Mage Veigar

Chapter 163 The wolf is coming

dong dong dong-

The piercing sound of sirens echoed in Air Raid Shelter No. 79.

Kent, the captain of the 37th Company of the Royal Army Airborne Division stationed here, woke up from his sleep.

alarm?

There was no mistake, he was not dreaming, the alarm was indeed sounding, and there was only one reason for the alarm to sound, that is, the air-raid shelter was attacked by the enemy.

"Damn it!"

Kent quickly rolled out of bed, without even having time to put on his military boots, and rushed to the entrance of the air-raid shelter.

When he saw the entrance to the air-raid shelter, he found that the entire company had assembled before him, so he panicked and grabbed a soldier and asked, "Soldier, tell me, why did the alarm sound? Is it an attack by the Imperial Army?"

"Report to the Captain, the Imperial Army just launched a surprise attack..."

Upon hearing the soldier's report, Kent's face turned pale on the spot, because this was an air-raid shelter. Once the imperial army launched a surprise attack from the gate, it would mean that they had no way to retreat and could only fight to the death.

"Help! Send out a distress signal immediately."

Kent suddenly had an idea and realized that the most urgent task was to send out a distress signal. As long as the distress signal was sent out, the reinforcement troops could arrive within 20 minutes, which meant that as long as they could hold on for 20 minutes, they still had a chance of survival.

"The distress signal was released when the enemy launched a surprise attack."

The deputy company commander pushed aside the crowd, came to Kent and said, "But the problem is..."

Hearing the word "question", Kent's heart skipped a beat. "Could it be that the Imperial Army is so numerous and powerful that we can't even hold out for 20 minutes? Deputy Captain, please report the current casualties immediately."

"This... is quite the opposite."

A trace of doubt flashed across the deputy captain's face. "The Imperial Army's attacking force seems to be less than 15 people, and has now disappeared. As for our casualties, we only lost one soldier."

"That's good, that's good."

Kent let out a long sigh. "Maybe it's just the stupid Imperial Army testing our strength here. It shouldn't be a big problem. Release flares again to tell the reinforcements not to come. And by the way, double the number of security personnel tonight."

"Yes, Captain."

The deputy company commander nodded and then made arrangements according to Kent's request.

Although Kent was afraid that the Imperial Army would send a large force to attack after the test, he could not leave his post without permission. Even if he knew he would die, he had to carry out his garrison mission. Even if the Imperial Army sent a large force to advance, he would still be responsible for entanglement with the Imperial Army and wait for reinforcements to wipe out the Imperial Army in one fell swoop.

With an uneasy feeling.

Kent returned to bed, fully dressed this time, with his combat boots ready for any emergency.

Kent couldn't fall asleep after closing his eyes, because he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't know where this uneasiness came from, but he knew that nothing good would happen next.

why?
As a veteran over 35 years old, his premonitions of war are particularly accurate.

As it turned out, his premonition was not wrong. Half an hour later, the alarm sounded again. This time he was the first to rush to the door of the air-raid shelter and saw three bodies lying on the ground at first glance.

The three soldiers died in the same way, with crossbow arrows piercing their throats.

As for the only survivor, after sounding the alarm and releasing the distress signal flare, he huddled in a corner, trembling, his eyes filled with fear and anxiety. "Tell me, what happened?"

Kent grabbed the other person's collar and asked loudly.

The frightened soldier finally came to his senses and said, "Captain, just now, the Imperial Army launched another surprise attack. They used crossbows to fight from a distance and caught us off guard."

"Another test? No!"

Kent immediately denied it himself: "Could it be that the Imperial Army is using the new tactics mentioned in the last meeting of all low-level officers in the army, the tactics of disturbing the enemy?"

Harass the enemy, then suddenly attack.

This tactic of combining the real and the fake is what the Kingdom Army fears the most recently. Fortunately, this tactic seems to have only been encountered once in the central area, and the 3rd Brigade had to abandon the blockade and concentrate in one place.

Originally, Kent was quite disdainful of the 3rd Brigade's words.

If you lose, you lose. Why bother to deify the imperial army? This will only disrupt the morale of the army. But it was not until today when he encountered this kind of warfare that Kent knew what disgusting meant.

Defend yourself, the Imperial Army uses dirty tricks.

If we don't defend, the Imperial Army might just attack directly.

What is even more frustrating is that according to the last meeting, the Wang Guojun’s divisional staff did not seem to have come up with any solution to deal with the current harassment tactics. The only limited solution is to gather the troops together and concentrate on defense.

But the problem is that once concentrated defense is achieved, it means giving up control of the air-raid shelter.

With no other options, Kent could only continue to hold his line and passively endure the endless harassment from the Imperial Army, which lasted for a whole day and night.

Staring with bloodshot eyes, Kent now doubts whether the soldiers of the Imperial Army don’t need to rest?
Random harassment was carried out at random times 24 hours a day. Once, they simply ignored it and were not able to react until the Imperial Army broke through the door of the air-raid shelter.

And this situation is not an isolated case.

In each air-raid shelter, the Imperial Army has more than 70 people responsible for 24-hour uninterrupted harassment warfare, and harassment warfare is one of the sub-tactics derived from guerrilla tactics. This tactic is mainly aimed at garrison troops, and its results are naturally obvious.

It was the evening of the next day.

The first troops to collapse in the Kingdom Army were not those stationed in the air-raid shelters, but the large-scale support forces responsible for reinforcing the air-raid shelters. Their task was to immediately organize troops to go to the rescue upon receiving a distress signal.

But the problem is that during these nearly 36 hours, distress signals were sent out every moment.

Restricted by orders, they could only run around, and often when they were halfway through their run, friendly forces would send a safety signal indicating that their reinforcements were no longer needed, which made the reinforcements suspect that they were being tricked.

The story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is not only applicable to Earth, it is also common in this alien world. Now the exhausted reinforcements have turned a blind eye to one distress signal after another. They just want to have a good rest at this moment.

"Report."

The door of the temporary combat headquarters of the Imperial Army was pushed open, and a scout said to Vega who was sitting in the main seat: "According to the latest news, the reinforcements of the Kingdom Army have begun to ignore any signals for help."

A bright smile appeared on Vega's lips.

He stood up, looked at the generals with dark circles under their eyes and said, "Since the Kingdom Army is unwilling to give up control of the air-raid shelter, I think the time is ripe. Next, I need to use the remaining 1500 troops to teach the Kingdom Army a painful lesson. Please raise your hands to authorize."

(End of this chapter)