After the first field battle between humans and sinners under the Kaspersky defense line, the adjutant in the main headquarters of the Storm Legion quickly wrote the first combat military report.
When this military report was delivered to General Rostock, the most senior general in the empire, he frowned and looked at it for a long time.
"Three thousand versus five thousand? Small victory? No chance of killing the enemy? Lose one third of yourself?"
Rostock looked at the written military report in his hand, and his expression 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: "Sir, is there something wrong?
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"Small victory? Huh, when the strength of the troops is about the same, the cavalry beat the infantry, and I lost half of my men. What the hell is this a small victory?" Rostock suddenly became furious and took this military report fiercely.
It looked like it was about to be torn into pieces.
But then, the general suddenly calmed down, his movements froze on the spot, hesitated for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh.
He unfolded the crumpled military report again on the table, picked up the pen, made some modifications on it, and glanced at the adjutant in front of him: "Add the content I modified, make a new copy, and then
Please report it."
When he said this, the old general's tone seemed a little helpless and tired, and he let out a long sigh.
The adjutant glanced at the revised military report in his hand:
"On August 4th, we met the enemy. The enemy's vanguard of 20,000 men arrived north of the Kaspersky Defense Line. In order to test the enemy's situation, we sent the Sixth Cavalry Battalion of the Third Cavalry Division of the Storm Legion into battle. Three thousand soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy. The enemy's vanguard was defeated and retreated.
Beheading is useless. Six hundred of our soldiers died for the empire, and ninety-six were injured."
The adjutant, who had been in the military for many years, immediately saw the flaws in the revised military report: literally, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that our three thousand cavalry defeated the enemy's ground.
Twenty thousand vanguards. Three thousand defeated twenty thousand. Literally, it is easy for people to come to such a conclusion, and from this comparison, it should be regarded as a great victory.
But……
This adjutant had followed Rostock for many years and was a direct subordinate trusted by the old general. He was puzzled as to how Lord Rostock, who had always been upright, upright and rigorous, could do such a thing of falsely reporting military exploits?
After hesitating for a moment, the loyal adjutant couldn't help but whispered: "Sir... I think, with the trust the regent has in you, even if we don't take much advantage in the first battle, the empire will not do anything to you.
What a slight comment..."
The implication is to remind Rostock that there is no need to falsely report military exploits to do such a thing.
Rostock gave a bitter smile, 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 words were not loud, but they were full of irresistible command. The adjutant did not dare to say anything more. After saluting, the silence subsided.
After going through special channels, this urgent battle report was delivered to the imperial capital in less than three days.
The news of the victory in the first battle was quickly deliberately publicized by the empire. The news of the victory made the people who were originally a little panicked immediately feel at ease.
Subsequently, the Imperial High Command, after receiving an explicit order from His Highness the Regent, launched a vigorous publicity campaign for this victory. All the 600 heroic Imperial soldiers who died in the battle were awarded the "Black Iron Medal". The injured were also awarded the "Black Iron Medal".
He received the "Third Class Medal of Valor", 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 to the first level.
Du Wei got a copy of the battle report the day after it arrived in the imperial capital. This was approved by the regent. According to Du Wei's request, a copy of the battle report sent from the front line would be sent to him as soon as possible.
Military academy.
Du Wei's reason for making this request is that officers in the military academy need to accumulate combat experience. Therefore, every battle report from the front line is a valuable learning opportunity for the rookies in the academy.
This excuse was very reluctant, but the regent agreed without hesitation.
Du Wei was not an ordinary citizen and would not be deceived by those hyped public opinions. After he got the battle report, he quickly saw something fishy in it.
"Beheading is useless... hum... If it is really a defeat battle, then the enemy has been defeated, how can it be possible that beheading is useless? Could it be that the Storm Legion doesn't even know how to do a simple job like counting heads?" Du Wei sighed.
, burn this battle report casually.
It seems that I am probably defeated in the first battle.
But obviously, Rostock must have received the secret order from the regent very early. In order to eliminate the panic of the people of the empire about invading foreign races, the news of victory must be used to dilute the fear in the hearts of the people. Therefore, Rostock, who has always been upright and honest, was forced to
The strict old general had no choice but to lower his face and do this kind of false reporting of military exploits.
However, Du Wei felt that this approach was correct.
Another day passed, Du Wei got a more detailed battle report... This battle report was not a copy sent by the military, but from the Decepticon team seconded to General Andre of the First Division of the Imperial Air Force on the front line.
Captain, Du Wei's disciple, written by Siege himself.
Because he was on the front line and next to a high-level general like General Andre, Sieg did not spend much effort to get the true process and results of the battle. Then he sent the news to the imperial capital.
Three thousand versus less than five thousand.
Cavalry versus infantry.
It's not a defeat, just a repulse.
This true battle report made Du Wei frown deeply.
Moreover, the message sent back by Sieg mentioned something not very good!
The morale of the frontline troops fluctuates!
Although the Storm Legion is currently the most elite main battle legion in the empire, and this army that has been fighting against monsters all year round, when facing monsters like the Orcs, because they are used to fighting against monsters, the Storm Legion has to face monster aliens.
At that time, the mental endurance was very strong.
However, the soldiers on the front line are now enveloped in a kind of emotion:
Those orc monsters, they eat people!
Brave Imperial soldiers are not afraid of bloodshed or sacrifice! However, no one wants to have their body dragged away by the enemy after fighting for the Empire, cut into pieces and thrown into a pot to be cooked and eaten!
This is absolutely terrible!!
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. At the risk of the opponent's counterattack, most of the corpses were brought back intact... However, this could not eliminate all the panic of the soldiers.
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We are not afraid of death, but we are very afraid of being eaten after death and becoming food for our enemies!
Even the secret message sent back by Sieg 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 the order, and then suppressed the matter.
Come down!
This kind of commotion has given the top generals a headache. Although it seems from Sieg's secret letter that the panic has been suppressed for the time being, and fortunately, it has not spread on a large scale, and the morale of the Air Force is relatively stable.
Siegur's letter also seemed to reveal a meaning: General Andre knew about the secret letter written by Siegur, and he also vaguely hoped that the wise Duke Tulip could come up with a way to solve this problem.
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Du Wei smiled bitterly, he really thought I was omnipotent.
Regarding the panic in the military, the most direct way to eliminate this hidden danger is to reassure everyone with some good news that can stimulate and inspire people's courage!
Where does the good news come from? The simplest 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 a victory but a defeat. It is okay to fool the rear with the battle report, but it is not easy to fool the veterans at the front.
Fortunately, with the same news, it seems that Rostock also wrote a secret report and submitted it to the regent himself. Then, the great and wise regent came forward to solve this problem!
Soon, after emergency consultations between the royal family and the church, the church released the news. As the representative organization of the great gods in the world, it is also the church's unshirkable obligation and responsibility to resist those evil races that do not believe in gods!
His Majesty Pope Paul XVI of the Temple of Light announced a new decree. He ordered the mobilization of the Holy Knights in multiple dioceses under the Church of Light to assemble! In the next month, there will be more than 4,000 Holy Knights.
The knights set off to the north one after another. At the same time, the temple in the imperial capital sent a team of 300 clergy to the front line. This team of clergy included priests, church leaders, members of the elders, and many magical powers.
division.
Chaplains and priests can allow soldiers to pray and listen to their opinions in the army, soothe the soldiers' emotions, and have a good effect on stabilizing the morale of the soldiers, while magicians can assist in combat.
This is the first good news.
The second good news comes from the Magic Union. Chairman of the Magic Union and leader of mainland magicians, Chairman Yago Doug, issued a magician initiative (because unlike the Pope, although the Chairman of the Magic Union is a magician in name only
leader, but the president of the Magic Union does not have the right to make any orders to the magicians on the mainland, he can only call for and initiate).
In the content of this proposal, the chairman of the Magic Union used sincere words to call on magicians on the mainland to go to the northern front line to help the empire's army. At the same time, in order to stimulate the interest of magicians (everyone knows,
Magicians are the kind of selfish people who have no concept of country. Most magicians don’t care about the life or death of others.) The proposal mentioned those monsters orcs, which seem to have high magical research value!
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 thing is
The purpose is to study those orc races that have never been seen before!
The so-called research naturally means: killing them, dissecting them...
The high-profile joining of the Church of Light and the Magic Union has greatly boosted the morale of the people and the military. The joining of these two organizations, which have long been renowned in the mainland and are powerful, will undoubtedly be a powerful shot in the arm to soothe the morale of the military!
As for Du Wei, after he learned the news, he understood that there must be some kind of secret teaching and compromise between the royal family and the two major organizations.
Of course, the Knights Association, which has become more and more popular recently and is vaguely driven by revival, is not idle either.
Although the Knights Association has been in decline for a long time, and although a big event has just ended, the momentum is quite strong, but in the short term, no one really thinks that the Knights Association has returned to a status that can be on an equal footing with the Magic Guild or the Church.
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However, President Delong, after some secret consultations with Duke Tulip, and at the suggestion of Duke Tulip, also issued a public statement!
Defending the glory of the empire is also one of the responsibilities of a knight!
The Knights Association issued a call to action through its branches across the mainland: Calling on knights, mercenary groups, or knights from all over the mainland to organize themselves, and the Knights Association will come forward to form a mercenary model and go to the north to fight for the empire.
Effectiveness.
For the hiring fee, the Knights Association has offered a rather high price...
Because we are now in a war period, the hunting of monsters in the frozen forest has been completely suspended. In the swamps of the south, the number and level of monsters are very low, and griffons are monsters that no one dares to provoke. Therefore, almost all monsters on the mainland
Some mercenary groups have fallen into an extremely depressed situation.
At this time, there was suddenly such an open call for mercenaries. Many mercenaries had nothing to do, and they also had courage and were willing to lick blood on the edge of a knife to make a living. These people who were accustomed to a life of escape immediately started
Sign up enthusiastically.
Of course, in fact, most of the hiring expenses were sponsored by Duke Tulip. However, this news was not made public and only a limited number of people knew it.