Law of the Devil

Two months passed like this, and after two months, Du Wei came up with a new trick again!

He persuaded the high command to second 800 soldiers from the imperial capital security office to enter this military academy!

Then he dispersed the 108 cadets. Among the 800 ordinary soldiers, each of them served as a low-level officer. The most with a hundred.

These officers have led soldiers when they were in the local area, so they have done these jobs very well. Du Wei gave them ten days to get acquainted with his subordinates, and stayed with these soldiers all day and night! Every morning and evening, they have to participate in the normal drills of these soldiers, but during the daytime, they continue their military academy courses.

And after ten days passed, many officers finally realized the effect of Du Wei's school rules!

First of all, in terms of implementation, the officers took the lead in strictly obeying the school rules, so that none of the soldiers below dared to violate them! Then, the strange rule established by Du Wei that the officers must eat after the soldiers finished eating made the soldiers quickly develop a good impression of these strange officers!

This era, after all, is still a feudal era. In the army, officers enjoy many privileges. Now the officers eat and live with the soldiers, of course, these ordinary soldiers quickly feel grateful.

"If your subordinates are still hungry, but you are well fed. Your subordinates don't have enough cold clothes to endure the cold. But you are wearing high-quality leather robes...such an officer. Don't expect to get the sincere support of the soldiers!"

The reason is very simple. Du Wei wanted to abolish the privileges of the traditional aristocratic officers of the Roland Empire in the army!

Under Du Wei's strict order. These officers live in the same barracks as soldiers, and eat the same food as soldiers! Take the lead in obeying the school rules! Du Wei even stipulated. every night. Officers must go to bed after all soldiers are asleep!

It's the rules that bored those guys before. But let these people in ten days. He got the support of his subordinates. Of course, ten days is too short after all, and it's just some gratitude from the soldiers' hearts. But this is the first step that must be completed for controlling an army!

In Du Wei's view, except for the Northern Storm Corps, which is the most powerful in the empire. In the local garrison all over the empire, this seemingly simplest first step cannot be achieved!

After the ten days were over, Du Wei started a new course, this time it was not a "deduction". It's actual combat!

The location of the college.

It is a military fortress built many years ago in the empire, and there is a large enough place here. There are also various buildings. Barracks, headquarters. Buildings, as well as outposts. Fortress walls, arrow towers, etc...

Du Wei started the "Practical Acting" course!

Every lesson is simple. He designates a building at random. Perhaps an armory. Perhaps a section of earth wall. Or an arrow tower, maybe just a row of barracks!

Then he would divide the eight hundred soldiers into two and make these cadet officers. Lead your own soldiers to fight!

Du Wei made full use of all the terrain in the college. Let these officers lead people to play the "war game" here.

Of course, this kind of acting. In order to avoid casualties, Du Wei wrapped the so-called long swords in cotton cloth, and took off the tip of the spear. Several priests and doctors who are good at light-type healing techniques were also transferred, plus Du Wei himself, a powerful magic pharmacist.

The continuous actual combat performances allowed the officers to actually test their tactics. The scale of acting also started from the team confrontation. Squadron confrontation, and finally developed into brigade confrontation! Or a confrontation between a battalion and a battalion!

In order for these officers to develop actual command experience, Du Wei kept mobilizing troops from the Imperial Capital Public Security Station, and finally served three months later. The number of soldiers from the Imperial Security Station stationed in this Imperial Military Academy has reached 2,000! A real infantry battalion! !

Du Wei also formulated a series of promotion and relegation systems! In the confrontation, the party that makes mistakes and loses in the end. All officers are demoted! The winning party gets a promotion. The original column leader can be promoted to captain, and the captain can be promoted to squadron leader...

Because they were unable to go to the battlefield, these simulated actual combat performances also allowed these officers to accumulate some preliminary command experience.

By the way, our future Lord Gabriel, Earl of Rolling, also took the initiative to postpone his coming-of-age ceremony because he was obsessed with studying in the military academy.

A few months later, Du Wei once again opened a new course "Gunpowder Use"...

Spring goes to summer.

It has been nearly half a year since the new emperor of the empire, Charles, succeeded to the throne.

With the arrival of summer, the cold in the air has been swept away.

Even in the northern border of the empire, the ice and snow began to melt, and the permafrost on the ground after a full winter and spring gradually softened. Sunlight

Warm more and more. The soldiers took off their thick clothes. Put on summer clothes.

just north. The Kaspersky Line of Defense of the Empire. The Storm Legion has been fully stationed in the main fortress in the middle and the fortress in the east. As for the West Fortress, Alpay was left with the Thor's Whip.

The weather is getting warmer. This made the excavation of trenches in the north of the fortress quicker. The weather is getting warmer. The soil on the ground is no longer as hard as stone. And just below the fortress, the excavation of the 100-meter-long trench has come to an end.

There are ravines on the ground one by one. It will become a "corridor of death" for the imaginary enemy marching in! It is necessary to pass through this 100-meter-long trench area, and at the same time, it is still within the range of the crossbow of the defenders on the city wall! From the perspective of General Rostock, the commander of the Storm Legion. This trench alone is enough to make the enemy pay a huge price in blood!

A complete line of defense, the most elite soldiers of the empire. Sufficient weapons and equipment... Rostock is full of confidence in future wars!

The only thing that made him disapproving was the "First Division of the Imperial Air Force" located behind the line of defense. The original Northwest Independent Division.

General Andre was once a subordinate of General Rostock. The two have a good personal relationship. It can be private. General Andre made a suggestion earlier. It is to mobilize his airship troops. Cooperate with the scout cavalry on the ground. Centered on the main plug in the middle of the Kaspersky line of defense. Establish a patrol area with a radius of 50 kilometers. .

but. General Rostock was not too impressed with the proposal. As a typical traditional "cavalry theory" loyal believer. Rostock led cavalry all his life. The cavalry also accounted for a considerable proportion of the Storm Legion under his command. He firmly believes. Cavalry is the strongest and most reliable force in the human army!

He didn't believe that those airships flying at an altitude of several hundred meters could undertake any scouting work... That's right. fly in the sky. You can see far! But the function of a cavalry scout. How can those airships replace it?

Experienced scout. Can make various footprints from the ground. Vegetation was trampled to traces. Determine the traces of the enemy. Even directions! these things. Where can I see those airships in the sky?

and. Every time the airship is dispatched. It will cost a lot of money! Every time the airships lift off in groups. It takes a lot of fuel! Those fuels were all purchased with military expenses!

General Rostock has been officially appointed as the head coach of the Kaspersky line of defense! From the position. Whether it is General Andre's air force. Or Alpay's Whip of Thunder. All must be controlled by Rostock. Of course. Another accusation from the commander-in-chief: General Rostock is also responsible for all the supplies and military expenditures of the entire Kaspersky line of defense!

Experienced in this empire. From the perspective of the veteran general who has been on the border for many years. Those airships certainly have strong combat effectiveness (this has been seen from the Northwest Army Corps extermination battle a few years ago). General Rostock recognized the combat effectiveness of the airship. However, he felt that such combat power was too expensive!

An organic airship. Every liftoff. Carry out that "fifty-kilometer radius" patrol operation. The fuel consumed is more expensive than the same amount of scout cavalry horse fodder and soldier rations. After conversion. It is more than ten times higher! !

General Rostock thinks this is simply a waste! Jobs that cavalry scouts can do. Why must those expensive airships do it?

Although it is hindered by the personal relationship with General Andre. He did not reject all of General Andre's proposals. Only partly agreed with reservations. However, the number of airships proposed by General Andrei to patrol the theater has been reduced to one-third!

most areas. Or patrol with cavalry scouts!

And the result...he didn't know it was. General Andrei sighed helplessly. Because the power to approve military expenditures and all expenditures is in the hands of Rostock, the coach!

And the result is. General Andre designed a perfect early warning system. Did not have the desired effect. The airship patrols the area covered. There are a lot of gaps!

On this day in the early summer of Nine Hundred and Sixty-five in the Roland Empire. finally. Cavalry scouts sent the first unusual news!

A scout formation of up to ten people was originally scheduled to return to the day when the intelligence was submitted. But did not come back!

The news was not immediately reported to General Rostock. The officers below did not pay enough attention to this news, they thought that maybe this team of scouts might have encountered a monster. Maybe it was delayed on the way. and. A total of two hundred teams of scouts were sent out in the army. Patrol the vast area north of the fortress. One of the teams was delayed for a day. It's nothing.

Results the next day.

This news was sent to General Andre.

Day three... finally. Another team of scouts. The missing team was found in the north...

dead body!

The team of ten scout cavalry passing through that area saw a scene that horrified them!

On the edge of a wooded lot. on the ground. blood everywhere

dead body! The condition of the dead is extremely terrifying! Those dead horses. It seems that no wild beast has bitten ferociously!

And those comrades who died couldn't even find a complete body! Those corpses seemed to be brutally torn into pieces! There was blood splattered everywhere! even. Many corpses are incomplete! Some had a leg cut off. Some have only half of their bodies left!

all the dead bodies. All the armor and weapons on them have been stripped off - this is definitely not a land of Warcraft or wild beasts! Beasts may eat people. But definitely not grabbing weapons and armor!

Leaders from officers to soldiers. Everyone saw such a terrible scene. Even brave soldiers can't help but feel their legs go weak! Because they saw... right at the edge of the woodland. There are still ashes from the fire on the ground!

over that ashes. On top of a few rough sticks. With some remnants... legs and arms! It is the parts cut from those corpses!

Those arms and thighs. was worn on a stick. Clearly "grilled". There are also signs of gnawing on it! !

this is too scary! !

The bravest soldier. At this moment, he couldn't help but turned around suddenly. Hugging the big tree, he vomited violently. The leading officer's face was as pale as paper, just when he ordered to collect intelligence on the spot and then retreat. suddenly. The horse under his crotch suddenly stirred uncomfortably!

The horse seemed to smell something dangerous in the air. Hissed violently. Raise your front hooves! No matter how the cavalry appease. The horses pawed vigorously in place. But he refused to obey and settled down...

at this time. That scout captain. Suddenly, a strange roar was heard, which sounded like a wild beast. As if... a wolf howling?

He just turned around.

I saw the woods. Countless terrifying figures rushed over suddenly roaring! That speed is as fast as a galloping horse! But in the narrow woods. Incredibly fast! Jumping and jumping, but where is the agility that human cavalry and horses can possess?

It has not waited for these scouts to react. Among the woods. More than a dozen giant wolves have already rushed in front of them! These giant wolves. Each one is covered with rough and hard iron armor, and sits on the back of the giant wolf. It is a monster with sharp beak and fangs! They hold a long knife in their hands. Roaring like a pack of wolves...

These scouts, who were slow, were thrown to the ground on the spot, and their throats were bitten off without even screaming! And the response is faster. But he didn't even draw out his weapon at all. Just watched those monsters riding giant wolves rush to the front and stab them down. Just harvested the head!

Among this team of scouts. The best skill is the scout captain. He made a decision in an instant: escape!

With the scout's excellent judgment, he immediately made the judgment that the ten people on his side were absolutely impossible to be the opponent's opponent. As a scout. His mission is not to kill the enemy. Instead, send the information back! .

However, he had just turned his horse. The frightened horse only took a few steps under the control of his excellent riding skills. At this time, a dark shadow appeared. Suddenly it jumped over his head! That dark shadow, even for a moment, blocked the sunlight!

The giant wolf with a body as big as a horse. Possess such terrifying jumping power? ! !

Overhead to the giant wolf. Has been stopped in front of. The wolf-faced monster immediately opened its mouth to him. Showing its sharp fangs, it let out a mournful roar!

Fight! The scout captain pulled out his long sword with all his strength, and was about to charge forward with all his might. But at this time, another wolf cavalry from the side has already charged up fiercely! The giant wolf has such a powerful force that with a single pounce, the scout captain, including his man and horse, fell to the ground!

When the scout captain landed, his legs were pinned down by the horse, and he was about to struggle hard. At this time, he saw the giant wolf with a mouth. bit myself...

(These are, what monsters?!)

It was his last thought.

this day. Forty-six teams of scouts on patrol. Only three teams may come back! The other 43 teams, 430 scout cavalry. None can come back!

And the problem is. Three teams of people came back alive. Did not encounter any enemy situation! In other words, 430 outstanding cavalrymen were lost, but the imperial army inside the Kaspersky line of defense did not get any news or traces of valuable enemies! !

This matter immediately caused an uproar in Kaspersky Fortress!

The enemy is coming! But where is the enemy? ! What does the enemy look like? ! .