Chapter 842: Full-Scale Launch of the "Aurora" Offensive (Part 2)

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Britannia Empire Imperial Calendar 293/Holy Hilan Empire Imperial Calendar 215.

April 19.

Holy Hilan Empire, Chubol Fortress.

Today is a cloudy day.

The pale yellow morning sun slowly rises from behind the mountains, struggling to penetrate the faint dawn light through the heavy haze, and weakly casts it on the outskirts of Chubol Fortress.

Although it did not change the gloomy sky at all, it barely illuminated a creeping black on the field.

On the extremely open green field, the dark Britannia army formations are like the dark sky before a rainstorm.

The densely packed spears like pine forests pierce the sky, and the armor, shields and weapons shine with a fascinating cold light in the weak sunlight.

The large flags of different colors flutter in the morning breeze. In the continuous army formation, catapults, siege crossbows, and siege towers are stacked up, towering into the sky.

Marshal Veselov stood on the wall of Chubol Fortress with a gloomy face, looking at the Britannia Army that surrounded Chubol Fortress.

Just four days ago, a huge black torrent rushed out of Mukhavets Fortress and rushed into the homeland of the Holy Hiran Empire, heading straight for Chubol Fortress.

The "Aurora" offensive that the Britannia Empire had been preparing for a long time was finally launched in full force.

Although Marshal Veselov had guessed that there would be such a day after the disastrous defeat of the "Hammer" operation, after learning from the scouts that the Britannia Army had invaded the homeland of the empire, Marshal Veselov's body could not help but tremble slightly with fear and anger.

After learning that the Britannian army had launched a large-scale invasion, Marshal Veshelov sent a large number of scouts to gather intelligence on the Britannian army while actively preparing for the battle.

According to the intelligence sent back by the scouts, the scale of the Britannian Empire's attack this time was not small, with a force size between 120,000 and 180,000.

The Britannian army's vanguard force was about 60,000, a mixed force of cavalry, archers, and infantry.

As soon as the vanguard troops left the Mukhavets Fortress, they rushed to the Chupol Fortress without stopping.

The Mukhavets Fortress was not far from the Chupol Fortress.

It took only three days for the Britannian army's vanguard troops to reach the Chupol Fortress.

In other words: the Britannian army arrived at the Chupol Fortress on April 18th, which was yesterday.

Since the Britannian Army arrived at the Chupol Fortress yesterday, it did not rush to attack, but prepared to besiege the city, while waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.

The Britannian Army did not rush to attack the Chupol Fortress, and Marshal Veshelov did not take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the Britannian Army coming from afar.

Marshal Veshelov is a very steady man in using troops. Compared with the adventurous way of playing, he prefers the safe tactics.

Defending the Chupol Fortress until the Britannian Army retreats due to insufficient supplies-this is Marshal Veshelov's overall strategy for this battle.

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April 19.

Marshal Veshelov stood on the wall of the Chupol Fortress, silently looking at the Britannian Army outside the city.

One day has passed since the Britannian Army arrived at the city.

During this one day, due to the arrival of follow-up troops, the Britannian Army outside the city has become more than yesterday.

According to Marshal Veshelov's visual estimation, the Britannia Army that has arrived at the Chubol Fortress now has no less than 80,000 troops.

Marshal Veshelov observed the Britannia Army's troop deployment while paying attention to the Britannia Army's troop composition.

While discovering the flag of the Knights of Michael, he also found a brand new flag that he had never seen before.

The style and color of this flag are almost identical to the flag of the Knights of Michael, but the pattern on it is not similar to the flag of the Knights of Michael.

This flag has a pattern like flowing water.

Although Marshal Veshelov has never seen this "water pattern", he has heard of it.

As far as he knows, the flag of the Knights of Uriel has "water patterns" painted on it.

Looking at the "water pattern flags" outside the city, Marshal Veshelov said in his heart:

-It seems that this should be the flag of the Knights of Uriel.

——The flag of the Knights of Uriel... This is the first time I have seen it.

——It seems that even the Knights of Uriel have participated in this invasion...

——A joint army of the Knights of Michael and the Knights of Uriel...

The scale of the troops sent by the Britannia Empire this time exceeded Marshal Veshelov's expectations.

He never expected that even the Knights of Uriel, who were responsible for guarding Pendragon, would come.

Although the scale of the troops sent by the Britannia Empire this time exceeded his expectations, Marshal Veshelov was not too panicked.

Because he was very confident in the Chubol Fortress under his feet.

Since the end of the "Iron Hammer" operation, the Holy Hilan Empire has used the whole country's strength to repair the city of Chubol.

It took only a few months to successfully raise and thicken the city walls, increase many defense facilities, and forcibly repair the city of Chubol into a Chubol Fortress.

Not only that, the Chubol Fortress also stockpiled a large amount of supplies.

The military supplies for the army and the civilian supplies needed by the residents are all the same

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The supplies currently stored in the fortress are estimated to be enough for the fortress's defenders and residents to use for one year.

In other words, Marshal Veshelov is not afraid of a war of attrition.

At present, there are 70,000 defenders in the Chubol Fortress.

The Holy Hilan Empire originally planned to gather 100,000 troops in the Chubol Fortress, but because some troops were too far away from the Chubol Fortress, there are still 30,000 troops that have not arrived at the Chubol Fortress and are still on their way to the Chubol Fortress.

Although there are only 70,000 defenders in the Chubol Fortress now, this number is enough to defend the city.

According to the intelligence sent back by the scouts these days, the attacking Britannia army will not exceed 200,000 at most.

Relying on a fortress of the level of the Chubol Fortress, it is completely enough to use 70,000 people to block 200,000 people.

If the Britannia Army intends to attack, Marshal Veshelov is fully confident that he can rely on the Chubol Fortress under his feet and the 70,000 troops at his disposal to wear the Britannia Army to death here.

Marshal Veshelov is most afraid of the Britannia Army using a trick to deal with him.

The highest commander of the Britannia Empire's offensive this time must be the head of the Knights of Michael, Su Cheng.

After experiencing the "Aurora" offensive that ended in a disastrous defeat, Marshal Veshelov has learned how powerful Su Cheng is.

He knows that Su Cheng is a genius on the battlefield and is best at using all kinds of tricks to defeat his opponents.

Strange tactics are always hard to defend against, especially those that Su Cheng came up with.

So what Marshal Veshelov is most worried about now is that Su Cheng uses a trick to deal with him.

If Su Cheng really uses a trick to deal with him and the Chubol Fortress, Marshal Veshelov really doesn't know how to defend.

Marshal Veshelov can only actively prepare for the battle while racking his brains to think of the ingenious strategies that Su Cheng might use.

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