Chapter 297

Chapter 297.

After further discussion, it was agreed that issuing war bonds was a good idea, so Paul gave the job to Old Ford and Hansel to work on together.

Near the end of the meeting, a young officer hurried in and handed Paul a copy of the latest battle report from the front.

“Oh ……”

Paul shook his head while reading it, “We’ve had a hard battle.”

With a saddened look on his face he handed one of the reports to those present to circulate.

This report written by Schroeder depicted in detail the battle that took place at the border of the Duke’s territory, although the Arda army had won the battle, killing and capturing more than a thousand of the enemy, they themselves had suffered nearly three hundred casualties. Schroeder speculated that the attrition due to death or serious injury would eventually exceed one hundred.

It was the first time Paul had ever encountered a situation where his army would lose so many men in a single battle.

“This kind of thing …… is inevitable in the end.”

“The enemy won’t give away victory.”

“Lord Earl, you should be more concerned about the significance of this victory as opposed to casualties.”

“As a lord, you will get used to such things sooner or later.”

Seeing the look on Paul’s face, everyone thought that he was shocked by the casualty figures, so they opened their mouths in relief, after all, this lord was still so young.

Paul took a deep breath and said solemnly, “I hope that the army will do a good job of pensioning, and must not chill the hearts of the families of the fallen soldiers.”

Ron and Kelly and other senior officers who stayed in Lakeheart Town hurriedly wrote down the lord’s words.

What was also mentioned in the report was that because of the excessive casualties in this battle, Schroeder had to suspend the offensive for a period of time, letting the troops stay in the border area where they are now to recuperate and recruit more locals to replenish their fighting strength, and of course, would never back down if the Duke’s army came back to initiate an attack.

Paul did not object to this point, he is not a person who is in a hurry to win. The information from the direction of Bido Castle showed that Jaaius seemed to have thrown his weight around, attacking the castle regardless of casualties, apparently the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Wise River had set him on fire.

Haha, this Duke’s son would never think that the owner of Biddle Castle – Sir Brett Shawn, in order to avoid the Kent family to find him after the victory to settle the account of surrendering to the allied forces, took the initiative to explain the secret that his own family had kept for generations – there was an underground tunnel in the castle , the exit of which is located in some hidden river stream to the west of the castle.

As for why he didn’t slip away quietly during the last battle, one reason is because he is not willing to leave behind the wealth accumulated by his family for generations – to escape quietly, he definitely needs to travel light.

Secondly, because the exit location is located in the west of the castle, Biddle Castle is like a nail embedded between Portree and Arad, these two territories are important members of the anti-Kent alliance, Sir Sean wants to run, to the north, west and south are the enemy’s territory, the closest route to get out of danger is to quietly bypass the Biddle Castle to the east, but the alliance army in order to block the duke’s army to rescue the Biddle Castle heavily stationed in the castle’s east. Instead, the allied forces were stationed in the east of the castle in order to prevent the Duke’s army from rescuing Biddle Castle. Anyway, escaping from here is not a good idea, in order to prevent being discovered by the allied patrols, Sir Sean also sent people to block the tunnel near the exit for a long distance.

Thirdly, at that time, Maltz Kent gave him the order that he must guard this transportation key point, there is even a little hint that if he can’t guard it, he will cut himself to thank for the crime, in this situation, Sir Sean quietly slipped away absolutely no good fruit to eat. Fuck Maltz, fuck the Duke of the Northwest, after the first failure of Jaaius to relieve the siege, Sir Sean did not do anything to immediately send an emissary to negotiate with the Allied Forces how to surrender in a dignified manner.

After Jaaius arrived here for the second time and started to besiege Biddle Castle, in order to avoid being settled by the Duke for surrendering, Brett Shawn decisively offered the underground tunnel, so the allied forces dredged up the exit, and this narrow tunnel became the lifeline for the troops stationed in the castle, and a steady stream of weapons, equipment, medicines, replenishment of soldiers, and even gunpowder, artillery shells, and grenades sent from Lakewood Town were sent to the castle.

Paul was very happy, Biddle Castle was a bloody grinder, let Jaaius take his time and enjoy it. Alda would gradually build up strength on the upper reaches of the River Wise, and attack the capital of the northwestern dukedom, Sente, straight from their great rear.

If this fortress is finally lost …… Of course, this is really a very bad thing, Jaaius just need to make one more effort to hit the west coast to isolate the whole alliance into the north and south. However, according to the staff’s analysis, the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Wis River was enough to stop the Duke’s army in its tracks, and Jaaius was in such a hurry to attack Fort Bido, not so much because he wanted to capture it as a forward base to continue his attack, but rather because he wanted to use it as a western barrier to prevent the enemy from counterattacking him, so that he could free up his forces to deal with Arda’s army in the other direction.

If the fortress did fall and Jaaius was a bit more reckless than expected, Alda’s roadway to the south would be choked off, and at that point, whether it was to ship merchandise, or to aid an ally isolated in the south, one could only hope for the fledgling sea fleet.

The loss of a major transportation hub would not cause the alliance to collapse immediately, and the lords and generals of Bido Castle would not die with the castle, but would flee through the tunnels back to their own territories to continue organizing their armies for battle.

And then after that …… who can say? War, in the first place, is a big gamble. Perhaps the two sides stalemate after shaking hands and make peace may also be possible.

But as long as it is not the worst end – the alliance side is defeated and slaughtered – Alda will occupy a place in the Northwest Bay and become an important force, and Gleiman will get rid of the image of the previous kind of obscure exile family, and obtain the status that matches with the title of Earl. and gained a position worthy of the title of Earl, a high nobleman.

“It’s still a little exciting to think about it!”

Paul came out with a sentence that made the crowd feel puzzled.

Then the Count received another piece of news that deeply surprised him – the surveying team at Emden had invented a rapid method of measuring distances for the artillery, based on the principles of trigonometry that he had taught in school.

Two different moods mingled in his mind ……

One was the joy of being a lord and a teacher: my goodness, had the long investment in education finally blossomed? At that time, he had only talked about the application of trigonometric functions in surveying and mapping, not expecting that someone would take the initiative to apply it to the military.

The other was an inexplicable sense of loss: shit, why didn’t I think it could still be done this way, losing a good opportunity to pretend in front of the big-headed soldiers for nothing.

Of course, mainly the former mood is still dominant, this is, after all, a good phenomenon, scientific and technological progress and industrialization can not rely only on the bit of his brain’s goods, there must always be more people to guess, to think, to prove, to apply. Paul believes that similar things in the future will be more and more.

It didn’t take long for the meeting to end. After the crowd dispersed, Paul stopped for a long time looking out the window of his office, and finally, before he could resist a certain urge, he came to sit down in front of his desk.

While muttering “the prophet’s aura at this stage is still quite necessary ……”

While putting pen to paper, he wrote down “A few thoughts on utilizing lens equipment for long-distance measurements ……”

(End of chapter)