Chapter 98: Joining the War
The flames of war seemed to ignite the entire Sainz continent in an instant.
In early June, the Candela Empire invaded the kingdom of Ruersun.
Soon after, the combined forces of the Maro Empire and the Kingdom of Falk invaded the Duchy of Drak and fought fiercely with the combined forces of the Duchy of Drak and the Kingdom of Lampari at the border.
At the same time, the Kingdom of Sark gathered a large army to launch an attack on the northern army of the Kingdom of Lampari.
If you connect these three places, you will find that these three armies all point to the same place, that is, the Duchy of Stantin, which is located in the southwest corner of the continent.
To be precise, it points to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Moreover, the flames of war are not limited to the southwest corner of the mainland, before these fires were ignited, the forty-seven countries that had previously listed the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as hostile had already exerted pressure on the neighboring countries to expel the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from their borders, otherwise they would be regarded as supporting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and would also be classified as hostile.
Due to pressure and interest considerations, many countries that have not made a clear statement before have also listed the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as an undesirable chamber of commerce, and have completely seized the bases, factories and shops set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in their own countries.
Of course, there are also some countries that have ignored this warning and still maintain a cooperative relationship with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
These countries are the 16 countries that have a deep degree of cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, including the United Kingdom of Commerce of Nozdorm and the Principality of Wales.
As a result, after the flames of war were ignited in the southwestern corner of the continent, these sixteen countries were also attacked by one or even several neighboring countries.
And the preferred targets of these attacks are directly aimed at the various bases of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Since the great war between the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire nearly forty years ago, this time can be said to be the largest and most extensive war involving countries launched by the Sainz Continent in recent decades.
And the starting target of this war turned out not to be a country. It's a chamber of commerce, and it's really the most peculiar war in the history of the Sainz continent.
In the eyes of the vast majority of people, no matter how strong the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is, no matter how powerful it is, no matter how powerful it is, it will never really be able to compete with a huge empire like the Candela Empire.
What's more, this is the first time that the two empires of the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire have joined forces since their establishment, plus countries including the Magic Maro Kingdom, the Dro Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom and so on. It can almost be regarded as gathering most of the forces on the entire Sainz continent.
Even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has the support of the Lampari Kingdom, the Ruerson Kingdom, the Principality of Drack and other countries, how can it resist such a terrifying force.
Therefore, most people believe that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which has led the wave of the magic industry on the entire continent, is probably about to come to an end.
However, when the flames of war were ignited, the whole continent was silenced by the facts that had happened.
The first to ignite the flames of war was the Candela Empire.
However, as the vanguard of the Candela Empire's army, the Glorious Legion, one of the ten elite legions of the Candela Empire, which first invaded the Ruerson Kingdom, was close to being wiped out after only half a day of fighting with the army of the Ruerson Kingdom, and the Count of Antusol was even killed on the spot.
Subsequently. The combined forces of the Maro Empire and the Frankish Kingdom, totaling 60,000, were blocked by the combined forces of the Duchy of Draco and the Kingdom of Lampari with less than 20,000 troops on the border between the Duchy of Draco and the Kingdom of the Franks.
During the two-day confrontation between the two sides, the follow-up magic artillery units and logistics supply units of the combined forces of the Maro Empire and the Frankish Kingdom were continuously bombarded by the magic airship integration team of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and finally the entire army was annihilated.
Deprived of supplies and the magic artillery unit they relied on the most, the Marfa coalition was forced to withdraw from the Duchy of Drac, but on the way back, they were also bombed by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's Magic Airship Formation Brigade.
Although there were two great magicians and several high-level magicians who fought with the army, the final result of the battle was that the two great magicians were killed on the spot, and a total of thirty-seven high-level magicians were also killed in the battle, and eleven barely escaped.
In the end, the coalition forces were bombed by magical airships in the sky and pursued by the combined forces of the Duchy of Drake and the Kingdom of Lampari. The losses were heavy, and only a mere 20,000 people fled back to the Frankish kingdom. It can be said that it was a fiasco.
However, compared to the losses of the Sark Kingdom, the losses of the Candela Empire and the Malodi Empire are nothing.
In order to cooperate with the attack launched by the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire, the Sark Kingdom, which had already reached an agreement with them, launched an attack on the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom at the same time, intending to contain the Lampari Kingdom.
However, in this sneak attack, the Greedy Wolf Legion, which sent six brigades with a total of 30,000 men, was invariably met with fierce counterattacks from the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom. Of the 30,000 people, just under 4,000 escaped.
What's more, the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom immediately launched a counterattack against the Sark Kingdom.
If it comes to being equipped with military magic machinery, then in addition to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Team, the other most complete army on the Sainz Continent is the Northern Army of the Lampari Kingdom.
Since nearly twenty years ago, the Kingdom of Lampari has had a good relationship with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It has been committed to building the Zhenbei Army.
After nearly twenty years of cultivation and building, the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom has already evolved into a new type of combat force with a complete military magic machinery system.
Just the armed magic airships equipped with military magic machines, the Zhenbei Army is fully equipped with fifteen ships, and the rest of the various types of military magic machines are countless.
The combat effectiveness of such a huge army, with a total number of more than 50,000 people, can be imagined.
Although the Kingdom of Sark has also been sparing no effort to develop the research and development of military magic machinery over the years, there is no doubt that it cannot be compared with the various types of military magic machinery obtained by the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
As soon as the battle began, the army of the Kingdom of Sark was defeated one after another.
In just half a month, the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom has already defeated all the resistance of the Sark Kingdom, and successfully broke through the city of Nordanlun, the king of the Sark Kingdom.
The current king of the Sark Kingdom had fled with some of the ministers of the Sark Kingdom before the city was destroyed, and the kings of the Sark Kingdom had fallen.
At the same time, the coalition forces of the Lampari Kingdom and the Duchy of Draco did not stop after repelling the Marfa coalition army, but directly invaded the Kingdom of Farak, all the way like a bamboo, successively repelling the three major legions of the Frankish Kingdom and a group of reinforcements sent by the Malo Empire, and finally before the troops came to the royal capital of the Frankish Kingdom, they chose to retreat and rebuilt a fortification at the border with the Duchy of Draco.
After this battle, the regular army of the Frankish kingdom lost most of its vitality, and was no longer able to participate in the war against the Duchy of Drac.
The Maro Empire, on the other hand, did not expect that they would be defeated so quickly and so miserably, that the reinforcements were still in the organization, but they were not able to attack again for a while.
As a result, the northern part of the Duchy of Drake was temporarily at peace.
But...... The Ruerson kingdom in the south was not at all peaceful.
After the Glorious Legion was almost completely wiped out, and even the Count of Antussol was killed on the spot, the Candela Empire was furious and immediately sent a large army to invade the Kingdom of Ruersun.
Although the Ruerson Kingdom had a certain amount of military magic machinery support, the Candela Empire was well prepared this time, and a total of 180,000 troops were dispatched, which were divided into multiple sides to invade at the same time.
At this time, the great impact of the Duchy of Norton's annexation to the Candela Empire was reflected.
Originally, if you wanted to enter the Ruerson Kingdom from the Candela Empire, there were only two routes to the east and northeast of the Ruerson Kingdom, but after the Duchy of Norton was merged into the Candela Empire, the north of the Ruerson Kingdom was fully open to the Candela Empire, so that the invasion of the Candela Empire could divide the 180,000 army into six routes and invade at the same time.
The total number of troops on the part of the Ruerson Kingdom is only 50,000, and it is of course impossible to completely resist the invasion of these 180,000 troops.
However, at this time, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce issued a statement to the outside world, and for the first time, made a public statement and refuted the various accusations made by the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire against the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
In the statement, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce said that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been adhering to the purpose of cooperating with the two empires and vigorously promoting the magic industry in the two empires, with the intention of jointly improving the daily lives of the people of the two empires and promoting the development of the two countries.
However, the two empires reversed black and white, slandered the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for participating in reactionary activities, and seized and banned various industries set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the two empires without any reason or basis, which not only brought huge economic losses to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but even caused extremely serious casualties.
In this regard, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce expressed its unacceptability and strong condemnation.
Of course, that's not the point.
The point is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce said in the second half of the statement that the Duchy of Drake and the Kingdom of Ruerson are both long-term strategic partners of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and now that the two empires have brazenly launched a military invasion against the Duchy of Drake and the Kingdom of Ruerson, then the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will not stand idly by, and will inevitably support the two countries in accordance with the strategic cooperation agreement to help them resist the invasion of the two empires.
The new flying chamber of commerce also said that these supports are not only all kinds of material support, but also direct military support.
In other words, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort will officially announce its participation in the war. (To be continued......)