Imperial Elite

Chapter 106 Impossible Mission
For the first time, he faced a situation where even his best friend couldn't help him.

Joe sat alone in the bedroom of the governor's mansion on Emerald Isle, and fell silent.

After a long while, Qiao looked at herself in the mirror and let out a long sigh.

"Brother, I've really suffered a lot because of you."

Just as Qiao was sighing, there was a knock on the door of her bedroom.

Why would someone come to find me at this hour? Is there something important that's on their mind?

Joe, wearing a bathrobe, walked to the door and opened it.

"Is there a problem?"

Upon opening the door, a member of the Northern Guard wrapped in a bath towel appeared outside. Due to her role in that movie, and as the female lead, this nearly two-meter-tall female soldier is now incredibly famous because everything about her, including her height, is top-sized.

When Qiao asked her what was wrong, the woman smiled sweetly and then let go of the bath towel in her hand.

Joe initially wanted to refuse this offer.

After all, I'm already in a lot of trouble, and I really don't want to make things any more complicated.

However, her stats were simply too strong. Faced with this pure stat monster, Joe's refusal was easily shattered, crushed, and surrounded by a hug.

At midnight, Joe sat on a chair by the window, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and sighed again as he looked down.

Why can't I control myself?

While the riot in the House of Commons was certainly wrong, was there no problem with the House of Lords' permission?

"Sigh...another karmic entanglement."

"what happened?"

The female soldier who came over with two cups of water heard Qiao talking to herself and looked at her with some confusion.

"It's nothing, just talking to myself out of boredom."

Joe waved to the female soldier.

The female soldier walked to Qiao's side, took a sip of water, then put the water cup aside and tossed her hair back.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just then, there was another knock on Joe's door.

Upon hearing the knock on the door, a look of panic flashed across the female soldier's face, who had water in her mouth.

However, Joe was already used to this kind of thing, so he reached out and patted the female soldier's face, giving her a reassuring look.

Then he stood up from the chair, walked to the door, and opened it.

Looking at everything that appeared outside the door, even though Qiao had seen it all before, he could only say that he had never seen anything like it before.

Just like in a girls' dormitory, there might be several group chats.

There are also several factions within Joe's Lucia Guard.

Simply put, people in St. Petersburg look down on people in Moscow, and people in Moscow look down on people from other places.

Those with higher ranks look down on those with lower ranks, while those with lower ranks think, "Everyone's the same now, so what gives you the right to be arrogant? Just because you're so high and mighty?"

Those who receive many awards look down on others, while those who spend a lot of time in the bathroom are disliked.

Although they cooperated closely on the battlefield, outside of it, these female soldiers rarely appeared in the same place at the same time unless summoned by Joe or Alina.

The same place here refers to Joe's Roman Baths.

Unfortunately, none of the people who designed the bedroom originally could have imagined that someone would have such an astonishing demand for the size of the bedroom and bed; there simply wasn't enough room for so many people.

Joe, of course, wholeheartedly welcomes this kind of clique-forming behavior.

After all, there are limits to human capabilities.

But this time, when the little group from Lucia's guard who loved to soak in the bathroom appeared at Joe's room door wearing a white bridal veil, white stockings and high heels, and holding a bouquet, it was a different story.

Joe knew he was in trouble.

The trouble wasn't that he was going to play a high-level game tonight, but that these women all wanted an explanation from him.

With a sigh, Joe stepped aside from the door to let the female soldiers into the room.

As the Lucia female soldiers entered the room, the Northern Guard female soldier first let out a scream.

Then, a string of Lucia's words, which Joe couldn't understand, rang out in Joe's bedroom. Although the words were harsh, judging from the actions of the female soldiers, they were probably saying nice things.

The next day, as the alarm clock rang, Joe opened his tired eyes, turned off the alarm, and dragged his weary body out of bed to look at the mess in the room.

Joe sighed again.

"Hey, Joe, you're not an eighteen-year-old anymore. You need to learn to control yourself."

Looking at everything before him, Joe felt that he would most likely pass away peacefully in his bed after a life full of ups and downs. Of course, he wasn't entirely sure how peaceful his death would be.

Then, just as Joe got out of bed, ready to put on his major general uniform and start a new day.

Looking at the white bridal veils lying on the ground, Joe suddenly had an idea.

If this whole damn thing started in the first place, then I should just finish it in the same way. Logically speaking, that's called having a beginning and an end.

Anyway, what women want is a wedding, but they don't say what kind of wedding they want.

The only problem is that completing this wedding might require an excessively high level of physical fitness. But I'm used to this kind of thing anyway, so I might as well go all out.

Having come up with the idea, Joe began preparing to solve the problem.

As the governor of Emerald Isle, Joe wielded virtually unlimited power on the island.

It just so happens that the cabinet hadn't spent all the money it gave to George to renovate the garden, so it's normal to renovate a chapel exclusively for George, right?
As governor, it's reasonable for Joe's chapel to be larger, isn't it?
The devout Joe would only go to church after taking a bath, so the bathroom was built in a semi-underground structure together with the chapel. That's quite devout, isn't it?

Joe doesn't like cramped spaces, so it makes sense for the bathroom to be bigger and have more amenities, right?
Is it difficult to complete these things within the timeframe I requested?
That means you're not motivated enough. If I add another two thousand pounds, will you be able to finish ahead of schedule?
In short, with everything seemingly reasonable and scientific, Joe began renovating the chapel in the governor's mansion while simultaneously preparing for the wedding and the expedition.

They embark on a long expedition to the other side of the world, scouting terrain and enemy positions to prepare for the arrival of the main force, and assisting the main force in landing when it arrives.

Logically speaking, this is an impossible task, and Joe needs a special force to accomplish it.

Joe has two units under his command that have been trained by the Kill Squad, one of which is Wagner's commando unit.

To keep the existence of this unit secret, although the commando unit received commando training and performed commando duties, it was organized into Wagner's logistics regiment and designated as the Sixth Truck Supply Company.

Aside from being transported by truck, it looked like an ordinary supply company.

However, in reality, although this company did have ordinary trucks as vehicles, it was only a disguise for carrying out missions.

In addition to regular trucks, the company also has specially customized explosion-proof six-wheeled trucks, Unyielding light off-road vehicles, and six-wheeled armored vehicles.

Vehicles that are treasured in ordinary companies can be freely selected by the Sixth Truck Supply Company based on the mission requirements.

Their equipment is also different from that of ordinary troops.

Unlike mass-produced goods, the equipment of the Sixth Truck Supply Company was custom-made at Diane's gun factory by veteran craftsmen who had spent their lives making guns.

Although each squad or killing team has a division of labor between snipers and assault soldiers, in reality every member is proficient in sniping, assault, and demolition.

Furthermore, each person in their arsenal possesses an almost complete set of equipment, ranging from pistols to sniper rifles to demolition tools.

At the same time, Joe also required the troops to wear ski masks so that others could not see their faces when carrying out missions.

This is to ensure that they don't encounter any strange or unusual situations before their next mission.

On the other hand, humans are visual creatures. When a group of masked people appear in front of them, the human brain will pause briefly, which can create a temporary tactical advantage.

It can be said that, apart from the lack of helicopters and transport planes for them to carry out airborne operations, and the lack of submarines for them to launch from torpedo tubes, they could be deployed to any location by Joe using any means of transportation.

They were the most elite troops under Joe's command.

In addition to the Sixth Truck Supply Company, Joe's Lucia Guard had also been trained by the Kill Squad and had been deployed in the previous battle to clear out the separatists on Emerald Isle.

Furthermore, apart from having fewer vehicles than the Sixth Truck Supply Company and not being equipped with explosives, these female soldiers had basically the same equipment as the Sixth Truck Supply Company.

These two units are the most elite assault forces at Joe's disposal. Before the main force lands, Joe must send at least one of them to carry out preliminary infiltration operations and cover the main force's landing.

Joe originally intended to send both units out, partly to bolster the assault force and increase the margin for error, and partly because the troops were using the pretext of filming a movie to go to the East.

Since it's a movie production, it's obviously unusual that there aren't any women in the crew and among the actors.

But now Joe is ready to solve the problem once and for all, so naturally he can't send out his two guards.

Joe wasn't comfortable with just sending a few more men from the Sixth Truck Transport Company to disguise themselves as a film crew and go to the Far East.

So in order to complete this near-impossible task, Joe decided to go all out again.

As is well known, the Far East is a relatively remote and underdeveloped region, which has led to its poverty.

Poverty naturally prevents the maintenance of expensive things like an air force.

So Qiao wondered if there was a possibility, just a possibility, for himself.

They were able to hire pilots at high prices and, under the pretext of needing aerial photography and movie special effects, provide the film crew with a few more aircraft as fire support.

When the operation begins, these aircraft will take off and attack ground targets.

We don't expect them to achieve many victories; as long as they can delay the enemy's ground forces and allow the First Battalion to successfully land, that would be a victory.

Joe didn't believe that anyone in the Far East could stop the First Battalion's armored assault.

At this time, the war had just ended, and due to budget cuts in the military, Joe was able to easily find pilots willing to take the salary.

However, while the pilots managed to fix the problem, the aircraft itself proved more difficult to resolve.

This is not because Bonitania imposed any restrictions on Wagner.

Although Winston was no longer the Minister of Munitions, the armory in Brittany remained open to Joe, allowing him to freely select goods.

At the same time, with the end of the war, a large number of aircraft now need to be stored or dismantled, and the price is negotiable.

The problem is that these aircraft were not designed to be deployed to such remote locations for combat.

Therefore, these aircraft had to be disassembled before being transported, and since these aircraft were basically made of wood and canvas.

Joe was very worried that once these planes arrived at their destination, they wouldn't be able to take off.

But in the end, just like in Joe's private chapel, Joe solved the problem with his money.

Joe hired a group of ground crew members who had served at an air force base near the Somme, and then bought three times the number of planes originally planned.

Long-distance transportation can cause problems, but if I bring three times the amount of reserves, there shouldn't be any issues, right?

While preparing supplies for the expedition, Joe also gathered the crew from the previous film, Kingsman. Since he would definitely be late this time, Joe handed the script to Cecil, the lead actor from the previous film, and asked him to temporarily act as director.

Take pictures of the scenery along the way, and then take some shots when you arrive at your destination.

Of course, since Joe wanted a grand spectacle this time, Cecil had to find a way to get the plane to do aerial photography.

Upon hearing Joe's request, Cecil, who had been basking in the glory of his role in "Kingsman," turned green with envy.

"Me? I'll direct?"

Cecil pointed to himself, his expression not like Joe was asking him to act as a director, but rather as if he were being told to conquer Moscow alone.

"Yes, that's you."

Joe nodded in agreement.

"If you can act, then you understand movies. If you understand movies, then you can naturally be a director. So don't refuse, you are the temporary director now!"

After saying this, Mr. Qiao felt that he seemed to have heard this sentence somewhere before.

Cecil also felt that Joe's words sounded like he was speaking.

What do you mean by saying that if I understand acting, I understand making movies? It's like saying that if I can fool young girls, I can have babies. That makes no sense!
But Joe said, "There's nothing I can do. His Majesty is urging me to update the movie, and I'm getting married right now. So do you think I'm delaying His Majesty's update or delaying my wedding?"
Seeing that Joe had so frankly stated his predicament, Cecil had nothing more to say.

After all, whether it's delaying the release of the movie His Majesty wants to watch or not getting married, it's a dead end.

So Cecil could only pat Joe on the shoulder and say, "Since you've said that, then I have no choice but to do it this way. We're buddies, I'll help you out, and I'll film this scene."

After assigning the task to Cecil, Joe went to see the soldiers of the Sixth Truck Supply Company.

Unlike when he didn't tell Cecil the truth, Joe gave them a detailed account of their mission in the Sixth Truck Supply Company and asked them to keep it a secret from Cecil and the rest of the crew until the main force arrived and they had to begin their operation.

Only after the action orders were given were they able to tell Cecil and the film crew the real mission.

Of course, their mission is also divided into two parts.

First, we must control the port and any existing artillery positions there, at least to ensure the safe landing of our troops.

Some of them had already carried out similar missions when they landed in Helsinki, and some were even members of the Low Countries' bridge-seizing commando team from years ago.

Therefore, they are already very proficient in this part of the task.

Meanwhile, another part of their mission was to eliminate the local garrison commander and potential leaders while controlling the port area.

Even if the local garrison has a relatively complete command chain, this can slow down and weaken the strength of the enemy's first wave of counterattack.

In this way, Wagner's 1st Armored Battalion would be able to land from the ship relatively easily.

Once you've logged in, the rest is easy.

Joe said they didn't need to worry too much about the arrival of reinforcements and subsequent support, because this mission was very important, so Joe would arrive with the main force.

Upon hearing that Joe would arrive with the main force, the members of the Sixth Truck Supply Company said they would complete all the preliminary preparations, but if possible, they would like to know what the purpose of this operation was and why it was being kept so secret.

Looking at the soldiers, Joe said, "You will know when it's time for you to know. Knowing too much now is not good for the operation."

The film crew, having quickly completed preparations, set off together with the sixth truck supply company.

Cecil was somewhat puzzled that Joe had sent a logistics unit with them to the Far East to film the movie.

However, Joe said he had heard that the infrastructure in the Far East was terrible, and if they didn't bring this supply convoy with them when they went to the Far East, they would have to carry all the camera equipment and props on foot.

Upon hearing this, Cecil immediately remarked, "As expected of Joe, he's thought of everything."

As Cecil set off, the chapel and bathrooms that Joe had spent a considerable amount of money to furnish were also completed.

After the inspection, Joe was very satisfied with the chapel and bathroom.

That very night, Joe gathered all the women in the new bathroom.

The fact that Joe had called all of them left not only the small groups within the two guard units somewhat confused, but also Diane and Kate, among others, feeling very strange.

Although they knew that Joe had illicit relationships with the women under his command, they usually turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

Now that Joe has actually called them all over, and in the bathhouse no less, this act of tearing away the last veil of decency in every sense makes everyone look rather undignified.

However, at Joe's insistence, the women still came to the bathhouse.

Then, as the women looked at each other with suspicion, Joe walked into the bathhouse and said that everyone should take a bath now, and that they could do something while bathing.

Because in the chapel right next door, Joe had already prepared all the wedding dresses, and Joe was preparing to hold a mass wedding.

Although there was no pastor at the wedding, and the women's religious beliefs differed somewhat, the wedding had all the necessary elements: a bath, a wedding dress, and a ceremony in the chapel. Even without marriage registration, the process had been completed, so it was as if Joe was already married.

Kate, who was about to have her formal wedding, immediately protested loudly, saying that she would absolutely not fool around with Joe here.

But Joe immediately stopped Kate, who was about to turn and leave, and told her not to think about leaving. She had already locked the doors and windows, and this was a room where one could not leave unless they got married.

The women were clearly unhappy with Joe's behavior; they wanted a wedding and responsibility, but this was hardly a normal wedding.

Even Diane and Catherine, who were relatively good-natured, looked at Joe with a hint of danger in their eyes. As someone who had been through many battles, Joe could read a murderous intent in their eyes.

He watched as these women walked toward him, protesting what was clearly an unconventional wedding.

Joe realized that he had indeed done something stupid: getting everyone together to get married. On the bright side, it was being responsible to everyone; on the dark side, it was just fooling everyone.

Faced with this murderous aura, Joe felt he had to convince everyone.

But to convince everyone that this was like going to the other side of the world to save the Bohemian Legion, an impossible mission.

Faced with this impossible task, Joe swallowed hard. He shouldn't die here... right?

(End of this chapter)