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Year 2515 of the Old World Imperial Calendar, Year 1000 of the Kislev Calendar, mid-January, Erengrad.
The city is full of ruins and a mess, but unlike a month or two ago, the place is now filled with amazing vitality.
In early January, the Poseidon fleet, together with the ironclad Enterprise, broke through the blockade of the Norscan dragon ships. Since then, the siege of Erlengrad was limited to land and sea, because Ulfric took away too many Norscan dragon ships.
, resulting in an insufficient number of remaining dragon ships, and under the attack of the Poseidon Fleet, the blockade could no longer be maintained. In the end, the Nord Kingdom's Claw Sea Fleet and the Britannia Poseidon Fleet opened up the sea transportation channel.
The Norscans' revenge began immediately. A Norscan army of several thousand people rushed into the interior of Nord, burning, killing, and looting. The Nords were forced to withdraw their troops and return to defense.
But it doesn't matter, because the Erengrad garrison has been reinforced by Kalad's Northern Front and the Poseidon Knights of Duke Bodric.
The most difficult time has passed. The Brittanians have brought abundant food. The bread no longer contains impurities and sawdust. The food supply has become normal. The residents have been able to receive sufficient food rations by sea.
On January 5, the city began to have a small supply of frozen mutton and frozen pork. For the first time, the residents of Olengrad saw the hope of an improvement in the situation and victory. For Rokossovsky, he had high hopes for a counterattack.
The opportunity has arrived.
The climate in Erlengrad has reached its lowest point in history, with temperatures reaching minus 30 degrees Celsius during the day and as low as minus 70 degrees Celsius at night. Not only were the Brittanians, who had experienced such a severe cold for the first time in the city, shivering from the cold, they all hid in their homes.
Keep warm inside the house, even the Norscans outside the city can't stand the cold, it's so terrible
Fearing the severe cold, even the armor of the Chaos Warriors froze into ice. The Norscan Mountain Legion gradually relaxed and gave up the siege. The Norscans from the north and east withdrew into the Growood Forest, passing through
Trees were cut down to build camps and wood was burned for warmth. The Norscan siege army in the south also hid in the ruins of the town.
"The power of Marshal Winter can only be understood after personally experiencing the coldness of Kislev. This is a place where ice can be formed directly in the air by pouring water into the sky. This is a place where water comes out of a water pipe and turns into popsicles when it hits the ground.
place."
——Commander of the Northern Front, Count Calade de Garament, Great Holy Grail of the Holy Realm
It took the Brittanians two weeks to adapt to such severe cold weather. This was the result of Beria's preparation in advance and stocking up on large amounts of vodka and double-layer thickened coats for the Northern Front.
At this time, an unexpected reinforcements exceeded everyone's imagination and arrived in Erengrad.
The army of Norscan dwarves, Torgard Crimson personally led his bodyguards, a group of hammer warriors named "Dragon Guards" and two teams of iron-smashing warriors, two teams of dwarf crossbowmen, a
The dwarf butcher of the team, and the third captain must be an old soldier.
The hidden outlet of the Sea of Claws appeared. This dwarf army of about a thousand people came to Erengrad for support. It took a lot of time for Dulong City to finally defeat and expel the besieging army of Norsca. Now, Norsca
The card dwarves will bring their help.
"On behalf of the dwarves of Dulong City, I send a message to our human friends in the old world. One hundred and seventy years ago, we fought side by side in the Great Holy War. Now, we are still willing to fulfill the covenant we made at that time." Norscan Dwarf Army
The crimson man of Tolgard puffed out his belly, put his hands on his hips, and said proudly to Kalad and Rokossovsky who came to greet him: "The dwarves will fulfill their covenant in the name of Granny."
In this way, the dwarves brought vital vitality, and after two weeks, the Brittanians also slightly adapted to such a cold environment. Against this background, Marshal Rokossovsky suddenly appeared in
An extremely bold battle plan was proposed at the military meeting.
This battle plan shocked everyone.
First, Rokossovsky planned the army to fight out of the city and launch two attacks at the same time. The target was the left and right armies of the Norsca Mountain Legion located in the Groward Forest to the north and east of Erengrad. Humans
The dwarven coalition must defeat or at least drive away the Norscan army on the left led by Stika, Champion of Slaanesh, and the Norscan army on the right led by Skal-Bloodfury, Chosen of Khorne.
After quickly defeating these two armies, the two armies quickly encircled and launched a pincer-shaped offensive, aiming directly at the central army of Norscan High King Varmir Aeslin in the middle of Growood Forest.
The Marshal of the Bear Cavalry planned to use this method to defeat the Norse Mountain Legion at once and relieve the siege of Erengrad.
The plan proposed by Luo Shuai at the military meeting encountered great controversy. Many people present at the meeting, including the Marquis of Turas of Britannia, the Norscan dwarf army Thorgard and the general political commissar Beria, all believed that this plan
It is too radical. Please note that it is January and the weather is extremely cold. It is very easy for the army to get tired fighting in the heavy snow. Moreover, if the troops are divided into two groups, they will be in danger of being surrounded.
Even if they are not surrounded, it is still unknown whether the army that takes the initiative to fight out of the city can quickly defeat the Slaanesh Champions Stika and Khorne's Chosen Skaar. As long as the movement is slower and the army does not complete the encirclement, it will be defeated by the Aislings one by one.
The danger of breaking.
What makes some people even more suspicious is that it was obvious that the military plan for the Zedevka Battle was also formulated by Rokossovsky, and in that battle, Kislev suffered a huge and shameful blow.
fail.
Faced with doubts, Rokossovsky had to explain the reasons for doing so.
First of all, the siege has been protracted, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have reached their limit. The same is true for the Norscans. In fact, after the end of December, the Norscans have been demoralized under the long siege and started to
There was a desertion. According to intelligence, the Norsca tribe in Groward Forest had already lost their vigilance and was completely dispersed. They lacked contact with each other and it was difficult to form responses and cooperation.
Then there is Luo Shuai's judgment on the war. The followers of Slaanesh should have been bored and started to hold grand indulgences at this time, while the followers of Khorne should be killing each other because they have not been able to hunt skulls for a long time. This is the best time.
The timing of the surprise attack.
Even so, at the military meeting, Luo Shuai was asked twice to go aside and reconsider the plan. Beria even pinched his collar and asked him coldly whether he planned to let the city be burned by Chaos.
into ashes.
However, Luo Shuai always insisted that this was a God-given opportunity, and everyone's deliberations made his opinion more firm.
Finally, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front and the main person in charge appointed by Ryan, Kalad spoke. The world-famous Holy Grail and human hero nodded slowly: "I think His Excellency Constantine's insistence has his own reasons.
The reason is that there are few methods that can guarantee victory 100% in fighting. Since he insists so much, it means that the deployment and organization of this plan are the result of careful consideration. This is a strong guarantee for victory. As for the High King of Norsca,
I'll deal with it."
In this way, Rokossovsky's proposal was adopted.
In order to commemorate Bagration, the chosen bear god who died defending the city, the mission code name of this operation was named "Operation Bagration".
The specific actions are as follows: The army within Erengrad will be divided into three groups.
The left wing was composed of Brittania's Northern Front and the troops of the Duchy of Bordero, responsible for defeating and driving away the troops of Stika, the Champion of Slaanesh.
In the middle, the dwarf army composed of the Norscan dwarf Torgard the Crimson One, the mustachioed dwarf from the Eight Peaks Mountain, and Belegar's son Thorgrin Ironhammer will attack Aislin's central army from the front.
On the right, Rokossovsky and Kuznetsov's Kislev armies will deal with the forces of Khorne's Chosen Skal.
The military plan will start in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and everyone will disperse to prepare for adjustments.
At this moment, Norscan Dwarf Lord Thorgard found Kalad: "Are you going to deal with Aislin? That is not an easy enemy to deal with."
"But it can only be me." Kalad said lightly: "Among all the people in the whole city, I am the strongest. If I can't defeat the High King of Norsca, then Turas and Bodrick
It will be even more difficult for the two Your Excellencies to defeat him. I will bring the lady's judgment to put an end to Aislin's sins and make him pay for everything he has done."
"You are a good man, but you are not enough to defeat Aislin. I know him." Torgard was silent for a while and said: "Aislin is a person blessed by the four gods of darkness at the same time. He uses Chaos as a
Choose to worship the whole... instead of four gods. He will have the colorful flames of chaos and powerful protection on his body, and it will be difficult for you to hurt him."
Before Kalad could tell Lord Norsca that he was not afraid of any challenge, Lord Norsca took off a rune beard ring made of vibranium from his very thick brown beard that hung to the ground.
: "Take it, this will help you."
"This is..." Kalad took the vibranium rune beard from Tolgard's hand.
"This is my father, Silverbeard's relic." Torgard's voice lowered, with a touch of pain and hatred: "In the Battle of the Mountains, Aislin once besieged Dulong City for decades. My father fought
Died in this long war, this is his legacy
It still contains the powerful power of your father's heroic spirit and his unyielding will, which will help you at a critical moment, but remember, the knight of Britannia, the power of your ancestors can help you once, but also
I can only help you once."
Does that mean it can only be used once? Kalad nodded silently, put the vibranium rune ring on Durandal, and expressed his gratitude to Thorgard.
Just like that, it was the early morning of January 16, Imperial Calendar 2515.