Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 453 Post-war Summary

Twenty days later, Claude, General Albert and General Beechklin returned to the town of Lanhu with their respective regiments temporarily forming a regiment. After spending another five days in the Yingli Mountain not far from Lanhu Town, a grand burial ceremony was held for the sacrificial officers and soldiers, and Claude finally got a day off. Then I received several friends who came to visit at home, and went to the theater headquarters to attend the post-war summary meeting the next day.

First, the director of the theater intelligence department, Colonel Fleurs, gave an intelligence report on the Hicks. According to the intelligence and news from the secret agents in the colony of the Rocks Bay, it can be concluded that he is currently staying in Rodeck. The standing army of the three-and-a-half Hicks kingdom of the Gulf of Naples has been unable to launch an offensive. What they need is self-protection and raising a large amount of weeds.

Claude led the first division of the Thunder Corps to raided the Hicks General Logistics Base camp near the Bay of Lodz, although the low-cost weaponry produced by the Hicks Kingdom was handed over to the Fox Islands in Rhode Island. The administrative officials in the Bay City were exchanged for gold coins worth millions of gold krona.

However, Claude did not resell the large amount of grain stored in the general logistics base, but took the fine food that he could take away and the high-end ingredients that the senior Hicks officers enjoyed. After the fresh meat that can be slaughtered at any time, such as live cattle and live sheep, all the stockpile warehouses will be set ablaze...

The Hicks have three large battalions in the colony of the Rhodes Bay. In addition to the general logistics base camp near the Lodx Bay City, a defensive camp has been built on the northern mountainous border, with enough reserves. The standing army maintains three months of grain.

The large battalion built on the eastern mountainous border is the starting point for the attack, which plays the role of the transfer station. The reserve of grain is not too much, only enough to maintain the daily consumption of the three standing army. Of course, this has a lot to do with the wishful thinking of the Hicks who intend to attack the settlement of the Nikkan people on the spot.

Five of the five standing army formed by Hicks veterans, with more than 300,000 troops, except for the two standing corps defensive on the northern mountainous border, the standing army formed by three Hicks veterans on the eastern mountainous border launched attack. It is a pity that nearly 200,000 people with strong combat effectiveness have been invincible for the first time, but they have been unable to go further after they have captured the first defensive front built by the territorial governing area in the central mountainous area of ​​the Eastern Link.

The death of the Nikkan people was not of much use to the Hicks. The command above even ordered that the Nikkan people not be included in the scope of the war registration. For the Hicks, the real, only enemy is the two direct legions of the territorial war zone. Whether they encounter the Thunder Army or the Rock Corps, the disappearance they get is always bad, even the casualties are slightly closer. Some have become extravagant, even if it is two to one to three.

Sometimes the Hicks commander was also surprised that he could fire a musket without a flaming rope and accurately aim at a rifle with a range of more than 150 meters. It does not need to ignite the rope. It can also be used at night without exposing the throw. The tossing bombs at the location, and even the explosive weapons buried on the ground that could explode on the ground when they finally evacuated, have all refreshed the Hicks’ new understanding of weapons...

The senior commanders of the Hicks are not incompetent. They are soberly aware that if there is no way to suppress these endless new weapons in the territorial war zone, then this colonial war will not win any victory.

What is only frustrating for them is that the investigation report on all new weapons in the territory directly under the jurisdiction is sent back to the kingdom, and the reply is nonsense. Makid III even personally wrote a letter to the senior commanders who will stay in the colony of Rodex Bay, so they don’t want to make excuses for their failures and make up lies that no one believes!

Kings of the Hicks Kingdom, Mekid III and the Royal Army Department, certainly do not believe that the direct military zone will have the new weapons that the senior commanders of the regiment have said. Quite simply, the two princes of the Ovilas Kingdom are fighting for the throne, killing the blood of the kingdom, and if they have new weapons, they have already been used.

It is impossible for any kingdom of the Faurea to equip new weapons to the garrison troops of the overseas colonies without the troops of the kingdom. In the long-running civil war in the Kingdom of Ovilas, the two princes’ troops did not appear any new weapons except for the eye-throwing throwing of the eye. Otherwise, they were already copied by other kingdoms.

Therefore, the army divisions of Mekid III and the Hicks Kingdom believe that these senior officers of the legions participating in the colonial war are more responsible for shirking failure. The five standing army regiments dealt with the two regiments of the overseas governor's territory of the Kingdom of Ovilas. As a result, not only did they lose most of the occupied eastern mountainous areas, but even the rear of the general logistics base camp was squandered.

The Hicks veterans of the two standing army regiments stationed on the northern mountainous borders are even more dazzling. They have strong defensive camps and wait for work, but they are dying out under the attack of the Thunder Corps in the territorial war zone. Only 10,000 wounded soldiers remain. . The Hicks veterans of the three standing army regiments in the eastern mountainous region, with nearly 200,000 troops, can not break the second defensive front of the enemy's meteorite corps, which is a shame for the soldiers!

This was the first war to be named the colony of the Rhodes Bay, and it was considered the fourth colonial war of the Hicks Kingdom and the Kingdom of Ovilas. The results of the war were somewhat unexpected. The Ouvilas Kingdom’s overseas direct control zone once again won with a weak victory. The five standing army of the Hicks Kingdom left only one and a half of the standing army after the end of the war. Even if all the wounded soldiers were counted and they were dissatisfied with the two standing army, they could say that they had once again encountered a battle. Great defeat.

However, the Hicks Kingdom has a successor, as long as all the standing regiments are transported to the colony of the Rhodes Bay, and then recruited by some recruits, they will soon be able to assemble more than 400,000 troops of the seven standing regiments. Have the opportunity to turn defeat into victory. After all, from the paper point of view, the Hicks Kingdom's strength is much stronger than the Ovilas Kingdom's overseas direct jurisdiction.

It was only the king of the Hicks Kingdom, Majid III and the Royal Army, who did not understand the real situation of the war. Instead, they believed that the incompetence of the senior commanders led to the defeat of this war. So when Mike D. III personally wrote to blame the senior commanders of these regiments, he also appointed a more brave and loyal kingdom to come to the colony of the Rocks Bay, replacing him in the mouth of Makid III. The old, incompetent, timid army general, Count Nobleton Pon Belondi.

Now the Hicks standing army in the colony of the Rhodes Bay can still be counted as four. Because the two Hicks standing regiments in the northern mountainous border camp were mostly annihilated, the reserve of alfalfa stored there can still be maintained. A half-armed regiment retreated from the eastern mountain front, and the light squadron that was newly disembarked to rescue the rescue team for about two months.

And the one standing near the Rocky Bay City, which was just shipped to the standing army, has fallen into a food shortage. In addition to the high price of buying food in Rodex Bay City, the Legion also mobilized Hicks soldiers directly in the bay. Fishing and picking up seafood such as shells on the beach to solve the problem of lack of food.

The most ridiculous thing is that the residents of Roddecks Bay City are eager for high food prices and sell their food at home. The entire Lodx Bay City has more than 20,000 inhabitants, and the Hicks Kingdom Standing Legion has more than 63,000 troops. Therefore, the three months of reserve food in the residents’ homes was only enough for the standing army of the Hicks Kingdom to be consumed for a month. Now the entire colony is in a food shortage.

The secret agents of the Buffalo businesses lurking in the city reported that basically the lunch and dinner in the city are a cup of ale with a sea fish. There is no meat or bread. If you can find a few potatoes, it is a rare delicacies. Compared with before the war, the price of food has been turned over ten times, and the poor city residents sold the reserve grain at five times the price, but it will be bought back at ten times the price...

As the Buffalo firms in the territorial jurisdiction are still continually transporting the ale to the colony of the Rhodes Bay to complete the Hicks’ ale order, even the colonial administration officials of the Fox Islands are privately asking the Buffalo firm They can't smuggle some food from the territorial war zone, they are willing to pay a high price to solve the food shortage.

The Hicks also urgently went to the colonies of the Western Continents to prepare a high-priced purchase of a batch of food to solve the crisis. It only took time to go back and forth, and it is estimated that the food shortage will last for a month. Colonel Bocker Al, the head of the Bison business, has formally applied to the theater command to transport a batch of grain to the colony of the Rhodes Bay, which is ten times the profit! General Scrim and General Bologna are still considering the discretion.

Colonel Fleurs, who is in charge of the Intelligence Service, concluded that, according to all current aggregated conditions, the Hicks will not be able to pose a threat to the war zone and the Nikkan people in the next six months. They also need to heal the wounded, re-stock the military and other military supplies, and wait for the arrival of the three standing legions. If nothing unexpected happens, it is estimated that the Hicks will attack again in June or July next year.

The conclusion is that the Hicks will be finalized in April next year, according to the transportation plan of the Hicks Kingdom, which is known in the theater of war, from the administrative officials of the Bay City of Rodex, the United Kingdom. The three standing regiments were transported to the colony of Rodex Bay. With the lessons of this first colonial war in the Rhodes Bay, the Hicks needed the three finally-arrived standing corps to complete the retreat before they could launch an offensive in order to maximize their combat power.

It is now October of the 550-year history of the Holy Light. In June of next year, there will be nearly eight months to replenish the troops in the territory. During the three months of Crowder and others fighting in the front line, General Bologna and General Scree were not idle at the rear. They recruited a recruiter of the reserve army to start recruit training.

The loss of the soldiers and the loss of combat power that the Thunder Corps and the Rock Corps sacrificed during the war will be filled by the outstanding personnel of the non-competition, the local garrison and the elite of the reserve army.

After Colonel Fleurs of the Intelligence Service finished his report, it was followed by General Bolognic. His main purpose was to enhance the confidence of the senior military officers in the theater to win the final victory of the colonial war. The war that took place in the colonies of the Nikkan and the Rhodes Bay did not have any adverse impact on the entire overseas territorial war zone. On the contrary, it greatly promoted the development of the civilian production industry.

Without the various military supplies provided by the local kingdom, the theater must solve the needs of all the materials and equipment needed for the development of the troops in its own jurisdiction. A large number of orders have led the various municipalities to set up various production workshops. upsurge. As long as the quality meets the requirements of the theater, the small workshops that produce socks can get huge profits.

In addition, the establishment of the overseas Minsheng Bank allowed the directly-administered war zone to get rid of the shackles of the kingdom's local use of the national bank's economic development of overseas direct jurisdiction, and the issuance and smooth promotion of banknotes, so that the direct jurisdictions no longer face the dilemma of low face value monetary shortage. General Bologna was excited to tell the senior officers of the theater participating in the conference. Overseas Minsheng Bank has successfully issued low-value banknotes worth 10 million krona, and also loaned more than 10 million krona private loans. Supported the economic development of each municipality.

This is also the main reason why General Bologna and General Scree have regained the opportunity to recruit and form a reserve army within the theater. The development of the overseas direct-administered economy will naturally benefit the theater. The tax revenue this year will be It is enough to make up for the military expenditure of this war. As long as such economic development can last for three years, the theater can fully achieve self-sufficiency in military spending.

After the speech of General Bologna, General Scree reported on the reserves and funds of the military supplies against the colonial war with the Hicks Kingdom in the conference, thanks to the pre-war Claude. The two main field groups that dispatched the Thunder Legion cleared the entire inland colony of the Hicks, and the gold and silver ingots obtained from the seized spoils in the theater were worth more than 13 million kronor.

At present, the headache in the theater is how to deal with these gold and silver ingots. It seems that there is no need to cast them into gold and silver coins. In the treasury of overseas Minsheng Bank, the cast of 8 million gold krona and silver tael gold and silver coins were stored, and low-value banknotes worth 10 million krona were issued. In the past few months, few people have come. Banks use banknotes to convert into gold and silver coins, and casting more gold and silver coins will cause overseas Minsheng Bank to bear a certain financial cost burden.

This problem is actually solved very well. Claude made an idea to refine all the gold and silver ingots and cast them into standard gold and silver cubes that need two people to carry them. For example, the weight of one hundred pounds is used as a standard, and then an open large room is built in the overseas people's livelihood, filled with such standard gold and silver squares.

All the people who come to the overseas Minsheng Bank's head office for financial business can see the large room filled with standard gold and silver squares through glass and iron railings. The distinguished people can even invite them to visit. The purpose of this will greatly enhance the credibility of banknotes issued by overseas Minsheng Bank. All those who use banknotes will not lose confidence in the banknotes of their opponents as long as they know that overseas Minsheng Bank has sufficient gold and silver reserves.

Claude’s suggestion is indeed a good idea, but it also requires the war zone to convene bank managers and shareholders to discuss and discuss. As for the security issue, Claude did not worry, even if a powerful robber entered the bank, he could not take away such a heavy gold and silver box. In this era when there is no car as a means of transportation, it is purely a search for death to take away such a large gold nugget. To put it bluntly, then a piece of gold and silver is the biggest burden.

After General Scully finished speaking, the three generals on the front line issued a commentary on the performance of the participating units in the war zone and a post-war summary. Claude asked General Albert and General Beechklin to speak first. The two generals praised the excellent performance of the new rifle in the war. They believed that if the troops were fully equipped with new rifles, they could completely hang the ten standing army of the Hicks Kingdom.

It is a pity that the Blackstone Firearms Manufacturing Workshop can only produce up to 30,000 new rifles in a year, and it will take several years to meet the equipment needs of the various units under the entire theater.

General Beechklin also praised the performance of new weapons and mines in the war. He believed that this is a weapon for defending and besieging the enemy. He hoped that the theater could reserve more. At the same time, General Beechklin also criticized the throwing bombs produced in the theater. He believed that compared with the iron pumpkins produced by the Hicks Kingdom, the throwing distance and the explosive power were completely at a disadvantage, and the meteorites were at the beginning of the defense. I suffered a big loss in the war...

In addition to summarizing their strengths and weaknesses, the two generals also commented on the performance of the Hicks veterans in this war, the willpower of the war is tenacious, brave and fearless, and the Hicks Kingdom is responsible for this time. The chief commander of the war, the hereditary count, Admiral Nobleton Pang Belundi is indeed not an easy-to-handle old soldier, a savage savage, responding to the offensive performance of the theater, it is difficult to find the place where it is overlooked. .

If it is not the direct control of the theater, it is cheaper to occupy advanced weapons such as new rifles. To be honest, the five standing army of the Hicks Kingdom, which is launched this time, should become the opponents of the direct control of the territory, they are not weak. The power of the Thunder Legion and the Rock Corps. Fortunately, in this war, the Thunder Legion and the Rock Corps have suffered heavy casualties, but they still annihilated the strength of their three standing legions, and the Hicks' strength has been greatly reduced. It is easier to deal with the next war.

Commenting on the performance of the Thunder Legion and the Rocket Corps participating in the various units of the war, General Beechklin focused on the performance of the division of the Rock Corps in the defensive war in the eastern mountainous region. As a large number of veterans were transferred to the local garrison, the newly recruited recruits were still somewhat immature on the battlefield, and they were easily affected by the unfavorable situation on the battlefield and lacked self-confidence.

For example, the fall of the first defensive front has a lot to do with the panic of the meteorites in the encounter with the night attack and the bombing of the bomb. The collapse of the last flanking Nikkan people led to the inability of the entire defensive front to stand up, and all the recruits could not help but follow the defeat of the Nikkan people.

In fact, if a wave of counterattacks was organized at that time, the Hicks enemies on the flanks could be repelled, but at that time the generals of General Cichlin had not been able to convey the front line. Therefore, General Beechklin hopes to replenish the troops again. It is best to recall a group of veterans from the local garrison to serve as the grassroots backbone of the troops. Just as Crowder brought the veterans of the garrison to the second defensive front, their arrival quickly stabilized the situation on the front line.