Chapter 40: Prelude to the War of Aggression

In 1887, Prince Reddina of the Duchy of Lal succeeded to the throne and for the first time consulted with the Kapolyan Empire about the Autonomous Prefecture of Lascaux. During the negotiation session, King Reddinar of the Duchy of Lal devised the attempt to kill the Prime Minister of Melbourne, the pillar of the Empire. The whole empire was furious, and the proclamation of war spread rapidly within the empire.

Within an hour of the incident, the fortress fortress on the border of the empire was captured by an infantry division of the border fortress in conjunction with the 7th Chariot Division. At the same time, the rest of the Empire's armies began to press into the borders of the Duchy of Ral, and the Golden Armored War Lion leaked its sharp minions into southern territory......

In the royal palace of Gesar City, Reddinah was sitting at the conference table in the Senate, watching the news of the border towns of various towns in the past few hours. The Empire was clearly prepared to capture the Duchy of Lal in the quickest possible time

"Your Majesty, the 3rd and 6th Field Divisions of the Reich have assembled outside the gates of Kadura in our country"

"Your Majesty, the commander of the Third Division, Doron Regiment, received the news that there are also activities of the Emperor's ** team in the south"

"Your Majesty, the Border Guard of the Dekra Mountains reported. The Emperor's ** team is attacking and asking for support"

Reddina listened to the messenger's interrogation after message, and listened with a blank face. At this time, he was powerless to return to the sky, but he didn't expect that in the end, he was just a pawn used by Melbourne

"The order is to go down, and the border guards will strictly guard it. In addition, three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment were added to each border defense point, "Reddy is ruthless, since he wants to fight." That can't be cheaper Empire. Although the Duchy of Lal is not as good as the Empire, it can't be bullied just like that

"Your Majesty, I think we should make peace with the Empire, after all, our military strength cannot compete with the Empire," said a Senate minister

"Hmph, there's no room for negotiation anymore. Melbourne has put me to good use of it, and he's devised nothing more than an excuse that will allow him to march into the southern territories with some justification."

"Your Majesty, let's leave the Kingdom of Ter and the Republic of Paris in an alliance."

"Hmph, that old fox of the Republic doesn't bother to cooperate with us. He just wants to reap the benefits, and the only one who can compete with the Empire on the southern continent is the Republic of Paris, and they won't act rashly this time," Reddy rejected a minister's offer

"I said a long time ago that if a principality doesn't become strong on its own, it will be annexed by the two major powers of the north and the south sooner or later, but I didn't expect the empire to be so fast, this is where I miscalculated. It's something I never expected," Reddina looked at the table full of papers and reports, regretting that he shouldn't have cooperated with the Empire

"Your Majesty, Lasco's Imperial ** team has already assembled five combat divisions, and has now entered the Sea of Moste Trees. Then a herald rushed in to report

"Well, what's there?" asked Redina

"There is a tank regiment and three field infantry regiments"

"Well, order these four divisions to snipe at the Imperial Army, and don't let them cross the sea of trees. In addition, the Third Army Group will be sent to support, okay guys, there is no room for negotiation now. We're going to fight to the death," Reddinah said......

Lascaux Autonomous Prefecture was captured by the Emperor ** team in less than an hour, at this time Gal and others had been trapped in the Autonomous Prefecture, the Emperor ** team carried out strict security checks for entry and exit, and civil armed groups such as the Hunter Guild were controlled for the first time, Gal waited where he returned directly to the hotel after that, and the guild had been seized by the Emperor **. Now the streets are full of tension, and the residents are also being checked and registered by the emperor one by one

"Well, all the communications have been cut off. It's impossible to go back to Gesar now," said Gal and the others at a small inn as they gathered Toby and the officers he had brought with him

"Well, and it doesn't matter if you can't find the dementor now, Melbourne is just designing and directing a reason to declare war," Toby said, this is a naked war of aggression. None of the evidence has solved anything

"No, I think we have to hurry back to Gesar, what else will happen"

"Of course, go back and defend your homeland"

"No, I'm not talking about that. And the Star Apostle," Gal continued

"Didn't they create the conditions for the Empire to go to war, because they wouldn't get themselves involved in war again?" asked Leigh

"It's cooperation, but it's also mutual use. He created the conditions for war for the Empire, and the same empire created chaos and weakness for the principalities for them. Gal said

"Damn, that's enough. Now we can't do anything, there are Imperial troops everywhere outside, it's impossible to get out of the city, the airship commune is closed, and we're all trapped here," Toby said

"That's not necessarily," Gal said with a map of Lascaux Autonomous Prefecture that he had brought from the guild, "here, the Moster Shuhai, I think the main force of the Emperor's ** team should rush here to attack, where are the three Duchy's defense divisions, I think the battle in Jukai will last for a long time, but to the north of Juhai is a mountain forest, I remember that there is a post stationed here, if we can touch anywhere, then we have a hope of returning to Gesar" Garr pointed to the map and said

"And how are you going to get out? The streets are full of Imperial patrols now?" asked Toby

"Well, I think it's my and Gal's specialty, we used to do this when we were in the special forces," Bart said proudly

"Well, I'll go out with Bart now to find out the situation. We'll figure it out in the evening," said Garr, pulling Bart out of the hotel......

"Yes, it's the Empire that's starting to do it. I'll follow," Leigh put the secret communicator back on her bra buckle, it was Gal and Bart gone, she used it once in the toilet under the pretext of going to the toilet, "Bart, how far can you go?" Leigh whispered as she looked at a mirror on the toilet sink with a complicated look at herself in the mirror. Walking out of the bathroom, Gal and Bart had returned, just in time to discuss with Toby

"This is the gate of Lascaux, and it's impossible to get out of it, because there are a lot of people who want to smuggle out, and the rest of the gates are now heavily armed, and I just walked around the city with Bart and enough people here to have a battalion," said Gal

"It seems that they want to block the news and facilitate the battle in a short period of time, and then even if they know the truth, they will be buried in the flames of war," Toby said

"Well, it's impossible for us to go back through the normal route in a short period of time, but time is pressing. So Gal and I found another way," Bart said

"What did you find?"

"Now, this is the one we got from Uncle Bydoliske, the map of the underground waterways of the Great Sanctuary, where the drainage system has been abandoned, but the drainage system leads directly to a canal outside Lascaux," Bart said, taking out the map and placing it on the table

"Is there underground drainage? It's a good idea, it's enough for a few of us, as long as we can get to the canal, and we can walk about 6 kilometers down the river to a border outpost," Toby said, looking at the map

"But Uncle said that it has been abandoned for many years, and there may be demonic beasts inhabiting it, which is a little dangerous, how about Toby? If you don't want to, you can wait here for a month or two before you go back, and we will go back to Gesar first," Gal asked

"What nonsense? We're the police, how can this kind of thing be without us?" of course we're going," Toby replied, and the two officers behind him nodded in agreement

"Okay, since everyone is okay, let's do it," Gal said, pulling out two large black chests under the bed, which they had brought with them and had already used some of them in the Mines mission

"There's still a little weapon left, so let's pick out the weapon we fit and start the night action."