Mage Veigar

Chapter 536: The Empire's Plot
Imperial Army, General Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Clemens received a battle report from the Crystal Hub Control Zone.

"Report to the commander."

The law enforcement officer reported to Clemens, "The director asked me to tell you that everything is just as you expected. The kingdom is repeating all the steps of the last war. Now the rats have been cleared. Please go ahead and do your job."

"Thank Chief Murdin for me."

As the commander-in-chief of this Kaleni offensive and defensive battle, Chrisman smiled when he heard the news.

The reason why she smiled so brightly has two meanings.

The first meaning is of course because nearly three hundred high-level enemy forces were killed, which disrupted the Kingdom Army's plan to destroy the Crystal Hub. The existence of the Crystal Hub is too important to Kalini.

The second meaning of this smile is even more important.

Once the Kingdom really sends someone to contact the Director of the General Law Enforcement Administration and prepares to destroy the Crystal Hub, it means that this time the Kingdom is really preparing to replicate the process of the last war and use the same trick to capture Kalini.

Once this situation is confirmed, the next action of the kingdom can be predicted. They can also lure the kingdom into a trap according to the plan prepared in advance, making the kingdom step into the abyss without knowing it.

What does it mean to lure someone into a trap?

What needs to be known is that the Kingdom’s capture of Kaleni City overnight could be divided into three steps. The first step was to bribe the Director of the General Law Enforcement Bureau in advance. The second step was to use the cover of the Director of the General Law Enforcement Bureau to destroy the Crystal Hub Control Zone on the night of the attack. The Kingdom has completed the first two steps, so the third step can be foreseen -

Air strike!

After the crystal hub was destroyed, the overwhelming war airships blocked out the moonlight and bombed the city of Kareni all night long. The defenseless Third Army lost all its combat effectiveness overnight, and their war airships were all destroyed in the airport without even a chance to fly into the sky.

The surviving army could only survive in the air-raid shelters.

If Vega hadn't turned the tide, everyone including Foster would have been reduced to dust.

Therefore, air strikes were the core of the plan.

The Kingdom's blitzkrieg also relied on the air force to unleash its terrifying combat power.

After the air force disintegrated the empire's fighting power, airborne troops landed from war airships, radiating out from the inside to the surrounding areas, controlling air-raid shelters, manipulating city gates, and killing survivors, directly staging a good show of closing the door and beating the dog.

This was the entire process of the last Kareni War.

Under this premise, Clemens issued an order: "Pass it on, the army will guide all civilians into the air-raid shelters and shut down the air defense capabilities of the Crystal Hub to lure the Kingdom's air force to attack us."

"Yes, Lord Commander-in-Chief."

The soldiers faithfully carried out Clemens' orders and did not ask questions such as why the crystal hub was closed.

You know, closing the crystal hub means that Kareni will become a sitting duck for the enemy's air force, which is equivalent to indirectly exposing the city of Kareni to the enemy's magic.

Doesn't Clemens understand?
Of course I understand the consequences!

Therefore, after issuing this order, he also issued another order at the same time: "Send a signal to the air force at the Worli Canyon Underground Airport, and ask them to rush to Kaleni at three o'clock in the morning. I want them to destroy the entire air force of the kingdom for me!"

Hit the nail on the head.

Since the kingdom is so dependent on the air force and intends to make something of it, it might as well destroy the enemy's air force and turn the kingdom's army into a toothless tiger. This is Clemens' plan against the kingdom.

As long as we can destroy the enemy's air force.

So what if Kaleini let the enemy bomb again in the previous round? It was nothing more than the loss of some property, which was nothing compared to the number of air forces lost by the kingdom.

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Royal Army, General Headquarters. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the battle report from the front line.

This time, the successful experience of the previous war was completely replicated. In the eyes of everyone, there was no reason not to win, but the anxious waiting process was really unbearable, so the scouts did not let them wait too long.

1:00 am.

The scout rushed into the command room where the lowest rank was brigadier general. Such a luxurious lineup made the messenger tremble with fear. He didn't even have time to breathe before he hurriedly reported: "The crystal hub of Kaleni City seems to have failed. No trace of the crystal hub defense shield was observed above the city, but the troops responsible for destroying the crystal hub have not returned yet."

"Since the crystal hub has been disabled, it seems that they have succeeded."

A member of the think tank suggested to King Nordrian: "Time is already quite tight. Your Majesty, please order the Air Corps to bomb Kareni. When it is confirmed that the enemy has lost its resistance, the 3rd Heavy Armored Division will land in Kareni."

"Your Majesty, you can't do that."

Tanier immediately stood up and objected, "The troops in the city that were supposed to destroy the crystal hub have not yet come out. We don't know the specific situation in the city right now. I think it won't be too late to attack after they give us the specific information."

"When did the war gamblers become so cowardly?"

A lieutenant general immediately mocked, "The Crystal Hub has ceased to function. This clearly shows that our people have succeeded. What is there to question? War has always been a race against time. One hour in the evening means one more hour of preparation time for the Empire."

"Your Majesty, there is no time to lose."

"Your Majesty, please order the attack immediately."

"..."

Everyone gave advice to King Nordrian, and no one spoke for Tanniel.

King Nordrian nodded and said, "Notify the Third, Fourth, and Seventh Air Corps to launch an air strike. The time is temporarily set at two hours. After two hours, the Third, Fourth, and Seventh Air Corps will return, and the Sixth Air Corps will be fully loaded with the Third Heavy Armored Division to land in Kareni City. Please prepare the Third Heavy Armored Division and the Sixth Air Corps."

"Long live the kingdom!"

Everyone saluted, and half of the people in the command room left.

So in the next two hours, the city of Kaleni suffered a magical bombing that was even more terrifying than the previous war. Since the number of air forces increased by more than four times, this bombing covered almost every corner of the city.

Tick ​​tick tick——

Time passed slowly, and it was around three o'clock in the morning.

The intensity of the magic bombardment began to gradually weaken. This was because the magicians entered a magic buffer period. Although this buffer period could still maintain a certain amount of magic bombardment, it was definitely incomparable to the peak level.

"General, it's almost time."

On the aviation flagship, the commander-in-chief of this aviation operation received a reminder from the soldier, so he took out his pocket watch to check the time and said, "Soldier, has the Sixth Aviation Corps' airship arrived?"

"They're already here, less than two kilometers away from us."

"It looks like we can retire now that we have accomplished our mission."

The lieutenant general waved his hand and said, "Send the retreat signal. Our three air corps will begin to retreat one after another, leaving the battlefield to the Sixth Air Corps and the Third Heavy Armored Division. We have already won this war!"

"Long live the kingdom!"

Upon hearing the commander-in-chief's order, the three air regiments stopped their magic bombing and prepared to return amid cheers.

But at this moment, several large airship formations were slowly approaching them, and the three airships of the Kingdom Army had entered a period of weakness after two hours of magic bombardment...

(End of this chapter)