Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 512 Preface to the Battle

In Claude's calculations, two of his divisions, one of which must remain in the Royal City of Polyvisia, maintain order and order within the city, guard the prisoners and guard the walls. So he had only one division of manoeuvred field force, and the enemy was in two directions, northeast and southwest, and no matter which direction Claude threw this manoeuvred field division in his hand, he couldn't stop the enemy in the other direction from approaching the Imperial City and separating the two divisions.

That is the real reason why Claude was unable to make the final choice, because this mobile battlefield regiment, no matter which direction the enemy is dealt, will be able to crush or defeat it. After all, the enemy's two armies are hundreds of thousands of troops that can hold the enemy hostage, but they cannot destroy each other, and may even put themselves in a difficult position. You know, this is the territory of the kingdom of Nasserli, Dili and the people, and never on the Thunder Legion's side.

Berklin did suggest that Claude should follow Marshal Michel's approach to the five Standing Legions of the Hicks kingdom that year, in both Cromwell and Bering Ghana. Using the flexible and mobile assault capability of the Light Cavalry of the Legion of Thunder to shield the entire battlefield view of the enemy, forcing it to walk a path into darkness and end up in an isolated and defenceless state of bullets, having to lay down its arms and surrender...

But Claude quickly vetoed the battle plan, which was simple and had a different operating environment. At that time, Marshal Kronwell and Bering Ghana were ordered by Marshal Michelle to clear the walls. For the invading armies of the five Hicks kingdoms, entering the boundaries of those two jurisdictions meant stepping into the trap set by Marshal Michelle, who had no chance to face the battle at all and had been held by their noses.

And now the Legion of Thunder is the invader, and the land here is the enemy, and the popular resistance of the Kingdom of Nasserli, as the dead enemy nation of the Kingdom of Ovilas, is very intense. Claude suspected that if the dispatched LMTs were not vigilant, they would be at high risk of accidental attacks from the people of the Kingdom of Nasri. As long as the enemy finds towns and villages, it is easy to obtain supplies and intelligence, and it is impossible to conceal their battlefield horizons.

The first division, led by Berkelin, will be able to assault and guerrilla forces, raid the logistical supply corridors of enemy battalions, and be cautious of being trapped by the enemy to ambush their own light mount forces. The reason why the second division of Diavid was not allowed to attack was because he feared recklessness, disregarding casualty choices and the enemy's hard work. Claude wanted to win, but he didn't want to pay too much for the casualties. On enemy soil, every soldier is a combat force, whose lives are invaluable and worthy of cherishing.

However, the current battlefield situation is somewhat confusing to Claude. First, more than 400,000 Allied troops retreating southwest to the Kingdom of Nasserley approached the Royal City of Polyvisia, but more than 300,000 Allied troops in the five northeastern counties remained static and did not march with the enemy forces in the southwest towards the Royal City. The fleeing Prince Vedario appeared in the south-western Allied armies, gaining the support of the three Nasseri Standing Regiments, while stopping the more than 400,000 Allied troops from moving forward and stationing their battalions on the ground.

Claude can only stop the first division in Berlin, and he really doesn't understand what the Allied forces are up to and why they're giving up this great opportunity. It wasn't until five or six days later that the Wolftooth Brigade captured a logistics major officer from the Kingdom of Nasserley from the northeast, and after interrogation it became clear what was going on...

More than 300,000 Alliance troops in the five northeastern counties owe their immobility to Muried's Ironclad fleet, which destroyed the Kingdom of Hicks' naval fleet and captured nearly a hundred ocean freighters loaded with armaments. This fleet of transporters escorted by the Neptune fleet transported armaments from the Kingdom of Hicks to the Kingdom of Nasserley, and now the result is that most of the two newly formed Nasserley Standing Regiment officers in the five northeastern counties, mostly with bare hands, are only a fraction armed and need to wait for further assistance from the Kingdom of Hicks.

Had it not been for the arrival of the two standing regiments reinforced by the Kingdom of Hicks to disembark and the dispatch by the Kingdom of Kanas of the reinforcement of a Light Rider Regiment, the two Nasserly Standing Regiments would have been disbanded by themselves. Staying immobile in the five northeastern counties is the readiness of the Kingdom of Hicks to bring in another shipment of armaments, arm the two regiments and return to the battlefield.

However, the Kingdom of Hicks is no longer able to transport from the sea, the King's fleet has been abandoned, and the convoy without escort is to deliver food to the Ironclad fleet, so it needs to be changed to land. The land reaches the kingdom of Nasseri, passing through the kingdoms of Breot and Menbamak. That is why the Kingdom of Hicks will need time to negotiate with the two kingdoms the passage of land transport checkpoints and routes in order to move arms supplies to the Kingdom of Nasri and support the Allied Coalition forces in their continued operations.

It is noteworthy that the commander of these two newly formed Nasseri Standing Regiments is Prince Ducklind, the third prince of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the son of another princess of Nasseri VII. Intelligence suggests that the prince is not very fond of and weighed down by Nasri VII, except that his uncle is the Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Nasri, holds the post of Minister of the Army of the Kingdom of Nasri and is also the Kingdom Marshal. Except now this marshal is trapped in the palace with the king as the senior prisoner of the Thunder Corps, under strict custody...

Claude suddenly figured out why the more than 400,000 Allied troops in the southwest approached the Royal City of Polyvisia and suddenly camped halfway there, which seemed to be thanks to Prince Vedario. The kingdom of Nasserli is also the only two princes who are not in the royal city and fortunately have not been taken prisoner by the Legion of Thunder. So they are all selfish, hoping to go further, maybe they are still heartfelt to thank the Legion of Thunder, if the Legion of Thunder did not raid the King's City, it must be their big brother who will succeed to the throne in the future, the great prince of Nasserley VII will take the helm.

The three Nasserli regiments in the south-western direction held Prince Vedario, while the two newly established regiments in the north-eastern five counties were in Prince Ducklind's hands. If the kingdom of Nasserli did not have the presence of his national army, it would be obvious that the two princes would likewise follow the example of the kingdom of Ovilas in a civil war between the two kings to determine who became the new king.

Unfortunately, with the presence of the army of the Kingdom of Hicks, no sober commander of the Hicks army would allow these two princes to fight first. With the Allied armies largely dependent on the five standing regiments sent by the Kingdom of Hicks, this contentious farce in the Kingdom of Nasri will soon be suspended and coordinated, and perhaps the ambitious Machid III will turn the Kingdom of Nasri into an accessory to the Kingdom of Hicks.

What is happening now is that Claude had to end the war and destroy the Kingdom of Nasri in order to restore calm and lasting peace in the eastern part of the Farea continent. In the current situation, the two princes of the Kingdom of Nasri must turn to the Kingdom of Hicks in order to succeed, and whoever becomes the king of the new Kingdom of Nasri will be the horseman of the Kingdom of Hicks. Peace will never be restored in the eastern part of the country with McGidd III behind the horn of the diamond. And what the weak kingdom of Orvillas needs most now is rest and recuperation and time to regain its vitality.

Claude was relieved, however, that even with the coordination of the Kingdom of Hicks, it would take some time for the two princes of the Nasserly kingdom to separate victories and victories, and that time was invaluable to the Legion of Thunder. At the very least, Claude could now transfer from the Imperial City a large quantity of loot seized from the Imperial City and the captives without worrying that the enemy forces in both directions would launch a raid on the Imperial City of Polyvoria.

Simply put, Claude believed that none of the princes of the two kingdoms of Nasserley would be willing to rescue his father, Nasserley VII, and his brothers, who would rather watch their loved ones be imprisoned than his father, Nasserley VII, or his brothers, emerge from the network as new opponents.

After considering it, Claude stopped ordering Berklin to lead the First Division to take the initiative, sending 50,000 prisoners and their families to Amis City in the Principality of Siddins, in addition to sending a light-handed field regiment full of enemies closely watching in both directions. Meanwhile, Claude sent a message to General Albert, asking him to set up a prisoner camp in Amis City, detain the prisoners, and then send them to the Overseas Autonomous Territories after the war.

The longer it takes, the more prisoners of the Royal City of Polyvisia can be transported, so that the Legion of Thunder can release its other hand and use both divisions in battle. Claude did take a huge risk in doing so. In the unlikely event that the Allied forces suddenly launched an attack on the Imperial City during the transfer of prisoners, it is likely that only one division, the Multi-Service Thunder Corps, will be unable to withstand the attacks of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops...

From the Royal City of Polyvisia to Amis, it takes 17 to 18 days for the light cavalry to come and go, but it's hard to tell if you're escorting a prisoner. Even if Claude had used all the wagons collected in the Royal City and surrounding towns to transport 50,000 prisoners and their families, it was estimated that it would take at least 25 days for Claude to travel back and forth in the event of an accident or a change in circumstances along the way.

And the battalion with more than 400,000 Allied troops in the southwest is only fifteen days away from the Royal City of Polyvisia, which is an infantry march estimate. If you replace it with a light cavalry from the Principality of Kanas, you will have seven days to reach the city. Fortunately, there is only one Duchy of Kanas Light Cavalry in the more than 400,000 Alliance armies, and Claude is confident that if he raids the King's City, he will destroy them first.

As Claude had anticipated, even Prince Nasserley knew that the information that the Thunder Corps was transferring the void of the captured forces in the Imperial City remained untouched. Perhaps Prince Ducklind can also argue that his two newly formed regiments have not yet been armed to storm the King's City. As for Prince Vedario, it is likely that the previous battle of the 18th Regiment, led by Diavid and led by two Light Mounted Field Regiments, which led to the demise of the entire army, was frightened and did not take a step forward.

The kingdom of Nasserli suddenly fell into a strange state of calm, with the Legion of Thunder systematically transferring and escorting all prisoners and their families to Amis City in the Royal City of Polyvisia. The Allied forces of more than 700,000 men and horses remained static in the south-western and north-eastern directions, except that the princes of the two kingdoms of Nasri, desperately searching for grass and soldiers from local counties, grew louder and louder and never marched in the direction of the Imperial City.

After a day like this, General Albert arrived in King's City with a large quantity of ammunition, another half month later, and the last prisoners and their families were on their way to Amis City. At that time, the coalition forces in both directions finally began operations. But instead of marching toward the Imperial City, they went to Bismunk County.

Bismunk County is a frontier county between the northern part of the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Kingdom of Menbamak, and is situated in Grassom and Durmel counties separated from the territory of the Royal City of Polyvisia. All three counties were swept away by the second division of the Thunder Corps, and now the Allied forces in both directions attracted Claude's attention as soon as they moved.

The coalition forces assembled in Bismunk County are divided into three parts, five standing regiments of the Kingdom of Hicks in the middle, five regiments of the Kingdom of Nasserley on the left, a semi-light cavalry regiment of the Principality of Kanas on the right and noble armed and voluntarily enlisted forces of the local counties recruited from the Kingdom of Nasserley, plus three regiments.

Ten days after the rest of Bismunk County, all five legions of the Kingdom of Nasserley were flagged by Prince Ducklind, and the army then began moving towards Grassom County. At the forefront are the noblemen who recruit and voluntarily enlist from the counties throughout the Kingdom of Nasri, some 780,000 horses. This is followed by the five Standing Legions of the Kingdom of Nasseri, followed by the five Legions of the Kingdom of Hicks. Two of the three light-jockey regiments in the Principality of Kanas were placed on a two-wing alert, and one in the front, which should have been used as a leading team of 780,000 men.

At that time, General Bitchicklin arrived at the Royal City of Polyvisia with the Rock II Division, while the Rock I Division and General Bolognick stayed in Amis City to watch over the more than 100,000 prisoners and their families and prepare to escort them in batches to the Florrick Harbor, awaiting the arrival of a cruise ship from the ocean to transport them to the Overseas Autonomous Territories.

Now that Claude is finally free, he has entrusted the Royal City's guards to General Bitchcline to retain the Rock II Regiment in the Royal City of Polyvisia, leaving the Royal City with General Albert himself, who will lead the Thunder I and II divisions to Durmel County to take the lead against the enemy.

Grassom and Durmel are plains with very few low-lying hills, but the waterways are dense, with branches of several famous rivers in the Kingdom of Nasri. Decades ago, the Kingdom of Nasseri was said to have made a proposal to chisel a canal of water arteries along the branches of these rivers throughout the country, but the construction of the canal remained permanently on paper because of the violation of the territorial interests of local noble lords and the inability to raise so much engineering money.

Due to the abundance of water, the lands of the two local counties have been fully exploited and are one of several well-known food production bases in the Kingdom of Nasri, as well as a dense range of artisanal manufacturing plants. Since both counties are under the direct authority of the Nasserlin royal family, the people of both counties do not have to worry about being stripped by the nobility of the territory and live a relatively spacious life, basically supporting the rule of the Nasserli royal family...

For General Thunder Legion, led by Claude, entering Durmel County really realized that he was in an enemy country and that he was an intruder. None of the inhabitants of towns and villages are willing to cooperate with the Legion of Thunder, and even if it is real gold and silver that purchases goods, they are often given uncooperative attitudes and hostile silence.

The 7th Regiment of the 2nd Division in Diavid swept away the defensive forces in this local county and knew how to deal with these stubborn Durmel people. For example, if you purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, take the soldiers directly to the farm orchard you want to pick for yourself, and then throw the money to the owner of the farm orchard after the completion. The Dormelers are used to this kind of thing. Anyway, the Thunder Corps officers and soldiers don't do anything wrong, and they stand by silently waiting for the last payment...

Contact with the Allied forces was on the eighth day into Durmel County, on the morning of October 14, 2000, a light-hearted squad of the Legion of Thunder struck a large cavalry of the Allied forces' leading forces on a suburban avenue called the town of Pedra, some 300 or 400 horsemen, squeezing into a crowd of random bombardments and rushing towards the town of Pedra. After discovering the Light Riding Squad of the Legion of Thunder, the cavalry pulled out the knife and shouted at them.

Riding the squad gently and turning his horse around, he shot and fled, luring the enemy into a tight chase behind him. Soon after, two light cavalry battalions drove past from both sides, and a battalion of light cavalry swept past the enemy cavalry, this time turning their horses and fleeing. In the end, only a dozen enemy cavalry were lucky enough to meet their subsequent battalion of infantry to escape the hunt, and the first victory of the light mount battalion killed more than 300 enemies, paying the slight price of 18 injuries and zero deaths...

The enemy immediately retreated from the cantonment site for more than 10 miles, but they did not last a night. General Berklin himself led the first division into raids night after night, using only one round of artillery bombardment and 300 long-barreled rockets, and the enemy collapsed in the fire and explosion of the camp. The Thunder First and Second Divisions chased to dawn, causing casualties and captivity in most of the Allied forces, and only nearly 10,000 people fled back.

Claude wasn't very excited, although this first victory was very beautiful. It was clear to him that the 780,000, as the crowd of the leading troops, were actually cannon ashes sent by the coalition forces to test the battle power of the Thunder Legion, and nobody would care about their deaths and victories. What the Legion of Thunder is really facing is a coalition army of nearly twelve regiments that will follow the Kingdom of Hicks, the Kingdom of Nasserley and the Principality of Kanas.

On the 14th of October 2000, the battle of Polyvinia, known in the history of future generations, finally came to an end...