Chapter 698: Ending the Offensive (Part 2)

A soldier was late for every training session. One day, a general stopped him and asked:

"Why are you always late?!"

The soldier whispered back: "Because I always oversleep."

The general was furious: "What would the world be like if every soldier overslept like you?"

The soldier lowered his head and thought for a while, then replied: "Then there will never be a war."

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, the general sneered: "If all the soldiers overslept like you, the war will start after everyone wakes up!"

——[Folk jokes of the Holy Hiran Empire]

"The attack on Avalon Fortress has stopped?" Gabriel exclaimed.

"That's not surprising, is it?" El asked with a wry smile, "The active attack on the enemy - if you can't achieve excellent results from the beginning, it will be over."

"At the beginning of a war, the morale and fighting spirit of the army are often at their highest."

"We must rely on our strong morale and fighting spirit to capture the Avalon Fortress in the first few days of the offensive. If we cannot capture the Avalon Fortress in the first few days, there will be no hope of capturing it in the future. "

"The teacher understands this very well, so after officially launching the offensive on Avalon Fortress, he directly devoted all his strength, dispatched the most elite troops, and used all siege methods available."

"On the fifth day of the battle, the teacher even took the risk of launching a night attack."

"But no matter what methods were used, the Avalon Fortress still stood, and it failed to cause major trauma to the Michael Knights."

"Originally, after putting into use the mounds for the crossbowmen to shoot down, our army also successfully suppressed the Michael Knights slightly."

"But after that, the Knights of Michael sent out an archer with superb archery skills."

"Archer?" Gabriel asked doubtfully.

"Yes. A sharp archer whose appearance and name are unknown."

"According to the reports coming back from the front line, this sharp archer specializes in sniping the crossbowmen on the mound."

"No matter how well the crossbowmen on the mound hide themselves, as long as any part of their body extends outside the cover, they will be shot."

"Since this sharp archer was dispatched, we have lost count of how many crossbowmen in our army have died at his hands. A conservative estimate is that there should be hundreds."

"Because this archer is so terrifying, some of our army's crossbowmen don't even dare to climb the mound."

"After killing a group of crossbowmen who dared not climb the mound and promising to increase rewards and pensions for the crossbowmen who climbed the mound, we finally stabilized the morale-defeated crossbowmen unit.

"

"However - even though the crossbowmen unit was stabilized, the crossbowmen who climbed onto the mound still became timid because of fear of the sharp archer. They didn't even have the courage to stick their heads out of the bunker and take aim seriously. there is none left."

"Because the sharp archer has been wandering around the city wall and never stayed in one place for a long time, so until now, no one has been able to witness the appearance of this sharp archer. It is not even clear whether this sharp archer is one person or multiple people. Do not know at all."

"In short, under the suppression of this sharp archer, the power of our mound is greatly reduced."

"The Mound has lost its original threat to the Knights of Michael."

"Without the support of the mound, the attack on Avalon Fortress is basically completely useless."

"The brutal fighting lasted for seven days."

"In these seven days of fighting, our army suffered nearly 50,000 casualties, and the 300,000 combat troops were directly reduced to 250,000."

"The tragic casualties and the lack of any progress in the battle have made the morale of the soldiers increasingly low."

When El said this, Camille on the side suddenly answered:

"After fighting for so many days, we are still wandering around the outer wall of Avalon Fortress, fighting with the Michael Knights who can't kill them no matter how hard they are on the outer wall - anyone would feel frustrated. It feels like What I’m doing right now is meaningless.”

"That's right." El nodded, expressing his agreement with Kamil's words, "If the fierce attack against the enemy fails to achieve good results, the morale and fighting spirit of the troops will suffer an alarming drop."

"The teacher saw that the morale of the army had declined seriously and there was no point in continuing the fight, so he ordered the offensive to be stopped on the 8th day."

After listening to El talk about the changes in the war during the days when he was unconscious, Gabriel murmured:

"The morale of the troops has declined and the offensive has been stopped... This is good. In this case, our army should be able to stop this battle with no hope of victory and withdraw its troops and return home, right?"

"That would be great if that's true." Camille sneered.

This time it was Camille who said to Gabriel:

"After stopping the attack on Avalon Fortress, the teacher immediately wrote to His Majesty."

"State the current situation of the war to Your Majesty."

"Inform Your Majesty: The morale of the troops has declined and there is no hope of breaking through the Avalon Fortress. We request to terminate Operation Hammer and withdraw the troops and return home."

"What do you think His Majesty said?"

Looking at the sneer on Camille's face, Gabriel had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Could it be that..." Gabriel asked cautiously, "Your Majesty...doesn't agree to terminate the war and withdraw the troops?"

"You got the answer right." Camille sighed softly, "Your Majesty is unwilling to just terminate the attack on the Britannia Empire and withdraw its troops."

"In order to boost the morale of the troops and discuss with the teacher how to proceed with the next battle, His Majesty decided to lead the army in person and rush to the front line in person."

Gabriel's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide: "Your Majesty... is going to lead the army in person?"

"Yes, you heard it right. His Majesty is going to lead the army in person." At this point, Camille sighed again, "Does His Majesty understand the current situation of the war... Even if he leads the army in person now, the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops will not soar, and then capture the Avalon Fortress."

"Don't be too pessimistic, Camille." El on the side comforted Camille, "Your Majesty It might not be a bad thing to lead the army in person."

"When your majesty arrives at the front line, sees the real battle situation and has a deep discussion with the teacher, he might realize that this hammer battle has no chance of success and then order a retreat."

"If your majesty can realize that the battle cannot succeed and then order a retreat, that would be the best."

At this point, Camille sighed again, then lowered his voice and continued:

"But I'm afraid that your majesty, who is eager for success, is obsessed with it and insists on letting this battle continue..."

The military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian

The military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian