Chapter 580 Chapter 542 Mobilization

After the first field battle between humans and criminals under Kaspersky's line of defense, Chief Seri, the adjutant of the Storm Legion Commander's Mansion, quickly wrote the first battle report. When this military report was delivered to General Rostock, the most experienced general in the empire frowned for a while. "Three thousand versus five thousand? A small victory? It's useless to kill the enemy? Lose yourself by a third?" Rostock looked at the written military newspaper in his hand, and his face suddenly became very strange.The clerical adjutant in front of him was obviously a little nervous. He looked at the commander in chief and asked in a low voice, "My lord, is there something wrong?"

"Small victory? Huh, when the strength of the troops is about the same, the cavalry beats the infantry and loses half of its own men. What the hell is this called a small victory!" Rostock suddenly became furious, and ruthlessly slammed the military report. Nested, it looked like it was about to tear it to pieces. But then, the general suddenly calmed down, and his movements froze on the spot. After hesitating for a moment, he finally let out a long sigh. He unfolded the crumpled military newspaper again and put it on the table, picked up the pen, made some revisions on it, and glanced at the adjutant in front of him: "Add my revised content, make a new copy, and then Report it."

When he said this, the old general's tone seemed a little helpless and exhausted, and he let out a long sigh. The adjutant glanced at the revised military newspaper in his hand: "We met the enemy on August 4th, and 20,000 enemy vanguards arrived north of the Kaspersky line of defense. In order to test the enemy's situation, the sixth cavalry battalion of the 3rd Cavalry Division of our Stormtroopers went out to fight. 3,000 soldiers bravely killed the enemy. The enemy vanguard was defeated and retreated. Beheading is useless, our six hundred soldiers died for the empire, and ninety-six were injured."

The adjutant, who has been in the army for many years, immediately saw the tricks in the revised military newspaper: Literally, it is easy to make people mistakenly think that it was our three thousand cavalry who defeated the enemy's army. Twenty thousand pioneers.Three thousand beat back twenty thousand. Literally, it is easy for people to draw such a conclusion, and from this comparison, it should be regarded as a big victory. But…… This adjutant had followed Rostock for many years and was a direct subordinate trusted by the old general. He was puzzled. How could Lord Rostock, who has always been upright and rigorous, do such a false report of military exploits?

After hesitating for a while, the loyal adjutant could not help but whispered: "My lord... I think, with the regent's trust in you, even if we didn't take advantage of the first battle, the empire would not treat you badly." What are you talking about..." The implication is to remind Rostock that there is no need to falsely report military exploits to do such a thing. Rostock smiled wryly, looked at the adjutant who had followed him for many years, shook his head and said, "You don't understand, just do as I wrote." The voice was not loud, but it was full of irresistible commands.The adjutant did not dare to say anything more, and after saluting, the silence subsided.

... After going through a special channel, this urgent battle report was sent to the imperial capital in less than three days. The news of the victory in the first battle was quickly publicized intentionally by the empire. The news of the victory made the people who were a little panicked immediately feel at ease. Afterwards, the Imperial High Command, after receiving an explicit order from His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, made a big publicity campaign for the victory. The 600 brave soldiers of the Empire who died in the battle were all awarded the "Black Iron Medal", and the wounded were also awarded the "Black Iron Medal". He received the "Third Class Medal of Courage", and the general who led the team out of the city in the first battle, the officer of the Storm Legion named Milo, also received a "Medal of Courage" and was promoted by one level at the same time.

Du Wei got a copy of the battle report the second day after it arrived in the imperial capital - with the permission of the regent.According to Du Wei's request, all battle reports sent from the front will be copied and sent to the Military Academy as soon as possible. Du Wei's reason for making this request was that officers in the military academy needed to accumulate combat experience, so every battle report on the front line was a valuable learning opportunity for the rookies in the academy. This excuse was very reluctant, but the regent agreed without hesitation. Du Wei is not an ordinary public, and will not be deceived by those hyped public opinions.After he got the battle report, he quickly saw the strangeness in it.

"Beheading is useless... Humph... If it's really a rout battle, how can beheading be useless if the enemy is defeated? Could it be that the Storm Legion can't even do such a simple job as counting heads?" Du Wei sighed , Burn this battle report casually. It seems that the first battle may have been defeated. But obviously, Rostock must have received a secret order from the regent long ago. In order to eliminate the panic of the people of the empire about the invasion of foreign races, news of victory must be used to dilute the fear in the hearts of the people.Therefore, Rostock, an old general who has always been upright and rigorous, had to pull his face down and do this kind of false report of military exploits.

However, Du Wei felt that this approach was correct. Another day later, Du Wei got a more detailed battle report... This battle report is not a copy sent by the military, but a copy of the Decepticon squad seconded to General Andrei of the First Division of the Imperial Air Force on the front line. Captain, Du Wei's disciple, written by Zieg himself. Because he was on the front line and beside a high-ranking general like General Andre, Zieg did not spend much effort to get the real process and result of that battle.Then the news was sent to the imperial capital. Three thousand is less than five thousand.

Cavalry versus infantry. It's not a defeat, it's just a repulsion. This real battle report made Du Wei frown deeply. Moreover, in the news sent back by Zieg, there was a piece of bad news! The morale of the frontline troops fluctuates! Although the Storm Legion is currently the most elite main battle legion in the empire.Moreover, the army that has been fighting monsters all year round is used to fighting monsters like the orcs, so the Storm Legion has a strong psychological endurance when facing monsters and alien races. However, the soldiers on the front line are now shrouded in a kind of emotion:

Those orc monsters, they eat people! Brave Imperial soldiers are not afraid of bloodshed, nor sacrifice!However, no one would like to have his body dragged away by the enemy after he fought for the empire, cut into pieces and threw them into a pot to be boiled and eaten! This is simply too scary! ! Although in order to stabilize the morale of the army, after the first battle, Rostock ordered a cavalry battalion to go out of the city to respond, risking the opponent's counterattack, and brought back most of the corpses intact... However, this could not eliminate all the panic of the soldiers ! We are not afraid of death, but we are very afraid of being eaten after death and becoming food for the enemy! Even, the secret letter sent back by Zieg mentioned that some low-level officers and soldiers in the second-line reserve team refused to go to the front line because of this news!The army therefore executed several officers who disobeyed orders, and this suppressed the matter! This kind of commotion caused headaches for the high-level generals.Although according to Chieg's secret letter, such panic has been temporarily suppressed, and fortunately, there has not been a large-scale spread, and the air force's morale is still stable. Chigurh also seemed to reveal a meaning in the letter: General Andrea knew about the secret letter written by Chigurh, and at the same time vaguely hoped that the wise Duke Tulip could come up with a way to solve this problem . Du Wei smiled wryly—I really thought I was omnipotent. ... For the panic in the army, the most direct way to eliminate this hidden danger is to reassure everyone with good news that can stimulate people and inspire courage! Where does the good news come from?The easiest and most direct way is to win the battle!Use a hearty victory to inspire the fighting spirit and bravery of the soldiers. But the problem is that the first battle was won but lost, and it is okay to fool the rear with the battle report, but it is not easy to fool the old soldiers in the front. Fortunately, with the same news, it seems that Rostock also wrote a secret report and delivered it to the regent himself.Then, this problem, the great and wise regent, came forward to solve it! Soon, after the royal family and the church conducted an emergency consultation, the church released a message. As the endorsement organization of the great gods in the world, it is also the duty and responsibility of the church to resist those evil races that do not believe in gods! His Majesty Pope Paul XVI of the Temple of Light announced a new doctrine, ordering the mobilization of holy knights in multiple dioceses under the Church of Light to gather!In the next month, more than 4,000 holy knights will go to the north one after another. At the same time, the temple of the imperial capital will send a clergy with 300 people to the front line. This team of clergy, Including pastors, church leaders, members of the elders, and many magicians. Priests and priests can make soldiers pray and accept soldiers' confessions in the army, soothe soldiers' emotions, and can have a very good effect on stabilizing the army's morale, while magicians can assist in combat. This is the first good news. The second piece of good news comes from the Magic Union.The chairman of the magic union, the leader of the mainland magicians, Mr. Yago Doug issued a proposal for magicians (because unlike the Pope, although the chairman of the magic union is the nominal leader of the magicians, the chairman of the magic union has no right to Any order to the magicians on the mainland can only be a call and initiative). In the content of this proposal, Mr. Chairman of the Magic Union used sincere words to call on the magicians on the mainland to go to the northern front to help the army of the empire. At the same time, in order to stimulate the interest of magicians (everyone knows, Magicians are the kind of selfish ghosts who have no national concept, and most magicians don’t care about other people’s lives.), those monsters and orcs mentioned in the proposal seem to have high value in magic research! The last one seems to have had a great effect. It is said that many magicians have begun to pack up and take their disciples to the north... Of course, for them, helping the imperial army to fight is secondary, the main The purpose is to study those orc races that have never been seen before! The so-called research is naturally: kill them, dissect them... The high-profile joining of the Church of Light and the Magic Union boosted the morale of the people and the army.The joining of these two powerful and well-known organizations in the mainland is undoubtedly a powerful booster to soothe the morale of the army! As for Du Wei, after learning the news, he understood that it must be some kind of secret doctrine and compromise between the royal family and the two organizations. Of course, as the Knights Association, which has become more and more popular recently and is faintly driven by revival, has not been idle. Although the Knights Association has been in decline for a long time, and even though it has just ended a great excitement, the momentum is quite a turnaround, but in the short term, no one really thinks that the Knights Association has returned to the status of being able to sit on an equal footing with the Magic Union or the Church . However, Chairman Delong, after a secret consultation with the Duke of Tulip, also issued a public statement under the suggestion of the Duke of Tulip! Defending the glory of the empire is also one of the duties of knights! The Knights Association issued a call through its branches in various parts of the mainland: Calling on the knights, or mercenary groups, or knights from all over the mainland, everyone will organize, and the Knights Association will come forward to form a mercenary model and go to the north to serve the empire. potency. For the cost of hiring, the Knights Association offered a rather high price... Because it is now in a war period, the hunting of monsters in the Frozen Forest has been completely suspended, and in the southern swamps, the number and level of monsters are very low, and the Griffin is a monster that no one dares to provoke.Therefore, almost most of the mercenary groups on the mainland have fallen into a situation of extremely depressed business. At this time, suddenly there was such an open call for mercenaries. Many mercenaries who had nothing to do, and who were not lacking in courage, were willing to lick blood and eat on the blade. These people who were used to desperate lives immediately started Actively sign up. Of course, most of the employment expenses were actually sponsored by Lord Tulip. However, this news was not made public, and only a limited number of people knew about it.