Mage Veigar

Chapter 831 The general trend is crushing
The city of war.

This is a place known as the first important city in the northwest.

Countless wars had been fought here, especially the last war against the rebels. The influence of universal military service still exists today, so the people here are tough and it really caused a headache for the empire after the war.

Fortunately, after a long period of sedimentation, this place has become quiet again.

There are now about 7 garrisons stationed in the city, in addition to an aviation corps. The only regret is that the crystal hub can no longer be repaired, which greatly reduces the city's safety factor.

The garrison was led by a young Brigadier General named Neville Dahlberg.

He is the son of Kafyn Dahlberg, and the captain who was defeated by Vega at the Central Military Academy Battle.

Perhaps it was precisely because both his father and son were defeated miserably by Vega that the once-promising young man grew up, and was eventually promoted due to his outstanding strength and background, and at a time when there was an extreme shortage of senior generals in the empire.

months ago.

Neville was still gloating.

Because the Jialan Empire is about to collapse, and that little kid named Vega is finally going to die. From now on, the huge rock pressing on his heart will be removed, and his glorious era will begin.

at that moment.

He even wanted to thank Vega for waking him up, otherwise how could he have been in his current position?
But his happiness didn't last long.

Half a month ago, the Jialan Empire launched a massive invasion of the empire. In less than fifteen days, it took over the entire northern and eastern territories of the empire, making him, who was far away in the northwest, restless for several days.

Do not!
Even now, Neville is still uneasy.

Although Vega probably has no impression of him anymore, he still remembers Vega clearly. The scene of the disastrous defeat still often appears in his dreams, becoming a nightmare that he can never erase.

Therefore, he is now very afraid that Vega will attack the City of War.

Although this is impossible no matter from which angle you look at it, because he is in a city of war!

If you want to travel thousands of miles to reach the City of War, you must first capture the city of Lacasia, or the entire central region of the empire.

In other words, it is absolutely safe here.

But Neville Dahlberg was still very uneasy.

He didn't know where this uneasiness came from, but it couldn't be shaken off no matter what.

In the end, it turns out that sometimes animals’ crisis warnings are more reliable than any logical speculation.

Because just a few seconds ago, a sudden explosion sounded, and then a war airship slowly fell from the sky.

You can’t go wrong!
That was his patrol airship, and the meaning of the crash of the patrol airship was self-evident...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The city's air defense alarm was sounded and the war airships at the airport began to take off.

Thanks to this uneasiness, Neville has stepped up patrols in the surrounding area in the past few days and even sent out reconnaissance airships to check the surrounding situation. This has prevented the air force of the City of War from repeating the mistakes of the cities of Kalini.

But unfortunately, caution alone is of no avail.

Because the empire's attention was completely focused on the northern and eastern fronts, the entire northwest was almost in a vacuum, and relying solely on an air force was not enough to turn the tide of the war.

Boom boom boom——

A fierce air battle broke out.

But it was a one-sided crushing, because the Kingdom of Jialan had two air forces, while the City of War had only one air force.

Fighting one against two is too much of a challenge after all.

"Why? Why would the Jialan Army appear here?!"

Neville could hardly believe his eyes. Even if the highly mobile air force wanted to cross the border directly, it would be blocked by the Lacassia City Air Force and it would be impossible to penetrate here.

"Could it be..."

Neville suddenly thought of a terrible thing, that is, the city of Lacasia has fallen.

But this doesn't make sense.

Because once Lacasia fell, he would definitely receive the news, but he has not received any news until now.

It's impossible that the main force can run faster than the scouts delivering the letter, right?
Neville thought about it over and over again, but couldn't understand how the Galan Army suddenly appeared here.

Put these distracting thoughts behind you for now.

Neville shouted loudly: "Scout! Scout! Report the situation at the front immediately. Has the enemy's army begun to attack the city? Inform the front-line troops that they must guard the city gates at all costs and not let the enemy's army enter the city."

"Report, Commander, our army has failed to detect the enemy's army coordinates."

"You mean the enemy has no army at all?"

Neville was startled by the soldier's answer, and suddenly he thought of a terrible thing -

Air Force Marines!
This was a new tactic of the United Kingdom at the time, using the air force to transport soldiers and drop them into or near the city.

However, this action was too risky and could not allow the slightest mistake, because a war airship needed to transport half a division's soldiers. If one or two were destroyed, the plan might even fail.

unless……

The enemy has the power to crush the air force.

Judging from the current situation, the enemy does have the strength to crush their air force.

Then it all makes sense.

There must be an army attacking the city of Lacasia, delaying or directly taking over the city, so the air force of the Jialan Kingdom was able to break through to such a deep hinterland. At the same time, the enemy's army has probably crossed the border and will arrive here soon. Once the enemy's main force arrives, the city of war will definitely be lost.

Figured out the key.

Neville calmly issued two orders.

The first was to order the army to encircle and suppress the airborne troops with all their might. No matter how great the cost, the airborne troops must be encircled and suppressed in the city within three days while ensuring the safety of the city gates.

The second order was to ask for help from the imperial capital.

Neville has decided to race against time.

As long as he could annihilate the airborne troops within three days, he would be able to keep the army out three days later.

If they can hold out for another seven days, reinforcements from the central part of the empire will arrive, and then the quick attack plan of the Jialan Kingdom will be declared bankrupt. This is truly a race against time.

This is also the best command at this stage.

Even if an experienced commander were to replace the enemy, he could only do so much to remedy the situation.

Unfortunately, the War City completely destroyed the crystal hub in the previous wars.

Without air superiority, it would be almost a pipe dream to annihilate more than 30,000 Jialan airborne troops within three days, because Jialan's war airships can provide air support at any time.

So the end result is obvious.

Neville was ultimately unable to wait for reinforcements from the empire, and three days later, two hundred thousand Galan troops arrived first.

After a hard battle, the city of war fell three days later.

(End of this chapter)