Macho Wars

Therefore, all the ministers were silent, bowed their heads and did not even dare to breathe.

After Sidney XIV’s sacred order was issued, the First and Second Army regiments under the Central Military District of the Imperial Army quickly assembled and prepared to go to the Far East battlefield.

These two regiments were both the imperial guards guarding the center of the empire. There were 130,000 people in total, and they could not be easily moved under normal circumstances. Therefore, the emperor's intention to let them go on the expedition is self-evident.

At the same time, in the Far East, Howard has rushed back to Nass, took over Henry's position, and is reorganizing the Expeditionary Force Command at the fastest speed.Although the emperor personally ordered him to give him a strong reinforcement, it took less than a month to wait for the two legions to arrive at Tarrance from thousands of miles away.

The immediate priority is to restore the command organization as soon as possible.The sudden bombing not only killed Commander Henry, but also reimbursed more than half of the high-level staff of the headquarters. Staff officers were killed and injured, and the staff urgently needed to be supplemented.

However, high-ranking officers are not ordinary soldiers after all, so they can't recruit people to fill the numbers.Howard had to pick a few from his entourage who were reasonably reliable, and then pulled some people from other units of the expeditionary army.

Firavi was the first to be picked by him and replaced the deputy commander who was seriously injured and unconscious, and then Firavi recommended Dragon to Howard.So he was also called to the headquarters and somehow became a senior staff officer.

For Dragon, Howard is no stranger.

Back in the colony, this young man once chatted and laughed happily with him, talked about amphibious warfare together, and described to him the grand vision of the future air-to-ground three-dimensional war.

Howard had a very good impression of him at the time, thinking that it was a manufacturable material, and Dragoon's subsequent outstanding performances all proved that this young man was not just talking about it.

Especially in the battle for the defense of Orphee Town, Dragon was able to win more with fewer enemies, but he was able to win more with weakness. His decisive decision-making was the key to heavy damage to the Federation Division.

Forced by his superiors to call him over, Dragon had no choice but to let Jack take over his position.It happened that he was also planning to apply to his superiors to be promoted to deputy head of Lieutenant Colonel Jack.This time, I should give him a chance to familiarize himself with the related business of the deputy head.

In this way, Dragon hurriedly returned to Nas with his adjutant Tafe and William, who was an orderly soldier and brother.

When they arrived at the headquarters, the explosion site had not yet been cleaned up, and the entire restaurant on the first floor had been bombed beyond recognition, and the smoked traces in the corridor extended to the third floor.

When Dragoon passed the entrance of the restaurant, he stopped for a moment, took off his military cap and mourned the death of his old boss Henry and the dead officers with one hand.

At this moment, a person whom Dragon knew quickly walked over to him, and it was Filavy who was the handsome adjutant who made people suspicious of gender.

"Colonel Li, you are finally here. Come upstairs with me to the conference room. The generals will have a meeting soon."

"Then Lao will lead the way, Captain Zofigi."

Under the guidance of Astorfo, Dragon quickly came to the headquarters conference room.The guard at the door repeatedly checked his credentials before letting him in.

Obviously the previous bombings made the entire headquarters a little nervous, and no one wanted to do it again.

After Dragon entered the door, Tafe and William were both left outside. Seeing that they were both stupidly stuck there, Astorford had to do it to the end and led them to the lounge next to the meeting room. , The entourage of other generals who are in the meeting are also here.

After the three of them entered the door, they immediately attracted countless eyes from the surroundings. More precisely, they focused on Tafe and Astorfo, while poor William was ignored by them.

After all, one of these two people is a tall and outstanding military uniform elder sister, and the other is a delicate and intelligent... the best pseudonym.

However, everyone in the room just took a few sneak glances, and no one came up to talk.

Since I was able to be in this place, the last time I mixed with the regiment leader, the male soldiers got along better with each other. Everyone got together in twos and threes to smoke and chat, and relax without any taboo.

But the female soldiers are different, especially those who look beautiful. The ghost knows what the relationship is between them and their boss.Anyone who doesn't open their eyes dared to go up and put them close, maybe they will join the death squad tomorrow.

Chapter 319: Deputy Chief of Staff

A dozen senior military officers gathered in the conference room of the headquarters.Thanks to these old smokers, the whole room was filled with dense smoke.

Dragon entered the house and looked around, and found that most of the people present were generals, some of whom were also navy representatives.A "fourth class" colonel, placed in front of these big men, suddenly became an inconspicuous little character.

Seeing Dragon coming in, Howard, who was sitting in the first place, nodded at him, while the big prince Fylavi, who was on Howard's left hand, waved to him directly, motioning Dragon to sit next to him.

For the grand prince’s "invitation", Dragon almost instinctively wanted to refuse, because he had noticed that there were many eyes staring at him around him, and seemed to have some strange reveries about the relationship between the two .

However, helplessly, there was only one vacant seat at Firavi's hand in the entire conference room. If Dragoon didn't want to stand abruptly during the meeting, he could only sit in it.

"Good afternoon, Colonel Li."

"Good afternoon, Your Highness."

He said hello politely, and as soon as Dragon sat down, he picked up the meeting materials in front of him and looked through it.

At the meeting, Howard came up with the plan he had handed to Henry before, and prepared to replace the two more capable main divisions 89 and 92 from the southwest front with three newly formed Tarrance maintenance divisions, and then cooperate in the navy. Next, first concentrate the superior forces to solve the Eastern Front battlefield.

However, their enemies will certainly not wait to be defeated by them one by one. Once the other two fronts are in desperation, the Federal Heavy Group in the north will inevitably step up their offensive. The pressure of the Seventh Division can be imagined.

Looking at it this way, Howard had brought the eldest prince Firavi from the seventh division to his side as the deputy commander of the expeditionary force, which seemed very meaningful.

At this time, Howard took out a telegram, patted it directly on the table, and said loudly to the officers present.

"Everyone, this is a telegram sent from China this morning. Our Majesty has ordered the first and second legions of the Central Military Region to be sent to the Far East. I think everyone understands what this means, and we want What they did was to erase this small country called Sapphire from the mainland map."

It is not difficult to see from this emperor's imperial edict that Sidney XIV was really angry.Once the first and second legions are in place, the empire will send 250,000 troops to the Far East by then, equivalent to a quarter of the entire army, and most of them will be elite.

Such a large-scale military operation is absolutely impossible in the end. After all, the headquarter of the expeditionary army was bombed and it hit the empire in the face. With the character of Sidney XIV, if the enemy can’t repay the enemy twice, then he People are going to be unlucky.

So after the meeting, most of the generals rushed back to mobilize, and Dragoon also left with several senior staff.When everyone left with only two commanders left, Filavi said suddenly.

"General, a sapphire principality alone is probably not enough, right?"

Hearing what Firavi had said, Howard, who was smoking, looked at the landscape painting on the wall of the conference room, and then asked noncommittal.

"His Royal Highness, what do you think is the duty of us soldiers?"

"It's nothing more to defend your home and country."

"Yes, that's all. But the most effective way to defend the country is never to start a war. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Of course I understand what you mean, but... this is not what my father expected."

Philaway picked up the telegram on the table, what had already been said very clearly, let Howard call until he satisfied Sidney XIV.Destroying a sapphire principality obviously couldn't satisfy the emperor's appetite.

Howard naturally understood the meaning of the words, but he knew better that the current empire was actually in a period of subtle turmoil. On the surface, it seemed that singing and dancing were rising, but all the internal forces were about to move under the water.

After all, the emperor is already old, and Sidney XIV will have his 80th birthday in four months.

Generally, old people at the age of knowing the destiny will choose to support their lives and spend the rest of their lives quietly.But Sidney XIV seemed to see through life and death, still flying in waves, not only singing every night, turning over the sign of the harem, and even marrying an 18-year-old girl.

With his gameplay, no matter how the palace pharmacists nourished the emperor, they would still "make ends meet". The ghost knew that he would be exhausted someday.

The princes who were in their prime of life were also happy that the old emperor died, so that they could quickly make room for them.

Therefore, before the old emperor returned to the west with a crane and the new emperor took the throne, the empire could indeed fight some local wars appropriately to divert internal conflicts, but it should try to avoid the escalation of the war and drag the entire country into the abyss.

In this case, Howard believes that the safest way is to destroy the Sapphire Principality, and then force the Federation and East Qin to sit at the negotiating table, and everyone will dismember this small country together. It is a great joy for everyone.

As for whether the old emperor would be satisfied with this result, Howard believed that in a few months, Sidney XIV would calm down by himself.

On the other side, after Dragon left the meeting, he came to the staff headquarters located downstairs to report.Since the entire staff was almost wiped out in the previous bombing incident, the current staff have just been transferred from various units. Although they are not familiar with each other, they are not unfamiliar.

At this time, a brigadier general came in outside the door, and Dragoon had seen this man in a previous meeting, and the opponent was not a general of the colonial military district.