Mage Veigar

Chapter 169 On the eve of the confrontation
The third day after people returned to the city.

The entire city of Kareni began to come alive, and some residential buildings that had been bombed by war airships were also rebuilt. The Kingdom Army seemed to want to win the hearts of the people, so it not only opened the warehouses to release food, but also compensated the civilians who suffered losses.

Of course, these compensation materials originally came from the Imperial Logistics Department.

The Kingdom Army was calculating very well, and was trying to consolidate their rule over the city of Kareni by using this method of offering gifts to Buddha.

Unfortunately, the people of the empire don't seem to buy it.

Because the hatred between the Empire and the Kingdom cannot be wiped out overnight. Secondly, under the sudden magical bombing of the Kingdom Army, many civilians died on the spot before they had time to hide in the air-raid shelters. All these new and old grudges made the civilians of the Empire extremely angry.

Although the Royal Army encountered difficulties in winning the hearts of the people, it gained huge benefits in the intelligence war.

According to the guerrilla tactical thinking, several squads of the Imperial Army that were waiting for an opportunity to wage guerrilla warfare outside have been eliminated. The hiding places of these squads were discovered by the Kingdom's spy organizations, and then they were wiped out by the Kingdom's Army.

Hard to guard against.

This is the dilemma the Imperial Army is currently facing.

If one wants to fight guerrilla warfare in the city, one will inevitably have to deal with civilians. According to the battle plan formulated by Vega and the General Staff, they will first use Foster's "hiding troops among the people" as a transitional combat method, allowing regular troops to go deep into the people, and then rely on the people to launch a guerrilla war against the kingdom.

The initial effect was indeed significant.

The royal army might lose a horse or a cart of supplies today, or a few people might die tomorrow.

The Imperial Army can make the Kingdom Army miserable by taking advantage of the civilians' patriotism and hatred, and they don't have to worry about being caught because the civilians are more than happy to provide hiding places for the Imperial Army.

The Kingdom Army wants to find the Imperial Army?

That would require a huge amount of manpower and resources. A carpet search of the entire area would result in finding nothing even if a basement or a well was missed. What's worse, some civilians even let imperial soldiers disguise themselves as their family members.

But the good days of the Imperial Army officially ended today.

Based on the final intelligence from the ground guerrilla forces, the Royal Army relied on a powerful spy system to find them one by one and beheaded them in public in order to intimidate civilians.

While intimidating others, the Wang Guojun also posted a reward notice.

Using this carrot and stick approach, coupled with an all-pervasive intelligence war, the Imperial Army lost more than 1500 of its 400 guerrilla troops on the ground in a single day. If this continued, the hiding place of Air Raid Shelter No. 2 would be exposed.

"Captain Vega, what should we do next?"

A brigadier general from the General Staff angrily slammed the table and stood up: "If it were normal times, I would tear those damned traitors into pieces. The empire is facing a great enemy, and these unruly people are not only unwilling to help, but they are actually collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country."

Everyone turned their eyes to Vega.

Although it was just a subconscious action and no one thought there was anything wrong with it, if you pay a little more attention, you will find that the Third Army's General Staff is no longer centered around Foster, but is all waiting for Vega's opinion.

Gunther, who was good at observing people's expressions, discovered this.

His heart trembled. Through this little thing, Gunther had realized that Vega's influence might have spread to the top. If they could really get through this difficult time, Vega's network of relationships might be so huge that it would be terrifying.

A middle-level officer who can influence the top leaders and even make them obey his orders is someone that even a brigade commander like him would not dare to provoke. If he fails to handle this matter properly, he might be banned by the entire army.

but……

But Gunther understood one thing: sometimes too much influence is not a good thing, because the people in power fear the most that their achievements will overshadow their own.

Gunther glanced at Foster cautiously.

He found that Foster had narrowed his eyes, but his eyebrows were slightly raised, which showed that he was somewhat unhappy.

Gunther glanced at Vega, who was the center of attention.

He finally shook his head. It was inevitable that he would get carried away when he was young and successful. If he didn't realize this, once this matter was over, Foster would definitely not be able to keep Vega, who was so successful that he threatened his master. The greatest danger is often hidden in the calm surface.

If he had not been a noble in his previous life, he would have overlooked this detail. Although he wanted to remind Vega, he thought about it and decided not to bring trouble upon himself. It seemed that a genius was destined to be short-lived...

But at this moment, Vega spoke.

"Commander-in-Chief, what is your opinion?"

Vega was not aware that his influence had grown so great that the General Staff revolved around him. He just subconsciously thought that he should first ask the commander-in-chief for his opinion instead of making the final decision directly.

It was this sentence that made Foster's mouth twitch.

So he smiled with satisfaction and said, "Captain Vega, your opinion will be the main focus of this operation. As the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, I will fully support your plan."

"Thank you for your support, Commander-in-Chief."

Vega coughed, and then began to explain his countermeasures against the Kingdom Army’s intelligence war.

Gunther was in a trance until the end of the meeting.

I realize it. I really realize it.

The little kid actually realized this most dangerous situation, and used one sentence to hint to the commander-in-chief that he could recognize his position and would never do anything that was inconsistent with his position.

Is this intentional or unintentional?

If it is intentional, it proves that although Vega is a 12-year-old child, he is already extremely proficient in the ways of the world.

A person who is outstanding in military strength and command ability, and even well versed in the ways of the world, just thinking about it will tell you that his future prospects are absolutely limitless.

If it's unintentional...

In Gunther's opinion, it would be even more terrible if the statement was unintentional.

Because intentional actions are bound to make mistakes sometimes, but unintentional reflex actions mean that there is no possibility of making mistakes. No matter what kind of action it is, it does not prevent Gunther from changing his attitude towards Veigar.

"Brigadier Gunther, Brigadier Gunther, are you listening?"

A voice awakened the dazed Gunther. This was the second remaining brigade commander in the army and one of Gunther's current good friends. He was now on his way to the cafeteria with him.

"Sorry, I just got distracted."

The brigade commander chuckled and said, "I think Captain Vega is the god of war. Hiding soldiers among the people was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that in the face of the enemy's intelligence war, he could come up with such a great strategy of making everyone a soldier. I really want to mourn for the Kingdom Army, hahaha."

"It's so refreshing. It's so refreshing."

The brigade commander kept expressing his thoughts: "It is such a great pleasure to march and fight along with Captain Vega's war thinking. I never look forward to tomorrow coming soon."

"..."

Gunther didn't know how to respond. If he remembered correctly, in the last battle for control of the air-raid shelter, this guy completely looked down on Vega and even said that Vega's battle plan was a joke.

and……

When did hiding soldiers among the people become Vega's plan?
If he remembered correctly, it was clearly the battle plan proposed by the commander-in-chief.

Shaking these thoughts out of his head, Gunther began to look forward to the effect of the "everyone is a soldier" combat method tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)