Chapter 338: Divide the Troops for Support

If you think something is bad, then maybe it will get worse.

Eno frowned as he looked at the information sent back by the reconnaissance war mage who was responsible for the reconnaissance mission around the third advance team.

Their transport team that provided supplies to the third advance team was attacked and wiped out.

Terrible.

What's worse is that this attack did not come from the humans who controlled the steel creations, but from the local humans who had been crushed by them.

What's worse is that they came to a conclusion from the on-site trace inspection that the other party also got magic rifles like them, and the battlefield was almost a battlefield where two teams of humans holding magic rifles would appear.

There were traces of burning flames everywhere, and the weapons and equipment of the infantry accompanying the team were swept away.

The commander-in-chief of the portal garrison sighed and looked at the report brought back by the reconnaissance mage. The messenger who shuttled through the forest was far slower than the mage who could fly quickly.

He didn't expect that the reconnaissance mage he organized had flown in the air for several days without getting any news of the enemy, but instead brought him such bad news.

The other side is consciously arming the local civilization's troops.

Eno can tell with his fingers that those guys are terrible at shooting, but the disadvantage of both sides in infantry weapons is rapidly narrowing.

The two advance teams carry a total of 11,000 magic rifles, and the other side's 50% seizure is enough to arm a 5,000-man auxiliary defense army.

The commander-in-chief looked up. He was the only one sitting in the empty command meeting room, staring blankly at the air.

He must increase the number of guards, but the commander-in-chief does not want to increase the size of the troops to attract the enemy's attention, so that no matter how many supply troops are sent, it will be a waste of effort.

Only mages can be sent. Mages can provide considerable combat power, and there are many ways to escape when encountering an enemy that cannot be resisted.

Let the highly mobile combat power of war mages be put into the guard team, and it will not even increase the number of troops that can be observed by the naked eye.

In this case, the camp must specially select some war mages to serve as guards.

Eno looked at the war zone map hanging in the conference hall, and his head began to hurt.

It was a map drawn by an elf painter with high-quality ink. The light brown paper showed the general picture of the entire mountainous area, with small hills connected to large hills and rivers running through it.

Spellcasters can freely control the movement and disappearance of the ink on the paper, and the active ink on the map will rise and fall like their thoughts.

Two light-colored supply routes connect the defense nodes of the second and third advance teams, both of which are more than 60 kilometers.

The two advance teams as the middle assault spearheads were annihilated, resulting in the second and third advance teams on the two wings of the unfolding attack front being too far apart and unable to support each other.

It is impossible to find and determine what the enemy commander wants to do.

Since the fourth advance team was confirmed to be eliminated, he has not caught the shadow of the other party, and the reconnaissance scouts sent out cannot enter the camp - as for why the mages were not sent, the mages cherish their lives and are unwilling to perform such a highly dangerous reconnaissance mission.

The scout reported to him that during the day, he could still see soldiers standing guard on the distant city wall, but the next day only a deserted camp remained.

The night was particularly dark that day, and there was no fire in the camp.

The enemy's main force seemed to have melted into the night overnight.

The special vehicle made of floating stone can maintain long-term hovering without touching the ground, so the scouts can't even see the traces of the floating ship landing.

"Adjutant, organize the war wizards, I have a new mission order."

Eno sighed, and the plan that the human wizard suggested to him to gather the troops at the meeting emerged in his mind.

He knew that the plan of these humans to gather scattered soldiers to unite in the past was to abandon all the undefended cities outside the domain with great courage and block the front of the magic empire.

Eno regretted not withdrawing his troops a little. These two camps outside might become their breakthrough points. He also vaguely realized that as time went on, the possibility of a successful retreat would only become smaller and smaller.

Attack, there are enemies waiting in the shadows. Retreat is equivalent to giving up the efforts of his advance team for half a year and returning to the starting point.

The Imperial Parliament will not allow a war without benefits to exist.

Retreat, their previous work has become a sunk cost.

Eno began to think about how to write a report to the Imperial Parliament so that they can send more troops to him. During this period, he must continue to steadily hold the existing front and wait for reinforcements...

He needs manpower, weapons, and supplies.

In any case, supplies must be delivered to the two advance team bases.

Even if he doesn't understand war, he can realize the importance of supplies to an army in wartime.

"Sir, there are only 210 war mages in our camp."

The female elf adjutant paused, shook her ears slightly, and thought about her commander's proposal.

"We have already selected 18 mages to form four reconnaissance teams. If we organize two more 20-man war mage teams, I'm afraid the rotation of arcane turret operators will not be enough..."

"Adjust the duty list again, and let the war mages responsible for reconnaissance missions continue to work."

Eno must select a group of mage mobile troops as escorts on the premise of selecting mage reconnaissance troops.

The war mage is a universal brick, but in the end, it can only be used to repair the east wall and the west wall.

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The third advance team, in the forest seven kilometers away from the camp.

The original trees here have been cut down, and a large number of houses have been built on the dark brown ground with the help of the system. The dense and simple buildings make it clear at a glance that this is a temporary camp built for attack.

"Sir, they are passing by."

The officer stared at the small black dots flying in the sky with their wings spread out, which were even smaller than the seabirds he saw in the territory.

Three people in a team, the war mages spread their white light wings and flew freely in the sky like birds. This reconnaissance team composed of mages did not stay over the camp for too long before drawing a beautiful arc in the sky and returning.

They were confirming whether this camp was really built by humans who could control steel creations as they thought. The two steam machines placed in the center of the camp were the best proof... the proof shown to them.

The officer retracted his somewhat envious eyes. He also wanted to fly freely in the sky like these mages.

"Sir, do you think they will believe our attack target..."

The officer looked at Chang Heng standing in the corner, and Chang Heng shrugged, broke off a piece of dried meat in his hand and threw it on the ground to feed the hunting spider.

"They have no right not to believe."

Chang Heng took a bite of the dried meat in his hand, and felt that too much salt was added when it was marinated.

"Those guys did a good job, they were brave, but their tactics were too crude. But they still attracted the enemy's attention very well... It saved us a lot of effort."

The reconnaissance intensity here has increased a bit because of this. It is the first time for the officers to see a reconnaissance unit composed of flying mages. The light casters like birds fly across the sky to monitor the earth.

The advance team did not even bother to conduct reconnaissance when launching an attack on the local civilization. It seems that the pressure they exerted was very sufficient.

It's just that the commander of the other side will soon realize that seeing is not necessarily true.

On the battlefield, what you can see is not necessarily determined by you...

Chang Heng smiled, threw the dried meat strips in his hand to the ground, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"I really hope they go back now and tell their commanders about our... good news here."