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Bal felt uneasy when being stared at, and shuddered subconsciously: "Uh, Commander Dam, you haven't told me the other reasons for your unhappiness."
"Oh." Dam came back to his senses and said in a dull tone, "The Marshal seems to have established a secret army. It is said that they are equipped with new weapons. I signed up to join, but the Marshal directly rejected my application."
"Huh? Why?" Bal asked in surprise.
After more than a month of training in the capital, Bal knew very well that Dam was the strongest instructor sent by the First Army. He was proficient in all kinds of weapons and his shooting was extremely accurate.
All his qualifications have been eliminated, who else is qualified to be selected?
As if he could see what Bal was thinking, Dam waved his hand and said, "It's not what you guessed. The Marshal said that I have to be in charge of the sniper rifle formation."
"Sniper array?" This word, which Bal had never heard of before, aroused his interest.
"It's a lot of trouble to explain. You'll come into contact with it later."
"Oh." He nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Dam stood up and dusted off his butt, muttering to himself, "Although the gun array is also very powerful, I still want to see new weapons... I heard that they are heavy weapons...
By the way, these must be kept secret. If you leak them, you will be punished by military law."
"Yes!" Bal, who had just stood up, straightened his back quickly.
"Okay, go have lunch quickly, we have training in the afternoon."
Dam was feeling very irritable and had no appetite at all, so he prepared to go back to his tent to rest.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and asked Bal, who was running towards the cafeteria, "Aren't you afraid?"
"What are you afraid of?" Bal turned his head and asked puzzledly.
"Coalition forces, death."
Bal was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "A soldier can be afraid of anything, but not death. That is not a qualified soldier."
Looking at the figure running towards the cafeteria, Dam understood what the Marshal saw in him.
"I think he's suitable to join the First Army. I'll have to mention him next time I see the Marshal."
He muttered to himself as he walked towards his tent.
Chapter 343 Mysterious Weapon? Nothing more than that.
Lake East Border.
As the little cat girl's mantra was about to lose its effect, the border that had been peaceful for a whole year began to surge again.
A leaden cloud floated across the clear sky, blocking out the sunlight. The earth, which had just been bright, suddenly fell into darkness. The wind howled and the trees bent.
The coalition soldiers lined up in neat rows and slowly approached the border from a distance. The strong wind did not affect their high morale at all.
Lake is very strong, and only Lagu around him can compete with him. The countries that formed the coalition can only be beaten. But this time it is different. Under the will of God, the countries put aside their hatred and estrangements and formed a powerful coalition.
Even someone as strong as Lake will eventually be defeated by his own hands.
At the main camp, Novak flew high into the sky to observe the status of the vanguard army. Seeing that the soldiers were in high spirits, he nodded with satisfaction and fell back to the ground.
"Sir Brando." He put his hands on his hips and said to his side, "What are my arrangements?"
Brando smiled and replied, "I can't find any loopholes."
This praise is not false courtesy, but sincere.
After he revealed the half-true, half-false information yesterday, Novak seemed to be unconcerned, but in fact he took it very seriously and took a series of targeted preventive measures.
First, Novak changed the prepared battle plan.
According to the original plan of a quick victory and not giving distant kingdoms a chance to get involved, the coalition forces dispatched 70% of their legions, led by high-level professionals, to directly defeat Lake.
Now that he heard that Zhang Mu was hiding a secret weapon, he decided to proceed step by step and send out a vanguard force of 10,000 people to attack Lake and gather intelligence.
As long as they find out the specific details of the secret weapon, they can launch a general attack and leave Lake no room for a comeback.
This was also in line with Brando's expectations.
The reason why he only revealed half of the information was that he hoped to put some pressure on Zhang Mu, but not to overwhelm him. Then, based on Zhang Mu's response in the war, he could extract the information he wanted.
To put it simply, Brando wanted to know what Zhang Mu's limit was.
Novak was very satisfied with the praise and puffed out his chest: "Sir Brando, the Word of Truth will be lifted in three days. By then, my soldiers will bring the weapons they used to attack you last time."
"I am very excited."
"Also..." Novak seemed to remember something and patted the back of his head, "Since you are here, Mr. Brando, I want to ask, is Lagu really not going to join the coalition?
With the lifting of the church ban, war will surely reignite in the Sol continent. I don't deny that Lagu is the strongest in the western corner, but you also understand that the Sol continent is not just the western corner.
Not to mention those empires that occupy the richest lands, just the owner of the Western Territory... he must be planning to unify the Western Territory.
If Lagu doesn't want to be annexed, and the coalition forces..."
Brando shook his head and interrupted him: "I cannot disobey or change the decision of His Majesty the King.
However, I will carry forward Marshal Novak's words word for word."
"Then... I hope your king can see the situation clearly."
"I have the same hope."
The two stopped talking and just stared at the vanguard army approaching the border.
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Lake King's Capital.
Zhang Mu sat in the study specially prepared for him by the king, listening to Domit's report on the movements of the coalition forces.
"That's the general situation." After finishing the report, Domit closed the file and said, "Marshal, what should we do next?"
"Hmm... weird." Zhang Mu held his chin with his right hand and said to himself in confusion, "According to the intelligence collected half a year ago, the coalition forces should have deployed all their troops. Why did they get a vanguard of 10,000 people now?"
Domit pondered and said, "Testing our troop deployment?"
Lake has limited military strength, and it is unrealistic to station enough soldiers in all cities. He can only choose cities with more important geographical locations for key defense. Domit guessed that the vanguard of the coalition forces came to find out which cities are the key defenses.
Zhang Mu pointed his index finger at his face and said, “It’s possible, but it’s not necessary.
The coalition forces are much stronger than us. Even if they divide their forces and attack all the important cities in Lake at the same time, they can still crush us."
"Why is that?" Domit didn't understand.
"Vanguards... Vanguards... Generally, vanguards are there to gather intelligence and explore the way forward for the main force. What does Lake have that is worthy of them... magical weapons?"
Zhang Mu sat up straight abruptly: "Did Lagu reveal the magic weapon to the coalition forces?"
"It shouldn't be." Domit flipped open the file and glanced down, "The formation of that vanguard army is very dense, it is a normal army formation.
Besides...if it was really Lagu who told the coalition forces, they wouldn't have to seek intelligence, right?"
Zhang Mu leaned back in his chair. "That's right in theory, but... I feel like there's something weird about it... What do you think?"
Domit thought for a moment and said, "I think we can give it a try first."
"Tell me more specifically."
"Just like how the Marshal misled Lagu, send a small force equipped with weakened firearms to meet the vanguard."
"and then?"
"They have seized a weakened version of the firearm, and they will definitely test its power. Then we can judge whether they have obtained the magical weapon based on the enemy's reaction."
Zhang Mu nodded, which coincided with his own countermeasures.
After testing the weakened weapons, if the main force of the coalition forces continued to gather and march on a large scale as usual, it would mean that they knew nothing about magical weapons, and even their understanding of the original firearms was very limited.
In the battle with Lagu in the Silent Forest, Zhang Mu used mortars.
If the coalition forces really learned something from Lagu, they would definitely disperse the legions.
"Go do it."
Domit stood up and prepared to leave, but Zhang Mu raised his hand to stop him: "How's the gun formation going?"
"There are three teams that can go out on missions."
"The upper limit?"
"Take the initiative to set up an ambush. Professionals below the high level can be sniped without injury. As long as there are no accidents, mages can also be dealt with safely.
As for the magician, the team members cannot make any mistakes, otherwise the whole team will be wiped out."
"What about the Saint level?"
"The three teams working together will hopefully replace a Saint-level player."
"What this means is that if you shoot at a Saint, you will die whether you kill him or not?"
"Yes."
"Like this..." Zhang Mu narrowed his eyes.
The cost of training a sniper team is not cheap. Although it is definitely much cheaper than the value of a Saint, but...
Zhang Mu felt that the lives of his soldiers were more valuable than the saints of the coalition forces.
"Disperse the teams. After the war begins, let them decide the mission objectives on their own. Remember to tell them not to attack the Saints for the time being."
"I see."
"Also, are all the legions in place?"
“It was in place yesterday.”
The legions trained in the royal capital have all been dispatched to important cities across the country. Thanks to Zhang Mu's top-grade weapons, they can enter the "world" of living creatures and completed the march in just one day.
Although it was said to be a whole day, in fact it only took the soldiers a few minutes to travel. The vast majority of the time was spent by Zhang Mu personally rushing to various places to set up the "world" light gates.
The soldiers entered the "world" from the light gate on the royal capital side and immediately walked out from the light gate at the mission site. Even a few minutes was considered slow.
"Okay, nothing else to do, go arrange the bait team."
"Yes!" Domit straightened his back and saluted, then turned and walked out of the study.
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three days later.