Mage Veigar

Chapter 183 The Correct Way to Sell Out Your Teammates
Kingdom Army, War Airship No. 72.

The commander of the 1st Airborne Division, Ingliel, leaned over the window of the airship, puffing out smoke in annoyance.

More than a month ago, he was one of the most influential and powerful generals in the Kingdom's First Army. The First Airborne Division under his control had the most resources in the entire army and was the elite among the elite.

But half a month ago, he was defeated.

The battle of Kareni caused him to lose 85% of his troops, and he himself was almost killed by the enemy.

When he returned to Gasili City, he became the laughing stock of the entire army.

Even the commander-in-chief of the army group told him clearly that the 1st Airborne Division would not be reorganized. As a result, he was reduced from a powerful general to a division commander who was not even as powerful as a brigade-level officer.

2600 ordinary troops, a squadron of mages, a brigade of professionals, and a war airship were all that Ingrir had left. He was completely kicked out of the gaming circle of reaping military merits.

The other generals were plundering and enjoying their victory.

He was the only one who had not only done nothing, but had also done something wrong. He even suspected that he would be prosecuted in a military court after the war. This feeling of falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley almost made him, a general who was at the peak of his career, cry.

What he couldn't stand the most was...

Yesterday he received an order from his superiors to occupy and plunder a medium-sized city.

How could he, a general, be asked to carry out the mission of a regimental-level or deputy-brigade-level officer?
This clearly tells him that we won't be taking you to play the fun part and we'll just let you go to a random city and watch us harvest military merit.

boom!
Ingrid punched the window in anger.

"Damn it, damn it, this is all that brat's fault!"

Ingrid recalled the final scene of escaping from Kareni -

A young child wearing the uniform of the Imperial Army and holding the Imperial flag with a black background and a red eagle stood on a high city wall. Like a supreme emperor, he led an army of millions and completely destroyed his last glimmer of hope.

It was only then that Ingrid finally understood.

It turned out that the one who defeated him was not Foster, but the child who was about 12 years old. Only a child like this could come up with such shameless and obscene tactics.

But from an objective point of view.

He still admired this child officer very much, because not every officer had the ability to reverse the situation and mobilize a million-strong army at any time. If he switched camps, Ingril believed that his chances of turning defeat into victory would not exceed one percent.

"Report, the airship is still 400 meters from the ground."

The adjutant's voice interrupted his thoughts. Ingril waved his hand and said, "Let the magicians clean up the area and start the landing operation as planned."

Boom boom boom——

A few pyrotechnic explosions fell, and a large area of ​​space was immediately cleared in the forest, and the war airship began to slowly descend.

This is the conventional combat method of airborne troops of various countries.

The airborne troops will land in advance at a location that is conveniently located away from the target city, and then the war airship will take off again to carry out the first round of bombing on important buildings in the target city, such as the city gates, government buildings, law enforcement bureaus, military camps, bridges, etc.

The bombing is over.

The ground forces took advantage of the situation to attack the city and, under the cover of the war airships, wiped out all resistance forces.

This type of combat method was also used in the last attack on the city of Kareni.

Generally speaking, war airships would never carry airborne troops to land in the city, because one war airship was large enough to accommodate a reinforced regiment. If it was shot down by the enemy's air defense forces in the middle of the first round of bombing, the consequences would be disastrous.

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When the airship reached an altitude of 400 meters.

Vega suddenly realized that the Kingdom Army was conducting a landing operation.

Later, several flame explosions used to clear the landing site, as well as the war airship that continued to descend, made Vega certain that the enemy was not coming for them and had not even discovered them.

Since it is a landing operation, what is the target city?
Vega hurriedly took off his backpack, rummaged around, and took out a detailed map of the northern military. "Brother Vega?"

Fok looked at Vega who looked strange and said, "Have you discovered something? This war airship doesn't seem to be heading towards us. As long as we pay attention to hiding, is it possible to avoid them..."

"impossible!"

Vega drew a circle at the current location with a red marker, then pointed to the nearest city and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Kingdom Army wants to attack this city of Lancol."

"Doesn't this mean that we will definitely run into the Kingdom Army?" Fock's face was full of despair.

Although the caravan's route does not need to pass through the city of Lancol, it must continue to advance along the fork in the road to the east 20 kilometers ahead. If the kingdom's army wants to attack Lancol City, it must march along the fork in the road to the north 10 kilometers ahead.

The marching speed of the kingdom’s army is naturally not comparable to that of the caravan.

In other words, the Kingdom Army will inevitably catch up with them within the 10 kilometers of the journey.

Continue to hide and let the Kingdom Army take the lead?
This is simply unrealistic. The war airship itself is equivalent to a radar. Any movement on the ground can be detected by the wind magicians and word magicians on the airship, not to mention the enemy's scouts...

In other words.

Running away is a dead end, and continuing to hide is also a dead end.

Then the only option is war!
Vega turned to the crowd and said, “You all have heard me, I think the situation is clear now. Running away or sitting there waiting to die is not realistic. We cannot be faster than the Kingdom’s war airship, so please be determined to fight to the death.”

"Why, why is this happening?"

"Can I not die?"

"Is it really impossible to escape?"

The faces of the more than one hundred people in the caravan were filled with sadness.

At Vega's suggestion, Fok immediately stepped forward and said, "Everyone, cheer up. Escape means death, fight means death. I don't need to tell you which one to choose. But I'll make it clear in advance that if anyone escapes alone, don't blame me for letting him go first."

Everyone in the caravan tried to cheer up.

Anyway, both sides will die. It is better to die in the battle than to die miserably at the hands of butler Fok.

Having said that, this group of people did not have the slightest morale, because they were not soldiers after all, and they had no awareness of death at all, so they were thankful that they did not flee in all directions.

Through his natural performance, Vega finally aroused everyone's fighting spirit.

He also took this opportunity to secretly say to Fok, "Butler Fok, I wonder if the previous deal still stands?"

Fok's eyes lit up, and he answered almost immediately, "Of course it counts."

Although Vega did not think that he and Silis could escape from the kingdom's war airship, with the elemental mage Fok and a hundred people attracting firepower, maybe there was a 0.1% chance of escaping?

As long as there is this 0.1% chance of survival, you can give it a try.

After all, it is better to gamble on this 0.1% chance of escape than to sit and wait for death.

Vega picked up the telescope again and observed the Kingdom Army.

It is not enough to make the caravan members willing to die. Now we need to formulate a battle plan to delay time. Even if we have to sell our teammates, we have to "package" them well so that we can sell them at a high price.

But at this moment.

Vega looked through the telescope and saw a man he was very familiar with walking out of the airship door with his troops.

Although he didn't know his name, Vega was sure that the man was the combat commander who successfully broke out of the encirclement under the protection of the Kingdom Mage Squadron in the last battle of Kareni.

At this moment, Vega came up with a plan.

(End of this chapter)