Chapter 68: The Führer and the Dark Elf Front
Explanation of the situation.
Currently, the United Kingdom of Albatross is on the verge of collapse. Betrayed by the Luna Kingdom, which was supposed to be their ally, and invaded by the Dark Elves.
The Albatross countries have already lost most of their combat capabilities, their national functions have been completely lost, and their leaders, the Albatross Royals, have been captured in the Battle of the Gahara Gate.
They lose the ability to counterattack the approaching enemy forces.
From the Luna Peninsula in the southeast of the Albatross Kingdom, the Luna Kingdom, now known as the Luna Empire, attempted to expand its territory northward by attacking the neighboring Freyd Kingdom.
Their force is about 100,000 strong.
It seems that the Londeria Kingdom is sending its army to help the Freyd Kingdom… The question is, how well can they do against Luna?
Although Luna now suffers from the fatal weakness of not being able to purchase new ammunition due to our country’s export restrictions, even so, its military power still overwhelms other countries.
Freyd is also famous for surrendering quickly, so, well, you can probably guess.
In the meanwhile, the Dark Elf army is pouring in from the west… According to reports from the Imperial Guard Intelligence Department, they are currently advancing eastward through the Kingdom of Dorcelli, on the northern coast of the United Kingdom of Albatross.
Garrisons from all over the Dorcelli kingdom are fighting desperate defensive battles.
However, a small garrison that has lost its main army cannot hope to defeat the massive force of the Dark Elf army, which numbers over 90,000, resulting in total crushing defeats in various locations.
It seems that the citizens are also united in waging guerrilla warfare… It looks like a hellish situation.
Well, we will receive a detailed report on the dark elf army, so it will be easier to deal with them.
Reinhard Heydrich-san, a self-proclaimed Dorcelli, is probably doing his best.
And then.
Luna has betrayed, Freyd and Dorcelli are attacked, while Londeria is currently providing reinforcement.
Therefore, the only country within the Albatross Union that has a military with a free hand is the Kingdom of Lusiya.
Like Dorcelli, Lusiya is a country bordering the Dark Elf Empire, but because the Dark Elf army attacked the wealthy Dolchelli first, the more impoverished Lusiya managed to remain safe for the time being.
You can say that they’re just temporarily overlooked.
The Albatross Liberation Army, consisting of 20,000 troops from the Balka and another 20,000 troops from the Half-beastkin Country with me as its supreme commander, has arrived in Lusiya.
We have made it all the way to its royal capital, Moskau.
“So, Ayame-san. How many local soldiers have gathered?”
“So far, there are about 10,000 people. This brings our army to 50,000 men.”
“Hmm, well, that’s about right.”
In the conference room of the Kremli Castle, the royal castle in the center of Moskau, the capital of the Kingdom of Lusiya, me, Ayame-san… And a bunch of other commanding officers are holding final strategy meetings.
Well, people like the King Balka, Miike-san, and so on.
……However, the conference room in this castle is quite nice. I’ve taken a liking to it.
The white room is decorated with gold in such a way that it gives off an elegant yet lavish atmosphere of the Russian style. The large marble table is not bad either… This is a nice room.
“Now, regarding the future movements of our army. Our first target is the defeat of the invading Imperial Army of the Dark Elves in Dorcelli.”
“According to Heydrich’s information, the invading army is from the Eastern Army of the Dark Elf. Their force is 90,000 strong. Can you handle it, Eryu-san?”
If it’s not possible, we can always go back to our home country and form an army, you know? That’s what Ayame-san is saying, but…
It’s okay.
“The word impossible does not exist in my dictionary.”
Sure, our side is just a makeshift ragtag army, not the regular Yamato Imperial Army armed with modern weapons, even the numbers are inferior, but…There are also some favorable conditions such as communication devices, spy networks, and home ground advantage of the defense side.
I think we can manage somehow if it’s only 90,000. I mean, I’ll manage it somehow.
If it doesn’t work out… I’ll give up and mobilize our home army. Since there are no divisions that can be mobilized with the currently available forces, we have to do conscription, which I don’t want to do.
If we were to form a new unit, the budget would be…
“Understood. So, what will we do with the attack route? If we try to go straight to Dorcelli… The Barbarossa Mountains will be an obstacle.”
“We will force our way through.”
“We do also have information from Heydrich that the Dark Elf army is gathering a defense force on a narrow mountain path to fortify its defenses, but… Isn’t this situation will be a disadvantage for us?”
“There is no problem. I’ll create an opening for us.”
Barbarossa Mountains is a mountain range that stands between Lusiya and Dorcelli. Without bypassing or breaking through this mountain range, our army will not be able to move toward the Dorcelli Kingdom.
Then.
Naturally, we don’t have the option to take a detour.
Because it takes a considerable detour, it ends up taking too much time.
It takes two weeks to reach Dorcelli in a straight path, but if we take a longer route around the mountain range, it will take three to four times as long.
If that happens, it could lead to a very bad situation.
The Dark Elf Army is currently allocating only 90,000 from their Eastern Army to the Albatross Front.
However, there is no guarantee that this situation will continue in the future. As time passes, it is quite possible that troops and reserves from other areas, such as Beastvania and Moruro, will come to support the invasion of Dorcelli.
Depending on the situation, they might attack Lusiya.
If that happens, our current forces won’t be able to handle it.
No matter what it takes, we must quickly destroy the 90,000 troops of the Eastern Army of the Dark Elves before reinforcements arrive.
We have to force our way through the mountain range to enter Dorcelli, it’s necessary for us to gather the garrisons and rally them for the decisive battle.
We must fight the decisive battle, no matter what.
“Not bad…”
Even King Balka, who has come all the way here to rescue his bride, agreed. We should be OK with this course of action.
“Um, Führer?”
……Mm, is something wrong, Miike-san? Why are you looking so worried?
“I don’t have any experience leading an army… Um… is it really okay for me to be the commander of the Elysium army?”
Asked Miike-san, who is sitting quietly next to the sweltering macho man.
Although she is a commoner with little to no military knowledge, she has unfortunately chosen to lead the Albatross Expeditionary Force of Elysium the Half-beastkin Country.
For a very arbitrary reason, being that she is acquainted with the Führer of the Yamato Empire.
……Well, there are no proper military experts or military officers in Elysium, the Half-beastkin Country, which is a country of half-beastkin who were slaves until recently.
Their soldiers have been well-trained since the founding of the country, as they were in a hurry to prepare for the invasion of Beastvania… Unlike soldiers, it takes time to train officers.
They still don’t have a decent commander.
If there is no capable commander available, it might not be a bad choice to let someone who can still use their personal connections take the lead.
Well, that’s fair enough.
This matter also has been factored in from the beginning.
“It’s okay. I have enlisted an officer that I could use in Freyd. It’s him, Hage the Marshal of Corruption.”
“……Hage is a nickname. His real name is Davout. I’m counting on you.”
So I introduced Miike-san to the smelly bald old man.
When we asked if there were any “officers who could be used immediately” to the surrounding countries, this old man came here quickly from Freyd.
He smells so bad.
I’m sure he hasn’t washed those clothes, right? Does he even know how to do laundry?
There’s even a rumor that he was banished from his homeland because he looked too bad…
Well, in reality, it seems that he was sent here because the Freyd army was destroyed, and there was no army left for him to lead.
“Umm… Wait, Is that person okay? Like his appearance…”
“His appearance may be terrible, but I hear that his abilities are top-notch. I think it should be okay to leave the actual command to Marshal Hage, right?”
……Well, even if his ability is terrible, I don’t have any human resources, so I have no choice but to use him.
Along with him, Freyd also sent a group of frontline officers, so I think they might be able to use the half-beastkin army somehow.
The rest depends on the ability of this bald man.
Now, let’s wrap up the strategy meeting at this point and begin the march.
The destination is the Barbarossa Mountains.
We won’t be able to succeed if we don’t force our way through this mountain range. After that, we will strengthen our army by absorbing Dorcelli’s local soldiers and challenging the Dark Elf army in a decisive battle.
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