As early as two days ago, the fifth corps of the NATO Treaty and Allied Forces encountered some troubles. The headquarters and the troops who were conducting reconnaissance patrols suddenly lost contact. News from some side stations showed that the reconnaissance regiment was still operating as normal.
We patrolled the area and had contact with the soldiers stationed along the line. It seemed that nothing happened, but this intermittent contact always made people feel uneasy.
So that night, the commanders of the legion decided to send the only air force to investigate on the spot. In order to prevent any trouble, the brave deputy commander personally led two groups to respond. Nothing happened that night, and the next day dawned
At that time, there was still no news from the deputy army commander. The headquarters of the fifth army decided to report the unusual situation to the headquarters of the business group. However, the people who reported the news were sent out one after another, but no receipts were sent according to the schedule as usual. Even the magician
There was no reply to my long-distance calls.
Knowing that something serious was going on, the Fifth Army Corps immediately entered a state of first-level combat readiness, with 20,000 people near the headquarters waiting to be ready.
But it wasn't until late that night that the Fifth Army discovered what kind of dilemma it was facing - almost at the same time, six streams of fire appeared directly in front, and their position and distance clearly showed that they were from the Army.
The outpost camp was set on fire!
These six outposts are distributed on different terrains, and their locations are also different. The total number of them is more than 2,000 people. They were attacked at the same time. What does this indicate? At least the word "not good" can no longer summarize it.
The situation at hand.
A healthy army has a contingency mechanism, and the Merchant Corps Army is no exception. The supporting units set off immediately. But the news they then sent back was shocking: five outpost camps had been breached, and only one was still struggling to hold on.
, and three of the supporting troops ran into the opponent's temporary ambush formation, and were covered with random arrows by the enemy's infantry, and fell into a situation where they were unable to advance or retreat.
The opponent's flag is very clear, as if they are afraid that the merchant army will not know that they are Sbia's army. However, in contrast to this, the word "enemy infantry" makes the commander and staff of the army tremble with fear - if the opponent is all
The cavalry can explain the suddenness of the attack, but if it is a large-scale attack launched by an infantry, combined with the speed, it can only show that the combat effectiveness of this enemy has far exceeded that of an ordinary army!
The commander could not show his panic, because the battle still had to be fought. So that night, the Fifth Army launched an extremely chaotic battle with the enemy. Because night fighting is an extreme type of war, it has also been fought throughout the ages.
It is one of the topics that various armies and military academies strive to achieve breakthroughs, but in the end there are very few results.
There are only a handful of troops that have made achievements in this area. The top three are the Sbia Guards, the Guards and the Expeditionary Force. The only thing the Fifth Army is thankful for is the night fighting performance of the Sbia people.
Although he is better than me, he is not much better.
No one can tell the extent of the chaos among the troops involved. But it is normal for the soldiers to be unable to find the officers, and for the officers to be unable to find the soldiers. Even in the reported battle situation, hundreds of people were crowded together to kill.
Only after they finished did they realize that they were one of their own. The two rescued each other and ran out of the battlefield, only to find out that they belonged to different camps... But in short, the Fifth Army was suppressed by the Sibia people.
After releasing magic protection for the legion camp, the magicians finally rushed to the front line, and the lighting magic flew into the sky one by one, bringing the scattered battle situation in front into bright but limited light. Soldiers on both sides took advantage of this opportunity to enjoy themselves
Fight for a while, and try your best to hide before the magic expires. Because the bows and arrows of both sides will cover the battlefield when darkness comes again - under these conditions, archery is the duty of the archers. As for what will happen in the end?
Whoever has the head on his head is in charge of the gods!
After several rounds, the situation became more and more chaotic. The staff officer of the Fifth Army put it on the table whether to send troops to break out of the encirclement. But it was at this time that faint thunder sounded from both sides of the army camp. It was not actually thunder.
Instead, the horses were galloping, but in the dark night, the majestic sound was very frightening - sending troops to break out and deliver a message? When the reconnaissance group and flying troops were missing, and magic was useless, the merchant group army
We can only send infantry here. Can they outrun the cavalry?
"We hold on," the legion commander said to the staff officer. "We occupy the most dangerous passage and have sufficient supplies. No matter what they want to do, this is a thorn in their side. They can't eat more than 20,000 people in one bite!"
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"This is a way." said the staff officer, "but what I'm afraid of is that they have follow-up plans, but the business group headquarters knows nothing about it."
"The passages on the left and right sides are not wide. As long as we are stable, the opponent can only pass by slowly. Thousands of people a night is the limit, not to mention the logistical drag." The commander was very calm and showed his academic style.
Expressed, "If these people rush over, I'm sure the prince will have a way to deal with them, but if we are caught while moving, things will be ruined to the extreme."
"Okay!" the staff officer acquiesced to this reality, "I will try my best to repair the communication."
"Sir, please evacuate the tower immediately!" Several guards officers rushed to the tower and dragged all the generals down. "The enemy's long-range attack is about to begin!"
They had not taken a few steps down the tower when a shrill cry rang out: "Alarm - fireball!"
Everyone looked up and saw that on the distant sky, two or three small red dots were flying towards here rapidly, and their size was getting bigger and bigger.
"Protect sir!" In an instant, more than a dozen officers pounced on the legion commander and staff officer.
"Boom!" The tower behind was directly hit by a huge fireball, and a third of the upper platform immediately collapsed, with sparks flying everywhere!
"Get up! Go away!" The legion commander showed his head in the crowd. Because he was crushed by more than a dozen strong men, his academic style disappeared along with the trousers on his military trousers. "It's just throwing stones, it's not like that."
I’ve never seen it! Are you women? Get out of here! Let me go to the front line to supervise you - no matter who takes a step back, let me handle military law!"
"Yes!" The officers dispersed in disgrace.
"I've taken care of the matter of holding on." After getting angry, the legion commander patted the staff officer's uniform and said, "Staff officer, you have to be a little tired. In addition to restoring communications, you have to prepare some counterattack force and seize the opportunity to make some money.
Get it back cheaply – just sticking to it won’t do.”
"I'll make arrangements right away." The staff officer nodded and left.
The legion commander looked at the front line, then turned to look behind him, and sighed secretly: "The Sibyans have gone crazy. I hope the prince can see through all this."
The legion commander did not guess wrong. At least from the map, the Sibia people were indeed crazy. But he only guessed the start of Sibia correctly. He did not expect the next trick of the Sibia people - just before he
The Fifth Army Corps stood firm in place, and when he thought he had the chokehold on the battlefield, his rear was already in chaos!
Counting from the time when the Fifth Army was attacked before midnight, at dawn the next day, the three small towns behind the army had been occupied by the Sibians; at noon, the Sibians advanced seventy miles behind the army; at dinner time,
The Sibian forward has crossed the Fifth Army's defense line for 150 miles!
The Sibia people had no logistics and no need for logistics, because they had turned over several supply warehouses behind the Fifth Army. The troops that broke into the battle line advanced with great speed, even faster than those merchant soldiers who reported the news.
If you move quickly, the defenders along the road will be caught off guard and knocked unconscious - because all the Sibians are cavalry, even the infantry attacking the city are on horseback!
This front was set up to defend the Liva army. According to the merchant army's intelligence, the Liva Empire did not have a large-scale cavalry force at all. In fact, the Liva Empire did not have a large-scale cavalry force. So.
The layout of the Merchant Corps Army was mainly defensive infantry, occupying difficult terrain and traffic chokepoints, destroying other passages, and deploying a small number of defensive troops at key points - they never expected that this line would be attacked by cavalry. Sibia's cavalry
Did the Legion fly here?
In front of the cavalry, the merchant army's arrangement became very bad. Key cities were bypassed, medium-sized cities were burned, and small towns were occupied. It took them two days to open up a road more than a hundred miles wide behind the fifth army.
, with an attack surface two hundred miles deep, they captured more than thirty camps and towns... but the Fifth Army's eyes and ears have been blocked by them, and they were pinned down by some of the restrained troops and unable to move.
However, the Merchant Corps Army behind them had better luck than the Fifth Army, because they could at least send people to call the police. In fact, while these messy information about the attack was still flying on the road, the Merchant Corps headquarters received the alarm——
The beacon tower that had been unused for a long time lit up the warning signal, and the thick fireworks soared upwards and continuously passed to the window of Prince Ulysses.
This at least buys the business group a day of response time!
No one knows who lit the beacon yet. They only know that at the other end of the beacon are three peaks that were lit one after another!
Then, a series of detailed information of a similar style was sent back, and it was more accurate and detailed than the general information of the troops under attack. The opponent's legion composition, unit number, offensive route, and strategic and tactical aspects were all investigated in depth.
, and the authenticity has been verified one by one. The Business Intelligence Department even gave this series of intelligence a nickname, "Smuggling Intelligence."
Because all the information was sent back through an ordinary smuggling line, and the signature was a small lieutenant.
However, the battle situation was still chaotic. The enemy, the Sibia 1st Front Army, took a short rest after crossing the Fifth Army Corps, and then launched a second wave of attacks into the hinterland of the Merchant Corps Army! A simple double-arrow offensive, pushing side by side, and using
The three-hundred-mile divine land began to weep. Now, not far from the front of the First Front, there is an important material transfer hub, which was set up for the upcoming attack. But according to the previous record of Sibia
Look, this important material base must have been exposed!
If the base fails to escape the disaster, then the Northern Merchant Group's attack on the city will be delayed, which is a big responsibility. However, the arrangement of the merchant group is according to the plan, and there are no mobile troops near the base at this time——
If you want to rescue, you must use your trump cards. This choice is not made by the General Staff and Operations Department.
"Everyone, please relax, this war has not officially started." When the head of the staff department and the operations department came to request punishment, Prince Ulysses did not look strange at all. Instead, he asked the attendant to serve snacks for everyone. Then,
The prince sat on the loose sofa and said, "You are all senior generals, so let me ask a question first. What is the situation of the First Front in Sbia?"
"According to the smuggling information, the First Front Army has 25,000 men, divided into twelve regiments, all equipped with war horses, and has been hidden in the Liva Empire for several years." Someone from the Intelligence Department replied.
"Why did they choose this time to attack?"
"I want to disrupt our offensive steps." A major general from the operations department replied.
"Maybe! But that is not our main attack direction. How long will it affect us? It will be enough for half a month." The prince smiled faintly, "With the size of three cavalry legions, it will not be easy to hide in Riva for several years. If we change
Is it you who would use it like this?"
All the generals shook their heads.
"This should be a very useful ambush. If they choose to attack us at any other time, the consequences will be much more serious than now." The prince said slowly, "Wait for the city.
Could it be that they didn’t know this result, so why did they send this troops here? Did they accidentally take the aphrodisiac? "
"Judging from the opponent's attack situation, it is obvious that they acted with a plan..." the general of the Intelligence Department replied, "For this reason, they did not hesitate to expose some lurking personnel, especially the intelligence personnel in the Fifth Army. Basically, after the exposure,
Absconded."
"The Sibia people are very cunning, and they will often come up with ideas that subvert common sense. The most terrifying thing is that they dare to use them in practice." The prince smiled again, "Everyone, you belong to the business group at least in name, so please
Think about it with a businessman's mind, the Sibia people have made a big investment this time... What should they get back so that it is not considered a loss?"
"At least... they have to control the process of the local war!" The director of the operations department finally spoke, and he also grasped the key.
"A local war is not entirely correct, but it is almost the same." The prince nodded and put away the smile on his face, "Then, we assume that the first front army's raid can be successful, but this result can achieve their goals.
?"
"No!" This is something that every general can make a correct judgment on, and after being enlightened to this extent by the prince, what everyone thinks next is not far from the real situation. So, in the prince's room
The situation started immediately, but the prince himself turned away his eyes generously and allowed his men to discuss the situation of the war.
"They are probably decoys." Soon after, the head of the Intelligence Department summarized the opinions of his colleagues and finally concluded, "The purpose is to obtain accurate information about our army - because we have done a good job of keeping secrets, they can only attack us
Only by understanding the key points can we get the answer from our army’s next response.”
"Yes, this is the true plan of the First Front of Sbia, and it is also the crux of the problem that makes us uneasy." The prince picked up the tea cup and said calmly, "Now you know the other party's intention, but next
, can you come up with any methods to deal with it?"
"It's difficult, because it's a question of trade-offs." The head of the intelligence department replied, "If we don't want to expose the in-depth intelligence of our army, then our mobile troops cannot be dispatched; but if the mobile troops are not dispatched, the material base can only watch.
was captured."
"Well, what do the Operations Department have in mind?" The prince didn't even raise his eyes, seeming to be focusing on the changes in the tea cup.
"I advocate giving up the base!"
This sentence made the generals' eyelids jump.
"The First Sibiya Front Army is a highly mobile force. Even if we send troops with corresponding capabilities to chase us, it's hard to say whether we can catch up with anyone. Then let them attack the material base!" The director of the operations department took two steps forward.
, because the operations department is far more familiar with the troops than other departments, so the general's words are also the most practical, "We will mobilize conventional troops nearby to carry out containment, cooperate with some small-scale special forces, and let them suffer a little torture first.
...If they don’t give up their base, they may be surrounded and annihilated by us; if they give up the attack, our losses will not expand. No matter how you calculate it, we will make the biggest profit.”
"You have to provide enough business capital. A stingy person cannot become a rich man." The prince was not satisfied, "Order!"
The generals in the room stood at attention with a snap.
"The fifth army and the front line against the Liva Empire formed an independent third theater. In principle, they will not participate in the attack on the city."
"yes!"
"The third theater focuses on solid defense, and maintaining military presence is a credit. You must equip it with an independent command structure and logistics system as soon as possible, as well as some special forces, and then deploy two nearby infantry corps to strengthen the defense line."
"yes!"
"The other troops follow the procedures." The prince put down the cup, "They must follow the steps and follow the instructions to the letter."
"Yes!" Seeing that the prince did not continue, the director of the operations department asked cautiously, "Then the First Front of Sbia..."
"You can't force a good outcome for this kind of thing." The prince shook his head, as if sighing, "But our luck is not bad enough. There is a troop going to the front line, and it happens to be passing near there..."
"Nearby troops?" The director of the operations department searched his brain and couldn't think of any troops nearby that he didn't know about. Instead, the adjutant of the intelligence department winked at him, and he finally understood, "Could it be..."
"It's my little boy." The prince nodded, "If we can't win, it can drag on for a few days. At least it will prevent them from attacking the material base in peace and contentment."
After listening to the prince's words, the faces of the generals in the room relaxed a little.
"Even if the Third Independent War Zone is destroyed, don't be distracted here at the headquarters. The military command will move to the front line tonight as planned." The prince ended the conversation, walked to the door, turned around and said, "Let Adler