Chapter 11: Reasons for Fighting

"Well done Laura, you're the best!" After listening to Laura's report, he put down the walkie-talkie, and Carl, who had been nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Forty-four were destroyed, six were heavily damaged, and three surrendered...... The rest of the unlucky ones fled into the river in a panic...... "Trembling, Karl controlled his strength and used a force that would not break the pencil in his hand to force a cross on the arrow on the map that represented the direction of the attack of the Emperor's ** Heavy Armored Brigade.

"Independent Heavy Armored Brigade, it's over!" After finishing the drawing, Karl confidently and heroically pinched his waist, and nodded proudly at the four large forks on the map. "Three infantry brigades...... A single heavily armored brigade has been completely annihilated, and the remaining brigades are directly under the rearguard unit...... The Armored Reconnaissance Brigade and the Advance Reconnaissance Brigade also suffered heavy losses......"

Thanks to ample prior preparation and strong fire preparation, as well as the explosives buried underneath in advance. And, of course, there are the brave soldiers of the Lando Bassa Regiment who have begun to emerge after several months of rigorous training. With the support of these hard powers, it is not particularly difficult for Karl, who has the advantages of intelligence terrain and personnel quality, to win this battle. "The four brigades were annihilated, and the rest survived...... "The enemy's combatable soldiers have basically been wiped out, there is no problem, this victory is undoubtedly theirs, and now the question is only what kind of results will be achieved."

"The first organized offensive battle...... Is this what it feels like to win?" Lying in front of the command table, looking at the arrows representing his troops on the map, and listening to the continuous news of the victorious advance and the destruction of the enemy on the radio station of the communications squad, this sense of pride and conceit arose spontaneously. "Real commander, the feeling ......of victory" is different from the half-game and half-serious competitive competition that used to play Zhang Dao, but a more cruel, more rigorous, more realistic and difficult bloody battle, although he knew that in this situation a commander needs to remain calm to the end, but the feeling of eagerness in Carl's heart did not obey the control of the lazy but calm brain for the first time, and he was already excited. "Real Battlefield Commander ......"

"Commander!" The operator's voice interrupted Karl's thoughts, and he came back to his senses from YY. "Read. "The mechanized infantry brigade has completed the sweep and is advancing towards the Basel Bridge. "What?!" Carl, who had just found some senses, was instantly beaten back to his prototype, and was rectified by Paton's disobedient problem captain. "Who told her to change her battle plan without permission?!Didn't you say that you would come back as soon as you cleaned up the enemy troops?!Give me access to her radio! I want to talk to her directly!" Carl had a bad feeling that Paton, the guy who always likes to go off the line, might not listen to his orders. "Yes...... That one...... Captain Parton sent a telegram just now...... said that there was something wrong with the radio and could not be contacted for the time being...... "The communicator, who was just about to connect to the radio, took a telegram from the radio operator next to him and awkwardly handed it to Carl, whose face was even more ugly. "This hateful son of a bitch, Paton, has ruined the battle plan again!, and he has come back to give her a good look!" And Carl, who knew Paton's character well, knew that until Paton had completed her own goal, he could no longer count on a single soldier of the mechanized brigade in any case.

"Regiment commander, report to the 1st Brigade! The enemy's vanguard reconnaissance brigade suddenly launched a fierce attack on the eastern part of our weak defense line! The enemy ...... Concentrated all his forces to break through in the direction of the eastern highway!" And apparently, the battle was not over, and the enemy in the encirclement did not intend to be obediently annihilated, and in a state of near despair, he uncharacteristically launched an attack, the final attack, against the eastern line of defense, which was the most unlikely to launch a breakthrough, that is, in the opposite direction of the escape route.

――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― "Knock Rum...... Dong Long ......"

Not far away in the forest, there was the sound of fierce explosions and gunfire. Judging by the distance, the distance is already very close, less than a kilometer. "All the people get off the bus! With the edelweiss as the core, all the staff will advance in a battle formation!"

The smoke and rumbling cannons from the battlefield not far from the forest told Wilkin that they were close to the front line, and the occasional sound of machine guns and the smell of gunpowder smoke were even more warnings to these volunteers, who had nothing to do with this ambush battle, and beyond that was the battlefield, even if the danger was gone, there was no way back.

"Be vigilant at all times, there's a war zone ahead, where anything can happen. "Although it is usually very casual, but on the edge of this battlefield, even Wilkin can no longer be as casual as he used to be.

"But is it really okay for us to come over like this?" said the weak lady as she leaned close to Alicia's side as she clenched the rifle in her hand, her face full of worry. "Don't wait for the big troops, just come and support...... Wouldn't it be dangerous if we were to be encircled?" Until now, Miss Susie still had no desire to fight, and the only reason why she had come here with the Edelweiss and Wilkin was because she didn't want to leave the gentle and strong Alicia. "There's no way around it, Susie. "Unlike Susie, who had never experienced Landobasa and had seen hell in the early morning after following the retreat of the civilians, Alicia was one of the first volunteers to participate in the Battle of Landobasa. For this anti-aggression war of the people of Galia, the understanding of this war is much deeper than that of Susie, who fled early. "Carl they ...... It is difficult to say how long the entire Landobasa Regiment will be able to hold out as long as the entire Landobasa Regiment has a clear advantage in numbers and equipment, and a combat group that is integrated into an independent mixed brigade will be able to hold out. ”

During the two months in the rear, Alicia did not see from the newspapers the news of the First Independent Mixed Brigade of the Empire, which was blown into a divine soldier by the Gallia newspapers. What a brigade captures Lando Barcelona, a brigade defeats tens of thousands of regular troops, and the combat effectiveness is unstoppable.

Because the achievements of this brigade in the past two months were so loud that the Galia side couldn't cover it up if they wanted to, the propaganda department simply went the opposite way and described the first brigade as an elite heavy army group armed to the teeth. Because only in this way can the regular army, which has been repeatedly defeated, be exonerated from the crime. To put it simply...... "It's not that we're incompetent!

And Alicia, who has been on an errand in the Volunteer Army, doesn't know what happened to the current Landobasa Regiment, or is it not the Landobasa Legion that killed the two divisions of the Emperor in Landobasa......

Although she was very calm in front of Susie, she was actually more bottomless and scared than anyone else. Because she escaped from the empire when she was a child, she knows very well how the empire treats foreign peoples and people in the ruled regions.

That's why she was afraid, afraid that Galia, her hard-won home, would be destroyed by the emperor, so her fighting philosophy and thoughts were stronger than any of the volunteers here. Because she understood...... 'If this battle is lost, Galley will die.' ’

In fact, not only she understands, but now every volunteer who is rushing to the front line without hesitation understands. This battle Galia can't lose again, and if he loses again, his country and family will really be gone.

"We have to get to the battlefield as soon as possible, no matter what the situation is ahead. ”