MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 564 Proposal by Prime Minister Blanchard

Chapter 564: Prime Minister Blanchard's Proposal

"Report to your marshal, this is a recent hawk message from General Belklin." A captain officer in the communications office gave Claude a gray note.

Claude took the note and looked at it, but he saw eight words written on it. With a smile, he couldn't help but it seemed that the Thunder Corps was going well, otherwise Belklin wouldn't show off in front of himself.

At this time, Claude was leading the Thunder Corps headquarters to the Skvia County with three mountain legions led by King Avitre I of the Kingdom of Breot. I have to say that I am used to the rapid maneuver of the Qingqi Army and marching with the Pure Infantry Army. It feels like a snail is crawling slowly.

The four main forces of the Thunder Legion Qingqi Field Division have already launched a fierce offensive against the enemy's defensive front. However, the three mountain legions are slowly rubbing forward in the rear. It is a very good process for 170,000 people to catch thirty miles a day. The first two days can only travel more than twenty miles a day. It seems that in ten days and a half, it is impossible to reach the Hidpass Mountain City. .

This is not surprising. Avitele I was very ashamed to explain to Claude that the officers and men of these legions in the mountains could catch at least forty or fifty miles a day, but marching in the flat land felt very wrong. There were always various Trouble delayed the trip. At first, most of the troops were sitting on flatbeds, so they could reach the Wangjing area in a dozen days. Now those flatbeds are used to load the captured grain and other materials. Everyone walks on two legs, and the speed slows down all at once.

"No organization, no military discipline!" This was a comment by Colonel Bokal to the three mountain corps of the Kingdom of Breot, which pointed out the fault of the army of the Kingdom of Breot.

The Rock Corps of the Overseas Dominion is also an infantry corps, but if you march long distances, you can walk fifty to sixty miles a day, and you can even reach more than eighty miles in an emergency march. However, the Rock Group is a professional professional army, both in terms of training and technical and tactical levels have exceeded the combat capabilities of the armed forces of the countries of Valeo. But now the performance of the three mountain corps of the Kingdom of Breot during the march is the normal appearance of the military of various countries.

I woke up early at about 6 or 7 in the morning, making breakfast slowly, nothing more than a large bowl of porridge or soup with two slices of black bread. Pack up the tent again and everything, it's about nine o'clock and ten o'clock, and then start to scream and scold the officer. I did n’t maintain a queue. A large group of people gathered together to move forward. I was in a good mood and could sing a few folk minor keys. If I was in a bad mood, I would scold and walk for a while. A few people found a place to sit down and rest. This is a very common scenario.

Such scenes can be seen everywhere, and ordinary military officers will not care about them, as long as they can rush back to their troops at night. Colonel Bokal told Claude that in the three mountain corps of the Kingdom of Breot, it is common for fathers, sons, and brothers to be in the same corps. It is often the case that relatives, friends, and fellow villagers are grouped in a unit. Way to ensure combat effectiveness, so the lack of military discipline constraints on soldiers, because a violation of the law is often a group of people, punishing them will cause the entire team to protest ...

The situation of the three mountain corps like the Kingdom of Breote cannot be said to be ineffective. Such troops and generals would be very powerful if they went mad or smoothed. However, for a highly specialized and professional army such as the Thunder Army or the Rock Army, it is a crushed end. This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Breot is unable to resist the Kingdom of Hicks. Even though the army of the Kingdom of Hicks is not as powerful as the troops of the Autonomous Command, it is still possible to rub the Kingdom of Breot on the ground a few times. ....

Avitre I and Prince Ixdo, who was a lieutenant to Claude's side, were very envious of the Thunder Corps ’order prohibition, hoping to emulate the autonomous regime of overseas military reforms. So Claude decided to help them, doing a few days at the border of Skvia County, and reorganizing the three mountain corps of the Kingdom of Breot.

Of course, Claude also had to stop the process. In addition to reorganizing the three mountain corps of the Kingdom of Breot, there was a reason that Prime Minister Blanchard had finally arrived, and he wanted to discuss with Claude the participation of the Kingdom army in the battle. The problem. He was exhausted from day to night during these twenty days, and when he saw Crowd's face saying hello, he fell asleep on the ground and made Crowd laugh and cry.

Prime Minister Blanchard slept for about fourteen hours and woke up the next night. He first asked to see Claude, and then ate and ate in Crowder's account, and then he told Claude his intention. Prime Minister Blanchard means that the kingdom's army will also participate in this war against the kingdom of Hicks. At least, the army of the kingdom will also show up in the kingdom of Hicks ...

The Red Dragon Corps stationed in the Royal City of Borisia in the Nasseri region is ready to go, and it only takes half a month to appear in the Kingdom of Hicks. Similarly, the Red Dragon Army can obey Claude's command, but Prime Minister Blanchard hopes that the Red Dragon Army will be stationed in the city of King Hiprian of the Hicks Kingdom. Only in this way can we show that the kingdom of Ovilas is not a soy sauce role in this war ...

Claude welcomed the idea of ​​the Kingdom's army to intervene in this war. Because now His Majesty is the Thunder Army and the Storm Army are the main combat forces, and the rest is a noble coalition of one and a half legions, and three mountain legions of the Kingdom of Breot. I will not comment on the combat power of the aristocratic coalition forces first, but the combat power of the three Mountain Legions of the Breoit Kingdom is unsatisfactory, and it is difficult to say whether they can be trusted at critical moments.

As for the eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions, maintaining local order is still qualified, but the problem is that the eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions ’main task this time is to take their families and relatives to overseas. Domination. Letting them be the main force of the battle, Claude wondered whether these Hicks prisoners could still maintain their combat power and aggressive determination in the territory of their homeland.

After all, the overseas dominion is now an invader. The eight Hicks Repatriation Corps said that the unpleasant point is the pseudo army, and how strong the pseudo army can be, Crowder knows. Even though the officers and men of the eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions have found a way out, allowing their relatives to emigrate to overseas self-government together, but what combat missions are actually given to these eight Hicks Homecoming Divisions. Lord is still skeptical and worried that they will touch the fish and fool it ...

Hicks Kingdom is very large. There are 53 local counties and Wangjing area, and it is also a northern hegemonic power. This time, the overseas autonomous command zone carefully set up traps to lure McKid III of the Hicks Kingdom and the Minister of the Kingdom. Then, the Thunder Army and the Storm Corps of the Autonomous Region commanded Wang Jing with thunder and thunder. , End the old nest.

It was because Wang Jingsheng's Hiprian City fell too fast, so the situation in the Hicks Kingdom is now headless, and most local counties have not responded. The reason why Claude ordered General Abbott to command the Stormwind Corps and the four Hicks Returning Divisions to immediately conduct an inventory operation in Wangjing Saint-Hiprian City, and led the Thunder Corps to attack the Hicks army assembled in the southern coastal area This is to use the idea of ​​destroying the living force of the opponent first and reducing the threat to the opponent when the enemy does not respond.

The resistance forces and organizations of Wang Jingsheng's Hiprian City must be eliminated immediately to prevent these resistance forces from evacuating Wang Jing to the locals and launching the people to resist the invasion of the overseas autonomous leading areas. The elimination of the army assembled by the Hicks Kingdom Standing Army in the southern coastal zone can bring a deterrent effect to those local counties and make them afraid to resist.

Seriously, the four local counties where the national highway from the Kingdom of Breaux to Wang Jing is under the control of four Hicks return home divisions. Next is the Wangjing area and Wangjing Saint-Hiprian City, which fell into the hands of the Storm Corps and are conducting an inventory operation against Wang Jing with the four Hicks Returning Divisions who have arrived.

In addition, Dartmouth County, which was purged and ransacked by the Thunder Corps, and Skvia County, where the Thunder Corps is launching an offensive. In the fifty-three local counties and Wangjing area of ​​the Hicks Kingdom, Claude can rightly say that it is actually six local counties and one Wangjing area that he controls. Only the six local counties, Dartmouth County, have been ransacked, and the oil and water have been abandoned. The other county is in battle, and no one will say what will happen to Skvia County after this battle. clear......

Therefore, Prime Minister Blanchard rushed over and said that the kingdom would also join this war, Claude still welcomed. In particular, the Red Dragon Army has replaced the new rifles produced and manufactured by the Autonomous Command, and its combat effectiveness can be said to be even stronger. In addition, he is willing to accept the command of Claude, which is of course very happy. He now lacks armed forces that can stand alone, and it is entirely possible for the Red Dragon Army to help him defend himself.

However, Prime Minister Blanchard had to make a ruthless proposal to have the Red Dragon Army stationed in Wang Jingsheng Hiprian. This request was immediately rejected by Claude. What a joke, let Wang Jingsheng Hiprian City be garrisoned by the Red Dragon Army. It was really because he wanted to. Claude despised Prime Minister Blanchard, and said that we were only carrying out an inventory operation. After this inventory operation was over, the property of King City would be cleared. How can such a large fat let you share ... .

After the Storm Legion occupied Wang Jingsheng's Hiprian city, the reserve seized by King Hicks's indoor treasury alone amounted to 17 million kronor, which is not even the huge amount of materials checked by the treasury. No wonder that after the defeat of the McKid III in the Hicks Kingdom several times in the Autonomous Territory, there are still capital and vigor to continue the endless hostility with the overseas autonomy. It is conceivable that the wealth of the Hicks Kingdom, Claude hit his idea to make a fortune is a life hit.

After being rejected by Claude, Prime Minister Blanchard was not in a hurry. He asked where Claude planned to arrange the Red Dragon Army? Claude unrolled a map of the Hicks Kingdom and analyzed the current situation for Prime Minister Blanchard. At present, the aristocratic coalition consisting of the Duke of Red Dragons and the Marquis of Griffins has three divisions with a strength of nearly 100,000 horses, covering the vacant ten counties in the west of the Hicks Kingdom's defensive forces. The remaining 11 counties in the north, 9 counties in the east, 8 counties in the south, and 15 counties in the middle still have a large number of local counties that need troops to raid. The Red Dragon Army can choose targets.

The Thunder Corps under the command of Claude and the three Mountain Corps of the Cloth Ott Kingdom will continue to deal with the standing legions of the Hicks Kingdom assembled in the coastal area of ​​the southern eight counties. On the one hand, it will clear the Hicks Kingdom. The living armed forces, on the other hand, were capturing several seaport cities. The families and relatives of the eight Hicks Returning Division officers and soldiers want to emigrate to the seaport cities where the overseas autonomous territories need safety to dock the transport fleet ...

Now that the noble coalition has chosen the ten counties in the west, let the Red Dragon Army choose the eleven counties in the north ... Prime Minister Blanchard stared at the map for a long time and made a decision. The nine counties in the east and the fifteenth counties in the middle have been occupied by two local counties with Hicks' Homecoming Division under Crowd, and Crowd's next battle is the eight southern counties. Therefore, Prime Minister Blanchard thought that if the Red Dragon Army wanted to be alone, it would be the same as the noble coalition. It chose the northern eleven counties that the Autonomous Leadership Region could not care about.

Claude hesitated, then shook his head and told Prime Minister Blanchard that it's better not to choose Eleven North County. There are too many variables here. If possible, the autonomous region will even give up Eleven North County. Because there is also a duke of the north, Duke Pilar H. Ferriot, and two Hicks standing regiments are heading to the north.

"It is said that under the command of the Archbishop Pilag. Feriot Northland, there is a 50,000 frontier army. It is a private armed army belonging to the Feriot family. It guards the four Northland counties and the highland barbarians. , The combat power is very powerful. "Claude pointed to North Eleven on the map and told Prime Minister Blanchard.

"Now adding the two Clyde Corps and Jessica Corps, and the garrisons in various local counties, it is easy to pull out four and a half million troops. In addition, there are eight The county is located on a high ground and the terrain is not good for us, so we hope that this northern grand duke can defend itself without participating in the upheaval of the Hicks Kingdom. "

After listening to Claude ’s explanations, Prime Minister Blanchard's doubts were cleared, and it was the Pilgrim H. Ferriot who was able to hesitate to be jealous. Claude also did not hide this, and clearly told Prime Minister Blanchard that the North Grand Duke was the commander-in-chief of the Union Army during the Second Eastern War.

That is, he saw a bad situation in the later stage of the Battle of Polynesia. He took a step forward with more than 100,000 Hicks wounded and disabled soldiers, escaped from the hunt of the Thunder Corps, and fled back to the Hicks Kingdom. A shortfall of success. To be honest, Claude was not afraid to play against the Northern Grand Duchy again, but now he has no time and energy to entangle with the Northern Grand Duchy. It is imperative that as soon as possible, the fruits of the victory be saved, and when all the dust is settled, maybe the North Grand Duke will meet for a while.

"My suggestion is to let the Red Dragon Army come to raid the remaining dozen counties in the central part. The Stormwind Army will suppress Wang Jingsheng's Hiprian city and Wangjing area. Within three months, the situation in Wangjing area cannot be stabilized. "The Red Dragon Army swept the central counties where we couldn't care about it, and if something difficult happened, we could take care of the Storm Corps ..." said Crowder.

Prime Minister Blanchard thought it over, but nodded to Claude's offer. But then he asked: "Miked III is dead, so what do the Dominion Command have in mind about the future of Hicks Kingdom?"

Claude shook his head. He was now thinking about calming down the situation and letting the officers and men of the eight Hicks Returning Divisions bring their families and relatives to immigration overseas, and then they would be in Hicks. The money and supplies plundered by the kingdom were transported back to Beibu Gulf, leaving a mess for anyone to pack up. Anyway, the Hicks Kingdom was so well-connected by them that they could not recover their vitality within two or three decades, and could no longer threaten the Kingdom of Ovilas and the overseas dominion.

Blankart laughed on the contrary. He was not Claude's opponent in the military, but he had more experience in politics than Claude. In his opinion, Crowder's disposal plan was just too naive, just like a kid playing a house and drinking and messing up everything and unwilling to pack and pat on the buttocks, and left by his parents. Will learn lessons in general.

"Why not consider supporting the Hicks Kingdom?" Prime Minister Blanchard laughed. "Like the North Grand Duke you mentioned just now, he can completely persuade him to establish the Kingdom of the North King. Those vassal nations, since you can reclaim the lost land of the Kingdom of Breot, and give it four counties in the east, it can completely allow other vassal nations to take back the occupied frontier counties from the Hicks kingdom ...

In this way, the territory of the Hicks Kingdom can be reduced by a large circle. Then in these central and southern counties, you can raise a few Hicks nobles who trust you, and let them occupy several local counties to establish their own The sphere of influence can be independent or the founding of an alliance. In this way, even if all the troops in your autonomous command zone are withdrawn, there will still be no peace in the territory of the Hicks Kingdom.

As long as the various forces in this land dispute in the future, they will no longer be able to threaten our kingdom and your overseas dominions, and even they will rely on the deterrence of force in your autonomous command zone to maintain their power. This is much better than your idea of ​​grabbing and leaving. Doing it like this will only make the overseas dominion an object of hatred by all Hicks, and like I said, the people of Hicks will only hate those separatist forces ... "

Claude patted his forehead with shame. For two generations, he had forgotten the wisdom of his ancestors in the army after a long time in the army. There are too many examples to deal with the current situation. However, in his own mind, he simply thought of picking up and leaving, which required the reminder of Prime Minister Blanchard to wake up ...