Mage Veigar

Chapter 745 Breaking the pieces into whole
No matter what.

Foster Nolan did not expect that the logistics base in the rear would be attacked by the rebels.

This is also a matter of course.

Any movement of troops exceeding 10,000 would inevitably be observed by scouts.

If it didn't exceed 10,000, it would pose no threat to Jersey City.

If this matter were made public, no commander would believe it. Under the nose of an imperial army legion, a mob of 8,000 people sneaked into the city and strangled the lifeline of a million-strong army in broad daylight.

In addition, Foster's attention was on the War City from beginning to end, and he simply could not believe that the rebels who were moving forward directly would launch a sneak attack on the rear, which directly led to such a tragedy.

How should this tragedy end?

Foster held his head in pain, unable to accept the impending failure.

It was indeed a defeat, and there was no chance of a comeback.

The logistical supplies for a million-strong army cannot be raised in a short period of time, and they cannot afford to wait for the time difference in transporting the supplies from the central part of the empire, because the rebels still have half of their air corps.

If we use air transport, the risk is too great and it is easy to be attacked.

The rebels will certainly not be able to just watch their new supplies arrive, as they now have absolute initiative.

If they lose their supplies again, this one million-strong army won’t even be able to retreat to the center and will probably rebel halfway.

So they had to retreat.

Moreover, they need to retreat as quickly as possible, otherwise they will be entangled by the rebels here. If it is delayed for one more day, they will be one day closer to the brink of collapse. If it is delayed for seven days, the rebels will win without losing a single soldier.

of course.

Facing this desperate situation, it does not mean that there is no hope of turning things around.

As long as Foster could be ruthless enough to order his army to plunder every household in the war city, he could easily solve the urgent problem, but he was destined not to do so.

Because this is the territory of the empire.

Once the civilians' cake is touched, it will definitely be a matter that will never be cleared up in a lifetime. At that time, it will inevitably intensify the contradiction between the civilians and the three powers of the empire, and let the rebels once again rely on the civilians to rise up like weeds that cannot be burned.

Therefore, the imperial army would rather not have a city of war than touch the civilians' belongings.

Foster would never do such a thing as drinking poison to quench thirst.

Therefore, he issued an order to retreat to the entire army without hesitation. First of all, they had to distance themselves from the rebels to avoid being entangled by them or even delaying the army's rations until they ran out.

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Rebel army, underground headquarters.

When Hausmann received the news that the Imperial Army's logistics had been destroyed, he finally showed a look of relief.

Although he knew that it was a difficult task to destroy the logistical supply system guarded by an enemy legion with 8,000 troops, if this task was handed over to Coverdale alone, he would probably be the one to fail in the end.

But it’s different when Veigar is the executor.

Although Hausman didn't know what method Vega used, he had absolute confidence in Vega.

What other officers find difficult to do, the man dubbed the continent's number one general must be able to do easily.

The corners of his mouth curved slightly. "Foster, Foster, you lost because you thought I was the only one here, and you didn't notice that the real final boss was not me, but someone else."

After lifting the veil of the rebels and seeing Hausman, I thought I had uncovered the truth.

Who would have thought that Hausman was just a second veil, and the real BOSS was hiding behind the scenes, strangling Foster's lifeline at the most critical moment and giving him a fatal blow.

Unfortunately, the rebels' command was too stupid and killed 300,000 main forces.

If the main force could be broken up earlier, we could now order it to regroup and block the Imperial Army in the city until their supplies were exhausted and they collapsed without a fight.

As for now——

The most likely possibility is that we will have to watch the imperial army retreat unscathed.

But Hausmann is obviously not a man who gives up easily. Like Vega, he is not a man who likes to wait for opportunities, but an officer who likes to create opportunities and turn passivity into initiative.

So he gave an order without hesitation at this time -

Guerrilla forces assemble!
Stop the Imperial Army in the city at all costs for seven days.

"General, you are sending your soldiers to their deaths."

An officer said puzzledly: "The guerrilla army has only undergone seven days of temporary training. Some people don't even know how to wield weapons. Asking them to stop more than a million imperial troops is like throwing an egg against a rock."

That's right.

The guerrilla army is simply a group that is even more mob-like than a mob.

Asking them to fight, let alone fight, even stopping the Imperial Army would be an extremely difficult task, but Hausman insisted on his orders, because there was still a glimmer of hope to stop the Imperial Army if they tried to stop it. If they didn't stop it, they would have to watch Foster slip away from under their noses.

Plus, these are the rebels.

Is there anything more comfortable than using other people's military power and resources to settle personal grudges?

of course.

If the rebel leaders acted as they did last time, there would be nothing he could do.

After all, this was a rebel army, and he was just an outsider officer. These people could choose to obey or reject his orders. Hausman had the right to make suggestions, not the real decision-making power.

But every failure is a learning experience.

The last time they refused to obey Hausmann's orders, they lost 300,000 main forces.

This time they once again faced Hausman's orders. Although they protested, when it came to making a decision, no one dared to stand up and sing a different tune, so Hausman's decision was smoothly passed.

bang bang bang-

As the decision was passed, flares were raised in every corner of the city.

These flares are the signals for the guerrillas to assemble. Once they see this signal, all the guerrillas will abandon their guerrilla missions and regroup into units. Senior officers will lead them to fight again.

Streets and alleys.

Civilians with red ribbons tied on their right shoulders poured out, holding knives, guns, sticks and clubs.

In less than half a day, they arrived at the central square of the city of war and regrouped into troops. The total number had exceeded 300,000, even reaching 500,000. Obviously, the size of the guerrilla army had almost doubled over the past few days due to the viral spread.

Seeing these flares, the Imperial Army's Foster began to panic.

This routine is now very common.

When seeing all this, one can easily guess that the guerrillas, who had been broken up into small groups, would regroup and prepare to launch a blocking operation against them, in an attempt to starve them to death in the city.

just now.

He had obviously lost the initiative in the war.

(End of this chapter)