After the tarot session ended, Odis stretched and got up from her armchair.
He returned to his desk and considered his recent plans.
First, we must fulfill our promise to support the Kingdom of Rune, and second, we must exact a severe revenge on the "Rose School".
Odis actually wanted to take revenge on the "Morse Ascetic Order," but whether he could find the headquarters of the "Morse Ascetic Order" was still unknown.
After Rosalind and others revolted from the "Morse Penitentiary", Odis obtained a lot of internal information about the "Morse Penitentiary", including the location of the "Penitentiary" headquarters.
However, Rosalind and the other two demigods have certainly lost their access to headquarters, so attacking their headquarters now would be unlikely to yield much.
Fortunately, Odis obtained crucial information: the current headquarters of the "Morse Ascetic" is called "Utopia," which was built by the deceased leader, Torriopo, using his ability of "mysterious reappearance."
Now that Torriopo is dead, the "Utopia" must have been greatly affected. I wonder if the remaining angel of the "Morse Penitentiary" can continue to support the "Utopia"? Or will he be able to build a new "Utopia"?
In any case, the headquarters of the "Morse Penitentiary" is no longer as well-hidden as before.
So now Odis has two plans running at the same time. The first is to send Rosalind and the other rebels back to the southern continent to continue developing the areas they have established their rule over.
To put it bluntly, they were used as bait to see if they could attract the angels or saints of the "Morse Penitentiary" to take revenge.
Odis explained his plan to them and assured them that they would not be harmed. Rosalind and the others were very supportive and offered to act as bait.
The second plan was to send a fleet to the Misty Sea to search for the location of the headquarters of the "Morse Penitentiary".
However, neither of these plans has much hope, because the members of the "Morse Penitentiary" are generally quite rational. After their leader was killed, they will likely choose to lie low for a while and will probably not attack Rosalind and the others.
The second plan, however, can only be based on the gamble that the current "ideal world" is not as secretive as it used to be.
Both plans require waiting, so until there is definite news, we should first retaliate against the "Rose School".
After briefly considering his future plans, Odis went to inspect the "Red Angel" evil spirit, preparing to aid the three legions of the Kingdom of Rune.
The reinforcements included a mixed regiment with aircraft and tanks, and two "extraordinary puppet" regiments.
The above is the conventional force, and there is also an extraordinary legion that includes four demigods.
This force is indeed large enough to hold off Fussack's army for a while.
When discussing strategies for fighting the Fussack army, the "Red Angel" evil spirit suggested striking them hard at the beginning, when they were not fully prepared.
After that, guerrilla warfare was the main strategy to minimize losses.
Odis fully agreed and declared that the entire aid operation would be entrusted to the evil spirit "Red Angel".
There are two other battles that the "Red Angels" evil spirits need to fight quickly: one is the attack on the Republic of Intis, and the other is the naval battle at Midway for strategic purposes.
The "Red Angel" thought maliciously, "Don't you think my workload is too heavy?"
"Really?" Odis laughed. "Once this world war is over, you'll be able to take a break."
The evil spirit "Red Angel" held little hope for this: "You don't plan to expand your colonies in the Southern Continent? Are you really only going to stop at unifying the Central and Southern countries?"
Odis continued with a smile, "I'll give you time to rest."
Backlund, Prime Minister's Office.
Prime Minister Agusid Nigan took a drag of his cigarette and said to the nobles and high-ranking officials around him, "Gentlemen, the Foreign Minister has confirmed with Ambassador Remburg that Remburg is going to send reinforcements. Moreover, President Remburg has also indicated that he will send enough troops to attack the Intis homeland, forcing the Intis army to return to the aid of the enemy."
He was not happy about this: "But the other party's condition was that they wanted the nine islands in the western part of the Rothschild Islands."
Neither the Lenburg government nor the Kingdom of Rune publicly acknowledged this fact.
Defense Minister Emilius said with a serious expression, "Those nine islands are not on the main shipping lanes, and there are no large naval bases on them."
His opinion was: give them over quickly. Those nine worthless islands can be exchanged for the support of three legions and dozens of extraordinary individuals. It's a very worthwhile deal.
Earl Hall, with a cigarette between his fingers, smiled and said, "I think the Prime Minister's concern is not whether or not to give it, but rather how to give it."
Agushid didn't say anything, but just took another puff of his cigarette.
The others understood that Earl Hall had guessed correctly.
Judging from the current battle situation, the Kingdom of Rune indeed has no chance of winning. However, after the Fusak Empire and the Republic of Intis meet in Backlund, the negotiation process should be able to begin.
After all, by then, neither Fusak nor Intis would want Rune to perish; they would prefer Rune to retain some strength to restrain the other side.
Therefore, this world war will inevitably eventually enter the negotiation stage.
But after the negotiations ended, the people of Rune, who were already suffering more than before due to the reparations and territorial losses, heard that nine islands of the Roside Islands had been ceded to Lenburg. So, no matter what Agusid's purpose was, he would become a sinner in history.
The general logic here is: it's normal to pay reparations and cede territory after a defeat, but it's shameful to secretly cede territory to allies.
Or rather, the public desperately needs a place to vent their emotions, and Agushid will easily become that outlet.
The people in the office fell silent, because they didn't have any better solutions, and more importantly, they didn't dare to express their opinions.
Suddenly, there was a knocking sound on the door.
Agusid said, "Please come in."
The waiter opened the door and said, "Prime Minister, gentlemen, Ambassador Adonis of Remenberg has arrived and wishes to speak with you, Prime Minister."
The Prime Minister quickly stubbed out the remaining half of his cigarette in the ashtray: "Please invite him in."
Soon, led by a waiter, the current ambassador of Remnburg, Adonis, walked slowly in, and Agusid and others went to the door to greet him.
For a moment, Adonis was somewhat dazed. Last year, he had spoken a few words of justice for Odis, who was then the governor of Vötté, and was imprisoned by the late King of Lenburg.
After Odis arrived in Azshara, he rescued him and hired him as a staff officer, and together they went to Backlund to take up their posts.
Later, Odis recommended him as the deputy envoy to Lunburg in the Kingdom of Rune. At that time, let alone a deputy envoy, even an ambassador had a hard time meeting the prime minister of the Kingdom of Rune.
When Odis returned home, everything had changed. Remnantburg had gone through several wars, and its international status had risen from one of the "Southern and Central States" to the third largest in the world.
Adonis, as the ambassador of Lenburg, was even able to enjoy the treatment of being greeted by the prime minister of the Kingdom of Rune.
These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Adonis smiled as he exchanged pleasantries with Agushid and the others.
After a brief chat inside the office, Adonis said, "I bring a message from President Gar: those nine islands..."
It wasn't a direct cession of Ruhnn, but rather a 99-year lease for Remenberg.
Upon hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, especially Agushid, who sincerely said, "Please thank President Gar for me."
Trier, Ministry of Defense conference room.
Today, President Josime visited the Ministry of Defense and met with members of the Ruhnn and Lenburg strategic groups.
The latter is a staff group that was just formed at the end of last year.
President Josim, who was in his fifties and well-maintained, said after listening to his advisors' opinions: "In other words, even if Lunburg supports Rune, it won't have a significant impact on the war situation?"
"Yes," said a member of the strategy team. "Unless Lenburg moves all its legions to Backlund, we will be fighting a tough battle there!"
Another member of the strategy team said: "According to our intelligence, a 'special puppet regiment' in Remenberg is gathering at the northern border, seemingly to deal with the 10 divisions we have left there."
"It seems they intend to deal with both us and the Fusaks at the same time."
"This is outrageous." The member who had spoken earlier sneered, "President Lenburg must be an arrogant and conceited madman."
The president gently shook his head and said, "Many people have said he was crazy before, and his decisions do seem crazy, but he has achieved all his strategic objectives without exception."
Josim paused for a moment and then said, "I don't want such rhetoric from Intis's top strategic department."
All members replied in unison, "Yes!"
Immediately afterwards, another member of the strategy team said: "Although we do not know what President Lenburg's purpose is, one undeniable fact is that he has made a huge mistake."
"If he stabilizes the 'Southern and Central Countries' and then immediately launches a full-scale attack on our territory in the central plateau, we will certainly have to redeploy some of our forces to reinforce it in order to avoid cutting off our supply lines. This will greatly reduce the pressure on Backlund."
Josim stroked his chin and said, "But Lunburg did not do that; it only mobilized a portion of its forces to fight on the northern border."
Josim was not too worried about this, because with the support of the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machines, they possessed extraordinary power far exceeding that of Remburg.
The steam church, in particular, was very interested in the war with Remnantburg.
Five days later, in the early morning, Backlund.
Before dawn, Benson walked to work through the thin fog. He was an accountant at a military factory and still had a job with a regular salary.
He is already quite content with this. In the past few months, his neighbors have gone bankrupt one after another, and only his family can barely make ends meet.
To be precise, his salary was just enough to buy enough food to keep his family from starving.
That's right, they won't starve.
Benson hasn't had a proper meal in a long time, and if food becomes even more expensive, he doesn't know if he'll have enough energy to work.
Just then, he smelled an unpleasant odor.
He's been smelling this smell a lot lately; it's the smell of a dead person starting to rot.
Benson looked ahead and, sure enough, saw two bodies on the side of the street. The people cleaning up the bodies had obviously not yet noticed them.
He sighed; he was used to it.
Although it is summer now, many people have died in Backlund this year. They were all homeless people, and without exception, they all starved to death.
As Benson passed the two bodies, he suddenly stopped because he recognized them. They were his former neighbors, Mr. Moke, the head of the household, who was the manager of a small trading company.
However, two months ago, Moke lost his job, and his family quickly went bankrupt, forcing them to leave their three-bedroom apartment and rent a place in a cheaper neighborhood.
Mr. Moke and his son are now lying on the ground, but Moke's wife and daughter are nowhere to be found.
Benson sighed. There were no young and beautiful women among the homeless in Backlund, or rather, they would disappear after only a short time on the streets.
The police obviously didn't have time to deal with this kind of thing. Benson didn't continue thinking about it because it was a very cruel problem.
He looked at his neighbors, who were emaciated and looked like corpses, and wanted to tidy up their remains, but at that moment the bells from the nearby clock tower rang.
Benson hesitated for two seconds, but continued to hurry to the factory where he worked.
He didn't want to have his salary docked because he was late, leaving his whole family hungry.
As soon as he arrived at the factory gate, Benson heard whistles coming from the military camp next door, so he quickly hid by the roadside.
The sound of such a whistle usually indicates that a unit has completed its assembly here and is about to head to the front lines in the north or west.
The original purpose of this military camp was to protect several arsenals in the surrounding area, but because of its excellent location, it later became a gathering place for soldiers.
Whether the elite colonial troops were brought from the Rothschild Islands or the southern continent, they would all gather in one of these barracks.
Then they rushed to the front lines.
But something seemed a little off today. The gates of the military camp opened, and out came a colossal creature that Benson had never seen before.
It has a huge steel body, a circular turret, and floats about one meter in mid-air, slowly moving outwards.
This is a tank!
Remenberg's tanks!
As someone who worked in a military factory, Benson had seen the design drawings of the Remburg tank.
How did their tanks end up in Backlund?
Benson then recalled that the newspapers had been reporting for the past few days that Lenburg was going to send reinforcements to Loen.
Everyone speculated that Remenberg would likely only send a token number of reinforcements, fulfilling his obligations as an ally.
But to my surprise, they actually sent tanks!
And it wasn't just one!
After quickly clocking in, Benson joined his colleagues at the entrance to count the number of tanks: 1, 2, 3 — 20.
21...50....90...100!
There were a hundred tanks!
Next came troop carriers, which were even larger than tanks, numbering over 300!
Remnburg has sent so many reinforcements!
Then everyone heard a "buzzing" sound, and to everyone's surprise, planes rose up from the camp.
Such advanced weapons have been provided as support.
Immediately, colleagues at the arsenal were abuzz with discussion. Workers in the production and design departments marveled at the technology and manufacturing processes of the Remnburg weapons, whose design concepts were completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Benson then talked to several colleagues about the living conditions in Remnburg. One of the colleagues said, "I heard that the Remnburg arsenal provides food and lodging for the workers."
"I've heard about it too," another colleague said. "It's hard to imagine that such a company still exists. With prices so high these past few months, food alone must be a huge expense."
"No." At this moment, another colleague said, "I heard that prices in Rembrandt have hardly increased in the past year."
Benson said, "Then their workers must be very wealthy!"
By not spending money on food and rent, you can save a lot of money!
On a clock tower in northern Backlund.
Defense Minister Emilius, along with several senior officials from the Ministry of Defense, watched as Remenberg's orderly "steel column" marched out of the city from the northern road.
Only after the last troop carrier left the city did Emilius say, "It was right to let the Lenburg army enter the city at dawn."
Such a disciplined military formation and such formidable weapons would surely disappoint too many civilians if they saw them.
Thinking of this, Emilius sighed, suddenly feeling as if the tide of the times was rolling in.
The position is located approximately 90 kilometers north of Backlund.
The 216th Regiment of the Fussack Army was resting in the trenches, having paid a heavy price in the past day and night.
They finally captured the position.
The soldiers are now catching up on sleep in the trenches, leaving only a few soldiers on guard duty.
Regimental Commander Nikolay was also resting in the command post on the front line when a messenger ran into the command post, whose door had been blown off: "Regimental Commander, the division commander has given us a new order."
The 216th Regiment was an elite unit of the Fusak Army and had its own wireless transceivers.
Nikolay immediately stood up, took the telegram, and read only one word: Retreat!
The burly regimental commander, who was about 1.9 meters tall, frowned. The southern part of this position became flat, making it suitable for large-scale troop operations.
Now, the Fussack army has a numerical advantage, and it can be said that once they capture this position, they can annihilate it within a few days.
Push the battle lines to Backlund.
However, he only hesitated for a moment before immediately ordering the messenger to sound the horn and retreat.
Just as the team had assembled and was about to retreat, Nikolay's spirit seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.
Two strange-looking large birds were circling in the air.
Nikolay had a bad feeling and urged his soldiers to retreat quickly.
Just then, a procession, predominantly black, appeared on the southern plains. The procession seemed to consist of strange vehicles.
Suddenly, the two cars at the front each fired a white light-emitting wave cannon!
Nikolay immediately thought of the information about the Lingbo Cannon; Remnburg's reinforcements had arrived!
In an instant, a dawn-like light suddenly appeared around "Guardian" Nikolay. He knelt on one knee and planted the giant sword made of dawn light into the ground. The dense dawn light formed a solid barrier.
Boom!
The violent explosion made Nikolay feel that the "Fortress of Dawn" had instantly exhausted all his spirituality.
"Retreat!" Nikolay, who was too exhausted to stop the next attack, ordered.
One of his guards quickly picked up the regimental commander and ran uphill.
Several soldiers were preparing to go back to check if there were any survivors outside the "Dawn Wall".
Just now, Nikolay was probably in the middle of the formation, and his "Dawn Barrier" probably only saved half a regiment of soldiers.
The commander ordered again, "Retreat!"
The soldiers were stunned for a moment before quickly surrounding their commander and retreating.
As the debris kicked up by the explosion fell and the dust settled, some soldiers looked back and saw that the explosion had completely destroyed the trenches!
Just as Commander Nikolay had predicted, there were no survivors at all. Not many soldiers were burned to death or killed by the shockwave; they were mostly blown to pieces!
Then the explosion buries most of the remains with the earth and rocks, so there are only some broken bodies and extraordinary properties gathering on the battlefield!
The expressions on everyone's faces gradually turned to surprise, and some veterans recalled the camp that had been destroyed by the "Lingbo Cannon" in the sea.
Nikolay was fortunate that he had recently been promoted to Sequence 5 "Guardian", otherwise the entire group would have been wiped out. He was able to survive because of "Dawn Armor", but the other extraordinary individuals in the group had almost no chance of survival.
It wasn't until they were coming down the hillside that Nikolay seemed to realize: those were Remenberg's tanks!
In the previous war in the Sea County, Nikolay had experienced the power of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" firsthand. When Rune first used the "Spirit Wave Cannon," it caused heavy casualties to the Fusak army.
Later, according to the analysis of the Fusak army, the only way to deal with this kind of cannon was to organize extraordinary beings to launch a surprise attack on Rune's artillery positions.
At first, the extraordinary beings of Rune tried their best to protect the artillery positions. The war between the extraordinary beings of both sides was evenly matched, but Rune's artillery positions were never destroyed.
However, as the war on the western front of Rune intensified, many of the extraordinary beings of the Kingdom of Rune were transferred to fight on the western front. This gave the Fusak Imperial Army a certain advantage in terms of extraordinary beings. Rune's artillery positions were destroyed one after another, which led to the breach of Rune's inter-sea defense line.
Nikolayev's impression of Remnburg's weapons at the time was that although the country was small, it produced very powerful weapons.
Later he heard about tanks and airplanes, two weapons he had never heard of before.
This was the first time I'd ever seen a tank, which made Nikolay realize that the tactics he'd come up with before wouldn't work anymore. Tanks are essentially mobile artillery positions; with such high mobility, how could you launch a surprise attack?
Thinking of this, Nikolay suddenly looked up at the sky. That wasn't a big bird at all! It was an airplane!
"Leave the main road and enter the woods!" Nicholas immediately ordered.
Just then, everyone heard a sharp sound of something falling from a great height, slicing through the air.
Boom! Boom! More than a dozen extraordinary bombs blasted the soldiers to pieces, and the remaining half of the regiment was also killed.
Protected by the "Dawn Armor," Nikolay, who was unharmed, found it hard to accept such a huge loss. Since the start of the war, his regiment had fought many tough battles, but had never suffered such a great loss!
The key issue is that the enemy is still very far away. The tanks are at least 20 or 30 kilometers away, and the planes are hundreds of meters high in the air. Nikolay has all the capabilities and weapons available, but he has no way to attack the enemy at this distance.
In other words, his regiment had suffered heavy casualties, but he was still completely on the defensive and had no means of retaliating!
This feeling is actually very desperate!
The remaining soldiers quickly led the wounded who still had a chance of survival into the woods.
The planes did not continue bombing, but instead flew further north.
After running for more than ten minutes, everyone was a little tired, and Nikolay ordered the soldiers to rest for a minute behind a hidden rock.
At this moment, everyone looked back and saw tanks bearing the Lenburg flag rapidly crossing the position that had buried half a regiment.
Their objective was to continue north. Only one troop carrier stopped, and the extraordinary individuals on board disembarked to retrieve the extraordinary properties from the position. The other vehicles did not stop at all.
The soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that the steel monsters, the tanks, were not chasing them.
Nikolay, who was resting on a rock, suddenly stood up: "Quickly send a telegram to the division headquarters, tell them that Remburg's tanks are continuing north! Their target is unknown, be careful of them attacking from the rear."
However, no soldier obeyed the order. The surviving soldiers looked around and found that the communications soldier had died in the bombing and the radio transceiver had been destroyed.
Inside the command vehicle of the Remnburg phalanx.
Bevin, the liaison officer for the Rune military, glanced at the Lunburg army commander sitting opposite him, who had facial features of the Southern Continent and what appeared to be a red flag mark on his forehead.
The commander was quietly gazing at the scenery outside, as peacefully as if he were on a picnic.
The two senior staff officers accompanying the other party sat upright in their seats, as if they dared not utter a single unnecessary word.
Bevin cleared his throat and said, "Marshal Medici, are you really not going to cooperate with Rune's troops?"
The "Red Angel" evil spirit glanced at Bevin, who was in his fifties and balding: "Cooperate on what? Even if you break the legs of the Lunburg soldiers, they can still run faster than the Rune soldiers. Do you think the Rune soldiers can catch up with tanks and troop carriers?"
Bevin gave an awkward laugh: "I just felt that this operation was too risky!"
Marshal Medici briefly described the battle plan for Remburg: to take advantage of the Remburg army's excellent mobility and attack the enemy's command post.
The high command of the Rune military had no objection to this. In their view, even if the Rune army was highly mobile and could attack the enemy's command post, it would still be surrounded by the returning Fussac army.
This would deplete a large number of enemy troops and buy time for the Rune army to rebuild a defensive line in northern Backlund. Therefore, the Rune army naturally supported this battle plan.
But Bevin felt that his position as a liaison officer was nothing short of a death sentence.
If they could coordinate with the Rune army, they could leave a way out for the attacking troops.
The "Red Angel" evil spirit glanced at Bevan: "I won't let some ignorant fools ruin my plans."
"If you don't want to participate in this operation, then get out of here."
Bevin paused for a moment, then looked at the two Remburg staff officers beside him, as if asking with his eyes: Is your marshal always so irritating?
The two staff officers, who were constantly being scolded, pretended not to see it. Now that someone was finally drawing the "fire" for them, they were overjoyed and naturally wouldn't give him much of a hint.
Bevin could only laugh awkwardly and say, "Of course I have to go. As the liaison, of course I have to go."
He couldn't say anything more after that, so he could only play it by ear and run if the situation turned unfavorable.
They advanced at roughly this pace for more than half an hour, then encountered another group of Fusak soldiers. They broke through their defenses in no time and continued towards the enemy's command post.
Bevin greatly admired Hullenberg's ability to gather intelligence using aircraft; no matter how far the enemy's command post hid, it could not escape aerial reconnaissance.
This is actually because modern people don't have a concept of air defense. Military command posts are usually located far behind the lines because there is a lack of effective penetration capabilities on land. If there are one or two demigods guarding the command post, it is basically absolutely safe.
At that time, due to the limitations of radio technology, the signal of the radio transceiver would be weakened if it encountered a high mountain barrier, and often it was necessary to go to the mountaintop to receive or send messages.
Signals can only be received and transmitted unimpeded on plains or at sea.
Therefore, only division-level units have radios, while only a few elite units in regimental-level units have radio transceivers. In many cases, it is still necessary to send out messengers to convey orders.
To make it easier for messengers to find the command post, the command post was usually located in a conspicuous place and would be decorated with a flag. There was no concept of counter-surveillance and reconnaissance.
But things are different now. Remenberg has built airplanes, and the battle situation has changed fundamentally.
The reconnaissance aircraft quickly located the enemy command post and sent its coordinates to the ground troops.
We expect to reach our target in about an hour and a half, around 3 p.m.
At this point, the enemy had not yet realized the intentions of the Remnburg Army, because they were now relying purely on their mobility to rampage across their own lines in search of an opportunity.
But Bevin suddenly understood Marshal Medici's tactics. Although the Fussack army had heard how powerful Remburg's weapons were, they had never fought against Remburg's army before and were unfamiliar with Remburg's tactics.
Therefore, in their view, the actions of the Lenburg army were crazy, and it was difficult to perceive their intentions for a while.
This is because the orders received by each combat commander in the Fussack army were one-sided. They only knew their main direction of attack and the general strategic intentions of the entire army, but did not have a sufficient understanding of the overall situation.
The key point is that they assumed the Lenburg army, like them, lacked sufficient understanding of the entire battlefield and would never have imagined that the enemy was actually planning to launch a surprise attack on their command post.
When Mikhail Einhorn, the commander-in-chief of the Fussack army, realized the intentions of the Remburg army, they were already only forty or fifty kilometers away from his command post.
Before he could even give the order to move, guided by the reconnaissance aircraft, the "Lingbo Cannon" shells came crashing down.
On land, the "Lingbo Cannon" is rarely used for long-range bombing.
Unlike the sea, there are always some trees, hills and other things to cover the land.
However, with reconnaissance aircraft, things are different; they can guide targets at a distance.