Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 550: General Beechlin is Back

At 9: 10 a.m. on November 27, 603, General Bitchklin appeared at the headquarters of the Autonomous Territory, and Claude and he embraced him warmly and welcomed him back. Then they went back to Claude's office and had a closed conversation.

General Bitchklin embarked on a return journey to the Overseas Autonomous Territories in late September, while the Rock First and Second Division took more than a month to return to the Overseas Autonomous Territories. The reason why General Bitchklin returned early was that he would succeed Claude in presiding over the affairs of the Autonomous Territory. And Claude is going to the mainland of the kingdom, and a lot of things require Claude, the chief commander of the military region, to come out and negotiate with the kingdoms...

Claude opened a bottle of fruit wine and chatted with General Beechlin. General Bitchklin briefly described the development of the hereditary family territory of the Lower Kingdom, the Nasserine region, the Kanas prairie, the Overseas Autonomous Territories, and the Eskirin and Rimodra regions, which were also in the hands of the Autonomous Territories.

In August of this year, the Red Dragon Corps, one of the kingdom's three largest field-king regiments, took over the Polyvisia Royal City in the Nasseri region, while another field-king Lion Vulture Corps took over the Odine Mountains and the Siddines region. The Rock 1st 2nd Division was relocated to the Rimodra area to be ready to return to the Overseas Autonomous Territories.

When the Rock Regiment returned, four divisions and eight local guard regiments of the Legion of Thunder were stationed in the eastern part of the Farea continent, with a total of more than 200,000 troops stationed there, and they had to wait for Claude's passage before proceeding with the renovation and integration of the Forces nouvelles.

“... you have succeeded me in presiding over the affairs of the Autonomous Territory, the main objective is three, one is to integrate the Rock Regiment into four divisions according to the Forces nouvelles, the third division has been integrated and is stationed in the colony of the Gulf of Rodex, this site we have swallowed, we will not let it spit out again. As for how to build Marshal Bolognick, there is already a plan there, which is outside our autonomous military region, and only requires some cooperation.

The second task is to continue the wildfire programme, and the current situation in the Pamigal National Republic can be said to have stabilized. War is the best way to unleash a person's potential, as is the State. Although the Pamigals lost more than 100,000 lives in the Patriotic War, their armaments have been fully experienced and trained in the war. Now their three regiments have counterattacked the colony of the Principality of Vasiliko and forced the colony of the Principality of Vasiliko to turn to the neighbouring Union of the State of Opsaro for help against the Pamigals...

The first phase of our original wildfire plan was to enable the indigenous peoples of the colonies of the Kingdom of Morosik, the second colony of the Kingdom of Riznia, the colonies of the Principality of Vassilico and the Union of the Cities of Opsaro, as well as colony No. 3 of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, to establish their own State and annexe the colony of the Gulf of Rhodes.

In the light of the current situation, we have in fact overestimated the implementation capacity of the first phase of the wildfire plan, and the Russmans have disappointed us greatly, in addition to the liberation of the Pamigals to establish an independent State. Instead of cooperating with us at the outset, they thought in the name of the Great Sheikh's vengeance for some time earlier, killing almost all the 300,000 immigrants of the colonial kingdom of Riznia, and now all that survives are young women...

The two Hicks volunteer regiments we deployed there also stemmed their killing atrocities and saved the elderly and vulnerable women and children of some migrants. As a result, we were attacked by the Russmans, who accused us of being part of the Kingdom of Riznia. We killed those bloodthirsty thugs, and then the Ruthmans united to ask us to get out of their land and even cut off logistical supplies to two Hicks volunteer regiments...

The biggest problem with the Russmans is the Great Sheikh Unemas. The death of Dia Modrigues prevented the emergence of a national leader among the Russmans who gave them oral advice. After the death of the Great Sheikh, several of his nephews began to compete for power, gathering the arms of their respective tribes to become de facto warlords, dissatisfying no one, and sometimes outbreaks armed conflict with each other.

So, while colony number two of the entire Kingdom of Riznia has now been fully recovered, the Russmans are still scattered, and if three million Russmans are unable to come together to build a nation, that will be of no use to our planning arrangements and will even hold us back. And if our military region intervenes to get them to choose the right leader as soon as possible, it will be hostile to these Ruthmans, which makes it very difficult for us.

The staff of the headquarters of the military region had come up with a number of plans, and it had even been suggested that the entire Russmann population should be cleansed and that the autonomous military region should simply be allowed to occupy colony No. 2 of the Kingdom of Riznia and return it to the territory of the autonomous territory. But it's not doing us any good, it's going to cost us a lot of money to walk from behind the scenes to the stage.

As you can see from the map, a quarter of this deeply inland colony is the desolate Gobi desert, the plains are infertile, and one colony is larger than the three states of our overseas autonomy. We occupy this territory, just to make our overseas autonomous territories one more burdensome, and those Ruthmans living here are also a huge problem...

Let's just say that in the absence of clear vested earnings, the Autonomous Territory will not consider seizing this Ruthman territory. The territory of the Overseas Autonomous Territories is large enough that we will not sacrifice the lives of our generals for a barren land. For our autonomous military region, the Ruthmans are actually more valuable than their territory, and these young men from nomadic tribes are well suited to be an excellent source of troops, with a little training being a qualified light cavalry.

We can only hope now for the early emergence of a wise leader among these Ruthmans to continue to work with us. Of course, they have no choice but to have our autonomous military region, because they have taken blood revenge with the Kingdom of Riznia. Three hundred thousand migrants have been slaughtered, and the Kingdom of Reason will not spare these Ruthmans.

According to information received from the southern part of the Farea continent, the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Reznia and the Principality of Vassilico have all been fully mobilized to recruit recruits to form new expeditionary regiments, making it possible to attack the independent Pamigals and these abusive Ruthmans again in the second half of next year. If the Russmans do not understand this, they will be waiting for a bloody massacre and brutal revenge.

In addition, the armed uprisings and the establishment of an independent State by the Pamigals, as well as the brutal killing of the Russmans, have sparked vigilance and prevention in the remaining colonies of the West Coast. Control over those indigenous peoples in their respective colonies had been strengthened. Troops were also transported from the southern mainland of the Farea continent to enhance colonial security. ”

Claude had a dry tongue and a couple of sips in the glass. General Bitchklin just listened silently, looking at the map hanging on the wall from time to time, and contrasting what Claude said. Claude opened another bottle of fruit wine and poured himself half a glass before coming to the map.

Referring to the Pamigal National Republic marked on the map, Claude said: "In the light of the current situation, it is my judgement that there will be another war of extermination, or even two, next year. The colonial Powers on the West Coast would never allow an indigenous people to establish their own nation independently, which would have an extremely negative impact on their colonial domination for two or three hundred years, and they would never allow indigenous peoples in their own colonies to follow the example of the Pamigals...

I think it should start with the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Morosik, the Kingdom of Reznia and the Principality of Vassilico attacking the Pamigal National Republic directly, first destroying the independent national State and then sweeping up the Russmans. According to information received from the southern part of the Farea continent, all three new regiments were recruited from the Kingdom of Morosik and the Kingdom of Riznia, and two new regiments from the Principality of Vasiliko, totalling nearly 450,000 troops from eight regiments.

Bick, to be honest, you're carrying a heavy burden, because these 45,000 men are the enemies you're fighting. It's just that you can't come forward in the name of the Autonomous Territory, but you can lead the Pamigals and the forces of our Autonomous Territory to destroy the enemy in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Hicks Voluntary Corps.

It is estimated that it will take at least eight months from the recruitment of new recruits to form an army, then six months of basic military training and then transportation to the West Coast, which means that the war will begin around August next year, and you still have nine months to prepare. Destroying or defeating these enemies and ensuring the existence of the Pamigal National Republic is your third task. ”

General Beechlin nodded and asked, “How many troops do I have? ”

Claude grinned, “Honestly, I don't know. Now that the three Pamigal regiments are fighting in the Principality of Vasiliko, it is not clear when it will end. In the original plan, the Skolo and Giste peoples of the Principality of Vasiliko would wage an armed uprising, defeat the colonial army of the Principality of Vasiliko with the support of the Pamigal and Russman armies, recover the territory, establish an independent State and form a coalition government...

Now the Russmans are in a mess and more than 100,000 of the planned reinforcements are gone. The armed uprisings and riots of the Skolo and Gistad, in turn, were thunderous, with low rainfall and loud, but not powerful, and were easily suppressed by armed guards in the colonies of the Principality of Vasiliko.

The armed forces of the three Pamigals, while good, were beset by a regiment from the Principality of Vassilico and a regiment from the colony of the State Union of the City of Opsaro, which, while taking advantage on the battlefield, were unable to break the defensive front set up by the enemy and were still engaged in confrontation with each other.

If, as originally planned, the Colonies of the Principality of Vasiliko, Skolo and Gistad, were to establish their country independently, the three Pamigals would return home to rest, while the Ruthmans would be able to provide two corps of light riders, plus one corps formed by each of the Skolo and Gistad communities, there would be seven corps of indigenous peoples. By then, the Autonomous Territory would send another regiment, with more than half a million troops, so that there would be no need to worry about the expeditionary coalition of those colonial Powers.

But now only three legions of Pamigals are reliable, and Ruthmans don't have to think of any reinforcements until they've beaten each other. As for the Skologs and the Gists, that is all the more unlikely. The only thing you can do is convince the Pamigals to assemble two more regiments so you have five Pamigal regiments armed.

And one more thing, Bick, your first task was to restructure the Rock Corps in accordance with the Forces nouvelles. You can form a volunteer corps to help the Pamigals fight by combining the extra troops with the self-governing Provisional Guard Corps. At the same time, it is hoped that the Ruthmans will soon elect a new leader and continue to work with us to provide reinforcements to the two Light Riders. ”

“Why don't those two Hicks volunteer regiments go to war in the Principality of Vasiliko?” General Bitchklin asked somewhat strangely.

“I can't move!” Claude sighed a long time: “For two reasons, first, because of the colony of the Gulf of Rodex, two Hicks divisions had to be stationed on the Russman's territory before the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland envoy from the Fox Islands could come and discuss the colony's belonging with us. The play we played with the Pamigals claimed that the Hicks volunteer corps had accepted the employment of the Russmans and that before the Russmans' territory was settled, the two Hicks volunteer corps would have stabbed us with lies if they accepted the Pamigals' employment to fight in the Principality of Vasiliko.

Another reason is that the Kingdom of Hicks sent envoys to reach out to the two Hicks volunteer regiments, which fortunately were found and captured by the Russmans. That McKid III thief, the envoy he sent, wanted the officers and soldiers of these two Hicks volunteer regiments to rebel against us and seize a colony on the West Coast for the Kingdom of Hicks. He offered a pardon for the sins of the officers and soldiers of the two volunteer regiments, allowing them to return to the ranks of the army of the Kingdom of Hicks after taking over the colony, and to retire to the Kingdom of Hicks and reunite their loved ones... "

General Beechlin was surprised: "The Kingdom of Hicks sent envoys to fight against two Hicks volunteer regiments? ”

Claude nodded helplessly and found a document on his desk for General Bitchcline: "The Hicks Kingdom deployed agents in our Overseas Autonomous Territories, and when we recruited those Hicks prisoners to form a volunteer corps, the agents reported on it. Later, when the news of the two Hicks volunteer regiments helping the Pamigals build their country independently came out, that McKid III had the idea of having the two Hicks volunteer regiments counterwater and create a colony for the Kingdom of Hicks on the West Coast to receive them...

Look at this document. The envoy's confession was very clear. It was ordered by King McKid III of Hicks himself. Fortunately, two Hicks volunteer regiments are based inland in Russman territory, and the envoy is ashore at the seaport. Because they were white, they were subjected to severe censorship by the Ruthmans, unable to prove the identity documents of the envoys of the Kingdom of Hicks in order to escape, and were then sent by the Ruthmans to the offices set up there in our autonomous military region, where they became prisoners of the surrender net, knowingly confessing their intentions.

So the two Hicks divisions couldn't move, and I was worried there'd be a lot of envoys behind them. It would be easy to get in touch with those envoys during marching and fighting, and we didn't know that if we were moved, it would cause us enormous trouble and even catastrophic consequences for our wildfire plans...

I am replacing those two Hicks volunteer regiments with temporary guard regiments, impersonating Hicks mercenaries stationed in Ruthman territory. Those two Hicks volunteer regiments have been ordered by me to a secret camp in Robisto County, where expansion takes place. The experiences of the other 2,000 prisoners' representatives who returned to the Kingdom of the Six have been circulated among the Six, and all the Six prisoners are very angry, and I have decided to take them back to the Kingdom of the Six next year. ”

General Bitchklin understands: "You mean next year I can't count on these Hicks volunteer corps? ”

“Yes," replied Claude, "after the New Year's Eve, I will embark on a journey to the mainland Kingdom, first to complete the order for the Ironclad Fleet with the Royal Navy Department, and secondly to reorganize the Thunderclad Regiment, build a new Storm Regiment, and assemble the Hicks Volunteer Regiment in search of the opportunity to attack the Kingdom of Hicks and defeat this headache of northern domination, leaving the Kingdom and our Overseas Autonomous Territories with no further worries.

At the same time, there is also an aim to reap some war dividends from the Kingdom of the Hicks, and our wildfire program is estimated to take over a decade to see success, before we know how much money to invest, because our overseas autonomous territories alone cannot support such a large cost of implementing the program, so we have to reap the benefits of war from elsewhere. In the Second Eastern War, our experience from the Kingdom of Nasseri showed that there is nothing more money than robbing a country, not to mention that the Kingdom of Hicks has been in a state of war with us.

Finally, I hope that our Autonomous Territories will be able to obtain a sufficient number of immigrants from the Kingdom of Hicks. The Kingdom itself has closed the door to immigration to our autonomous territories, which must be provided with sufficient labour if they are to develop. These more than half a million Hicks prisoners have been living in our autonomous territories for several years, enjoying our lives here and wanting to settle naturally. It is only the Kingdom of Hicks that has judged them to be rebellious, preventing them from returning home.

I borrowed 2,000 prisoners this time to represent what happened back home and provoked their anger, so I asked to join the army and fight back to the Kingdom of Hicks. I decided to expand the eight Hicks divisions to take them back to the eastern part of the continent, so that when we attack the Kingdom of Hicks, we will have enough troops. When we defeat the Kingdom of Hicks, these volunteers will return to the Overseas Autonomous Territories with their families. How many more people can we add to our Autonomous Territories? ”