Chapter 163: Where Are They?
Charles looked at the herald in the distance and said to Philip, "A proposal that is destined to be impossible to succeed, why bother?!"
Philip ignored Charles and asked, "Where is the princess squad?"
"I don't know, there is no trace of them after nightfall, but the last place we found is three hundred kilometers away in a straight line. Charles said that he knew that Philip was more familiar with this information than he was, and the reason why he asked was just to dispel a little uneasiness, but unfortunately, his answer was destined to make Philip more anxious.
Although there were three regiments in front of them, but there were also two regiments of the Franks behind them, and there was no way to keep them from being nervous, although from all the signs now, the Franks had no intention of crossing the border to fight, but who knows? Their princess could make trouble everywhere with them, and if they caught the princess, these real Frankish soldiers would not be able to keep their minds from losing their minds, and would rush straight over.
When the first rays of sunlight shone on the window of the Paris military headquarters in the early morning of the 30th, none of the military and political bigwigs who had held a night meeting stood up, and the ashtray in front of them was already full of cigarette ash, but no one came to clean it up, and the orderly in charge of cleaning did not dare to enter this conference room at all.
At 8:30, a director of the intelligence department hurriedly pushed the door in, and when the big man sitting there saw that it was not an orderly, his angry face calmed down a little.
The head of intelligence put the latest information in front of the intelligence minister, and immediately exited the conference room, where the air pressure was so low that it was frighteningly low.
The Minister of Intelligence hurriedly read the information, handed it to General Chamberlain, the chief officer of the Military Department, who was at the top, and General Chamberlain took the information and only glanced at it twice, tore the information directly into pieces, and said angrily to the Minister of Intelligence: "Tell those two idiot subordinates that they don't need to comment on the decisions of the Military Department, and if they like to point fingers at the affairs of the Military Department so much, my border defense company does not mind two more second lieutenants and platoon commanders." ”
After speaking, he didn't care about the ugly face of the Minister of Intelligence, and directly ordered: "Pass my order, cancel the Sea Lion Plan, Frank is just a dissatisfied team to protect the princess is already so strong, then, will their army be prepared?"
I'm afraid that Philip and Charles would not have thought that the landing and invasion plan that the military bosses had been hesitant to cancel or not, just because their political silence not only did not attract attention, but was canceled. As Charles put it, it became a doomed proposal after all.
Early in the morning of the same day, the Frankish Emperor appeared in the conference room of the Berlin War Headquarters, which was also going on all night, and Duncan's red eyes were fixed on the Emperor who had not come out for a long time.
The old emperor looked at his courtiers and said, "Where is the princess?"
"The latest information, the princess and his escort team have approached Highway No. 2, I ask the emperor for permission, we should immediately send troops, cross the border to receive the princess back home, according to the intelligence of the inner line of Angsan, they have all been wounded, the combat strength is less than 70%, if you don't make a move, I'm afraid it will be ......" Bartley, the head of the military department, stepped in front of the emperor and saluted and said.
"Duncan, do you have the latest information?" the Emperor asked, turning to Duncan, looking at his expression, he didn't seem to be in a hurry.
"No, the inside line reported that the Angsa people have strengthened intelligence control in the past two days, and it is already difficult for him to get valuable information. Duncan hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, but he didn't get the result he imagined, and the old emperor was still so expressionless, as if he really didn't care about anything.
"Okay, thank you, report to me immediately if there is any new situation, I need to take medicine. The old emperor said casually, and had already turned away from the conference room, as if the princess who had been trapped in an enemy country was not his child and the prince of this empire.
"Hey!" Duncan sighed, and Bartley turned his head to look at him, he really didn't want to say anything, could this country be defeated at their hands?
"Is there anything you want to say, old Duncan?" asked Bartley.
"Immediately cross the border, break into the Angsa Empire, and buy time for the princess!...... I'm afraid it's up to the princess herself!" Duncan sat down dejectedly.
"The scouts in front have a new report, the enemy has suddenly increased two regiments, arranged between Yalong Valley and Highway 2, it seems that the situation is not as bad as thought, if the princess and they are trapped in the depth of the Angsa Empire, the Angsa Empire will not increase troops at this time. Bartley held a love newspaper in his hand, maybe this was the best news of the day, now there is only to wait.
"Does the Emperor still not approve the crossing of the border?" Duncan looked at Bartley.
Bartley shook his head: "The emperor is not allowed, and we can't help it, the emperor is here today, not so much to care about his daughter, but to warn us not to act rashly and not to start a war lightly." ”
"What do you say about the civil servants!" Duncan slammed his fist on the conference table.
"Linton, what else can I say? It's just that we are not ready for a big war between the two countries, and we must settle this incident in a peaceful way instead of starting a war!" Bartley sat down and pulled out a cigarette, but he didn't light it for a long time, he seemed calm, but the trembling cheeks revealed his true emotions.
"What does the Foreign Office say?" Duncan turned to an intelligence chief who had been waiting in the conference room.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has forwarded the statement that the Angsa Empire is seriously considering our proposals, that they are reducing their military activities, and that most of the troops on the south bank of the Rhine have returned to their respective barracks. The intelligence director reported immediately.
"Hmph, on the south bank of the Rhine, the princess is now between the north bank of the Rhine and Highway 2, what is the use of the Ansa removing the troops on the south bank of the Rhine?" Duncan slammed the table again.
"The Angsa believe that the princess is still on the south bank of the Rhine, and as for not withdrawing troops from the north bank, it is to put pressure on us to establish contact with the princess and let her return home through the diplomatic channel!"
"Hmph, what kind of diplomatic channel, it's just another way of saying repatriation, the princess entered the Angsa Empire this time without a diplomatic note, if they treat the princess, do they still need to say? No, notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let the Angsa Empire get out of the way from the Rhine to the Yalong Valley, the princess can't go through the official channel!" Duncan turned to Bartley, who was obviously positive about Duncan's proposal, and he nodded to Duncan.
"But those people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think that the proposal of the Angsa Empire is very good, and they ask us to open the channel of contact with the princess as soon as possible, and they think that we cannot continue to provoke the Angsa Empire, which is likely to cause a full-scale war. They demanded that the princess immediately stop hostilities against the Angsa Empire, obey the arrangements of the Angsa Empire, and evacuate the Angsa Empire through diplomatic channels. The Guardian supervisor closed his folder and faced Duncan, awaiting further instructions.
"You go and tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they are losing their power and humiliating the country, and the princess must not return home through the diplomatic channel, that will only weaken the prestige of our empire, and if that happens!, it is not far from all-out war!" Bartley crossed Duncan and ordered directly to the intelligence chief.
The intelligence chief glanced at Duncan, who nodded to him before he walked out of the room.
"Duncan, what about your Deli men, didn't his son lead in front with a mercenary regiment of cavalry in the Yalong Valley?" Bartley asked Duncan.
"You're talking about Jack? yes, he's in front right now. Duncan said.
"Order him to organize an elite reconnaissance force to infiltrate the interior of the Angsa Empire, and make every effort to contact the princess, and ask them to break through to the front of the Yalong Valley before November 1st, only then can we have an excuse to cross the border!" Bartley said, staring at Duncan.
"November 1st, only two days, it's too tight, I'm afraid I won't find the princess at all!" Duncan said with a frown.
"If you can't do it, you can do it! this is a death order, there is no room for bargaining!" Bartley's serious face was already a murderous aura.
"Yes! I'll arrange it. Duncan didn't say anything, he knew this old friend well, and when he spoke in this tone, it showed that he had made up his mind that no one could change his orders.
When this order came to Jack, there was also a resignation that arrived at the same time, Jack obtained the rank of wartime colonel and commanded the provisional seventh regiment, and the personnel of the seventh regiment were naturally the four mercenary regiments in front of Yalong Valley, they were organized into the Bauhinia Battalion, the Snow Wolf Battalion, the Cheetah Battalion and the Arc Catching Dog Battalion.
Jack was ordered to immediately form an elite reconnaissance platoon, with personnel drawn from the four battalions, and at the same time, pay close attention to the movements on the opposite side, and if necessary, he could fight directly across the border without orders to receive the princess back home.
This order arrived in Jack's hands at noon, and he immediately summoned the commanders of the four mercenary groups to the Bauhinia mercenary regiment for a meeting, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the orders had been issued to the various mercenary groups, and the reconnaissance platoon had been formed, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, the reconnaissance platoon had disappeared into the jungle of Yalong Valley.
As for Yu Wusheng and them, they were still running wildly on Highway 2, the Guards Cavalry Battalion of the Angsa Empire, that is, the Dragoon Battalion, they finally reacted, what they had been tracking for the previous two days was actually only Yu Wusheng's mount, and their people had already jumped out of their tracking range, when the proud lieutenant general battalion commander had to turn to the garrisons along the way, it was possible to know how quickly his anger would burn.
All the earth-walking dragons were driven by him to run wildly, this earth-walking dragon ran at a rapid state and the speed of Willis was not much different, since they were discovered by the dragoon camp at about ten o'clock in the morning, they fled until three o'clock in the afternoon, Leng did not get rid of them, there is a good thing, the dragoon camp is proud enough, they do not allow the garrisons along the way to help at all, so that they do not have to worry about the problem of interception in front of them.
Their six strong crossbows don't know how many batches they have summoned, anyway, Yu Wusheng's spiritual power has been used up for a while, if it weren't for the four regiments that had to force the front of Yalong Valley, he would have wanted to summon the eight or nine styles, but judging from the summoning law that the more powerful the spiritual power is, the more spiritual power is consumed, once this eight or nine styles are summoned, I am afraid that his spiritual power will be like the biggest faucet, and he doesn't know how to use it for a few minutes.
The opponent chased so resolutely, when they rushed to the four frontier regiments head-on, those red-eyed dragoons in the dragoon battalion would definitely rush up to give themselves a ruthless blow, Yu Wuming knew very well that they were about to reach the hillside full of enemy soldiers in front of Yada Valley.
He called out to Heinz: "Heinz, you come to drive, I'll give them a few hard blows!"
Heinz didn't say a word, he had already put away the crossbow and exchanged positions with Yu Wuming, just in the dozens of seconds of deceleration, the dragoons got a lot closer, and Yu Wuming summoned a rifle, this time it was not Winchester, but a Lee-Enfield rifle, and Yu Wuming's summoning finally entered the era of World War I.