MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 447 Unexpected battle

The 447th chapter of the unexpected situation

Watching a box of Hicks Kingdom's firearms and ammunition stored in the arsenal was moved out and loaded into a four-wheeled carriage and transported to Rodex Bay City. Colonel Berklin grabbed his head and looked around. , quietly moved to Claude's side, lowered the voice and asked:

"General, I don't think. The entire army of the Fox Islands in the United Kingdom has no more than one legion. It doesn't add up to 60,000 troops. Why do the local administrative officials of the Rocks Bay City dare to buy twenty? Tens of thousands of weapons and equipment? This is a deal of one million gold krona, can they do the Lord?"

In fact, Claude did not expect that the local officials of the Lodx Bay City would be so daring. He would only want to sell the seized weapons and equipment to the local garrison in Rodex Bay City. cash.

Anyway, it is all about burning things. It doesn't matter if you sell more and sell less. The main reason is to add some blocking to the five standing Legion of Hicks. Seeing the Hicks weaponry that was bought from Claude in the hands of the Rodekes Bay City Regional Observer, no Hicksman would feel comfortable...

But when the local officials in Roddecks Bay City heard Crowder ask the words of Lieutenant Colonel Le Mando, they looked bright and pulled the clothes of Lieutenant Colonel Le Mans to the side. After a simple negotiation, they gave There was an unexpected response from Claude.

If Claude really wants to sell the weapons and equipment of the seized Hicks Kingdom, then how much they want, as for money is not a problem, there is a joint bank in the city, you can give this arms deal a loan guarantee.

Of course, it is not Claude, but these local administrative officials and Lieutenant Colonel Le Mans. This reply really surprised Claude, but after the brain turned around, Claude understood that the administrative officials in these places were trying to make a decision. It was nothing more than a big hand, and Kay naturally had five standing army. The group did not arrive at the Hicks Kingdom in the colony of Rodex Bay.

In the war, weapons and equipment are always consumables. The Hicks Kingdom reserves this weapon and ammunition enough to equip more than 200,000 horses in this general logistics base camp to compensate for the consumption and losses on the battlefield. Perhaps this may be the amount of weapons and ammunition consumed by the entire colonial war, more than 600,000 troops, and the consumption of weapons and equipment for more than 200,000 horses. One-third of the loss rate is normal..... .

Nowadays, this general logistics base camp was attacked by the Thunder Corps of the Overseas Direct War Zone of the Kingdom of Ovilas, which means that all the weapons and ammunition reserves of the Hicks Kingdom have become the enemy's seized loot, which can be stored from their own. The list is crossed out.

Then, after the next five standing regiments of the Hicks Kingdom arrived at the colony of the Rhodes Bay, the Hicks Kingdom also had to buy such a batch of weapons and equipment that were to be worn out on the battlefield, and then transported it to the continent of Nubsia. The manpower, material resources and capacity spent during this period even exceeded the original value of the weapons and equipment...

And now the local administrative officials in the Bay of Lodz Bay are playing this idea, from the hands of Claude to the low-cost acquisition of the weapons and ammunition of the seized Hicks Kingdom reserve, waiting for the Hicks Kingdom After the arrival of the five standing corps, they sold them back to the Hicks at a high price, earning a large amount of profits from them, and double the profits.

They simply don't worry that the Hicks don't pay the bill. For the Hicks kingdom, even if they buy these weapons at a high price from the local administrative officials of the Lodx Bay City, it is more cost-effective than re-production and re-delivery in the kingdom. One is to save time, money, and money. You don't need the Neptune Fleet and the Joint Fleet to run the weapons again.

The second reason is harder to say, and everyone is unaware of it. If the Hicks Kingdom does not buy it, then the people of the Kingdom of Fox Islands promise to sell these weapons on the whole continent. By then, all the countries in the mainland will know the glorious record of the Hicks, and they will once again become other countries. Big joke.

And some small principals without arms production capacity will be interested in the weapons and equipment of these advanced Hicks kingdoms. For the Fox Islands, the weapons and equipment can’t be sold out. It’s just that time is a little longer and it’s a little troublesome for buyers.

Whether it’s for Claude or the local administrators of the Lodx Bay City, this is a big arms deal, worth millions of gold krona for 20,000 people. The various weapons and other military supplies, such as firearms, artillery and ammunition, were beaten by Claude for a 50% discount, and all of them were sold to these daring local administrative officials.

Anyway, for Claude, the weapons and equipment produced by these Hicks kingdoms are useless to the territorial war zones. They sell real money and silver, and they have no small supplements for the military expenses of the territorial war zones. The so-called cannon is ringing, and the gold is two million. It is not a big profit or a big loss. Claude did not want to win the victory in the territorial war zone. He still had to owe a huge amount of military expenses. He could earn a little bit. For this reason, he honed his time here for more than two days.

A local administrative official in the Bay of Lodz Bay came to Claude. In the past few days, Claude has met the finance director of the Rocks Bay City. He is called Bronte, 54 years old. It is one of the leaders who led the arms trade.

The gold and silver coins that were transported from Union Bank in the city were all responsible for the transfer of the finance director of Claude’s logistics department. However, the military equipment such as weapons and equipment in the arms warehouse has been transported almost, and this will come to Crow. De should be saying hello to leave.

Sure enough, this Blanchet came to say goodbye to Claude. The smoothness of the arms deal made both sides comfortable. Claude is very resolute, and the local administrative officials of the Lodx Bay City have not paid much attention to it. They have already acquired so many weapons and equipment from Claude’s low price, and they are able to make a big profit. All the participants can get a generous income, so they are also very acquainted, not thinking about making something cheaper from Claude.

However, Branput still has some unsuccessful feelings. Can Crowder think about it again, and sell the slinger type thrower and iron pumpkin produced by Hicks Kingdom to them, even if they are willing to pay a high price. buy.

Claude shook his head and refused the old man’s request again. The hoof guns and three kinds of artillery produced by the Hicks Kingdom, the ammunition bayonet uniforms, the military supplies, and all the military supplies can be sold. The only throwers and iron pumpkins, Claude only sold ten throwers and one Hundreds of iron pumpkins were given to Lieutenant Colonel Le Mans, to strengthen the wall defense of the Rocks Bay City, and the rest of the throwers and iron pumpkins were all loaded and ready to take away.

The Fox Islands United Kingdom, although known for its strong navy, is not advanced in its military industry. Most of its weapons and equipment are biased towards the navy, and shipbuilding technology is highly developed. At the time of the imitation of the throwing bombs in the countries of the Farrea continent, the United Kingdom Department of the Navy has discovered that this is a kind of advanced weapon of the sea and land, but it is limited to the backwardness of its military industry. The throwing bombs produced are obviously not thrown by other countries. Far and powerful.

The chief financial officer of Bronte, the Rocks Bay City, apparently wanted to go further on his career, so he hit his mind on the throwers and throwers produced by Hicks. If the deal can be reached, his name and credit will be sent to the power decision-makers in the United Kingdom. It is a pity that he reported the market price from low prices, and then reported high prices. Claude was not tempted and could only be disappointed.

Colonel Berklin had already understood the insider of the arms trade. He looked at the old man who was leaving, and he dismissed his mouth and spit on the ground: "The profiteer!"

Claude asked with a meditation: "Is there any news from Meridian over the past few days?"

Colonel Berklin replied: "No."

Strangely, it is reasonable to say that there should be a message coming back yesterday, because according to calculations, the troops of the three divisions of Hicks, on the northern mountainous border, will send at least one message after learning that the general logistics base has been attacked. The division’s strength came to the rescue. Two days before the trip, I will enter the ambush circle of the two groups of Murray Ed and Diavid. Did the enemy not receive the news of asking for help, or haven’t known the change of the camp?

Claude is somewhat worthwhile.

"After lunch, we will leave. According to the plan, your group is in front, and the four regiments of Colonel Jed Walker are responsible for escorting the prisoners and logistics fleet..." Claude said.

Originally, Claude was preparing to leave the battalion tomorrow morning. Now the local administrative officials of the Rocks Bay City have been so powerful that the arms of the trades have been carried out, and Claude decided to evacuate half a day in advance.

"What about those injured prisoners?" Colonel Berklin asked.

This night attack killed and injured the Hicks around 8,000, and captured more than 20,000 Hicks soldiers. After the capture of the big battalion, the soldiers who discovered the prisoners discovered that the Hicks garrison who was guarding this general logistics base was not all veterans who had been captured and worked hard. This garrison was more than 30,000. Most of them were from Hick. The garrison troops that were dispatched inside the Kingdom of Slovakia were originally attributed to the territorial guards of the rebellious nobility.

In fact, the 300,000 Hicks captives who were the main labor force in the development of the new occupation by the emerging business aristocracy of the kingdom had no more than 300,000 after the release, because of the death and disability in the process of labor. Tens of thousands. Even after the Hicks Kingdom sent people to take over these vengeful captive veterans, the reorganization of the five legions was still the strength of a division.

Then, Mekid III sent a private division of the aristocratic territories that had surrendered during the domestic rebellion to a unified division and dispatched them to make up the number. Because these soldiers, who were originally attributed to the private armed forces of the nobility territory, thought that they were superior, they looked down on the veterans who had been prisoners, which led to conflicts in the military camp. In the end, they could only send the division to the general logistics base to be armed and garrison. I don’t see it as a net, and I don’t want them to be embarrassed at the front line...

I have to say that Claude's luck is good. When the surprise attacked the night, it happened to run into such a rabble. It took only over an hour to kill the 30,000-strong garrison with a slight casualty and captured the entire camp. If it is the garrison of the Hicks veterans who have worked hard, then the soldiers of Crowder and Thunder will probably face a hard battle and a fierce battle, and even pay several times of casualties.

After the night attack, the Hicks wounded soldiers who were treated were as many as 6,000, and less than two thousand were killed and killed by throwing bombs. The rest of the situation was not good enough to surrender early and surrender, and the number of prisoners was as good as 23,000.

Colonel Berklin now asks the Hicks wounded soldiers how to deal with the two meanings, or let the captives with good hands and feet carry the wounded soldiers on the road, or simply cut the throat directly, so that you don’t have to die. Lived and sinned. The enemy's wounded soldiers do not have to spend precious healing agents to treat them. This is a normal idea for the average military in this era.

Claude shook his head, and when he cleaned up the battlefield, he could not see the enemy's wounded soldiers. But he couldn't see it now, but he can't do it now: "Brap those wounded soldiers and give them a tube of healing medicine, then lift them all." Set aside from the big camp. When we left, the general logistics base camp was set on fire and burned. As for the wounded soldiers, aren’t the high-ranking officers of Hicks hiding in Lodx Bay City? We handed over the wounded soldiers to them. Anyway, their military expenses are still more. It is also necessary to spend some treatment costs."

At one o'clock noon, Lieutenant Colonel Le Mando saw the soldiers of the Thunder Army carry out countless stretchers from the camp, and then placed the stretchers on the plains more than 500 meters away from the camp. He picked up the monocular looking mirror to see what the soldiers wanted to do, and found that the stretchers were all Hicks wounded soldiers, and they were thoughtfully covered with a military blanket.

After the thousands of wounded stretchers were placed in the wilderness, the soldiers of the Thunder Legion left. Soon, the general logistics base built by the Hicks in the distance began to burst into flames. Perhaps it was because of the smoldering of fire oil, the flames were not even a film, and it was raging in the big camp. The black smoke and the smoke could not rise, and even stood in the Le Mans on the wall. The school seems to be able to feel the violent and hot fire in the distance...

No wonder they moved the wounded soldiers so far, they turned out to set fire to the camp, this should be evacuated... Lieutenant Colonel Le Mans called a soldier in the garrison: "You tell those cities." The Hicks officer in the area said that the troops of the Overseas Territory of the Kingdom of Ovilas had already withdrawn. They also set fire to the camp and left thousands of wounded soldiers. They must deal with these wounded soldiers as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the weather is cold or rainy at night, these wounded soldiers are dead roads..."

The 23,000 Hicks captives were escorted for three days before they reached the second corps of Meridian and the three ambushes of Diavid. The two groups of more than 9,000 soldiers ambushed in the wild. Five days and five nights, but did not wait for the arrival of enemy reinforcements. This morale has been extremely low, and there are still many soldiers because of the difference in temperature between day and night and five days and five nights only dry food, cold water, cold, fever, gastrointestinal disease...

"The camp is closed for two days and then go." Claude ordered not to ambush. It is obvious that the enemy will no longer send reinforcements. It has been so long, the enemy is very clear, and the reinforcements are sent to death. They are not fools. .

However, this is indeed very strange. Does the enemy actually expect that there will be an ambush, so even the reinforcements are not dispatched, which is too unreasonable. Then again, it is also their general logistics base camp, which reserves all the weapons, ammunition, military supplies and food that they are prepared to wear on the battlefield. After learning about the attack, they should show their concern and send a teacher. Rescue is a very normal situation. As a result, there was no reinforcement, so it was very strange.

“Have you received a letter from the eagle sent by General Albert?” Claude had to ask the communications manager.

"No, General." Communications director answered, then explained that they are deep into the enemy territory, can only send Foal Eagle messenger from side to General Albert Brent, and Brent Albert general there can not send chicken hawk messenger come.

After all, the use of signaling chicken hawk also has certain communication restrictions, forces in motion can not make chicken hawk looking to target messenger, because chicken hawk in the sky that can not be resolved out of the ground troops are still our enemy, and they can only rely on special banner logo to identify their destination. The use of these special banner identifies the biggest taboo in the enemy's place, a chicken hawk flying after the next will continue to come to the ground to find the banner logo, when their troops are not very easy for messaging chicken hawk fall into the hands of the enemy thus leaked military ......

So now we can only give general Claude Albert Brent chicken hawk sent messengers to explain their side of progress, but does not know the eastern front and the northern mountainous border between the two places of fighting.

"Then send the eagle letter to General Albert, telling him where we are now camping, let him send someone to explain to us the changes and progress in all aspects of the current war." Claude can only be so commanded. Communication supervisor.

After two days of rest, the morale of the Second and Third regiments was restored, and the bodies of the ill-stricken soldiers were mostly recovered. Claude is ready to pull back to the northern mountainous border again, and then decide whether to attack the Hicks of the three divisions stationed in the border zone.

It is expected that the three-day journey will be dragged down by more than 20,000 captives and numerous horse-drawn carriages, and it is likely to go back to the northern mountainous boundary zone for five days. Fortunately, after a day in front of him, he met the messenger sent by General Albert, and he told Crowder two news. First, the Hicks veterans of the three divisions in the northern mountainous border area were originally prepared to send reinforcements, but just after a long while, they sent a fast horse to recruit the support army.

Another news was about the eastern mountain front, where the Hicks suddenly withdrew and made General Beechling very embarrassed because he did not expect the Hicks to give up so quietly. The first defensive line occupied took the retreat. It was not until one day later that the movement of the Hicks was discovered and the commanding troops fought to catch up. The result was unfortunately ambushed by the Hicks’s post-disaster forces, and the loss of the Nikkan people who were chasing the front was very heavy...

However, the current situation is that General Biqilin has commanded the Rock Corps to bite the main force of the Hicks. The current situation is that one wants to evacuate the mountain as soon as possible, and the other is very diligent to stay in the mountains. It’s hard to solve a problem...