MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 718 : First half (7)

The alchemy mecha walked swiftly across the front line, brandishing its sword and shield, and smashed the soldiers of the newly formed legion that it touched. fireteam.

Machine gun bullets, grenades, and mortar shells hit the mecha's body, unable to break through the defense at all, but ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Army fell down wave after wave.

As the battle progressed, the scouts rushed to report: "Position 114 and Position 178 have been breached!"

The officers in the general headquarters tensed up and looked at the calm Graton.

Graton said calmly: "Send three more companies to support."

This order made the atmosphere of the general headquarters a little dull. Since the resumption of the war, the empire has been launching a high-intensity attack on the front line without knowing what to do.

And their commander-in-chief has issued such orders too many times. The weapons in his hands cannot pose a threat to the alchemy mecha, and the soldiers can only resist with their flesh and blood.

In just a few days, more than twenty companies were consumed on the front line.

Seeing the reserve team preparing to go to the battlefield, and remembering Bram who was still on the front line, Mikkil was filled with endless anger, and then he walked quickly to Graton and grabbed him by the collar. , roared: "Are you kidding me, letting them go up will only lead to death!"

He could see that the commander-in-chief had no way to deal with the alchemy mecha, and he just wanted to buy time with the lives of the soldiers.

The other officers in the general headquarters were terrified, and hurriedly separated the two: "Staff Mikil, calm down! Calm down!"

Graton loosened his collar and said calmly without getting angry, "They are soldiers and must fulfill their duties, even if what awaits them is death!"

Mikil sneered and said, "Are you trying to say that the life of a soldier is not life?"

Graton's cheeks twitched slightly, as if he didn't want to face this question directly, and turned his head aside: "I must remind you again, this is a war of destroying the country, each of us must be prepared to die in battle, if they don't go If you die, more people will die in the Silver Moon Kingdom!"

Hearing this kind of realistic and blatant answer, Mikkel seemed to be drained of all his strength, propped his hands on the table and muttered: "I don't understand, what is the value of the first front that is already riddled with holes, why? Do you want soldiers to die one batch after another?"

If it is war, there will be death. He is very clear about this, but he can never accept that the commander ignores the lives of soldiers.

In these days of battles, the first front has lost its strategic value, and it can be completely abandoned, allowing soldiers to rely on the second front to fight.

But Graton seemed to be bewildered, not only asking the soldiers to continue to stick to the first position, but even sending waves of reserve troops to die.

Not only did he not understand this point, but other high-ranking officers were also puzzled.

"What's the value?" Savoring these words, Graton stood up slowly, looked at the first front line, and said with deep eyes: "The current first front line is worthless..."

Yes, from a tactical point of view, the first front has accomplished the task of blocking the enemy well, and now it is worthless and can be abandoned at any time, and there is no need to stick to it.

The anger in Mikkel's heart was ignited again. He wanted to continue to question, but was interrupted directly by Graton. He looked at the officers in the headquarters with cold eyes: "But it represents our determination to defend this land!"

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After several days of fierce fighting, not only the Silvermoon Kingdom suffered heavy casualties, but also the Imperial Army, and the number of casualties alone was more than doubled.

"The lords refused to follow the battle under the pretext that there were too many casualties and that the soldiers urgently needed to rest."

"The morale of the four local legions is low. Both soldiers and officers have requested a truce to rest."

At the headquarters of the Imperial Army, Ivey was furious after listening to the adjutant's report: "Now we are fighting with the Silver Moon Kingdom, and whoever let go first will collapse first.

The soldiers of Silvermoon Kingdom can persevere, why can't they persevere! The soldiers of the Silver Moon Kingdom can go to die, why don't they want to die! Why not die! ! "

He didn't understand that the orc wolf cavalry had already started to harass the supply line, why these soldiers didn't have a sense of urgency at all, why didn't they obediently obey orders, and use their lives to drain the morale of the Silvermoon Kingdom!

Now, their battle with the Silvermoon Kingdom has entered a meaningless war of attrition.

The biggest feature of a war of attrition is that it takes the lives of soldiers and fills it endlessly until one of the parties loses morale and takes the initiative to show weakness and cease the war.

Opportunities and risks coexist, either to destroy the morale of the enemy or to destroy the morale of one's own.

The orc wolf cavalry is pressing on every step. Their empire can't afford it now, and they must end the battle as soon as possible, or win a staged victory.

This is a great time!

You know, once the supply line is cut off, all of them may die here, but why are these soldiers unwilling to fight? Why are you unwilling to sacrifice for the empire?

Listening to Ivey's roar, the adjutant wiped his cold sweat silently, and by the way complained in his heart: "The soldiers are not fools. The second-line regiments are treated so well, but they haven't been on the battlefield so far. It is obvious that you, the commander, want to save Strength, send their local legion up as cannon fodder.

Besides, the reason why most soldiers join the army is to make a living.

Ordinary soldiers of the local legion were killed, and at most two or three gold coins were given, and there were many deductions in the middle, and the family members could get even less

The lord's private army is even worse, the pension of the standing soldiers may still be guaranteed, but the pension of the militia depends entirely on the lord's mood.

Generally speaking, if the tax can be reduced or exempted for a few years, it is already a great kindness of the lord!

It is even worse to recruit the militia, it is completely cannon fodder captured, don't think about pensions or anything, death is for nothing.

And what about Silvermoon Kingdom? All the soldiers of the standing army received better daily treatment than the first-line regiments of the empire, and the pension after death was paid on a monthly basis for 20 years.

The treatment of both parties is not the same level, and they still want these soldiers to work for the empire and sacrifice their lives for the empire. It's a dream! "

After venting his anger, Ivey gradually calmed down. He thought over and over again and said, "Tomorrow, let the Nusha Army and the Golden Lily Army join the battle!"

The only troops he could mobilize in this war were the two second-tier armies that could still see the past, and he wanted to keep it until the final decision.

But now, the morale on their side is on the verge of collapse, and no matter how reluctant they are, they have to be allowed to play.

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On the railroad track, the steam locomotive stopped slowly, and part of the road ahead had been destroyed by the rebels, and the railroad track for the steam locomotive was missing.

Clifford in the carriage has long been familiar with this. Since the war with the empire, the lord's rebel army dormant in the dark has revived in an instant and made troubles all over the kingdom.

It was Harris who led the alternate legion to clean up ~www.novelbuddy.com~ to barely maintain the internal stability of the Silvermoon Kingdom.

Along the way, Clifford encountered at least a dozen times when the railroad tracks were damaged. If he didn't expect it, a group of idiots who thought they had an opportunity would appear next.

A knight lying in ambush on both sides of the railway track slowly appeared with a hundred people, and said disdainfully: "It's just such a big iron lump that can only travel along a fixed route, but it can also make the lord panic and be forced to I don't think it's a good thing to hand over the territory to the king!"

Although Simon fully protected the interests of the lower-level nobles while abolishing the enfeoffment system, many knight retainers were suspicious and tried to restore the enfeoffment system.

After all, compared with the centralized system, they are more familiar with the enfeoffment system and are more willing to believe it.

Wearing half-length armor, the knight pointed his long sword at the motionless steam locomotive, looking very energetic, as if he had seen the panic of everyone in the carriage and the lord's reward after he made military exploits.

"Give it to me!"

Following the knight's order, more than a hundred people beside him, who didn't know whether they were soldiers or farmers, rushed towards the steam locomotive with various weapons.

Heck, the turret on the top of the armored car turned, and the black muzzle aimed at these people, and the battle ended with a roar.

Immediately afterwards, groups of soldiers came down from the carriage and began to clean up the remnants of the enemy and lay the rails.

Seeing this, Clifford in the carriage shook his head helplessly. Simon had ordered him not to take the initiative to attack until he showed obvious hostility.

Kings are always extraordinarily generous in false benevolence...

A few hours later, the re-laying of the railway track was completed, and the steam locomotive, carrying a full supply of munitions, drove towards the Yelin River defense line again.