Chapter 131: World War II Between Mountains and Seas
Mountains and sea, the imperial capital of China’s Third Empire.
Ten miles away from Yongling Manor in the western suburbs of the imperial capital, it is already a suburb of the imperial capital. Compared with the bustling traffic of the imperial capital, this place is equally prosperous, but a little more bleak.
It was early autumn, but the temperature had dropped significantly. Perhaps another wave of cold air swept down from the Wuqi Mountains, covering the entire northern part of the empire. In short, although it was just summer, the streets in the suburbs of the empire were still...
It is full of the desolation and... chill of late autumn.
In a suite of a hotel building, a middle-aged man was standing with his hands behind his hands.
This seems to be a man of great status. Every move he makes is extremely grand and full of the graceful demeanor of a superior. However, the extremely solemn face clearly reveals a certain worry in the man's heart.
, the white hair as dense as stars on the temples makes the man look prematurely aged.
Beside him, there was also an old man who looked like an old butler.
Neither of them spoke, but they silently looked at the magic vision on the wall. On the screen, a female announcer with a solemn face was softly announcing something.
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"Hello, viewers, today is September 13, 2015 in the magic calendar, the ninth month and twenty-seventh day of World War II. Welcome to today's lunchtime news."
"——The third bloody battle at Daling River ended. My heroic Imperial Army once again launched a full-line attack on the Barbarian Eastern Army Regiment, effectively achieving our strategic goals, but tactically, we still did not achieve the ideal results.
Both sides suffered equal damage, and the empire did not achieve a major breakthrough on the front, and still faced off with the barbarians across the Daling River."
"Lao Gu, if you don't win, you will lose..."
The middle-aged man suddenly sighed lowly, turned to the old housekeeper beside him and said.
"Master Marquis, there is nothing we can do about this. The barbarians may have been frightened by our last war. This time they defended the Daling River defense line. In the past few months, they have gradually managed to turn the north bank of the Daling River into a metal barrel.
It also makes it clear that the chariots and horses only defend the defensive line to contain the empire. If the empire does not move, they will not move either."
"Although the Imperial Army's magic armor is far superior to the opponent's, after all, the magic warfare strength is still slightly insufficient. It is good to be undefeated. At least it is more than ten thousand miles stronger than the army of the Western Continent Alliance. As long as it can achieve its strategic goals, we can share the burden with them.
With a little pressure, it would be a blessing to have all the Alliance troops escape completely."
"It's just this third bloody battle. I don't know how many good men of the empire have been sacrificed... I heard that the Daling River has recently been called the Bloody River... For more than a month, it has flowed at its outlet.
The water coming out of the river is all red."
The old housekeeper known as Lao Gu sighed softly.
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Following his words, the voice of the announcer in the magic vision also sounded.
"——The magic machine operation jointly carried out by the Western Continent Alliance, the Southern Continent Tribe, and the Nanyang Commercial Alliance was effectively restrained by the third bloody battle of the Imperial Army's Dalinghe River. It was announced a few days ago that it was completed, and the Dunkirk Massacre
The retreat is successfully concluded.”
"——Since then, the entire territory of the Alliance has fallen, but the main force of the Alliance army has successfully withdrawn to the United Tribes of the Chiefs of the Southern Continent. They will fully unite with the tribes and the merchant alliance for the first time in the Southern Continent, and continue to work with the Barbarian Western Army Corps for the future of our humanity.
Fight to the death."
"——General de Gaulle, the Grand Marshal of the Alliance, claimed that with the support of close allies of the tribes and merchant alliances, the Alliance will stop its decline in the southern continent and fight to the death with the barbarians."
"Well, we finally worked together and achieved the strategic goal. I heard that the Merchant Alliance almost emptied their wealth in order to save the people of the same race as them in the Western Lands. Operation Mana Machine, an unprecedentedly large transport fleet. Dunkirk
There was a big retreat, and most of them finally escaped."
The middle-aged man suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard the sound.
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"Escape...what's the use of escaping? I was driven like a dog by the barbarians. Nearly half of the country's troops were damaged. How dare you say anything about life and death!"
The old housekeeper cursed angrily.
"I'm confused. It's more difficult for us to attack. It's easier for them to defend. We are facing an enemy whose military strength is slightly better than ours, but they have a clear advantage in combat power over the enemy. The empire has already conquered Daling.
He restrained more than one-third of the barbarian troops, and continued to launch attacks, mobilizing the barbarian troops from the west to the east to support them and share the pressure for them."
"And the barbarian Western Continent only has a few more troops than ours, one more Longer, so why did the three countries become like this? I won't go into details because the alliance was surprised by a surprise attack in the early stage, but
In the middle and later stages, they received the support of millions of elite expeditionary troops from the tribe, and the Merchant Alliance navy tried its best for them, but they still suffered defeat after defeat, and were defeated thousands of miles away?"
He said with an angry look on his face.
"There's nothing we can do about it." The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and spread his hands.
"Lao Gu, don't forget, the tribal expeditionary force may still have some combat effectiveness, but the group of mercenaries from the Merchant Alliance cannot be counted on at all. Their navy and the alliance navy's combined fleet have been defeated by the barbarian Western Army Navy in the Western Ocean.
I have become a grandson. Now it is just the ocean lifeline that will maintain the western and southern continents."
"You see, as long as the barbarians make another breakthrough in the southern continent, or make a breakthrough in the empire, and free up their hands a little, the merchant alliance will be destroyed at the first touch."
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"As for the Alliance and the Horde... we can't say that they are so incompetent - it's just that Longer's troops opposite them are too weird. They lack an outstanding commander... That de Gaulle may be good at inspiring the people.
But in terms of military ability, huh..."
The middle-aged man sighed deeply, but shook his head disdainfully.
The old housekeeper smiled bitterly: "It's not just them, we are also lacking. The peace has been peaceful for too long, the empire has been strong for too long, and we seem to have forgotten how to fight... I just hope that the younger generation will grow up quickly. By the way, Mr. Hou, I heard
,The third prince of the empire is very good?"
He looked at the middle-aged man inquiringly.
"Yes, if it weren't for the Third Prince's command, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to win even after three bloody battles and would have to suffer a loss. Those idiots from the Western Continent Alliance have been shouting for us to put more pressure on us all day long, but they actually let the barbarians secretly add more troops to the east.
I don’t even know if I’m a soldier.”
"Now the third prince has grown up rapidly. It is said that Duke Yang is not too busy and is basically like a demon war commander. On the contrary, the third prince, who is his combat adviser, is more like the commander of an army."
A proud smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face, but he smiled lightly.
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"That's good. There must be no mistakes on the northern frontline of the empire. The Western Continent people have completely collapsed. The entire country has fallen. It is said that their people will die if they don't surrender. Several of them were massacred by the barbarians..."
The old housekeeper suddenly stopped talking and shuddered.
"Yeah, if the empire is also invaded like this, I really can't imagine... The barbarians are not trying to conquer and rule us this time like during the Thousand Years War. I suspect they are here to destroy us humans."
"With the invasion of the Far North, the barbarians seemed to have set a test question for each of us - luckily we scored higher, otherwise the tragedy of the Western Continent people would have happened to me, the Chinese people... That would be really unimaginable."
The middle-aged man also murmured with a wry smile.
The old housekeeper laughed bitterly at the same time. He thought for a while, but then asked again.
"Master Marquis, you said...most of the elite people of the Western Continent have retreated to the Southern Continent through the magic machine operation. The barbarians are about to invade the tribe's homeland, and the alliance is lucky to have preserved half of its combat power, and the Nanyang Merchant Alliance's army is also in full force.
Gathering in Nanlu—now Nanlu is a big hornet’s nest.”
"The three countries faced less than two-thirds of the barbarian troops, and their total military strength was far superior to the other party. Now that it is a life-and-death situation again, we should maintain the front line? If the barbarians can win as quickly as they did when they attacked the Western Continent,
That can only be said to be the death of my human race."
The old housekeeper asked in a low voice.
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"It should be fine..."
The middle-aged man replied thoughtfully.
"However, Long Er also established a puppet army and obtained most of the resources of the Western Continent. Even if they have not mastered our technology, their productivity cannot keep up. But with those seizures, he can arm the surrendered humans into a magic armored army.
By the time Long Er reached the later stage of the Western Continent War, he was already very fond of driving the puppet troops to fight, so their blood loss in the Western Continent was actually not very serious."
"And Long Er... you know, this is the most cunning commander I have ever seen. So now, even if the three countries unite, it may only be a balance of power."
"But the most important thing is that the empire has shed enough blood..."
"The meeting of the General Staff Headquarters stated that if the empire continues to lose blood like this, Dalinghe will not be able to gain a clear strategic advantage within half a year, and the imperial army will also go on the defensive and be unable to launch another offensive. At that time, the initiative on the east-west battlefield will be
All will be in the hands of the barbarians."
"At that time, the barbarians would fight whoever they wanted and how they wanted to fight. We could only defend passively, and we would not be able to respond to each other. At that time, the barbarians would have a huge strategic advantage - that's why I said, Dalinghe Di
Three bloody battles, and if you fail to win, you will be defeated."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly again.
"At that time, as long as there is a major defeat anywhere on the human front, the collapse of the entire front will also begin, and we humans will be able to countdown to our own destruction..."
He spoke calmly, but his eyes were full of worry and anxiety.
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"It would be great if we also had a talented commander like Long Er."
The old housekeeper immediately sighed softly again.
"Who knows, I hope the third prince is, but I guess he is tough enough. Compared with Long Er, the third prince's military use is too satisfactory. We have been at peace for too long, and have not been tempered by the fire of war. It must be that
Only a talented commander who can think what others can't think of and who is good at using surprise troops to defeat the weak can be on par with Long Er."
The middle-aged man spread his hands: "Strength is the foundation of war, but wisdom is also an important component. The empire has been strong for too long, and military thinking has been too focused on conformity, neglecting the cultivation and exploration of the commander's ability to achieve surprising victories. I regret it.
It’s too late.”
he sighed.
"There is nothing that can be done about it. Using surprises means taking risks. The empire is the leader in human military power and has a stable path to victory. Who would want to use surprises? For hundreds of years, no commander likes to use surprises.
Who can still make progress? The glorious traditions of our predecessors during the founding war have long been abandoned by us to Java."
The old housekeeper also laughed bitterly.
They gradually lost interest in talking, but at the same time they stared at the magic vision in silence, and then started watching again. (To be continued...)