Chapter 47
General McHale wants to know the answer to this question more than anyone else.
A month ago, when the Emperor** Department discussed how to attack the arrogant and arrogant kingdom of the great Kander Empire, although everyone agreed that such a small country did not need to be paid attention to at all and could be dealt with by sending some people, he insisted on sending these three legions to be responsible for this invasion of the Rulson Kingdom.
The reason is that one of the legions was the legion where he was before, which belonged to his old subordinates, and his wife's younger brother was also arranged by him to serve as the captain of the cavalry brigade. He wanted to take this opportunity to make some military achievements for his old subordinates and his wife's brother to facilitate their promotion in the future.
But he never expected that this time, the inconspicuous small country such as the Ruhrson Kingdom would capsize in the gutter, but the end result was that the empire's army was defeated and returned.
What made him even more angry was that in order to make his wife's brother-in-law get the greatest contribution, he deliberately arranged the cavalry brigade he led as a vanguard. As a result, in the first battle, the cavalry brigade led by his wife's brother was wiped out by the attack of King Rursson King **, and even his wife's brother-in-law was buried in it and was not spared.
Although he has never liked his brother-in-law, he is his wife's younger brother after all. Now he can arrange to die because of his own. It is conceivable how sad and angry his wife would be after hearing the news.
General McHale, who knew this, vented his anger mercilessly on General Cook who commanded the operation.
"Baoshi! He commanded a total of 50,000 elite troops, but he could not even beat the mere 20,000 people in the Rursun Kingdom, and the casualties were so heavy. What else do you have to stand here? If I were you, I would have committed suicide and apologized!"
General Cook looked at General McHale with a cold face and said nothing.
Although both of them can be called generals, General McHale was awarded the medal by His Majesty the Emperor and officially recognized by the Emperor's Ministry. He has an extremely high status and reputation throughout the empire, and is far from comparable to the commander of his local legion.
So despite his dissatisfaction, he could only remain silent and dare not refute.
General McHale cursed for twenty minutes before he stopped panting. Then he took out a document from his arms and threw it to General Cook.
"Because of your failure, the military headquarters has now removed your commandership, and I am now fully responsible for this operation. As for you...waiting to be held accountable by the military headquarters!"
General Cook opened the official document and looked at it. He found that the contents were not too unexpected to him, so he put them aside.
"Mr. McHale, I cannot deny this failure, but I must remind you that the combat effectiveness of King Rush** team is far beyond imagination. I hope you can be more cautious."
General McHale said in a muffled voice: "What? Do you still want to make excuses for yourself? Where can you get the strength of a mere Ruhrson Kingdom? As the commander, you have achieved such a result. Do you think you can just find an excuse to shun it?"
"I'm not justifying myself, but the army of the Rulson Kingdom is really a bit weird. They..."
General McHale waved his hand irritably: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, there is nothing you have to do here."
General Cook's face turned red. He wanted to remind him a few more words, but after seeing the impatient expression on General McHale's face, his heart became cold and he couldn't help but snort and strode away.
"Waste!" General McHale looked at his back and spitted out fiercely. Then he began to study the battle report left by General Cook on the table.
After studying for a while, General McHale couldn't help but frown.
Judging from these battle reports, the army of the Ruhrson Kingdom seems to be really strange.
Because according to the war report, every time the two sides fought, the Ruhrson Kingdom could launch an extremely dense rain of arrows to attack, and then when the official battle was held, the Ruhrson Kingdom's army was extremely mobile, which always made it difficult for the soldiers of the Candela Empire to touch them even if they touched them. At the same time, they could also launch some very strange long-range attacks, and they were extremely lethal.
This led to almost never having any serious battles between the two sides, which caused heavy casualties in the army of the Kandra Empire and eventually defeated.
"What a joke!" General McHale threw the battle report on the table. "How can there be such a strange army in this world? Can this Cook even make excuses for himself?"
The situation described in the battle report really made General McHale unable to understand, so he simply didn't bother to pay attention to the contents of the battle report and decided to do it according to his own ideas.
What he brought this time was the Third Corps of the Regular Army of the Imperial Army. Although it was also 50,000, it was far beyond the 50,000 local legion soldiers led by General Cook before, and their combat effectiveness was naturally far superior.
The waste Cook led a group of waste to be defeated by the Kingdom of Rulson, but it did not affect General McHale's confidence in easily defeating the Kingdom of Rulson.
While considering specific tactics, the guard suddenly lifted his tent and walked in.
"Sir, Lord Russell, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy's Staff, asked for a visit."
"Russell?" General McHale was stunned. "Didn't he set out with the Navy fleet? By time, he should have logged in from the southern coast of the Rulson Kingdom now, why did he suddenly come here?"
After thinking about it, General McHale waved his hand: "Let him in."
"yes."
After a moment, Russell walked in under the guidance of the guards.
"Sir Russell, why did you come here? Do you want to say that your Navy's operations also had an accident?" Seeing Russell, General McHale let out a sarcastic laugh without hesitation.
The Imperial Army and the Navy have always had conflicts due to budget issues. Because the Army has always been much more important than the Navy, it has been greatly tilted in budgets. Therefore, when facing naval officers, army officers have always felt superior, and General McHale is no exception.
Russell didn't have the intention of joking at all and nodded slightly with a calm face.
"Yes. My Excellency McHale, this time I came to tell you that the Navy's operations have completely failed. We cannot go deep into the waters of the Rulson Kingdom and cannot successfully log in as planned."
General McHale was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, full of mockery.
"Ha, I thought your navy would definitely bring us some surprises with confidence this time, but I didn't expect that even a hair from the Ruthon Kingdom retreated without even touching a hair. This was simply a shame!"
Russell was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and said seriously: "Hisser McHale, I am not here to discuss these meaningless things with you. I just came here specifically to remind you not to underestimate the Kingdom of Rursson. They have received the support of the New Air Chamber of Commerce and their strength is far beyond your imagination."
"New Flight Chamber of Commerce?" General McHale was stunned again, and after thinking about it, he realized. "I seem to have heard of this name. It is the chamber of commerce that makes those magic air conditioners? What? Is this small chamber of commerce very powerful? The Kingdom of Rulson has received their support, and we can't even beat the Kingdom of Rulson?"
"I'm not sure. But... it's better to be careful." Russell shook his head gently. "The army has been equipped with many military magic machinery produced by the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce because of the support of the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce. The performance and power of these military magic machinery are completely different from any weapons we used before, so when facing them, you must try to be as cautious as possible."
"Military magical machinery?" General McHale frowned. "What the hell is this? Do you have any detailed information?"
Russell opened his hand helplessly: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has protected the relevant information of military magic machinery very closely, and I cannot get specific information. However, our Imperial Navy purchased three frigates made of steel from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and was equipped with some military magic machinery. Through the power of these military magic machinery, it is enough to infer the power of other military magic machinery."
Seeing Russell saying so seriously, General McHale slightly put down some of the contempt in his heart, but still didn't care much.
The military magic machinery of this New Air Chamber of Commerce may be a bit unique, but it is just a small chamber of commerce that is not well-known. In addition, the Rursun Kingdom is just a small country, what threat can it pose to the powerful Kandra Empire?
After casually whispering Russell, General McHale issued an order to expel Russell on the pre-war meeting discussion.
Of course, Russell could see that General McHale was absent-minded. He originally wanted to continue to persuade him, but later he thought about it and put away his thoughts.
After leaving the commander's tent where General McHale was, Russell looked at the figures near the camp, narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of chill appeared in his eyes.
McHale is so indifferent to the military magic machinery mentioned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and himself, so Russell is almost certain that his operation will definitely not go smoothly.
This is of course a blow to McHale and the Third Imperial Legion led by him, but if you consider it from the perspective of the Imperial Division, it may not be a good thing.
When the Imperial Navy wanted to buy three frigates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it was hindered. If the Navy Staff had not supported this proposal, it would have been impossible to be approved in the end.
The reason for this is that the Emperor** Department does not pay attention to the analysis report on the frigate made by Russell at all, so it doesn't care much about it, and is unwilling to increase the budget and purchase frigate in addition.
This time, the Imperial Department still does not pay attention to the military magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so they can only suffer a loss, and this will have a chance to pay attention to it.
Compared with the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Army is more favored by the military headquarters.
If the Army suffered a great loss this time and the military headquarters did not take it seriously, that would be too unreasonable... (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!
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