a feeling in his heart that he was going to talk to Claude, wondering what if the mainland side of the kingdom refused to ask for troops from the Autonomous Territory?

Of course it's cold! Claude's answer is simple: if the mainland side of the kingdom refuses our request for troop contributions, then there is no danger that the kingdom's battlefield is still under the control of the Royal Army Department. As the saying goes, if there really is no support from the mainland side of the kingdom, a messenger would have rushed to our autonomous military region to rescue the soldiers. The delay in responding indicates that the situation is not tense at all...

“But what if on the mainland side of the kingdom we refuse to be rescued because of our demands?” General Bolognick is still a little worried.

Claude looked up and looked seriously at General Bolognick: "If the mainland side of the kingdom does not respond to our request, but asks for help from our autonomous military region, I will not send troops. In fact, it is clear to all of us that we are not part of the same old noble family forces in the kingdom. I do not want to be cautious against foreign enemies when defending against the arrows and conspiracies from the friendly forces behind me. To be honest, I do not want to be in the same camp with them.

Don't look, His Majesty has given us the privilege of being part of the aristocratic class, but in the eyes of these old-fashioned aristocratic power, we are outbursts, fortunate men, not even those emerging business aristocrats. And we cut off their financial resources in the overseas territories, and perhaps in their eyes we disgust them more than the Allied Coalition of Nations forces in the eastern part of our kingdom, which invaded our kingdom. If we deploy unconditionally, they will have plenty of manoeuvres and conspiracies to fix us, leaving us with misery and no place to return justice.

So, I'd rather not be a soldier if I hadn't agreed to our request, which is responsible for the lives of our two regimental generals. If we take them to the kingdom itself, we should bring them back in their entirety, and if there are casualties, we should make their lives more valuable. Letting them spill hot blood on the battlefield to defend the kingdom against invasion is better than making them give up chess in the eyes of big people... "

“But what if the White Deer City side doesn't hold up?” General Bolognick is still a little worried.

“Are you saying you're going to die? The whole army is destroyed...” asked Claude.

General Bolognick nodded.

Claude laughed: "If that were the case, we would be free and the Overseas Autonomous Territories would be independent. As for the mainland side of the kingdom, let alone worry, the kingdom is gone, we don't have to wait for anything to reply, attack as much as we want, without any orders and rules to bind us, the entire eastern region of Farea will become a battlefield for our two legions..."

General Bolognick was somewhat out of line with Claude, who was shocked by what Claude had just said: “You, you mean, if the kingdom were to die, our autonomous military region would continue this war? ”

“Of course,” Claude looked strangely at General Bolognick: “We are an overseas self-government, and the destruction of the kingdom of Ovilas by the enemy does not mean that this war is over. What can we do if we don't fight back and come back? You don't think the kingdom should surrender without our autonomous military region and hand over your guns and listen to the enemy?

What is the purpose of the enlistment and expansion of the two regiments in our Autonomous Territory, not just for war? In fact, even if the kingdom itself did not agree to our request, we could still contribute. It's just that we don't need to rescue the kingdom, we need to attack the enemy's nest. Didn't the Duchy of Rimodra and the Duchy of Siddins return? We can let them die again.

And the Hicks kingdom. Didn't it always acknowledge the end of the colonial war? It also occupies a new enclave in our kingdom, so why don't we go and reclaim the new enclave? As long as we have the heart, are we afraid we won't find a chance to send troops? And the generals of the Autonomous Leadership Region, who had not fought in recent years, were bored, and training began to lax. We all know that the elite did not practice, but rather fight.

I have been thinking for two years that the present size of the autonomous military region is really too much and places a heavy burden on the economy of the autonomous territory. It is indeed not normal to spend 1.6 million gold kroner a year on military expenditures. You can count the 110,000 troops in 20 local guard regiments, plus 150,000 horses in two regiments, and a cruise ship in the ocean, with a total of 278,000 troops.

It would be normal for the Overseas Autonomous Territories to maintain so much force if we were to continue our colonial war with the Kingdom of Hicks. But now that the colonial war was over, there were no countries or territories on the continent that posed a threat to the overseas autonomous territories. Nor is it necessary for peacetime overseas self-governing territories to retain such a large military force, but in the current situation, we cannot immediately reduce our forces, destroy our own arsenals and retain so many troops.

Our problem is that the Overseas Autonomous Territories are so sparsely populated that nearly 300,000 troops can become a heavy burden on the economic development of the Autonomous Territories. If more than a decade of peace were to prevail, the economic development of the autonomous territories would stagnate and the combat strength of the troops would be significantly reduced. So we must find an enemy for our armed forces, but also let our military forces add more impetus and fuel to the economic development of the overseas autonomous territories... "

General Bolognick was first said by Claude, how can you say that too many troops in the autonomous military region will affect the autonomous economy as a burden or something? Why do you have to recruit to expand the army? But then, thinking of what Claude had just said that the Overseas Autonomous Overseas Deprivation of the Kingdom could still launch an offensive, he began to realize quickly if he thought about it.

“I understand that war is only a means to an end for our autonomous territories. We went to fight to create more economic value for the Overseas Autonomous Territories and to keep our legions fighting, not to sit on scrap..." General Bolognick said.

Claude nodded, and General Bolognick said the same thing as he thought. What could be more efficient in the world than organized mass robbery and forced relocation of armies? Not only can the overseas autonomous territories be given an increased number of residential households, but they can also acquire countless assets.

Last time it was on the mainland of the kingdom, military discipline had to be maintained and only mechanical equipment and emerging commercial aristocracy estates had to be dealt with, with little gain. This trip to an enemy country is perfect for letting go of your hands and feet. Besides, when troops change new weapons and equipment, they should also sneak out on the battlefield, maintaining morale while also increasing their combat experience. It's better than staying in overseas autonomous territories and eating mountain skies everyday...

”In fact, the last time I discovered the demographics of autonomy, I found a huge hidden danger that there were many men and females and that the gender balance was extremely uneven. So another purpose of our military contribution is to let the generals of our regiment find their other half in the eastern part of the Farea continent and bring them back to the Autonomous Leader, to make it clear that this time we should be taking the team to make friends, helping our generals start their families is also our duty..." Claude laughed very shamelessly.