In the dim basement, a middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous magic robe but with a slovenly appearance sat in his seat, staring blankly at the huge local war zone map in front of him.
He is Magister Rudolf, the commander-in-chief of Gushan Fortress, responsible for commanding the nearby army of more than 300,000 puppets, as well as the more than 300,000 magician legions of the puppet empire.
This number still sounds scary, but in fact this force is not as powerful as imagined.
Because the 300,000 puppet soldiers actually have no combat effectiveness. They are just cannon fodder and make up the numbers.
And the remaining 300,000 magician legions are no longer the true magician legions that were once invincible in the world.
In this army of 300,000 people, more than 30,000 are low-level magicians recruited from the Eternal Empire and the Holy Demon Empire. Their combat effectiveness is actually not strong.
Among the remaining 270,000 people, there are still more than 200,000 ordinary soldiers from the puppet empire and other magic empires. These soldiers have no magic fighting ability. What they rely on are Mauser 98k rifles and some individual rocket launchers.
and weapons such as anti-aircraft guns.
These weapons are all the same type of weapons imitated by Landseer, and their power is even more uneven. Therefore, these so-called magic legions should actually be called "human soldier legions" more accurately.
As for the remaining more than 70,000 magic legions, they are indeed the elite of the puppet empire, and some of the magicians are indeed high-level magicians. However, compared with the magic legion at the beginning of the war, the overall strength of this army has also dropped significantly.
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The real magic army was actually the terrifying force that the 1st Army encountered in the Holy Demon Empire. It was a force that could fight fiercely for several hours with the most elite force in Ailanhir, and almost broke through.
The strong force of the 1st Division defense line.
That army is the magic legion, a well-deserved magic legion. Now, such a magic legion actually no longer exists. The magic legion in front of us is just a magician army reorganized by a large number of added magicians.
They do not have heavy weapons such as magic war machines, nor support from monsters such as dragons and demonic snakes. They even have very few high-level magicians.
After a patchwork of things, this army barely managed to reach a size of more than 70,000 people, but in fact there were children around 15 years old and elderly people over 180 years old among them.
Many of the new magicians lack practical experience, and many even just engage in magic research on weekdays...
In fact, such a magic legion has very limited combat power, and it is difficult to defend its own position, let alone fight a decisive battle with the elite main force of Ailan Hill.
Commanding such a force to defend a fortress with very few reinforcements and extremely scarce supplies, Magister Rudolf felt that his clever wife could not make a living without straw, and it was as if there was no hope.
In fact, his commanding ability is very average, and he is not considered a clever woman, but he feels good about himself and thinks that he is a famous general in the world, so he thinks that he is a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice.
In the past three days, he lost about 10,000 puppet soldiers, but only 192 puppet soldiers were supplied from the rear... Under this situation, the troops he commanded were seriously damaged at a speed visible to the naked eye.
shrink.
Yesterday, more than 20,000 people were killed in the so-called magic legion under his command. Ailan Hill did not let the enemy go because they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, but stepped up the offensive and defeated the puppet empire.
Including the previous losses, there are now less than 300,000 fighting troops left in Gushan Fortress. There are about 100,000 humans and 200,000 puppets.
Why are there so many puppet soldiers left? Because although there are few, there are still puppet soldiers that can be replenished one after another, but the puppet empire can no longer replenish human soldiers.
There is no way to replace the defectors from the Eternal Empire and the Holy Demon Empire, that is, the magicians who have defected to the Puppet Empire.
And the magicians from the puppet empire cannot withstand the consumption, and there is no way to replenish them to the front line on a large scale.
After all, the Puppet Empire has lost most of the areas where cannon fodder was produced. Now almost all of the Holy Demon Empire has been occupied by Elanthir. Although most areas of the Eternal Empire are still under the occupation of the Puppet Empire, there are very few people who voluntarily join the army.
No one is stupid. When the puppet empire is in full swing and singing its triumphal song, there are still some speculators who are willing to take refuge in it in exchange for better treatment.
But now, the puppet empire is retreating steadily, and everyone can see that Ailan Hill has the advantage. Wouldn't it be sick to seek refuge in the puppet empire at this time?
"Sir! Lord Kuruman has retreated from the front line! His troops have been almost completely lost, and almost all the defensive positions on the northern periphery have been lost..." A waiter came in and stood behind Rudolf, who was slumped in a chair.
, opened his mouth to report the bad news.
The magic lights in the basement are extremely dim, giving people an unreal sense of despair and helplessness in the end of the world.
Magister Rudolf, who was only a little bit away from the Grand Magister, raised his head and looked at his attendant. His gray beard trembled slightly and he asked unnaturally: "The outer position is lost? How can he have the nerve to come back?
?How come you still have the nerve to come back alive?"
"Isn't there Shrek the Great Magician on the flank? He also has more than 10,000 soldiers..." The next second, as if grasping some life-saving straw, Rudolf remembered that there was another warrior on the outer defense line.
exist.
This commander is one of the most powerful generals within the Puppet Empire. His personal fighting ability is not bad, and he is also fierce and fierce in commanding operations. In the previous battle to attack the Eternal Empire, his performance was very eye-catching.
"Shrek the Great Magician...I heard, I heard that he...he committed suicide by taking poison." The waiter looked ugly, lowered his head and replied softly.
"I heard?" Magister Rudolf frowned, very dissatisfied with this uncertain news.
"Yes, I heard! The position in charge of Shrek the Great Magician lost contact not long ago. The magician who finally came back said that Mr. Shrek the Great Magician must live and die with his own position." The waiter hurriedly replied.
"..." Upon hearing the news, Magister Rudolf sighed. He didn't know what to say, so he could only remain silent helplessly.
Another warrior loyal to the empire just withdrew from the stage of history, leaving so quietly that not many people could even remember such a name.
In this world war, there were too many such fools or brave men. They perished in the corner, and their deaths seemed not to make even a single ripple in history.
"The man who retreated said that he prepared poison and took it after the magic was exhausted. He said he was determined not to be a prisoner..." The waiter continued to explain.
He had also heard these words, just hearsay. It was impossible for him to see Shrek the Great Magician commit suicide and die for his country with his own eyes, and it was also impossible for him to verify the news.
After all, that position is now the occupied area of Alan Hill, and anything that happens there is a mystery to the puppet empire.
No one even knows whether the great magician who committed suicide actually committed suicide or surrendered. Ailan Hill will not publicize it, and the puppet empire has no spies to waste on probing such news.
The waiter paused when he said this, and then continued: "Later, someone saw that Ailan Hill's troops occupied the high ground where Shrek's great magician is..."
"No one saw him retreating back... So, it seems that Shrek the Great Magician, maybe, maybe, almost... died for his country." Seeing Commander Rudolf's face getting more and more ugly, the waiter said this.
By the time, the voice was so low that even he himself could not hear clearly.
Before Magister Rudolf could say anything, the waiter immediately raised his voice, changed the topic and asked: "Master Magister, Archmagister Sam sent someone to ask, do we want to fight back and try to regain the outer defensive position?
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"Counterattack? I can't even fire bullets for front-line soldiers now. How can I fight back? Ah? What can I use to fight back?" Rudolf suddenly became hysterical, slapped his hands on the armrests of the chair twice, and shouted angrily.
Said: "Let Kuruman go! Let him take the rest of his people to counterattack! Take back the position he lost!"
"This...isn't this possible?" The waiter quickly suggested: "Kuruman's... troops have just been defeated on the battlefield. If we force them to fight back now, I'm afraid it will cause a mutiny!"
"They shouldn't have retreated in the first place! Why? Still mutinied? Do they still dare to rebel? Let him fight for me! If he doesn't go, I will execute him!" Magister Rudolf ordered unbelievingly.
The waiter touched his pocket and saw a land deed to Bulkland in Centipede City that Kuruman had bribed him. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to send the troops of Sam the Great Magician. There is still a chance of regaining the position."
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After thinking about it carefully, I felt that what the waiter said made sense, and Magister Rudolf was a little shaken in his thoughts.
This is also due to the fact that the military command system of the puppet empire is so backward that the waiters dare to talk too much about this kind of command issue. Leave it to Airan Hill. This is the job of the staff department. Which correspondent and guard dares to give advice to the commander?
idea?
"Then let ArchMagister Sam personally lead the troops to counterattack... As for Kruman, let this bastard reflect on it! If there is another time, I will execute him myself!" Magister Rudolf finally felt what the waiter said.
That was right, so he changed his order.
In his heart, he repeatedly warned himself that he should not be swayed by anger and make irrational decisions.
The waiter who walked out of the room to deliver the order rubbed his fingers on the land deed with a proud smile on his face.