Chapter 727: 400-Mile Raid (Part 2)
This mountain road is not for people to walk at all.
There are dense forests, steep slopes, gravel, and snow everywhere.
The 2,000 soldiers brought by El were the elite among the elite in the army, and their physical strength and leg strength far exceeded ordinary soldiers.
Even if these 2,000 soldiers are so elite, there is no way they can march for too long on this mountain road that is not meant for people to walk.
After walking for less than an hour, El, Gabriel, and the 2,000 soldiers had to stop and take a rest.
After finding a fairly flat place to rest, the 2,000 soldiers eagerly took out their water bottles and dried meat. Drink water and eat dried meat to replenish your strength.
Gabriel put the dried meat into his mouth and said to El:
"I'm so unlucky that I would follow you to climb the Eghar Mountains. It's a shame that I can always carry you on my back. There are so many roads that are not meant for people to take."
Although Gabriel said this, there was no intention of blaming El in his tone.
El, who was already used to Gabriel's harsh words, just smiled bitterly twice after hearing what Gabriel said, and then continued to drink the water from the pot.
Now is the rare rest time. In order not to waste this precious rest time, Gabriel began to chat with El.
"El, are the troops responsible for crossing the Eghar Mountains and attacking Avalon Fortress from the rear too small? Are 2,000 people enough for us to successfully attack?"
As soon as Gabriel finished speaking, El smiled and replied:
"This is just the right number of people."
"This road over the Eghar Mountains is simply not walkable by humans. Gabriel, you should be aware of this, right?"
Gabrielle nodded vigorously.
"Since it is not a road that can be walked by humans, it can only be walked by strong elites."
"The 2,000 soldiers we brought are the elite soldiers carefully selected by the teacher. Apart from these 2,000 people, there should not be many soldiers in the army who can cross the Eghar Mountains."
"Even if these 2,000 elites cross the Eghar Mountains, there will be many surprises.
So far, about 40 people have accidentally fallen to death, and as for the injured, there are even more. "
"This group of elites can get so many casualties while walking this mountain road, let alone ordinary soldiers."
"If ordinary soldiers were to walk this mountain road, their morale might have collapsed due to too many casualties before they even completed half of the journey.
"Moreover, the number of troops that want to cross the Eghar Mountains and go around to the back of Avalon Fortress cannot be too many."
"If there are too many troops, our whereabouts will be easily exposed."
"After successfully crossing the Eghar Mountains, we must conceal our whereabouts so that the Britannia cannot discover that the Hiran Army has circled behind the Avalon Fortress."
"If someone discovers us, this sneak attack will be declared a failure."
"2,000 people - this number is neither too much nor too little, it is just right. If the number of troops is more than 2,000, it will not be so easy to hide."
After listening to El's explanation, Gabriel nodded in understanding: "So that's it..."
Afterwards, the two fell silent.
After a moment of silence, Gabriel said in a somewhat disappointed tone:
"Are you going to sneak attack on the fortress where little Su Cheng is... It would be great if His Majesty could allow the troops to withdraw... I really don't want to be an enemy of little Su Cheng..."
In 2003, El, Gabriel, and Camille took advantage of their rare vacation to visit the Britannia Empire.
When they came to Acanrea, a hot spring not far from the Britannia Empire, to soak in the hot springs, El and Gabriel met Su Cheng, who happened to be on a hot spring trip there at the time.
Although they didn't get along for long, they both liked Su Cheng, especially Gabriel, who even wrestled with Su Cheng.
After hearing Gabriel's sigh, El's tone also became lower:
"Well, me too. We have different positions, so that's all. He is a knight of the Britannia Empire, and the two of us are generals and quartermasters of the Holy Hiran Empire. I only hope that this will be between us. The last showdown.”
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3 days later.
Holy Hiran Empire, somewhere within its territory.
"Huh...huh...huh..."
Darlene felt like her lungs were going to explode.
Three days ago, the long journey to an unknown destination started without any prior notice.
march.
Keep marching.
Keep marching even if your legs feel like they are about to break.
When marching, in order to maintain the physical strength of the generals, the generals are usually asked to put down their weapons and take off their armor.
Weapons and armor were all carried in carriages, donkey carts, and mule carts responsible for transportation.
These animals are responsible for carrying their equipment, reducing the burden on the generals.
A large number of scouts were placed outside the marching column.
Once the scouts discover that an enemy army is approaching, they must go back immediately and report this information to their superiors, so that the generals who are not carrying equipment can quickly wear armor, pick up weapons, and be prepared to defend against the enemy.
Therefore, the deployment range of scouts must be wide, so that after the scouts find that the enemy is approaching and report back, the troops will have enough time to put on equipment and prepare to defend against the enemy.
Wearing armor and holding weapons to march - this is usually only done during training.
Attaching importance to marching training - this has always been the tradition of the Britannia Empire Army.
Regardless of which knight order, marching training is one of the most important training items.
After Su Cheng took over the position of the leader of the Michael Knights, he also strengthened the training intensity of the Michael Knights' marching training.
During daily training, the generals and soldiers of the Michael Knights marched in armor, holding weapons, and fully armed.
This way of marching without wearing armor and holding weapons is naturally a piece of cake for the generals and soldiers who have long been accustomed to the high-intensity marching.
But everything has to be said to a certain extent.
Without wearing equipment, walking 30 miles a day - this is a piece of cake for the generals and soldiers of the Michael Knights, and it can be done easily.
Without wearing equipment, walking more than 70 miles a day - this is not an easy task for the generals and soldiers of the Knights of Michael.
Since the long-distance raid began in the afternoon three days ago, except for the first day of the raid, every day after that has been running at a speed of more than 70 miles a day.
The reason why the speed of more than 70 miles a day was not reached on the first day was purely because it was already afternoon when the long-distance raid began on the first day. After only walking for less than half a day, the raid on the first day was over.
But even if it was only less than half a day, the advance distance on the first day reached an astonishing 30 miles or nearly 40 miles.
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