Mage Veigar

Chapter 191: Land of War
A place of war.

This is a magical illusion independently developed by the Empire based on ancient magic devices. It is fully used in the command training of reserve officers and truly achieves the teaching goal of combining theory with practice.

This is also the reason why the Central Military Academy produces so many talented people.

After all, every reserve officer, from the moment he enters school, not only studies theory, but also undergoes practical training in war fields. It is no surprise that outstanding command talents are cultivated through such training.

Even some generals of the imperial army would regularly go to war sites to compete in military command, in order to maintain a keen sense of war.

Of course, the magical fantasy world of War Land is not without its flaws.

First, since its operation depends on ancient magic devices, the War Field can only be operated in the Central Military Academy. Other military academies in the empire are unable to be equipped with the War Field, which directly leads to the extremely limited command ability of officers graduated from other military academies.

Second, since the battlefield is a virtual existence, the simulated soldiers do not have any emotions. They will only faithfully carry out the orders of the commander, even if the order is to die. This also leads to many officers not considering the two issues of morale and execution in real wars, and there are countless examples of them being defeated.

Even though there are all kinds of drawbacks.

It is also absolutely undeniable that it has made contributions to the Central Military Academy and the Empire. This kind of magical illusion that simulates war is only possessed by the Empire on the continent.

Through the rulebook.

Vega roughly understood that this was a large city separated by a river. The left side of the river was under his control, and the right side of the river belonged to the control area of ​​Tiers.

The two sides are going to fight in this city.

Vega glanced down and saw that he now had a standard division of troops.

This division consists of 4 professional battalions, 1 mage squadron, and an overstretched aviation unit. The aviation unit has 10 war airships, each of which is equipped with 10 fire mages and 10 wind mages.

By analogy, Lieutenant General Tils's military strength is almost the same as a division.

According to the rules proposed by Lieutenant General Tils, within 7 days, he only needs to keep his troop strength above 20%, which means he has passed the entrance test, otherwise he will be considered a failure.

"There are still 30 minutes until the war begins. Commanders of both sides please prepare."

As a mechanical prompt sounded suddenly, Vega realized that this virtual war was about to begin, but he did not feel much urgency because the battle map chosen by Lieutenant General Tils was the city.

When it comes to urban combat, would Vega be unfamiliar with it?
I don't think Tiles would believe it if I told him.

Not long ago, he defeated a reinforced airborne division of the Kingdom Army with his remaining troops.

Although this virtual city had no civilians, he was not familiar with the city's terrain.

However, the number of troops he possesses is the same as that of Tiers, and based on his thorough understanding of the concept of urban warfare, it should not be difficult for him to ensure that his troop strength is above 7% within 20 days. It is not necessary for him to win the war.

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"There are still 30 minutes until the war starts."

"Commanders of both sides please prepare yourself."

When the familiar mechanical sound rang out, Tiers, who was on the right side of the river, pulled up a smile. Even though Vega was a student preparing to enter the elite class, he did not take Vega, a rookie officer, seriously.

This is also a matter of course.

First of all, he is a general who has experienced many battles. As a general, he naturally has some confidence and self-confidence of his own.

The second reason was that he was very familiar with this battlefield. He had fought no less than 10 battles with other officers on this city battle map alone. Whether it was his command experience or his familiarity with the terrain, he had no reason to fail.

Most importantly, he planned to use guerrilla tactics in this battle.

Guerrilla tactics are a new type of tactics that came back from the north of the empire. It is also a tactic that the Imperial Military Academy has been focusing on studying recently and is preparing to offer basic courses on. He is the leader of the guerrilla tactics research group.

The greatness of guerrilla tactics is self-evident. This tactic completely subverts the Empire's head-on combat thinking, and uses a vulgar and shameless method to achieve the final victory of the war. It is really contrary to the Empire's tough marching style, but Tiles has already regarded it as his lifelong tactic.

Although he only studied the basics.

But to deal with such a rookie officer, even using superficial skills would be a bit of an overbearing. The first few elite class students who took the test didn't even last three days before they were beaten dizzy by him.

Therefore, Tiers was not going to bully Vega.

Although Vega is required to maintain 7% of his troops within 20 days to pass the test, in fact, as long as Vega persists until his entire army is wiped out and does not surrender, Tiers will let Vega pass the test. After all, he is here to recruit students, not to abuse them.

"Come to think of it, the creator of this tactic was also a kid."

Tiles looked at the soldiers who were temporarily unable to move and muttered to himself, "Are the kids nowadays so good? They are either creating tactics or attending military academies. I remember I was 35 years old when I entered the elite class of the military academy. I was really envied."

"By the way, what's the name of that kid across the street?"

Tiles suddenly remembered that he had started the test in a hurry without asking the other party's name. He picked up the test certificate and prepared to see Vega's name, but at this moment, the mechanical prompt sounded again -

"The war begins!"

These four short words heralded the start of the war, and every minute and every second in the early stages of the war were important. Tils did not care about anything else and gave the order immediately.

"War airships will immediately take off to provide cover."

Tiles first ensured his own air superiority, and then issued orders in an orderly manner: "The large force will be divided into small teams, with crossbows as the main combat weapon, occupying the terrain and adopting high-mobility harassment operations. The logistics troops will set up supply points, and the support troops will be ready to provide cover. The battle will begin immediately."

This is guerrilla tactics as Tiles understands it.

As long as the troops are broken down into small units, they will naturally have very high mobility.

Especially for magicians and professional troops, it is almost impossible to be caught by the enemy's bloated troops. In addition, the squad is like a leech attached to the bones. Even if their own air forces are completely destroyed, the enemy's air support will not dare to carry out magic bombing at will in order not to hurt friendly forces.

Let’s harass the enemy like this for a few days.

When the enemy is exhausted and unable to resist, he can regroup his troops and use conventional warfare to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

It can be said without exaggeration.

When Vega leads his troops to the right side of the river, he will let Vega know what fear is. The first ten officers who participated in the test were traumatized by him.

But what Tiers had never expected was that Vega was not a novice in large-scale command operations from beginning to end, nor was he influenced by the Imperial Army's head-on frontal combat thinking. He even understood urban warfare better than him.

Veigar's goal is clear, which is to persist for 7 days.

Since he had to hold out for seven days, how could Vega be like other officers taking part in the test and foolishly lead his troops to the Tiers control area to fight to the death with the enemy? Of course, at this time he had to seize the initiative and fight a protracted war.

How to seize the initiative in war?

When it comes to urban warfare, large buildings, roads, commanding heights...are where the initiative lies.

Controlling large buildings means being able to defend against the air force, and controlling road intersections makes both support and defense a piece of cake. Controlling the commanding heights means controlling the enemy's movements in disguise.

A commander who truly understands urban warfare.

Even if it costs a huge price, they will occupy these places as soon as possible, especially the vital roads such as bridges that can be used for attack or defense. Unfortunately, Tils does not seem to have the tactical thinking of urban warfare.

then--

Vega successfully ordered the war airship to blow up several bridges across the river, so smoothly that even Vega himself found it a little unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)