Black Iron’s Glory

 

Chapter 535 Analysis and Response

 

“… From the current situation, Hicks Kingdom helped the so-called Kingdom of Nasri and Kanas Dukedom’s in exile Royal Court to form the National Resurrection Army. For us, it is not threatening for the time being. It is louder, it is also light and thunderous, and the only thing that can be executed is to send a small group of people to enter the country, spy on intelligence and contact the insurgents to incite civil unrest and so on, which will not affect peace and stability in the entire eastern region … “[19459002 ]
 

Scree General held a wooden stick in his hand and pointed at the map on the wall. The Conference Hall was filled with members of Parliament and two senior Legion officers. This was the legislator and officer representative of the Overseas Dominion. Another conference held by Royal Capital, the topic of the conference is two bad news received just two days ago. As the representative of the autonomous region, Scree General gave detailed analysis and explanations to the participants at the conference to let them understand the crisis facing the Overseas Dominion.

 

“Hicks Kingdom ’s Neptune fleet has been wiped out by our Dominion ’s Iron Armored Fleet, so it cannot mobilize large forces to carry out landing operations on the eastern coastal areas. In addition, during the war, Hicks Kingdom could send a battle to Breot. Kingdom and Mambamac Kingdom lease a land route as a logistical supply channel to deliver troops to the frontline troops. They can also defeat their remnants and retreat along this land channel to return to China.

 

But now that the war is over, it is no longer possible for Hicks Kingdom to mobilize large troops to lease an overland passage from Breot Kingdom and Mambamac Kingdom as a way to enter the Nasri region. Because doing that would indicate that Breaux Kingdom and Mambamac Kingdom also joined the Hicks Kingdom array, proactively declared war on us and became intruders. And Breoit Kingdom and Menbamac Kingdom will never go to such a war that has nothing to do with them …

 

As our Kingdom and Hicks Kingdom are separated by two countries, the land border is not adjacent, and Hicks Kingdom loses its only Neptune fleet at sea, so we do n’t have to worry about picking it up in the eastern region. Start war. No matter how it supports Kingdom of Nasri and Kanas Dukedom’s in exile Royal Court, which is the same as hawker sales, earn a sip and show a sense of presence, indicating that it is still the boss of the Eastern Union National League.

 

As for what kind of reunification army Hicks Kingdom helped the Kingdom of Nasri and Dukedom in exile Royal Court to set up, even if a small number of people are sent over to make trouble, it can only be in the Nasri area. It is well known that the Nasri area has been granted hereditary family lands by our King Your Majesty as hereditary family territories, so it is necessary to consider how to deal with these insurgents as well as those of the territories. Their families are armed to deal with these small stocks. The insurgents are more than enough.

 

And our Overseas Dominion obtained from King Your Majesty here is the coastal area of ​​the Kansas Prairie Northern Section Bay. After the Ceremony is over, it will become our Overseas Dominion in Freia Continent. A territory. The Autonomous Territory has decided to send an Iron Armored Squadron to the Northern Section Bay to protect the security of the Sea Territory. So for our Dominion, Hicks Kingdom is just a vicious dog barking in a cage, no more threatening to bark. “

 

After talking about Hicks Kingdom, Scree General greeted his lieutenants and guards to replace the map on the wall with a map of Nubissia continent. The next thing to explain is the ban on trade imposed by the colonies of West Coast countries on the Overseas Dominion. Impact and adverse consequences.

 

Scree General clicked the colonies on the West Coast countries on the map with a small wooden stick in his hand, and opened his mouth after the loud conversation in Conference Hall stopped: “Compared to Hicks Kingdom, helping Kingdom of Nasri and Kanas Dukedom formed intelligence in the exile Royal Court and the Resurrection Army, and we believe that the joint statement issued by the Nubissia continent colonies on the West Coast is the biggest bad news for our Overseas Dominion, who imposed a ban on commerce! “

 

The loud argument in Conference Hall sounded again, a loud yell: “Declaration of war! We declare war on them! They even dared to expel the Trading Company and traders of our Dominion. This is discrimination against our Dominion. We can defeat them by force and ask them to sign an agreement so that we can trade freely on the West Coast! “

 

Scree General smiled bitterly. The owner of this voice probably was superstitious about the invincible battle strength of the Overseas Autonomous Territory. The first thing that came to mind was war, which used war to open a way for the business of the Overseas Autonomous Territory. Many people in the Conference Hall echoed his views, cheering war loudly, war …

 

The wooden stick in his hand was slammed twice on the wall, suppressing the argument in the Conference Hall, and when everyone ’s emotions calmed down, Scree General shook the head: He Military District has discussed this issue and concluded that we cannot declare war on the colonies of the West Coast countries.

 

This incident cannot be resolved by a war, because our Autonomous Military Region does not have this time or the ability to win the war in a short period of time, and the longer the delay, the more time it will have for our Overseas Dominion. unfavorable. “

 

“Why?” A member of the parliament stood up and questioned loudly, listening to the voice, he should be the one who had just advocated war against the colonies of the West Coast countries.

 

“Look at the map, here is the west coast …” Scree General clicked on the map of the west coast with a small wooden stick: “From the map you should be able to see that the entire west coast colonies are four times larger than our Overseas Dominion. Right and left, their colonies have penetrated inland and developed nearly 100 years earlier than our Overseas colonies. Regardless of the population, properties and development scale of the colonies, they are more complete than us. “

 

The General of Scree is very true. The earliest colony of Nubissia continent was on the West Coast, where it was called a land with nectar flowing in the sun. The land was broad and rich in products. The southern continent where the Overseas Dominion was located was a desolate Barbarian Desolate Land. Sterling X of the Kingdom of Aueras was unable to intervene on the west coast before sending the colonial army to the southern continent. After more than 60 years of continuous development, it is now Dominion Overseas.

 

“For two hundred years, the colonies of the West Coast countries have undergone several wars and merged with each other before finally forming the current pattern. Here is the colony of the eight southern countries of Freia Continent. The former Northern Section coastal countries have been squeezed out of the West Coast. The Eastern Sea shore and the Hokuriku Snowfield are looking for a few barren places to establish their colonies. This is why Hicks Kingdom provoked us a colonial war, and it hoped to obtain its own colonies from our southern continent.

 

Nowadays, the West Coast has been the exclusive colony of the eight southern countries of Freia Continent. Forty or fifty years of peace has enabled the West Coast to achieve great economic and social development. But fortunately, the eight southern nations still adopted the blood transfusion economic policy on their colonies on the west coast. Just like our former Kingdom, they suppressed the economic and industrial development of the colonies and regarded the colonies as a source of resources. And the dumping ground of domestic products.

 

Why do the goods and commodities produced by our Dominion overwhelm the entire West Coast colony? Very simple reason, good quality and low price, quality assurance. Instead of dumping high-quality goods from their own countries into their colonies, as in the eight southern countries. Due to the implementation of the trade monopoly policy of the eight countries, the people of their colonies can only choose these high-quality products and endure the treatment of being squeezed by the merchants of their own countries because they have no choice.

 

But this all changed after the smuggling of goods and goods produced by our Overseas Dominion into the West Coast colonies. Even if the local governments of the West Coast Colonies banned smuggling activities, the people of the colonies would choose to buy our Dominion. Commodity goods. As a result, the goods exported from the eight southern countries to their colonies have become unsaleable goods and cannot be sold. That is, we moved their cheese.

 

Thanks to the victory of the Overseas Dominion over Hicks Kingdom and the victory of the colonial war, the eight-nation West Coast colonial government did not dare to use force against our Overseas Autonomy, but only expressed strong protests, demanding that we stop smuggling activities in the West Coast countries. We rejected their request, and we told them at the time that we believed in the freedom of commerce and trade, and that others came to purchase. We could not help but do this business, and we could not control where the goods were shipped.

 

Two years ago, two-thirds of the goods produced by our Overseas Dominion were smuggled and sold to the West Coast colonies. Last year, due to the Kingdom’s domestic war, sales decreased, but half of the production was shipped to the West Coast by smugglers. It is worth noting that the low denomination banknotes issued by the Overseas Minsheng Bank of our Dominion also have nearly 10 million kroner in circulation in the West Coast colonies …

 

The people of the West Coast colonies use our paper currency to avoid the commercial taxes that need to be paid to the colonial governments. Because the colonial governments of various countries do not recognize our banknotes, but the people of these colonies can take the banknotes to the Trading Company opened by our Dominion businessmen in the eight countries on the west coast to implement free exchange. I think this may be the reason why the eight-nation colonial government expelled the Trading Company, which was legally established by our self-governing businessmen … “

 

The member who asked why he did not declare war interrupted Scree General: “We know these things, but this should not be an excuse for our dominion not to declare war on them! If we use Thunderbolt Legion and Rock Legion, and With our Iron Armored Fleet, the maritime smuggling blockade of the eight-nation colonies on the west coast will be lost, and their colonial garrison will be defeated. In the end, we can only open the door to welcome us to trade with them freely! “

 

“You think everything is too simple!” Scree General was helpless: “We declare war on the eight coast colonies on the west coast. It does not mean that we declare war on the eight coast colonies on the west coast. It also means on the southern coast of Freia Continent. The Eight Kingdoms declared war, do you understand? Just like Hicks Kingdom provoked this colonial war, Kingdom sent our Rangers to reinforce, and eventually made us into Thunderbolt Legion and Rock Legion.

 

The total area of ​​the west coast eight colonies is four times that of our Overseas Dominion, and the total population exceeds 60 million. Although most of them are mixed-blood indigenous people, the colonies of the southern eight countries have allowed these mixed-blood indigenous people to recognize their colonies. The country is the motherland, which is many times stronger than the Nikancha people here do not know. If we declare war on them, they will be regarded as invaders, and they will also take up arms to resist our attack.

 

Do you think that the 200,000 troops of the two Legions in the Overseas Autonomous Region can wipe out the entire West Coast colony in a short time? It would not be possible without more than five years. And even if we defeated the colonial garrison in these eight countries, we did not have that many troops in various occupations to maintain local order. This will not be possible unless we have a general mobilization of the Overseas Dominion and more than one million troops are recruited.

 

And do you understand what it means to recruit millions? That will be a super-large regional great war. Can our Overseas Dominion pay the price of this great war? Unfortunately, we ca n’t afford it, and we do n’t have the capital. Because the enemy we face is not a colony of eight nations on the west coast, but also eight nations along the southern coast of Freia Continent, they will continue to reinforce their colonies, and may even send troops to attack our Overseas Dominion.

 

By then, our Dominion will be left alone. You also know the situation in the Kingdom of the Kingdom. Not only can it not provide us with support, it is also very likely to sever the relationship with our Overseas Dominion. Because it can’t afford the diplomatic pressure of the eight southern countries, and what it needs most now is time to rest and recover. Therefore, we cannot take the risk of declaring war on the West Coast colonies because of the ban on trade. “

 

This time Scrin General made it quite straightforward. His words were saying that the Overseas Dominion could not fight this battle, nor did it have the financial and material resources and battle strength to fight it. The questioning member stood there thinking for a long time, still a little unconvinced, and wanted to say something, but was immediately dragged down by the people around him and sat down.

 

“Who is he?” Claude asked Mr. Weberon next to him.

 

“Uncle Man’s son, Andreas Joyce. This boy has good luck. He replaced Uncle Man’s parliamentary position last year. This year, he has a Kingdom hereditary baron. But their family is in Robbis Seventeen daily necessities workshops were opened in the state and Amfeston, and most of the products produced were smuggled and sold to the West Coast G8 colonies. This time the West Coast G8 colony ’s ban on trade has the greatest impact on their families … The details of these members are very clear.

 

Claude laughed: “No wonder he was so excited, shouting to declare war …”

 

The former Scree General is still speaking: “… Although the West Coast Eight Colonies issued a ban on trade to our Overseas Dominions, as long as there is a profit, smuggling cannot be prohibited. We come from the Executive Committee of the Dominion There are two countermeasures. The first is to implement armed freight on smuggling caravans and open up new smuggling channels to ensure that they will not be easily arrested by the garrison in various colonies. At least they have the ability to escape and resist …

 

Second, within the next three years, our Overseas Dominion will vigorously develop the northern section of the Kanas Prairie, a hereditary territory belonging to our Dominion. This will become our new commercial trading center in Freia Continent. The two continent specialty and commodity goods will converge here to become the largest commercial free trade market, so that merchants from all countries will come here to buy their favorite commodity goods and then ship them to their respective regions for sale.

 

The Executive Committee believes that this place will soon become a new economic growth point for the Overseas Autonomous Territory. Even if the economic losses caused by the ban on trade in the West Coast Eight Colonies will soon be removed from the commercial free trade market here, We have made up for this, so we need a little patience and time. While developing this autonomous territory, the Executive Committee will also send personnel to the West Coast colonies to negotiate and ask them to lift the ban as soon as possible. “

 

“Are you going back to the Dominion this time?” Mr. Weberon asked.

 

“Yes.” Claude nodded: “Thunderbolt Legion and Rock Legion are now dragged here and cannot be adjusted back. The West Coast ’s ban on our Dominion ’s trade ban must be lifted as soon as possible, otherwise it will have a very adverse impact on the Dominion ’s economy. . Now our rhetoric is to shift the direction of investment and develop the territory of the Northern Section Bay, but secretly we must give a profound lesson to the West Coast colonies …

 

This time they chose a very good time to attack us. The forces of our two major Legions in the Dominion were towed in the eastern region. The Iron Armored Fleet also scored to dismantle the seaports here to maintain the safety of the Sea Territory. Therefore, the West Coast G8 colonies jointly issued a ban on smuggling to strengthen the sea embargo and expel our Trading Company because we did not want them during this time. However, the West Coast colonies have become the largest place for the sale of goods and goods in our Dominion and we must not give up. “

 

“However, there is only one division of the Rock Legion in the Dominion, and there are twelve local garrison troops. The troop strength is small. Is it possible to transfer one or two divisions back from here?” Mr. Wilbur asked with some worries Road.

 

Claude laughed: “I didn’t go back to fight this time, but I wanted to see if there was a way to resolve this ban without moving soldiers. The autonomous region has been fighting in the Kingdom for two years and should rest. A moment, I am also going to reduce some troops to reduce the military expenditure of the Dominion. And not all problems must be solved by force. Trust my judgment, the West Coast colonies do not want to have war with our Overseas Dominion. “

 

“I hope so …” Mr. Wilbur asked again: “Boronick Marshal is returning to the Dominion this time?”

 

“Yes, he will go back to civil affairs and act as parliament’s administrative affairs in the absence of Master Bennett. As for the development of the Northern Section Gulf Territory, the Autonomous Territory will integrate the Scree General and Beechick Lin General and Abbot General remain here, believing that they can maintain order in the Kanas Prairie, “Claude replied.