Mage Veja

Chapter 283 Reaching the Front
This is definitely a high-end black.

Veigar stared wide-eyed, looking at the boastful Chief of Staff Eskar.

This crazily praising his past glory, then he must be indispensable in this mission. It would be fine if he wins, but if he fails and flees back to the country in despair, his evaluation may drop to freezing point.

Because the higher you hold, the harder you fall.

This is not the only thing Veigar was afraid of. What he was even more afraid of was that he would not even be able to escape back to the country.

This is a losing battle, and he himself has no hope of victory.

But the commander-in-chief Housman and the others don't think so. It's fine if they didn't know about Veigar's past. Now that they know about Veigar's past, they are full of confidence in Veigar.

Wings of the Empire aside.

Everyone knows the reputation of the never-falling city of Kareni, and the Royal Army who was able to capture Kareni is obviously not mediocre, at least at the same level as the Royal Army in the Holy Dynasty this time, or even higher.

Here and there.

The Kingdom Army is so powerful, but Vega is a ruthless man who can turn defeat into victory and regain Kareni.

What is the mission this time?
It's just opening up a retreat channel.

Is there any need to worry about failure when entrusting this kind of task to such a ruthless person?
The commander of the 4th division, Garlu, echoed immediately: "My lord, the commander-in-chief, specialize in surgery, and experience is the priority. I am willing to give up my position as the commander-in-chief of operations. Everything is up to Brigadier General Vega."

"This battle must be won, and the next official seconded."

"For the safety of the soldiers to return, the lower officials also seconded the proposal."

"..."

All the division commanders agreed with Veiga as the commander-in-chief, especially the 4th division commander, his face almost wrinkled from laughter. If Veigar was the commander-in-chief of this battle, even if he failed, he would only have to take secondary responsibility.

"Cough cough cough..."

Housman coughed for a while: "Since Brigadier General Veigar is expected by everyone, I think we should carry out this mission with Commander Garlu. However, Commander Garlu is still the combat commander. It's not that you don't trust Brigadier General Vega, it's just that you just now I have not been in the army for a long time, and I must not be used to all aspects of the army, so I will be in command next time."

"It's... Lord Commander."

Forced to do nothing, Veigar had no choice but to agree to this battle. He also did not dare to reject Hausman, the centralized power, because once he refused, Dandry, the deputy brigade commander in his brigade, would also take the opportunity to replace him.

But fortunately, the commander in chief was not him.

When the sky fell, there was a tall man supporting him, and he was only assisting from the side. When the battle really failed, he would only have to pay the secondary responsibility. The real unlucky one was the 4th Division Commander Garlu.

Of course this is all secondary.

Veigar just wanted to know how to come back alive from the front line this time.

"Brigadier General Veigar, please take care of me next time."

The smile on Division Commander 4's face disappeared, and he said with a stiff expression: "The time to send troops is tentatively scheduled for 5 days. Please be ready, sir. This time we will travel by land to the Holy Dynasty."

"My department is ready to leave at any time."

After the meeting ended, Veigar and Garru chatted casually, and then left the headquarters.

Before leaving, he undoubtedly bumped into Chief of Staff Escal. He didn't feel that he had done anything cheating. Instead, he patted Vega on the shoulder and said, "Brigadier General Vega, I've given you a chance. I wish you the best of luck." Hitting the ground running."

"Thank you so much for the care of the Chief of Staff!" Veigar's mouth twitched.

If it wasn't for the fact that the other party's official position is higher than him, he would want to yell at Escal now, which would simply put him to death. Could it be that being too good is really an original sin?Veigar sank into deep thought shamelessly.

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5 days passed in a flash.

Vega gathered all the troops and set off from the army station after reconciling with the 4th Division Commander Garru.

This time, there is no scene of civilians cheering like the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions. The news of the frontline defeat has been sent back to the country, so this time, there are only boos for Vega and the 4th division. The treatment is very different.

But no one would dare to throw rotten eggs or something.

Although the statement does not blame the public, it is still possible to kill a chicken to make an example to the monkey. After all, no one wants to be the chicken.

Due to the overland route to the Holy Dynasty, the speed is not fast.

About 10 days later, the troops of Vega and Garru finally arrived at a city outside the encirclement of the Royal Saint Laurent Army, where the 15th and 23rd Divisions of the Royal Army were also located.

These two divisions belong to the Fourth Army of the Holy Dynasty.

This group army was originally ordered by the king to tear up the encirclement and cover the Royal Legion and the royal family of Saint Laurent City to withdraw to the west before making plans, but it was beaten by a flank force of the Royal Army who was in charge of the rear encirclement. Take care of yourself, now there are only two divisions stationed here waiting for the reinforcements of the empire to act together.

"Master Garru, you're here."

The commander-in-chief of the 15th and 23rd divisions hurried over, he excitedly held the hand of the commander of the 4th division, Garlu, and said: "I am relieved to see you, the Royal Legion is saved, Your Majesty is saved... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm "

The old man wept with joy, without any majesty of a commander.

It's no wonder that even a saint can't restrain his emotions under great joy and sorrow, but is it really okay to regard the empire as the savior?To be honest, Veigar doesn't have much faith in Garrut.

"My lord commander, don't be impatient."

Division 4 Commander Garlu hurriedly comforted: "It is not too late, please share the current intelligence, we need to make a plan according to the battle situation, and strive to tear apart the encirclement in the shortest possible time, so that your country's Royal Legion, His Majesty the King, and our army are safe." retreat."

"Quickly, sort out all the information."

In a hurry, the staff of the 4th division commander looked through the materials in the conference room and began to formulate the entire combat plan.

"There are two biggest problems right now."

The commander-in-chief of the Dynasty Army pointed to the sand table and said: "There are two armies of the Royal Army attacking wildly in front of Saint Laurent City. On the left is the Lenao Mountains, which cannot march, and on the right is the Donbo River. However, the navy was attacked half a year ago and has been completely wiped out. The only rear that can retreat now is the flanking troops of the Royal Army stationed in the three cities of Ed, Tali, and Saya that have already been captured."

"That is to say, we are going to capture the three cities?"

The 4th division commander Garru frowned. The three cities in an isosceles triangle on the sand table made him feel a little tricky.

The commander-in-chief of the Dynasty Army nodded: "That's right, we can only secure the retreat route if we break through the encirclement of the Kingdom Army and recover the three cities. Otherwise, once Saint Laurent City is destroyed, neither our army nor your army will have nowhere to escape."

Veigar glanced at these three cities that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, how is the deployment of troops?"

The commander-in-chief of the Dynasty Army glanced at Veigar curiously.

Commander Garlu noticed the commander-in-chief's gaze, so he introduced: "This is Brigadier Vega Kareni, who once defeated the Royal Army in the northern part of the empire and took back the city of Kareni."

"The empire is really full of talents."

The commander-in-chief looked at Vega's age and sighed, and then replied: "These three cities, each of which has an airborne division stationed there. The enemy's air strike capability is very powerful, and the air force of our entire 4th Army will immediately Being overwhelmed by concentrated fire is the main reason why we have not been able to advance an inch, but have lost a large number of troops."

3 cities, 3 divisions, strong air support.

Veigar grasped these key points keenly, and without looking at it, he knew that this was another blitzkrieg that the kingdom had tried and failed.

What should I do now?
Veigar stared at the sand table and thought for 2 minutes.

He then pointed to Saya City, the apex closest to Saint Laurent and farthest from the three cities distributed in an isosceles triangle, and said: "If you don't consider counterattacking the Royal Army, I don't think it is necessary to capture the three cities. It is enough to retreat if we need to take the city of Saya, and then welcome back the Royal Legion and our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions, and take back the other two cities with ease."

Everyone in the conference room was lost in thought.

A few minutes later, 4th Division Commander Garlu said, "I think it's feasible, so I'll set Saya City as a strategic goal. Please make relevant plans according to this goal."

"Two."

The commander-in-chief of the Dynasty Army spoke at this time: "I have also implemented this plan, but if we want to take the city of Saya, we need troops to hold back the Kingdom reinforcements from the other two cities. Almost all the aviation troops of the Kingdom Army are concentrated In these two cities, with our strength, we will not be able to delay the frontal troops from taking Saya City."

Vega smiled and didn't care.

He placed all the troops of the Dynasty Army on the sand table in Aide City on the left, then moved the pieces of his own troops to Tali City on the right, and finally placed the 4th Division in Saya City, which needed a frontal attack.

Vega's slightly mocking tone echoed in the meeting room: "I don't want your army to defeat the Kingdom Army, but please don't tell me, Commander-in-Chief, that two divisions of your army can't hold back one division of the enemy's army."

Then he turned his attention to Garru, the commander of the 4th Division.

He said in a tone of admiration: "With the command ability of the commander of the 4th division, it should be easy to take down a city of Saya with no aviation troops stationed by one division, right?"

"Of course."

How could the two have accepted Vega's provocative method, and immediately said that there was no problem.

Especially the commander-in-chief of the dynasty army, he even felt that the strength of his troops had been insulted, and he wished he could implement Vega's plan now to prove that he was not so incompetent.

Seeing this, Veigar showed a hidden smile.

Neither of them noticed that Veigar had placed his troops in the safest position.

(End of this chapter)