On June 21, 848, Lu Yuan attacked Elena's troops from the east and west, completing the siege of Elena. Berranchir reorganized his Sharp Knife Regiment and the 1st Regiment of the Production Brigade into a guerrilla column behind enemy lines, avoiding the enemy's large forces and hibernating, while Gastens led the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Production Brigade and the militia division, which had experienced the first battle, into the defensive phase of the position. At the same time, a large number of new peasants who had fled to Elena because of Prince Eliot's abolition of the land reform gave Ivan Zink enough manpower to form the 2nd Militia Division. They will continue the defensive battle of Elena as an auxiliary force, led by the Production Brigade and the 1st Militia Division.

And just as the people of the Plains of Elena began to enter a state of war, Skye Hamm and Prince Eliot also met in the city closest to Elena - Moon.

"It's not easy to meet...... Prince Elliot smiled and shook Skye Hamm's hand twice, "You have done a lot of work to force Gastens back to the small place of Elena." ”

"Hey, it's the same, there's no victory without sacrifice, isn't it?"

Skye Hamm didn't like Elliot any more than Paul Chung didn't like Elliot. Although in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, Eliot had a close relationship with the Western Theater of Operations. But only the Western Theater and Elliot himself knew how impermeable the private land that Paul Chung had created for himself was.

"General Hamm said well, there can be no victory without sacrifice," said Eliotra, as Skye Hamm sat down at a well-set table by the window. It's called Clear Sky, and it used to be the top restaurant in the city of Moon, and non-aristocrats are not allowed to enter without reservations. Later, Elena's power expanded, and the nobles ran away, and the restaurant gradually fell into decline. After the reconquest of Moon, Elliot used it as a meeting place for the two parties, and also found the chefs and waiters who worked in the restaurant to try to recreate the glory of the restaurant.

"Now Gastens, a factoryist, has taken advantage of the present opportunity of our foreign enemies to secretly develop his own armament, relying on his own research in steam weapons, hoarding and monopolizing the market, and selling weapons at high prices. It is ridiculous that he still claims to be a communist, but he is doing things that are more capitalists than capitalists. ”

Prince Eliot's words were obviously scrutinized, and the meeting did not say what his own record was, but deduced the self-contradiction between Gastens in theory and fact from Gastens's behavior, that is, he skillfully avoided the fact that his side suffered huge casualties in the early stage, and pointed out the enemy's mistakes, which can be described as a good move to avoid the important and light. Compared to Prince Eliot, Skye Hamm was not so casual, and he saluted Eliot before taking over.

"What His Royal Highness said is that the situation on the Lorraine-Rennes line is not optimistic, the enemy has launched many attacks recently, and although we have blocked the enemy, we have suffered very heavy losses. Commander Paul Chung has sent urgent letters three times, asking me to end the fighting here as soon as possible and turn around and return to the Lorraine-Rennes line. If necessary, the Commander told me, I can fully trust His Royal Highness's ability and leave Elena in the hands of His Royal Highness, and I think we will not be disappointed. ”

Elliot listened to Skye Hamm's first half of the story, and was a little happy. Gastens' troops were advanced in weapons and sharp in tactics, and whoever attacked first in either he or the Western Theater would encounter strong resistance. If Paul Chung is in a hurry, then Elliot can completely shrink back and wait for Skye Hamm and Gastens to fight almost every time, and then sit back and reap the benefits. But after hearing the second half of Skye Hamm's words, Elliot realized that the person opposite was not stupid. They were threatening themselves with the situation on the Western Front, and if they did not attack Elena for a long time, they would turn around and withdraw, leaving the mess to Elliot himself.

"It seems that Commander Paul Chung still doesn't know your combat style well enough", almost without hesitation, Elliot decided to retreat, "Along the way, it is your troops who have fought the most battles with Gastens, and your troops have the most brilliant results. In the last battle, I heard that you also captured the enemy's advanced weapon, a steam machine gun capable of firing continuously. Whether in battle or loot, your abilities are far superior to ours. If you want to evacuate in the near future, how many nails can I drive even if I am covered in iron? ”

"I won't tell you anything", Skye Hamm heard the other party take the initiative to mention the battle, and took the opportunity to take the topic, "In the last battle with the other party, we lost more than 10,000 people, and more than one division of troops was completely destroyed. Coupled with the successive losses in the early stage, we will only have four divisions that can fight now, and it is really more than enough to launch a tough battle. As for the seized weapons, although they were, they did not have the steam machine guns that His Royal Highness said. It's a shame that we've always wanted this kind of thing, but we haven't been able to get it. ”

"Oh, that could be my misinformation," Elliot didn't bother with the loot, though he desperately wanted to get that kind of steam machine gun, but now was not the time to show his need, "Compared to you, we have a lot less success." Although we recovered eight cities and abolished the new peasant system promoted by Gastens, the enemy continued to harass and attack us, and we could not be beaten and caught, and we were also inflicted great losses. Now that we have reached the enemy's doorstep, we have walked ninety-nine miles of a hundred miles, and we are only one mile away, and it would be a pity if we were weak at this time. ”

"That's that", Skye Hamm paused, watched the waiter bring a cup of black tea, picked up a spoon and stirred it, and continued, "Elena must fight, Gastens and his communism can only be eliminated, there is no other way." But we still have to discuss the specific way to fight, after all, our troops are now a tired army, even if they want to attack, we have to rest and recuperate. ”

"Our situation is similar," Elliot replied with a smile as he scolded the old fox in his heart, "I spent too much energy in order to deal with the harassment of the enemy. The soldiers were also a little tired, and if they could rest and recuperate, they would naturally be able to achieve greater results. ”

"But ......"

Skye Hamm dragged out his voice, but deliberately did not say the rest of the word. The main purpose of the meeting between the two of them this time was to discuss a preliminary plan for the division of labor and the distribution of the spoils of war in the future. Now that the other party has mentioned some kind of suggestion that can change the situation on the battlefield, he naturally has to respond.

"But if you take a break, will the situation on the Lorraine-Rennes line and Carangliot's side be more tense?"

Skye Hamm's words are pertinent. During the half-month of the attack on Enspen Province, the Negro Republic and the Ronninger rebels launched a more intensive offensive, seemingly to see the vacuum left by the transfer of troops from the opposite side to deal with Gastens. Whether it was the Eastern Front or the Western Front, the operations during this period were difficult.

"General Hamm has a point," Eliot nodded, "and this matter really needs to be discussed, and the key is how we can launch an offensive that can maximize our combat power while avoiding prolonging this war for too long." I have an idea, I wonder if General Hamm would like to hear it? ”

"Please also let His Royal Highness the Prince know."

"There are two main entrances to the Elena Plain, the east and west, the Luoshan Road crossing on the southwest side, and my people have beaten it once before, and the result is not good. The Tan Son Pass on the southeast side has not been in conflict before. At present, our two armies, you are closer to the Luoshan Pass, and we are in control of the Xinshan Pass. Why don't we attack each of these two entrances at the same time, and let Gastens suffer from the enemy. When the time comes, whoever attacks the Elena Plains first will have priority in the choice of the spoils of war, how? ”

"That sounds reasonable."

Skye Hamm nodded, in fact, they had also thought of this method. At a time when the two sides of the attack are in harmony, this method of attacking different entrances separately can alleviate the contradictions and release combat effectiveness to the greatest extent. Moreover, if he wants to retain his strength, it is also easy to release water when attacking. At that time, the pressure will naturally shift to Prince Eliot's side. As for the distribution of the spoils, Skye Hamm felt that it was better to let someone with good teeth bite a few bites on such a difficult bone as Gastens to bite, and then bite it.

"Then let's go along this line", Elliot was also a resolute man, and he motioned to his men behind him to take out the papers, "This is the specific battle plan we have drawn up, and we invite General Hamm to look at it." ”

Skye Hamm took the folder and looked at it carefully, and Elliot took a copy of it himself, and the two began to discuss the specific battle plan as they looked at it. Waiters streamed around them, bringing up delicious dishes one after another. The two chatted while eating, and gradually formed a final offensive plan.

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Devara Roma is a citizen of Moon and a waitress at Clearsky Restaurant. Before Elena called, his life was grey, working more than twelve hours a day, and he was paid barely enough to make ends meet. Although he is served in the top restaurant in the city of Moon, a waiter is a waiter, with no dignity or status. Devara Rohm had imagined countless times that he could go to the countryside to buy a piece of land and live a leisurely life of self-sufficiency, but he could not scrape together enough money to buy land. Later, Elena took control of the city of Moon, and he had the best chance of getting the land, so he decisively left the city of Moon, found the village where Elena was carrying out land reform, and submitted his application. Elena's staff generously gave him a plot of land, giving him a glimpse of hope in the life he wanted. However, it didn't take long for the Western Military Region and the Six Princes to fight, Elena's land reform was overturned, the land she had just acquired was recovered, and Dievara Somme became a homeless citizen again.

And this time, he didn't even have a job. The city of Moon, where a large number of nobles have fled, has no suitable job for him as a waiter. Just then, Elliot's soldiers find him and ask him to serve a dinner at the Sky Restaurant, where he once worked. Hungry Divara naturally did not refuse, he carefully and meticulously completed the entire service process, and also heard the conversation between the two big men and knew their plan.

Elena must have wanted to know the news.

In a trance, Devara had this thought, and he hid it in his heart, preparing to wait for the end of the service to go to Elena and pass the news by the way. But his plans were interrupted from the beginning by Prince Eliot's arrangement.

"You, all of you," said Demian Russell, the officer in charge of summoning the waiters, shouted after the dinner, "and you know who the person you just spoke to, and of course you know what you heard. Hearing these words, we can't let you go! It would be safest to kill you people, according to me! ”

More than a dozen waiters and cooks made a loud noise, and everyone begged for mercy. Divara, who was in the crowd, looked frustrated, if they were going to be killed, how would they send the information?

"But", Demian Russell saw everyone's fierce reaction, and the tone of his words changed, "His Royal Highness the Prince is merciful, he has a better idea, all of you, listen up, everyone, join me in the army, become our soldiers, take care of food and clothes, so I don't have to die, how about it, right?" ”

Soldier?

Soldier to fight Elena?

Devara Rohm was not at all. But he is unwilling and has no way, when facing death, he does not have a lot of choices. Moreover, if he goes to the front line as a soldier, he can also escape to the side of Elena on the other side of the battlefield by pretending to be dead and running for his life, and tell his information to the other side, so that these people who have deprived him of his ideal life will reap the consequences. Thinking of this, Divara no longer hesitated, and the other waiters and chefs present also had no room for hesitation, and it took them a short time to obey the arrangement of the officer Demian, and became a soldier of the three guards under Elliot's name, and was pulled to the barracks for training. Contrary to what Dyvara Rohm had imagined, their military training was very limited, but their personal freedom was severely restricted. Demien Russell, who manages them, was also slow to tell them what to do next. It was only after a few days, when they were summoned again to empty the dining room to serve another feast, that Divara Rohm figured out what the men really meant.

In the name of joining the army, control them, and then serve those big people to eat.

That's fine, Divara comforted herself. He hears a lot of interesting and important news, many of which are important to Elena. He took all this information to heart and began to look for ways to transmit information to the outside world. He firmly believes that as long as he persists in his search, he will find his way to Elena.

Certain.