"Give me a little bit of spirit! Now that the battle situation on the front line is tense, maybe there will be an enemy coming and sneaking attack. If Archduke Claflin suffers any harm because of your mistakes, even if you die, you will not be able to pay for your sins! ”

On the outskirts of Flosiva, the head of the Grand Guard, Asher Claflin, patrols his own lines. He was the nephew of Henry Claflin, who entered the army at an early age and now also holds the position of major general. Although the Grand Duke's Guard is only called the Guard, it has a full 20,000 men, which is equivalent to an integrated army in the Neglo Republic, and is responsible for the security of the Grand Duke. All of their soldiers were armed to the teeth with the latest heavy sword steam rifles and six hammer steam cannons. And the soldiers of the Grand Guard, all of whom are carefully selected elites from the national army system, do not need to think too much about combat effectiveness and loyalty.

"No, I said, captain, we are more than fifty kilometers from the front line here, and there are at least three legions in front, no matter how the enemy fights, he can't beat it, right?"

Rupert Bush, the squad leader who was being reprimanded by Asher Claflin, grinned and was a little unimpressed. He had a good relationship with Ascher, and his father, the Marquis of Ianucci Busch, controlled the entire textile industry in the southeast of Ankenrein, so naturally he would not have much respect.

"How do you know you can't beat it?"

Asher Claflin replied, but was not angry. He patted Rupert Bush on the shoulder and exhorted him loudly.

"In short, you send a good guard and do a good job of defense. The enemy is Elena, anything can happen! ”

Asher also knows that many of his squad leaders have some backgrounds, and many of them are still good friends with him. He said two fierce words, and he gave up. Instead, he chatted with Rupert Bush.

"Hey, did you hear, the front line was defeated, and the six assist legions didn't fight, so they ran back. I heard that Armando Resporog of the Ninth Legion, the old pervert and the big fat man, gave orders to his soldiers to run directly when they saw the enemy's giant beast chariot, and they couldn't fight at all. They don't tell my uncle about it, and I'm worried that my uncle will be angry if he finds out. ”

"That's not necessarily," Rupert Bush shook his head, fiddling with the epee rifle in his hand, "Your uncle is not stupid at all, he can be the Grand Duke, he can pass on your family, and he can carry it forward, but he definitely doesn't only know how to fight." If you want me to say, he must have had his own ideas, so he didn't care about so much mess. ”

Rupert Bush's voice was low when he said this, and Ascher thought about it, and probably guessed something. Paul Gibson has been a bit of a polar spirit since the August 2nd Massacre two years ago, and he has always pestered Elena. Many of the great nobles of Ankenrein were a little dissatisfied with him. This battle seems to have more than 800,000 troops, but there are many factions in various legions, and there is no more infighting, and many people don't want to fight Elena. In the past two weeks, the battle has been able to be fought like this, is it really because of some giant beast chariot of the enemy?

"That monster chariot, I've been listening to them brag, and I've never seen the real thing, so if you want me to say, tsk-"

Rupert saw Ascher thinking, and continued, "That's just an excuse, this battle, from the beginning, can't be won. Even if there is no Behemoth Chariot, there may be something else coming out, anyway, when everyone came, they didn't think about winning. It's all about satisfying that person. ”

"Hey!"

When Asher heard this, he was suddenly startled. They were now not talking privately in a secret room, but in a position outside Flosiva. When you talk like this, how many ears around you are heard and passed out, what should I do?

"Come on, brother, don't pretend, it's all like this, you better think about it, who the hell can-"

Rupert said halfway through, patted Ascher on the shoulder, and walked away. Asher looked at his alcoholic friend, snorted twice, and continued to walk towards the next patrol point. Rupert was right, Flossiva was more than fifty kilometers from the front line, and there were three more corps in the middle. Even if those three legions are defeated, there is always time to resist each other for half an hour or an hour. With this time, their headquarters can be prepared for contingencies, how can they be attacked by the enemy? Do you really think that this is still the era of magic guidance before the third great demon tide, and a flying battleship will fly in the sky every minute?

However, Rupert's last sentence, Ascher understood. This time Paul Gibson went crazy and wanted to beat Elena, and the reason why the people below did not resist the death and obstructed it was because they all had some ideas. Sometimes, if you want to replace someone, whether he is the emperor or the prime minister, you have to wait for him to make a mistake before you can start.

Thinking of this, Asher smiled and put the whole thing behind him. Where he is now, it's too early to think about those things, and it's not beneficial. Instead of this, it is better to do your job. No one will be able to hit here, but nothing is missing.

In the distance, he saw another group of patrolling soldiers. Ascher raised his wrist and looked at his watch, a quarter of an hour to five o'clock, and today, it was almost over.

"After watching this team, I'll go back."

Ascher, who was talking to himself, had just wanted to speak to the patrol soldiers who were moving towards him, when he suddenly heard a peculiar sudden sound, which was a bit like a sunrise steam engine produced by Elena, and a bit like the sound of some kind of steam rifle. His body tensed subconsciously and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

To Ascher's right, from the north side of Flosiva, a long motorcade of large, sturdy cars with red flags flying high on their roofs appeared. Ascher realized the problem the first time he saw the red flag.

That's the enemy, that's Elena's team.

"Enemy Attack !!!!!"

Asher screamed, his voice distorted. He pulled the horse walking beside him with one hand, held the stirrup with the other, and stepped on it. Immediately after, he sat down on his horse and shouted at the patrol in front of him.

"Hurry up and deliver the letter! Notify the positions that the enemy's behemoth is coming!!!! ”

The patrol, which was originally just a little flustered, blew up all at once, and in the past few days, Elena's giant beast has become a symbol of invincibility and indestructibility in the mouths of well-informed people. Now, hearing the commander say that the giant beast was coming, the patrolmen dispersed with a buzz. Asher watched them run away, then turned his horse's head and turned back. He had to defend himself as quickly as possible against the enemy's impending surprise attack.

The enemy's approach was much faster than Ascher had expected, and it was only a matter of ten minutes, and the place where he had just stood was already covered by the fire of Elena's army. The wrong layout of the Grand Guard's defenses left them with a lack of response to the enemy who came in from the north side. Most of the troops' steam cannons and shield chariots were on the western defensive line, and on the northern defensive line, apart from the trenches and iron shield breastwork, there were only less than 3,000 defenders left.

"Kill, !!!"

Elena's troops had already begun to charge, while the soldiers of the Grand Guard were still in position. They raised their guns in a panic, took aim, shot, and then looked left and right, shouting loudly.

"Elena's behemoth is here!! Shoot, shoot!! ”

"If we can't prevent it, quickly notify the command and evacuate as soon as possible!"

The shouts of soldiers and commanders, the sound of gunfire, the shouts of killing of Elena's troops who were charging resounded through the position. Not many people know that they are not facing a monster tank, but a Brute Bull armored personnel carrier, and not many people know that the steam cannon in their hands, if close enough, can break through the protection of the enemy's armored personnel carrier. They had all been frightened by the enemy's offensive and had been frightened by the enemy's unexpected direction of attack, and their reaction was only instinctive, while a large number of commanders were still waiting for orders from above. In such an atmosphere, Elena's soldiers entered the firing range one after another.

"Da Da Da-"

The machine gun, fixed on top of the armored personnel carrier, began to fire. Unlike the Behemoth Tank, which has meticulous defenses against the Heavy, the Bull Heavy only has a steel plate on the front to resist bullets, leaving his entire body exposed. And the soldiers who acted at the same time as the Brute Bull armored personnel carrier were more energetic than protecting the Brute. There are objective reasons for this offensive mode, the off-road ability of the brute bull is not as good as that of the giant beast, and after leaving the road, there are already some obstacles that cannot be advanced due to the terrain, and in the process of launching an attack, there will inevitably be casualties. As a result, soldiers of mechanized combat brigades are more focused on completing operational plans than on protecting vehicles.

"Fight back, fight back !!"

From the positions of the Grand Duke's Guard came faint shouts, quite a few soldiers, who still maintained basic fighting qualities, they shot, shot, trying to suppress Elena's attack. But how could a mechanized combat brigade, which had been held back for so long, be stopped so simply? Their scrappy charge, relying on the debut brute bull and condescending machine-gun fire suppression, took less than twenty minutes to break through the enemy's first line of defense. And in front of them, from the enemy's commander Henry Claflin, there was only an even thinner line of defense.

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"Where did the enemy come from?!"

In the command room, Henry Claflin was throwing a tantrum. This battle has been lost, doesn't Elena still let go of herself, and has to drive people to a dead end?

"It's coming from the north, but we are also defended in the north, and we have troops on the border with the provinces of Siloam and Enspen, and they did not report this attack."

Back at his uncle's side, Ascher's nervousness at the enemy's attack gradually relaxed. Henry Clavelin has a charm that no matter how nervous people are, they can gradually calm down when they see him and under his leadership.

"North? They're here with the Behemoth? It can't be, the monster is moving so much, it should-"

Henry Claflin was halfway through his sentence when he was interrupted by a shout.

"Report ——————"

Rushing into command with an epilogue, it was the herald from the front who staggered to Henry Clavelin, gasping loudly.

"Great, Grand Duke, one of the enemy's troops has broken through the defense line of the Third Army and entered the eastern part of East Roa Province, we are afraid that they will threaten the headquarters, so we are here to report!"

Hearing the herald's words, Henry Claflin laughed angrily, "They've all knocked on the door, and your news has just come!" Urgent military situation, is this still useful? ”

The herald was stunned for a moment, not realizing what he meant. Clavelin didn't bother to bother with a soldier, he ordered someone to take the herald down to rest, and gave his own battle instructions.

"Since they came to attack the headquarters, they must have come for me. This battle has already been lost, and if they capture it again, there is really no way to mix. Tell us to go down and we will retreat immediately! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Aziva saluted, turned around, and was about to set up his work, but was stopped by Henry Claflin.

"Tell the warriors about the giant beast that the enemy brought this time, and see if there is a way to grab one."

"I see, uncle, don't worry."

Aziva nodded again, and then ran away. Now that the command has decided to evacuate, there is not much time left for him. To stop the defense, to prevent the retreat, to prevent the enemy from catching up and capturing the members of the command, he must break every remaining minute and crumple the flowers in order to minimize the losses.

"Newspaper—"

Another long herald sounded, this time it was the soldiers of the Grand Guard, who knelt down with a thud and burst into tears.

"Grand Duke, Grand Duke! The main line of defense has been broken through by the enemy, we have suffered heavy casualties, and now everyone is defending the secondary line, and the position may be lost at any time! Please evacuate as soon as possible!! ”

Hearing the herald's words, Henry Clavelin snorted coldly, "Hold them back, let's retreat!" ”

After saying that, without looking at the herald, he left hand in hand with Samuel Oldman, the chief of the general staff. Asher looked at his uncle's back, blinked, and shouted.

"Why are you stunned! Help me move!! ”

So the command was in a commotion, and people hurriedly began to pack up their things and evacuate as soon as possible. And in this noisy background, the sound of gunfire not far away is already clearly audible. Asher looked in the direction where the gunshots were coming from, stamped his feet, and rode over.

Too fast, the enemy is attacking too fast! His troops did not even have time to mobilize soldiers and equipment before the enemy broke through the northern defensive line. As it stands, the Command is doomed. And as the first commander of the defensive forces, if he wants to continue to work in the army system in the future, he must do something to recover his losses.

As his uncle Henry Claflin said, the command can be withdrawn, and people must not be captured, but if possible, should the enemy behemoth be left behind?

And that's what Asher wants to try. I've always heard about the horror of giant beasts, and this is the first time I've fought against giant beasts, and I don't know if those people on the front line are making excuses for their failures, or if they really encounter monsters. Only by personally facing that legendary monster can he know what the reason for the defeat of this war is.