After carefully analyzing Mafa's intelligence, I came to a conclusion - the current Ninth Legion is still very fragile, and using them to greet the hundreds of thousands of demon-type coalition forces on the opposite side is just a joke. Not to mention that the demon-type coalition army is numerically inferior.
They are much more powerful than us, and even their individual combat effectiveness is very strong.
I braced myself and divided the current situation into two sides: the enemy and ourselves. Now I was beyond my reach against the enemy, but I still had some methods to deal with my own soldiers.
I have ordered Garia to be closed. Except for the transport team from the dark province, all supplies and personnel are not allowed to pass. The merchants and residents who are too late to leave all work for the army, blocking the news to the maximum extent.
I ordered the officers to report all the most promising and youngest soldiers under their command. Although the officers did not know what I wanted to do, they still resolutely carried out my order, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were reported.
I temporarily organized them into four regiments and marched towards the interior of the Sbia Empire in the name of urging supplies. The four regiments circled around the Dark Province and came back completely changed. They were all replaced by veterans of the Dark Province.
Not to mention, they also brought more than 5,000 war horses.
Together with the original horses of the Ninth Legion, I can form three full cavalry regiments!
On the day they came back, the entire camp was very lively. The veterans who had experienced many wars watched the groups of cavalry passing in front of them, and all of them shed tears of excitement.
"Cavalry! Really cavalry!" They choked and said to the soldiers around them: "I knew the boss would not abandon us. He is really with us! He has sent the cavalry!"
The recruits who had not been on the battlefield said: "Isn't it just cavalry? What's the difference between them and us?"
"Fuck you! You bastard who doesn't even have hair! Have you ever seen a cavalry charge? Do you know how much it costs to raise a cavalry?" The veterans educated the recruits in their own way: "Historically, only regular legions have
Equipped with cavalry! The boss treats us as regular soldiers! Otherwise, why would he be willing to put the cavalry with us!"
Contrary to everyone's expectations, I did not leave the three cavalry regiments in the First Regiment, but assigned them all to the Second Regiment.
When Heert heard the news, he was so happy that he hugged me and kissed me.
"Helter, let me tell you." I said to him very carefully: "This is the only cavalry we have, and I still hope that they will grow stronger. If you are careless and kill me... you will have to pay compensation."
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"I understand, boss, don't worry!" Haiert slapped his chest loudly: "I will use them very carefully!"
"Most of the officers and soldiers of these three cavalry regiments are from the Dark Province. You will have no problem in commanding them." I told Helter: "Either don't use them, or use them in the most critical places!"
"yes!"
The three cavalry regiments immediately joined the training. In addition to boosting the morale of the Ninth Corps, they also doubled the pressure on the logistics regiment.
I had no choice but to let the Dark Province figure out a solution. Fortunately, the construction of the Dark Province was almost completed. As soon as the guys in the city hall heard that the Governor was in trouble, they sent me 5,000 young migrant workers at once. Now, the head of the logistics team was promoted to the Legion
The director of the logistics department already oversees seven to eight thousand people.
One after another, I spent a month doing a major overhaul of my army. No matter what, after this battle, I will not return a single soldier to the coalition forces.
Because of the blockade imposed on Galia, no one knew that the dwarf master had arrived here.
The master and his team of craftsmen worked in my headquarters for half a month, and then returned with a lot of drawings. Of course, the drawings also contained my designs.
Because I had prepared before going to the military headquarters, and because of the assembly line production, the dwarf craftsmen in the Dark City delivered the goods at an astonishing speed of five hundred sets of armor per day.
It didn't take long for the first field regiment to finish changing their uniforms. Everyone from head to toe was wearing armor made by dwarf craftsmen. This is armor made by dwarf craftsmen! Not to mention slave soldiers, how many of them are there in the coalition army?
Officers are proud to wear such armor!
I'm not worried about the equipment I replaced. On the eve of this war, armor and weapons are in great demand, and dear Miss Dill Merlin will be happy to have a batch in stock.
The infantry of the field regiment was divided into three types.
Most of the soldiers with moderate physiques became spearmen. In order to deal with the cavalry of the Demon Alliance, the spearmen not only received new weapons, but also had specially strengthened armor. I only need them to firmly hold the front line in the battle.
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Strong-bodied soldiers were given swords that could be temporarily equipped with long handles. When dealing with normal situations, soldiers could hold the sword in one hand and a shield in the other. If the situation required, the long metal sword handle could be slung on the shoulder, and one could be removed.
The movements can be installed. This highly adaptable unit that can be defended and attacked is the core strength of our army.
The soldiers who were not very strong became archers, and they were given brand-new war bows and relatively light waist knives. The half-metal and half-wood twisted bows were almost as tall as a man, and had a long range and high accuracy.
The master assured me that such a war bow, coupled with extremely lethal refined feather arrows, can shoot through a finger-thick metal armor at a distance of 500 meters!
If it weren't for Dill's financial support, the Ninth Legion would not have such sophisticated equipment. If nothing else, let's talk about the fine iron arrowheads on the feather arrows. It doesn't matter whether it is a divine or demonic coalition. Who can afford it?
Fifteen centimeters long three-edged arrow? They should be laughing when they can use five centimeters long flat arrows.
It's not just a difference in several types of equipment, it's completely a difference in two military mindsets. Covering the enemy with long-range firepower and doing everything possible to weaken it before direct contact is exactly one of the most basic tactics in my military career.
Thoughts. Of course, soldier training is the most basic of basics.
In order to train the soldiers more effectively, I transferred almost all the military instructors, elf archers, elf magicians, dwarf warriors with outstanding martial arts skills from the Dark Province... all the ones I could come here.
I tried every means possible to let the soldiers feel the atmosphere of actual combat, running attacks, night attacks, direct battles, all the tricks I could think of, and the soldiers put all their energy into training.
It's not bad to follow me, everyone wants to survive.
When it was summer harvest time, a guest came from the Shui Tribe.
A delicate beauty stood in front of the gate of the Governor's Palace of Gallia and looked at me, and I seemed to hear her beautiful singing voice again.
"Boss, look!" Mafa shouted loudly: "It's Forna!"
"Shut up and do your thing." I glanced at Marfa and walked towards Forna.
"Why are you here?" I said to Forna: "This is the front line, it's not convenient for me to entertain you."
"It doesn't matter, I'll leave as soon as I finish speaking." Forna raised her hand and gathered a few strands of hair that were blown away by the wind: "The patriarch and the great elder asked me to come. They have a message for you."
Hearing her address me as "you" made me feel a little regretful.
"The patriarch said." Forna looked at me and said: "Devil, I completed what you told me ahead of schedule. You have twenty canoes, each of which can seat five people!"
"Really?" I was overjoyed and grabbed Forna's little hand: "He really said that?"
This is the best news I have heard in half a year, because I have twenty large transport ships, each transport ship is equipped with two fast warships, and the entire fleet can transport 10,000 troops at a time!
Forna quickly withdrew her hand, her face turned red.
"I'm a little too happy." I smiled uneasily: "What did the Great Elder say?"
"The Great Elder said." Forna lowered her head and refused to look at me again: "The Shui Tribe thanks you for your help, but please don't forget the matter that I entrusted you with."
"I will never forget it." I said, "Please tell the Great Elder that I will fulfill my promise."
"Okay." Forna saluted me: "Then I'll take my leave."
I nodded and sent a group of cavalry to escort Forna back.
"Boss!" Mafa, who was hiding aside, jumped out: "Forna is getting more and more beautiful!"
"You want to die!" I twisted his ears and said, "You have nothing to do? You have time to have fun with your boss!"
"No, no!" Mafa shouted: "There is progress, there is progress!"
"Tell me." I let him go: "How much progress is there?"
"Haha! Our money was not wasted." Mafa said in a low voice: "There is news from Amaterasu. The friend opposite has prepared various gifts, and two copies of each are on the way! In these two days
arrive!"
"Hahahahaha..." I looked up at the sky: "What day is it today? It's all damn good news! Let's go, let's get ready!"
Although I increased my investment in the intelligence system, for a while, Marfa was unable to quickly penetrate into the Demon Alliance. Fortunately, there are still several kinds of people in this world, and several kinds of people who can be bought with money.
Mafa spent a lot of money to recruit a large number of mercenaries from inside the territory of the Demon Alliance, and used smuggling as an excuse to find out the logistics and reserve transportation routes for the army there... In the past few days, the information I got was
It is equal to that of the Military Department, but now, I dare say that the Military Department's information is far less detailed than mine.
At the same time, Amaterasu, who had already gained a foothold in the Demon Alliance, paid a lot of money to hire a bounty hunter to do a very inhumane thing - he asked the bounty hunter to capture Demon Alliance soldiers for him, at least one from each army.
Special arms cannot be spared! At this time, any army will have deserters, and missing one or two soldiers is not a big deal.
But, it's not a big deal to them, but it's a big deal to me.
After these "gifts" were shipped in large wooden boxes, I summoned the Military Justice Department and the Liaison Office overnight to torture them.
Beauty, money, coercion and inducement, sitting on the tiger's bench and pouring pepper water... I used all the tricks I could think of, and finally got the information we needed.
"Boss, what should we do with these people?" Jack flipped through a lot of information in his hand: "Lock them up?"
I looked at these prisoners without saying a word, hardening my heart and forcing myself to make a cruel decision.
"Call me the people with the best martial arts skills in the legion, and the magicians will come too." Finally, I broke the silence: "And all the witch doctors around here."
Again, as long as it keeps my soldiers alive, I'm willing to do anything.
Days later, each group received several wooden statues of different shapes. These statues were vividly made, with skin, muscles, and bones all present.
Detailed instructions were issued with the statues, which stated the physical characteristics of these statues, as well as where the fatal points are, etc... The command headquarters ordered that every soldier must understand it.
The Ninth Army Corps had made all preparations in advance and was waiting for orders from the coalition military headquarters.
In the wilderness of the Sibia Empire behind you, the autumn crops are almost ripe. The breeze carries the breath of early autumn around the city, and the setting sun shines slantingly. Everything is so warm.
"Why is there a war? Why do so many people shed their blood on a foreign land?" Wen Sili asked me in a recent letter home.
She asked me, who should I ask?
As a husband, I can't answer my wife, even though I love her dearly.
As a general, I cannot answer the soldiers. I can only do my best to reduce their sacrifices.
why why?
This is just human nature that is never satisfied...what honor, what responsibilities, damn it!
I held this letter in my hand and stood at the top of the city until late at night. As I stood in this place, I held in my hand the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.
And I, an ordinary person, in this continent with endless disputes, in this fragmented time and space... what can I really do?
Looking at the soldiers patrolling the city wall, looking at the troops training at night below, looking at these lives, I felt a sense of sadness in my heart, and my eyes couldn't help but get wet.
The moonlight is like water, like a dream.
Shaking my head vigorously, I took a few deep breaths, then turned around and walked down the city wall.
After a few days, the order from the military headquarters finally came.
I took the wax-sealed scroll from the herald's hand, opened it, looked at it, and handed it to Carlos beside me.
"I understand the order." I said coldly to the herald: "I will do my best to complete the military headquarters' order."
"Yes, Your Excellency." The herald took the receipt from me and said, "The prince asked me to bring you a message."
"Say it!"
"The prince said that as long as you complete the order, there is no limit to the method. Please pay attention to your own safety."
"Thank you Prince for me." I nodded and said, "I will not forget his help."
After seeing off the herald, I will convene a meeting with the senior commanders of the legion.
"This is an order from the military department." I threw the scroll on the table and said to everyone: "It's pretty much what we thought. The Ninth Legion must take action before the entire battle, launch an attack first, and firmly contain the demons in front of us.
Allied Forces."
"This order from the military headquarters is a bit excessive!" Haiert complained: "The Ninth Army has less than 80,000 people, but they ask us to attack and contain hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. Is there anything wrong with their heads?"
"The intelligence provided to us by the military is ridiculous." Mafa said: "In their intelligence, we only have 60,000 enemy troops in front of us, and special units are not even mentioned!"
"Don't say meaningless words." I said, "What good ideas do you have?"
"You can also attack." Haiert said: "We will use part of our troops to test the attack first. If it doesn't work, we will retreat."
"Otherwise, let's just defend!" Moya said, "We can contain the enemy even if we defend!"
"It's easy! Think about it." I interrupted the two men: "Once the war starts, the coalition military headquarters will have the Protoss of Light to supervise the war. Can you deceive the Protoss with these tricks?"
"Then boss, what can you do?" Moya asked me.
"Let's fight! We must have both offense and defense. Another point is that we can't fight on our own territory. If the battle is broken, we have to clean up ourselves." I said: "Let us run away and make a fuss over there.
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"Boss, what you said is correct." Haiert said: "But there are too many enemies in front of us. If we fight hard, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in the Ninth Legion."
"This is not a problem. Carlos and I have already made a plan." I said: "This is our logistics base. We have to leave a few regiments to guard it, and the other troops will follow me."
"When are we going to take action?" Heldt said. "Are we really going to attack?"
"The attack is necessary. After all, we have done so many bad things and the coalition forces have endured them. If we don't do something for the coalition forces, we will not be able to escape." I said, "We just need to firmly contain the enemy forces. As for the
No one can control how we do it!"
"Boss, do you have a good idea?" Haiert's eyes lit up: "Tell me quickly!"
"Helter." I smiled slightly: "Have you ever been on a boat? A big one?"
Geert shook his head and didn't understand why I asked.
"Would you like to take a boat ride?"
Geert nodded again.
"Well, you take three field regiments and a logistics regiment and set off immediately." I said with a smile, "Go and have some fun on the boat!"
"Where did the boat come from?"
"You don't know yet, we in the dark already have our own fleet." I said, "The fleet is already waiting for you on the coast!"
"Carlos will tell you where to board the ship and where to disembark. You must contact the local intelligence personnel in the shortest possible time." I said, "You must lay a solid foundation for the troops behind. I will
The demon alliance opposite is making a scene!" (To be continued)