EP.319
“Then, from now on, I will announce the expedition to save the Duchy of Philolence. Please pay attention.”
Brother Max from the Chief of Staff came as a presenter.
During the last trip to Switzerland, Brother Max appeared as a presenter. At that time, it was noticeable that he was nervous and his gait was slightly awkward, but now he makes every hand gesture without hesitation.
This person has also grown a lot.
“This is Colonel Max von Wehner, Chief of Staff of the 1st Operational Division of the General Staff Headquarters, who is in charge of announcing this operation. First, let me briefly mention the current situation in Farosia.”
And over the course of about 10 minutes, my brother started explaining how much of a mess Ferocia is today.
Because the Principality of Switzerland is currently going through a civil war, the Faroesia City Federation has been unable to use the Swiss mercenaries that it used without hesitation based on its abundant capital.
Among them, the Duchy of Veneta and the Duchy of Milan, the two axes that support Farosia, are waging an all-out war in the land of Philolence.
Although it is within the power of the Duchy of Milan, one of the base principalities, the Duchy of Philorence has become a powder keg. Currently, only Philorence Castle is left, and even that is in danger of being lost at any moment, so you must go to support as soon as possible. It was a story.
“I’m so glad our empire isn’t going through something like that. “The young duke is unable to control the principality, and those around him are in a tug-of-war over Philolence.”
“Isn’t there such a thing as such?”
“I wonder which side we will take in the power struggle between the two principalities of Veneta and Milan.”
After a while, Brother Max received reports from other staff members and began to read them.
“According to Her Majesty’s wishes that Her Majesty’s maternal family, the Duchy of Philorens, could not stand to fail like this, we decided to side with the Duchy of Milan, a pro-Philolence faction. Therefore, please consider that all operations to be explained in the future will be carried out in cooperation with the Principality of Milan.”
The justification for the Reich Empire’s participation in the war is a just war to save His Majesty’s wife, the family of Duke Philorens, from danger.
Therefore, the Empire must act as a top priority to protect His Royal Highness, the young Duke of Philorence, rather than outwardly being concerned with money or territorial expansion.
If we don’t act like that, the countries around our empire will criticize us, saying that the empire is just being lazy and trying to expand its territory with ridiculous excuses.
Using this as an excuse to impose all kinds of economic and diplomatic sanctions is as obvious as setting fire to wood soaked in oil.
If the worst happens, we will end up making too many enemies like Germany did in World Wars 1 and 2.
If it is thought that the empire is waging a war of conquest without any justification, many countries that have been treated harshly by us so far will feel a sense of crisis and will try to band together.
“Participating in this war is the Farosian Army commanded by Captain Peter Yeager. “We will mobilize a total of 150,000 20 divisions and head to Philolence as soon as deployment is confirmed.”
To be honest, I want to lead 150,000 troops and take down Veneta Castle, the capital of the Venetian Principality, not Philolence.
The reason is very simple.
According to the intelligence we have received, all the countries of the Faroesia City Alliance are waging war in the land of Philolence, leaving only the minimum troops necessary to maintain local security in their principalities.
In other words, the capital of the Duchy of Veneta is, to put it slightly exaggerated, empty, so if you manage the 150,000 imperial troops as best as possible, you can easily capture the castle, which has weakened defenses.
After the capital is captured, the Venetian Allied Forces, led by the Duchy of Veneta, will of course come back to drive us out somehow.
Since the leader of the Allied Forces has lost his capital and authority, there will be a heated argument over who will take the lead next, and the ability to unite will decline. We’ll become a mixed bag.
Even if those guys are three times more numerous than our allies, with a little bit of exaggeration, they can be completely overpowered if you plug their loopholes well.
After defeating the bastards in no time… the empire will now monopolize one axis of the Farosian City Federation.
Even if we don’t capture Veneta as I planned, the Veneta troops surrounding Philolence Castle will come running with their feet on fire to catch us.
The goal of saving Philolence can be achieved without any problems, and they will engage with our troops exhausted from the long march.
“According to the analysis of the Chief of Staff, it is believed that once news is received that the Reich Imperial Army is coming to support the Duchy of Milan and Philolence, the faction of the Duchy of Venetia will immediately withdraw its troops from Philolens. Therefore, the Empire will be able to achieve its primary goal of saving the Duchy of Philorence from crisis just by mobilizing 150,000 troops this time.”
The justification for this expedition would be achieved just by withdrawing the forces of the Principality of Venetia from Philolence, but we have no intention of stopping at just that.
It is said that even an ordinary man can cut down a murre if he takes out a sword. ‘When we dispatched a large army of 150,000 people, the enemy retreated from Philolence. ‘Let’s go back.’ Anyone who claims the same nonsense is definitely a traitor or a spy for an enemy country.
Moving 150,000 troops means spending a huge amount of money on food, equipment, and equipment, and if you spend all that money and go out to war, you end up returning without a single penny of profit.
Because that would cause enormous damage to the empire.
So I wrote a manual on how to behave after the intervention.
“Immediately after achieving the first goal, we will immediately focus on recovering the entire territory of the Duchy of Philollens, and later, we will take revenge on the Duchy of Veneta and those belonging to its forces who attacked the Duchy of Philolens without any justifiable reason.”
As Brother Max said those words, he inserted a red peg-like wooden piece into the huge map that everyone here could see.
At the end, a marker was placed above Venetia, the capital of the Duchy of Veneta, so it must have indicated the marching route of our Philolens reinforcements.
“When I go for revenge, my goal is to advance through Prato Pisto or Lorenzo Bologna to Castle Veneta, and a large-scale battle is expected in the middle. However, it is difficult to predict where the battle will occur and how many troops the faction supporting the Duchy of Veneta will mobilize. It is expected that specific details will be left to the judgment of the commander on site.”
Currently, reports are coming in that the number of troops mobilized by the Duchy of Veneta and its allied factions is around 120,000, so if a battle with the Reich Imperial Army and the Milan Allied Forces takes place as is, we will have a significant numerical superiority. .
However, if the Duke of Veneta were to hear that the 150,000-strong army of the Reich Empire had come to save Philolence, he would naturally conscript additional soldiers.
It’s like when bacteria enter our body, we focus white blood cells to that location to fight off external enemies.
However, at this stage, we can guess that the Principality of Beretta will issue a conscription order, but we cannot know how many citizens it will respond by conscripting.
The Chief of Staff probably gave up on the analysis because it would be meaningless to guess and say how much the enemy’s troops would be.
My older brother bowed slightly, as if to let me know that this was the end of the prepared presentation.
“There will be a personnel reshuffle at the general level of the Imperial Army just a week after the announcement regarding this expeditionary force, so generals, please do not leave Reichburg before the announcement is made.”
At the same time as he said that, all the staff members on the podium came down and left.
After that, I visited His Majesty and talked seriously and in detail about the situation that might arise and received instructions on what course of action to take.
Although it is called a policy, it is a policy of action to be taken when a problem occurs on the same level as ‘evacuation methods in case of a volcanic eruption’, which we rarely use in our lives.
In fact, this policy was prepared as a precaution because it was a problem that could cause a catastrophe later if not prepared in advance.
Then, a few months later, I led an army of 150,000 men from Perosia and headed toward Philolence Castle.
As the Chiefs of Staff and I had predicted, when we arrived, the Principality of Veneta had already quickly pulled its troops out of the Principality of Philolence and started reorganizing.
As expected, our troops from Faroesia did not panic, and as originally planned, they arrived without incident at Philorence Castle, the capital of the family of Duke Philorens, the in-laws of the Reich Emperor, and are now about to enter the castle.
A general wearing the uniform of a Milan Army general came out of the castle and approached me.
“This is Captain Giuseppe von Carne, who has come to support Philolence under orders from His Highness the Duke of Milan. “Can you give me a moment?”
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