Nine Hundred and Forty-Six The Forgotten Legion
"There is no way for helicopters to reach all places. Many remote villages have no suitable take-off and landing areas!" In the headquarters of the 6th Army Group, the chief of staff of Burjos is reporting the situation in the disaster area to Commander-in-Chief Burjos.
This headquarters is set in a well-preserved castle on the outskirts of Sharkburn. It is spacious and bright, and the furniture has been rearranged. The windows of the castle have been replaced. The bright glass windows cut off the coolness outside and let in the warm sunlight, making the entire meeting room comfortable.
It's really not extravagant. If even the headquarters of a large corps with a strength of more than 200,000 is very shabby, it means that the battle situation has gone downhill. Obviously, the Alan Hill Empire is still far away from the downhill road. distance……
The 6th Army Group is working hard to save the civilians in its own jurisdiction, and the situation they are facing now is even more severe than the expeditionary army that is fighting demons in the Demon Realm.
Because of the shortage of troops, the chief of staff of the 6th Army Group said worriedly: "There are still too few vertical parachute troops assigned to us by the General Command, even though we have already sent two divisions, more than 20,000 people. The troops are still stretched thin."
Burjos remained silent. In the past year or so, his life has not been satisfactory.
Like Kolya, who was also in the Southeast Front Army, he hadn't really fought a battle for more than a year. As a military commander, this is definitely a great irony.
The Alan Hill Empire is still in a state of war, and the Demon Expeditionary Army is still fighting the demons in full swing, but he sits in the south and can only do some work to help the local road construction every day.
If he had a choice, he would rather replace Heidi Canon to command an armored army than waste time and life here.
I don't know that Bourgeois is thinking about messy things here, and his chief of staff is still introducing the rescue work in the disaster area: "There are too many places that need to be rescued, and our intelligence in the southern region is relatively backward. Rescue efforts have multiplied several times, spreading our strength."
"The map we got was made ten years ago, and the accuracy of the drawing can be imagined. We compared it with satellite images, and the problem is very serious." The other end of the conference table is two years younger than Bourgeois The commander of the 6th Armored Army complained.
He has never encountered such a frustrating combat mission. His troops often spend a whole day looking for a village that does not exist on the map, wasting countless gasoline and making the soldiers very tired.
From time to time, you can see rotting corpses on the side of the road, including demons, humans, and other creatures. Towns with people and villages with no one are everywhere.
This made him very difficult.
I just heard him continue: "We can no longer count the villages that are too small, and the temporary satellite map is not very accurate. It needs to be manually corrected. This is a waste of our troops."
Some rumors are circulating everywhere. Some local civilians claim to have seen the eggs of demon dogs in some places, and some villagers suspect that they were eaten by giant snakes or other monsters that escaped from the battlefield.
Anyway, there is a mess everywhere, and troops must always be vigilant when operating in the field, and most of the danger reports are actually wrong.
The reports of the locals who claimed to have seen demon dogs were quickly confirmed to be ordinary beasts, and even the mutated monsters were very low in danger.
After all, the entire southern region has been repeatedly cleared by Alan Hill's combat troops, and the demons do not have a broad guerrilla base in the human world, so it is unlikely that they will hide and threaten the safety of nearby areas for a long time.
"In addition, some villages have long been abandoned due to the invasion of demons, and the buildings are empty. After we arrived, we found that there was no one there." This young army commander is also a person who has experienced many battles. It is very suitable for the commander he plays like this.
After he finished this sentence, he continued: "There are still villages, they were all dead when we went... Everyone died, we wasted fuel, wasted supplies, and wasted soldiers' time, but Not a single person was saved!"
"There are too few Osprey helicopters, and our uh-1 helicopters have limited load capacity. Uh-60 helicopters are very good, but unfortunately there are not many..." The army aviation commander who was reinforced seemed to have matured a lot, even a little bald.
It's just that this commander is only in his forties, because he was an aviation pilot before, and he took too much pure oxygen, so he bald and looked a little bit vicissitudes.
"The above means... Let the Dragon Knights try..." After talking about the difficulties of the helicopter troops, he gave a solution that sounded a bit unbelievable.
"Dragon Knight?" After hearing this statement, Bourgeois was stunned for a moment. He knew that the trust of the magician troops had been greatly reduced recently due to the assassination incident and other reasons. It means a lot.
"Well, those guys who have been almost forgotten! The Dragon Knights have always been only responsible for regional security. Now, in large and prosperous cities, even the mounted police have been eliminated... So, maybe this is the only time left that can show The role of the Dragon Knight!" The commander of Lu Hang gave his own opinion purely from the perspective of rationality.
"Hiss... This is really a solution!" Bourgeois, who recalled it, understood what Chris meant.
After all, he was also a veteran general who followed Chris in the early years, and of course he also knew Chris's temper: His Majesty the Emperor, sometimes without so many twists and turns, can be said to be a model of straightforward character.
It’s hard to say, the mobilization of the Dragon Knights this time is really a matter of consideration from the perspective of practicality, and there is no deeper stratagem intention. Since helicopters are not good, dragons have become a good option, at least this huge one Reptiles, no risk of crashing or anything like that.
If you want to understand the key to this, the rest will be easy to understand. As a courtier, just do what His Majesty wants, and you don't have to think about so many twists and turns.
"Dragon knights and magicians are not restricted by the venue. They can easily land in the woods or rugged mountains without worrying about any accidents." The Army Aviation Commander continued.
"The only shortcoming may be the load problem..." Bourgeois nodded, agreeing to the plan in principle.
"That's not a problem. Use Osprey or uh-60 helicopters to transport the materials to the selected assembly point, and then these dragon knights will transfer them to various villages... Wouldn't the problem be solved by taking less at a time and flying more times? "The commander of Army Aviation has rich experience in this area and directly gave a solution.
With the powerful engineers of the empire, it would certainly not be difficult to build a few front-line airfields. In the southern region, the field airfields that have been built and the first-class roads that can be requisitioned temporarily are almost enough.
"It makes sense! It seems that the higher-ups transferred the Imperial Dragon Knights to the epidemic area, and they really didn't come to join in the fun!" The chief of staff also felt that this method was good at this time, and praised him.
Burjos asked, "Where are they?"
"At this time, you should have reached the sky above the epidemic area, right?" After calculating the time a little, the commander of Army Aviation replied uncertainly.
...
"Huh!" On a huge floating transport ship near the clouds, a sub-dragon spread its huge wings. It was like a carrier-based aircraft, leaping up from its own mothership, and then swooping down into the white clouds beneath its feet.
Then, another sub-dragon spread its wings, stretched out its long neck, raised its head to the sky and screamed, and then kicked its feet, rushing into the clouds.
Stepping on the pedals, the dragon knight who didn't wear any armor was wearing a black blouse with a well-fitting leather armor on the outside, looking heroic and extraordinary. You know, after this arm was hit hard by the Airland Hill Empire Air Force and Air Defense Force, no one cared about it for a time.
Formal dragon knight troops can only be seen during the celebrations of the Alan Hill Empire. They are generally similar to the float team, and they are mostly performing when they go on stage for inspection.
It's like a cultural tradition. Banning them makes magicians feel uncomfortable, but keeping them is almost useless on the battlefield.
Therefore, in addition to the special mounted police in some tourist cities retaining some dragon knights, the entire Ireland Hill Empire only retains one dragon knight army as a reserve, headquartered in the Veronza district, with an establishment of 3,000 people.
If it weren't for this plague, even Chris would have almost forgotten that among his tens of millions of troops, there is such a troop whose presence is infinitely close to zero.
Now, this army has been transferred to the southern region, and it can be regarded as finally finding its place in this plague disaster.
When the first giant dragon flapped its huge wings, hovered in the sky, slowly descended, and then smashed through the low bushes, smashed a section of low fence, and landed in a village. This is the first time I have seen this magical creature on the noble mural.
This scaled fire dragon only appeared in myths and legends in the local area. If it hadn't been for the previous demon invasion, the people here would have been frightened to collapse by the dragon's roar.
Fortunately, the people here are already the elites who escaped from the mouth of the devil, and they are suffering from the plague, so they don't even feel surprised. They just watched dumbly, watching the giant dragon stop in front of them .
The fangs, which were almost as long as a dagger, and the unpleasant smell in the giant beast's breath made the locals realize that the creatures that were only a few meters away from them were definitely not kind.
"Damn, magician, my lord... We really don't have any valuables here. If you come here to look for food, we have some dry bread here..." An old man like a village head tremblingly came together. Come forward and speak to the knight who turned over and jumped off the dragon.