Chapter 47

General McHale wanted to know the answer to that question more than anyone else.

A month ago, when the imperial government was discussing how to crusade against the arrogance of the Rulson Kingdom, which dared to provoke the great Candela Empire, although everyone agreed that such a small country did not need to be taken seriously at all, and it could be cleaned up by sending some random people. However, he insisted on sending these three legions to take charge of the invasion of the Rulson Kingdom.

The reason is that one of the legions was the one he was in before, which belonged to his old subordinates, and his wife's younger brother was also arranged by him to serve as the captain of the cavalry brigade. He wanted to take this opportunity to give his old subordinates and his wife and brother Earn some military exploits to facilitate their promotion in the future.

But he never expected that this attack on such an inconspicuous small country as the Luerxun Kingdom would capsize in the gutter, and the final result was that the imperial army was defeated and returned.

What made him even more angry was that in order to allow his brother-in-law to get the most credit, he deliberately arranged the cavalry brigade he led in the vanguard position. As a result, in the first battle, his brother-in-law The cavalry brigade he led was completely annihilated in the attack of King Luerxun's army, and even his wife and brother were also buried in it, and they were not spared.

Although he has always disliked his glib brother-in-law, he is his wife's younger brother after all, and now he can arrange his own death because of his own behavior. One can imagine how sad and angry his wife will be after hearing the news.

Knowing this well, General McHale mercilessly vented his anger on General Cook, who led the operation.

"Trash! You commanded a full 50,000 elite, but you can't even defeat the 20,000 people in the Luerxun Kingdom, and the casualties are so heavy. What face do you have standing here? If I were you, I would have committed suicide and apologized." !"

General Cook looked at General McHale with a cold face. Not a word.

Although both of them can be called generals, General McHale was awarded a medal by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and is one of the five highest-ranking generals who protect the country officially recognized by the Imperial Ministry. He is extremely noble in the entire empire. His status and prestige are far from being comparable to that of the head of the local legion.

So despite the dissatisfaction in his heart, he could only keep silent and dare not make any rebuttals.

General McHale cursed angrily for a full twenty minutes before he stopped panting heavily. Then he took out a document from his pocket and threw it to General Cook.

"Because of your failure, the military department has now relieved you of your command duties, and now I will take full responsibility for this operation. As for you...wait to be held accountable by the military department!"

General Cook opened the official document and looked at it, and found that the content inside was not too unexpected for him, so he put it aside.

"Lord McHale, I cannot deny this defeat, but I must remind you that the fighting power of King Luerson's army is far beyond imagination. I hope you will be more cautious."

General McHale said in a muffled voice: "What? Do you still want to find excuses to justify yourself? How can the fighting power be so strong in a mere Luerson Kingdom? As a commander, you have achieved such a result. Do you think you can just find someone Can an excuse be used to get away with it?"

"I'm not defending myself, but the army of the Luerxun Kingdom is really weird. They..."

General McHale waved his hands irritably: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, it's none of your business here."

General Cook's face turned red, and he wanted to remind a few more words, but after seeing the impatient expression on General McHale's face, his heart turned cold, he couldn't help snorting, and strode away.

"Trash!" General McHale looked at his back and spat out fiercely, and then began to study the battle report left by General Cook on the table.

After studying for a while, General McHale couldn't help frowning.

Judging from these battle reports, the army of the Rulson Kingdom seems to be really weird.

Because according to the battle report, every time the two sides engage in battle, the Kingdom of Luerson can always launch an unusually dense arrow rain to attack, and then wait until the official battle, the army of the Kingdom of Luerson is extremely mobile. It can make it difficult for the soldiers of the Candela Empire to even touch them, and at the same time they can launch some very strange long-range attacks, and they are extremely lethal.

As a result, the two sides have almost never had any serious battles, causing the army of the Candela Empire to suffer heavy casualties and eventually lost.

"What a joke!" General McHale threw the battle report on the table. "How can there be such a strange army in this world, this Cook, can't even make excuses for himself?"

The situation described in this battle report really made General McHale unable to understand, so he simply didn't bother to pay attention to the content of this battle report, and decided to follow his own ideas.

What he brought this time was the Third Legion of the Imperial Army's regular army. Although it was also 50,000 people, it was far superior to the 50,000 local legion soldiers led by General Cook in terms of equipment and training. win.

Cook, a waste, led a group of wastes to be defeated by the Luerson Kingdom, but it did not affect General McHale's confidence in easily defeating the Luerson Kingdom.

While considering the specific tactics, the guard suddenly opened the tent and walked in.

"My lord, Lord Russell, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Staff Department, please see me."

"Russell?" General McHale was taken aback. "Didn't he set off with the navy fleet? Based on the time, he should have logged in from the southern coast of the Luerson Kingdom by now. Why did he come here suddenly?"

After thinking about it, General McHale waved his hand: "Let him in."

"yes."

After a while, Russell walked in under the leadership of the guards.

"Lord Russell, why did you come here? Do you want to say that there was an accident in your navy's actions?" Seeing Russell, General McHale let out a sarcastic laugh unceremoniously.

The Imperial Army and Navy have always had conflicts due to budgetary issues, and the Army has always been valued far more than the Navy, and its budget has been greatly skewed. Therefore, when facing naval officers, Army officers have always had a sense of superiority. General McHale not excluded.

Russell didn't have the slightest intention of joking, and nodded slightly with a sullen face.

"Yes. Your Excellency McHale, I am here to tell you that the navy's operation has completely failed. We were unable to go deep into the waters of the Luerson Kingdom, and we were unable to successfully land as planned."

General McHale was startled, and then he burst out laughing, the laughter was full of mockery.

"Ha, I thought that your navy's confident initiative to attack this time would definitely bring us some surprises, but I didn't expect that you would retreat without even touching a hair of the Ruhrsun Kingdom. shame!"

Russell was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and said seriously: "Your Excellency McHale, I am not here to discuss these meaningless things with you this time, I just came here to remind you not to underestimate Ruhr Xun Kingdom. They have won the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and their strength has far exceeded your imagination."

"Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" General McHale was startled again, and after thinking about it, he came to his senses. "I seem to have heard of this name. Is it the chamber of commerce that manufactures those magical air conditioners? What? Is this small chamber of commerce very powerful? The Luerson Kingdom has their support, and we can't even beat the Luerson Kingdom." No?"

"I'm not sure. But... it's better to be careful." Russell shook his head lightly. "Because of the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Luerxun Kingdom has equipped the army with many types of military magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The performance and power of these military magic machines are completely different from any weapons we have used before, so in the You have to be as careful as possible when dealing with them."

"Military magical machinery?" General McHale frowned. "What the hell is this? Do you have details?"

Russell spread his hands helplessly: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce protects the relevant information on military magic machinery very closely, and I have no way of obtaining specific information. However, our Imperial Navy purchased three frigates made of steel from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It is also equipped with some military magic machines. The power of these military magic machines is enough to infer the power of other military magic machines."

Seeing Russell speak so seriously, General McHale let go of some contempt in his heart, but he still didn't care much.

The military magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may have some unique features, but after all, it is just a small, unknown chamber of commerce. In addition, the Luerxun Kingdom is only a small country. threaten?

After casually perfunctory Russell, General McHale issued an order to expel Russell on the pretext of having a pre-war meeting to discuss.

Of course, Russell could see that General McHale was absent-minded. At first, he wanted to continue to persuade him, but then he changed his mind and put away his thoughts.

After leaving the commander's tent where General McHale was, Russell looked at the figures near the campsite, narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a trace of chill in his eyes.

McHale doesn't pay much attention to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the military magic machinery he mentioned, so Russell is almost sure that his operation this time will definitely not go smoothly.

This is of course a blow to McHale and the Third Army of the Empire led by him, but if considered from the perspective of the Imperial Army, this is not a bad thing.

When the Imperial Navy wanted to purchase three frigates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before, it encountered various obstacles. If the naval staff hadn't supported the proposal, it would have been impossible to pass it in the end.

The reason for this is that the imperial government did not pay much attention to Russell's analysis report on frigates, so they didn't care much, and were unwilling to increase the budget to purchase additional frigates.

This time, the Imperial Army still doesn't pay much attention to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's military magic machinery, so they can only suffer a disadvantage, and then have a chance to make them pay attention.

Compared with the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Army is more favored by the military department.

If the army has suffered a big loss this time and the military does not take it seriously, then it will be too unreasonable... (to be continued...)