As Rodrigo reappeared in front of everyone and swore to accept his new responsibilities and identity, the operating rhythm of the Free Army and the national salvation government seemed to accelerate all of a sudden. The first is the abnormal weather and corresponding disaster events that have been reported in various parts of the Kingdom.
For example, there have been heavy rains in many places in Provence, which lasted from several days to more than ten days. The excessive rainfall caused by heavy rains not only turned the area into a swamp and blocked traffic, but also caused flooding and washing away by the surging rivers. Roads, bridges, ports and docks were damaged; water transportation was seriously affected.
However, in the Maritime and Rhône estuary provinces further south, large-scale red algae/blood tides broke out in many ports, including Marseille, as well as intensive fishing floods and stranding deaths, as well as subsequent accumulation and decay. , a serious regional pollution called "Stinky Harbor".
However, in the cities of Orange and Montpellier, which were being rebuilt, large hailstones suddenly fell; the dense hailstones ranging from the size of eggs to the size of fists almost caused serious damage to people and animals who were moving on the streets at that time. Among them, there were hundreds of dead and countless injured.
As an important rear area and one of the three major granaries of the Free Army, the Toulouse region/Garonne River Basin is about to face the autumn harvest in this midsummer; suddenly, multiple large areas of frost and cold rain occurred overnight. ; Many vineyards, farms and livestock farms were affected.
There is also news in overseas provinces that the annual dry season there is far longer than usual, and the rainy season has not been ushered in for a long time. It can be said that most of the achievements of the Free Army's operations, reclamation and construction in the south over the years have inevitably been impacted and affected.
Although all localities have done their best to provide disaster relief and relief, trying to minimize losses and subsequent impacts. However, partial harvest failures in the areas controlled by the Free Army, or even large-scale production cuts, seem to be imminent. Many ongoing projects have also been greatly affected.
Although over the years, the army has accumulated a considerable amount of food and material reserves. However, as expected, with the obstruction of transportation lines and the gradual shrinkage of frontline supply scale, even if the rear can provide production capacity and materials, they may not be able to be sent to the battlefields of the Northern Expedition in time.
Under such circumstances, someone finally couldn't help but stand up and proposed at a special committee meeting to postpone the attack on the northern region; or even to consolidate and defend on the spot. And concentrate resources such as manpower and material resources to fully respond to these abnormal weather disasters in the rear.
However, some people have pointed out that since the situation in the central and southern parts of the kingdom is not optimistic, the situation of the Burgundian Dynasty, which only has a small province in the northern part of the kingdom, will only be worse; therefore, it should take advantage of the current impact of abnormal weather and disasters It hasn't spread yet, so it's the first step to step up the offensive momentum.
According to the least optimistic scenario, if the need for additional disaster relief and refugee accommodation is completely ignored, the current military reserves from Reims to Lyon can maintain combat needs for at least five to seven months. After all, these supplies were gathered for the eventual takeover of the Capital Region.
Therefore, only a small part of it is allocated to support the cities and towns along the way where military depots and transfer points are set up in the rear, so as to temporarily maintain basic order and stability. Then other armies passed through the infected area at a certain cost and went all out to take the radical plan of seine city.
However, for these two voices that were obviously diametrically opposed to each other, Jiang Tian did not express his position immediately, but just sat silently and watched their continued argument; he waited until the right time to announce the intermission. And let people add and put forward more reasons and basis at the next meeting;
Therefore, this impromptu meeting, under the auspices of Jiang Tian, rarely lasted for two days and one night; it also made everyone who participated in the meeting exhausted and unable to dwell on trivial matters and personal likes and dislikes. position; only the most pragmatic core issues/disagreements remain.
At this time, Jiang Tian finally received a prayer from Paulina in the distance. Immediately, he put some energy into the vision panel and started this short and expensive void chat mode. As expected, something happened in the offensive direction of the Polina Army.
In many areas of the Central Plateau and the Central Region, there have been vicious incidents of animal tides of varying sizes breaking out of the mountains and attacking villages, towns and cities; and various tributaries of the Seine River across the Capital Region have suddenly experienced high water levels. It breached the embankment and created areas of flooding.
Therefore, most of the several overseas legions under the Bolina Corps have lived in deserts, oases and grasslands for a long time and have no experience in encountering such situations. Therefore, they were caught off guard and rushed in a hurry, causing a lot of losses; mainly the heavy equipment and materials were flooded.
Most of the 12th Corps, which could not be transferred, was washed away during the march; another Corps was cut off by the flood and temporarily lost contact. At this time, the imperial army in the north, which had always performed mediocrely, suddenly launched a counterattack and took advantage of a rainy night to launch a surprise attack in the opposite direction;
These imperial troops with chaotic flags, riding a large number of small boats and floating objects, almost broke through all the way along the river. Most of the defense lines and formations of the Polina Corps were disrupted by the flood; It was blocked near Limburg.
Then, the two sides broke out in a brutal meat grinder-like battle outside the dilapidated Tufulin Fort. The focus of the battle revolves around Paulina, who takes the initiative to stand up and hold the battle flag high, providing confidence and help to the soldiers in the darkness and chaos, and becoming a key target of the enemy.
Therefore, when Jiang Tian used his consciousness to temporarily project it, what he saw was a scene of countless people fighting and killing each other regardless of the enemy or the enemy in a dark storm. And Paulina, standing on the top of the castle holding the battle flag high, shrouded in light, was like a sharp arrow piercing the darkness.
Inspiring the surrounding soldiers to risk their lives and bravely rush forward, even if they were bleeding and injured and fell to the ground dying, they still used their last strength to drag down the enemies around them. But it also attracts seemingly endless enemies emerging from the darkness, attacking desperately like moths to a flame.
Various layers of corpses entangled to death even formed a circular low wall of flesh and blood around her. However, in the legion headquarters, almost all the firelight and shooting sounds were swallowed up by the huge darkness; there were fewer and fewer soldiers around her.
Looking into the distance in the void, Jiang Tian even saw some obviously non-humanoid beings; for example, the body was covered in mucus or the wet scales were reflective, or the face was protruding with long canine teeth, or there were several fins on the back like blades, or there were The joints of the limbs are covered with spurs, or they may have broad fleshy wings.
Driven by some kind of force, they were fighting and squeezing, and the rays of light formed by the battle flag knocked down and dragged away the soldiers who had lost their shelter one by one, or tore them to pieces on the spot. The next moment, a huge ray of light appeared in the sky above Polina.
It was the projection radiated by Jiang Tian through the strange object. Although it did not have any direct lethality, it successfully caused the attacking enemy to panic and stop the offensive, and even retreated in a large circle; also according to the Many monsters and monsters hidden in the darkness emerged.
At the rear, surrounded by a group of special knights who were all covered in plate armor and barrel helmets, but whose thick manes could not be concealed; another old woman with a wrinkled face and a pitch-black horn could not help but cover her eyes and scream in agony; And the pitch-black horn in her hand continued to emit billowing smoke.
And where the smoke dispersed, the rekindled fires and lighting fixtures would quickly dim and extinguish. Obviously, it was this strange object that covered this surprise attack from the dynasty's army. action. Then a dim yellow light passed through.
In an instant, the pitch-black horn and the old woman were shattered and exploded into pieces of flesh and blood flying in the sky. And those abnormal knights who were illuminated and contaminated by the dim light screamed on the spot, and their plate armor collapsed, shattered, and burned with distortion on the spot.
And at the moment when the pitch-black horn collapsed, the dim smoke that spread around the battlefield instantly seemed to have lost its subsequent support; it quickly dissipated. The battle line with corpses lying on pillows was revealed, as well as the soldiers standing back to back in the darkness, shouting and forming formations to protect themselves.
Then, it turned into earth-shaking cheers, and everyone rushed forward to attack and kill. In the blink of an eye, these enemies and aliens who broke into the camp were turned into a furious tide that was constantly being torn apart. Several isolated islands that split apart and shrank rapidly...
When the situation has reached this point, the crisis has basically been resolved, and there is no need for Jiang Tian to do anything more. Immediately, he came back to his senses after closing his eyes and falling into a slumber in a meeting place full of arguments, but he only felt unusually mentally exhausted. Obviously, this was the price of projecting power through the air.
Then, he took out the yellow bead condensed by the little lake spirit. Less than half of the accumulated spiritual energy inside was quickly consumed by such a round of long-range projection and on-the-spot burst operations; the surface looked like sardonyx. The pattern has faded visibly to the naked eye.
"Duh duh duh..." Then, he knocked on the handle of the chair with a short stick, and the voices on the large conference table slowly fell silent: "After everyone's repeated discussions, I have understood it clearly. , to make a decision on this, the national salvation government will adopt both options at the same time.”
That’s all for now, we need to conceive of a decisive battle and the evolution of the internal and external situation.
(End of chapter)
