Chapter 1,530 Airship Troops

Ezio and others will be taken seriously not entirely because they are from elementary schools in the Holy City. It was also because after they retreated from the southern front of the Suri Tang Empire, they were one of the few teams that could stop the demon coalition and cover the retreat of civilians.

The rear troops who are simply fighting a retreat will only be rolled over all the way, which is not their ability. To be able to truly stop the enemy's pursuit, preserve your own strength, and buy more time is the key.

The children in the primary school also gained opportunities and experience in this cruel retreat, and they relied on this to stand out. They not only led the effective forces to join together, but also truly disrupted the enemy's pursuit.

By the time they crossed the mountains, they had swelled into a regular army of more than 10,000 people. These are still soldiers who can fight, not just soldiers mixed with soldiers or civilians.

This seemingly unbelievable thing is actually not difficult to understand if we carefully study the composition of this retreat team. Because most of them are long-established adventurers with high personal strength, but they are not very familiar with group-style combat methods.

On the frontal battlefield, just because one person is strong does not mean that the entire team is strong. As long as there is a weak point or a gap, the entire team can easily be defeated. This group of strong men was helplessly dispersed from such a battlefield.

But this group of people will travel thousands of miles to join the Southern Front of the Allied Forces. There may be people among them who are just for fame, but such people have run away long ago. Those who are still able to stay on the battlefield hope to do more to cover the departure of those in the rear or other comrades.

These people are easily attracted to teams that can fight against the enemy in an organized manner on the battlefield. Ezio's team is undoubtedly one of them.

Unlike those with military or mercenary backgrounds, Ezio and others did not learn any orthodox military science in elementary school. Therefore, the team he led did not engage in any formation. Instead, they used guerrilla warfare as a small team to harass and cannibalize the demon coalition.

This style of play certainly fits the style of those strong men who are adventurers. Although compared to the frontal attack, the effect of delaying the enemy is less obvious. But when the scale is large and the number is large, some results can still be achieved.

Don't look at these results as they are quite small. They are far less exciting than a hearty victory. But after a lot of accumulation, Ezio's team turned out to be the best performing team among all.

In fact, teams that can persist all the time have such characteristics. They don't want to win a beautiful victory in the retreat battle. They almost always take advantage and turn in when something goes wrong. Involvement, harassment, and pulling the enemy's focus to other directions.

And there are some teams that plan to achieve success in one battle, and there are also some who have won one or two beautiful battles. But this kind of thing is just like gambling. The rewards seem great, but the risks are also high. As long as you lose one bet, you can easily lose your life.

Until the end, although Ezio's team was not the last team to pass the pass, at least there were no civilians evacuated behind them.

In fact, some people are still trapped in the siege of the demon coalition. However, the news about these people must be known first before others can think of ways to save them.

At best, Ezio's team took care of the civilians along their retreat route. By the time he knew about the situation in other locations, it would be too late to do anything.

In fact, such a war starts with defeat, and it is impossible to achieve perfection no matter what.

No one criticized these teams who stayed until the end, why more people were not rescued. Because there is no need for others to tell such things, they themselves are the ones who blame themselves the most.

Even if you try to convince yourself with words such as 'We have tried our best' or 'It is not our responsibility', not everyone can let go easily.

But people who are wise enough still focus on more practical issues. Ezio's achievements and his status gave him a place in front of the old prince.

Old people will not deliberately suppress young students in the name of training. On the contrary, he will give enough stage and power to give the other party a chance to show their talents.

Suppression and training are things that are targeted at the heirs within the family and only done with sufficient understanding. Their edges and corners must be smoothed before they can be released to do work. It can be smooth sailing without losing face.

Because of the issue of manipulation, the love and hatred derived from it will not be discussed here.

But when facing outsiders, just give them a chance. Those with real ability can soar into the sky. If you hit a wall, make a mistake, or defeat yourself, it proves that this person only has this level. For those in higher positions who give opportunities, it would be better for such people to give up.

It's cruel to say that they don't consider the issue of cultivating talents, or even consider whether such efforts will destroy a talent that can achieve great things in the future. They just want to have the immediate ability to use their advantages.

But this is the general attitude of those in power. They are not teachers in school, and they are not everyone's parents. They have no obligation to do their best to educate outsiders.

And in a war where life and death are at stake, this is the simplest and most efficient way. If it works, go ahead, if not, substitute someone else.

Every test is at the cost of one's own life or the life of others. How can there be so much resources to use human life to create battlefield veterans who can only lose the battle. Unless there really is no one available...

Ezio got his chance, but he failed to secure the motley crew he had assembled. He knows his strengths and weaknesses very well.

Perhaps one day, he can lead such an army and even achieve the same status as the old man. But before that day, it would have been too much for him to lead a thousand men in a regular battle.

So Ezio handed over most of the military power. In addition to accepting the responsibility of defending a certain section of defense, he also received a new airship belonging to the family of the Grand Duke of Kavi from the old Grand Duke.

The old man's plan was simple. To his family, the only new airship was far from being an army. It was a big toy at best.

But Ezio's identity and elementary school background put them very close to the magician. Considering that many new things come from that person, having Ezio command the airship should be able to get some benefits from that person.

Even if they failed to benefit from that person, given the characteristics of primary schools that were different from other education methods, perhaps Ezio and his group of children could figure out a practical strategy. Then on the airship, the operators belonging to the Kawei family were the first ones to learn new tactics and implement them.

This can be considered a good deal. Even if the airship is really blown up, there is still a name to hold the magician for compensation. How could the old man not dare to give this kind of investment a sure profit without losing any money?

After Ezio received an airship, he did achieve some results. You know, he was one of the first wave of passengers on the first fast airship, the Sid.

With such a background, he had actually studied tactics related to airships a long time ago. Saving money to buy a boat of his own is one of his life goals, but it seems far away.

Now that the airship is in hand, all kinds of ideas can be tested in actual combat, and the opponents are demons and orcs who are not painful to kill and can relieve their anger. Of course Ezio is doing his best!

It's just that he still has some limitations in what he does. If something goes wrong, he will directly apply oil on the soles of his feet, which is quite the ambivalence of a certain magician. Even though Ezio was unwilling to admit it, his actions were still somewhat influenced by that person.

After the demon coalition's winter offensive was thwarted, the news of the coalition's retreat was learned by Ezio, who went out earlier to conduct reconnaissance. For this reason, Ezio's airship traveled to five passes and mountain passes to investigate, and confirmed that the demons and orcs did not even leave sentries.

Counterattack?

This proposal was quickly rejected. Everyone knows that it is inconvenient to move in winter, and the Demon Alliance will retreat because they have to.

It is late winter now, and the wind and snow in recent days have been so heavy that they can obscure the view. The demon coalition had expected to make a sudden advance and push to the south side of the Fengdi Mountain Range. Who knew that they would be blocked at the mountain pass and bear the attack of wind and snow on the mountain?

If they don't retreat, they will not be defeated by humans, but by the weather. So the demon coalition decisively withdrew.

As for the human side, under such circumstances, would they send troops to pursue the retreating demon coalition?

Even the soldiers with the most eagerness to fight had no desire to kill people on this snowy day. Not to mention how to kill people in this kind of weather, wearing enough warm clothes, but to chase the demon alliance for who knows how long, whether they can catch up or not is still a question.

For the commander-in-chief, it is impossible for the old Lord Kawei to sit back and watch the wind and snow that block the demon alliance, which in turn becomes an obstacle to the human army and even causes attrition.

You must know that even if they are guarding the checkpoint, the location of the checkpoint is only on the edge of the mountains. Before they go deep into the mountains, the soldiers are still tortured by the cold winter weather.

This is still at the level where keeping warm is as practical as possible. If everything was kept simple when the troops were marching, don't say that people can generate heat by themselves just by moving. Do you really think that so many people who freeze to death in the mountains are idiots for not knowing how to move?

But just because the army can't move doesn't mean that no one can move. The special characteristics of the airship force made them once again the focus of discussion among a group of big shots.

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Although old Kawei Gong is the sole commander-in-chief of the entire army, he does not make decisions on everything by just snapping his head. There was still a group of staff to assist him and nobles who were also veterans of the battlefield to form a command headquarters.

In order to show respect, several small countries in the northern border of the Gwana Empire, as well as the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild also have people in it. Even the Haider Empire, which joined later, has representatives with sufficient status and qualifications stationed in it.

It is true that the old Grand Duke has the power and ability to be arbitrary, but he is not completely indifferent to other people's opinions. In addition to pretending to express his opinions, sometimes he also wants to hear other people's opinions. That's why there is such a staff headquarters.

The proposal they discussed was that it was impossible to counterattack with airship troops, but they could be relied upon to rescue humans trapped in the siege of the demon coalition.

But how to act specifically and where to save are all questions.