"Dear Grand Duke Jon, I just got the news that the Falkenridges have concentrated their flying machines and raided Nol Forsta. ”

Karl walked into Archduke Jon's office and immediately reported, "There are now heavy losses, and the bombardment by Falkenridge's army continues to this day. ”

"All roads were badly damaged, some factories were destroyed, and residential areas were also badly damaged. ”

Karl didn't know how to describe the catastrophic consequences of the bombing, and finally he paused and said to Archduke Jon in a slightly tired tone: "We have suffered very heavy losses, and the air raids of the Falkenridges have made our situation even harder. ”

"Don't worry so much, General Karl. ”

Grand Duke Jon didn't seem to hear what his men were saying to him, he pointed to the map spread out on the table, and told Karl about his plan: "I have ordered the easternmost guard general to send 100,000 troops to support, and they will soon be able to reach Dean City. If McCarthy's forces can counterattack south and recapture some areas to the south, then the siege of Dean City will be eased......"

Obviously, the ensuing failures had made Grand Duke Jon's mind unusual. He has almost been smooth sailing since he was a child, and at this moment he finally can't stand the repeated defeats.

So escaping reality for a while and hiding into his own fantasies is what he does every day.

Karl obviously didn't want to listen to the now slightly crazy Grand Duke Jon explain the strategies that didn't work at all, and he knew that even if McCarthy's group could recapture some areas, it would not be able to hold it in front of and behind Falkenridge's army.

He already knew about the transfer of troops from the eastern border, and this transfer also made the Principality of Sefi and Kore as excited as if they had taken medicine, and planned to make trouble every day.

So after removing the troops who had to go back again to suppress the two countries, there were now only a few tens of thousands of troops marching westward, but it was estimated that they would be stranded for a long time at Norfosta.

Karl had already reminded Grand Duke Jon two days ago, but for some unknown reason, the other party chose to forget his reminder. Grand Duke Jon insisted that his reinforcements would arrive at Dean City immediately, and that the McCarthy cluster could return to Dean City to help him out of the situation.

Karl lowered his head and slowly exited Grand Duke Jon's office, silently throwing the report of the attack from Norfolsta into the trash can at the door, never to look at it again.

Stepping out of the office of the Grand Duke Jon, Karl had to face a series of problems for Dean City after the destruction of Norvosta. The first is the direct consequence of the destruction of an important ground road, a large amount of supplies are transported from the rear, but they can only be stacked in distant places and cannot be transported into the Dean City war zone.

The ammunition and ammunition aided by the Tadoya Empire, including hundreds of steam chariots, as well as countless magic ballistas and ammunition, could only be stacked in the area of Norfolstad, and slowly transported into the city of Dean by steam locomotives.

This was only a question that immediately came to Karl's mind, and the other question was whether the Falkenridge bombardment would continue, if the Falkenridge army continued to bomb and spread the bombing site from the node of Norfolsta, then the empty Stacy hinterland would be blown up by the Falkenridge army, and the fragile industrial base would be further worsened.

All the traffic nodes on this tributary of the Stasi River, even the remote industrial area of Cerrobart, could be frequented by Falkenridge Army bombers – and this is definitely not good news, at least not for Stasi.

Stasi's prideful defense in depth was now about to be pierced by Falkenridge's army, and cities that would never have been attacked by anyone were now under the wings of Falkenridge's army's Hellfire Cavalry.

What is even more desperate is that some of the allies who were originally negotiating to join Stasi's partition of Falkenridge have adopted a neutral wait-and-see attitude at this moment.

For example, the Duchy of Sefi and Kore are even planning to take advantage of the fire.

Of course, it wasn't until a day later, when the number of guns in the second shipment to Dean had been reduced from a fixed thirty to a pitiful five, that Karl realized that another Stasi heavy industry base had been destroyed by Falkenridge's army.

"Grand Duke Jon asked me to confirm how well McCarthy was prepared for the welcome parade back to Dean City. ”

An attaché sent by Archduke Jon walked into Karl's messy and somewhat dilapidated office, which had not been restored for a long time, and all of the senior Stasi commanders had been ordered not to use the offices on the ground level lightly due to the bombardment of Falkenridge's army last time.

Of course, as the number of bombings by Falkenridge's army dropped to almost nothing, the ban was eventually forgotten, and most officers preferred the spacious and bright rooms to the dimly lit underground command bunkers. Not to mention, they felt that they were running out of time to use the office so comfortably, and as soon as Falkenridge's army began a large-scale assault on Dean City, everyone would have to use underground bunkers.

Carl put down the paper in his hand and pulled his mind away from the damn paper. The documents recorded are the weapons and supplies received by the Dean City Theater since half a year ago, and the overall number of all supplies is showing a downward trend, which really makes Carl not happy.

So he no longer thought about these unpleasant things, but replied to the Grand Duke Jon's attaché who came in: "The station is ready, and the troops for the parade have been training for a few days. I heard that General McCarthy would be able to reach Dean City in three days, and if he could ride the Domesticated Wyvern, he should have been there a day ago. ”

"There is no way, because of the fact that the Windrangers of the Falkenridge Air Force have a very wide range of activities, so now high-ranking officers are forbidden to ride the domesticated Wyvern. Everyone still abides by this rule, after all, no one wants to be a target for the Falkenridge Air Force, does it?"

The attaché glanced at the map spread out on the table, and then quickly withdrew his gaze in fear.

Because the map is not far west of Dean's city, it has been densely packed with the number of Falkenridge's troops, and the nearest small high ground, he used to inspect as a special agent of Archduke Jon, when Falkenridge's army has not yet reached there, when he goes, he only sees a dense group of old men of Stacy lining up to establish a defensive line.

"The French, Falkenridge have advanced to this position?" the attaché of the Grand Duke of Jon looked at Karl with a horrified expression, "He...... They...... They've all hit this far? Oh my God. ”

"Otherwise, where do you think they are, and wait for your permission to go to the city of Dean?"

Karl sneered, then pressed his hand on the map spread out on his desktop: "The Falkenridge are only about fifteen kilometers away from the nearest position in Dean City, and we are killing thousands of soldiers every day to stop the Falkenridge army from continuing to advance towards the city center. ”

He had to push countless lives, young and old, into the depths of hell, holding on to the bombed positions and paying with his life to stop the advance of Falkenridge's army. With such sacrifices to defend the peace of Dean City, or to defend him and Archduke Jon from being killed by the Falkenridge army.

"We lack artillery and tanks, and to be able to stop Falkenridge's army from continuing to advance towards the city of Dean, is already the maximum combat intensity that a soldier can do. ”

Karl smiled bitterly and pointed to the place recognized by Grand Duke Jon's attaché and said, "We have killed seventeen hundred soldiers in this position, and when the Falkenridges occupied it, the corpses had almost filled in the hollows. ”

"I will pass these matters on to the honorable Lord Grand Duke Jon. The attaché swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then forced his composure to Karl, "I will convey your efforts to His Excellency the Grand Duke Jon, General...... If nothing happens, can I go back to my life now?"

Coming out of Karl, the attaché beside the Grand Duke Jon walked a little trembling, he only knew today how serious the situation in Dean City was, in the past, when he heard that the Kin Ritchie army was still dozens of kilometers away from Dean City, he had almost no concept of this distance in his mind, but today he knew what this distance meant, and how dangerous and desperate his current situation was.

It was only then that the poor creature pondered how he could get out of the chaos until he reached the Grand Duke's palace and realized that he had returned to his destination.

So he took a deep breath and followed the guard's guidance along the way to the office of the leader to whom he had allegiance, Grand Duke Jon.

"Ah...... Are you coming back, like this? Is the parade set up by General Karl ready? I am going to make an important speech there to encourage the whole country to continue to hold out in the Great Patriotic War. ”

Grand Duke Jon heard someone push open the door, looked up at his men, and then continued to look down at the secretary's prepared speech. He looked at it and spoke to his confidant attaché, and it seemed that he was in a good mood today.

Who knows why he was in a good mood today, maybe because of a sunny day, maybe because Falkenridge's army didn't shell the west of the city, maybe because he knew that McCarthy was about to return to Dean, and more likely because of the definite news from reinforcements from the east.

Anyway, this super leader, who once turned his hands into clouds and rain in Dean City, is now full of convictions: as long as he drags down the attack of Falkenridge's army in Dean City, he will definitely usher in a change in the tide of the war one day in the future. So he is now highly motivated, which is in stark contrast to the generals around him.

As the chariots of Falkenridge's army drew closer to Dean, the Stacy Supreme Leader somehow hypnotized himself into believing that he could hold off his enemies in Dean, fight to extend his reign and claim victory.