Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0059 The Emperor's Roar
Moreover, these five improvised infantry divisions were composed of a main force regiment and a garrison regiment. The main force regiment was fine, but the garrison regiment's combat effectiveness was not very high. Although compared to the corrupt army of Arant, the garrison regiment's combat effectiveness was already overwhelming, but facing the possible army of the Holy Demon Empire, these garrison regiments were not enough.
Most of the garrison regiments were not equipped with heavy machine guns, and there was a serious shortage of anti-aircraft guns. Originally, a garrison regiment was equipped with two 30mm caliber dual-purpose anti-aircraft guns for air defense, but because of the capture of Naru City, most of these anti-aircraft guns were transferred to strengthen Naru City's air defense.
After all, whether it was the troops heading south or east, the only way out for the Ailan Hill army was the Naaru near Seris City. If something went wrong with the Naaru, the Ailan Hill troops heading south and east would be cut off from retreat.
However, anti-aircraft guns could not meet the needs of the front line in a short period of time, so the air defense of Naru City was strengthened, and the shortage of anti-aircraft guns for the second-line garrison became more serious.
The 5th Regiment attacking in the direction of Bud was commanded by Kolya. Because they went south earlier, they also took their anti-aircraft guns with them. The 6th Division commanded by Burjos, which had been on standby near the city of Naru for a day, had two anti-aircraft guns withdrawn.
This made Bourjois a little embarrassed. The combat effectiveness of his main regiment, the 6th Regiment, was still very guaranteed, but the 16th Regiment, the garrison regiment that was there to make up the numbers, did not even have a single anti-aircraft gun.
The 4th Division under Modler, which attacked eastward, was not large in size, because his attack direction was the eastern city of Wolavo, where the opponent's defense force was not sufficient, and it was not on the necessary route for the Holy Demon Empire to counterattack northward, so he was under less pressure.
The 3rd Division of the General Reserve, commanded by Wilkes, which had three infantry regiments, was not fully equipped with weapons. Only the main 3rd Regiment was equipped with sufficient anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, and the remaining two infantry regiments only had rifles and infantry guns.
The 2nd Division commanded by Wagron was tasked with guarding the city of Naru and could not be easily mobilized, so he didn't know whether he should let the troops continue to disperse and move south and east at the same time, and then he would not be able to concentrate his forces to fight when facing the counterattack of the Holy Demon Empire.
Although there are still troops joining the southward troops, Wagron feels that the second-line troops without heavy firepower are not the decisive force in this battle. No matter how many of these troops go south, they cannot stop the real Holy Demon Empire Dragon Knights.
Therefore, even though the total strength of Wageron's own side exceeded 40,000, and there were 4 garrison regiments of reinforcements behind him , he could only count on the 12 regiments he had now.
"We can't cross this line! This is our original plan, and it's also the farthest distance we can advance..." Wagron lightly drew a line on the map, looked at several officers under his command, and spoke.
In the original plan, Ailan Hill, or rather Chris, never thought that they could annex the Alante Empire in one battle - this was completely impossible. After all, the land area of the Alante Empire was at least twenty times that of Ailan Hill, or even more.
The newly established Elanhill regular army did not have enough troops to occupy all the cities of the Alante Empire, so Chris estimated that the best scenario would be to take over the entire northern region of the Alante Empire.
The farthest his troops could advance was only to the line of Bud, Maritsa and Volavo. Any further would mean no way to hold on to the fruits of his victory. Even this line was a relatively optimistic one, the farthest one he could control.
According to what Chris said at the time, the premise for holding this line is that the Holy Demon Empire does not participate in the war, or does not deploy too many troops after participating in the war. If the other side is determined to participate in the war and sends a large number of troops, then Ailan Hill will suffer heavy losses.
The worst outcome was not something that Chris had not thought about. Once the Holy Demon Empire went to war with Ailan Hill, the entire line from Bud to Maritza would almost collapse. In the end, the only thing Chris could save was Naru, a scorched earth city on the front line.
"Immediately order the liaison officer to bring the order to each unit! If the cavalry of the grassland empire insists on moving south, let them continue to move south to buy time for us and create strategic depth." Wageron was the only military commander who got the magic ball of knowledge, so he could speak so many modern military terms.
It was precisely because of the supplement and reinforcement of the Knowledge Magic Ball that Chris felt confident in letting Wagron command 5 divisions and more than 30,000 combat troops.
"Now, we can only wait and see how the Alante Empire fights back!" With his arms folded across his chest, Wageron said this in a muffled voice as he stared at the battle map in front of him.
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In the distant Alante King City, a fast horse rushed into the city gate. Pedestrians on both sides avoided it, but the knight on the fast horse did not intend to slow down, but waved the whip desperately, urging the warhorse under his crotch to run faster.
Inside the majestic Alante Palace, the Emperor of the Alante Empire, Alante Hook, was sitting on his throne, listening with a stern face to Prime Minister Clark's report on the battle situation on the southern front.
Because of the Holy Demon Empire, General Zorn suffered heavy casualties, and the Alante Empire's attempt to attack the Dosen Empire failed, resulting in the loss of 30,000 soldiers and 40 newly built cannons.
You know, these cannons can be said to be made of gold. Each cannon is extremely valuable. Losing a cannon will definitely make people feel sad for a long time. But in the south, Zorn lost a total of 40 cannons in one go...
The problem is that the Dosen Empire has not been defeated yet. As a result of the heavy losses in the south, it was forced to cede a piece of land to Dosen for recuperation. Alante simply lost the rice while trying to steal the chicken. In the absolute sense, he lost both the wife and the army.
Alante Hook was waiting for an explanation, an explanation from his royal relative General Zorn, and an explanation from the Holy Demon Empire - although he might not be able to hear the latter explanation, he was indeed waiting for the other party to give him an explanation.
After all, he did nothing wrong. The Holy Demon Empire's blatant interference in the war between Alante and the Dosen Empire was actually against the rules, and it needed to give some compensation to the Alante Empire.
"General Moss is leading his troops north. This was the news that came back yesterday... They will soon arrive at the Fallen Abyss River and will be near the royal city." Clark was also very angry at this moment. When he started to report what had happened in the past few days, his voice was somewhat fierce.
The 50,000 gold coins that Ailan Hill promised to give him this year have not been delivered to him yet. If you add the later levies and the original taxes of the empire, and then the taxes of Tubao, Beijun and Hanhai, Chris must give him at least 90,000 gold coins this year!
This was what Prime Minister Clark kept thinking about, so his report, in addition to being fierce, was also somewhat absent-minded: he was thinking about the money that belonged to him, those gold coins that he loved no matter how he looked at them.
"Report! Report!" The knight who had just stumbled into the royal city on his warhorse finally dismounted outside the palace. He climbed up the stairs panting, holding up the letter in his hand and shouting loudly.
No one dared to stop the knight because the scroll in his hand was painted green - that was the color of the flag of the Alante Empire. The meaning of this color was very important and must be delivered directly to the emperor.
The knight collapsed to the ground when he reached the center of the hall. The journey had cost him too much energy. However, he still held the scroll high in his hand and loudly reported the news he had read countless times along the way: "Ilan Hill launched an undeclared war! They invaded Naaru a few days ago!"
"Naaru?" Upon hearing the news, Emperor Alante Hook supported the armrests of the throne with both hands, as if he wanted to stand up, but when he was halfway up, he fell back on his throne.
It was no wonder that the Emperor lost his composure. Even in the wealthy Alante Empire, a city like Naru and the surrounding rich territories could not be ignored. Losing such a densely populated and economically developed area would be fatal to the Alante Empire.
Alante Hook was already 40 years old. Since he succeeded to the throne, he had been working diligently, hoping to be a good emperor to revive the Alante Empire. Otherwise, he would not have supported General Zorn's march south, nor would he have thought of marching north to attack Ailan Hill.
Unfortunately, the system and officials of the Alante Empire were corrupt to the core and could not be corrected or eliminated. So no matter how hard Alante Hook tried, he was ultimately unable to reverse the fact that Alante continued to degenerate and decay.
The diligent emperor stared at the knight who delivered the message with his not-so-big eyes, and asked in a very dignified tone: "Explain to me clearly, what does it mean to invade Naaru? Naaru couldn't even be defended for a few days? How could it be breached so quickly?"
After hearing the Emperor's stern question, the knight was stunned for a moment, and then he continued to cry loudly, as if his relatives had died in Naru City: "Your Majesty! Lord Adam sacrificed his life for his country. Naru City... has indeed been occupied by the rebels of Ailan Hill!"
The emperor of the Alante Empire suddenly looked at Clark, who was also somewhat at a loss, and said with his hands waving: "I don't know about this yet... We need to think carefully about the matter of Ailan Hill occupying Naaru..."
"Then discuss it quickly!" Alante Hook, who was already very impatient, pounded on the armrest of his throne and roared indignantly.
