Continental Hero Senki

The royalists, who occupy Vranov and whose supply lines with the Ostmark Empire have been established, are gaining even more momentum.

There is also good governance in the eastern part of the royalist occupied republic, nothing has happened that would collapse from within, and dealings with Silesia and Ostomark have been combined to make republican citizens within the royal power zone sing about freedom.

And the impact was extended to the national sectarian sphere of power, which was on its way down.

Not many of the republican people in the National Feud are moving on to work with the National Feud. If you turn to the blade, you will be oppressed, and if the civil war ends while you remain a national superiority, you will return to a peaceful life. I have believed in it and have only endured it even.

Except for the story that the national sect becomes inferior and even inferior to the royalists in terms of living standards. If cooperating with the royalists means that wealth and freedom will be guaranteed, then there is no longer any point in sidelining them with the National Piety. And the extra nature was poor because the royalty publicizes aloud through its own information network how the people living within the royal power zone live a wealthy life.

Regardless, few people are likely to think about such bad things, and the presence of those who blow it around in their enemies is also limited.

gossip (aside from that).

A non-cooperative attitude towards the National Authorities appeared as it did in every region and rural area within the National Authoritarian Force, and even more frequent incidents of popular uprisings and clashes with the Guard.

And there were also many rebels in the army who were supposed to be in charge of defeating the royalists and republicans and suppressing the uprising.

Let us say that the Lanschcroun incident, which occurred on 16 January in particular, is a remarkable example of this.

On January 13, a popular bee erupted in a town called Lanschkrowne, a one-day distance southwest of Schumperk. The royalists send a division headed by Major General Lelek for the purpose of supporting this uprising, but the Capitol sent two divisions headed by Lieutenant General Schenk against it.

It is so much a difference in power that it would not even be a battle if it were, but something unexpected happened for the Corps of National Shenks.

It was on January 15, when the Shenk Legion plugged into the outskirts of Lanshkrowne, that a riot broke out in support of the royalists in a local city called Fraadek, which was behind the Legion. For this reason, the Shenk Legion was to be isolated among its enemies and feathered confronting the royalists without being supplied.

Even more unluckily, betrayal and surrender ensued within that corps of nationalists. And even Lieutenant General Tatshenk, commander of the Legion, surrendered to the royalists, and the Legion was no longer what could be called the Legion.

As a result, the National Order surrendered to the Kingdoms despite several advantages in Lanshcrown, all of which produced the result of joining the Kingdoms to extend their forces.

Fradek's uprising broke out as if he had foreseen when the Shenk Legion would reach Lanshcrown. And it was rumored that the surrender of the soldiers of the Shenk Legion and the commanders of the Legion, all these events, might have been the result of a royalist plot, but it was long after the truth of the matter was revealed.

Similar incidents, such as those typical of this Lanschcrohn case, were rife on the Eastern Front of the Republic. It has been confirmed at least 10 times, regardless of its size.

Also, the national sects were running short of troops due to successive defeats. As a result, problems had also arisen with the ability to maintain law and order, and it was becoming impossible to maintain as much capacity as possible to adequately suppress insurgents.

As a result, in Sokolov, the capital of the main mountain of the national sect, it is said that there were more than 60 underground organizations supporting the royalists as of the end of January.

Similar problems had also arisen within the republican sphere of power.

That's all the republicans say when it comes to beating royalists and statesmen: "Political rights are guaranteed to all citizens". The political right to say so is common in all worlds, first and foremost, that the whole people cannot be established without some degree of affluence.

What the hungry people want is food, and what the war-torn people want is a stable society. Before that fact, some political rights are to be waived.

In fact, many of the republicans were uncompromising and saddled by the royalists. It is also due to the loss of personnel by the republicans themselves as a result of their long struggle against the national sect, which at last fell to the weakest forces in the country, inferior to the royalists.

Anyway, the Republican forces were now out of the question.

The disadvantages of the national and republican sects were thus obvious to everyone's eyes, and they began to see signs of the alleged impossibility of the restoration of the Crown.

But when it comes to such a situation, forces try to exploit it it.

It was on 28 January that that information reached Yuzef's ear via Ostmarc.

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Jan 28 at 15: 20.

I reported the information sent through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ostmarc Empire and Mr. Fine to His Highness Emilia and Mr. Maya.

The information was pregnant with a very troublesome problem. His Highness Emilia and the others, who heard my report, also have a puzzling look on their face. I guess I fully understand what this information means.

"Will the Union of Livonia Nobles intervene in the civil war?

"… is not yet definitive, but is in danger of doing so"

The information received from Ostmarc was that "the Union of Livonia Nobles is rallying its troops on the border with Karlsbert".

I can think of two things that this means.

One is dispatching for the purpose of containing displaced persons and illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries where civil war continues. And the other, as His Highness said, is the possibility of intervening in the civil war.

Mr. Maya, however, immediately discarded the former's opinion.

"As things stand, it would be better to see it as an intervention. Too late to take precautions against civil war at this time"

His Highness Emilia nodded against Mr. Maya's words, and took over the remarks.

"The question is, when will the intervention take place, and in what way?"

"Yep. If they say they will support the national sect, this civil war will be muddy."

With a depressing face, says Maya. She's right, if Livonia supports the National Order, the Royalists' loss is confirmed by the difference in national power. Silesia will have to withdraw before spreading her wounds, beyond Ostmarc's inability to intervene fully in the military.

But I denied it.

"Livonia will probably not support the national sect"

"... why?

"Here's information from an intelligence agent who left us lurking in the center of the national sect, but General Harha seems pretty upset about the mobilization of Livonia's army."

This information was brought to you by Lieutenant General Rival. And the credibility of that information is guaranteed by the royalist officers who are accompanying them.

"... then what exactly is Livonia after?

Her Royal Highness Emilia leaned deeply and thought about it. But my thoughts on it are quite simple. If Livonia is not to intervene, there is one option left.

"Livonia may invade Carlsbert"

"Invasion, is it?

"Yes, that way you won't have to muddy, so the damage to Livonia will be smaller and the benefits will be enormous"

What would happen if Livonia declared war on the Karlsbert Nationalists under this circumstance? Easy. The nationalists are confronted with the royalists in the eastern part of the Republic and will be poked behind it. Losses are confirmed, and in the worst case scenario, they could perish without much of a fight back.

And Livonia has almost bloodless access to the western part of the Republic, including the economically wealthy capital of Sokolov, both within Karlsbert and with a large population, and the Zdaten Fortress, a base of national defence importance. I mean, scratch all the tastiest places in the earthen. Exactly the outside road.

In this case, the eastern part of the Republic in the hands of the royalists will remain. But acquiring only a thin eastern part of the population and economy doesn't mean anything to the royalists or us that we fought, and we can't look at defense for a longer border with the former enemy Union of Livonia Nobles.

"In any case, Livonia's intervention must be prevented. If his country intervenes, our defeat is certain."

And if we lose and the Emilia Division returns to Silesia, we could be branded as mutilators. I want to avoid this intervention, this loss, which has a strong connotation of His Highness Emilia's private war.

Then we still have to settle the civil war as soon as possible.

"But even if I say we settle quickly, there's still a difference in power between us and the national sect. Easily ending…"

"Yeah, I think Maya's right. So don't stick to a military settlement and settle it in negotiations. This is all we have."

The national sect, though decaying, is more numerous in numbers alone than the royalists. If you were bound by a military settlement, you could be summed up by Livonia and killed.

So we only have to negotiate. However, there was a problem in the future. It was His Highness Emilia who pointed that out.

"Negotiate…? But will they respond to the negotiations? There is no guarantee that this one will have an advantage in the negotiations..."

"I think His Highness is right. It will be harder to extract concessions from them than it is to antagonize them with military force"

It is difficult to make concessions when they are antagonized by military force. Then you can strike down that equilibrium.

Both His Highness Emilia and Mr. Maya seemed to have noticed the matter and had their eyes open. As far as Mr. Maya is concerned, he is simmering his fighting spirit into his eyes.

"As I said earlier, the National Authorities also grasp Livonia's movements. And if you have a decent strategic eye on General Harha, you should aim to defeat the royalists and end the early civil war. Considering the time that Livonia takes to complete the mobilization of the army, the time that the natives will not compromise with the Republicans and will perish, and the time to negotiate with us…"

When I started calculating that time in my head, His Highness Emilia, who had come to the same idea, already had the answer and took over my words.

"In the middle of February, possibly between the 10th and 15th. And..."

With that said, His Highness Emilia looked at the map of the Republic of Carlsbert, which is decorated in the office. The gaze is gradually narrowed and stops at a certain point.

"This is probably where the showdown will be."

The place His Highness Emilia showed me was the same place I expected.

Seven days southeast of the capital, Sokolov, and three days northwest of Fortress Ormutz.

It was a small rural area called Sviner, on the outskirts of Litomischl, a regional city in the central part of the Republic.