Mage Veigar

Chapter 304 No Way to Heaven
Royal Army, temporary combat command.

A messenger rushed into the noisy conference room in a hurry, only to see generals arguing with each other, their faces red and ears red. They were fighting over the chess pieces on the sand table, and it was difficult to put them in a fixed position.

But with the entry of the messenger, the entire conference room fell silent.

At this time, the messenger was stared at by more than a dozen pairs of eyes, and the level of attention he received was even greater than that of the commander-in-chief here, General Tanniel Rheinberg, who was also the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front.

"Urgent news from the front line."

The messenger swallowed his saliva and quickly reported: "General Ingliel's plan was very successful. Our air force broke through the enemy's rear and successfully sank 13 warships of the Dynasty Army, including the Royal Flagship. A total of more than 11 people of the Dynasty Royal Legion and the Imperial Army were annihilated. Only one in ten survived. Our army won a great victory!"

wow-

The entire conference room was silent at first, and then burst into warm applause.

"Hahaha."

General Tanniel Rheinberg, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, laughed heartily: "General Ingliel, you deserve the most credit for this war. It's worth it for me to go against all odds and take a chance with you."

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is wise."

"To my shame, I was strongly opposed to this plan at first."

"Yes, yes. If it weren't for the persistence of General Ingliel and the Commander-in-Chief, we wouldn't have been able to achieve such great results."

"After this battle, the dynasty will no longer be able to covet the eastern front, hahahaha."

"..."

Everyone started talking, and the conference room was filled with laughter and chatter, in stark contrast to the tit-for-tat a minute ago.

Ingliel ignored everyone and looked at the commander-in-chief, General Tanniel Rheinberg, with gratitude. If it were not for this commander who went against all odds and adopted the suggestion of a general who had been deprived of his military power, he would not have been awarded the first place today.

"As expected of a madman known as a war gambler."

Ingrir sighed inwardly that Admiral Tanniel had the nickname of a war gambler.

Because his favorite thing to do is to apply unrealistic crazy tactics to reality, and therefore he created a history of 9 miracle battles. It was such a madman who adopted his crazy plan as soon as he heard it.

Fortunately, everything went as he expected.

According to pre-war investigations, the commander of the Dynasty Army's 11th Air Force, Kerison, has always been conservative and cautious.

After being hurt, he immediately ordered the war airship to retreat. However, Ingril's real intention was not the blocking troops such as Vega who had just arrived from the port, but the Royal Legion in the rear.

This was initially beyond the expectations of the 11th Air Force Commander Kerison.

Otherwise, the 11th Air Force would have stopped the Kingdom's air forces even if it had to suffer total annihilation.

As for the second point, the West Coast Air Force failed to arrive in support in the first time, which successfully enabled his extremely risky plan to be realized. This crucial decision also allowed Ingliel to prove that he was not an incompetent person.

And if we want to assess the merits.

This decision alone is enough to keep him in first place even if his merits and demerits offset each other.

Commander-in-Chief Tanniel patted Ingril on the shoulder and said, "General Ingril, your marching style is very much to my liking. In your opinion, should we take down Tully City in one fell swoop and annihilate the remaining Dynasty troops, or should we wait a while?"

Before Ingliel could answer, the other generals spoke first.

"Of course we have to do it in one go. Our army is in high spirits right now." "When marching and fighting, the key word is 'speed'."

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war. I suggest launching the final attack immediately."

"Quiet!"

Commander-in-Chief Tanniel took a look and said, "I am asking General Ingliel, please maintain basic etiquette."

"I'm sorry, Lord Commander."

When the meeting room fell silent, Ingrier spoke up, "Commander-in-Chief, I suggest surrounding the city instead of attacking."

"Oh? Please explain in detail." The commander-in-chief became interested.

Ingrir cleared his throat and picked up a stack of documents. "This is the casualty statistics for the past few days. Our army has advanced all the way to here from the Tully Canyon. Although we have achieved great results, we have paid a heavy price. It is roughly estimated that one-third of the troops have been lost here. How many more soldiers do you want the kingdom to lose?"

At this moment, everyone was silent.

In the face of unprecedented victory, they selectively ignored the loss of their own troops.

There are more than 8 troops fighting in the city of Tali now. If they continue to fight head-on, they will have to spend at least half an army's strength to chew on this tough bone.

This time, the United Kingdom dispatched seven army groups with a total of more than one million soldiers to fight on multiple fronts. Now there are less than 7 soldiers left. If they lose another 100 people when the overall situation has been decided, even they will be heartbroken.

Seeing the pained expressions on everyone's faces, Ingrier continued, "So my personal suggestion is to surround them but not attack. I believe that after the enemy learns that the king is dead and there are no reinforcements or supplies, they will either surrender or order a breakout."

"If we choose the first one, we won't have to spend a single soldier."

"If we choose the second option, can they stop our air force once we leave the city?"

A decisive tone echoed in the conference room. This was a "gift" from Ingril to Vega. He wanted to tell Vega through this series of plans that he, Ingril, had been reborn from the ashes.

In front of him, you either surrender or die.

So the commander-in-chief Tenniel adopted Ingrid's plan and ordered 50 troops to surround the entire city of Tully, with 20 troops in the front and 3 at each of the other three gates.

No matter which direction the dynasty army breaks out from.

The troops responsible for the encirclement could delay the arrival of another 40 troops, and without the city as cover, the huge air force could destroy more than 8 Dynasty soldiers without losing a single soldier.

Vega frowned when he received the news.

When he found that the kingdom's army suddenly stopped attacking, he had a bad feeling. Now it seemed to be true. They were surrounded on all sides, and there were air forces bombing from time to time in the sky. They could only hide in the air-raid shelter and shiver.

In addition, the city’s supplies were only enough for one and a half months.

How can we fight this battle?
It is impossible to break through. Breaking through now means death.

Since we can't break through, then we can only surrender?
If he really surrendered to the Kingdom Army, he might have a chance to survive, but it would mean that he would lose the chance to reach the top of his life and would truly become a piece of meat under the chopping board of others. There would be no place for him in this vast world.

A life without freedom cannot be called a life at all.

The two powers harm each other, whichever is less.

Vega clenched the cross sword in his hand, opened the door and walked towards the conference room. No matter what, he had to convince the commander-in-chief of the dynasty army to order a breakout instead of kneeling down and surrendering.

(End of this chapter)