Mage Veigar

Chapter 243: Unrivaled National War
It's obviously too late!

Long before Thales openly attacked with an army of 150 million, Vega had already organized 3 troops that had been deployed for three years and were waiting here, just waiting for Thales to fall into his trap.

A full 3 years and 7 months.

Vega, who was extremely bored, reasoned over and over again about the possible outcomes of the last war, including the factors that might lead to failure, as well as Thales' march and retreat routes. It could be said that Vega knew every detail by heart.

In this situation, Thales still wants to retreat?

Even if the God of Luck agreed to this, Vega would never agree to it.

"Order."

Veigar coldly issued his final order: "For victory, all troops attack!"

Taking advantage of the situation, Vega first sent out war airships to carry out bombing.

At this moment, Thales saw a scene that he would never forget. Thousands of war airships were roaring towards him, so dense that even the sun's rays could not penetrate. This moment seemed like the end of the world.

Veigar successfully seized air supremacy after only 10 minutes.

Because Thales's air force totaled less than 900 war airships, most of which were bulky transport-type war airships. After all, it was a skill to be able to retain so many war airships until now in the war.

But this ability is nothing compared to Vega.

The 900 war airships didn't even make a wave before they were instantly taken away by a wave of concentrated fire from Vega's almost complete aviation force, and Thales lost his air superiority.

What are the consequences of losing air superiority?
Even if it is an army of 150 million, a unit that loses air superiority is nothing more than a sitting duck.

The magic bombing officially began.

The terrifying magic poured down from the sky like a violent storm, and this pouring lasted for about 5 hours. Since this was a plain area with no shelter, several rounds of magic bombardment caused Thales's troops to lose about 1/3 of their main forces.

The loss of troops is not the only thing, the most important thing is——

The offensive formation was destroyed, the troops were divided and isolated, the front and rear and flanks could not be connected, and the remaining troops were in chaos.

Of course, Vega would not miss this opportunity to take advantage of someone's misfortune.

Continuing to use the blitzkrieg mentality, the magicians tore open a hole in the defense line, and the professional troops drove straight in and began to break through the enemy's rear. This caused the enemy's newly organized formation to fall into chaos again, and Vega's main force easily reaped lives.

There is no suspense in the war at this point.

Even though Thales had an army of 150 million, three times the total strength of Vega.

However, the combined high-level forces of the entire army are less than 1/5 of Veigar's. Facing Veigar who uses high-level forces as cannon fodder, it will be useless even if he is given 50 ordinary troops.

"It's over. It's all over."

Seeing the position of general that he had just obtained was about to slip away, Thales was so angry that he actually spit out a mouthful of blood.

Thales regretted it to the extreme.

If time could flow back, he would destroy Vega when the three kingdoms formed an alliance even if it meant suffering heavy losses. Unfortunately, because he was worried about the mere 20 or so soldiers, he eventually broke the alliance and failed to kill Vega.

This is the first mistake.

The second mistake was not to conduct any investigation beforehand and to attack directly with an army of 150 million without any warning.

If he had been more cautious beforehand and sent the vanguard to explore the way first, he would have owned more than 1000 cities, including more than 30 heavy cities. Although he lacked high-level military forces, he could still fight Vega on equal terms.

There was a third mistake. As a commander, he foolishly went to the battlefield himself just to show off his power!
One wrong step leads to another. In desperation, Thales didn't even have a chance to retreat and died in the second round of magic bombardment. Vega finally won the first place in the national war and advanced to the final generals' battle.

In the eyes of everyone, Vega once again created a miracle.

It was also through this battle that Vega clearly told every general that war is never just a war of attrition of resources relying on ordinary tactics, formations, and the number of soldiers, but it can also be won by manipulating people's hearts.

Focus on the heart.

This is what really shocked the generals about this national war. As frogs in the well, they opened the door to a new world for the first time. They gradually began to turn their attention to things other than formations and tactics - people's hearts.

clap clap-

Vega came to the podium amid warm applause from the generals in the review group.

The National War is the penultimate stage of the General's Plan and is also the most important link throughout the entire plan. In addition, the promotion ratio is only one, so its importance is even higher than the General's War in the last stage.

Therefore, at this point, Veigar will receive a new honor——

Unrivaled in national war!

This is a high-level medal specially awarded by the Empire for the first general plan. It is used to reward the first one who breaks through the siege step by step from tens of thousands of commanders. If the special medal awarded for the Hundred Regiments Campaign is a proof of the command ability of the Empire's mid-level officers, then this honor is the best proof of the command ability of the generals.

It was not until this moment that Vega truly entered the vision of the top management.

"Congratulations, Major."

The head of the review team personally put the medal on Vega, then saluted and said, "May the glory of the empire be with you. I wish you a successful start in the final stage of the general plan and finally gain the position of general."

“For the Empire!” Vega straightened his back and spoke loudly.

After the award ceremony, Vega was surrounded by a group of generals as expected.

One general after another used bargaining chips to persuade him to join their army. Some of the conditions offered were even more tempting than the rewards planned by the generals. However, these bargaining chips all had a fatal flaw - time.

Even the best bargaining chip offered by the West requires three years as a brigadier general and five years as a major general.

However, Vega didn't want to wait for this qualification. Although it may sound a bit conceited, he was confident that he could make it to the rank of brigadier general after returning from a great victory. So, if he was given another three years, could he still not be promoted to major general?
There is not much time in a person's life, only about 30000 days in total.

If you live your life again, you should seize every minute.

As for the risk of failure in the final stage?

You want everything but don't want to pay anything. There is no such a cheap thing in the world.

Rejecting all solicitations, Vega walked out of the review team's meeting room.

He touched the "National War Unrivaled" medal on his chest and felt quite satisfied, although this high-level medal could not be compared with the Wings of the Empire, and as the latest medal, it had no popularity and no privileges.

but!

As the General Plan continues to progress, it is entirely conceivable what value this first "National War Unrivaled" medal will have in 3, 4, or 10 years.

need to know.

In the Nolan Empire, what others respect more than personal force is the ability to command.

An officer with outstanding command ability, even if he is an ordinary person, has a much higher status than a high-level magician.

(End of this chapter)