Realm of Power

Thick exterior walls, undecorated eaves and walls, and slightly sloping triangular roofs are all standard Opalo classicism style. The fat man was sitting in the lobby on the second floor of a historic building. Next to him sat Navy Minister Dostelenko, Southern Governor Statunko and Southwest Governor Salon. The three people looked at the fat man with burning and passionate eyes, filled with an extremely bloody feeling. The atmosphere was very strange. I could feel the suppressed smiles on the lips of several important ministers.

The source of the strange atmosphere lies in the last person in the room.

She was a beautiful woman, with long hair shawl, moon-like Emei, a straight nose, fragrant cheeks, lips that exhaled like orchid, goose-oval cheeks that were very beautiful, and skin that could be broken by a blow, like frost like snow. She has a graceful figure, but what really caught the attention of the three imperial ministers is that this woman has the same black hair and eyes as His Majesty Falcon.

"This woman is from China..."

The Minister of the Navy, Dustronquet, who had just returned, opened his mouth slightly, and his eyes were somewhat questioning. He glanced at Salon, the Governor of the Southwest next to him. The current Minister of the Navy, Dustronquet, already knew that there was another person in the Gallic Empire. At one end, there is a powerful Central Bian Empire, and black hair and black eyes are the hallmark of the Central Bian people.

It’s just that he couldn’t figure out what the meaning of this Central-Bian woman appearing here was. His Majesty had just married Princess Felandonya on the grassland. Did he get another Central-Bian beauty in the blink of an eye? . . . It's so messy! Dostronkai somewhat admired his master's luck in love.

Compared to his direct questioning gaze, the cunning Salon raised his only one eye. Looking at the beams above my head with great interest, I felt as intoxicated as a cat admiring rape flowers. Seeing his expression, the corners of Southern Governor Statunko's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end he said nothing. He just cursed secretly in his heart, "Just pretend that this woman has nothing to do with your Southwest District." , that’s what hell is!”

"This is Miss Li Yuehua. From today on, she will be solely responsible for the intelligence work in Gaul!" The fat man tilted his head. He looked into the expressions of the three subordinates and rolled his eyes. Who were they? He coughed dryly, pretending to be calm. At this moment, the three important ministers seemed to have come back to their senses and bulged their eyes in surprise. Statunko couldn't help but ask in the end, "Your Majesty, do you mean that this Miss Li Yuehua will become the empire's intelligence chief in Oparo?"

"You can say that! In addition to a meeting, we have gathered everyone together today. There is another important thing!" The fat man raised his hand to Li Yuehua. Li Yuehua stood up from his seat and picked up a folder. Pass it over. Her curvy and slender waist in a black uniform arouses endless reverie.

"This is the deal!"

The fat man took the folder with a solemn expression. He knew that the recent rumors might be due to his dissatisfaction with him for cheating. After the Slavs made a comeback in the Battle of Naguld, they immediately revealed the contents of the original secret agreement. Obviously, this is because they are afraid that the Falcon Empire will default on its debt and not send troops, and the Slavs believe that once such news reaches the ears of the Gauls, it will be more useful than fuel bomb tubes. One use of fuel bombs is enough to arouse vigilance. After the Lu Beijun regained their breath, it was hard to say whether Nagold could still hold on. Instead of doing this, it would be better to directly tell the Gauls that the Falcon Empire would launch a full-scale attack in August. Sure enough, the Gauls immediately became nervous Get up, the effect is surprisingly good

The fat man opened the document and said coldly, "I believe you have also heard about this agreement. Yes, when the second tranche of 10 million from the Slavs comes, the empire will send troops as agreed. As everyone who is about to go to the battlefield, I I hope you can be mentally prepared!”

"Your Majesty, this is obviously a Slavic conspiracy!" Saron muttered dissatisfied.

"Yeah, I also think this is the Slavs breaking the agreement first. We don't have to keep it!" said the Southern Governor Statunko

"Don't be anxious! Wait until I finish speaking!" The fat man raised his hand. Li Yuehua picked up a folder again and handed it to him. The fat man took out a list of names from the file and said, "Look at this. The troops will be dispatched in August." It doesn't matter even if the Slavs expose the planned things, because we are actually The layout has already begun in June! The Gauls have only 130,000 troops on the Western Front. To be honest, I was still hesitant to reveal my trump card for this mere 130,000 motley army, but this time the Slavs helped me. It did us a big favor and at least gave us a chance to annihilate the enemy’s main force at once!”

"This is?" The Southern Governor Statunko glanced at the list and was stunned for a moment. He didn't know much about the situation in Gaul, but he could also see the importance of this list, because after each name They all have positions written on them, and several of them are listed as captains of infantry, which is already a general level among the Gallic military ranks. What does this list of His Majesty Falcon mean? Statunko was a little confused and handed the list to Salon. Salon glanced at it and was a little confused. He said in confusion, "Your Majesty, there are several names of generals on the Western Front of Gaul, but I don't know." Do you know what this has to do with this battle?"

"What I can tell you is that these people are already ours." The fat man smiled coldly, and the three important officials of the empire took a breath of air when he revealed the mystery.

"Is this... is it true?" Salon's hand holding the list was trembling a little. He now knew why His Majesty was so sure. If everything was true, then the Western Front of Gaul would be vulnerable. If the inadequate Western Front were torn open a few holes silently, the Falcon Empire's combat power would be enough to sweep away all obstacles on the Western Front in just two weeks.

"These are the people who sold supplies during the Battle of Rusty. Just ten days ago, an incident occurred in Kyoto, Gaul. Algernon Julia regained control of the situation in Kyoto and thoroughly investigated the officers who sold supplies. This is tantamount to Directly forcing these people to our side! In order to survive, these people have stated that as long as we launch an attack, they will The reason for taking the initiative to get out of the way! Although the sincerity of the other party is still uncertain, don't worry. I certainly have a way! Algernon Julia never thought that there would be a reply from these people around her soon. Not all of them may be sincere, but just one or two are enough to put the Gallic army into an irreversible situation."

"Your Majesty? Will the Navy also be dispatched in this battle?"

Dostelenko asked cautiously with some surprise. Logically speaking, attacking the interior of Gaul has nothing to do with the navy. It is not June with heavy rains. Even if the naval warship enters the inland waterway, it can have an effect. Its role is also very limited. The navy's focus is still on the exploration of the inland sea. After two months of preparation, the Gibral Sea Channel is completely in the hands of the Imperial Navy. The navy has just made several tentative attacks, but they were all blocked by the naval forces building the Gibral Sea Channel. The Imperial Navy at the port was beaten to a bloody head.

"The Admiralty has other tasks! The general training in the empire will end in two months, and the Admiralty must speed up the exploration of the inland sea. I have just received a report from the Putao area. The Strand Sea Kingdom is about to send envoys to the northwest again. Negotiate, but in view of the previous attack, the Strand people suspected that there was something wrong within themselves, and specifically requested that the empire send a fleet to escort them. This matter must be brought back to you safely. !”

"What, the Strand people are coming, why should our people go to escort in the inland sea?" Dustelenko was a little stupid, and said unwillingly, "What kind of rule is this? The other party is coming." We can definitely wait at the seaport. We don’t necessarily need to send people to escort us, right? "

"What do you know? The Admiralty must complete this matter!" The fat man was a little angry, his voice stopped, and he glanced at Dustelenko who was still trying to defend himself, and said slowly, "Enter Stranter The guide from this time is still in Puntao, and he will lead our people to Strand Sea Kingdom. Let's choose a guy who is smart and good at fighting, and bring a draftsman with him. The fleet can be larger in number. This is a good opportunity for us to have an in-depth understanding of the situation in the inland sea. On the way to Strand Sea Country, we can just clarify the navigation route of the inland sea. It would be better if we can take the opportunity to get a support point. I can give The Navy has full authority to deal with the order. If it is attacked midway, the Navy can fight back with all its strength! If we can’t take the port, how can we not take an empty island?”

"If that's the case, the Admiralty has no objection!"

Dostrunkai replied with a smile, since His Majesty has released the power, he has nothing to be afraid of. After two months of collecting intelligence on the inland sea, the fleet admirals of the Admiralty can't wait. Cove's fleet even entered alone Once I wandered in the inland sea for more than ten days before I came back, and I also brought back first-line reports about the inland sea. According to the commander of the Chekov fleet, the inland sea area not only has a long coastline, but also has two coastlines in the north and south. There are many islands in between,

Large islands are usually manned, but some smaller islands are completely abandoned.

Chekov even said very coolly that he planted the flag of the Falcon Empire on an island and directly named the small uninhabited island Chekov Island. Every time he mentioned this, Chekov's expression Yiyi's appearance made many naval fleet admirals feel annoyed. Even guys like Chekov can commemorate them with islands, so why can't I? For the Imperial Navy, those uninhabited islands in the inland sea are simply falling from the sky. The treasure that came down,

From a strategic point of view, entering the inland sea from Putau has a long sea channel and needs to pass through the ocean ranges of many forces.

Whether it is a merchant fleet or a naval fleet, if it cannot gain a foothold, it will undoubtedly be a huge resistance. In Dostelenko's report to Fatty, it was proposed that only by establishing a real imperial support point in the inland sea area can the imperial tentacles be established. Being able to truly reach the inland sea area, otherwise, the Imperial Navy will always be just a spectator among the inland sea forces. Fatty agreed with this strategic plan. He also arrived at Obaro from the mainland of the empire three days ago, and he was still a little uncomfortable here. The hot weather in August,

While sadly lamenting that the emperor was just a worthless errand boy who had to leave Wenrou Township and return to the battlefield for a mere 40 million, Fatty made major adjustments to the empire's intelligence department in the Southwest District. The new person in charge was... It was counterattacked from Gaul in July. In order to show his loyalty to the Falcon Empire, Li Yuehua, who was once the top person in charge of the Southwest Region of the Gallic Intelligence Department, unceremoniously spent millions of gold coins on the Gallic Intelligence Department as a gift to the Falcon Empire. The huge intelligence network that had been buried was uprooted. Although less than 20 people were actually dealt with, they were all key members of the Intelligence Department who played key liaison roles.

Li Yuehua personally led the elite troops in the army to fight one by one, and almost no one escaped. The intelligence network formed by the Gaul Intelligence Department using merchants to collude completely collapsed, so that throughout July, the Gauls were blind to the movements of the Falcon Empire.

While the Gauls were winning victory after victory in the north, they were also gathering troops in the provinces bordering the west. It may be true that they were injured in the fight in Rusty. The number of regular troops in the West Front of Gaul fell to a terrible number. There were only 47,000 Gaul troops on the entire western defense line, including 13,000 of Hassan Rambo who escaped from the siege of Rusty. For Hassan Rambo, the life of this famous Gaul general is really tormenting. Under the deliberate design of the fat man, the reputation of Hassan Rambo, the former Gaul military god, suffered a heavy blow and his glory has long been gone.

In the battle of Rusty, hundreds of thousands of troops under his command were beaten to ashes by the fat man's front and back attacks. The legions either collapsed or fled. Although Hassan Rambo decisively led a troop, as Hassan Rambo's prestige suffered a heavy blow, his generals began to waver. Although Hassan Rambo himself was still nailed to the Western Front like a mud nail, the Gaul Military Affairs Department had obviously lost trust in him, and the number of troops was reduced again and again. It is said that in July, because the military rations were fully supplied to the north. In addition, the harvest in August had not arrived, the whole of July. The food supply was reduced by half, and the whole army was starving.

It was heard that Hasen Rambo's soldiers were digging weeds all over the mountains. Hasen Rambo took the lead in digging. They all belonged to the Sixth Army, because apart from the Sixth Army, no other army was willing to obey his command.

At the end of July, Tielan of the Kyoto Army finally couldn't stand such an embarrassing situation. He first led his army to fall out with Hasen Rambo, and took away 20,000 Kyoto troops with great momentum, and built the new Ninth Army of the Empire on this basis.

Several other local military units followed suit, separated from Hasen Rambo's army, and combined with the local volunteers. The total number suddenly expanded to 80,000. Facing only 40,000 regular troops, the local army felt proud for the first time, although most of the volunteers were farmers holding hoes, rakes, and various farm tools, without training and combat experience , but the huge number of 200,000 at least made the Gauls feel a little psychologically safe.

In an office on the western front of Gaul, the Gaul generals on the western front were also preparing intensively. The golden wheat in August could not conceal the approach of war. Especially after the news broke from the northern Slavs that the Falcon Empire would immediately go to war with Gaul, the meetings on the western front were endless. The nominal commander-in-chief, Hasen Rambo, was holding a newly received order. The Gaul Northern Army failed to besiege Nagurd.

In order to thoroughly investigate the cause of the failure, it is said that the Gaul Kyoto was personally supervised by the Emperor's Affairs Officer Algernon Julia, and a major cleanup of the Military Affairs Department was carried out. Finally, the problem was found in the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, Ronda. When the Northern Army was fully encircling Nagurd, the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, Ronda, swallowed up a large amount of military rations in the rear, so that the lack of food on the front line affected the speed of the Northern Army's encirclement, which eventually led to The news caused the failure of the Northern Army's siege.

When the news came out, the whole of Gaul was in an uproar. The voices cursing Ronda almost drowned the Gaul land overnight. Ronda, the deputy director of the military affairs department, committed suicide in his office. Although he was a little helpless, for Hasen Rambo, who had been eating wild vegetables for more than a month, such news was really the sweet dew after a long drought and the straw that he grabbed when drowning. He had keenly felt that the focus of the Gaul military affairs returned to the Western Front after the failure of the Nagurd siege.

But there are good and bad sides. The fluctuations from Kyoto also made the situation on the Western Front more tense, not only because of the news that the Falcon Army was about to attack, but also because there were really few generals on the Western Front who had clean hands and feet.

Even Hasen Rambo didn't dare to say that he was clean now. In order to survive these two months, he borrowed some military rations from here and there. Most of these military rations were not recorded in The stolen goods were not registered, but the stolen goods embezzled by other legions.

If a thorough investigation is conducted, Hassan Rimbaud, who is in charge of the Western Front, will be the first one to not be able to escape. Any generals on the entire Western Front will be brought out one by one, just like pulling carrots.

"These days are getting worse and worse!" Hassan Rimbaud's lament is justified. He just received a military report that the Northern Army's rest order has been cancelled. Except for the 60,000 troops led by Yarde who continue to garrison in the north to suppress the Slavs, other Northern Army troops have received orders to move south and west.

More than 110,000 Northern Army troops are advancing along the road towards the west where they are, and the thorough investigation team sent from Kyoto is about to arrive.

This time, in order to deter the villains, Algernon Julia will not stop until she kills a few people. No one knows this woman's cruelty and decisiveness better than Hassan Rimbaud. Thinking of this, Hassan Rimbaud felt sleepless all night.