Duke Macaros, commander of the Candela Empire Expeditionary Force, looked down at the battle report in his hand. His skin, which was originally dark, was now filled with darkness because of his gloomy face, like the cloudy sky outside.
The atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent seemed to have been frozen in time. Everyone held their breaths and did not even dare to release their breathing, for fear of attracting the attention of Duke Macaros, thus triggering the volcano.
However... a volcano doesn't just erupt if you don't want to trigger it.
After a while, Duke Macaros put down the battle report and squinted his eyes as he scanned the faces of the other officers of the Candela Empire Expeditionary Force in the tent one by one. He saw that they all lowered their heads and then let out a muffled groan.
The other officers in the tent shivered involuntarily.
In the Kandra Empire's military headquarters, apart from Grand Duke Campbell Sudirman, the imperial marshal, Duke Makos has the highest status and the most prestige.
This time, the Imperial Military Department asked him to personally lead the expedition to the Kingdom of Luersun, which undoubtedly represented the great importance the Imperial Military Department attached to this expedition.
However, in the first step of the expedition, the Imperial Expeditionary Force received a blow.
The six front armies, which were divided into six directions and advanced into the Luersun Kingdom, all suffered extremely disastrous defeats within three days.
Among them, the Saint Joan Legion of the Fourth Front suffered the smallest losses. However, after being ambushed by the troops of the Kingdom of Luersun, more than 4,000 soldiers were killed on the spot, and the total number of lightly and seriously injured soldiers exceeded 10,000. The original general The San Joan Legion, with a strength of nearly 30,000, lost nearly half of its combat strength at one time.
Among them, the most serious losses were caused by the Golden Eagle Knights and the Red Sun Legion under the name of the Third Front Army.
The Golden Eagle Knights were directly killed in battle and more than 10,000 soldiers lost their combat effectiveness due to serious injuries, which was equivalent to half of them being completely destroyed.
The losses of the Chiyang Legion were slightly weaker, with more than 7,000 soldiers killed. On the contrary, there were not many serious injuries, less than 2,000, which proved the cruelty of the battlefield.
And in comparison, the losses in manpower were not as serious a blow to the two legions as the losses in materials.
During the fierce battle, the Golden Eagle Knights lost a total of sixty-three large magic freight locomotives, and as many as eighty-nine of their most critical magic cannons were destroyed. The high firepower that the Golden Eagle Knights have always relied on was directly declared to be close to scrap.
The Red Sun Legion was even more straightforward. More than 100 of the 500 large freight magic locomotives originally equipped were directly damaged in the battle. After the war, more than 200 of them were unable to operate normally due to various problems.
At this time, the high maneuverability brought by the large freight magic locomotive that the Red Sun Legion was most famous for was scrapped.
The most terrible thing is. Due to the break between the Candela Empire and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce withdrew all support for the Candela Empire.
Reflected on the large freight magic locomotive, there is no official logistics maintenance department of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the Candela Empire.
These large freight magic motorcycles were all purchased from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Now that they are broken, they certainly cannot expect the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to come back and repair them. You can only figure it out yourself.
However, although several chambers of commerce in the Candela Empire have privately developed imitation large-scale freight magic locomotives and have achieved certain results, it is simply impossible to reach the heights of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in technology.
And even if it has the repair technology, it is impossible to find suitable standard parts in the Candela Empire.
With the current level of magic industry in the Candela Empire, many parts cannot be manufactured by themselves.
So this means that the Chiyang Legion has also lost most of its combat effectiveness.
Summing up the results of the Sixth Front Army, the first batch of soldiers who participated in the battle totaled more than 130,000 people. They only experienced one battle, and the loss of personnel alone exceeded 40,000, and the losses of various materials were countless. Nearly half of the combat power was lost.
This result undoubtedly shocked the Candela Empire.
Although before the war started, they had already expected that this war would not be easy to fight, because the New Flying Chamber of Commerce would definitely support the Luersun Kingdom this time.
But no one expected that this war would be so difficult. Just the first battle caused the Candela Empire to suffer such serious losses.
What's even more frightening is that the losses to the Luersun Kingdom were almost zero!
Because from beginning to end, not a single one of the 130,000 soldiers of the Six Front Army's nine legions had ever actually fought against the troops of the Kingdom of Luersun.
In other words, the various legions of the Candela Empire were passively beaten from beginning to end. They didn't even touch the Luersun Kingdom's army at all.
This fact undoubtedly frightened everyone in the Candela Empire, and even gave them a hint of fear.
But that's not what surprised them the most.
What attracted the most attention of the Candela Empire military was the Third Front Army.
The two legions, the Golden Eagle Knights and the Red Sun Legion, were not even ambushed, but suffered such horrific losses in a head-on battle with the Kingdom of Luersun on the Indra Prairie.
This result. This meant that the strength advantage that the Candela Empire relied on the most was instantly wiped out.
The Luersun Kingdom did not send many people at all, which was enough to defeat several times the Kandra Empire army, and the Kandra Empire army could not even cause any losses to the opponent.
This means that the combat effectiveness of both sides is no longer on the same level, and the number of troops has become a meaningless thing.
If the Luersun Kingdom continues to maintain such a strong combat effectiveness, the Kandela Empire's army may not have any hope of victory.
Duke Macaros thought gloomily for a while, and suddenly fixed his gaze on Gerald, the leader of the Golden Eagle Knights standing in front of him on the left.
"Gerald. Tell me, what happened to that weird-looking magic motorcycle you encountered?"
Hearing this question, Gerald's eyes flashed to the monsters he encountered on the battlefield that day, and a look of fear flashed across his face involuntarily.
Even though the battle was three days ago, he still felt a strong sense of powerlessness when he thought about it.
When he first saw those strange magic motorcycles, Gerald was just confused and ordered his men to attack with magic artillery.
But then the strange magic motorcycle told him the truth, the two sides were not at the same level at all.
Under the violent bombardment of the Golden Eagle Knights and even the Red Sun Legion's magic artillery and various individual magic rockets, those strange magic motorcycles flickered with light and easily resisted all attacks, and they counterattacked at will. . This will cause heavy losses to the Golden Eagle Knights and Red Sun Legion.
Such an exaggerated gap in combat power even made Gerald suspect that these guys were demons brought over from another world by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce!
However, this is of course an illusion. The fact is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now possesses this extremely terrifying demon-level military magic machine that makes it impossible to think of a way to defeat it or even block it.
Now I hear Duke Macaros ask himself to describe what that thing is. Gerald opened his mouth and stayed there for a long time. For a moment, he didn't know how to describe it better.
Seeing Gerald staying there, Duke Macaros snorted dissatisfied.
"What? Gerald, were you beaten stupid by the Luersuns? If you are afraid. Go back to the empire now, don't be embarrassed here!"
Gerald suddenly woke up and shook his head vigorously: "No, no, no, Lord Duke, I'm not... It's just that you want me to tell you what happened to the weird magic motorcycle I encountered that day... I don't know what to do. To describe it, it's just... I really can't think of any way to get those things."
"Do you mean that we have no chance of victory when we encounter something like that?" Duke Macaroth raised his eyebrows and asked.
Seeing the evil look in Duke Macaros's eyes, Gerald could still only smile bitterly and nodded lightly.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke. I don't think we have any way to resist those terrifying things if we meet head-on."
Hearing this answer, the other legions in the tent couldn't help but show surprised expressions.
Although most of the generals and officers in the tent had actually participated in previous battles with the troops of the Kingdom of Luersun, most of them had suffered heavy losses. They knew that the Kingdom of Luersun had many extremely powerful military magic machines, so that They have all kinds of magical attack methods, leaving them helpless.
But Gerald said that there was no way to stop the so-called "weird magic motorcycles" he encountered. Isn't this too alarmist
Could it be that Gerald, the boy who suffered the worst defeat, deliberately exaggerated the enemy's strength in order to cover up his own inability to defeat the enemy
If Narolov, the commander of the Red Sun Legion, had not been in a coma these days and was unable to participate in this meeting. Could he have the same tone as Gerald
Duke Macaros was obviously very dissatisfied with the answer given by Gerald. He snorted heavily and said: "Gerald, according to what you said, should we retreat immediately? We can't fight anyway. Isn’t that the enemy?”
Everyone could tell that this was obviously a sarcastic remark. However, after Gerald thought for a while, he nodded vigorously and responded with a very serious expression: "Yes, Your Majesty the Duke. I think... we will temporarily choose to retreat when we are not able to deal with it." It’s a wise choice.”
Duke Macaros suddenly became furious and slapped the table next to him with great force. He pointed at Gerald and cursed loudly: "Gerald, if you continue to shake the morale of the army like this, do you believe that I will immediately pull you out and deal with you under military law?"
Gerald wanted to argue a few more words, but another officer standing next to him pulled his arm and stopped him.
Seeing Gerald lowering his head and no longer speaking, Duke Macaros snorted again, glanced at everyone, and said with a stern face: "Since our army of the Candela Empire has already launched an attack, we cannot continue until we have achieved results. Retreat! If anyone shakes the morale of the army again, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
A group of generals and officers responded solemnly.
"Now let's discuss the next battle plan, look here..."
Duke Macaros walked to the huge map hanging on one side of the tent, and just as he opened his mouth, the curtain of the tent was suddenly opened, and a bodyguard of Duke Macaros, who was serving as a messenger, rushed in with a look of panic.
Before Duke Macaros could ask, the guard had already knelt down on one knee in front of Duke Macaros and said in a panic: "Sir... Sir, I just received news that the West City of Sewen was attacked by an army of unknown origin... "
Everyone in the tent was shocked.
Sewen West City is where the logistics warehouse of the expeditionary force is located, which is equivalent to the foundation of this expeditionary force. Now that Sewen West City is attacked, then...
"How about the supplies warehouse?" Duke Macaros asked quickly.
"The material warehouse...the warehouse was completely destroyed during the raid..."
The answer spat out from the guard's mouth instantly plunged the tent into deathly silence. (~^~)