"Then I'll be polite. Thank you for your appreciation, General."
As he spoke, Yang Yu closed the lottery interface, and unknowingly the gadgets in his system piled up again.
Anyway, most of the stolen goods have already been sold through channels, so it’s okay to just leave them there. Yang Yu then moved on to the next topic.
"General, if you don't mind, I'd like to go over there and take a look at the bell."
Taking away the pipe, Lu Huajun exhaled a cloud of smoke, "Of course, of course, but why so suddenly?"
"After checking the cannon, I feel that the sudden sound of the bell is related to the low-quality shells. There are people in my team who can sense special existences. We may find something if we go there."
Lu Huajun hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, I also think there's something fishy going on there. I've asked someone to guard the scene. If you can find something, that would be great."
After a while, Lu Huajun seemed to remember something and said:
“By the way, at 3pm, we will hold a meeting on future operations.
The location is in the Lord's City of Dongwang City. If you can't find it, go to the tallest castle in the center.
I'll go and get busy now. I'll organize people to block these cannons.
If you find anything new, please report it to me."
"Go slowly, General."
Raising his hand and watching Lu Huajun leave, Yang Yu and his men immediately took action.
The command clock of the Rose Empire is not far from the city wall.
After leaving the city wall, walk for another 20 to 30 minutes to reach the destination.
During large-scale combat, the battlefield is extremely noisy, and it is very difficult to issue unified commands at the same time.
The Wansheng National Army passed orders through the sound of drums, and in order to solve this problem, the Rose Empire used crisp bronze bells and even built fortifications specifically to house the bronze bells.
The fortress has three floors in total, all made of solid stones. Its shape roughly resembles winter bamboo shoots, and there are several large windows on each floor.
When you walk in, you will find that there is a round hole in the center of each floor. When you look up, you can directly see the huge bronze bell hanging above your head.
This fortress was specially designed.
As long as the bronze bell was struck, the sound would be amplified several times through the fortifications, ensuring that the army could hear it within a dozen miles.
Military orders are as heavy as a mountain, and the place where they are conveyed is also extremely important.
Needless to say, this fortress was not only guarded by soldiers inside, but was also not far from the military camp outside.
It is almost impossible to sneak in and ring the Big Ben to give the Rose Empire the wrong order.
Normally, there would be very few dead bodies in this fortress, but when Yang Yu and his team climbed to the third floor of the fortress, the dead bodies had already piled up there.
Many of the dead were still in the position of piercing each other, frozen there motionless by the freezing weather.
Rose's officers seemed to have killed each other here.
The strangest thing was a man standing next to the bell stake. He held the sword tightly in both hands, but the sharp blade was pointed at himself and pierced through his chest.
Even a fool could see that this man committed suicide.
He is also most likely the one who rings the bell last.
While on the city wall, Yang Yu considered many possibilities, and finally, relying on Iyas's perception of darkness, he was convinced that the spirit was living in the cannonball.
It is not present on every shell, the proportion is about one-fifth.
No matter how many there were, as long as a "broken" shell was fed into the cannon, it would cause the cannon to be temporarily paralyzed.
Another point is that the spirits sensed by Iyas were incomplete and would slowly weaken over time. If left unattended, the evidence would be completely destroyed.
When Yang Yu thought of people who manipulated spirits, he immediately thought of the Curse Cult. However, Gordon had taught him a good lesson before that not all spirit controllers belonged to the Curse Cult.
It is still unknown whether the ones helping them are the Curse Cult or the Spirit Manipulators of the Rose Empire's Peace Faction.
Yang Yu asked Iyas and Lotkar to search every corner of the fortress, but found nothing.
Neither the spirit nor the suspicious smell was found at all.
Clearing his mind, Yang Yu first hypothesized the possibility of actions by the Curse Sect and the Peace Faction, trying to figure out what happened at the scene.
But no matter which assumption is true, the person who rang the bell last is unlikely to have committed suicide.
After all, when the bell rang, the troops were already in a panic and would not come over to check the situation on the fort, let alone when it was a suitable bell for retreat.
If Yang Yu was the last surviving bell ringer, he would pretend to know nothing and heartlessly join the main force during the chaos.
When the superior asked, he said he knew nothing.
If you are suspected, it will not be too late to commit suicide to prove your innocence.
Committing suicide outright is a pretty bad option, unless staying alive might reveal more information.
In this way, suicide can be transformed into the best option.
Since he couldn't find any clues and couldn't start the hidden mission, Yang Yu could only take a small notebook to write down the matter, then left the fortress, rested for a while, and went to the combat meeting.
The central lord's city is a complex castle decorated with light blue glazed tiles. During the days when Rose's army occupied Dongwang City, it was gradually converted into a combat meeting room.
When Rose's army retreated, they also took away all the important documents here, leaving only a mess.
Fortunately, Rose's army did not take away many props, so after cleaning up, they can enjoy a better meeting environment than in the tent.
Every time we held a meeting in the tent, Yang Yu’s feet would become numb from standing, but now he can sit on a chair.
Seeing that everyone was present, Lu Huajun immediately started the meeting.
Since they easily captured Dongwang City, the Western Fifth Army had more tactical options. They now had two main battle plans:
First, continue to attack westwards, recover the Long Boots area as a whole, and then launch targeted attacks on cities that have not been recovered.
Second, turn eastward and completely capture the cities that were bypassed so that the army would have no worries, and then turn westward to recover the remaining areas.
Regardless of which operation is carried out, the ultimate goal is to completely retake the Long Boots area, attempt to attack the Fengmang area, and exert defensive pressure on the Rose Empire.
The first operation is more radical and somewhat dangerous, but it can gain greater initiative in time.
The second operation is more robust, but may take more time, as the enemy will likely build new defenses as they advance eastward.
The officers in the conference room had different opinions on which plan to implement.
In the end, the Western Fifth Army passed the second operation with a low vote, attacking the city that had been bypassed before.
Yang Yu also supports the second option.
This is not only a worry that Rose's elite troops who used to carry out harassment in the rear of the team would hide in the cities that have not yet been conquered; it is also a worry that once the front line is stretched too long, it is easy to become distracted and be cut off from behind using new tactics.
In addition, the implementation of the second operational plan will also enable the Third Unit of the Western Fifth Army to merge as soon as possible, reduce unnecessary sacrifices of the Third Unit, and strengthen the overall strength of the army.
(End of this chapter)