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When Anna walked into the temporary underground headquarters, the atmosphere in the room seemed rather heavy.
Seeing her coming, everyone stood up one after another and bowed their heads to her, "I have seen Your Highness!"
Iron Axe even knelt down on one knee and said, "You're frightened. I couldn't see through the enemy's tricks, and I was caught off guard by the devil. This is my subordinate's negligence. I'm really sorry."
"You don't have to do this," Anna waved her hand. "Just treat me like an ordinary person who cares about the war. I came here just to ask about the situation. This attack... Are you all okay?"
Even though she became a queen, she was still a little uncomfortable facing such an occasion, especially when she saw Wendy, Agatha and others also salute her. Although she had never mentioned it before, and rarely expressed her thoughts in front of witches, she actually liked the feeling of being a sister in the alliance.
And the attack on the camp this time is also the same. Compared with the beginning of the battle, she was sent to the underground bunker by the God's Punishment Witch and the escort team. She hopes to fight with everyone, just like the previous Demon Moon.
But Anna knew that since she accepted this identity, some things could only be taken into her heart.
She just hoped that her appearance would reassure everyone.
Iron Axe hesitated for a while, "Your Highness, the situation is not very good."
"Can you tell me?"
"Of course, we are just discussing this issue." He looked at Ferrin Sylt, who nodded and opened the notepad in his hand.
"The current statistics reported by the medical team show that more than 200 people were killed and nearly 700 wounded in the first army during the night attack." Dawn Chenguang said solemnly.
"However, due to the limited time, this is only the roughest statistics. The actual number of casualties will definitely rise further. After all, Miss Nana... she cannot take into account so many casualties."
More than 200 people, this is second only to the loss of the church battle. And that was a decisive battle about the fate of both sides. This was only the first battle after the Northern Expedition. The First Army was still a long way from the ruins of Taquila.
It's no wonder that Iron Axe has a difficult face.
Anna had seen the scene in the wounded barracks. The soldiers covered in blood were lined up on the ground. The air was full of the thick smell of blood and endless moans of pain. With Nana's magic power, it is impossible to heal all the wounded in one go. Serious injuries such as broken limbs and ruptured internal organs will heal at most five or six a day. Therefore, if you want to save more people, you must save the magic power and use it in the most critical parts.
For example, a patient with a punctured chest or lung or a lacerated intestine will only heal the fatal wound on the organ. If the problem is not so serious, the medical team will be responsible for suturing the epidermis after pouring purified water; if the problem is serious, the wound will continue to be opened, and further treatment will be waited until the next day. During this period of time, the potion prepared by Sleeping Fern and Winter Flower has made the seriously injured endure the severe pain. As for whether everyone can survive the next day, or the drug may have an addiction similar to that of Dreamland Water. It is no longer a problem that the medical team can take care of.
In such a depressing environment, it is by no means an easy task to precisely distribute the magic power to the parts in need of urgent treatment. It's hard to imagine that the little girl who used to read and read with her and was dizzy when she saw blood has grown to this point now
"I will advise His Majesty Roland to try my best to persuade Ms. Speer, Marquis of Falling Dragon Ridge, to support the front line," Anna replied slowly, "With her there, the medical team can save more people. By the way, How did the devil approach the camp without a sound?"
"I think... the enemy should have used the blind spot of the magic eye." Sylvie looked a little frustrated, "I was probably just trying to test my detection range when I sent out a terrorist reconnaissance before, and I didn't realize it at all..."
"We should have thought of it first," Agatha blamed herself. "After the battle at Wangbeipo, the devil noticed Sylvie's existence. It was through our guard response that those fearful beasts judged the power of magic. The approximate distance of the eyes. After that, the army gathered at the edge of the farthest distance and launched a sneak attack on us when night fell. The selected time happened to be the node where the tower No. 1 station just fell, and the moment when the camp’s defense was the weakest.”
"That being said, it's not anyone's fault." Dawn Chenguang comforted, "If you want to deceive the enemy, you have to turn a blind eye to the approaching beasts. But this in itself goes against the usual training, even if you know the enemy in advance. To do this, it is also difficult to get thousands of soldiers and more ordinary workers to disguise flawlessly. In other words, sooner or later the enemy will try this distance, and even if there is no ambush at Tower 1 site, it will be at Tower 2. , Tower 3 is waiting for us."
"If I remember correctly, the spider demon's range should be about two to three kilometers, and the crawling speed is slow. The time from outside Sylvie's field of vision to entering the range is not short, is it not just because Are you lucky?" Anna asked puzzled, "I don't know much about the marching and fighting. If I'm wrong, please don't mind that the First Army has its own reconnaissance methods, right? For example, Chang Sheng in the camp A balloon of hydrogen."
"Your observation is really meticulous, Your Highness." Tie Axe stroked his chest, "Simply put, the wartime intelligence sources of the First Army are divided into three layers. Except for Sylvie, Lightning, and Miss Maisie, the last one The layer is the army itself. But when facing the devil, this layer can only be used as a supplement and emergency."
After listening to the commander-in-chief's explanation, Anna finally had a basic understanding of the intelligence system of the First Army. In the battle to unify the Kingdom of Greycastle, there were no flaws in this system, but after the opponent was replaced by a devil, an irreparable gap was placed in front of the army.
That is, no matter whether it is two legs or four legs, it can't outrun a terrifying beast with a pair of wings.
This means that once the distance is exceeded, the investigators will basically have no return, let alone sending back news, even saving their lives is an extravagant hope. The terrifying beast that can hide in the clouds and wait for an opportunity has an absolute advantage, and with the flat terrain of the fertile plain, it is almost like an eagle hunting chickens.
This caused the third-layer intelligence circle to be greatly compressed, and even the assistant Sylvie couldn't make it possible for the flying devil to enter the reconnaissance range of the magic eye at any time, hunting and killing the soldiers in the outer circle, and his own side had no rescue ability at all.
A word involuntarily appeared in Anna's mind.
A word that Roland often mentions and shows a complex look.
"Air dominance".
Only the party with air dominance can truly take the initiative in the war.
In addition, he will also say some unclear words, such as black ribbon, Qiushan and so on...
Anna shook her head, suppressing these distracting thoughts, "If you follow this explanation, the spider demon should have entered the warning range of the third floor at that time... Is it because of the night?"
"The poor vision at night is only one of the reasons, Your Highness," it was Ferrin Sylt who answered her, "According to the analysis of the staff after the incident... Those deformed monsters are probably waiting for us there from the beginning."
Anna blinked in surprise, "You mean... they were buried in the ground ahead of our route beforehand?"
"That's right, it makes sense to explain why those behemoths appear within the range almost silently." Filin said with a solemn expression, "I asked Miss Sylvie, the glance that penetrates the obstacles will help. It will greatly increase the consumption of mana, and the range will be greatly reduced. Now that I think about it, those fearful beasts are not only tempting, but also attracting the attention of Miss Sylvie.
So the devil can hit every corner of the camp so accurately in the dark
If it is static versus static, the difficulty will indeed drop a lot, and the shady scene Sylvie saw should not be covering up the position, but the moment when the spider demon crawled out of the ground.
The enemy not only responded quickly to the combat methods and intentions of the First Army, but also was extremely proficient in the use of magic power. The thought of fighting against such an opponent was indeed extremely tricky.
No wonder the atmosphere at the headquarters is so heavy.
This is not a good trend.
If Roland were here, what would he do
When Anna was about to encourage everyone, Edith suddenly giggled.
"Why, it's a big victory, but you all feel like you've lost?" She shrugged, "Did I go to the wrong room?"