Five days later—
"Excuse me, is it Her Royal Highness Princess?"
"Yes, this is the news that the headquarters has just received. The specific number is still being verified, but it should be at least more than 600 people."
"The garrison of Fengxiaobao has implemented containment, and they should be relocated to Neverwinter by land after the rest."
"No, that's what we should do."
"Thank you for your hard work, please rest well."
After Edith finished reporting, she hung up the microphone steadily.
As the highest-level means of communication at present, the hand-cranked telephone has become an indispensable device for the staff, but it is limited by the transmission distance. Currently, only the Aerial Knight camp outside the town of Thorns can directly connect to the Cage Mountain Highlands.
As soon as she turned around, she saw the surprised third brother, Lance Kant.
"Is there a problem?"
Unlike the second brother Cole, Edith used the relationship to directly transfer Lance, who passed the primary education assessment, into the General Staff Department—considering that the third brother's temperament was more detached, she thought it was more appropriate to see it by herself.
Of course, this also makes it more convenient for her to appreciate the pain of the other party when she encounters setbacks.
"Ah... No, it's nothing, I'm just a little surprised. It turns out that eldest sister, you are also very respectful." Lance came forward with a stack of documents, "Even if you were talking to father before, you were not so polite. Pass."
"I thought that when you were an adult, your brain capacity would increase a little bit." Edith said indifferently, "I told my father that because my father would not treat me like that, but Tilly Wimbledon is Roland. Your Majesty's sister, if she mentions my rudeness in front of her brother, what do you think the future of the Kant family will be?"
"But I always feel that you are not so serious to His Majesty himself..."
"Because His Majesty is a male, taking the initiative occasionally can produce miraculous effects."
"Uh...I don't quite understand..."
"The human heart is the highest level of strategy, and it is normal to not understand it," Edith shrugged. "Even if you have a thousand skills, you still cannot become the ultimate winner if you don't understand the human heart."
"Sister, can you teach me?" Lance asked expectantly.
"Of course," Edith glanced at him with interest, "but anything is most effective when you try it yourself, rather than just teaching. Cole, for example, does a very good job at this. How, you Want to try it?"
Langston felt a chill in his heart, thinking of his brother's appearance at home, he swallowed, "That... I'll just wait."
Beidi Pearl retracted her gaze, "You decide for yourself."
Lance, who was amnesty, quickly changed the subject, "By the way, did you call His Highness to report the safe arrival of the refugees?"
Edith nodded, "After all, His Highness Tilly has explained this to the staff when he came back. Of course, she has to be informed as soon as possible."
The entire rescue operation exceeded everyone's expectations. The Aerial Knight not only rushed to the battlefield 200 kilometers away in just over an hour, saved a large number of refugees, but also foiled the devil's tricks in one fell swoop.
Yes, this is no ordinary hunt. From the clues obtained later, the refugees are probably just bait thrown by the enemy, and the real fatal blow is hidden behind the pursuit team.
What if the First Army did send a rescue team to help
Due to the bad weather and the long journey, if you want to get there quickly, you must travel light and travel day and night. In order to prolong the pursuit time as much as possible, the devil is completely waiting for work. When the two sides collide, the rescue team will find that they are not only facing an enemy army no less than their own, but also have to resist the attack from the terror beast.
Even if they retreat immediately, they have to travel nearly 100 kilometers in the wind and snow. How many people can escape in the end? I'm afraid there won't be one.
This is the devil's first attempt to fully shrink the First Army.
Even if the latter did not care about the refugees at all, or did not discover the chase north of Wind Howling Fort at all, there would be no loss to the devil.
They have probably already noticed that there are essential differences between Greycastle and Wolfheart and Eternal Winter. Even if they kill more locals, it will not have any impact on the outcome of the Battle of Divine Will. The rescue team will weaken the power of human beings by one more point.
But the presence of the Aerial Knight caught the ambush by surprise.
Everything was a bit like the shelling battle of Wangbeipo a year ago. The enemy and the First Army made their own judgments, but the results were very different.
Even if Tilly didn't find another enemy army lurking in the rear, the situation of the battle would not change.
In the end, the flight team returned safely, and the escaped refugees were lucky to escape, which can be called a big victory.
"Aerial knights are really powerful..." Lance sighed, "Not only did he kill dozens of madmen, but he also retreated with his entire body in ambush, even the former Union Holy Blessing Army was very difficult to do. Is that so?"
"Yeah, it's really amazing."
Taking a deep breath, Edith put her legs on the table and slowly leaned on the back of the chair, feeling a little disillusioned for a while.
Lance was stunned, "You seem... a little unhappy?"
"I can't say I'm not happy, I just think... the staff will soon be reduced to a display."
"Huh?" Third brother's eyes widened.
"Four Skyfires can drive back more than 200 demons. What if the First Army had 100 or even a thousand Skyfires?" Edith smiled, "Then just say a word, where is there any enemy situation? Just send the Aerial Knights wherever. Tactics and calculations will become meaningless, and anyone would say in the previous sentence, if this step is reached, what is the staff if it is not a decoration?"
In fact, when she first saw this free-flying machine, she had already realized the huge military potential it contained, and what she talked about most with Roland after that was also about the use of the Aerial Knight. She even created a team within the staff group devoted to Air Force tactics, in order to make the most of the new weapons.
However, when it really shined in the first battle, the North Pearl felt a little regret.
Because the advantages of the Aerial Knights are too obvious, the importance of strategy has decreased. In the era of knights, troop formation and tactical formulation were very particular, but now it is undoubtedly simplified a lot - because the air force has the advantage of vision, it can make battlefield intelligence more transparent, and at the same time, it has strong mobility, enough to intercept the entire combat area.
In other words, as long as you can occupy the sky, you can completely grasp the enemy's every move, but the enemy's situation is completely opposite, facing the situation is almost pitch-black, and it is difficult to respond effectively except for passive beatings.
Not to mention that His Majesty also revealed that the Skyfire has only just started, which is equivalent to the flintlock gun compared to the current Mark I.
"In that case... let's go back to Evernight City," Lance whispered.
"I'm afraid it's too late," Edith chuckled softly. "I'm afraid I've offended a lot of people by sitting in this seat. Do you think those people will let me enjoy the rest of my life?"
Of course she knew that if the person in power was Roland, nothing would happen, but she was never afraid to use the worst possibility to calculate her fate, because those malicious words could always hurt others.
"I'll... protect you." Lance bit his lip.
"Rely on what? Is it just based on your current status and ability? If you can't climb to a high position, it's better to talk less of such empty words." She felt a surge of pleasure, "Otherwise the results will only be worse, such as those The enemy, in front of you, took me—"
Edith suddenly closed her mouth.
Footsteps sounded outside the room, and soon Phil Sylt pushed the door and walked in.
"Sir, so you are here..."
"What, there is new information sent?"
"It would be great if it was," Dawn Chenguang showed a headache, "I just checked the list of material requirements for the Aerial Knights training camp. I am afraid that the logistics plan in the near future will have to be reworked."
"Oh?"
"You may not know that they have used nearly 10,000 rounds of ammunition in the past few days, and this does not include the consumption during the official attack." Fei Lin said in distress, "and there are only 20 or 30 students in total, and this demand has already been met. It takes ten shifts of the Musket Battalion! Not to mention the reserves of fuel, aircraft parts, etc. I think if the number of them doubles, how can the logistics be taken care of... Uh, my lord?"
Lance suddenly found that the laziness on her sister had been swept away.
Edith stood up from her seat and replied lightly, "You will take the lead in completing this work. No matter what, you must ensure the supply of the Aerial Knights." Then she looked at Lance, "You are still there. What are you doing?"
"Yes?" The latter couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
"Follow me to the intelligence room, it's far from the time to rest." Edith lifted her hair neatly, turned and walked outside the room.