Mage Veigar

Chapter 540 Stand still
In the north of the empire, the city of Ropus.

The Northern Front's headquarters is located in this commercial city, because it has the largest civil and military airports connecting various cities in the kingdom, making it easy to advance or retreat.

In the command center.

Foster Nolan, commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, received two battle reports and convened an emergency meeting.

"Everyone, the situation in the north is already critical."

Foster displayed the two battle reports together and said: "After reading the battle reports, please discuss a solution before tonight. Otherwise, we will repeat the same mistake as last time, and the northern part of the empire will fall into the hands of the enemy again."

Foster's words shocked everyone.

Although they knew that the kingdom had recently been attacking Kareni, Kareni had a crystal hub and a large army stationed there. It could be said that as long as they didn't cause trouble, there would generally not be any major mistakes.

Instead it was the city of Ropes.

There is no crystal hub, an air defense weapon, here. Although there is a large air force, if the air battle fails, this strategic point will definitely be captured by the enemy.

Tick ​​tick tick——

A few minutes later, the officers in the conference room passed around two battle reports and read them.

There is no need to say much about the first battle report. It describes how the Kingdom deceived Chief of Staff Clemens and eventually sacrificed an air force to break through the city gate and seize four surrounding areas. Now only one central area is still under the control of the Imperial Army.

"Commander, is this true?"

A major general said in disbelief: "A few years ago, the kingdom unexpectedly captured our city of Kareni, which was said to be unconquerable. I always regarded that war as our carelessness, but today Kareni fell again. If it was a coincidence once, then today we can no longer use words like coincidence and luck to cover it up. We must re-examine the strength of the kingdom."

“The kingdom’s progress is unquestionable.”

Foster coughed and said, "If it weren't for my luck in the Battle of Dragon City, I would not be able to return to the Empire safely now. I am afraid that I would be buried in a foreign land with 300,000 elite soldiers. The reason why the Kingdom was able to win this battle was not because of their clever tactics, but simply because they took advantage of the arrogance and greed of General Clemens and other imperial officers."

The generals lowered their heads in shame.

Because before the war started, they, like Clemens, underestimated the kingdom and thought that the kingdom would resort to the same old tricks. So they would use the same trick against the kingdom and this battle would surely kick the kingdom out.

"It has already happened, I hope you can learn from it."

Foster said bluntly: "If General Clemens' opponent in this battle was Vega, I believe he would definitely put away his greedy and arrogant heart. He would never close the crystal hub and boldly lure the enemy's air force to attack, which would end up hurting himself."

That's right.

In the final analysis, the reason for this battle was that Clemens underestimated the Kingdom. He greedily wanted to take advantage of the situation and swallow up the Kingdom's air force, kicking the Kingdom out of this world war so that he could concentrate on dealing with Vega.

If facing Veigar.

Chrisman would certainly not dare to take advantage of the enemy's trick, but would adopt a method of holding his ground, so that the enemy would want to attack Kareini, but would sadly find that it would be impossible to break through any point no matter how hard they tried.

"It looks like Kareni is finished."

Several generals shook their heads, with a trace of sadness in their eyes.

Kareni's 400,000 soldiers have now lost the city gates and are unable to regain air superiority. They can only rely on the crystal hub and internal defense lines to survive. What awaits them is to be slowly devoured by the kingdom's army.

"Commander, the most urgent task is how to solve the problem of the Dynasty Army."

A lieutenant general pointed at the second battle report and said, "Vega has evil ambitions. He has divided his troops into thirteen groups, attempting to attack thirteen secondary cities. This is obviously an attempt to advance step by step, while calculating the allies, to seize Ropus City. If Ropus City is lost again, we will lose control of the entire north forever."

These are the two most important strategic points in the north of the empire.

Losing Kareni means losing the North, and losing Ropus means there is no hope of regaining the North.

Now Vega's threat is clearly greater than that of the United Kingdom.

As for the imperial army in the city of Kareni, they were no longer able to rescue them and could only let them fend for themselves. This was also the reason why no one mentioned supporting Kareni and saving Chrisman from beginning to end in this meeting.

"Lord Commander."

A staff officer pointed at the map and said, "I think we must act immediately and send troops to secretly bypass Balkan City to support the defense of these 13 secondary cities. If we delay any further, I'm afraid all 13 cities will be lost."

"Deputy Staff Officer Riel is right."

A division commander frowned and analyzed: "With the fall of Kaleni, the 13 secondary strategic cities in the north of the empire cannot be lost. Once we lose these secondary strategic cities, the dynasty will use them to build a defense line. Even if we have a million troops, we will be unable to advance."

The situation was indeed extremely grim for the empire.

If Kareni is still in their hands, any country that dares to seize the secondary cities first will be stuck in a quagmire. The empire can completely defeat the enemy with the military strength of Kareni and Ropus.

In the original strategy of Kingdom Tanir.

He believed that Vega was 100% capable of capturing Kareni City. Even if he failed, he could at least frighten the Imperial Army of Kareni City so that they would not dare to attack. That was why he wanted to take a gamble and take the risk of capturing the secondary strategic city before attempting to seize Lopus.

The prerequisites for this strategy are now in place.

Since Kareni himself could hardly protect himself, Vega could of course adopt this strategy unscrupulously without worrying about being trapped deep in the hinterland and unable to escape, and finally being wiped out by the coordinated efforts of the Empire.

"You are so naive!"

Foster coughed and said, "With that kid's foresight, couldn't he have guessed that we would march from Balkan City to the hinterland to support the Thirteen Cities? If I'm not mistaken, Balkan City must be heavily garrisoned, and the birds will be sad."

"This……"

Everyone was speechless, and a deputy division commander asked anxiously: "Can we consider marching from Colin City or Tashel City?"

"Absolutely impossible."

A staff officer rejected the idea immediately: "The route to these two cities is too long. I am afraid that before the reinforcements arrive, 13 cities will have fallen. The only route that can be taken is through the small Balkan city."

"It seems like we can only fight our way out."

Determination flashed across everyone's faces. They knew that the chances of keeping the 13 cities were slim, because Balkan City had been heavily guarded by Vega, and there was almost no other way except to break through by force. But was it really too late to break through by force?

I'm afraid it's too late.

Now everyone is just making one last effort with the idea of ​​doing their best and leaving the rest to fate.

So everyone turned their eyes to Foster Nolan, waiting for his final decision.

"Order!"

At Foster's command, all the officers stood up.

But Foster issued an order that puzzled everyone: "Close the city gates, be alert, and keep the whole army on standby. Now adjourn."

wow-

As this order was issued, the entire conference room exploded. Were they just going to sit there and wait for death?

(End of this chapter)