Continental Hero Senki

It was on May 15 that the nine divisions led by the Royal Army Marshal Kiir arrived at the southern end of the Lake Atheni Water Region. It was actually less than a month marching because the liberation of Yaroswav was April 18.

In the meantime, the Xyle Regiment was not particularly adversarial.

"Should I be lucky, or should I think it's a trap..."

"What's wrong, Emilia?

High Counsellor Major Emilia met Captain Sarah, affiliated with the Kingsguard Division, on his way around with the encouragement of each unit. Although he had worked for a while in the conversation, at a mundane moment, Emilia spoke of her anxiety.

"The Imperial Army should have a total of 10 divisions available as reserves. But for some reason, the Imperial Army hasn't put in that reserve."

"... isn't that what the chain of command was saying before?

The impact of the death of Imperial Army Commander-in-Chief Marshal Rokosovski in battle during the Zalesier match was indeed significant. Because the order and intelligence systems were severed and disrupted, the Imperial Army continued to destroy each and every one by the Royal Army.

But it's been a month since the Marshal's death. It was already around the time when Tsarigrad, the Imperial capital, was also beginning to grasp what was happening on the front line. For example, they should be restructuring the chain of command, changing operations, and putting in reserve forces.

Besides, the battle ratio between the Royal Army and the Imperial Army currently stands at 18: 20 on the Athenian side. If it drifts like this into a protracted war, and a war of attrition, there will be considerable damage to the Imperial Army as well. Emilia could not understand what it meant to rely on reserve forces until she was prepared for such damage in order to destroy one small military country.

"Could it be a trap, you mean?

"Yeah...... but. Would you bother to set a trap on us?

"What are you talking about?

"... the Imperial Army outranks us in its overall strength. The loss of Silesia, which falls below the overall force, is imperative, no matter how we try to win on individual battlefields. For example, the Imperial Army can take advantage of that number and just crush it with overwhelming quantities. Yet..."

"Yet the Imperial Army won't move. Apparently, they've been stuck in Atheni for the past month."

Sarah's right, the Imperial Army has been locked up in the Lake Atheni water region for a month.

If this were an Imperial Army widow, they would still have understood. He says he can't go on offense and is thoroughly defended because of his low power.

But as Emilia mentioned earlier, the Imperial Army has won by number.

The Imperial Army, which beats the number, has been too passive this past month to say that it has invaded Silesia. Speaking of the battles that took place during this time, it was about the level of battle on the shores of Lake Wigli, and all that was left was a small battle between smaller troops.

With the exception of the battle on the shores of Lake Wigli, the number of war fatalities in the past month has been less than 1000 combined between the two armies.

As a result, the Royal Army has succeeded in building a heavy defensive position on the outer edge of the Lakes region. In other words, the Imperial Army will say that it has given the enemy time for defense.

"… what are they thinking"

In order to answer this Emilia question, we need to put the time back about 10 days.

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That, on May 4 at 11: 10 AM.

First in the right to inherit the Empire of the Eastern Continent, Royal Tai Great Nephew Sergei Romanov arrived in Lida, where five Imperial Army divisions were garrisoned with escorts.

Early on his arrival, Sergei rushed under General Malmberg, commander of this legion.

Although General Malmberg was wolfish for an unexpected visitor for a moment, he soon remembered the emperor's measures, which had been predetermined, and managed to disguise himself as calm.

Sergei informed Malmberg that in the name of Senior General Creek, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army Command Department, "the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army has nominated Marshal Millii Bakunin", as well as a further directive "to put a total of five divisions of the Malmberg Legion on the front line and to discuss the traitors who label the Kingdom of Silesia".

This directive did not have a specific draft operation or a draft invasion. It only contained an extremely abstract sentence: "Do not respond by ad hoc manoeuvres of the Legion Leader".

For that reason, Sergei, who had finished communicating the directive from the Military Order Department, attempted to present his opinion to the official superior general, General Malmberg, as it stood. But a moment earlier, Malmberg presented Sergei with an operation he had been formulating beforehand.

"We march north to avoid enemies and rendezvous with the Athenian regiment"

Sergei was stunned when he heard Malmberg's orders. This incompetent has the look of what he's talking about.

Sergei Romanov has given permission to His Excellency the Admiral to submit his opinion.

Having heard that statement, Malmberg never clearly rejected it in front of the Crown Prince's nephew. But that face was clearly a look of refusal, and it was a look that could be taken as silent, listening to me and dying.

Sergei, however, presented his own draft operation because there was no clear refusal from his superiors.

"I have heard that the rebels are widows and that Athenians have a power difference of about 2: 1. Under that circumstance, you can't find any point in further concentrating your power."

The more power you concentrate, the dramatically increased the attack power of that legion. On the other hand, however, it is certain that it will be limited.

This was also once pointed out by Marshal Rubinstein, Chief of General Operations of the Royal Silesian Army, to the High Counsel, Major Emilia.

"So, what do you think we should do?

"Yes, this is where we use the southern streets and head to Guinier, where six rebel divisions are deployed. And so let us consider the back of this rebel that would be confronting our Imperial Army. If your friends respond, you can have an ideal sandwich fight."

Lida is located approximately 10 days from the Guinier deployed by the Royal Army. It won't take two days if you use the horse to the fullest.

The Royal Army effectively uses the lakes and wetlands currently present in countless Lake Atheni waters regions, and even builds horse fences, pitfalls, etc. to trap 20 Imperial Army divisions in the northeastern Lake Atheni waters region.

It is self-evident that the Imperial Army will prevail over national power if we wait like this, but that is why we could not leave Sergei alone in this situation. Because if it was a war of attrition, many generals and supplies would be summoned to heaven, and even if we could win, we thought it would be a serious loss to the Empire.

That is why Sergei challenged the short-term showdown and tried to destroy the Royal Army promptly.

But this Sergei thought never reached Malmberg's heart.

For for Malmberg Sergei was a political enemy, for he did not feel his in-laws to cooperate.

I reject your proposal.

"... ugh! Why!

"This operation was already decided before your official arrived. It's unreasonable to change the operation now."

"But!"

"Shut up, Major General Sergei. I'm the commander of this legion."

Sergei Romanov is the great nephew of the Crown Prince. But in an organization called the Imperial Army, he is only a major general.

The Major General must hear the commands of the Admiral.

"As originally planned, we will join the army of Commander-in-Chief Marshal Bakunin around the north. All right?"

"... Got it"

In a way, Sergei could have been lucky.

If Malmberg cared about that, he could have ordered us to dispatch one division commanding Sergei now and attack about six divisions of the regiment of Royal Army General Lax. If this order was given, there was no doubt that Sergei's age would stop at 17.

But Malmberg did not have the courage to give that blatant and foolish order. Because after the end of the war, we could have dressed Sergei in the sin of letting him die in battle for no reason.

Sergei must die an honorable battle under Sergei's responsibility.

Malmberg thought so, and began to prepare to move troops under the flag north.

The Imperial Army has not moved for the past month because senior Imperial Army officers wanted Sergei Romanov to be on the front line and Sergei, who the Royal Army built a heavy defensive position and resolutely challenged it, to be skewered.

16 May 637 Continental Calendar.

Twenty-five Imperial Army divisions and 18 Royal Army divisions assembled in the Atheni Lake Water Region in northeastern Silesia.

Later, the "blood battle of Atheni", which would be greatly engraved in the history of the continent, was about to begin at this time.