At the end of the day, although the Beria side launched five consecutive offensives, but in the end they were all repulsed by the army of the western provinces, Baron O'Brien's command was very steady, and the defense of the combined forces of Munster, Connaught, and Yanwan was like an impregnable wall, without showing any flaws, and after both sides paid heavy casualties, the first day of the battle had to end in a stalemate.

And such a result naturally made Weiting even more suspicious of Osmond's decision-making. When the second wave of the offensive was launched, he was at the front and commanded the Southern Army to storm the positions of the Munster army, and it was not until sunset that he returned to his positions with the army.

"We shouldn't have missed that fog!" Wei Ting glared at Osmond and slammed his fist on the table, "At that time, we didn't need to test the opponent at all, as long as the whole army pressed down, even if the opponent was already on alert, they wouldn't have time to react." ”

The other generals who participated in the military council were silent, unlike Viting and Osmond, who were all from the Ministry of the Interior, and they knew how to remain silent better than to give advice.

"Do you think we can win if we throw all our forces into it?" Osmond looked at Viting calmly, neither angry nor frightened by Vitin's momentum.

"We have more than twice as many troops, they have no way to retreat, the depth of the enemy's position is not long, behind them is the Astrad I School and Karin Castle, as long as they are forced to retreat, the enemy must face a dilemma, either a decisive battle with us, or abandon the object of their protection. Vitin was still menacing, his eyes widened, as if he was going to eat Osmond in one gulp.

Osmond shook his head, he looked at the other generals, and asked, "What about you, do you think the same as him?"

The generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs kept their heads bowed, their eyes fixed on the tip of their noses, and did not say a word. For them, the most important thing is not the prestige effect of victory or defeat, but the perception of them by Beria, so they are not willing to offend Osmond, who was assigned by Beria, nor are they willing to oppose Vitin, and in this kind of dispute, people from the Ministry of the Interior are very good at protecting themselves.

Seeing that none of these people spoke, Osmond didn't care, after all, he didn't expect these people to show a stand. "Since none of you have any other opinions, then in other words, the only thing that needs to be discussed and considered now is General Weiting's questions, right?"

"Don't talk that nonsense!" Vitin took a step forward and pressed in front of Osmond, "You have to admit that you have a problem with your decision-making, and you don't take advantage of such a good opportunity, how can you be worthy of being the commander of the whole army?"

Osmond looked at Wei Ting coldly, and the other party was so close that he was a little unhappy.

"Missed opportunity? No, General Viting, I don't think you know how to use such an opportunity. Osmond turned around, took the map, and spread it on the table, "I don't think anyone here should have any idea of the terrain around here, right?"

The generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked at each other and nodded silently.

"So what?" Wei Ting clasped his hands in front of his chest, his brows furrowed tightly, "Do you know very well? Although the terrain around here has not been surveyed in detail, at least we still have a relatively clear map in our hands, and the armies of the western provinces are not virtuous, they will not know more than us." ”

"If it's just this level, we feel that the intelligence on both sides is the same, then we can only have a tie with the other side. Osmond pointed to the lake on the map near Karin Castle and said, "Deweide, or Dehebas is a rainy place, even in summer, the wind from the Leviathan Ocean will bring a lot of rain here, and there has been a heavy rain a while ago, so the climate should not change much this year." ”

Vittin stared at the lake on the map, pondering Osmond's intentions. "Do you want to use this lake?" he asked, because the Emerald River flows through it and feeds the lake, so the lake is a natural reservoir that doesn't drop too much, even in summer.

"That's right, today's fog is proof of that. Osmond nodded, his finger tapping on the map, "The terrain in this area is relatively flat and low-lying, from Karin Castle and Astrad I College, it is the hilly and mountainous area that connects Yanwan, such terrain is more prone to precipitation, as today's fog illustrates." Soon, a heavy rain will come. ”

Wei Ting thought about it along Osmond's train of thought, although he was still questioning Osmond just now, but Wei Ting was a sane person, if this battle plan was feasible, he could also put aside his suspicions for the time being.

"You want to take advantage of the heavy rain and wait for the rain to flood the enemy's positions, so that their trenches will be useless and they can only fight us in the field. Vittin had a rough idea of Osmond's plan, but he wouldn't be easily convinced. "But even if that were the case, we would face the trouble that the rain would bring, let alone if there was no rain?

"The point is not in the rain. Osmond shook his head and said, "Just force them out of their positions and force the enemy to fight us at Astrad I School and Karin Castle." ”

Wei Ting was stunned, this is what he just said.

"There should be a fog like today's in the next few days, even if there is none, it doesn't matter, the enemy is much smaller than us after all, as long as we attack repeatedly, the enemy army will be exhausted, and there will inevitably be holes in the defense. ”

"But they will definitely set aside troops to defend Karin Castle and Astrad I College, if you want to send troops to attack there......" Wei Ting was about to retort, but he was stunned as he spoke, "Is your goal to attack the dikes of rivers and lakes?"

"Yes. "Osmond suddenly slapped the table, startling the generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who had been listening quietly," This is low-lying terrain, and if you dig the embankment, the water will overflow, and even if the water is reduced in the summer, it will be enough to flood the opposing positions and force them to the rear of Karin Castle and the Astrad I School, when the time comes, in order to protect the students and Princess Katarina, they will have to withstand our attacks head-on, and those buildings are not as strong as the other side's fortifications, as long as we shell the school......"

Wei Ting couldn't help but swallow his saliva, Osmond's ruthlessness was beyond his imagination, many of those students were the children of the nobles of the imperial capital and the Great Jia family, if Osmond really did this, then even if Beria won in the end, he would have to face a group of nobles and merchants who had a deep hatred for him.

"I'm afraid that His Highness will not agree to this plan. Wei Ting shook his head, although he had also said before that he would force the enemy into the school, but Wei Ting would use the cannon at most to scare the other party, and if he really shelled the school, it would turn into a massacre.

"Your Highness has agreed. Osmond took out a paperwork, slapped it on the table, and pushed it in front of Viting, "This is an order signed by His Highness. ”

Wei Ting grabbed the order, and soon, a look of disbelief appeared on his face. Beria trusted Osmond more than he had imagined, and even began to doubt Osmond's true identity.

Could it be the director of a secret department in the Ministry of the Interior? Viting glanced at Osmond, Beria said in the order that everything should be decided by Osmond, and there was no need to ask him, and all the decisions on the battlefield in the western suburbs were handed over to Osmond, which was something that Viting could not imagine, although he had not had much contact with Beria, but listening to Beria's reputation, Viting could know that a person like Beria would never really trust a person.

In the end, Weiting still chose to back down, Osmond's plan was not a big flaw from a military point of view, in addition to the impact of public opinion that would be very bad, even Weiting had to admit that the opponent's battle was perfect.

It wouldn't be surprising if Vittin knew the truth behind all this, that Beria was actually dead, and that it was Manfred who was running the Home Office. Manfred doesn't care about the influence of public opinion, and the dead Beria naturally can't oppose Osmond, all of which is actually manipulated by Manfred.

"I see. Vitin bowed his head and replied, now that he had to give in for the time being, "Follow your orders, Your Excellency, Commander. ”

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After a day of hard defensive battles, the troops of the Western Provinces seized the time to rest, this day of fighting made them very tired, the enemy soldiers attacked their positions in waves, the front line must always maintain a high degree of nervous tension, the reserve troops were replaced in turn, but the enemy was twice as many as them after all, and in the case of the division of troops to guard the direction of Astrad I College and Karin Castle, it was only the first day, most of the soldiers in the Western Provinces coalition army had been on the front line at least once, and they had a brush with death。

However, at least the results of this day were still good, the enemy's casualties were twice as many as the coalition forces in the western provinces, and the positions were also held, according to this situation, it would not be a problem to continue to hold on, and, as time went on, the situation might be more favorable to Alexander's side, as long as Beria could not quickly solve the problem on this side, then the army under the command of Marshal Rudolph would sooner or later know what was happening in the imperial capital, and once the 140,000 standing troops of the empire returned, Beria would not have any hope of turning over.

Of course, this also has to be premised on the premise that Alexander's safety must be guaranteed.

The road to Deweide was blocked, and there was no news from the imperial capital in the western suburbs, and whether Alexander escaped or not was a thorn in everyone's hearts.

The staff officers sent several groups of personnel to try to sneak into Dewei to find out the news through the blockade, but the results were very disappointed to them, the enemy's blockade did not have any loopholes, and the scouts sent out could not pass through the blockade net at all, and the current imperial capital seemed to be shrouded in a black fog, and no one knew what was going on there.

"I think His Highness Alexander should be fine for the time being. Swain accompanied Baron O'Brien around the barracks, the tired soldiers gathered around the campfire for a simple dinner, and some of them had fallen asleep on the ground, "If Your Highness is caught, then the enemy will not be so eager to attack, but will use His Highness Alexander as a hostage to force us to surrender." ”

"That's what I thought, too. Baron O'Brien nodded, "But if it drags on like this, then the situation on His Highness's side will only become more critical, and if the situation cannot be opened all the time, it will be a matter of time before His Highness is caught." ”

"This is not necessarily, there are still imperial capital garrisons in Germany. ”

Baron O'Brien glanced at Swain strangely, but he still couldn't tell anything from that calm face, since he first met the earl, he had specially asked someone to understand the conflict between Jericho's father and son, and now he heard Swain mention the imperial capital garrison, and there was a faint meaning of relying on them in his words, Baron O'Brien always felt a little strange.

But he wisely didn't ask anything, he was now deeply involved in the sibling dispute of the royal family, and did not want to get involved in the conflict between Jericho's father and son.

"Is your plan really feasible?" he asked, leaning sideways, as if Swain was the commander-in-chief and Baron O'Brien was going to listen to him.

"Just wait and see. Swain replied flatly, straightening up.