Alice in the Land of Steam
Chapter 1213 Suddenly having nothing to do?
Chapter 1213 Suddenly having nothing to do?
In the following period, the newly born Liberation Front was no longer as timid as before, and began to declare its presence in the Gray Hill area by force. Under the arrangement of the Gray Hill Eagle, they were divided into several teams, and then based on the intelligence provided by a mysterious ally (actually the Cloud Whale Sky Island), they launched an attack on the strongholds and outposts of the 17th Legion stationed outside the city, intending to remove the eyes of this huge giant and put it into an isolated and helpless state.
In addition, the 17th Legion’s logistics supply routes and the industries of big businessmen who relied on the Axis powers to conduct business in the Kingdom of Noah, such as plantations, processing plants and docks, were also attacked. They attacked these local diseases, killed the soldiers in charge of guarding them, and took away the stored materials. Those that could not be taken away were distributed to local residents, and those that could not be distributed were directly burned or sunk into the sea, and then they retreated calmly. With accurate intelligence, these operations did not fail, and the enemy could not even catch their shadows.
Don’t think this is a meaningless vent of violence. In fact, this move really hit the lifeblood of the 17th Legion. It’s a very simple reason. The reason why the Kingdom of Noah was invaded, the Ansus region became a colony, and the Axis powers stationed troops in Suare City is entirely because the fighting in the central battlefield was too intense. They needed a qualified rear base for support, and the 17th Legion took on this important task.
In the past, the supplies that the Legion transported to the central battlefield mainly came from two sources. One was support from the Western Continent. The fleet transporting supplies came across the sea, crossed the Broken Sea, and docked at the Josi Beach area. They were then transported by land to the Ansers area, and the airships crossed the Ansers Mountains and reached the front battlefield. This route can transport a huge amount of supplies and is relatively safe, but the efficiency is not high. The supply fleet came across the sea and could only go back and forth once every three months. Therefore, it was often used to transport some important strategic materials that could not be replenished in the Eastern Continent, such as magic devices, steam chariots, and mechanical soldiers. War equipment.
As for gunpowder, steel, medicine, food and other materials, although equally important, they can be collected locally, so they are not so dependent on local support. After establishing the sovereignty over the Ansus region, the 17th Legion included all these materials in the strategic control list. Under normal circumstances, private transactions and storage are strictly prohibited. Trade can only be carried out by chambers of commerce recognized by the military. Each material has a special trade license, the so-called “special trade qualification.”
With the support of the military, these chambers of commerce used various illegal or legal but unreasonable means to plunder materials from the Gray Hill people, and then resold them to the military to make a profit. As long as they could meet the delivery targets every quarter, the 17th Legion didn’t bother to care about how they obtained materials. If being occupied by the garrison hurt the self-esteem of the Gray Hill people, then this system really hurt the interests of the Gray Hill people. What’s more, some chambers of commerce that obtained the franchised trade qualifications were not from the Western Continent, but local chambers of commerce in the Ansers region, and usually, their practices were even more cruel and despicable.
A transfer order from the central battlefield took away most of the airship forces, leaving only a small number of airships to continue to transport supplies. In this case, the huge amount of supplies from the western continent could no longer be transported in this way, so the collection of supplies from the Ansers region became the key. Once there was a problem in this link, let alone transporting supplies to the central battlefield, it was very likely that the 17th Legion’s own logistics supply would be deadlocked.
Under pressure, the commander who was once mocked by Grayhill Eagle as a “coward” could no longer sit idly by. He tried to dispatch troops and fought several encounters with the Liberators’ Front fighters. However, with sufficient intelligence support, these encounters eventually turned into ambushes, which were naturally ambushes of the latter against the former. Although the Liberators’ Front, which had the upper hand, did not achieve much success due to the gap in numbers and equipment, it at least dealt a heavy blow to the enemy’s morale.
It is said that after several consecutive defeats, the commander of the 17th Legion even began to suspect that there was a traitor inside, otherwise how could the enemy accurately ambush every time he took action? He would rather temporarily slow down the offensive against the Liberators Front and conduct internal screening and cleansing first, giving priority to eliminating traitors and then eliminating external threats. But this was destined to be a futile effort. In the end, not only did he fail to find the traitor, but the Gray Hill Eagle seized the opportunity and launched several more raids with remarkable results.
Success after success and visible results have won great prestige for the new Liberator Front and made the name of the Eagle of Gray Hill spread throughout the land again. Everyone knows that Carson Borg, who had been abandoned by gods, had his faith shattered, and was in a miserable state under the repeated pursuit of the Seventeenth Legion, did not fall. His belief remains firm, and he is about to soar into the sky like a real eagle and bring strength and hope to the people of Gray Hill.
Everyone admired him, many worshipped him, and those who were on the same path as him were encouraged. Leaders of other resistance organizations sent people to contact him, expressing their willingness to join the Liberation Front and fight for the liberation of the Gray Hill region. This was originally in Carson Borg’s plan, and he naturally had no reason to disagree. As a result, the Liberation Front became stronger and more active, and at the same time, the Gray Hill people’s expectations and confidence in them became higher.
In the past, although the resistance organizations on this land had their own ideas and demands, strictly speaking, no organization was recognized by the Gray Hill people because they did not see hope. Some people thought that they were too cold-blooded and could remain indifferent after their hometown became a colony and continue to live under the rule of the colonists. But in fact, ordinary people are not cold-blooded, but they have too many concerns, so they have fewer choices. They certainly can’t abandon everything and sacrifice themselves for a lofty goal like the Gray Hill Eagle; but if they can see hope, they will never be stingy with their own strength. And those resistance organizations fight each other, lack a unified program, and even have ideological differences and contradictions between each other. How can they convince and follow everyone?
Today, the Liberation Front is doing what past resistance groups could not do. It aims to unite the forces of the entire Gray Hill region and expel the invaders from this land once and for all.
No matter how you look at it, the liberation of the Gray Hill region is gaining momentum. It even made us doubt that even if the Kingdom cannot send troops to support us, we can still liberate our hometown with our own strength, right?
Only a few rational people know that this is an illusion. If the illusion is regarded as reality and over-inflated, it will only lead to a tragic failure. For example, Gray Hill Eagle must know that all the advantages of the Liberation Front are actually based on one premise, that is, their weakness.
Some people may question how the weak can force the strong into such an embarrassing situation? But it is easy to understand. The weak flying insects frequently harass the powerful lion and make it irritable, but can they really hurt this giant? The guerrilla tactics of the Liberators’ Front are indeed flexible and effective. These resistance fighters have adapted to chase and encounter battles during their years of escape. With reliable intelligence sources, they are able to play with the enemy at will and make it impossible for them to defend themselves.
But this tactic cannot last long. Destroying the enemy’s strongholds and outposts and cutting off the enemy’s logistical supply is enough to hurt the enemy, but it is not fatal. If you want to truly liberate the Ansers region, you must capture several large cities including the Gray Hill City of Suare. They are political centers, transportation hubs, and solid fortresses. The current Liberators Front obviously does not have the power to capture the city.
To give the simplest example, they didn’t even establish their own bases, which led to each resistance organization that joined the alliance being able to operate only within a limited range. For example, the Ash Guerrillas established a temporary base in the Black Forest, but the scale was very limited and could only accommodate hundreds of people. These people took action with the Black Forest as the center. Even if they sometimes needed to cooperate with members of other resistance organizations in the alliance, they only exchanged intelligence, agreed on the time of action, and then launched attacks from their own directions. The tactical options were limited rather than simple. Without their own bases, the forces controlled by the Liberators’ Front could not be effectively integrated, nor could they attract more people with lofty ideals to join the alliance. Resistance activities could only be limited to places where the enemy’s forces were relatively weak, and could not reach the real core area of the Ansers region. But once a base was established, it was equivalent to moving from the dark to the light. The 17th Legion, which was already worried about not being able to find a target, would immediately march in and destroy this new rebel army, just like if an annoying flying insect suddenly stopped, a lion would never be stingy with a slap to kill it.
The current Liberation Front is not strong enough to confront the enemy head-on. That would be courting death.
Therefore, contrary to what most people imagine, whether the kingdom sends troops to support is a crucial and even urgent matter. Only regular troops can resist the enemy’s offensive and provide a barrier for the guerrilla tactics of the Liberation Front. Cooperation between the two sides is the best option to break the situation.
But this is something that Carson Borg should worry about. As an outsider, especially a Western Continental native, Lingge has no right to urge the Kingdom’s military to act in a timely manner. Therefore, although he pays attention to the progress of things, he is more of an outsider who analyzes rationally and will not make trouble for no reason or say some sarcastic remarks to show his foresight. Just like Yieta said, occasionally he should learn to be selfish and not say everything out loud. Even if it is from the heart, others may not accept it.
“Now that you have learned to laugh, you should laugh more often, Lingge.”
One night, the young man was holding Ieta, on the way back from the primrose field to the Fairy Sleep Inn for dinner, and the angel lady in his arms said: “You should smile longer and frown and think less, so that you can be happy.”
If happiness could be achieved in this way, then it would seem quite simple.
The young man accepted Miss Angel’s advice, and then he found that he suddenly became a lot more free. Every day, apart from urging Ovilla to organize the information in time, then summarizing and transcribing the information and handing it over to Regina, there seemed to be nothing else to do.
Worry about the affairs of Tianxin Church? But Metien has been doing well recently, whether it is explaining doctrine, holding prayers or leading everyone to play games, she is doing a good job. She is becoming more and more mature and no longer needs her brother to worry about her. Ling Ge even heard from Sister Livia that in addition to Mitch’s group of young soldiers, there are even many adults who come to listen to her preaching. They are all warriors of the Ash Guerrilla, and occasionally they will fight with children for game consoles to play. How to say it… It sounds a bit subtle.
Worry about the girls? This was indeed what he worried about the most in the past, but for some reason, the girls on the Cloud Whale Sky Island seemed to have made an agreement and behaved well during this period, without causing any trouble to Lingge. Olvera went to bed honestly every night and no longer forced the young man to stay, but every time before going to bed, Lingge would say to her, “You will definitely have a good dream tonight”, like some kind of ritual, which was very strange; Rorona no longer played pranks, and the time she spent in the alchemy workshop was significantly reduced. She appeared more often at the tea party at the Fairy Deep Sleep Inn, chatting happily with everyone. It’s just that sometimes she looked at Lingge with strange eyes, as if she was watching the gold coins in her wallet to prevent them from escaping or being stolen by others. She also liked to talk to Lingge about family matters, and it always felt like she was hinting at something. Bai Ye also finally learned not to speak in such a cold tone. Lingge would sometimes see her following Sister Livia and asking her for some very strange knowledge, such as how to become a human being, how to improve martial arts, how to suppress an adult male with force, etc. The nun thought she was Gloria and didn’t take it seriously. After all, the latter did occasionally say some silly words, and only Lingge knew her true identity, but he didn’t point it out.
Well, Leticia still doesn’t like eating vegetables like before, and Alice likes to act weird more than before, but these are not things Lingge should worry about. The former is under the control of the countess, and the latter, Saint Shallia is not like the others, who is particularly indulgent to Alice. Once her throat-locking hand comes out, the genius player will cry for mercy.
After looking around for a long time, Lingge suddenly fell into deep thought.
I’m a little uncomfortable to suddenly have nothing to do.
Give me some meow