In the slightly dark underground passage, the lights on the wall flickered faintly. The goblin guard standing at the door used the little light to see clearly the epaulettes on the shoulders of the visitor, and immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Mirage Haiping opened the door and walked into his new office. The facilities here were very simple, but fortunately the chandelier on the roof was a little brighter than the ones in the corridor.
Only the commander's office has such treatment. If it weren't for the poor air circulation inside the mountain, the use of kerosene lamps or candles would have been mandatory.
Mirage Haiping, who is not tall among goblins, took off his military cap and hung it on the hook on the wall. There is no decoration here, the wall is just a cave dug out and reinforced with some cement.
Because it was humid and poorly ventilated, and there was an indescribable smell in the air, Haiping missed his old office where he could open the windows and enjoy the sea breeze, but he could no longer go back.
The Mirage Kingdom can no longer go back. The war has reached its current state, and everyone knows that defeat is certain. But when and how will it be defeated... the people of the Mirage Kingdom still need to struggle.
As a symbol, or a symbol, the naval admiral personally went to the front line where the fiercest fighting was taking place to supervise the battle. This was sending a signal to all the fighting Mirage soldiers: Mirage has not lost this war yet! We still need to continue fighting!
In fact, it only has a little symbolic meaning to boost morale. As a naval admiral, Mirage Haiping's ability to command army operations is actually basically zero.
To put it more disturbingly, in fact he is just a more senior organizational leader general. The one who can really lead troops to fight and command the fleet to fight is the commander of Mirage's main fleet, Mirage Haifeng, who died on the battlefield.
Mirage Haiping, the commander-in-chief of the navy, is also responsible for logistics, personnel, supervising naval shipbuilding and other tasks. In fact, he no longer has much energy to devote to command.
But even such an old man can only choose a cave for himself and coexist with the hundreds of thousands of Mirage troops also stationed in the cave.
In fact, he didn't have to complain, because the place he was in was relatively safe, there was no risk of constant shelling, and he couldn't hear the continuous sound of gunfire.
And the living environment is also very good: at least its walls are smooth, and except for the fact that there are no windows, the rest of the place still looks like a room.
Except for some specially built similar rooms, most of the rooms or warehouses in the entire underground bunker were directly dug out without any modifications except for necessary supports.
At least there is a portrait of His Majesty Mirage hanging on the wall of Mirage Haiping's room, which is already quite difficult in the frontline cave that lacks decoration.
Judging from the situation, the current situation of the Mirage Kingdom is not very good: after losing the western defense line, the situation of the Mirage Kingdom has begun to become passive: the central defense line is not a defense line that traverses the entire Mirage Kingdom, it is still far from the coastline.
There is some distance.
The south side is okay, because it is a key defense area. It is about 30 to 40 kilometers away from the coastline. The gap is not too big, and there are defense nodes like Dingcheng.
The problem is bigger on the north side of the central defense line. The main problem is actually that the central mountain range, which is the support of the mirage defense line, does not extend to the northernmost beach.
The entire mountain range is still close to 50 kilometers away from the northern coastline, and there is no decent defense line in this distance.
Because the construction period was tight when the central defense line was being built, and the northern coastline was mostly steep, which was not suitable for landing operations, the Mirage did not consider the possibility of an enemy attack in this direction.
In fact, there is no point in thinking about it. The construction period is not enough and it cannot be repaired at all. It would be good to dig out the southern defense line that is easily attacked.
Originally, this was not a big problem. Anyway, the workers have been digging hard, trying to improve the defenses on the north.
But the mirage troops deployed on the western defense line collapsed too quickly. Now the orc troops have begun to approach the gap where there are not many fortifications, the number of defenders is insufficient, and even the weapons and equipment are not enough!
Assuming that the orc troops break through the Mirage Army's defense line from this gap, they can move south along the edge of the central mountain range from north to south, threatening the rear of the Mirage Army's central defense line.
The mirage army without a line of defense would definitely not be able to defeat the orc troops whose air superiority was becoming more and more stable in the field. At that time, the mirage army stationed in the central mountainous area would be at risk of being surrounded.
If the orc troops attack successfully, then they are likely to break through Dingcheng and join forces with the troops that have bypassed the north. Then the situation of the Mirage Army will not be far from collapse.
Mirage Haiping came here to supervise the war on behalf of Mirage Emperor, but he actually had no real power, and of course no government affairs, so he actually didn't have much work to do.
Just as he was looking at the portrait of the Mirage hanging on the wall with boredom, there was a knock on his door.
"General! General You is here." Xu Haiping's adjutant opened the door and reported to Xu Haiping. Xu Haiping withdrew his gaze and ordered: "Invite him in."
"Ah, General Ping! It's really great to see you." In fact, he had known that Mirage Haiping was coming for a long time, but did not choose to wait to greet Army Lieutenant General Mirage Wuyou. After the announcement, he quickly walked into Mirage Ping.
's office.
He stood at attention and saluted symbolically, then took off his military cap: "The front line is tight. I just came back from the direction of Dingcheng. I couldn't greet the general. I'm sorry."
Knowing that the army didn't want to see the navy, Xu Haiping didn't care about saving face. He smiled and made a gesture of invitation: "The war is in full swing. General You is busy with affairs. I understand that the situation is difficult...you don't have to worry so much about etiquette."
If the naval fleet was still there, he could slap him in the face now and let the other party know that a little lieutenant general could not make any excuses for the so-called disrespect.
But don't do such showy things now. After all, he no longer has the navy. Whether he can eat here or not depends on the army's face.
Finding that the other party had no intention of competing for the command, Miru Wuyu was relieved. He did not really have a bitter feud with the navy. Everyone's differences were just a competition for interests, and there were no personal conflicts.
The reason why he gave the admiral a slap in the face when he came up was just to warn Mirage Haiping, asking him to be a mascot honestly and not to fantasize about stupid things like dry doves occupying magpie nests.
In fact, he was overthinking it. In today's situation, who with a normal IQ cares about the trivial matter of command power? The current command power is completely a hot potato, and whoever holds it will take the blame.
The two people had different ideas, so they naturally did what they thought was right: Ming Wuyou was afraid that Ming Haiping, an outsider, would lead an expert to make them die faster; Ming Haiping had already settled down and had no intention of fighting for power.
"General Ping, it is really comforting that you can understand our difficulties." This sentence about the difficult situation resonated a little with Mirage Wuyou. He sat down, sighed and said: "The situation is difficult, the country has already
It's a matter of life and death. Since the collapse of the western defense line, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Now the northern part of the defense line is tight and the situation is not optimistic."
The adjutant poured water on the two generals, and the ventilation system started working at this time. A distant buzzing sound made people irritated. Every once in a while, the system would work for a while, otherwise the people in the bunker would themselves
Suffocated myself to death.
"How did the western defense line suddenly collapse?" Haiping took a sip of water and asked the question he had always been curious about.
As a former naval general, he actually didn't know much about the collapse of the Western Defense Line. After all, he had not been assigned to this place before the Western Front was defeated.
"The orcs' attack to the north has almost cut off the connection between us and the western defense line." Mirage Wuyou explained to Mirage Haiping: "The ammunition reserves in the west have been exhausted, and there is no use guarding the defense line in the air. We can only break out.
"
The Western Defense Line has almost no weapons manufacturing capabilities, and it is useless if it does, because there is a lack of raw materials, and even if there are factories, there is no way to organize production.
Lacking the ability to replenish ammunition and weapons, even if the main defense line is strong, it will eventually be unable to hold on and will have to abandon its position to break through.
In fact, the western defense line is not only out of ammunition, but also out of food. With nearly 40,000 frontline troops, plus local garrison troops, and 100,000 people eating and drinking, the hoarded supplies are being consumed at an alarming rate.
In addition, there is also a problem with medical supplies. The wounded cannot receive treatment, minor injuries become serious injuries, and serious injuries can only wait for death. The morale of the military is shaken, and the combat effectiveness has been affected.
In desperation, the commander of the western defense line, with the whole army having only one full meal a day, finally had no choice but to abandon the still strong defense line and take the initiative to "turn" northward.
As a result, they ran into the troops of the 1st and 6th Orc Divisions. They had air support and replenished their troops, and they had just won a battle and were in full momentum... The troops on the west side of the main island of the Mirage Army, which had no intention of fighting, almost disappeared overnight.
The entire army collapsed, and all that was left were the orc troops capturing goblin prisoners all over the mountains and plains.
The problem now is that without the restraint of the western troops, the central defense line is also at risk of being surrounded... In the not-too-distant future, they will also face a similar problem: what to do with the central defense line after they run out of ammunition and food
?
This is a tangled question, a dilemma. If you abandon the central defense line, it will be a waste of the solid defenses you have carefully built; but if you continue to stick here, you need to prepare for a rainy day and think about whether to hurry up.
