Chapter 651: Launching the [Iron Hammer Operation] (Part 2)

Holy Xilan Empire, DìDū Ailianmuya, in a corridor in Weiyou Palace.

"Marshal Dominic!"

After hearing someone calling him, Dominic immediately looked behind him.

A middle-aged man, about 50 years old, walked towards him quickly while smiling.

After seeing the face of the visitor clearly, Dominic smiled and responded:

"It's you. Marshal Nikita."

Nikita Belov - He and Dominic share the rank of marshal and have a good personal relationship with Dominic.

Unlike Dominic, who guards the Far East and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front, Nikita guards DìDū and is responsible for commanding the 100,000 imperial guards stationed around DìDū and responsible for protecting the security of DìDū.

After arriving at Dominic's side, Nikita walked side by side with Dominic on the way to the conference room.

"Marshal Dominic, you must be exhausted after coming back from the distant Far East, right?"

"Is that necessary?" Dominic smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm not too young, I'm already 74 years old this year. I really don't know why we were suddenly called back to DìDū."

"Marshal Dominic, don't you know yet?" Having said this, a helpless smile appeared on Nikita's face, "Your Majesty... plans to send our army out to fight again..."

"Besides - this expedition is no ordinary trivial fight."

Speaking of this, Nikita sighed, and then continued:

"This expedition will mobilize 300,000 troops and 500,000 logistics troops, with a total mobilization of 800,000 for a very large-scale expedition."

As soon as Nikita finished speaking, Dominic's pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly in surprise.

Because he was too surprised, Dominic staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.

"300,000 combat troops... 500,000 logistics troops... 800,000 total mobilization troops..." Dominic murmured, "Where are such a huge force going to attack? Are they going to further attack the grassland people in the Far East?"

"..." Nikita fell silent.

After being silent for a while, Nikita spoke up:

"...We need to use troops against the southwest."

"Southwest?!" Dominic couldn't help but exclaimed, "Are we going to restart the war with the Britannia Empire?!"

The vast Holy Hiran Empire also borders the Britannian Empire, the Frankish Empire, and the prairie of the Far East.

To the southwest it borders the Empire of Britannia.

To the southeast it borders the Frankish Empire.

To the east it borders the Far Eastern Steppe.

Therefore, the Hiramites—especially the officials in the Holy Hiram Empire—like to use "Southwest" to refer to the "Empire of Britannia."

Just like the Britannia Empire likes to use "Northern Kingdom" to refer to the "Holy Hiran Empire".

"Yes..." Nikita closed his eyes and let out a long sigh again, "The ultimate goal of this expedition plan is to break through the Avalon Fortress, annihilate or cripple the Michael Knights, and conquer the northern border. annexation.”

"It is said that this expedition plan was proposed by His Majesty himself."

"Marshal Dominic, your great victory in the Far East at the beginning of this year seems to have inflated His Majesty's confidence and ambition."

"His Majesty is an extremely ambitious person. Not long after he took the throne, he has always been eager to accomplish something earth-shattering and great that has never been accomplished before, such as - annexing the northern border of the Britannia Empire."

"This time I have urgently called you back to DìDū from the place to discuss with you the feasibility of this expedition plan.

"

As soon as Nikita finished speaking, Dominic immediately shouted:

"What's there to discuss! This expedition plan is absolutely unfeasible!"

"With only 300,000 combat troops, it is absolutely impossible to break through the Avalon Fortress! It is even less possible to annex the entire northern territory!"

"I think so too. But - Your Majesty may not think so."

Nikita sighed deeply again, and then continued:

"His Majesty seems to be very fond of this expedition plan. Although he wants to discuss the feasibility of this expedition plan with us, it is possible that even if we all strongly oppose this expedition plan, His Majesty will most likely go his own way and insist on mobilizing 800,000 people, launch an expedition to the southwest..."

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Weiyou Palace, Labor Military Courtyard, conference room.

Labor Military Court - the first emperor of the Holy Hiran Empire, a building built in the palace specifically for the emperor and the generals who had returned from the victory to drink and celebrate the victory together.

Although the Labor Military Courtyard still performs its function when the emperor and the generals returning from victory drank and celebrated the victory together when it was first built, with the passage of time, the Labor Military Courtyard has one more function than when it was first built - —Some important matters related to the military will be held in the conference room of the Labor Court.

After Dominic and Nikita walked into the conference room of the Labor Court, they found that several elites who made the Holy Hiran Empire proud were already waiting in the conference room.

Commander-in-Chief of the Southwestern Front - Marshal Lev Veselov.

Deputy Commander of the Southeastern Front - Marshal Rody Smirnov.

Chief of the Central Munitions Department - Senior Quartermaster Kirill Morozov.

Deputy Minister of the Central Munitions Department - Senior Quartermaster Dmitry Lebedev.

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In addition to Dominic, who has just arrived in the conference room and is the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Front, and Nikita, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Guards, most of the outstanding elites in the Holy Hirand Emperor's body are proud of. They are all gathered here now.

After Dominic appeared in the conference room, everyone in the conference room immediately saluted Dominic.

Dominic is now recognized as the highest-ranking and most powerful marshal in the empire.

Not only is his ability outstanding, he is also the oldest among all the marshals in the empire.

Dominic, who is 74 years old this year, has military experience even older than some of the people present.

After entering the conference room, Dominic found that many people present had a little panic and anxiety on their faces.

"It seems that many people present already know some details of this expedition plan to the southwest." Nikita whispered to Dominic beside him, "Everyone is panicking."

"Of course." Dominic said in a deep voice, "Our empire has not seen an expedition of this scale for hundreds of years... The total mobilization number is 800,000... and the opponent is still the most difficult to deal with, the Britannia. The Ya Empire... an expedition of this scale, just thinking about it, makes one's hair stand on end..."

"No matter what, I will stop the implementation of this expedition plan..."

Dominic said in a firm tone.

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Not long after Dominic and Nikita arrived in the conference room, a loud announcement came into the conference room:

“Your Majesty—arrive!!”

After hearing this loud announcement.

Everyone in the conference room immediately turned around, facing the throne at the southernmost end of the conference room, and all knelt on the ground, burying their heads low.

As soon as the loud announcement fell, Vasili, the current emperor of the Holy Hiran Empire, strode into the conference room.

A middle-aged man followed closely behind Vasili and entered the conference room one after another with Vasili.

This middle-aged man is the current prime minister of the Holy Hiran Empire and Vasili's first favorite - Mond Dubois.