Mage Veigar

Chapter 139 Battle Night
800 remnants defeated a regiment?

Just kidding!

This is definitely a joke!

As a mid-level officer who graduated from the Central Military Academy, Wolfe could not possibly believe such words, which could not be said to be a joke.

Maybe to an outsider.

It doesn't seem to be difficult for 800 troops to defeat 1600 troops. Isn't it just 800 more people?

But is this really the case?
In a war of blood and fire, how can you defeat the enemy with a smaller force just by talking?

A real war requires consideration of many factors.

First of all, there is something so mysterious as morale.

A fearless army, even if their predecessors were cannon fodder or scum, is enough to fight against elite troops.

And where does morale come from?

Number of people, supplies, equipment, faith, reinforcements, situation...

These countless factors constitute the so-called morale of a unit.

Now let’s analyze it carefully.

Among these numerous factors, is there anything that the Imperial Army possesses but the Royal Army does not?
How many people?

Supplies, equipment, and even faith... ?
Feel sorry!

The Imperial Army, which had just experienced a magical bombardment, did not possess any of the above factors for victory.

On the other hand, the Kingdom Army.

Whether it is the gap in troop strength or the support from the rear, the Imperial Army cannot compare to them. Even in terms of faith, they are determined to win and have revenge, while the Imperial Army is just mechanically executing the orders of the young officer in front of them.

You can tell who is strong and who is weak at a glance.

In the eyes of Wolfe, a professional soldier, only an amateur with no command experience would easily say such big words as defeating the enemy with the few, defeating the strong with the weak, and even defeating a regiment with 800 remnants.

Not to mention doubling the military strength.

In a real war, even an extra battalion of 120 people is enough to affect the entire battle situation.

With a difference of 800 troops, plus differences in various factors, even a truly super general in the empire would not dare to make such a big claim to win under such circumstances, let alone a child officer who has not even attended a military school?

Wolfe's face was full of anger and disdain.

What makes him angry is that Vega is playing with the lives of soldiers, and what makes him disdainful is that they are young and ignorant and treat war as a joke.

Child's play?

Just kidding!
In Vega's view, war is an unprecedented game in which wise men play with the lives of fools at will. This is a game in which only wise men are qualified to survive, and the stakes of this game are lives.

The life-threatening war game has begun.

The professional brigade deliberately slowed down their pace and really lured the enemy into the trap. The enemy also fired a flare for help as expected. So what they had to do now was to kill the 400-man army that had fallen into the trap.

"Everyone get ready."

"3, 2, 1, shoot!"

The 1st to 5th squads occupying the commanding heights in the north collectively released arrows, instantly stunning the pursuing troops.

"Behind, there are crossbowmen behind."

The Kingdom's army was in a panic. One round of volleys caused them to lose nearly 20 soldiers. Although it was not a serious matter, the most crucial thing was that this harassment allowed the enemy's professional squadron to successfully leave the battlefield and disappear into the night.

Since the target had disappeared, Bill could only set his target on the building where the arrows were fired. So he gave an order and rushed to the place where the arrows were fired, but how could a large-scale army be as flexible as a small team of 10 people? When they arrived at the place, what was waiting for them was not the Imperial Army, but another round of volleys.

"Imperial Army bastards!"

If he was teased a few more times, when the troops lost nearly a hundred people, he could no longer bear it and organized a team of five professionals to rush to the place where the arrow was shot first.

With the speed of professionals, they certainly won’t let the team of 10 people escape.

But don't forget that Vega's professional brigade is on standby at all times. In addition to harassment tactics, their mission is to confront and block the enemy's professional forces and protect the safety of friendly ordinary forces.

Four of the five professionals of the Kingdom Army were killed before they even got halfway there.

The remaining one, thanks to his agility, managed to avoid the ambush of the Imperial Army professionals, and was now attacking the 10-man ordinary squad that had not yet had time to move to the next target location.

"Captain, a professional is catching up with us."

A soldier who was left behind quickly reported to the captain of the makeshift team. After all, the 10 of them were just ordinary people and were not enough to be killed by a professional.

"How many? A professional?"

"Deputy Captain, take out my heavy crossbow!"

The team leader let out a loud roar, took the heavy crossbow from the deputy captain, turned a corner, and aimed the heavy crossbow at the pursuing professional in the dark, while the first-level professional was completely unaware.

Turn the corner.

The professional saw the captain's bloodthirsty expression, and...

call out--

The bow is like thunderbolt and the arrow is like a meteor.

The arrow from the heavy crossbow flew accurately towards the pursuing professional. Since the team leader released it at close range in a blind spot, and the professional turned a corner and hit the muzzle of the crossbow, he had no way to dodge the arrow.

flutter!
The crossbow arrow from the heavy crossbow pierced the professional's heart, and there was disbelief in his eyes before he died.

The team leader snorted disdainfully and quickly pulled back the arrow in two steps.

It is true that professionals have magical defense that can ignore any ordinary weapons, but in order to target the magical defense of professionals, the war research departments of various countries are also trying their best to develop weapons that ordinary people can use to shoot and kill professionals.

The magic-storing crossbow is one of them.

The crossbow is just an ordinary crossbow, but the arrows are made of magic storage materials. This material has the function of storing the magic power of professionals, but the cost is extremely expensive. Generally, a regiment-level unit will only be equipped with one box of such arrows, and professionals are required to replenish the magic power of the arrows regularly.

Because the magic power in the arrow will be lost over time.

Although it is true that this type of arrow can kill professionals, it is easy for professionals to dodge it due to their agility, unless they can shoot the opponent at almost zero distance like this team leader.

Due to this limitation, this weapon rarely appears.

But less does not mean none. After all, Wolfe's troops were a fully staffed standard regiment.

At this point in the battle, there is no suspense.

The Kingdom's army came in a hurry, without occupying the commanding heights or defensive buildings, and without planning a retreat route. They were like headless flies, slowly consumed by the small-scale troops organized by Vega until they were completely defeated.

Bill and his remaining soldiers, numbering less than 30 men, huddled in the house.

The only thing they could do now was to pray that the support troops would find them before the Imperial Army. Apart from that, they dared not even show their heads, because once they did, they might be discovered by the Imperial Army and shot into hedgehogs in an instant.

Bill looked at the dilapidated roof, with only one thought in his mind -

Urban warfare may not be a blessing from heaven for the Kingdom Army, but the beginning of a nightmare.

(End of this chapter)