Mage Veigar

Chapter 281 The battle situation on the front line
Holy Dynasty, Saint Laurent City.

Heavy snow fluttered down, and the cold and dry air made it difficult for the soldiers to hold their standard rifles steadily.

This is the last line of defense 50 kilometers east of Saint Laurent. It is jointly garrisoned by the most elite 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Imperial Seventh Army and the Royal Corps of the Dynasty Army.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? I don't believe this is true."

"Tell me you are lying to me. How could this happen?"

"Although I don't believe it either, this matter has been confirmed by the general."

"..."

On the last line of defense, the imperial soldiers looked terrified. It was hard to imagine that three months ago their faces were full of confidence and pride, as if what was about to take place was not a war, but an outing.

What exactly happened?
Although it is hard to believe, the Kingdom Army has indeed broken through the first and second lines of defense and finally reached the final third line of defense. If this line of defense is lost again, the Kingdom Army will reach Saint Laurent.

If it were just this, it would not make the extremely confident imperial army look uneasy.

真正让第七集团军3个师团恐惧的原因是，前两道防线可是由最精锐的中央军11精英航空旅和第15集团军6、7师驻守，然而现在第一道和第二道防线已经宣布破碎。

In other words.

The 15th and 6th Divisions of the Central Army and the 7th Army had been completely wiped out. Even the 17nd Airborne Division of the 2th Army, which was preparing to counterattack the Kingdom's invading army, was basically destroyed by the Kingdom's Army. Now the Empire's reinforcements to the Holy Dynasty only have these three divisions left, and the war has already spread to the third line of defense.

I still remember that three months ago, they were still complaining that they could not get credit in the third line of defense.

But now the cold reality slapped them hard in the face, making them realize that the kingdom is no longer the kingdom in front of them. The kingdom’s army, which is desperate and taking a gamble while taking into account new tactics, is more terrifying than any army in the Jialan Continent.

Less wins more?

The weak defeats the strong?

The Kingdom Army's textbook wars taught the Dynasty Army and the Imperial Army a good lesson.

Although the remaining three divisions of the Seventh Army were intact, they had no confidence in victory at all, because even the Central Army had failed. What could they use to fight and where could they find a chance of victory?

Inside the temporary headquarters.

Mari Lei Harut, the commander of the 1st Division who was in charge of the overall command of this war, slammed the table and asked: "Everyone, now is not the time to hesitate. We are soldiers of the Empire. I will never allow such a thing as retreating before fighting to happen."

"Mali, even the Central Army was defeated!" The commander of the 2nd Division had bloodshot eyes.

The commander of the 3rd Division laughed sarcastically: "Bonn, even if we want to retreat, please tell me where we should retreat to? Don't forget that the Royal Army's airborne division has even breached the cities in the rear, and now Saint Laurent has become an isolated city. Face the reality, we are surrounded. If we can't defeat their frontal forces, we will be buried with the city of Saint Laurent."

"Everyone, don't be so pessimistic."

The commander of the 1st Division, Mali, said: "The letter for help has been sent. As long as we hold on to the third line of defense, I believe that the reinforcements from the commander-in-chief will soon open a gap and welcome us back to the empire."

"That's right, the only solution now is to hold on."

The commander of the 3rd Division agreed and said, "Besides, the frontal troops of the Kingdom Army must have been seriously injured after breaking through two lines of defense. If we can win the frontal battle, the reinforcements will tear open a gap from the rear and severely damage the flank troops of the Kingdom Army. We may be able to turn the tide, drive away the Kingdom Army, and restore the great reputation of our army."

"hehe."

The commander of the 2nd Division, Bonn, snorted disdainfully: "Excuse me, but you are probably dreaming."

"Do you want to fight?!"

"Quiet, everyone!"

The commander of the 1st Division slammed the table heavily and said, "Please go back and make preparations for the war. What we have to do now is to hold our position. As long as the reinforcements from the commander-in-chief can tear open a gap in the rear, we can either counterattack the enemy or retreat to the empire." "Yes, everything for the empire."

Since the commander of the 1st Division was the temporary commander here, the meeting ultimately ended with his decision to continue holding their positions and wait for the reinforcements from Commander-in-Chief Hausmann to open a gap from the rear and cover their retreat.

Without reinforcements, they couldn't even retreat back home.

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Elkia City, Seventh Army Headquarters Conference Room.

After Hausman announced the letter for help and the battle situation on the front line, the entire conference room fell into silence.
One of the division commanders said in an uncertain tone: "Commander-in-Chief, is everything in this letter true? The Central Army's 11th Elite Aviation Brigade was also defeated? How could such a thing happen?"

"That bastard Mali must be joking."

"How could the Central Army be defeated by the Kingdom Army?"

"..."

If only the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions were defeated.

Then the division commanders here might even mock the three division commanders fighting on the front line, saying that they were worse than pigs and were defeated by the Kingdom Army. However, it was the Central Army that was completely wiped out.

Although it was just a brigade of the Central Army.

But the Central Army is a belief.

Now even their faith has collapsed under the attack of the Kingdom Army. How can they have the time to laugh at the three division commanders on the front line who actually sent them letters for help and requests for retreat? They truly realized how terrifying the Kingdom Army is.

"Ahem...everyone, please accept the reality."

Hausman's tone was a little low: "We are no longer a match for the Kingdom Army. Even if we form an alliance with the Holy Dynasty, we are still unable to repel the Kingdom Army's 3rd and 4th Armies that invaded the Holy Dynasty's territory, and we are even surrounded."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

After a violent cough, Hausman patted his chest and roared in an angry voice: "We! Have been defeated!"

wow-

This roar awakened all the generals.

The dream of Jia Lan being the strongest and invincible in the army was completely shattered at this moment. The shadow brought by the kingdom army surged like a tide, covering the entire conference room with a layer of haze.

"Everyone."

Hausman, who woke everyone up, slowly sat back in his chair and said, "Please raise your heads. Failure is not terrible. What is terrible is to indulge in past glory in a self-deceiving way. Now is not the time to be afraid and uneasy. The most urgent task is to withdraw our soldiers from the land of the Holy Dynasty back to the Empire."

"Commander, do you mean..."

Chief of Staff Eskar was the first to react. He said in disbelief, "Are you going to give up on helping the Holy Dynasty? We must remember that if the Holy Dynasty is destroyed, we in the East will have to face the Kingdom Army next."

"We'll discuss this matter later."

Hausman did not explain too much. He looked around and said, "What we need to do now is to break the encirclement of Saint Laurent by the Kingdom Army and open up a retreat route. Which general is willing to volunteer to fight?"

Vega, who was sitting in the fourth seat on the right, lowered his head without making a sound.

(End of this chapter)