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Around the same time, the 1st Armored Brigade, while still lacking in its actual armoured component, was being whipped into shape by [[Lucás Duinnius Carda|Carda]] and de Caryale. In following many of de Caryale's teachings, the brigade represented a quantum leap in Urcean military tactics; eschewing the tactics of the [[First Great War]] in favour of fast-paced maneuver warfare centred around concentrated combined arms strikes on premeditated enemy points, the brigade would seek to force a breakthrough which could then be exploited by its mobile forces to create encirclements and disrupt the rear areas of enemy forces. This set of tactics, known in Urcean parlance as "lightning war", proved highly effective in brigade-on-brigade exercises carried out in early 1926. | Around the same time, the 1st Armored Brigade, while still lacking in its actual armoured component, was being whipped into shape by [[Lucás Duinnius Carda|Carda]] and de Caryale. In following many of de Caryale's teachings, the brigade represented a quantum leap in Urcean military tactics; eschewing the tactics of the [[First Great War]] in favour of fast-paced maneuver warfare centred around concentrated combined arms strikes on premeditated enemy points, the brigade would seek to force a breakthrough which could then be exploited by its mobile forces to create encirclements and disrupt the rear areas of enemy forces. This set of tactics, known in Urcean parlance as "lightning war", proved highly effective in brigade-on-brigade exercises carried out in early 1926. | ||
===Deputy Lord Marshal=== | ===Deputy Lord Marshal=== | ||
[[File:De Caryale exercise.png|thumb|de Caryale (central) with fellow [[Yonderian Defence Force|Yonderian]] officers observing the 1928 [[ | [[File:De Caryale exercise.png|thumb|de Caryale (central) with fellow [[Yonderian Defence Force|Yonderian]] officers observing the 1928 [[Lariana]] exercise]] | ||
Due to his continued development of general military theory and progress made with the 1st Armored Brigade, de Caryale was granted the title "[[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] for the Renovation of His Most Christian Majesty's Forces" on Feburary 7th, 1926. This completely changed de Caryale's authority in [[Urcea]], effectively changing his status from influential theorist to practical reformer overnight. [[Yonderian Defence Force]] leadership was not made aware of this until February 10th, at which time de Caryale was hurriedly and unceremoniously promoted to Colonel, receiving his promotion, new epaulettes and collar tabs by air mail on the 12th.<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''The Royal and Imperial Army: From Brick to Marble'', [[Gabion University]], pg. 12-13. 1959</ref> As Deputy Lord Marshal, de Caryale soon set about reforming many aspects of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] he found wanting. de Caryale's first course of action was tackling the issue of stagnation in the leadership of the Royal and Imperial Army; more than 25% of Lieutenants in the army were over the age of 40 and the average age of Majors was 48, many of which were deeply entrenched in the doctrinal thinking of the [[First Great War]]. de Caryale's solution was the retirement or redeployment of many senior officers to make way for younger ones to take their places. Not one to forget old grudges, de Caryale made sure Michael Galiená was redeployed as garrison commander of [[New Harren]], at the time considered a deadend backwater deployment. | Due to his continued development of general military theory and progress made with the 1st Armored Brigade, de Caryale was granted the title "[[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] for the Renovation of His Most Christian Majesty's Forces" on Feburary 7th, 1926. This completely changed de Caryale's authority in [[Urcea]], effectively changing his status from influential theorist to practical reformer overnight. [[Yonderian Defence Force]] leadership was not made aware of this until February 10th, at which time de Caryale was hurriedly and unceremoniously promoted to Colonel, receiving his promotion, new epaulettes and collar tabs by air mail on the 12th.<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''The Royal and Imperial Army: From Brick to Marble'', [[Gabion University]], pg. 12-13. 1959</ref> As Deputy Lord Marshal, de Caryale soon set about reforming many aspects of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] he found wanting. de Caryale's first course of action was tackling the issue of stagnation in the leadership of the Royal and Imperial Army; more than 25% of Lieutenants in the army were over the age of 40 and the average age of Majors was 48, many of which were deeply entrenched in the doctrinal thinking of the [[First Great War]]. de Caryale's solution was the retirement or redeployment of many senior officers to make way for younger ones to take their places. Not one to forget old grudges, de Caryale made sure Michael Galiená was redeployed as garrison commander of [[New Harren]], at the time considered a deadend backwater deployment. | ||
Simultaneously, de Caryale saw to it that that a new emphasis was placed on automotive and armoured research, an emphasis which would eventually lead to the development and introduction of the [[SAV-5]] tank in 1930. With its new doctrinal focus on combined arms and maneuver warfare, modern artillery pieces were also required for the Royal and Imperial Army to provide effective long range fire support for advancing forces. Finally, de Caryale held several large-scale exercises that numbered several corps and finally armies at a time; at [[Northgate]] in [[1926]] with 150,000 participants and [[Afoncord]] (200,000 participants) and [[Callan]] (225,000 participants) in [[1927]]. Major amphibious exercises were also held at [[Halfway]] and [[ | Simultaneously, de Caryale saw to it that that a new emphasis was placed on automotive and armoured research, an emphasis which would eventually lead to the development and introduction of the [[SAV-5]] tank in 1930. With its new doctrinal focus on combined arms and maneuver warfare, modern artillery pieces were also required for the Royal and Imperial Army to provide effective long range fire support for advancing forces. Finally, de Caryale held several large-scale exercises that numbered several corps and finally armies at a time; at [[Northgate]] in [[1926]] with 150,000 participants and [[Afoncord]] (200,000 participants) and [[Callan]] (225,000 participants) in [[1927]]. Major amphibious exercises were also held at [[Halfway]] and [[Lariana]] in [[1928]]. Amidst doubts as to whether or not [[Urcea]] would be able to effectively mobilize reservists in case of war, the Royal and Imperal Army saw considerable expansion during the de Caryale's tenure as Deputy Lord Marshal. | ||
Based on the succesful application of the 1st Armored Brigade in the exercises of particularly 1927 and 1928, de Caryale submitted a request for the expansion of the 1st Armored Brigade into a [[1st Armored Division (Urcea)|full division]], a request granted in the Summer of 1929. A further addendum to the request was that of a further three armoured divisions to be stood up "once appropriate armoured fighting vehicles have been procured", as they would be with the introduction of the [[SAV-5]] in 1930. Having introduced and succesfully implemented the concept of combined arms and in particular the basic theories of maneuver warfare within the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], de Caryale shifted his focus to the equipment of the ground forces. de Caryale unsuccesfully campaigned for the widespread adoption of a self-loading rifle for the infantry and the introduction of a fully automatic rifle suitable for {{wpl|Marching fire|walking fire}}. The former was rejected in favour of the continued use of the [[SR-9C]] bolt action carbine, the latter for the [[SMG-3]] general-purpose machine gun. Finally, in August of 1930, de Caryale was recalled to [[Yonderre]]. | Based on the succesful application of the 1st Armored Brigade in the exercises of particularly 1927 and 1928, de Caryale submitted a request for the expansion of the 1st Armored Brigade into a [[1st Armored Division (Urcea)|full division]], a request granted in the Summer of 1929. A further addendum to the request was that of a further three armoured divisions to be stood up "once appropriate armoured fighting vehicles have been procured", as they would be with the introduction of the [[SAV-5]] in 1930. Having introduced and succesfully implemented the concept of combined arms and in particular the basic theories of maneuver warfare within the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], de Caryale shifted his focus to the equipment of the ground forces. de Caryale unsuccesfully campaigned for the widespread adoption of a self-loading rifle for the infantry and the introduction of a fully automatic rifle suitable for {{wpl|Marching fire|walking fire}}. The former was rejected in favour of the continued use of the [[SR-9C]] bolt action carbine, the latter for the [[SMG-3]] general-purpose machine gun. Finally, in August of 1930, de Caryale was recalled to [[Yonderre]]. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Rachet d'Everard]] | *[[Rachet d'Everard]] | ||
*[[Guillaume d'Agostino]] | |||
*[[General Staff (Yonderre)|Yonderian General Staff]] | *[[General Staff (Yonderre)|Yonderian General Staff]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
[[Category:Yonderre]] | [[Category:Yonderre]] | ||