Law of the Devil Chapter 596: [Heart is hard to measure]

Chapter 596 [Unexpected Heart]

Although the brazier burns around the hall, the flames seem to be unable to dispel the icy cold above the hall.

The cold is not caused by the weather!

On the palace, Prince Chen, the regent, looks cold and gloomy. He sits on the throne and mourns silently.

In the following, dozens of empires of the empire gathered together, but everyone was ashamed. Just because, on that step, a court etiquette officer was reading aloud the latest battle report from the front with a tense voice!

The court etiquette's voice was originally loud, but at the moment when reading the battle report, his face became more and more white, and his voice seemed hoarse because he was too nervous. His voice came to the back, faintly trembling ...

"Report: On the afternoon of March 31, the enemy forces crossed the river defense, and our 6th Infantry Division, the 9th Infantry Division, the 3rd Cavalry Battalion, and the directly-owned heavy industrial corps were stationed in the river defense. The sub-fleet stationed by the fortress battled the river. The fierce battle ended in the evening, and the entire fleet of the ministry was annihilated. One hundred and fifty-one airships of the Ministry were also shot down, and 1043 soldiers of the Ministry of Air Force survived.

It was night, the first strong crossing of the river defense, the sixth division of our department suffered heavy losses, and the ninth infantry division suffered more than 40% casualties. Due to the exhaustion of the fleet, we were unable to block the river, and were unable to stop the enemy from erecting a pontoon bridge to cross the river. The battle broke out until dawn on April 1. The enemy crossed the river and occupied the bank. Forced to withdraw the fortress city defense.

This battle, the Air Force of the Eastern Defence Line, the Navy, lost all. The 6th Infantry Division, under the commander of Major General Fink, has a total of 20,923 officers and soldiers, all of whom died in battle! The ninth division was injured by more than 40%, and most were injured. Already ordered to retreat. About 100,000 enemy troops have successfully crossed the river. Chen Bing was under the city. Before sending the letter, he had repelled the enemy three times to attack the city, causing considerable damage! The deputy head of the Stormwind Corps, Lieutenant General Dominguez pleaded guilty to the crime. The death of Chen Wan was not enough to offset the defeat, but the war in the east was urgent. It is not a pity that I die in my life, and my soldiers on the eastern front will swear to death together with the city defense.

There is a shortage of troops in the city. The Ministry of Military Affairs is urged to speed up the reinforcements. If the reinforcements are not coming in January, the eastern fortress will no longer be owned by the empire! "

Read through to the end. The court etiquette officer was full of cold sweat on his forehead. He couldn't help but wipe his sleeves twice before taking a deep breath. He finished the last sentence: "The commander of the Eastern Line. Dominguez, deputy head of the Storm Corps, was sincere and terrified. Just start writing. "

Wow, finally closed the battle report. The court ceremonial officer also seemed to be a little stiff, and quickly turned back to the Regent and bent down, and presented the battle report with both hands.

For a moment, the hall fell into an extreme silence, and no one snored. Not even a coughing sound. All the empire ministers held their breath, the atmosphere did not dare to pant, and quietly looked at the regent sitting on it, waiting for the king to open his heart, everyone was afraid, the next thing is the thunder of the regent Angry ...

This silent scene lasted for almost five minutes. The regent did not speak. Which one below dares to speak?

Finally, Prince Chen who has been sitting there frosty all the time. A little bit of smile twitched from the corner of the mouth, and the smile naturally came not with joy, but with infinite chill.

"Hehe ... hehehehe ..." The laughter smelled of a ruthless calendar, and Prince Chen slowly stood up, his eyes glanced at everyone, and finally fell on the Minister of Military Affairs Camisillo. Then he opened his mouth.

"Very good! Very good! Eastern fortress, eight sea soul-class warships, thousands of navies, died in World War I! One hundred and fifty airships, one thousand air forces, the entire army was overwhelmed! One whole The Infantry Division of the Empire's main battle corps killed 20,000 people, and even the division commander was killed, and one of the main division was completely maimed! I heard that the accumulated corpses blocked the river! The river was red, The color will last for many days! Haha ... such a terrible defeat ... Everyone, since my Augustin dynasty started, over the years, it has never been before! "

Speaking, his eyes stared at Camisiro: "Camisiro, you talk, even 30 years ago, we did not experience the battle with the Northwest Prairie. Have such a terrible defeat! "

Camisilo looked tight. As a military minister, he had to take a step, coughed, and said carefully: "His Royal Highness is right. Thirty years ago, the Empire expeditioned the grasslands, and the war continued. In the past three years, the Imperial Army has not suffered such a disastrous defeat. "

"The eastern fortress originally had three main divisions, as well as 60,000 garrison troops deployed, and 40,000 heavy engineers ... The city's strength had already exceeded 200,000! But now, it actually came Call for reinforcements! Two hundred thousand people, with enough grain and weapons, can't they even hold a city !!! "

With the last shout, Prince Chen slammed the table hard, and a cup in front of him was shaken to the ground, with a sting, it turned into fragments!

"What do you eat in the military? I heard that those enemy forces have races that can be found underwater! This kind of thing was learned a few months ago! But why hasn't it been dealt with? Be prepared! Thousands of sailors will die tragically. Do you want to kill tens of thousands of people next time? Do your military departments start to pay attention to it! And the air force ... Does n’t the front line know that the other side has air combat units? "

Camisilo also feels wronged, but as the military minister, he has to stand here at the moment, bearing the wrath of the regent.

Only seeing Prince Chen's anger growing more and more uncontrollable, his chest was undulating and his breathing was short. In the end, he suddenly shook his body, stepped back a half step, reached out and supported the throne's armrest, raised his chest with one hand, and coughed violently. stand up.

Camisilo gritted his teeth, knelt down on one knee, and finally, after waiting for Prince Chen to cough, he slowly said: "His Royal Highness ... Frontline strength, I am the Minister of Military Affairs of the Empire , Naturally has an inescapable responsibility. It's just ... "

"Just? Just what?" Prince Chen stared sharply. I breathed for a while, stopped coughing, and stared at Camisiro coldly: "Are you still having any trouble! Hmm, I gave the military department to you, and now you have lost the battle, do you want to shirk responsibility?"

The last sentence, the chill was in the tone, at this moment. That cold look made Camisiro unable to fight a chill!

In memory, it seems that Prince Chen has been for a long time, and he has not shown this kind of thunderous anger!

Since he took office, he has always been an inscrutable emperor, and he has never easily revealed his anger and sorrow. On weekdays, he has mostly shown a generous and generous attitude towards the courtiers.

But don't forget ... this prince Chen. But definitely not a kind person who is simply kind and kind! But ... he started from a coup! He killed his elder brother, placed his father under house arrest, and took away the cruel man who took the throne!

Thinking of this, Camisiro shuddered, but managed to hold his breath. He raised his head and looked at Prince Chen, although his tone was respectful, but with a touch of firmness: "His Royal Highness! I dare not shirk my responsibility. I am the Minister of Military Affairs. The commander in the command department is most unfavourable in formulating the battle plan. There are mistakes and omissions. As the head of the military, I naturally have the responsibility and willingness to accept your punishment! But ... "

"But what?" Prince Chen said coldly.

"But ..." Camisiro felt under the eyes of the other, and a cold sweat ran down his spine on his back, stiffly: "But this battle was defeated. In my opinion, There are two main reasons! One is the defeat of the navy on the river! Without a warship and a water advantage, we cannot block the river. Although the river is long, it is almost impossible to defend it! At this point, several Although I learned that the other party has an underwater race a month ago, but the commander-in-chief has been planning for a long time. However, I have not been able to come up with a perfect countermeasure, and the result has been delayed until today! I am willing to take the penalty! And the second is the Air Force Disastrous defeat! "

Speaking of the paleness of the Air Force, Camisiro seemed to be full of anger. He knelt there and his back was straight. In the eyes of Prince Chen, he boldly said, "The Air Force has failed fiercely. The meaning is even more extraordinary! Losing the river, we just lost the river defense, as long as we guard the city, although the situation is somewhat worse, but there is still room for salvation, far from the worst time. The air force's fiasco, and the enemy actually has a race that can fly in the air. This kind of thing has the greatest impact on us! The other party has such a power that can fly in the sky and come and go like the wind ... So, we No matter how strong the front line of Kaspersky defense is, it cannot defend against the enemies in the sky! As long as the enemies are willing, their aerial combat races can easily fly over the front line and even directly reach the inner hinterland of the empire! I'm afraid ... "

The last sentence is a bit too frightening, but at this moment, I have to say, Camisilo gritted his teeth fiercely, "I'm afraid it's not impossible!"

As soon as this remark was made, many ministers in the palace suddenly changed their faces and couldn't help but whispered.

"Shut up for me !!" Prince Chen suddenly stared and drank, the killing eyes swept away, and the ministers quickly lowered their heads and closed their mouths.

Prince Chen took a step down and stared at Camisiro: "You keep talking!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Carmichael paused, then continued: "After all, the airship is a new weapon, and the air force has not been in the empire for thousands of years. First ... No, it should be said that human history is the first! This unprecedented new weapon and unprecedented new concept of combat have only appeared in just a few years after all, and this time the commander formally controls this kind of thing and actually uses it In the war of the empire, it was only a dozen months after full battle!

After all, this is a new weapon, a new concept. Although the military commander has many experienced empires and civilian staff, familiar with various strategies and tactics, but after all, before that, no one I haven't come across this new thing, let alone experience. I never even thought about it. As a result, in this short period of time, it is difficult for the commander-in-chief to take complete control of this new type of combat concept, and it is difficult to come up with a complete air combat method. We are also slowly exploring. Your Royal Highness, I dare to say that, like this epoch-making new weapon and combat concept, I am afraid that it will definitely not be in a short period of one or two or three or five years! To find out a complete set of ideas. It may be a long process to accumulate experience.

So, this time the Air Force's fiasco was not my shirk of responsibility, but, I think, this responsibility is really not in the military department, it is not personnel. It's about current affairs! It's not that the commanders of the command department do not work hard, but it is ... we don't understand! "

What he said is true. After all, if a new concept is to be fully controlled and integrated, it is really not something that can be done in the short term.

Dewey brought the Air Force, but even in Dewey's previous life, from the appearance of the first aircraft in human history (1903) to the first air battle in military history (1914), and then How many years have passed since the first large-scale application of the air combat concept (late World War I)?

Croland. How long has the airship appeared? How long has it been applied to the military field?

What's more, this is a jump from cold weapon war to air combat. This leap-forward progress lacks sufficient military theoretical basis for war. Even those who are in charge of the commander's office, even if they want to work hard, have a feeling that they can't get started.

Everyone knows this thing is good. But how to use it? How can I use it well? This is not perfect in a day or two.

Prince Chen was silent. He was silent for a while. After all, he was also a prince, not a mediocre person. At this moment, I also understood that Camisiro was telling the truth.

"Well, what do you mean?" Prince Chen lowered his voice and stared at Camisiro.

Camisilo took a deep breath: "His Royal Highness! The terrible defeat of the Air Force is not so simple as the defeat of this battle! The enemy's air superiority is so great if they cross the line desperately. Assaulting the empire's inner belly, and even assaulting the imperial capital, these things are what we must pay attention to! I want to come now, this field of aerial combat is really unpredictable, and those enemies seem to be ahead of us a lot in this regard. So ... "

"Just say what you have. I don't blame you." Prince Chen blinked.

"So. I often thought that I could invent this new type of weapon. I thought of using it in the military field, its founder, Lord Duke Tulip, who was truly amazing and talented. And this new type of field, and the frontline defeat now, is not that the Air Force is useless, but that we do n’t use it, and it ’s not good. So, I think I ’m afraid that no one else will be competent in the field of air combat. I ’m afraid only please The Duke of Tulips personally presided over it, the most effective! After all, he invented this thing, and he was the first to use the military! Others, he is not as good at this field. And, the Duke of Tulips is outstanding, in Both in the battle to pacify the northwest and to reject the prairie tigers and wolves for the empire, he is also an outstanding military minister ... "

Camisilo said, and he suddenly felt that many of his colleagues around him were using various surprises and complex eyes to look at themselves, and even the regent above looked at his eyes, also Increasingly ambiguous and strange.

But at this moment, he didn't hesitate at all. He just gritted his teeth and said with a generous voice: "I would like to recommend the Duke of Tulips, Lord Duverin Rudolph, and recommend him as the commander in chief of the theater's eastern front. The eastern front is in charge of the overall situation and clean up the erosive battle !! "

Om!

These last two sentences spoke loudly. Everyone in the hall suddenly changed colors, one after another, and all of them immediately made a noise. For a time, everyone in the hall sighed and whispered, and there was a court etiquette reminder, but couldn't stop drinking. These big guys talk.

Recommended Duke Tulip to go to the front as coach?

Camisilo ... is this guy stupid? A few days ago, the royal family made it clear that there was a conflict with the Tulip family. Even if the regent is still nostalgic, he still has some favors and appreciation for the Duke of Tulips. But now, no matter if it is for public or private use, even if it is just to avoid suspicion, then the Duke of Tulips should definitely not control military power anymore! !!

In this case, the Duke of Tulips is best to stay obediently and be honest. Otherwise, once he is in power and he is still on the front line, then there will be a suspicion of monarchs and ministers ...

Everyone thinks that this guy, Camisiro, must have lost his head, and that's the idea! Moreover, some people think that Camisiro deliberately pushed the Duke of Tulips to the fire to bake it!

At this time, it's too late to hide. If you go to master the power, it will be a way to get doubts!

There was a discussion in the hall for a while, but no one dared to stand up and talk. The emperor Chen groaned for a moment, with a heavy expression on his face, but finally turned into a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

For a long time, he raised his hand, and dissatisfied, "Noisy! Is this your own banquet hall!"

With his anger, the hall was quiet again.

Princess Chen stepped down the steps, but this time came directly to Camisiro, standing in front of him, standing high, staring at Camisillo kneeling there. Prince Chen's eyes flashed, word by word, Shen said: "Camisilo, are you recommending Du Wei to the front line to preside over the big picture?"

"... Yes!"

The emperor Chen seems to be not enough. He took a deep breath and repeated it again, this time deliberately deepened his tone: "You mean, do you want Du Wei to be commander in chief and go to command the frontline army on the eastern front? "

"... Yes!" Camisiro was sweating, but he slammed his head and said, "Yes, that's what I mean."

On the hall, the crow and sparrow were silent, and everyone stared nervously at Prince Chen.

The regent closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, there was a strange light in his eyes, and a word came out slowly in his mouth!

"quasi!"

After the meeting, Camisiro walked out of the main hall and came to the palace square, but the whole person seemed to have collapsed, only to feel that his legs were fluttering, soft, and he could not walk stably. When the cold wind blew, my body shivered, and I felt that my underwear was already soaked with sweat!

Anyway ...

He turned around subconsciously and glanced at the palace hall behind him, and clenched his fist incessantly.

Anyway ... I made the right bet.

But I couldn't help but have a bitter smile in my heart.

Old Prime Minister ... You taught me today that I really recommended Du Wei to come out and take control of the military power. What does it mean ...

Remember the battle report, in fact I read it one step before last night. Last night at home, the old prime minister Rob Scheer stared at himself. At that time, the old man was serious, but did not hesitate to tell himself firmly: at the meeting tomorrow, let yourself not worry, and recommend Du Wei directly!

At the same time, the old man said something unpredictably:

"Don't worry about it, don't worry that the Regent will doubt you! At this time, you openly recommend Du Wei, and you will become more and more of your 'sketching away!' Don't you say that in a few days, the Regent will also send Du Wei to the front line. "

Sure enough, the dying old man guessed right!