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GOR Chapter 542 "Mobilization"
After the first battle between the humans and the sinners under the Kaspersky Defence Line ended, the adjutant of the Tempest Legion's commander-in-chief quickly wrote out the first military report of the battle.
When the report reached the hands of General Rostock, the most senior general in the Empire read it with a frown for a long time.
"3,000 against 5,000? A small victory? Killing countless enemies? One-third of our own? "
Looking at the military report in his hand, Rostock's expression suddenly became strange. The adjutant standing in front of him was clearly nervous. He looked at the commander-in-chief and asked in a whisper, "Sir, is there something wrong?"
"A small victory? Humph, in a situation where we have about the same number of troops, we still lost half of our own men. What kind of small victory is this?! " Rostock suddenly became furious. He grabbed the military report and looked as though he was about to tear it into pieces.
But then, the general suddenly calmed down. His movements became stiff. After hesitating for a moment, he finally let out a long sigh.
He placed the crumpled military newspaper back on the table, picked up a pen, and made some edits. He looked at the adjutant before him and said, "Add in my edits and make a new one. Then, submit it to the higher-ups."
When he said that, the old general's voice sounded helpless and tired. He let out a long sigh.
The adjutant looked at the revised military report in his hand.
"On the 4th of August, the enemy's vanguard of 20,000 reached the north of the Kaspersky Defence Line. In order to probe the enemy's situation, our Tempest Legion's 3rd Cavalry Division's 6th Cavalry Battalion went out. 3,000 soldiers fought bravely and the enemy's vanguard was defeated and retreated. Our 600 soldiers sacrificed their lives for the Empire and 96 were injured."
The adjutant who had been in the military for many years immediately saw through the gimmick in the revised military report. From the literal meaning, it was easy to misunderstand that our 3,000 cavalrymen had defeated the enemy's 20,000 vanguard. 3,000 cavalry defeated 20,000. From the literal meaning, it was easy to come to this conclusion. And from this comparison, it should be a big victory.
But … …
This adjutant had followed Rostock for many years and was one of the old general's trusted subordinates. He couldn't understand why Rostock, who had always been upright and strict, would make such a false report of military exploits.
After hesitating for a moment, this loyal adjutant couldn't help but whisper, "Sir … … I think, with the Regent's trust in you, even if we didn't get a big advantage in the first battle, the Empire won't say anything to you … …"
In other words, he was reminding Rostock that there was no need to make a false report.
Rostock smiled bitterly and looked at the adjutant who had followed him for many years. He shook his head and said, "You don't understand.... just do what I wrote.
His voice was not loud, but it was filled with an irresistible commanding tone. The adjutant didn't dare to say anything else. After bowing, he left in silence.
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Through special channels, this urgent battle report was sent to the Empire's Empire's army army army's army was the Empire '
The news of the victory in the first battle was quickly publicized by the Empire. The news of the victory made the people who were panicking calm down immediately.
Then, the Imperial High Command, after receiving the Regent's order, carried out a large-scale publicity campaign for this victory. The 600 brave soldiers of the Empire who died in the battle were all awarded the "Black Iron Medal". The wounded also received the "Third Class Bravery Medal". The general who led the army out of the city in the first battle, the officer from the Tempest Legion named Milo, also received a "Bravery Medal" and was promoted by one rank.
Du Wei received a copy of the battle report the day after it reached the Empire's Empire — this was allowed by the Regent. According to Du Wei's request, a copy of every battle report sent from the frontline would be sent to the Empire's Military Academy as soon as possible.
The reason why Du Wei made this request was that the officers of the Military Academy needed to accumulate battle experience. Therefore, every battle report from the frontline was a valuable learning opportunity for the rookies in the academy.
This excuse was very forced, but the Regent didn't hesitate to agree.
Du Wei wasn't an ordinary citizen. He wouldn't be deceived by the publicity campaign. After he received the battle report, he quickly noticed the strangeness in it.
"Decapitation … Hmph … If it was really a rout, then how could the enemy be decapitated when they were defeated? Don't tell me the Tempest Legion doesn't even know how to do a headcount? "Du Wei sighed and burned this battle report.
It seemed that the first battle had been defeated.
But obviously, Rostock must have received the Regent's secret order early on. In order to eliminate the panic of the Empire's citizens regarding the invasion of the foreign races, they had to use the news of victory to dilute the fear in the hearts of the citizens. Therefore, Rostock, who had always been a strict and upright general, had no choice but to swallow his pride and make a false report of military exploits.
However, Du Wei felt that this method was very correct.
After another day, Du Wei received a more detailed battle report. This battle report wasn't a copy sent by the military. Instead, it was written by Sieg, the leader of the Decepticons who was seconded to the First Air Division of the Empire's Air Force. He was also Du Wei's disciple.
Because he was at the frontline and beside General Andre, Sieg didn't spend much effort to obtain the true process and result of the battle. Then, he sent the news to the Imperial Capital.
Three thousand against less than five thousand.
Cavalry against infantry.
It wasn't a rout, but a repulse.
This true battle report made Du Wei frown deeply.
Moreover, the news that Sieg sent back mentioned a piece of bad news!
The morale of the frontline soldiers was shaken!
Although the Tempest Legion was currently the most elite legion of the Empire, the Tempest Legion was still the strongest legion of the Empire. Moreover, the Tempest Legion was used to fighting against monsters like the Orcs because they were used to fighting against monsters like the Orcs. Therefore, they had a strong psychological endurance when facing monsters like the Orcs.
But now, the soldiers at the frontline were shrouded in a kind of emotion.
Those beastmen monsters, they eat people!
The brave soldiers of the Empire weren't afraid of blood or sacrifice! However, no one was willing to fight for the Empire on the battlefield only to have their corpses dragged away by the enemy, cut into pieces, and thrown into a pot to be cooked and eaten!
This was simply too terrifying!
In order to stabilize the morale of the soldiers, after the first battle, Rostock ordered a cavalry battalion to go out of the city to receive the corpses. They braved the danger of the enemy's counterattack and brought back most of the corpses intact … However, this didn't eliminate all the panic of the soldiers!
They weren't afraid of death, but they were afraid of being eaten after death and becoming the enemy's food!
Sieg even mentioned in the secret letter that some of the second-line reserves and low-ranking officers and soldiers refused to go to the frontline because of this news! Because of this, the army executed several officers who disobeyed orders to suppress this matter!
This kind of commotion gave the high-ranking officers a headache. Although from Sieg's secret letter, this kind of panic was temporarily suppressed and fortunately, it didn't spread on a large scale. The morale of the Air Force was still stable.
In the letter, Sieg seemed to have revealed a meaning: General Andre knew that Sieg had written this secret letter. At the same time, he also vaguely hoped that the wise Duke of the Tulip Family would be able to come up with a solution to this problem.
Du Wei smiled bitterly – he really thought that he was omnipotent.
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The most direct way to eliminate this kind of hidden danger in the army was to use some good news that could stimulate people and inspire them to be at ease!
Where would the good news come from? The simplest and most direct way was to win the war! Using a hearty victory to stimulate the fighting spirit and bravery of the soldiers.
But the problem was that although the first battle was won, it was still a loss. The battle report could be used to fool the rear, but the veterans at the front weren't so easy to fool.
Fortunately, Rostock, it seemed, had also written a secret report to the regent himself of the same information. Then, this problem was solved by the great and wise Regent!
Soon, after an emergency consultation between the royal family and the Church, the Church released a message. As the representative organization of the great God in the human world, it was also the Church's duty and responsibility to resist the evil races that didn't believe in God!
His Majesty, the Pope of the Light, Paul XVI, announced a new decree and ordered the mobilization of the Holy Order in many parishes of the Church of Light to assemble! Within the next month, more than four thousand Holy Order members would be sent to the north. At the same time, the Shrines of the Imperial Capital sent a team of three hundred clerics to the front line. This team of clerics included priests, bishops, elders, and many mages.
Priests and bishops in the army could let the soldiers pray and listen to the soldiers' complaints, soothe the soldiers' emotions and play a good role in stabilizing the army's morale. Mages, on the other hand, could assist in the battle.
This was the first piece of good news.
The second piece of good news came from the Magician's Guild. The Chairman Doug of the Magician's Guild, the leader of the continent's mages, issued a proposal for the Magician's Guild (Unlike the Pope, although the Chairman of the Magician's Guild was the leader of the continent's mages in name, the Chairman of the Magician's Guild had no right to give any orders to the mages on the continent. He could only call and propose.)
In the proposal, the Chairman of the Magician's Guild used sincere words to call for the mages on the continent to go to the front line in the north and help the Empire's army. At the same time, in order to stimulate the interest of the mages (Everyone knew that mages were selfish people who didn't have any concept of country. Most mages didn't care about the life and death of others.) The proposal mentioned the monsters and orcs, which seemed to have high magical research value!
The last one seemed to have a great effect. It was said that many mages had started to pack up and bring their disciples to the north … Of course, to them, helping the Empire's army in battle was secondary. Their main purpose was to study the Orc race that they had never seen before!
The so-called research, of course, was to kill them and dissect them …
The high-profile participation of the Church of Light and the Magician's Guild greatly boosted the morale of the people and the army. The participation of these two powerful organizations, which had been famous on the continent for a long time, was undoubtedly a powerful stimulant to the army's morale!
As for Du-Wei, when he learned of this news, he immediately understood that the royal family and the two major organizations must have made some kind of secret compromise and doctrine.
Of course, the Knight's Guild, which had been in the limelight recently, was not idle either.
Although the Knight's Guild had been in decline for a long time, and although it had just finished a big commotion, its momentum seemed to be turning over a new leaf. However, in the short term, no one really thought that the Knight's Guild had recovered to the same status as the Magician's Guild or the Church.
However, after a secret consultation with the Duke of the Tulip Family, President Delong also issued a public statement at the suggestion of the Duke of the Tulip Family!
Defending the glory of the Empire was also one of the duties of the Knight's Guild!
The Knight's Guild issued a call to arms through its branches all over the continent: Calling on the Knight's Guild, mercenary corps, or Knight's Guild from all over the continent to organize. The Knight's Guild would come forward to form a mercenary group and go to the North to serve the Empire.
The Knight's Guild offered a rather high price for the employment fee …
Because it was now a time of war, the hunting of magical beasts in the Frozen Forest had been completely suspended. The number and level of magical beasts in the swamps in the South were very low, and the Griffins were magical beasts that no one dared to provoke. Therefore, almost most of the mercenary corps on the continent fell into a state of extreme depression.
At this time, there was suddenly a public call for mercenaries. Many mercenaries who had nothing to do but were courageous enough to earn a living by licking blood on the edge of the blade, and these people who were used to a life of desperation, immediately began to sign up.
Of course, most of the employment fees were actually sponsored by the Duke of the Tulip Family. However, this news was not made public and only a limited number of people knew about it.
(Today is the weekend and I have some personal matters to attend to, so today is the only chapter. Sorry. But I will update three chapters tomorrow. I will definitely honor it!
In addition, I only updated one chapter today, so I dare not ask for monthly votes. Wait for me to make up for it tomorrow, then I will ask for votes again.)
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