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Chapter 530 "Kaspersky Line of Defense"
In the past few days, several major events have happened in the capital.
During the award ceremony, the miracle that was shown and the fanatical atmosphere at the scene made most people lose their minds. Taking advantage of this momentum, Prince Son and Du Wei wickedly announced the candidate for the heir to the throne.
For Du Wei, this was simply a despicable act of "promoting superstition"! However, Prince Son was very appreciative of this.
Although some people had all kinds of doubts in their hearts after the event, not everyone is a fool to be confused by Du Wei and Prince Son. But … … With the president of the Magician's Guild, Mr. Doug, as an ally, even the president of the Magician's Guild declared that the miracle was a real miracle! It was not caused by magic … ….
In this regard, who would dare to stand up and say that his judgment is more authoritative than the president of the Magician's Guild?
The color of fanatical superstition painted a layer of sacred color on Prince Charlie's ascension.
Whether it's opposition or doubt, it's fine.
In short, Prince Son had already announced the will of the old emperor in the square, turning this matter into a "fait accompli"! Tens of thousands of people in the square heard the official announcement from the royal family, so who can stop it now?
Thus, what followed was the funeral of the old emperor. The funeral wasn't too grand, but it wasn't too simple either. With a solemn ceremony, it ended Augustine the 6th's reign over the continent.
Then, it was time for the new emperor's ascension ceremony.
In the largest hall in the capital, Prince Son personally held his son's hand and sent him to the throne. Looking at the appearance of little Charlie with the crown on his head, many of the nobles and ministers of the empire sighed in their hearts: What is our Prince Regent trying to do? Why doesn't he become the emperor himself?
Fortunately, although the one sitting on the throne is a ten year old child, the power of the empire is still in the hands of the Prince Regent. All the government decrees are still the same!
As for our new Emperor Charlie, he only needs to hold a court meeting every once in a while and sit on the throne to put on an act. As for the rest of the time, he can still continue his studies in the palace and occasionally go hunting.
Of course, he had a new job: learning magic!
The fact that Emperor Charlie had taken Mr. Doug, the chairman of the Magician's Guild, as his teacher was soon revealed. As the chairman of the Magician's Guild, he was qualified to be the teacher of an emperor.
It was just that … this didn't seem to conform to tradition. Everyone knew that the royal family raised a team of royal court mages. In the past, even if the children of the royal family were interested in learning magic, they would only do so in the palace.
One detail worth mentioning was:
During Emperor Charlie's coronation ceremony, His Majesty Paul XVI, the Pope of the Continental Shrines of Light, did not personally attend the ceremony as per tradition! Instead, he used his health as an excuse to be absent from the ceremony. Instead, he sent Archbishop Maximos, the recognized successor of the Pope, to greet the pope in his place.
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"This is where we failed."
Inside the church, in His Majesty Pope's prayer room, Oedipus looked at the great Pope with a faint mocking tone: "See, we all know that we need to be 'united', so you used the excuse of unity to coerce and threaten the royal family. But now, they are using the word 'unity' to threaten and coerce us! They dare to do this because they believe that at this stage, we dare not turn hostile. "
Oedipus looked at the Pope's old face: "I am sure that everything is the idea of the Duke of the Tulip Family. It is ridiculous that you humans always like to care about small benefits. And this Duke of the Tulip Family is looking further than you. "
The Pope looked at the 'angel' that he was becoming more and more annoyed and said coldly: "Oh, then Oedipus, do you have any ideas?"
"Just like what we did in the Northwest, but unfortunately failed." Oedipus said lightly: "At all costs, we must break the relationship between the Tulip Family and the royal family."
"No matter how powerful Du Wei is, he is only a noble family. Even if his power is monstrous … I don't understand, respected angel, Oedipus." The Pope said coldly: "Why do you always pay so much attention to this person? If it were not for your insistence and actions that angered Du Wei, he would not have become so tough! "
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Duwei himself couldn't even hear the arguments of these people.
After the Emperor's inauguration ceremony ended, Du Wei had already left the Imperial Capital.
The last phase of the Kabaski Line of Defense in the North was finally completed!
For some unknown reason, the Regent ordered Du Wei to take charge of the inspection of the Empire's most expensive line of defense. At the same time, he was also responsible for sending a top secret document jointly signed by His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Regent to the Tempest Legion stationed in the North, as well as the newly established Lightning God's Whip Legion.
In addition, the Regent gave Du Wei a task: See if the line of defense was strong enough! In addition, the Northwest Independent Division had already left for the North. There, they would officially change their name! The Northwest Independent Division's designation was canceled and they would be given a new name: Imperial Air Force!
In fact, Du Wei's itinerary was deliberately brought forward by two days.
On the second night after the Emperor's inauguration ceremony, he left in a carriage.
Therefore, by the time the Northwest Independent Division arrived at Kaspersky's defensive line under the leadership of General Andre, Du Wei himself was already one step ahead of them.
In the past few months, the military had been constantly issuing orders to the Empire's North. The Empire's army had been frequently mobilized and the area where the army was stationed had undergone a huge change.
The Northern Storm Corps, which had been stationed at the southern end of the Frozen Forest, had already retreated. They had abandoned their camp at the southern end of the Frozen Forest. All the military supplies and provisions had been transported back to the Northern Storm Corps.
Almost all the villages and towns near the South of the Frozen Forest had already begun to mobilize and relocate last year.
It could be said that there were no longer any signs of human habitation in the Empire's territory that spanned a hundred and fifty li from the Frozen Forest to the South.
For this, the Empire's Ministry of Finance had paid over a million gold coins for the relocation and relocation.
Most of the residents had moved to the South of the Kabaski Line of Defense. The Empire had compensated a small number of people who had lost their land. The Northwest Duke of the Tulip Family's territory. The Desa Province had always been sparsely populated. Many people had been relocated to the Northwest where they could obtain new land.
Du Wei had once again helped the Empire's Ministry of Finance. In return, he had received a large number of farmers who could farm.
In the South, perhaps no one had felt it.
However, in the North of the Empire, it seemed that a tense atmosphere had already pervaded the area for a long time.
Large numbers of villages and towns had begun to relocate. Every household was moving to the South. One after another, the soldiers were dismantling the walls of the small cities and transporting the usable stones to the South to replenish the Kabaski Line of Defense. As for the farmlands … in this cold region, there weren't many farmlands.
The crops that could be harvested were harvested as soon as possible. As for the rest, they were simply burned!
This was a typical 'scorched earth' method!
Although they didn't know why they were doing this, under the strict military orders, these elite main battle corps of the Norman Empire showed extremely high discipline! Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem Although they didn't know why they were doing this, under strict military orders, these elite main battle corps of the Norman Empire showed extremely high discipline!
The Kabaski Line of Defense, as the Empire's most expensive military line of defense, was located in the North of the Empire's Continent. It was located approximately one hundred and fifty li to two hundred li south of the Frozen Forest.
The terrain here had been carefully selected.
To the West was a branch of the Energy Horse Mule Mountain Range. The rugged mountain peaks were very dangerous. To the East was a natural river that flowed into the sea. After nearly two years of excavation, it had been excavated into a large and wide man-made river! Additionally, it was deep within the heart of the continent!
In the event of a war, the Empire's navy could use this river to directly enter the heart of the continent. From there, they could attack the land!
As for the Kabaski Line of Defense, this line of defense was not as simple as one might imagine.
The main body of the Kabaski Line of Defense was made up of three large military fortresses. To the East, West and Middle, there was one each! Each of the military fortresses was constructed in accordance with the standards of the Empire's first class military fortresses.
The military fortresses on the two sides were slightly smaller. However, they were still enough to accommodate over 100,000 soldiers! The large amount of weapons and supplies stored within them was enough to allow the 100,000 soldiers to last for one year in the event of a war!
As for the main fortress in the middle, it was the most important one. The walls there were in the shape of a rhombus, giving it the strongest defensive design! The lowest point of the walls was 15 metres high! The average height was 23 metres high!
Additionally, the most ridiculous thing about it was that the gate was not on the ground! Instead … it was in the middle of the air! The distance between the gate and the ground was about 5 metres!
According to the design, there was a sloping path with a width of 4 metres and a length of 50 metres outside the gate! In order to enter the fortress, one could only follow the sloping path and enter the gate!
Such a design would allow the enemy to attack the fortress in the event of a war. In order to break through the gate, the enemy would have to follow the sloping path up the sloping path. The sloping path was only 4 metres wide. Due to that, the enemy would not be able to send too many soldiers to attack the gate!
In fact, if one wanted to use a battering ram to break through the gate, pushing the battering ram up the sloping path would be a very difficult task!
Imagine this. In order to break through the gate during a war, a large number of soldiers would have to push battering rams up the sloping path that was 50 metres long – up the sloping path! At the same time, there would also be boiling oil, a dense rain of arrows and large rocks on the walls …
Just by thinking about it, one would feel that this was a very difficult bone to chew! Very, very hard!
Additionally, on the walls, there was a tower every 10 metres or so. The tower was constructed using the sturdiest of boulders. Even if they were hit by the enemy's catapults, they would not immediately collapse. Instead, they had the ability to withstand attacks.
Within each tower, there was a huge ballista used by the naval battleships!
On top of the wall, there was a ballista every ten meters or so. Of course, Du-Wei spent a lot of gold coins to build this kind of ballista!
Needless to say, the Demonic Beast of Declan Mountain had also put in a lot of effort into the weapon business.
The east, west, and center fortresses were built according to this standard. Between the three fortresses, there was an auxiliary defensive line. Behind the defensive line, there was an open passageway … the passageway was very wide, enough for carriages to pass through! Once the war began, if one of the fortresses was in a tight spot, they would be able to use this passageway to directly receive assistance from the other fortresses!
"This is a line of defense that can't be breached."
The one who said this was the commander of the Tempest Legion, the old general of the Empire, Sir Rostock. This old general who had joined the army together with Du Wei's father, Count Raymond, made this judgment with his rich experience.
"Even if you give me a million troops, I still don't have the confidence to break through this defensive line."
Du Wei looked at General Rostock and listened to his sigh.
This commander of the Tempest Legion had served the Empire for many years. He was a true soldier with a practical style. He had a very high prestige in the Empire's military. At the same time, he was also a friend of the Rowling family.
Moreover, when Du Wei came here to inspect this defensive line, as a minister specially appointed by the Emperor, Du Wei's status was very high. Thus, General Rostock personally accompanied him here.
However, the other commander of the newly established Lightning God's Whip Legion, Du Wei's political enemy, Alpai, didn't personally accompany him.
It seemed that Alpai was putting on airs in front of Du Wei. He also knew that the relationship between the two was strained, so he simply used the excuse of being busy with military affairs and hid in the commander's residence in the fortress.
In fact, Du Wei had been here for a day, but he still hadn't seen General Alpai.
When Du Wei arrived last night, it was General Rostock who came to greet him. It was said that General Alpai was "coincidentally" patrolling the other barracks last night and wasn't in the city.
If he didn't want to see him, then so be it. Du Wei didn't care either.
However, after hearing General Rostock's praise, Du Wei felt a little uneasy. Thus, he looked at the old general's face and said seriously, "General … there is no fortress in this world that cannot be broken. There never has been."
Standing on the city wall, Du Wei had seen enough.
This defensive line was indeed worthy of the huge amount of gold coins he had invested. It was indeed worth the price, and it was sturdy and strong enough!
The army stationed here was the Tempest Legion, which was currently the strongest in the Empire, and the Lightning God's Whip, which was established with the Tempest Legion as the standard.
As for the Northwest Independent Division, which had been transformed into the Empire's Air Force, after arriving here, they would be stationed at the south of the defensive line. There was a newly built "Air Force Base" there.
"General." Du Wei looked at Rostock and smiled. "I brought a top-secret document. This document is only authorized for you and General Alpai to read. Of course, after you read it, you have the right to disclose it to your trusted subordinates. His Highness the Prince Regent means that this is a very important piece of news. He is worried that the disclosure of this news will cause instability in the army, so we have to be careful. Now, it is time to test your control over the army. This news may be shocking, or it may cause panic, but what we need is … to stabilize the army's morale! "
With that, Du Wei patted his chest. "This document is in my arms. We can go back to the commander's residence now. I've seen enough. I'm very satisfied with this defensive line. "
Rostock was silent for a moment, then he lowered his voice. "Du Wei, is there going to be a war? I understand. The Empire has done so many things. It is obviously preparing for a huge war. But the only thing I don't understand is, who is our enemy? Are there any enemies in the north? Is it to deal with those monsters? I've already asked a lot of people, but even my old friends in the Imperial High Command don't know anything about this. "
"The top-secret document I brought can answer your question … There is indeed going to be a war, a big war!"
Du Wei smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. There was only seriousness.
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