Chapter 950 Flint

A certain tavern in the imperial capital of the Holy Hiran Empire, Elian Muya.

"To El's safe return—cheers!"

The tavern was filled with Gabriel's loud voice.

After Gabriel's loud voice fell, El and Camille raised their wine glasses helplessly and clinked them with Gabriel.

El, Gabriel, and Camille sat around a wine table in this tavern, having a shabby celebration.

The content of this celebration is: celebrating El's safe return from the disastrous defeat in the western battlefield.

After the three people clinked their glasses, they drank all the wine in one go.

After drinking the hot drink in the glass, Gabriel let out a groan of relief, then laughed and said:

"El, I'm so glad you came back from the Western battlefield!"

"After learning that the reinforcements we sent to the west were completely defeated, Camille and I, as well as the teacher, were extremely worried, fearing that something might happen to you."

"Sorry." El scratched his hair, "I made you worry."

Because El issued a hush-hush order, not allowing his subordinates at the time to tell others about his feat of single-handedly stopping Deng Jiaer's attack in the western battlefield, so almost no one except El's subordinates at the time knew about it. A large part of the reason why Deng Jiaer would withdraw his troops at that time was because El came forward to dissuade Deng Jiaer.

"Oh, this battle this time is really miserable." Gabriel sighed, "Both the east and the west were beaten badly, especially the west."

This year should be regarded as the most tragic year for the Holy Hiran Empire since its founding.

At the same time, it was attacked by the Britannia Empire and the people of the Far East grasslands, and was attacked on both sides.

There is no need to elaborate on how badly the western part of the country was invaded by the Britannia Empire.

The Far East, which was attacked by the prairie people, was also badly beaten.

In last year's "Iron Hammer" campaign, the Emperor of the Holy Hiran Empire, Vasily, mobilized 100,000 troops from the Far East Front to participate in this massive battle.

And these 100,000 generals from the Far East Front,

Either he had died in the Eghar Corridor, or he had been captured by the Michael Knights and then dragged into doing free labor.

The Far Eastern Front, which lacked 100,000 fresh troops, would naturally suffer a great loss in combat effectiveness.

After Operation "Iron Hammer" ended, the Far Eastern Front not only lost 100,000 troops, but also lost an outstanding commander-in-chief.

The commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front was originally Dominic.

But after the "Iron Hammer" battle, Dominic fell ill due to self-blame, shame, and stress. He has not recovered until now.

Dominic, who had fallen ill, was naturally no longer qualified to serve as the commander-in-chief of the front army, so the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front army was now replaced by another marshal.

As for this new commander, in terms of personal ability, he is naturally inferior to Dominic.

A commander-in-chief with poor abilities commanded a front army with 100,000 fewer troops. With such a lineup to face the menacing Huns, the battle situation was naturally quite tight.

After the Huns launched a full-scale attack on the Far East of the Holy Hiran Empire, no part of the Far East defense line of the Holy Hiran Empire was tight.

Facing the powerful offensive of the Huns, many holes were torn open in the Far East defense line of the Holy Hiran Empire.

A large number of Huns followed these torn openings and invaded the Far East mainland of the Holy Hiran Empire, plundering them wantonly.

It wasn't until the central government urgently allocated a batch of reinforcements that they finally managed to hold on to the dilapidated Far East defense line, preventing more Huns from "leaking" in.

After realizing that there was no way to gain more benefits from this war, the Huns withdrew in mid-June.

Under the attack and plunder of the Huns, the Far Eastern territory of the Holy Hiran Empire also suffered serious damage, but it was not as serious as the west.

After all, the ultimate purpose of the Britannia Empire's attack is to attack the national power of the Holy Hiran Empire.

Therefore, whether the Britannian army is attacking or destroying, it is organized, structured and planned.

The Huns were simply plundering. There was no organization or plan at all. They were just like a gang of robbers, robbing everything they saw.

The Holy Hiran Empire suffered a huge defeat in this attack between the two countries. Both the west and the east were severely beaten and destroyed.

Anyone with a little bit of wisdom and some understanding of national politics can see that after this year's pincer attack between the two countries, the Holy Hiran Empire will no longer be a "superpower."

Not to mention "superpower", whether the Holy Hiran Empire can maintain the integrity of the country and prevent the country from perishing is a question.

Because after this pincer attack between the two countries, there is still an important issue waiting for the Central Committee of the Holy Hiran Empire to deal with.

That is the reconstruction of the eastern and western territories and the handling of refugees.

The reconstruction of the eastern and western territories can take place slowly, but the handling of the refugees can be said to be urgent.

If the millions of refugees are not properly handled, these millions of refugees are very likely to launch riots.

It is not impossible that a refugee riot of this scale would directly lead to the collapse of the Holy Hiran Empire, which has greatly reduced its military and financial resources.

After Gabriel finished speaking, Camille, who was sitting next to him, smiled with a snort, and then said:

"If our country still wants to continue to maintain the country, then the only choice is to form an alliance with the Frank Empire."

"According to my estimation, our country's current national strength is less than half of what it was before the launch of Operation Hammer."

"With such a weak national power, whether it can handle the current refugee flow is a big problem."

"We need to form an alliance with the Frank Empire and then get help from the Frank Empire."

"As long as we have the help of the Frank Empire, it is not difficult to survive the current crisis."

"And as long as we form an alliance with the Frank Empire, the Britannia Empire will no longer act rashly, and we will also be able to gain power that can compete with the Britannia Empire and the 'Buchung-Hungarian Alliance' of the Huns."

Speaking of this, Camille seemed to have remembered something, paused, and then continued:

"Actually - we should have formed an alliance with the Frank Empire after we learned about the alliance between the Britannia Empire and the Huns. As long as we form an alliance with the Frank Empire, we can liberate a large amount of combat power of the Southeastern Front."

"As long as a large amount of combat power can be liberated from the Southeast Front, then whether it is Operation Hammer or this year's battle, there may be different results."

"I really don't know what's going on in that Vasili's mind..."

Before Camille finished speaking, El quickly raised his hand to cover Camille's mouth.

"Camille..." El smiled helplessly, "This is a public place, so it's better not to say such things."

"Alliance with the Frank Empire... What if our Emperor is still unwilling to form an alliance with the Frank Empire?" Gabriel asked Camille.

"If our Emperor still doesn't want to ally with the Frank Empire." Camille pulled away El's hand to cover her mouth, "then there is no hope for this kind of country. It's better to perish as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay." At this time, El said with a look of helplessness, "It's better not to talk about such heavy things and talk about happy things."

Speaking of this, El seemed to have remembered something, turned his head, and asked Gabriel next to him:

"By the way Gabriel, how is the development of muskets going these days while I'm away?"

As soon as El finished speaking, Gabriel shrugged:

“Nothing is going on, money is being spent very quickly and nothing is gained.”

“But—the blacksmith named Oleg seems a little weird lately.”

"Weird?" El asked confused, "What do you mean?"

"In the past few days, he has been holding a few flints in his arms and staring at them without knowing what he was thinking. El, you can ask him what's wrong later. Why do he keep staring like a psycho? A few pieces of flint."

"Flint...Okay, I understand." El nodded, "Then I'll go find Oleg and ask."

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