Chapter 319

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.

“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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