MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 462 Why are the Hicks still not attacking?

Chapter 406 Why are the Hicks still not attacking?

Perhaps it was the fierce battle with the Hicks light cavalry. Well, the Nikkan people refused to admit that they had suffered a massacre. They only admitted that they were the one hundred and twenty-six scouts of the warriors. They encountered Greeks in the process of detecting the enemy. The ambush and raid of the 270th light cavalry. After struggling and struggling, they suffered huge casualties and repelled the enemy. The remaining seven warriors headed back...

In the case of the bombing riots, tens of thousands of Nikkan people armed with a strong defense defensive front, without actually seeing a Hicks soldier, because of a long list of torches on the distant mountain road, As a result, these tens of thousands of Nikkan people armed with young and strong crying and shouting mothers, lost their helmets and abandoned their positions, and escaped overnight. These two incidents finally allowed the elders and leaders of the Nikkan people to recognize the reality and soon reached an agreement with the territorial war zone.

However, Claude's heart was a little uncomfortable, because General Bologna and General Scree of the theater commander gave the Nikkan people a discount when they reached an agreement with the Nikkan. Fortunately, the two generals were wise and did not make concessions on the ceded land. They only made a discount on the amount of the two million Krona funds that Claude extorted the Nikkan people. The Nikkan people only needed It is enough to pay a gold and silver ingot worth 800,000 gold krona.

General Scree explained in a letter from the eagle that General Bologna was worried about the bargaining with the Nikkan people, which would delay the delay, delay the aircraft, and delay the deployment of the front line. After all, the Hicks have been on the border between the northern and eastern mountains. In case they are aware of the emptiness of the eastern mountains, it is easy to disrupt the original defensive deployment plan, which will cause unnecessary casualties to the frontline troops... ...

Therefore, after General Scrough and General Bologna discussed it, they thought they could take a step back. As long as the Nikkan people agree to pay the land delineated by Claude, there are some financial aspects that can be given to the representatives of these Nikkan people to negotiate. At the very least, for the representatives of these Nikkan people, they did not care much about the mountainous areas that were delivered. Instead, they were very concerned about the funds. They were only willing to pay 500,000 gold krona when they started negotiations.

Claude, General Albert and General Beechklin were somewhat inexplicable, and they did not understand why the Nikkan people valued the funds and did not value the site.

But in the end, I think that the Nikkan people should think that the inland territory currently occupied is big enough, let alone the five million Nikkan people, that is, they will be arranged two or three times more. Therefore, they did not think that it was a wise move to shun the war with the Hicks in the mountainous territory of the territorial war zone. It was wise to let the war with the Hicks be in front of them. They can live their own settlement life with peace of mind...

It’s just that in terms of funding, the Nikkan people understand this. They think that the land they deliver is the price they pay, so there is no need to pay any funds to the troops in the territory. If the Hicks are defeated, the soldiers will be awarded prizes in their own theaters. If they are defeated, they will be punished by the theater and have nothing to do with their Nikkan people. The rewards that Claude asked for them to make two million gold krona were purely extortion.

It’s really tough to get rid of the white wolves from the pockets of these Nikkan people. Even if General Bologna and General Scree gave them a 50% discount, they only asked them to pay one million gold krona, and they refused to agree. It is said that only a maximum of 500,000 gold kronor.

It took only one day for the delivery of the land to be negotiated, but the question of negotiating funds took five days to talk about. In the end, General Bologna took a table, 800,000 gold krona. This is the bottom line. If you can’t talk about it, you will get out of the way. This is an agreement with the negotiators.

After the negotiations with the Nikkan people, it means that Claude is now in the same place. The eastern mountainous areas and the northern coastal areas have become another site under the jurisdiction of the theater. Can you convert this site into a new direct jurisdiction of the theater? It is also necessary to look at the results of the war that Hooker commanded and the upcoming Hicks war. Winning the war zone for the Ovilas Kingdom once again opened up the territory, lost nothing, maybe even have to pay for other direct jurisdiction.

Crowder is confident in the next war. It is not that he is big, but he is sure. Don't look at the Hicks' total of more than 400,000 troops in the standing army, but they can't put all their troops into the offense. With the current layout of the Hicks, it is clear that they will use the eastern mountains as a breakthrough.

In the rear plains, the Fonbeek Gang Hicks arranged a standing army to prevent the troops in the territorial area from sneaking into the rear and attacking the general logistics base. Two standing regiments were deployed on the northern mountainous border to blockade and defend, so that three standing regiments could not be put into the offensive.

Although there are four standing army regiments deployed in the eastern mountainous area, one of them is the Wangjia Knight Reserve Corps, which belongs to the Qingqi Legion. It is a fool to let the light cavalry enter the mountainous area.

Therefore, the Hicks can also attack the eastern mountainous borders with three standing corps. After entering the eastern frontier mountain area, the Hicks had to send a standing army to protect the logistics transportation channel, just like the last war. In this way, they can really attack the two more than 100,000 troops of the standing army. This force has not been seen by Crowder.

Claude returned three local garrisons that had been removed from the eastern frontier mountainous areas back to their original sites and positions, while General Beechklin led a division of the Rock Corps and added two main field teams to the middle of the mountain. The three defensive fronts are responsible for commanding defensive operations. The Thunder Legion continued to rest and waited for the Hicks to launch an offensive.

However, this time the Hicks were more able to withstand the temper, and in June, the Hicks still showed no signs of attack. According to intelligence sent by the secret agents of the Lodx Bay City, the Hicks are also purchasing military supplies such as grain and grass in the colonies of the West Coast countries. The battalion of the total logistics base near Bay City is also constantly acquiring. The materials such as grain and grass are transported to the camps on the front line.

According to the spies, the Hicks are preparing to store the three camps on the front line for three months. It seems that these Hicks are hungry and want to be prepared. The secret agents of the Bison Commercial Bank’s nominal activities also received a large order for 100,000 barrels of ale, which was shipped to the colony of Rodex Bay within three months...

For the war zone and the direct jurisdiction, the Hicks attack will be as late as possible, and it is best to drag it to next year. At least half of the two regiments under the theater can be equipped with new rifles, and more complete and adequate preparations can be made in combat readiness. It’s just that June is over, and July is coming. The Hicks are still not moving. This is even a bit confusing in Claude’s heart. I don’t understand what the Hicks are doing.

What disappoints Claude is that even if he dispatched the squadron of the Spike, he let Maijack’s 3-1 battalion ambush the Hicks patrol squad and arrest some Hicks captives. The captured captives did not understand why their bosses had no intention of launching an attack. It seems that their arrival was to confront the troops in the territorial war zone at the mountainous border.

Another thing that made Claude and several generals in the theater horrified was that Colonel Bok Al returned to the kingdom on behalf of the overseas territorial theater and went to Wangdu with a large number of gifts to see the new King Sterling XI and conveyed to the theater. Pay tribute and want to understand the views and disposal plans of Wang Duo on the war zone. It has been more than three months now, but there is no news.

Colonel Bock Al should have returned by schedule and time. In addition, for more than three months, the Kingdom’s natives still do not have a sea-going vessel arriving at overseas jurisdictions. The situation is very strange. After consulting with the eagle letter and Claude, General Bologna decided to send two ocean smuggling ships back to the kingdom to listen to the information and find the whereabouts of Colonel Bolognik...

Even though Claude is worried about what problems his teenage friends have encountered, he can't turn to the direct battle zone, but his main concern is the movement of the Hicks. Claude personally went to the eastern mountain border to explore why the Hicks did not launch the attack, but he stayed on the front line for nearly half a month, still no clue.

The Hicks gathered their own range of warnings, and the patrols sent were only within five miles of their military camp. If there is an ambush within such a distance, the Hicks patrol's reaction is to lay down the gun for the first time to prepare for a counterattack, waiting for the rescue in the big camp, forcing the soldiers of the ambush Thunder Army to give up their spoils.

Because the soldiers of the Thunder Legion are likely to be shot from the ambush point, they are vulnerable to casualties caused by enemies lying on the ground. If you continue to squat, then it will be difficult to protect yourself when the enemy team in the enemy camp rushes over. Unless the ambush can use the first shot to destroy the entire patrol squad of the Hicks, you can only withdraw from the ambush point if you don't want to be killed or injured.

And Claude banned the life of his comrades in order to destroy the enemy. After all, the enemy's advantage lies in its strong strength, and it must not be consumed with the enemy. In Claude’s eyes, the life of his own soldiers is more precious than that of the Hicks. This is mainly because the ambush mission is not the squadron of the squadron or the 3-1 battalion of McJack. Both of these units are Claude. The elite strength of his men.

The ambush can only be changed to monitor the enemy's battalion. What makes Claude depressed is that the Hicks hold various military trainings every day behind their own camps. It seems that they are coming to actual combat drills. Crowder observed for half a month, still did not find signs that the Hicks are ready to launch an attack, and finally can only helplessly turn the defensive front command.

At the end of July, Claude once again received the latest information from the secret agents who lurked in the Bay of Lodz, which said that the secret agents learned from a Hicks logistics director in the general logistics base of the known logistics base, Hick. The main reason why the Scots did not launch an attack was that there was still a shortage of military supplies. They were waiting for the arrival of another batch of supplies in mid-August.

In addition, for the first time, the Hicks Commander, the chief commander of the Hicks, who was commanded by the veterans of the Hicks, attacked the eastern mountains, and the rank of Nobeliton Pon Belundi was already taken by Majid III. Return to the country. The successor to this command is another Admiral Hicks, the Marquis of Clarion de Chirios, who is forty-three years old this year.

The secret agents finally heard about the origins of the Marquis de Clio de Chirio, who learned a lot from the mouths of the Hicks logistics officers. If the old commander who was dismissed was the old school of the Hicks Kingdom, then the Marquis de Celias who took over the position of the commander was the representative of the younger generation of the Hicks Kingdom.

It is said that the Marquis de Clio de Chirios advocated that the Hicks Kingdom should learn the lessons of the defeat of the first three colonial wars, carry out military reforms, study new weapons, and cultivate elite corps, which is a crime against the Hicks Kingdom. A group of old people. Only during the civil strife in the Hicks Kingdom, the Marquis de Clarion de Cirio took the initiative to join the war and owe allegiance to Makid III, earning the trust and favor of Marked III.

The reason why the aristocratic rebellion of the Hicks kingdom can be settled in the short term is not like the two kings of the Ovilas kingdom. It has been playing for three years to ruin the whole kingdom, mainly this Clario de. The Marquis of Hirios made great efforts among them. He was hailed as the best offensive player in the Hicks Kingdom. In the latter part of the civil strife, he led a light squad and suddenly inserted behind the rebel aristocracy. The territory of the four rebellious aristocrats was swept within a month, causing the rebellious aristocratic coalition forces on the front line to defy themselves, thus ending the civil strife in the Hicks Kingdom.

After the war, the adult not only upgraded to the rank of the title, but was given the title by the count, and his rank was promoted from the kingdom to the kingdom, becoming the red man of the king, and the kingdom. Heavy minister. This time, he was assigned to the mainland of Nubsia to take over the post of the front line commander. It is clear that Mekid III has high hopes for him. He hopes that he can bring victory and glory to this colonial war...

This guy is not an easy opponent to deal with... Crowder is thinking about his chin's beard. The agents revealed in the intelligence that the newly appointed General Hicks, the front line commander, had completed the job handover with the former commander of the former commander before the end of April, but it was not discovered until the end of July. This situation. It is clear that the Marquis de Clio de Chirios knows how to keep secrets and maintain a low-key style, so that the direct control zone has not found that the Hicks have changed to a new commander.

In addition, the new commander of the front line of the Hicks Kingdom, known as the most good offensive player in the Hicks Kingdom, just do not know in which direction he directs the Hicks to attack, in what way, in what way, This is where Claude needs a headache to consider.

Sometimes Claude envied the calmness of General Beechling, because General Beechklin had great confidence in the defensive needles he designed and commanded, and he believed that the Hicks had no chance to break through the defensive fronts he commanded. .

On August 13th, the Neptune Fleet and the Joint Fleet of the Hicks Kingdom once again escorted a large number of ships carrying military supplies and grain to the colony of the Rhodes Bay. After receiving a secret report from the secret agents that the Hicks were transporting a large amount of military supplies to the front line, Claude once again issued a readiness order to wait for the enemy to prepare for the attack.

It was only beyond Claude's surprise that the Hicks did not launch an attack until the end of August. The agents reported that the Neptune Fleet and the combined fleet of the Hicks Kingdom had already sailed back from the Rocks Bay. The bays were anchored by those offshore shallow sea transport ships, which were transported from the colonies of the West Coast countries. When the grain and materials come over, their ship owners will leave as long as the freight or the payment is settled.

What the Hicks are doing! Why didn't you launch an attack... Claude's heart has inexplicable irritability and uneasiness...