"Keep your support, the devil's reinforcements are about to arrive." Travish sat in his seat and looked at the anxious and frightened people in front of him.
These great magicians have never experienced such a heavy loss, nor have they seen such a terrible failure. They are now in a state of despair, and they basically look like their dead fathers.
Although Travish's prestige is still there, the current situation is indeed very pessimistic. Originally, the puppet empire never expected that they would fail in the battle against a mortal empire. But now, they have to face this
A fact that makes them uncomfortable.
What's even more depressing is that at this moment, there is a more serious problem waiting for them to deal with. This problem is: who will stop the march of the Elansil army!
The Malun River was the boundary river between the original Puppet Empire and the Eternal Empire, and this large river rushed westward into the Central Inland Sea.
Now, this has become the most important line of defense that the puppet empire is unwilling to give up. All the new puppets and new war machines produced in the rear were piled here, and a solid line of defense began to be built.
There is no other way to do this, but everyone knows that whether this line of defense can work depends on how determined Alan Hill is to attack.
If Ailancier dispatches new floating battleships, or even puts other subsequent war machines in this direction, the puppet empire may really be unable to parry it.
Once Ailan Hill crossed the Mullen River, the richest place in the puppet empire, the fertile Three Rivers Plain, was like a beautiful woman who had taken off her clothes and was at her disposal.
Standing among the magicians, Magister Frunzberg was almost the only one with a normal expression.
He has reflected on his past and feels that standing here now is a complete waste of his life, so he no longer recognizes the puppet empire as the path he pursues, and therefore ignores the current predicament of the puppet empire.
So, he just stood there, looking at the magicians around him with great interest, looking at them as if they were mourning for their heirs, looking at their nervous and helpless looks.
"Your Majesty the Grand Magister! When will the demon's troops arrive? If their floating city can help us transport General Gusen's troops back, we can still hold on for a few more months..." A man wearing armor said,
The magician who looked like a general spoke.
Grand Magister Travish waved his hand and signaled the other party to stop, and then said: "It will take another month for their floating castle to reach the front line of the Malen River. During this period, it depends on us.
Already."
"This... Your Majesty the Great Magister, our army has collapsed now. Even the newly added troops have very limited combat effectiveness. In this case... it may not be possible to defend the Malen River." The general continued after hearing this.
complained.
He was ordered to strengthen the defense line of the Mullen River, but the number of troops in his hands was very small, and the combat effectiveness could only be described as average. Under this situation, he did not want to be a sinner through the ages and be the first to put the enemy in
Fools in the puppet empire.
So he wanted to get rid of the commander's position, but obviously Travish couldn't find a better candidate. He only heard Travish sigh and comfort him: "We still have time! Ten days later
Within, I will give you 300,000 puppet soldiers! Strengthen your army!"
After all, this is transporting puppet soldiers within the territory of the puppet empire, which is not as difficult as transporting them to the front line within the eternal empire.
For some unknown reason, the Elanshir Air Force has not bombed the territory of the puppet empire on a large scale, so everything here still looks good.
Because the transportation and manufacturing links have not yet suffered large-scale damage, the puppet empire seems to have the confidence to continue to add some equipment and personnel to the front line.
However, even so, compared with a year ago, when the puppet empire dispatched nearly ten million troops to sweep across the Eternal Empire and support the Holy Demon Empire, today's puppet empire can only be described as a dying struggle.
"Then, Your Excellency...the Eastward March Corps..." The general asked again about the Eastward March Corps, which was actually surrounded, as if he was still unwilling to give up.
Travish waved his hand again. He could no longer care about the East Marching Corps. The only role of those hundreds of thousands of troops now may be to delay the enemy and buy the puppet empire time to build the Mullen River defense line.
Who would have thought that Gushan Fortress was captured by some kind of floating warship that appeared out of nowhere before it could hold on for even a month.
In this battle, the puppet soldiers suffered heavy losses, the magician army also collapsed, and the troops of the puppet empire on the front line have entered a rhythm that they don't like, but the Elanthir Empire likes it very much.
The current battlefield situation is that the armored forces of Airan Hill have broken through the defense line of the puppet empire and entered the mode of rapid assault and large-scale movement annihilation warfare that they are good at.
In this case, the troops of the puppet empire were basically eliminated by the established forces or surrounded by mobile warfare. The puppets responded slowly and were slightly cumbersome, and were easily defeated by the Airansil troops.
On April 25th, Eiland Hill's tank vanguard arrived at East River City, which was already an important urban hub in the southernmost part of the Eternal Empire.
On April 26, the main northern armies of the puppet empire had to abandon Kalamikos and retreat to Dole at all costs.
The commander of this force, Gusen, had already learned about the collapse of the Gushan defense line. He also knew that if he led his troops to retreat from Kalamikos, the original capital of the Eternal Empire, it would be too late to cross the horse before being encircled.
Lunhe has returned to the territory of the puppet empire.
If he forced his way south, he would probably be flanked by the main force of Eiland Hill in the wild and block his way, which would make things even worse.
Therefore, he decided to defend the port city of Dorai, which was backed by the Central Inland Sea, and then gradually transport his troops back to the puppet empire across the Central Inland Sea through the port.
Of course, he also took into account the terrifying air superiority of Eiland Hill, and he also knew that Eiland Hill's air force would not be able to watch him use the Zhongneihai to retreat calmly.
But he had no other choice. This was the best retreat route he could find now.
As for whether everything will develop according to his vision in the end, it depends on the response of Alan Hill. The enemy's response is not something Gusen, the general of the puppet empire, can control.
General Gusen retreated towards Dorai with the remaining main force of the puppet empire. The situation of the eastward marching regiment of the puppet empire over there was much worse.
After all, the troops commanded by General Gusen in the north still control the vast territory of the Eternal Empire. Their retreat is relatively easy, because with the support of the city of Trier in the rear, they still have a lot of room for choice.
But the hundreds of thousands of troops of the East March Corps did not have such good luck. Once the solid defense line was lost, they were surrounded in the wilderness. There was no way to capture Nomagas, the capital of the Noma Empire, and there was no way to retreat.
There is no hope of retreating to Gushan, or even taking a detour directly back to Donghe City.
After all, Eiland Hill's troops have already appeared near the East River, and they are still hundreds of kilometers away from there.
While Travish could no longer take care of the Eastward March Corps and ended the routine war meeting, within the Eastward March Corps, a group of magicians were also holding their own meeting.
"We have no retreat. Although no large-scale enemy troops have appeared on the west side, our scouts have already encountered the reconnaissance troops of Ailan Hill more than once." A magician spoke dejectedly and raised the topic.
Another magician shook his head and said: "There is still some food, but other supplementary supplies are basically exhausted. There is no way to repair the puppet soldiers, not to mention the replacement of new soldiers, and even the parts cannot be delivered."
"Who would have thought that things would reach this point..." Their words made several magicians feel even more aggrieved, and they sighed.
"Stop talking, all I can think about now is Travish's words to convince us to return to the origin of magic." One of the magicians impatiently mentioned what happened before the war broke out: "He said that mankind has no hope.
, only by obeying the origin of magic and surrendering to the devil can we survive."
"At that time, I also felt that in terms of magic, we had no way to compete with the demon army, so we betrayed humans and sided with Travish." The magician who spoke first nodded and said, "But,
No one told me at that time that Ailanshir was so powerful! If I knew there was still hope for mankind, why would I be a traitor?"
"Yes, why do we betray our own race? We knew we couldn't defeat it before, but now... I think if we humans stop internal friction, there is still hope for victory!" Several magicians nodded in agreement.
"More than just hope... I think that although the devil is strong, the cute Lancier is also very strong, right? Who will win and who will lose... It's hard to say!" Suddenly, a few people seemed to understand something.
"We...were deceived?" A younger magician expressed the conjecture in his mind.
Ever since, a strange emotion spread among the crowd.
Sixteen hours later, under attack from both sides and with no way to go from heaven to earth, this army of hundreds of thousands surrendered to Elanthir and the Norma Empire...
On this day, the Norma Empire recovered all the lost territory on the west side, and the 5th Army Group began to move south, joining the battlefield between the Kashyyyk Empire and the Norma Empire.