Mage Veigar

Chapter 72 Continuous Battles and Successful Victories
Rumble.

As the fire spread across the sky, the first mission target was successfully destroyed.

Although in Vega's opinion, the victory of this battle was inexplicable and even had many strange signs, it was an indisputable fact that 1/5 of the mission was successfully completed.

At this point, Vega suppressed his confusion.

He felt quite regretful when he saw the joy on the faces of the people in the 5th Battalion.

Not only did he not gain much military merit in this battle, but he also did not encounter any low-level professionals to improve his mental strength. Vega now has no choice but to place his hopes on the next four targets.

As long as 4 of the 3 targets are professionals...

Just as he was thinking about this, his thoughts were interrupted. The messenger brought the battalion commander's order, informing him to organize his troops and follow the main force to evacuate the place.

After all, the essence of guerrilla missions is to move to another location after each shot.

The main tactical thinking is to disrupt and damage the enemy in an elusive way. It will not be fun if you move too slowly and get caught by the Kingdom Army.

The location for setting up camp had been planned in advance.

It was already past 21 p.m. when they arrived at their destination. Life on the march was naturally different from life in the garrison, so they ate some marching rations and went to bed. Although the thin tent could not block the cold wind, after a whole day of trekking through mountains and rivers and experiencing a battle, every soldier slept soundly.

Vega didn't sleep.

He walked out of the tent, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Looking at the moonless sky, he felt an indescribable feeling stuck in his throat, difficult to swallow. Even now, he still felt that today's battle was inexplicable.

"Lieutenant Vega, it's so late and you haven't gone to bed yet?"

Vega's thoughts were interrupted by an abrupt voice. The person who spoke was Captain Sieglin.

He rubbed his hands because of the cold, then lit a cigarette and said, "I know you are wondering about today's battle, but as the battalion commander said, this is the habit of the Kingdom Army. It's right to listen to the battalion commander in everything. There is no need to be too cautious when dealing with the scum of the Kingdom Army, because there is no difference in the results of careful and careless operations. Being too cautious will only increase unnecessary time and resources."

Vega did not give a direct answer.

He just asked in confusion: "Why did you come to tell me this? Don't you hate me?"

"Don't hate."

Sieglin rejected the idea directly, saying, "At first, Larba and I were just jealous of you for becoming an officer at such a young age through backdoor connections, and for getting the legendary item like the Imperial Wings Medal. Not only did you come to the Cannon Fodder Regiment to compete with us junior officers who were just hoping for a way out for our few military merits. But after that day's battle, although we still fear you from the bottom of our hearts, we gradually came to believe that you got your current position with your own ability."

"You are joking, sir. It's just luck."

Vega smiled and said, "Captain Sieglin, you are quite capable. Why were you assigned to the 4th Regiment?"

"It's not a secret that can't be made public."

Ziglin sighed and said, "Lalba, Battalion Commander Roans, and I all failed the political review by the personnel department of the brigade. The reason given was that our psychological quality was not up to standard. Humph, I think this is just an excuse to fool us!"

By the end of his speech, Sieglin's expression had become somewhat ferocious.

“Political review?”

Vega recalled carefully and asked in confusion: "Why have I never been through a political review so far?"

Sieglin looked Vega up and down, and finally fixed his eyes on Vega's chest: "In addition to the Imperial Wings, your Excellency also has an Iron Cross. As long as you have the medal, who dares to question your political stance?"

“I see.” Vega nodded and said, “Then do you have any way to transfer back the core troops?”

"As long as we make enough military achievements and lead the troops to receive systematic training, we will have the opportunity for a second political review. Even if we fail the review at that time, we can still apply for some nominal positions in Kareni Logistics that do not require political review. Originally, there were places for a large-scale cannon fodder unit to return to the city for training this time, but we missed the 4th Regiment... Alas." Sieglin exhaled a puff of smoke, with endless envy and jealousy on his face.

He looked at the night.

He smoked the cigarette to the butt in one breath, then exhaled the last puff of thick smoke and said, "Second Lieutenant Vega, please go to bed early. You have a new mission to complete tomorrow. Having said so much, I still ask you to obey the orders of the battalion commander. Although he is not a professional, he has rich experience in combat command."

"I understand."

Vega said goodbye to Sieglin. Although Sieglin's words still did not dispel his uneasiness, he also began to take the orders of Battalion Commander Reuns seriously. Maybe... he was right?

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the next day.

According to the plan, we have to destroy the second sentry tower G42 today.

The two watchtowers are not far from each other. If you march quickly, it will only take half a day to walk there.

Although the distance was very close and the entire guerrilla force arrived near the sentry tower, they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they arrived at a pre-planned hiding point and began to rest.

This repair took a whole day.

According to the combat experience of the 5th Battalion Commander, generally after the next-door sentry tower is damaged, some nearby sentry towers will be under high martial law for 24 hours. At the same time, the Kingdom Legion-level troops will temporarily send reinforcements to garrison. At this time, you must not launch an attack, otherwise the gains will outweigh the losses. It is said that this is the experience that the 5th Battalion Commander Rons learned through bloody lessons.

But there is no need to worry.

Because the Kingdom’s army is already short of manpower, the martial law will not last more than 24-48 hours. As long as an attack is launched after 48 hours, it will be foolproof.

Everything happened just as the 5th Battalion Commander Rons said.

On the evening of the third day of the mission, the guerrilla forces launched a surprise attack.

This time the attack did not encounter any resistance from the Kingdom's army. They simply abandoned the building and fled. The second goal of the mission was declared accomplished. The only regret was that Vega still did not kill any of the Kingdom's professionals.

The mission is still ongoing.

The 5th Battalion Commander Rons did the same thing and successfully destroyed the third watchtower on the sixth day of the mission, pushing the mission progress to 3/5. The objectives of these two missions were much simpler than the first one, and the Kingdom Army retreated directly without even a slight resistance.

The only problem is that all the troops stationed in the sentry tower are core troops.

But after three consecutive victories, Vega no longer cared whether the Kingdom Army was cannon fodder or a backbone force. He began to gradually relax his vigilance and began to trust the seemingly unreasonable but extremely practical command orders of Battalion Commander Rohns.

Sometimes, experience really does trump theory.

But it was after the third mission objective was destroyed that the 5th Battalion Commander Roans convened another meeting and proposed to reject Vega's previous plan of seeking the far-flung destination instead of the near one. Because time was running out, he was ready to re-activate the original plan based on the principle of proximity.

at the meeting.

Vega frowned and looked at Reunion and the other two, and was faced with a difficult decision.

(End of this chapter)