Chapter 469: Battle of Salomanda
February 20, 291 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.
14:41 pm.
The third day when Su Cheng and others went to Kailuoer's hometown.
Britannia Empire, Northern Territory, Baidi City, Northern Territory General Administration.
Humphrey is a very self-disciplined person with a very regular pace of life.
No matter how busy he is today, he will take a nap on time at 13:30 in the afternoon.
Humphrey's nap usually lasts for one hour, and he gets up on time after sleeping until 14:30.
After waking up at noon, Humphrey is used to drinking a cup of warm black tea first. After quietly enjoying a cup of black tea, Humphrey will start his afternoon work.
At this time, Humphrey, as usual, lay on a recliner in his office after taking a nap, half-squinting his eyes, sipping the steaming black tea in his hand, and... He looked like he was enjoying himself very much.
This was a rare break in Humphrey's day.
It's just that this rare rest time in the day will always be interrupted for a few days.
For example - today.
When there was more than half of the black tea left in Humphrey's cup, there was a slightly urgent knock on the door of the office.
Humphrey, whose break was suddenly interrupted, showed his superb professionalism.
Without showing any impatience or irritation, Humphrey immediately put the black tea in his hand on the table beside him after hearing the urgent knock on the door. A serious look appeared on his face and he said in a deep voice. Asked outside the door:
"What's up?"
"Your Majesty the Governor! There is an urgent document from the central government!"
"Central?" The expression on Humphrey's face became more solemn, "Please come in."
After receiving Humphrey's permission to enter, a young civil servant entered Humphrey's office holding a black bag.
The black cloth bag in the hands of this young civil servant is about as long as half an adult's forearm and as wide as a palm and a half.
After seeing the black bag in the young civil servant's hand, Humphrey's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in a tone that was somewhat out of control due to surprise: "Top secret documents?"
After being briefly surprised, Humphrey quickly adjusted his condition and said to the young civil servant: "Give it to me, and then go and call Yaerin for me."
"yes!"
When the young civil servant ran to call Yaerlin over, Humphrey looked at the black bag in his hand solemnly.
The documents distributed by the central government of the Britannia Empire to various localities are also hierarchical.
The lowest ones are documents contained in white cloth bags, and most of the contents written inside are not very important.
The second-class ones are the documents contained in red cloth bags, and the content written inside is more important.
The most advanced ones are documents contained in black cloth bags.
These documents contained in black cloth bags are commonly referred to as "top secret documents."
Any document that can be contained in a black bag must contain something of great importance.
Looking at the black bag in his hand, Humphrey couldn't help but sigh in a low voice:
"Not long after the two large-scale enemy offensives of 'Spring Awakening' and 'Summer Wind' ended, the empire is about to make another big move... Is it going to launch another large-scale enemy offensive... This time? Who to deal with..."
Click, click, click...
As soon as Humphrey finished speaking, there were footsteps approaching outside the door.
Then——
Knock knock knock!
"Lord Governor! It's me—Yarlin!"
"Please come in."
"Yes! Mr. Governor, why are you summoning me in such a hurry... top secret documents?!"
After entering the office, Yaerlin saw the black bag in Humphrey's hand and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"As you can see, it is a top-secret document. Yaerlin, come here."
"yes."
Humphrey's right-hand man, Arlin, looked solemn and walked quickly to Humphrey.
"Yarlin, is this bag sealed? Is there no sign that it has been opened?"
"Yes, the bag was perfectly sealed, the seal was intact, and there was no sign of it being opened."
"Very good. After confirmation by the Governor of the Northern Territory Administration and the senior civil servant of the Northern Territory Administration, the bag has no signs of damage or being opened. The bag was unsealed under the witness of the two of me!"
Stab - Humphrey used the knife he had prepared to cut open the bag and took out two documents.
On the first page of one of the documents, it was written in very eye-catching large characters [Military Parade Plan of Three Major Knights].
The first page of another document read - [Operation Salomanda].
Compared to the [Three Major Knights Parade Plan], this letter [Operation Salomanda] obviously attracted the attention of Humphrey and Yaerlin more.
After handing the letter [Military Parade Plan of Three Major Knights] to Yaerlin, Humphrey took [Operation Salomanda] and began to browse quickly.
Yaerlin, who was also extremely curious about the contents of this letter [Operation Salomanda], was anxiously waiting for Humphrey.
After quickly reading the document in his hand, Humphrey frowned, remained silent and did not make any comments for the time being, and then handed the document in his hand to Yaerlin beside him.
"……This is……"
Yaerlin quickly read the document and let out a groan of disbelief.
Humphrey expected Arlin to groan after reading the document.
"A war is about to begin." Humphrey said solemnly, "A full-scale war with the barbarians in the north..."
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Same day.
23:12 pm.
Britannia Empire, somewhere in the north.
Bang... Bang... Bang...
The tongue of fire licked the fallen branches and leaves, and occasionally burned some dead branches, making a loud "pop" sound.
Whenever the wind blows, sparks fly, giving the crisp sound of broken branches a magical color.
Su Cheng is now responsible for keeping vigil, while Kailuoer, Alyssa and Alan are all fast asleep in the tent.
Su Cheng, who is now in charge of the night watch, is sitting by the bonfire, using the light of the bonfire to translate the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" which has not yet been translated.
Thanks to the current head of the Michael Knights and the top person in charge of the Northern Front, the progress of Su Cheng's translation work has been very slow, almost to the point of stagnation.
Since arriving at Avalon Fortress, Su Cheng is really squeezing in time to translate.
In order not to waste any time on the trip to Kailuoer's hometown, Su Cheng brought the untranslated part of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" with him.
Due to cultural differences, even if the entire "Zizhi Tongjian" is translated into Britannia, Britannia may not be able to understand it. In order to allow Britannia people to read it without any hindrance For the translation of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", Su Cheng had to spend a lot of time writing various annotations and drawing maps.
Compared with translating the contents into Britannia, writing various annotations and drawing maps took more of Su Cheng's brainpower, energy and time.
——The man in black said that I will meet someone worthy of entrusting the translation of this book to me in the future... Who is that person worthy of entrusting to me? When can I meet you? ! That bastard man in black! Why did you only tell half of the story?
Su Cheng, who was translating with great difficulty with the help of firelight, couldn't help complaining in his heart about the mysterious man in black whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
at this time--
Su Cheng heard the sound of the tent being opened behind him.
Su Cheng, who stopped writing in his hand, looked back following the sound and saw that Kyler, who had put on his cotton coat, walked out of her and Alyssa's tent.
"Huh? Carol, why did you wake up? It shouldn't be your turn to keep vigil yet, right?"
"I have insomnia."
As Kailuoer spoke, he walked to Su Cheng's side and sat next to Su Cheng.
"I couldn't sleep anyway, so I just woke up."
The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world