After a while, Marshal Verlaine's voice came through the door, "Major General Swice Hepburn! Please come in."
"Yes!" Swice opened the door and walked in.
"Please take Viscount Gironde to collect various items. He is now the supreme commander of the fifth theater, with the rank of lieutenant general."
"Yes, Marshal."
Marshal Verlaine held Viscount Gironde's hand and said, "Gironde, my old friend, this time it's up to you."
"Don't worry, my friend!" Viscount Gironde hugged the marshal tightly, "But you must remember that you still owe me a box of fine red wine."
"Haha, you old potato." Marshal Verlaine patted Gironde's face, "Please do everything!"
Swice had never seen such intimate gestures from the marshal.
Siwes took Gironde to the Logistics Department to collect the items. When he handed Gironde the lieutenant general's uniform on a silver platter, he actually saw a little tear in Gironde's eyes.
"Viscount Gironde." Swice asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, I just remembered some past events." Viscount Gironde shook his head, picked up his military uniform and changed it in public... Contrary to what Swice thought, Viscount Gironde's movements were quite skillful and smooth.
A full set of general military uniforms is very complicated. There are dozens of buttons up and down. If you are not careful, the belt and ribbon will get tangled. Generally, two people are needed to help. Even if someone helps, ordinary people can't even reach him.
Such speed.
Viscount Gironde finally tightened his belt and hung up his sword. What he saw in front of Siweis was a standard general!
With a sound of "Pa!", Siwes gave him a military salute.
"Congratulations, Your Excellency!" Siwes said sincerely, "You are now the supreme commander of the fifth theater!"
"It's time for me to set off." Lieutenant General Gironde returned the gift, "Thank you for taking care of me along the way."
"I'll give it to you," Swice said sincerely, something he rarely did. It was obvious that the old and loyal Viscount Gironde had gained his love.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I am a little curious." Walking in the long corridor of the military minister, Siwes asked, "You said that you have not held a position, so why are you not unfamiliar with military affairs?"
"Your Excellency is surprised by this." Lieutenant General Gironde said, "When I was young, I served in the same army as Verlaine."
"That's right." Swice nodded. No wonder the marshal asked him to serve as the commander of the fifth theater. The marshal must know Lieutenant General Gironde very well!
"We fought together and were promoted together. We were good brothers. We finally gained the rank of colonel and entered the Dark Demon Palace to study together." Lieutenant General Gironde said, "But I was useless. I failed three trials... and finally returned to the Dark Demon Palace."
hometown."
"why?"
"The assessment priest said that I don't have an enterprising spirit, and the commanders and generals of the coalition forces have always advocated offense first." Lieutenant General Gironde said with a wry smile, "With this comment from the priest, I had to retire, which is very embarrassing to say.
Disappointed. While waiting for the results, I practiced putting on and taking off the general uniform thousands of times."
Siwes thought of his learning experience in the Dark Demon Palace and knew that this was probably because Lieutenant General Gironde did not understand the ways of the world. In the Demon Palace, there were very few officers who could not succeed in the trial... If they did not know how to please the priests, then
It's a different matter.
"As soon as Verlaine came to me, I knew he was in trouble. How could I stand by and watch when my friend was in trouble?" Lieutenant General Gironde said, "Besides, he must have offended a lot in order for me to wear the uniform again.
Sacrifice.”
Sivis felt a little sour: Marshal Verlaine's status today has reached the point where he can meet the Dark Lord, so what kind of sacrifice will he take seriously? It would be better if he had forgotten you earlier.
"Let's part here, Your Excellency, Duke." Gironde turned around and said, "You also have your own responsibilities. Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Lieutenant General Gironde!" Swice took the initiative to shake someone's hand for the first time in his adult life, "I'm glad to be your friend!"
Lieutenant General Gironde smiled, turned around and walked down the long stairs. At the end of the stairs, there was already a group of guards waiting for him holding the flag of the fifth theater.
Siwes stood on the steps, watching the lieutenant general get on the horse and gradually disappear from sight...
"Report, sir." Someone shouted loudly outside the tent, "The chief liaison officer is back!"
"Let him in." I dropped the map in my hand and rubbed my dry eyes.
The curtain of the tent was lifted, and Mafa, covered in dust, walked in.
"Sit down." I pointed to the empty seat next to me, "What's the latest news?"
"Well..." Mafa took a big drink of water first, "Their new commander may have arrived..."
"Are we here?" I frowned, "Do you know who it is?"
"I don't know!" Mafa put down the water glass, "But the enemy army has begun to mobilize."
"Tell me more details."
I spread out another map of the entire Camp area.
"A few days ago, all the enemies were concentrated. It turned out that they were all transferred away." Mafa pointed to the map and said, "The new troops have arrived, and the number is only a lot more... We are checking the details. Now we only know that there are not only
There are regular heavy infantry and a considerable number of slave soldiers! In addition, the borders of other countries are also tightly sealed, and our intelligence in several other countries has been unable to get through."
"That's it." I was secretly shocked, "What are they going to do?"
"Their flag is still that of the Fifth War Zone, and they have established several stable camps." Mafa said, "But what is strange is that the camps are not established close to the transportation line, but roughly in a horizontal line.
Wire."
"Are they in no rush to move forward?"
"Yes, the distance between the camps is not far." Mafa said, "If we attack one of them, we will immediately be surrounded by enemies who come to support us."
"Where are they heading?"
"You can't tell it at all now." Mafa shook his head, "Anyway, every time we go to a town, we resume defense and station people, and we also organize ordinary civilians to participate in the defense. It seems like they will be stationed for a long time..."
"It seems we are in trouble." I nodded and said, "Can your people find out who their new commander is? Even a little bit will do."
"This is a bit difficult. You know, boss, our people can't get in at all." Mafa said, "But you can give it a try."
"Then you go make arrangements." I said, "Let me think about it."
What on earth do the enemies want to do? With such a formation, they appear to be fighting steadily. Could it be that they are not eager to wipe out us? Nor are they eager to repair the transportation lines. Has the Demon Alliance Army given up on these two transportation lines? This is not big.
It's possible. If the transportation line is abandoned, what will the fifth theater eat? It's not like the demon alliance is so cruel that it even gave up the fifth theater!
I wandered around the campground all afternoon and couldn't figure it out.
Because the other side had very little information, at the military meeting held afterwards, some people said that they would attack, while others said that they would retreat. Everyone was talking about it but couldn't come up with an idea.
"Retreat? Retreat to where?" I asked the officer who advocated retreat. "The order issued by the military headquarters clearly stated our mission. We must enter the battlefield first to delay the enemy on the opposite side! In other words, we must stay on the battlefield.
Here until the end of the war!"
"If we go back, we will be accused of running away from the battlefield. Nothing will happen to me, but you will all die!" I looked at the officers around me, "On the contrary, as long as we are the last unit to leave the battlefield,
, then whether we delayed the enemy or not, we have completed our mission! No one dares to make irresponsible remarks to us."
"If we fight, there will undoubtedly be losses." I looked at the officers who were clamoring to attack. "Now, we have very little information, how can we fight? The soldiers will follow us and put their lives in our hands."
, can we just throw them out?"
"So, what should we do?" Carlos asked.
"Let's wait!" I said, "Wait for the intelligence! Once the intelligence is complete, we can find their weaknesses and fight again like we did several times before! And by then, the war may be over!"
"What if there is no intelligence?" another officer asked.
"Then hide!" I said. "Camp is so big, it's easy to hide from 60,000 people. If we have the chance, we will go out and grab a handful. If the wind is tight, we will hide... Remember, don't confront each other."
conflict!"
"yes!"
After the meeting, I immediately sent an order to Haiert, asking him to shrink his troops, send more spies, and pay close attention to the enemy's movements. At the same time, I asked Moya's response troops to be prepared.
As for the enemy, they continued to build the camp unhurriedly for the next ten days, showing no signs of urgency at all.
There is no doubt that they know we exist, but they don't know where we are. We do know where they are, but we just can't take a bite!
Why can't I eat it? The reason is simple.
I once went to see it in person. Their camps were built very solidly. These troops were as if they were masons. The camps were built very solidly. They first built the prototype with wood and then replaced it with stone - it was definitely not built in a morning or afternoon.
It can be beaten down.
Moreover, these armies are well-trained and well-equipped, making night attacks even more impossible.
Around a camp, there are several other camps within a hundred miles of a straight line, and the camps on the front line are even closer together. Countless cavalry squads traverse the camp day and night. Once a camp is attacked, the troops from other camps will immediately
Messages are pouring in...
If you want to die, the army of each camp is just 10,000, and it will take you 50,000 to defeat it in two or three days! When you have just captured the camp, you will be surrounded by the enemy...
Under strong pressure, I had to order the troops to retreat again and again. We retreated fifty miles and fifty miles, and they built camps one after another... Your mother's demon alliance army wasted no money? They went to the wilderness to repair
Playing at camp?
As soon as the camp is set up, the enemy will send small teams into the surrounding towns and villages. Unlike before, they will bring food and supplies to appease the people and clear the place... People everywhere have food, and no one will flee from the famine, and there will be no wandering people.
After returning home, I no longer see the sight of hungry people everywhere. This trick is very powerful. A large part of Marfa's men have been disguising themselves as hungry people to deliver information. Now, no matter who they are, as long as they are more than three miles away from their place of residence, they will be punished.
You have to hold the path of the demon alliance!
The scope of activities of intelligence agents became smaller and smaller, and in the end they had to open up new transmission routes. Intelligence from other demonic countries actually had to go by sea!
I have a piece of information that just arrived. It has blood and water stains on it. The date is a month ago. This shows how difficult it is to deliver this piece of information!
Mafa translated the information on the side: The mountain peak reported to the boss and the big boss: Yesterday, the new commander of the fifth theater of the Demonic Alliance set out from Foxburg. Mountain No. 57 confirmed that this commander is a lieutenant general, human race, male
, about fifty years old. On the 24th of Yamaoka, he paid a lot of money to buy the orderly at the military station, and it was confirmed that this person was named Gironde, a hereditary nobleman, a viscount. On the 19th of Yamaoka, it was confirmed that this person came from the Demon Alliance, the Uruk Empire, the Empire of Sunset Plains, no one
Any official position, with a fiefdom. Shan Gang No. 11 confirmed that this person is frugal in food and accommodation, does not talk much, and has a peaceful demeanor, which is completely different from ordinary demon generals...
Mafa's subordinates, the more than forty intelligence officers lurking in the Demon Alliance's Bruck Empire, all have the code name of Shan Gang, with Shan Gang as their leader. They are all excellent officers. In their mouths, they call Ma Fa their boss.
Call me the big boss.
But just for this little information, several intelligence officers died in the line of duty...
"Order." I said, "The mountain peak has entered a dormant period. Before other orders arrive, we will only introduce the beautiful scenery and do not forcibly melt the snow."
"Yes!" Mafa raised her head and looked at me, "But..."
"It doesn't matter, the war is over after this battle." I said, "Just a few people are more precious than anything else."
"It's my fault, I didn't train them well!" Mafa blamed herself, "I couldn't get any valuable information!"
"How can it be worthless?" I said, "I didn't hold an official position, but as soon as I came out, I served as a theater commander with the rank of lieutenant general! I don't have any bad habits in life... Isn't this enough?"
Marfa blinked.
"We encountered a rock, an extremely hard rock!" I stared into the distance and said slowly, "I'm sure that either someone in the divine coalition leaked the secret, or there was a particularly cunning senior officer in the demon coalition.
If it’s the latter, we’ll be in a lot of trouble!”
Just then, Carlos arrived.
"Report to the commander," he said, "Someone from Gallia has arrived! He has brought an order from the military department and a letter from His Highness Fichet."
He said and handed me some documents.
First he opened the wax seal on Fichet's letter, took out the letter and read it.
They are said to be personal letters, but in fact most of them are battle reports given to me by Fichet, which are naturally more authentic than those obtained through other means.
"...In mid-August, what you did behind enemy lines was reported to the military. There were very few people who knew about it and they were limited to senior generals of the royal family faction, but they were all dumbfounded. When they heard about it, the prince even looked up to the sky and sighed. You are just unlucky...
…”
"...At the end of August, the demonic coalition swooped in, and the divine coalition was fully prepared. The two sides fought a battle, and the demonic coalition's offensive was slightly reduced..."
"...At the beginning of September, the divine coalition counterattacked, with seventeen legions totaling more than 500,000 troops as the main attack, six legions with a total of 150,000 troops as a feint attack, and advancing in both directions. Another 300,000 troops were in the center, with the main attack direction.
The Demon Alliance Trafal Empire. The Demon Alliance failed in the first battle, and then mobilized more than 600,000 troops to fight. In the early stage, the Divine Alliance went very smoothly, and two Bansai Empire beast cavalry legions in the feint attack direction once broke into the territory of Trafal Empire...
…”
"...In mid-September, reinforcements from the Demon Alliance arrived, and the Fire Legion and the Bansai Legion fought in succession. The Bansai Beast Legion, which had the numerical superiority, was defeated miserably. Only half of the 80,000 beast cavalry retreated, and they retreated in the direction of a feint attack...
…”
"...In late September, the main attack direction encountered the elite demon coalition forces. Tanxi's main battle army performed well. Under the leadership of Prince Letu, they detoured and then severely damaged part of the demon coalition army, defeating the enemy with a legion of 80,000 people.
There were 160,000 people in the three legions... Later, because of their love for war, they were surrounded by the demon alliance and finally broke out..."
"...Inspired by you, the Demonic Alliance Army sent several elite light cavalry teams, equipped with griffins and blood demons, to raid the rear transportation lines of the Divine Alliance Army and burnt countless grain, grass and weapons. And because the officials from the temple were shirk-passing the responsibility, the Divine Alliance Army
The coalition forces have been unable to receive supplies in the past ten days. Suffering from these repeated blows, they have to shrink their forces and gradually enter the defense...
"...In October, the demon coalition forces were adjusted and divided into four groups to carry out counterattacks, with special military units as the vanguard. The divine coalition forces suffered heavy casualties and had to gather in one place. So far, the surprise attack plan of the divine coalition forces had failed, and both sides
They all formed an formation in the middle of the dividing line between gods and demons, and started fighting in a legion-sized formation, day and night, with blood flowing like rivers..."
"...In addition, after the rear area was attacked, Prince Carl Ulysses and the military have already punished a group of officials sent from the temple. Although this move has made logistics supply unimpeded, it has made the temples of various countries excited and sent letters to heaven.
In the Island Temple, with the intervention of the three red priests, Prince Carl Ulysses no longer served as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and had set out to return home. The subsequent losses of the coalition forces in the battle were directly related to the prince's resignation.
The headquarters of the Divine Alliance Army has been controlled by the temple faction, the prince has resigned, and your whereabouts have been leaked! It is reported that the temple will also take actions in the near future, with the purpose of weakening the power of the royal factions in various countries. You must be cautious when you are on the enemy side, otherwise
Seek merit but seek no fault. As long as you come back safely, I will take care of everything here for you..."
Seeing this, I smiled casually. Although I was not so miserable that I ran away in despair, there were friends who were thinking about me and helping me solve my problems... Suddenly, a warm feeling of friendship surged in my heart, and I
, is exactly a person who needs emotional support.
"Inform the regimental commander-level officer to come to me." I turned to Carlos and finished speaking before continuing to read.
"...Everything is normal in the Dark Province and the Dark Moon Province. Elders are in good health. Your three tigresses are staying at home and watching. The other female bandit has sent several letters because it is an extraordinary period.
, His Highness read it for you without being polite. In addition to the sentiments in the letter, the letter also reminded Mr. Baiyun that the one-year period has come. If Mr. Baiyun does not show up again, the female bandit will put down all kinds of business in her hands.
The dark province has no time to stage the search for a husband. It seems that the female bandit who has not been nourished by love has become very impatient, so I have to reply a letter as Bai Yun to soothe her eagerness... Your Excellency Bai Yun's handwriting is too
It’s difficult to imitate, and because it’s very torturous to write sexy love stories, I’ll charge you a hundred punches for ghostwriting, letter paper and other miscellaneous expenses in addition…”
Seeing this, I couldn't help but be stunned: This guy dares to blackmail me! Let's see how I deal with you when I get back!
The others were orders from the military headquarters and a letter from Fichet detailing the special branches of the Demon Alliance.
"Sir!" Carlos came back, "The officers are here." (To be continued)