"Support a little more, the demon's reinforcements are coming." Telavish sat in his place, looking at everyone in front of him who was anxious and panicked.

These great magicians have never experienced such heavy losses, nor have they seen such a terrible defeat, and their current six gods have no master, basically with the expression of a dead father.

Although Telavish's prestige is still there, the current situation is indeed far from optimistic. Originally, the puppet empire did not expect that they would lose in the process of fighting a mortal empire. And now, they have to face the fact that it makes them very uncomfortable.

What's even more depressing is that at this moment, there is a more serious problem than frustration waiting for them to deal with, and this question is: who will stop the long drive of the army of Iran Hill!

The Malen River is the boundary river between the original puppet empire and the eternal empire, and this large river flows westward into the Middle Inland Sea.

Now, this is the most important line of defense that the puppet empire is unwilling to give up. All the new puppets produced in the rear, as well as new war machines, were piled up here, and a strong line of defense began.

There is no way to do this, but everyone knows that whether this line of defense can work depends on how determined Alan Hill is.

If Iran Hill deploys the new floating warship and even puts the other subsequent war machines in this direction, the puppet empire will really be unable to parry.

Once the Malen River was crossed by Iran Hill, the richest place in the puppet empire, the fertile Three Rivers Plain, was like a beautiful woman who had taken off her clothes, and was at the disposal of Iran Hill.

Standing among the magicians, the Magister of Frenzberg was almost the only one with the same face as usual.

He had already reflected on his past and felt that it was a complete waste of his life to stand here now, so he no longer recognized the puppet empire as the path he was pursuing, so he ignored the current predicament of the puppet empire.

So, he just stood there, looking at the magicians around him with great interest, watching them look like they were mournful, looking at their nervous and helpless looks.

"Your Excellency, the Archmagist! When will the demon's forces arrive? If their Floating City can help us get General Gusen's troops back, we'll be able to hold out for a few more months......" A general-like magician in armor answered.

Grand Magister Telavish waved his hand, motioning for the other party to stop, and then spoke: "It will take another month for their floating castle to reach the line of the Malen River, and during this time, it is up to us." ”

"This ...... Your Excellency, our army has now collapsed, and even the newly replenished army has very limited combat effectiveness. In this case...... Defending the Malen River may not be possible. After hearing this, the general continued to complain.

He was ordered to strengthen the defense line of the Malen River, but the number of troops in his hands was very small, and his combat effectiveness could only be described as average. In this case, he didn't want to be a sinner through the ages and be the first fool to put his enemies into the territory of the puppet empire.

So he wanted to remove the position of commander, but apparently Tel Vish couldn't find a better candidate. Telvish sighed and comforted, "We still have time!" In ten days, I will give you 300,000 puppet soldiers! Strengthen your troops! ”

After all, this is to transport puppet soldiers within the territory of the puppet empire, and it is not as difficult as before to transport to the front line within the territory of the Eternal Empire.

For some reason, the Ilanhill Air Force hasn't bombed the territory of the puppet empire on a large scale, so everything here still looks good.

Because the transportation and manufacturing links have not been destroyed on a large scale, the puppet empire seems to still have the confidence to continue to replenish some equipment and personnel to the front line.

However, even so, compared to a year ago, when the puppet empire's nearly 10 million troops were dispatched to sweep through the Eternal Empire and support the Holy Demon Empire, today's puppet empire can only be described as a dying struggle.

"Then, Your Excellency...... The Eastern Advance Corps ......" The general asked the Eastern Advance Corps, which had actually been surrounded, and seemed unwilling to give up.

Travish waved his hand again, he couldn't care about the Eastern Advance Corps now. The only role of those hundreds of thousands of troops now may be to hold back the enemy and buy the puppet empire time to build a defense line on the Maren River.

Who would have thought that the Gushan Fortress did not hold out for even a month, and it was captured by a floating battleship that came out of nowhere.

In this battle, the puppet soldiers have suffered heavy losses, the mage legion has collapsed, and the troops of the puppet empire on the front line have entered a rhythm that they do not like, but the Irlanhill empire likes very much.

The current situation on the battlefield is that Elan Hill's armored forces have broken through the defense line of the puppet empire and entered the mode of rapid assault and large-scale movement annihilation warfare that they are good at.

In this case, the forces of the puppet empire were basically wiped out or surrounded in the movement warfare, and the puppets reacted slowly, and their slightly bulky shortcomings were exposed, and they were easily defeated by the troops of Iran Hill.

On April 25th, Elan Hill's tank vanguard arrived in East River City, which was already the southernmost city hub of the Eternal Empire.

On 26 April, the main northern army of the puppet empire had to abandon Karan Mix and retreat to Dolai in desperation.

The commander of this force, Goosen, had already learned of the collapse of the Gushan defensive line, and he also knew that if he was leading his troops to retreat from the former capital of the Eternal Empire, Karan Miks, it would be too late to cross the Malen River and return to the territory of the puppet empire before it was surrounded.

If he forced his way south, he would most likely be caught in the field by the main force of Iran Hill and block his way, and it would be even worse.

Therefore, he decided to defend the port city of Dorai with his back to the Middle Inland Sea, and then gradually transport his troops back to the territory of the puppet empire on the other side of the Middle Inland Sea through the port.

Of course, he also took into account Iran Hill's terrible air supremacy, and he also knew that Ran Hill's air force could not watch him take advantage of the Inland Sea to retreat calmly.

But there was no other way for him to do it, it was the best retreat route he could find now.

As for whether everything will develop according to his vision in the end, it depends on the response of Iran Hill's side, and the enemy's response is not something that Gusen, the general of the puppet empire, can control.

General Gusen retreated to Dolai with the few remaining main forces of the puppet empire, and the situation of the puppet empire's eastward march was much worse.

After all, the troops under the command of General Gusen in the north still control the vast territory of the Eternal Empire, and their retreat is relatively calm, because with the support of the city of Trier in the rear, they still have a lot of choice.

But the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Eastern Advance Corps did not have such good luck, as soon as the Gushan defense line was lost, they were surrounded in the wilderness, and there was no way to take the capital of the Norma Empire, Normagath, and there was no way to retreat to Gushan, and there was no hope of even going back to Donghe City directly by detour.

After all, Iran Hill's troops had already appeared near the East River, and they were still hundreds of kilometers away.

At the same time that Tel Vash could no longer take care of the Eastern Advance Corps and ended the routine war meeting, a group of magicians were also holding their own meetings within the Eastern Advance Corps.

"We have no way to retreat, although there is no large-scale enemy force on the west side, but our scouts have already encountered the reconnaissance force of Ellan Hill more than once." A magician's dejected mouth stirred up the conversation.

The other magician shook his head and said, "There is still some food, but the other supplies are basically exhausted." There is no way for the puppet soldiers to be repaired, let alone new soldiers to replenish, and even parts cannot be delivered. ”

"Who would have thought that things would get to this point...... "Their words made several magicians even more embarrassed, and they sighed.

"Don't say it, all I'm thinking about right now is Tel Wish's words convincing us to return to the roots of magic." One of the magicians impatiently mentioned what had happened before the outbreak of the war: "He said that there is no hope for mankind, and that only by obeying the origin of magic and surrendering to demons can we survive." ”

"I also felt that we had no way to fight the demon army when it came to magic, so I betrayed humanity and sided with Tel Wishh." The magician who spoke first nodded and said, "However, no one told me at that time that Iran Hill was so strong!" If I knew there was still hope for humanity, why should I be a traitor? ”

"yes, why should we betray our own race? I knew I couldn't beat it before, but now I ...... I think that if we humans stop internal friction, there is still hope for victory! Several magicians nodded in agreement.

"There is more than hope...... I think, although the demon is strong, the cute Lanhir is also strong, right? Who wins and who loses...... It's hard to say! Suddenly, a few people seemed to figure something out.

"We ...... Deceived, right? A younger magician spoke out what he had in his head.

So, a strange mood spread through the crowd.

Sixteen hours later, under the dilemma of being flanked from front to back, with no way from heaven to earth and no way to enter the earth, this army of hundreds of thousands surrendered to the Elanhill and Norma Empires......

On this day, the Norma Empire regained all the lost territory on the western flank, and the 5th Army Group began to move south, joining the battlefield between the Kasik Empire and the Norma Empire.