Chapter 297

After further discussion, everyone agreed that issuing war bonds was a good idea, so Paul handed the job to Old Ford and Hansel.

When the meeting was about to end, a young officer hurried in and handed Paul a latest battle report from the front line.

"Oh..."

Paul shook his head as he read it, "We encountered a tough battle."

With a sad look on his face, he handed one of the reports to the people present for circulation.

This report written by Schroeder detailed the battle that took place on the border of the Dukedom. Although the Alda army won the battle and killed and captured more than a thousand enemies, it also suffered nearly three hundred casualties. Schroeder speculated that the loss of personnel due to death or serious injuries would eventually exceed one hundred.

This was the first time that Paul encountered a situation where his army lost so many people in a single battle.

"This kind of thing...is inevitable after all."

"The enemy will not give up victory."

"My Lord, you should pay more attention to the significance of this victory than the casualties."

"As a lord, you will get used to this kind of thing sooner or later."

When everyone saw the expression on Paul's face, they all thought that he was frightened by the number of casualties, so they spoke to comfort him, after all, the lord was still so young.

Paul took a deep breath and said seriously: "I hope the army can do a good job in pension work, and must not let the families of the sacrificed soldiers down."

Ron, Kelly and other senior officers who stayed in the lake town hurriedly wrote down the lord's words.

The report also mentioned that because of the heavy casualties in this battle, Schroeder had to suspend the offensive for a period of time, let the troops stay in the border area where they are now, and recruit more local people to supplement the combat power. Of course, if the Duke's army takes the initiative to attack again, they will never give in.

Paul had no objection to this, he was not a person who was eager to win. Information from Biddo Castle showed that Jaais seemed to have made a desperate move and attacked the castle regardless of casualties. Obviously, the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Weiss River had made him feel very anxious.

Haha, the son of the Duke would never have thought that the owner of Biddo Castle, Sir Bright Sean, would take the initiative to reveal the secret that his family had kept for generations in order to avoid being held accountable by the Kent family for surrendering to the coalition after the victory - there was an underground tunnel in the castle, and the exit was located in a hidden river to the west of the castle.

As for why he didn't sneak away during the last battle, one reason was that he was unwilling to leave behind the wealth accumulated by his family for generations - to escape quietly, he must travel light.

Second, the exit is located in the west of the castle. Biddeburg is embedded like a nail between Portree and Arad. These two territories are important members of the anti-Kent alliance. If Sir Sean wants to run, the north, west, and south are all enemy territory. The shortest way to escape from danger is to quietly bypass Biddeburg and go east. However, the coalition forces are heavily stationed in the east of the castle to prevent the Duke's army from rescuing Biddeburg. Running like this is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. In short, escaping from here is not a good strategy. In order to prevent being discovered by the coalition patrol team, Sir Sean also sent people to block the tunnel near the exit for a long distance.

Third, the order given to him by Maltz Kent at that time was to defend this important transportation point, and there was even a hint that he would commit suicide to apologize if he could not defend it. In this case, Sir Sean would definitely not get any good results if he quietly slipped away.

Fuck Maltz, fuck the Duke of the Northwest. After Jais failed to rescue the siege for the first time, Sir Sean immediately sent envoys to negotiate with the coalition forces on how to surrender decently.

After Jaais arrived here for the second time and began to besiege Bido Castle, in order to avoid being punished by the Duke for surrendering, Brett Sean decisively gave away the underground tunnel, so the coalition cleared the exit, and this narrow tunnel became the lifeline of the garrison in the castle. Weapons, equipment, medicines, supplementary troops, and even gunpowder, shells, and grenades sent from Lake Heart Town were continuously sent to the castle.

Paul was very happy. Bido Castle was a meat grinder, so let Jaais enjoy it slowly. Alda will gradually accumulate strength in the upper reaches of the Weiss River and attack the capital of the Northwest Dukedom-Cent from their rear.

If this fortress is finally lost... Of course, this is indeed a very bad thing. As long as Jaais works hard to reach the west coast, he can separate the entire alliance into two parts, north and south. However, according to the analysis of the General Staff, the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Weiss River was enough to stop the Duke's army from moving forward. Jaais was so anxious to attack Bido Castle, not so much to occupy it as a forward base for continued attack, but to use it as a western barrier to prevent the enemy's counterattack, so that he could free up troops to deal with the Arda army in other directions.

If the fortress was indeed lost and Jaais was more reckless than expected, Arda's road to the south would be cut off. At this time, whether it was to transport goods or to aid allies isolated in the south, they could only hope for the already established sea fleet.

The loss of an important transportation hub would not cause the alliance to collapse immediately. The lords and generals stationed in Bido Castle would not live and die with the castle, but would escape back to their own territory through the tunnel to continue organizing the army to fight.

What happened next... who can say for sure? War is a gamble. Perhaps the two sides will shake hands and make peace after a stalemate.

But as long as it is not the worst ending - the alliance is defeated and at the mercy of others - Arda will have a place in the Northwest Bay and become an important force, and Graman will get rid of the previous image of an unknown exiled family and obtain a status that matches the title of Earl, a high-ranking noble.

"I am a little excited when I think about it!"

Paul blurted out something that made everyone feel puzzled.

Then the Earl got another piece of news that surprised him deeply - the surveying team in Emden invented a method for quickly measuring distance for artillery, and the principle was based on the trigonometric function he taught in school.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

Two different emotions mixed in his heart...

One was the joy of being a lord and a teacher: My God, has the long-term investment in education finally borne fruit? At that time, he only talked about the application of trigonometric functions in surveying, and he didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to apply it to the military.

The other is an inexplicable sense of loss: Damn, why didn't I think of doing this? I lost a good opportunity to show off in front of the soldiers.

Of course, the main feeling is the former. After all, this is a good phenomenon. Scientific and technological progress and industrialization cannot rely solely on the stuff in his brain. There must be more people to guess, think, prove, and apply. Paul believes that there will be more and more similar things in the future.

Not long after, the meeting ended. After everyone dispersed, Paul looked outside the window of the office for a long time. Finally, he couldn't suppress a certain impulse and sat down at the table.

While muttering, "The halo of the prophet is still necessary at this stage..."

While writing down "A few ideas about using lens equipment for long-distance measurement..."