"It's not like you weren't there when we were doing the test in Meiro City." Xu Yi shrugged with a relaxed expression.
"You've already trapped the two magisters back then. It shouldn't have been hard to kill them. Why do you still look like you can't believe it?"
"After all, we didn't really kill them back then."
Captain Hart shook his head, as if he still couldn't accept the fact that the magisters had fallen in battle with his subordinates.
"Alright, you'll get used to it in the future." Xu Yi asked again.
"You should already know about the next mission, right?"
"Mm, I received the order on the way here." Captain Hart nodded, the expression on his face becoming even more strange.
He couldn't help but ask again, "Chairman, didn't you personally release the two magisters from the Kandla Empire? Why do you want us to kill them now?"
"I can't help it. Who told the two empires to be so disobedient?" Xu Yi sighed.
"If possible, I would also like to let the two empires understand that magisters aren't as useful as they think without harming their relationship. It would be better for everyone to sit down and talk about cooperation and development. Wouldn't that be great?
But … you've seen it for yourself. "
Captain Hart immediately laughed bitterly.
He'd interacted with Xu Yi many times in this period of time, and knew very well that the chairman didn't have any intention of going to war with the two empires. Otherwise, he wouldn't have released the two magisters from the Kandla Empire in Meiro City.
But reality had proven that the chairman was too … cough, too naive.
The two empires had stood on the Sines for nearly a thousand years. How could they set aside their pride and arrogance just because of a single setback and seriously talk about cooperation and development according to the chairman's intentions?
Moreover, the fundamental conflict between the two empires and the New Flyer was the incomparably huge benefits hidden within the magic machine industry.
Countless people could see this, and the two empires were well aware of it. They naturally hoped to grasp these benefits in their own hands and not be controlled by the New Flyer.
It could be said that the outbreak of this war was inevitable. The only difference was when.
"According to the plan, you should set out in two weeks.
During this period of time, I need you to continue to strengthen your training in attacking magicians.
With the previous battle results, I'm sure the other side will have a way to deal with it. That's why you need to become more proficient in this period of time. Only then will you be able to seize the initiative on the battlefield and continue suppressing the archmages.
Do you understand what I mean? "Xu Yi said again.
"Understood!" Captain Hart nodded vigorously.
"In fact, in the previous battle, if the other party hadn't been too careless, I'm afraid he wouldn't have fallen into the anti-magic domain so easily.
With the agility of archmages, once they react, it won't be so easy to succeed. "
"That's right.
This is also a problem that the R&D Center and I have been considering during this period.
This time, the guards have returned with first-hand combat data. This information is very important. We can use this information to make adjustments.
Hart, you might have to stay with me in the R&D Center for the next few days.
What do you think?
Can you hold on? "
Captain Hart laughed heartily and patted his chest hard, making thumping sounds.
"Sir President, you don't need to worry about my body.
But you … It's the first day of the new year. Don't you want to spend more time with Mrs. Stiel? "
"Stiel went to the Demon Cloud Continent with the fleet a week ago. Even if I wanted to accompany her, there was no one to accompany her." Xu Yi helplessly spread out his hands.
"Huh?" Captain Hart was stunned.
"Why did Mrs. Stiel suddenly go … to the Demon Cloud Continent?"
"The dragons over there sent back some feedback related to the illusion film. After Stiel learned about it, she decided to go and investigate it in person.
In addition to solving these problems, she is also preparing to develop the market on the Demon Cloud Continent. "Xu Yi shrugged.
"Speaking of which, I haven't been to the Demon Cloud Continent yet. She went there first."
Captain Hart looked at Xu Yi with a strange expression. After a while, he said: "Sir President, I think … you and Mrs. Stiel are a match made in heaven …"
"What do you mean?" Xu Yi looked at him inexplicably.
"They're both workaholics …"
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The first half of the year 3803 of the Continental Calendar was a rare period of peace in the last two years.
However, this peace was extremely short-lived.
On the 16th of January, the army of the Kingdom of Ruhr suddenly invaded the border of the Kandla Empire.
After a day of fierce fighting, the border guards of the Kandla Empire were defeated and fled.
The army of the Kingdom of Ruhr marched directly into the Southwest Province of the Kandla Empire. They marched all the way to Meiro City, where they met up with the New Flyer Guards that had been occupying Meiro City.
On the 26th of January, the 8,000 New Flyer Guards that came as reinforcements broke through the defense line of the Kandla Empire with a large number of military magic machines and successfully arrived at Meiro City. They met up with the army of the Kingdom of Ruhr and the New Flyer Guards that had stayed behind.
The next day, the army of the Kingdom of Ruhr and the New Flyer Guards in Meiro City, also known as the Lu Xin Army, launched an attack on the Southwest Province Army that had been stationed five kilometers away from the city for several months.
The Southwest Province Army did not put up any effective resistance and directly chose to surrender.
On the 4th of February, the Lu Xin Army that had rested for a while left Meiro City and marched towards the capital of the Southwest Province, Babral City.
After receiving the news, the Governor's Office of the Southwest Province immediately organized the forces of the entire Southwest Province to intercept them. However, a total of six battles ended with the Southwest Province Army being defeated.
The Lu Xin Army advanced triumphantly and arrived at Babral City on the 13th of February. They engaged in a fierce battle with the Southwest Province Army and the reinforcements sent by the Kandla Empire.
Between the two sides, the Rudson Kingdom's army still had forty seven thousand Rudson Kingdom soldiers and twelve thousand Frestech Chamber of Commerce guards left after many battles.
The Candra Empire's side had a total of one hundred and thirty thousand soldiers from the southwest province's governor's manor. The Candra Empire's army headquarters had a total of seventy thousand soldiers from the three regiments, as well as a large number of magicians and five Arch Magi. This was an unprecedented power.
This kind of terrifying force was enough to defend against all attacks and even destroy all enemies in the history of the Sines.
However, after fighting with the Lu Xin Army, the Kandla Empire's army was blocked within Babral City by the Lu Xin Army. Under the fierce magic cannon fire of the Lu Xin Army, they couldn't even come out of the city gates.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, the battle did not end quickly. Instead, it lasted for an entire month.
During this time, the Kandla Empire's military department kept sending reinforcements to Babral City, mobilizing close to half of the Kandla Empire's army.
However, these reinforcements would be ambushed by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's Magic Airships and Magic Tanks on the way, so they couldn't resist and suffered heavy losses. When they finally reached Babral City, most of them had already been defeated. They couldn't increase the defenses of Babral City and even became a burden to it.
Conversely, the Kandla Empire had tried to ambush the reinforcements and supplies of the Lu Xin Army, but they were quickly defeated by the Magic Airships that came each time. They couldn't affect the Lu Xin Army at all.
Moreover, even if the Lu Xin Army went deep into the Kandla Empire and their supply lines were stretched, with the fast transport of the New Flyer's large transport Magic Cars, the Lu Xin Army's supply lines never had any problems.
The Lu Xin Army surrounding Babral never ran out of ammunition. They were even able to build a decent camp outside the city in a month's time at a jaw-dropping speed.
After a month, the Kandla Empire's army in Babral City finally ran out of supplies and couldn't keep defending.
Even if the five Arch Magi still had battle strength and there were close to two hundred thousand soldiers in the city, without supplies, not only did they not have the ability to keep fighting, they also lost the courage to keep fighting.
In this month, the Kandla Empire's army in the city tried everything to use the five Arch Magi to fight back against the Lu Xin Army, but they didn't succeed a single time.
If it wasn't for the death of the three Arch Magi from the Malor Empire that made the five Arch Magi pay more attention, they would have already died in the countless battles in the past month.
A month later, the Kandla Empire's army in Babral City launched their final and largest counterattack.
After two days of intense fighting, the Kandla Empire's army paid a heavy price of fifty thousand soldiers, over a hundred High Grade Magicians, and six Great Magicians before finally breaking out.
The five Arch Magi and the remaining Magicians mixed in with the remaining hundred thousand Kandla Empire's army and fled the city.
At this point, Babral City had finally fallen.
As the capital of the southwest province of the Kandla Empire, it was where the governor's office was located. The fall of Babral City meant that the last resistance of the southwest province had dissipated and the southwest province had fallen.
In the thousand years of history since the establishment of the Kandla Empire, although there had been times when they were invaded by other countries due to the decline of their national strength, there had never been a case where an entire province had fallen into the hands of the enemy.
After the news spread, the entire continent was silent.
If it was said that the Malor Empire and the Frankish Kingdom's army had suffered great losses in the battle of the Grecius Mountain Range, as well as the Malor Empire's army's failure to resist the attack of the Frankish Kingdom's army on the border of the Malor Empire, as well as the loss of three Arch Magi, it could be said that the Malor Empire didn't have enough experience. At the same time, it could also be said that the Kandla Empire's defeat was due to a love rival.
The southwest province could be said to have resisted with all their strength. The Kandla Empire's army also gave their full support. Not only did they send a large number of reinforcements, they also sent five Arch Magi as reinforcements. They also mobilized more than half of the Kandla Empire's forces to try and encircle the Frankish Kingdom's army.
However, the Kandla Empire's side was defeated in the end. Even with the help of the five Arch Magi, they were unable to resist the attack of the Frankish Kingdom's army. In the end, even such an important provincial capital was breached.
Such a result was simply the most obvious thing to tell everyone.
The new army represented by the New Flyer Guards was truly unstoppable on the battlefield!