It is impossible to verify what kind of uproar the General Staff Officer's words caused in the Liaison Department, because all the abnormalities that occurred there that day were not recorded. And in the distant southern war zone, "the dude who peeked at the big girl taking a bath" did not immediately become a
Rumors spread for a while because the secret order was torn into pieces by the person involved, Major General Roman, in front of everyone, chewed up piece by piece and swallowed it.
Then, the major general asked like a normal person: "What's going on with the nearby Nanshang regiment?"
"In terms of changes, the steps of transporting logistics supplies have been accelerated. But I have calculated that their increased number cannot keep up with the needs of the Huayu Gorge battle." The intelligence officer replied, "In Regenburg and Huayu Gorge, the Merchant Corps Army is
The battle losses in Japan are considerable. If they want to maintain the offensive, all their magic teleportation arrays will be used to transport soldiers... Will logistics materials fall from the sky?"
"It's possible in the sky, but they don't have the ability." Roman actually considered this possibility, "Map."
"The departure point for supplies is here, here and here." Of course the intelligence officer knew what Roman needed, and immediately pointed out some transfer hubs on the map, "The one passing through us is here, and then we will follow this line to the front line. But to
So far, this is their first regular transportation, and the forward group of the Merchant Corps consumes the first supplies accompanying the army."
"Have you already calculated it?" Roman raised his eyes.
"We have counted it three times." the intelligence officer replied. "They are shipping according to actual consumption, but the quantity that will pass through us has not changed."
"It's a trap set for us." Roman straightened up with a happy face, "But this is what I've been waiting for!"
"Is our entire legion waiting for this?" the combat staff officer squeezed over from the table next to him, "Sir, how do you say this?"
"Think about it, now that the fake one has appeared, is it really far behind? This is a fighter opportunity, but it is also a crisis. The young boy from the Merchant Corps is an intelligence professional, and he is capable of plotting against people secretly."
A sneer appeared on Roman's face, "I bet this is a series of tricks. We will discover the real logistics transportation line next, and then, when we attack the real logistics line, this blatant decoy force will appear before us.
Give us a fatal blow from behind."
"Why don't we just kill the decoy troops." Regarding the commander's inference, the combat staff thought more realistically, "Aren't they afraid that we will turn around and attack the real logistics line after we kill the decoy troops?"
"It's said in the textbook that the troops used as surprise troops are not large in number, cannot fight for a long time, and have limited supplies. Son of a bitch, the book is right! The number of bait troops and their marching method must be such that we can't eat them all in one bite.
"." Roman looked at his old partner who had been deep in thought, "Then, the stupid troops will be fooled, and they will be so surprised that they turn around and attack the real logistics line, and everything will end."
"It makes sense." Under Roman's expectant gaze, the staff officer raised his head and said, "I think we can arrange it according to this idea."
"Send out all the reconnaissance forces. The two hundred-mile flank range of the decoy troops is the focus. We need to pull up the net for reconnaissance! I think about it, a place suitable for gathering our troops and suitable for the enemy troops to rush to rescue..." Roman walked back and forth around the dining table, and suddenly realized,
"River! The key is here. Only shipping rivers can meet the transportation volume! Check the rivers near the bait. The merchant army must have formed a shipping fleet!"
"Yes, sir!" The reconnaissance officer in charge was excited and quickly ran out to make arrangements.
Roman looked at the other officers and glared: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you get ready!"
The restaurant was suddenly filled with people, and the officers who had been waiting for a long time finally knew that a fight was about to begin, so they ran out like a swarm of swarms.
After the noise outside the window gradually subsided, the staff officer took a sip from the water glass and said slowly: "If the merchant army wants to complete this trap, it must have a reserve force. Why didn't you tell them?"
"What are you talking about like that? Can it change anything?" Roman sat across from his old partner, "Do you remember what a certain commander taught us? In this war, nothing is insurmountable. Even the wishes of the alliance's subordinate countries
The army has said that 'Sibiya lacks a spirit now', shouldn't our army, which has not yet appeared, be more decisive?"
"How are they?" The staff officer was silent for a moment, "That volunteer force."
"We previously contained a group of merchants and achieved some success, but the news we just received shows that they have been surrounded." Roman said, "It will probably be difficult to break out because they have to face Gironde.
"
"Farmer Gironde?" The staff officer's eyes flashed. For troops like theirs, there is no more terrifying opponent than this. Moreover, Gironde was the one who once forced Cohen Keda to a dead end.
"If we are lucky and can get out of this chain, the final opponent will probably be him!"
"It should be him. The decoy troops, the real decoy troops, the hidden soldiers, and finally Gironde...it's strange that I don't have any feeling of end. Have I become inhumane?"
"That doesn't matter, which one do you want to shoot first?"
"No one will be refused. Of course, we'll start with the fake bait. Anyone who comes out to be a bait will naturally have the consciousness to be swallowed up." Roman turned his head and looked into the distance with misty eyes, "I really want to have fun again.
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"Instead of daydreaming about peeking at celebrities taking baths, aren't there more meaningful things?" The staff officer pointed to the bulge on Roman's chest, "Don't waste others' trust."
"Yes, officer on duty!" Roman held down the package that never left his body, "When will the team from the front line arrive?"
"Sir, it's tonight, what are your orders?"
"I want to see them, you can arrange it, it's just a matter of a few words." Roman put down his hand and straightened his face, "I'm hungry, let's start dinner!"
Before the guests arrived, the independent army headquarters was about to hit the road, because the "real decoy force" had been found. It was really a shipping fleet, and the number of escorts was more than 20,000. The staff officer showed his extraordinary performance and looked at the map with a sullen face.
As mentioned above, an hour later, the Merchant Corps' ambush also showed clues - two reconnaissance teams that went to the area did not come back, which is already very clear about the problem.
In the middle of the night, the real decoy will arrive at the most suitable ambush position. By that time, the fake decoy will be ready for all battles. The war situation is extremely urgent and there is no time to waste. Major General Roman can only lead the team with full of regrets.
, the size of the fake decoy force is three legions, and the independent legion must use all its strength to eat it, and then face the other two enemy armies with a half-broken body.
It seemed that something was moved in the dark. Of course, it was more due to the conscientiousness of the star officer on duty that day. He actually brought the team from the front line to the temporary headquarters - at that time, Roman and the staff officer had already issued the order.
After receiving the final combat order, each unit also entered an ambush position, and the enemy's outpost cavalry was only one mile away from the hilltop where Roman was located.
When the leader of the guests walked to the temporary headquarters, the fearless Major General Roman's face changed drastically. He pulled down his helmet visor in a panic. As soon as the subordinates' surprised expressions appeared, they saw that the calm staff officer also had the same look.
Follow their example. Their behavior scared the guards so much that they almost arrested the guests on the spot!
The guest is a beautiful and dignified lady. To be precise, she is the widow of the governor of a certain city on the front line. Her husband has just died in a defensive battle, and her father, who is far away in the city, is critically ill. The general staff officer issued a special order to send the guest to the city.
The daughter-in-law of the imperial patriarch was taken back. But Major General Roman did not know that she was Fulan Xisuo, one of the aristocratic ladies who had a good personal relationship with His Majesty.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I am here at your request." Fulan Xisuo's petite body is covered with iron armor, with a few strands of long hair floating in the wind, and there is no trace of sadness or weakness on her calm face.
His face is white and pure.
"Dear Madam, I take the liberty of interrupting your schedule." The officers noticed that someone's voice changed shamefully, "If I had known earlier, I would not have made this reckless decision."
"Time is precious, Commander, please tell me your entrustment. I think it must be very important."
"I have something important to ask of you. This is something that Brigadier General Chatai asked Brigadier Slida, and Brigadier General Slida asked me to do." Roman thought about it and carefully took out a red cloth from his arms.
He opened the bag, revealing a piece of dark metal with a white stone inlaid in the middle. Then, he held the cloth bag in front of Mrs. Fulan Xisuo.
"Dear Madam, when you return to the city, please give this to Major General Malu of the Strategic Reconnaissance Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters. Please tell him that Chatai has been taught by him for many years and is determined to reconcile with him and wants to make peace with him.
Brothers of life and death - this forest essence stone is the eternal witness."
"Major General Maru from the Strategic Reconnaissance Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters." Fulan Xisuo took the cloth bag solemnly and held it in front of his chest, "I accept your entrustment."
"I'm extremely grateful! Madam." Roman bent down deeply, and this action made the armor plates "chirp" loudly.
Fulan Xisuo's eyes moved: "You...are Roman?"
"No!" Someone immediately panicked.
"You are, do you think I can't hear your voice? And the person behind is one of the companions who got into trouble with you, right?"
"Madam, we..." Roman struggled to say these words, "We have been punished. But if the anger in Madam's heart has not been eliminated, we are willing to bear more."
"Weren't you already punished in the park?" Fulan Xisuo shook his head, "General Roman, please look at me squarely. You are now a soldier of the empire. You, like my husband, should not show up to me."
No one bows his head except His Majesty."
Roman exhaled a painful breath, stood up, and the staff officer behind him also lifted his helmet.
"One thing you don't know is that the person who insisted on beating you in the park was none other than Your Majesty." Fulan Xisuo looked at the man with a guilty expression and said, "Your Majesty also said that you are good at singing, but the dude only knows how to sing.
Singing and peeping are not allowed, because Sibia's dandy has his own mission and responsibilities, otherwise he is a useless waste."
"That person is actually His Majesty..." Roman murmured to himself.
"Actually, the enemy you are worried about never exists, so please fight for the empire without any scruples! Commander, I take leave." Fulan Xisuo turned around and walked down the mountain.
"Madam, please wait." Roman raised his head and showed his first sincere smile since coming to the southern war zone, "Bring the horse!"
Roman said loudly: "Dandy has no other choice, but please allow me to do my best for my wife in my own way!"
"Bring the horse!" the staff officer shouted, "please allow me to march for my wife!"
The guards thought that the major general was going to see his wife off, so they brought in the horses. Who knew that the major general picked up his sword and mounted the war horse. The horse neighed and turned around, carrying Roman and rushing down the hillside.
The enemy cavalry left the outpost.
In the face of his subordinates who were almost ice-cracked, Major General Roman carried his sword and held his bow. A burst of wild and uninhibited singing rose up and resounded through the night sky: "The great cause of the empire - success in a hundred battles - there will be fewer heroes in the world!"
More than half a mile away, the outpost cavalry of more than two hundred merchant regiments stopped. They were surprised to find, under the moonlight, a horse riding from the hills on the roadside - the knight had silver armor and a bright red helmet.
Ying, and a pure black cloak. The leader of the merchant army showed a contemptuous smile, and led the people to greet them. On the way, all the people threw away their cloaks, and the golden armor was clearly marked with the mark of the Demon Palace.
"Thousands of armies are galloping - winds and clouds are surging - the Holy City will always be in my heart!" In the same heroic singing voice, the staff officer quickly caught up with Roman.
The same silver armor, the same bright red tassels and pure black cloaks, two knights with their bows fully drawn, flashed away with six points of cold light - there was a "rumbling" sound in the team of the Demon Palace Knights, and seven or eight people screamed.
Falling into dust!
"The frontier spans thousands of miles - the sun and the moon share the sky!" Followed by their personal adjutant, singing majestic and majestic, "The morning glow casts a sword! The mountains form a bow!"
In the temporary command post, all the officers who were from the First Front Army rushed out. Not one more, not too few. They were all the guys who were going back to the city to take charge of the crime. They struck the ice with their high-pitched harmonies.
The night sky: "The journey is long - the ruggedness is always the same - across the road, the dandy is the peak!"
The ghostly continuous fire started again, and the light flickered on the field bit by bit. There were only three strings in total. There were at least fifty people missing from the team of the Demon Palace Knights! Looking at the arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant enemy, the leader of the team
The Demon Palace Warrior almost burst his eyes!
"Blood - rushing!" Major General Roman, who was rushing at the front, raised his giant sword and slashed at the oncoming merchant knights! In the splashing rain of blood, his giant sword was raised again, with lightning speed.
Cut another enemy army in half, including men and horses!
"The general attack begins!" In the moonlit night, the red magic ball exploded, and the roar of the combat staff was hysterical. "Activate the entire front, you dead people, why don't you drag the officers back!"
"Blood - rushing!" The dandy companions who caught up with Roman formed a triangle formation and inserted themselves directly into the formation of the merchant army. For a moment, blood rained down, and everyone was on their backs. No one could block their head-on blow.
!
In the light and shadow caused by the waving swords, the Demon Palace warriors were shattered and scattered like chickens and dogs! The formation of two hundred people was actually penetrated by more than a dozen people at once! When they wanted to turn around and surround them, Major General Roman's giant sword flipped
, the triangular formation circled on the spot, and a dozen of the blood-stained dandies fought back along the original path. This time, each of their weapons flashed with dazzling magic light. They were extremely rare and sophisticated.
equipment!
"Kill!" The Guards who were one step behind finally arrived and inserted themselves into the formation of the Demon Palace Knights in two rows. Everyone scrambled to be first and fought for their lives. They smashed two bloody paths among the enemy at full speed, killing all of them suddenly.
The crazy officer protected him.
"Leave no one behind!" Roman raised his giant sword high, eyes wide with anger, and issued an extremely arrogant order, "Soldiers who sacrificed their lives for me!"
"Leave no one behind!" the Sibia soldiers on the battlefield responded in unison, sparing no effort when fighting, "Soldiers who sacrificed their lives for me!"
On the top of the mountain, Fulan Xisuo leaned softly in the arms of the maid, letting hot tears roll down.
The sound transmission magic spread the roar across dozens of miles of battlefield, making the cold night boil with it, and the hazy moonlight turning it crimson. Throughout the ambush battlefield, the Independent Army of the Southern Theater Command used regiments as units to attack the target at several locations at the same time.
Launch an attack... When the dudes went crazy, the first to move were a few small troops. They launched a fierce remote and magical attack on the shipping convoy of the enemy's real decoy force. Its intensity and momentum were comparable to a real ambush.
So much so that the enemy fleet immediately sent out an encirclement signal.
The Merchant Army's decoy force had three full legions with a total of 50,000 people, but they never expected that Sbia's army, which was far smaller than their own, would choose itself as the target of the attack. After receiving the encirclement signal, they immediately dispatched two
A cavalry unit with the strongest combat effectiveness rushes to support the real bait - this is the first fatal mistake. The most important thing for cavalry to fight at night is to have a clear purpose. It is extremely dangerous to change it temporarily.
Then, as usual, the three armies sorted the troops according to their combat effectiveness and lined them up one by one to launch the second wave of reinforcements - this was the second fatal mistake. Because the gaps between troops with different combat effectiveness would open up when they marched, this gave
A wide space is left open for ambushes and sneak attacks.
If it were the Northern Merchant Regiment, they would definitely not arrange it like this, because Roman's First Front Army had taught them too heavy a lesson. However, no one on the Southern Merchant Regiment was familiar with him, so this night was doomed to be tragic.
The first to make a contribution was the Guards Cavalry Regiment. With the cooperation of an equipment battalion, they penetrated directly into the enemy's command center, penetrated the merchant regiment's command camp three times, killed four major generals, and captured two legion flags! At this time, they were
The attacking merchant army just woke up from a dream and hurriedly recalled the cavalry - but they did not expect how much time and energy would be wasted by the cavalry turning around at night.
The assault infantry regiment set up an ambush at the turning point of the enemy's front army. With the support of the magician brigade, they successfully blocked the two cavalry regiments. In front of the battle formation, there was a scorched earth and rivers of blood. There was a major general and two from the merchant regiment.
The brigadier general conferred the title here! Then, he joined the Guards Cavalry Regiment to form a reinforcement force, and specially selected the enemy's infantry with the most combat effectiveness to attack.
The 1st and 2nd Motorized Infantry Regiments formed an encirclement and suppression force, advancing along the enemy's advance route from the rear, using the broken troops of the Merchant Corps Army with low combat effectiveness as weapons to crush their formation... At the same time, the troops directly under the headquarters also
Launching opposite confrontations, attacking from both front and back, and adding the freed-up Guards Cavalry Regiment, the Independent Legion achieved the greatest result of the night.
However, the merchant army did not grow up eating porridge. Although this was a night battle that they were not good at, and although they faced the extremely vicious Sibians, they still displayed their due combat effectiveness - the mountain infantry regiment was only responsible for interception.
, the battle loss exceeded 50%! The second was the Guards Cavalry Regiment. Because they had to support friendly forces all the way, they could not take into account their horse power, so most of the mounts could no longer be used. The Motorized Infantry Regiment, which was responsible for the main attack, had 10% battle damage, cooperating with the special operations of each unit.
The losses of the detachment were relatively small. The troops directly under the command headquarters were still chasing and killing the remaining enemies at dawn, so no statistics could be collected.
In this battle, the Independent Army lost more than 3,000 people, and defeated the Merchant Army with the largest force remaining between the first and second lines. The wounded were lying on both sides of the road, and scattered troops spread over a thirty-mile radius.
In the next few days, he will become the target of independent guards from all over the country. But on the other hand, the battle has caused the merchant group and military shipping fleet to shrink back, which is bad news.
"Exceeding the standard of ten to one." After receiving the report, the staff officer looked at Major General Roman and said, "The independent army's combat effectiveness is good, and our chance of winning has increased."
"This miscellaneous army was given to us by the merchant army. There are still two battles to be fought. How many people will be left by then?" Roman shook his head, "The real test is the farmer. If he commands a three-way encirclement, we will
You must be loyal to the empire."
"We are campaign commanders." the staff officer said with a smile, "it is not our turn to choose our opponents."
"Time, just give me a few days." When he said this, Roman felt regretful, "Even if I die, I can completely destroy the shipping fleet!"
It didn't take long for the battle report that night to reach the commander-in-chief of the rear army of the Merchant Corps. At that time, the commander-in-chief Gironde had just completed a battle against a certain volunteer army. Ironically, his results were not as good as Roman's, with more than 10,000 people.
The volunteers were simply defeated by him... Although nominally, these small troops filling the rear claimed to be volunteers, they were from the Sbia regular army. They were very slippery and not so easy to deal with.
"As expected, they did leave troops here." Gironde looked for the location of the battlefield on the map, "This is it."
"Yes, sir. This is the strongest unit deployed by Sibia between the first and second lines. It has a small number of personnel and is designated as the Independent Corps of the Southern Theater Command." The staff officer said, "As expected before the war, this regiment has
Not only does he have combat responsibilities, but he also commands the scattered troops in this area, and he even has connections with the volunteer troops."
"Their good days are over. The other two decoys can play a diversionary role. When will our troops be ready?"
“It only takes one day,” the staff officer replied. “With the troops reserved at the edge of the battlefield, we can quickly complete the containment of this enemy force. After annihilating it, our logistics supplies can be transported directly to Regenburg.
Outside - the front has been urging them, and they are spending a lot of money."
"In that case, we can set off." Gironde nodded, "Let's make arrangements..."
"Report!" An anxious voice outside the door interrupted Gironde, "Emergency battle report from the rear!"
"What kind of battle report will there be from the rear?" The staff officer's eyes tightened, "Is it the Sbia Navy?"
"There is no navy in the city." Gironde said calmly, "Come in."
"Report sir!" The intelligence officer who came in looked in disbelief, "The headquarters of the business group, our headquarters of the business group has been attacked!"
"Say it again!" Even Gironde couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment after hearing the news, "Who?"
"In the rear, the remaining troops at the Nanshang Regiment Headquarters reported urgently that the enemy carried out a sneak attack last night." The intelligence officer said, "Currently, the perimeter has been lost and there are riots everywhere inside."
"Who is the other party!"
"The opponent's composition is very complicated. There are volunteers, refugees, traitors, and some small nobles who are dissatisfied with the business group..."
"I understand, it's a Sibian." Gironde sighed, "Change the order, the main force will not move, send a group of people to follow me to support!"
"Sir! What should we do with the current battle?" the staff officer asked anxiously, "Besides, there are too few people in the group!"
Gironde said: "Don't you understand? They are bullying no one in our family! No matter what, I must go back to suppress the situation. Otherwise, it will be difficult to mobilize our follow-up troops and supplies, and the front war will not be carried out——
Put everything else aside for now and let the decoy troops stay put. As long as I go back, even I can be useful. Those trapped beasts don’t dare to hand me their claws. A real Sibian will not be too
many."
"Then, sir, please be careful!" The staff officer nodded, "I will ensure the smooth flow of information." (To be continued)