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"madness!"
Novak didn't understand why the coach he valued would make such a low-level mistake, but the incident had already happened and holding someone accountable was not the most important thing right now.
He immediately called his adjutant: "Set up a position in Green Valley and make sure to block Lake's next attack."
Green Valley is the last line of defense for entering the coalition's territory. If the Lake Legion is not stopped there and forced into the flat plain area, the coalition probably won't survive until the day when the Gunno Legion arrives.
Domit had predicted Novak's move.
After using drones to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance to determine that the coalition forces were deployed in Green Valley, he did not intend to use infantry to forcibly attack, but instead mobilized the artillery regiment to advance, ready to use the most intense artillery fire to smash the coalition's defenses.
"Commander." Just after he arranged the follow-up combat plan, his adjutant walked in from outside, "The soldiers who infiltrated the Gangnuo Empire sent back news."
Domit was quite surprised. He thought it would take a lot of effort to get results, but he found it in just half a month: "Tell me."
The adjutant opened the document and began to tell the story.
After the soldiers entered the Gangnuo Empire disguised as professionals traveling around the continent, they immediately looked for a place to gather information.
He thought that even if he went to great lengths to obtain such information concerning military secrets, he might not be able to obtain any results. However, as soon as he entered the tavern, he heard the drinkers enthusiastically discussing the upcoming dispatch of troops by the Gangno Empire to Lake.
According to the drinkers, the king of the Gangnuo Empire plans to send out the Bauhinia Legion.
This legion is the second-tier professional legion of the Gangnuo Empire. It not only has a large number of magicians, but is also equipped with flying dragons.
Domit interrupted the adjutant: "I have only heard of giant dragons, what is a flying dragon?"
"Hmm..." The adjutant flipped a few pages back in the document and said suddenly, "Just like Lake's ground griffin, it is the product of dragons and other magical beasts."
"How strong is it?"
"They know some magic, but most of it is low power. I feel the biggest threat to flying dragons is their ability to fly."
"What's the point of being able to fly? Doesn't the First Army have defense artillery?"
Zhang Mu had equipped the First Army with anti-aircraft guns a long time ago, but they had never encountered the enemy's air units, so they had been kept in the warehouse gathering dust and had never been seen to date.
The adjutant closed the folder and said, "Flying dragons can fly through the clouds, and it is difficult to lock onto a target with the naked eye. If we let a flying dragon fly over our position and launch a dive attack, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of casualties."
Domit frowned. This hidden danger should not be underestimated.
"Do we have any other way to search for the enemy?"
The adjutant thought for a while and said, "We can use radar, but we don't have any soldiers who can operate it or interpret it."
“Has the training started yet?”
"Well, it's difficult."
"reason."
"We need a teacher."
Domit was stunned for a moment, then calmed down: "Don't we have teaching materials?"
"Sir," the adjutant said with embarrassment, "Unlike driving a tank and using a gun, radar operation is too complicated. We can't understand those textbooks."
Domit was helpless: "Well... I will ask the Marshal for a teacher. Now... let the First Army get familiar with the defense artillery first. It is better than watching the enemy flying overhead and being unable to do anything."
"Yes!"
The adjutant took the order and left, while Domit continued to focus on the upcoming attack.
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The terrain of Green Valley is, as its name suggests, a valley.
The valley was not very narrow, and the army could easily pass through it. However, the mountain walls on both sides were very steep, and it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to reach the top even with the help of tools.
Even if a low-level professional wants to go up, the process will not be easy if there are people setting up defenses and blocking them on the top of the mountain.
Taking advantage of the geographical location, the coalition forces established Green Valley as a border defense line. For the same reason, Novak deployed heavy troops here in an attempt to block the advance of Lake's Legion.
The coalition soldiers, who have not yet faced Lake's new weapons, are full of confidence.
They asked themselves, if they were to attack the heavily guarded Midoriya, they would never be able to get through unless there were top professionals to tear open the defense.
Thinking of this, the soldier couldn't help but wonder the meaning of his existence.
There is a prerequisite for large-scale military warfare between kingdoms, and that is that the number and strength of top professionals are comparable.
If one side's top professionals are overwhelmingly powerful, war will never happen, because if they send their own saints to wreak havoc in the enemy's sphere of influence, the enemy will surrender obediently.
This stems from the absurd phenomenon that the limit of individual strength is too high, which made the soldiers once doubt why they needed to fight on the battlefield.
Anyway, our victory or defeat cannot determine the final outcome of the war. The outcome will ultimately depend on the competition among the top professionals. So wouldn’t it be better to let them fight?
Obviously no one will tell them the answer.
Fortunately, the morale of the soldiers was still high, and Novak, after inspecting Midoriya, returned to the headquarters with satisfaction.
But no one could have expected that this high expectation would be shattered so quickly, except Domit.
When Lake's soldiers in camouflage uniforms appeared in the distance in the wilderness, the coalition soldiers on the hill were extremely shocked.
Especially the professionals with keen perception, they were shocked that this group of guys didn't even wear armor, how did they attack Midoriya?
Are all the soldiers on our side who were in charge of the battle before useless?
No matter what kind of waves are rising in your heart, you still have to deal with the attack in front of you.
The allied soldiers came to their senses, drew their bows and arrows, and prepared to attack the "stupid" Lake Legion.
Then they found it strange that the Lake soldiers suddenly stopped when they were about to enter the arrow range, and stood in formation on the spot, as if waiting for something.
The situation remained at a stalemate for the past half hour.
The coalition soldiers became increasingly confused. What were they waiting for?
"boom--"
The sound of the explosion came through the air from somewhere unknown distance away, and it was already somewhat faint.
The soldiers on the top of the hill subconsciously looked up and saw a huge flame arcing down from the sky towards them. It was similar to the shells from the magic crystal cannon, yet seemed different.
The flames were flying at an extremely fast speed, and just as they could figure out what was going on, they crashed into the crowd on the top of the mountain.
The Lake soldiers who were on high alert saw from afar a large cloud of dust rising from the top of the mountain, and the Allied soldiers were blown away and fell to the bottom of the valley.
Judging from the height of the mountain wall they observed, the Allied soldiers who disappeared in the valley were undoubtedly dead.
The commander was not in a hurry. He waited until the rear launched two more rounds of artillery fire on the top of the mountain, causing chaos in the coalition positions, before he gave the order to attack.
"assault!"
Chapter 388 Support from sniper.
Zhang Mu found Sauron’s new department and walked around it, looking around.
There were many staff members wearing modern uniforms walking back and forth in the courtyard. They didn't pay much attention to Zhang Mu, who suddenly appeared with a strange face, and were busy with their own things.
Don't get me wrong, it's not because they are completely unvigilant or the department has lax discipline, but everyone has already learned through special channels that an important person is visiting.
Zhang Mu didn't ask what the specific method was when he saw Sauron walking out of the office. It was probably just a miniature headset or something like that.
When Sauron met Zhang Mu, the first thing he said was that the intelligence equipment he brought was very useful.
The Thor continent also has magic props with similar uses, but the disadvantages are that they cannot be mass-produced, and secondly, the fluctuations of magic power cannot be hidden from the perception of top professionals.
After a while, Mih, who was leading the team training, came back from outside.
The three of them got together and summarized the achievements of the establishment of the intelligence department today.
Currently, the intelligence department has enough personnel, but what is lacking is the improvement of investigative quality and the tempering of will.
After all, we work in intelligence and are often walking on the edge of a knife. Being captured by the enemy is bound to happen. If our will is weak and we leak our secrets during a simple interrogation, that can be a disaster.
In terms of hardware, the two said there were no shortcomings and nothing was urgently needed.
After listening, Zhang Mu was generally satisfied. After all, they had built something from scratch, and the two main leaders had no relevant experience before, so they had already tried their best to achieve the current level.
After understanding this, Zhang Mu felt that it would be of little use for them to just train, and that they had to improve through practice. The coalition forces and the Gangnuo Empire were very suitable training subjects.
So he told the two of them to immediately start collecting all the information about the Gangnuo Empire and the Allied Forces, and to analyze and summarize it.
Then he walked all the way to Avril's palace with his hands behind his back.
Avril was sitting behind her desk as usual, her head slightly lowered as she handled official business, her icy blue hair hanging on both shoulders.
"What are you busy with?" Zhang Mu walked into the study room carelessly, and Mora, who was standing next to him, tactfully backed out.
Avril raised her head and smiled, "Develop some preferential plans to try to retain the people who are fleeing."
There was frequent news of victory at the front line in Lake, but even the most glorious victory could not stop the people's determination to flee.
Ultimately, it is the majesty of the gods that has penetrated into the hearts of the people of the Sol continent.
In the eyes of the people, and even most of the city lords and high-level professionals, Lake's current series of victories cannot save him from inevitable defeat.
There is no need for the gods to descend again. As long as an empire in the distance takes action, Lake can be easily destroyed.
Therefore, after the war started, there was an endless stream of city lords who left without saying goodbye, professionals who fled to neighboring countries in groups, and city dwellers and townspeople who migrated with their families.
Among them, the latter naturally top the list in terms of number, after all, they are the largest group in the population structure.
Supported by the huge base, this result is not surprising.
In fact, in the past, the nobles and the royal family did not pay much attention to the ordinary people who made up the largest number of the kingdom’s population, and there were plenty of them.
But when the loss was really big, Avril was surprised to find that the impact was actually very bad.
The cities became empty, and no one consumed the goods, which led to caravans being reluctant to come, so the kingdom's tax revenue plummeted.
You have to know that Lake is currently deeply involved in the war and is carrying out a lot of reforms internally. There are places to spend money everywhere, and the kingdom's treasury is running out of money.
Avril has been thinking about countermeasures these days.
Zhang Mu smiled and closed the documents on his desk: "You can't reverse the problems that are bothering you by relying on preferential policies alone."
Avril held her chin with her hand and looked up at him: "What should we do? We can't just let it go, right?"
"Yes and no."
"What do you mean?"
“The pace of Lake’s expansion will not stop but will only get faster.