Chapter 1630: 1631Running or not running is a question
Chapter 1630 1631 Whether to run or not to run is a question
As a veteran, Bernard has gone all the way from the earliest times to today, so today’s naval battle model has touched him the most.
He witnessed the rise of the Tang Empire with his own eyes, and also personally buried those enemies who once seemed extremely powerful.
In the last era, when all countries were frantically building battleships, he still felt that his opponents could still fight with their huge numbers. Now that we have entered the era of aircraft carriers and jet-launched aircraft carriers, his so-called opponents can no longer even produce a decent warship.
The battleships that were a threat ten years ago were still those battleships, and the radars whose performance was not stable ten years ago were still those radars.
If it weren’t for the charity from the Tang Empire, and if it wasn’t for the purpose of squeezing the last penny out of these people’s pockets, they wouldn’t even be able to get decent weapons and equipment.
Although for more than twenty years, the Tang Empire has been frantically exporting various technologies and pulling the world forward, looking back, it seems that all countries except the Tang Empire are still Staying in place.
Even with the help of the Tang Empire, these countries still have not fully integrated into the trend of technological development. They stubbornly stayed where they were, unwilling to take a step forward no matter how much the Tang Empire pulled them.
It seems that they do have a lot of advanced technologies, but after taking away these technologies, the essence of these countries is still the same. They are no different from 20 years ago. They are still declining dynasties with no hope.
There is no cure for them! Bernard sighed in his heart. From his perspective, perhaps the unification of the world by the Tang Empire is the only option for the world to continue to move forward.
The so-called competition actually did not exist from the beginning. Those monarchs who seemed to be wise, mighty and ambitious were actually a group of useless people who were lying flat.
This world has never had any choice. It has only one way to go, and that is to become the Tang Empire! Under the leadership of the great monarch, keep moving forward on this road!
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Saint Lo, in the headquarters of the 2nd Army of the Poplar Empire, Van Kruse was looking at the reports sent by his subordinates. His troops have not yet recovered, and the defeated troops who have lost their way have not yet been collected.
Now he has less than two divisions of troops and almost no heavy weapons and equipment. If he hadn't gotten some dwarf artillery in Saint Luo's warehouse to decorate the facade, he wouldn't even be embarrassed to say that he was a group army here.
The dwarves also have some troops in Shengluo, but these troops are not field armies, but only second-line troops such as city guards.
They are not strong in fighting power and have no backbone, so they just hang around with the elves' troops.
But Van Kruse knew that such a force could not defend Saint Lo. Soon the Tang army would come along the coastline. If he still wanted to survive, he would have to continue retreating south. This time, he didn't want to leave in such a mess. He wanted to leave calmly, at least without losing the supplies.
Of course, it’s better not to leave if you can. Because the last time he left, he made a big mistake for the friendly Third Army. At least two-thirds of the troops of the 3rd Elf Army were surrounded. At this moment, the Tang Army was solving the problem of 200,000 coalition soldiers in the encirclement. For the time being, it could not take care of the 2nd Elf Army that had fled to Saint Luo. was Van Cruz's only chance.
He could only take advantage of this moment to collect the defeated troops and reduce his own guilt, and then he could return home with dignity and give an explanation to His Majesty Emperor Yangmu I.
The Marquis of Lourdes has been found. He ran all the way and escaped from the encirclement. Now this poor guy has returned home. I heard that Yangmu I was very angry and was going to take action on this unlucky guy who lost the entire army group.
Things have reached this point, and Van Kruse has become very clear that there is almost no way to reverse the situation in the Ice Empire.
The elves who have already participated in the war have to seriously consider a very real question: If the war continues, what can they do?
First of all, one thing to do is to stop the war outside your own national borders! In other words, the elves hope to end this war within the territory of the dwarf empire.
Secondly, the Yangmu Empire wants to sue for peace decently, confining the dangerous Tang Empire to a small area at the northernmost tip of the Eastern Continent as much as possible, and letting the dwarves continue to stand in the way!
In order to accomplish these goals, no matter which direction you look at, the elves must mobilize more troops to fight in the Ice Empire.
So Van Kruse hoped that he could regroup a force in Saint-Lo, where they could at least hold on for about half a year and make meritorious deeds to stabilize the war situation.
However, this wish is completely contrary to what he can do: the strength in his hands and the experience of failure tell him that he should retreat quickly, but the war situation requires him to stick to Saint Lo until the last moment!
Although it is very contradictory, this is the reality: Van Kruse did get a request telegram from the dwarf emperor Bing Han I, or an order: ordering the 2nd Elf Army to defend Holy Lo and not allow a step back.
But this is Binghan I’s order after all, and Van Kruse can throw it aside as waste paper. However, he had to give an explanation to Yangmu I. If he gave up Saint Luo and retreated south, he would have to return to Rewind Port to fight the local defense war.
Obviously, this must not be acceptable to Yangmu I, so Van Kruse hesitated here for so long and did not continue to flee south: he was also hesitating, or waiting. He was waiting for his broken troops to gradually gather together, to join the follow-up troops who had been reinforced, and then to piece together a lineup that looked capable of fighting.
He is also waiting for the reaction of the Tang Army. If the Tang Army does not move south quickly, then he can continue to live comfortably in Shengluo for a few days. And if the Tang army moves south quickly, he will not be able to care about anything else and can only continue to retreat south with the remaining defeated generals.
“General, we have found some more soldiers. They are the remnants of the 2nd Armored Division, more than 150 of them.” An officer opened the door and excitedly reported the good news.
Hearing the news, Van Kruse also broke away from the negative emotions and forced a smile: "Great, let's go and have a look together! Thanks to them for being able to retreat all the way here."
Another company of troops has returned to the establishment. This kind of joke-like thing happens every day. As the commander of an army group, Van Kruse had to accept this reality...