319 – Philolence Salvation Operation (2)
“Then, from now on, I will announce the expedition to save the Principality of Philolence. Please pay attention.”
Brother Max from the Chief of Staff came as a presenter.
Brother Max was a presenter during the last trip to Switzerland. 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 Benner, Chief of Staff of the 1st Operational Division of the General Staff Headquarters, who is in charge of announcing this operation. He will first briefly mention the current situation in Faroesia and then move on.”
And over the course of about 10 minutes, my brother started explaining how much of a mess the current Perosia is.
Because the Principality of Switzerland is currently experiencing a civil war, the Federation of Faroesia Cities 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 Principality of Milan, one of the base principalities, the Principality 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 we ask for support as soon as possible. It was a story about having to go and do something.
“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.”
“There is nothing like that, right?”
“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 side, the Duchy of Philorens, could not stand to fail like this, we decided to side with the Duchy of Milania, 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 cause of the Reich Empire’s participation in the war is a just war to save Her Majesty’s wife, Duke Phil Lawrence’s family, from her crisis.
Therefore, the Empire must act as a top priority to protect His Royal Highness, the young Duke Philorence, rather than outwardly being interested in money or territorial expansion.
If we don’t act like that, the countries around our empire will curse us, saying that the empire is just being lazy and trying to expand its territory with ridiculous excuses.
Trying to use this as an excuse to impose all kinds of economic and diplomatic sanctions is as obvious as setting fire to a tree soaked in oil.
If the worst happens, we will end up creating too many enemies like Germany did during World War I and World War II.
If it is thought that the Empire is waging a war of conquest without 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 troops, 20 divisions, and head to Philolence as soon as participation is confirmed.”
Honestly, I want to lead 150,000 troops and take down Veneta Castle, the capital of the Venetian Principality, not Philorence.
The reason is very simple.
According to the intelligence we have now received, all the countries of the Faroesia City Alliance are waging war in the land of Philorence, leaving only the minimum number of troops necessary to maintain local security in their principalities.
In other words, the capital of the Duchy of Veneta is, to put it a bit exaggerated, empty, so if you manage the 150,000 imperial troops as best as possible, you can easily capture the castle with weakened defenses.
Once the capital is captured, the Venetian Allied Forces, led by the Principality of Veneta, will of course return to drive us out somehow.
Now that 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 overwhelmed as long as you plug their loopholes well.
Once the bastards are quickly defeated… The empire will now monopolize one axis of the Faroesia 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 when 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 Philorence. 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 will 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 once an ordinary man takes out his sword, he will cut down a whole village. ‘When we sent out a large army of 150,000 men, the enemy retreated from Phil Lawrence. Anyone who claims nonsense like ‘Let’s go back’ is definitely a traitor or a spy for an enemy country.
Moving 150,000 troops means spending a huge amount of food, goods, equipment, and money, and if you go out and use up all that money, 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, I will immediately focus on recovering the entire territory of the Duchy of Philorence, and after that, I will take revenge on the Duchy of Veneta and those belonging to its forces who attacked the Duchy of Philorence without any justifiable reason. “It will be.”
Brother Max said those words and at the same time inserted a red peg-like wooden piece into the huge map that everyone here could see.
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At the very end, a marker was placed over the city of Venetia, the capital of the Duchy of Veneta, so it must have indicated the marching route of our Philolence reinforcements.
“When going for revenge, the goal is to advance through Prato, Pistonna, Lorenzo, and Bologna to Castle Veneta, and a large-scale battle is expected along the way. However, it is difficult to predict where the battle will take place, and it is unclear 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.”
Reports are constantly coming in that the current number of troops mobilized by the Duchy of Veneta and its allied factions is around 120,000, so if a battle breaks out between the Reich Imperial Army and the Milan Allied Forces as is, we will have a significant numerical advantage. Can be occupied.
However, if the Duke of Veneta was suffering from severe dementia, he would naturally conscript additional troops when he heard that the Reich Empire’s 150,000-strong army had come to rescue Phil Lawrence.
It’s as if when bacteria enter our body, we focus white blood cells to that location and fight off external enemies.
However, at this stage, although it can be assumed that the Principality of Beretta will issue a conscription order, it is not known how many citizens will be conscripted to respond.
There is no point in guessing and talking about the size of the enemy’s forces, so the Chief of Staff probably gave up on the analysis.
My brother bowed slightly as if to indicate 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, discussed the situation that might arise in a serious and detailed manner, and received instructions on what course of action to take.
Although it is called a policy, it was a policy of action to be taken when a problem occurred, similar to the ‘evacuation method in case of a volcanic eruption’, which we rarely use in our lives.
In fact, if this policy is not prepared in advance, a catastrophe could occur later, so we prepared it as a precaution.
Then, a few months later, I led an army of 150,000 men and led the army in the area of Perosia and headed to Philorence Castle.
Just as I and the Chief of Staff had predicted, when we arrived, the Principality of Veneta had already quickly withdrawn its troops out of the Principality of Philolence and started reorganizing.
Our Faroesian army did not panic as expected, and just 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 Carnet, who has come to support Philolence under orders from His Highness the Duke of Milan. “Can you give me a moment?”