As a new star in the political arena of the Empire and one of the three new kings of the Empire, general arpai has many titles with aura:
For example, the Earl of the Empire, the general of the Empire, the head of the whip of Thor... Of course, among these titles, there is a more or less complicated one: the political enemy of the tulip family!
Ironically, although many people now know that general arpai is one of the few strong men in the Empire who dares to play with Duke tulip, as Dewey's political enemy, 33 year old arpai meets Dewey for the first time.
It's interesting and subtle, isn't it?
Their first meeting should have been in the war of exterminating the northwest army two years ago. At that time, alpai was just a division commander of the royal city guards.
But that time, this guy put on airs in front of Du Wei. He not only didn't see Du Wei, but also left without saying goodbye. In the end, he played a trick of "grabbing credit" with Du Wei and others.
Since Duwei stepped into the political arena step by step, it can be said that alpai is the only one who once succeeded in making Duwei suffer a small loss. Prince Chen acquiesced in that time when he robbed the emperor. Later, Du Wei and he wrote to each other to attack each other. Prince Chen also obviously silently supported the new rich of the imperial army.
If so, you think that this alpai is a young, ambitious, arrogant guy who doesn't know the superiority of heaven and earth, then you are wrong!
This guy who dares to compete with Du Wei at the beginning surprised Du Wei a little when he met for the first time!
Alpai, 33, seems to be a few years older than his actual age. If only from the appearance, I'm afraid some people believe that he is forty years old!
More importantly, Dewey met his sister, the beautiful and charming future Princess, Miss Dali. However, from the aspect of appearance, this alpai obviously did not inherit the family's beauty gene like his sister.
Alpai's facial features are very good, but they are just right. It's a long way from handsome. But he was strong, straight and broad shouldered. The fingers are thick and strong. They are soldiers holding swords all the year round.
As for his eyes... Dewey read "calm down" from inside!
This kind of calmness is definitely not pretended, but in the long-term hard environment, has developed that kind of has become the habit of "flattering and insulting not startling"!
As for the political opponent, Dewey also had a full understanding. A few years ago, when he was young, alpai didn't work well in his family. Life is also very difficult, not in the ordinary sense of the kind of wealthy families.
He had also been attacked by the hostile forces in his family, and finally suddenly rose to the top because he got the biggest opportunity in his life.
Let's put it this way: this general alpai has lived a hard life. People who have suffered. So, in his eyes, it's obvious that he is better than the children of those traditional rich families. It's a bit more determined.
He is definitely not an arrogant man. Dewey is sure of that.
This meeting was held in the headquarters of the main Senne in the middle of the Kaspersky line.
The two giants of the imperial northern army, general Rostock of the storm corps, and general alpai, the head of the whip of Thor, read the secret order that Dewey brought to the Regent from the capital.
The content of this secret order, Dewey himself already knows: it's about the future invasion of criminals.
In all, the Regent had already paid the bottom to the two northern military commanders he relied on.
The content of this document is absolutely amazing! It's appalling!
Dewey can imagine. In this era, human beings have been the only dominator of the mainland. The Roland Empire has been peaceful for hundreds of years. Although there are occasional local wars, the opponents are only the barbaric aliens in the northwest grassland, or the aborigines in the southeast ocean, or the internal separatist warlords.
In terms of harm, it's hard to shake the foundation of the Empire... And. most important of all. Those enemies, at least. They are also human beings!
But now it's different!
They were told that, soon, there will be a powerful enemy, the opponent is thousands of years, the human race did not know! The real difference! It's not human... It's
It's a monster!
This word should be very appropriate.
This is a huge psychological gap!
These brave imperial soldiers, or not afraid of those grassland cavalry, because after all, the opponent is also human. But if we fight against "non-human", I'm afraid everyone will have a sense of fear of the unknown which is difficult to control.
This kind of mood is just like the alien invasion in duvet's previous life.
General Rostock looked very ugly. The old general frowned tightly.
But alpai's performance, let Du Wei some new look: this guy's look has not changed from beginning to end. It's still so cold.
"Are these all true?" Although the document was signed by Prince Chen, general Rostock still asked such a ridiculous question.
"It's all true." Du Wei said faintly: "there will be thousands or even more of these monsters running out of the frozen forest in half a year at most. These will be our enemies... The enemies of all mankind. Their aim is not to defeat us, but to exterminate us. This is not a war of ordinary significance, generals. "
Alpai stood up at this moment, took the document from general Rostock, looked at it twice, then sent it directly to the flame of the candle and burned it!
"Your Highness, please go back and tell your highness that we have received his orders and we will make all preparations."
Alpai's voice is steady.
This man must be born cold-blooded Dewey thought to himself.
"Don't worry about morale." Rostock also said: "the Stormtrooper is the strongest subway wall in the Empire. My soldiers will not be timid or chaotic."
"Good. Then I'm relieved. "
Even if Dewey's task is completed, it's time to announce. He has already announced. As for how to rectify the morale of the army and ensure that this news will not cause unrest after it is spread, this is the work of the two generals.
As for Dewey... Since the Regent intended not to meddle in the affairs of the army, Dewey would not meddle here.
However, in private, he still handed over a piece of information he had to general Rostock. That information about criminals. White River worry boss sent him a letter back, some description of the fighting capacity of the criminals.
"These monsters are powerful. They're beast like monsters. Of course, they're not too bad. We have powerful weapons. The only trouble, perhaps, is from the sky. " Dewey wry smile: "according to reliable information, they may have a huge air power."
"So the northwest independent division Andrea is bringing will become our air barrier?" Arpaye interjected: "this is an empire's heavily funded air force?"
"It's like this." Dewey looked at the political opponent and said, "I hope you can make good use of this air force. All relevant information. I've brought all of them. This air force ground combat mode, there are many more... Of course, these generals all know that you can communicate with him a lot. General Andrea is an old subordinate of general Rostock. I'm sure you'll cooperate well. "
"In addition, the good news is that the Imperial Academy of magic was the first group of students four years ago. Now it's time to graduate. At the same time, in order to cope with the war, the school of magic has approved a group of excellent students to graduate early! Of course, in just three or four years, these students can't grow into high-level magicians. The best of them have only reached the intermediate level, and most of them are just low-level magicians. But... After all, it's an organized team of magicians, and it's different from the magicians sent by the Magic Union in the past. These magic students are loyal to the Empire! They will unconditionally obey the orders of the commander in chief of the army, and it is very convenient for them to dispatch. This is the first time that the imperial army has a real sense of magic cooperation. "
Dewey said with a smile.
Rostock was happy: "this is good news at last. With the help of magicians, we can help a lot. "
"Those monsters also have races that are good at magic." Du Wei sighed: "Your Highness's request is that you control the morale and morale of the army, and this major event will be announced in two months, when the time comes. There must be some instability among the people. But as long as the army is stable, we don't have to worry about anything. and. At that time, the magic guild, the Knights' Guild and the temple of light will try their best to help us. After all, this is a war that concerns all mankind.... "
All mankind... Speaking of this word, Dewey had a real impulse to laugh.
That's the end of Dewey's mission.
The next work belongs to these two generals. After he finished the task, he immediately took people back to the imperial capital.
Just before he left, he couldn't help but go up to the wall again and have a look at the strongest military defense line in the history of the Empire
Strong city walls, the most powerful weapons of war, the most elite main battle corps of Loran Empire, and the air force across this era.
The tall walls, the trenches, and so on
Such a powerful force should be able to stop the criminals!
Dewey took a last look, jumped off the wall, went back to his carriage, and headed for the southern capital.
Just when Duwei was there, his political opponent, general alpai, appeared on the wall. The 33 year old upstart of the Imperial Army looked coldly at the chariot and horse team that was going away on the road. His face was very cold.
Then he took a look at a deputy officer beside him and suddenly said, "two days ago, when Duke tulip arrived, did general Rostock give him a set of first-class precious armor? And a BMW? "
"Yes, my lord... But that doesn't seem to matter. General Rostock has always had a good relationship with the Rowlings, and he has given them a suit of armor and a horse. It doesn't seem like much. "
"It's nothing." Alpaye shrugged his shoulders, and then said in plain language: "you will immediately help me draft a secret newspaper, sign my name, and directly report it to his Highness The Regent himself to inform the Duke of tulip of his dereliction of duty and taking bribes during his inspection and acceptance of Kaspersky fortress."
"Ah..." the Deputy officer was stunned for a while. This guy just carefully whispered: "my Lord, a horse, a suit of armor, is not a bribe?"
"Write as I say." Alpai said faintly.
Then he supported the wall, looked at the distance of the road, and sighed, "you don't understand. Your Highness has read this secret letter of information. It's impossible to do any harm to the Duke of tulip. I understand. His highness knows better. Even if the Duke of tulip knows this letter, he will just laugh it off. It's just that. It's a sign that I'm still at odds with Duke tulip! You don't understand these things. "
The Empire's new rich man finally showed a faint bitter smile on his cold face: "Dewey and I were not enemies. Because the Regent wanted us to be enemies, duvet and I became enemies. "
Dewey did not return to the capital immediately. In fact, after a long journey to the south, he went to the military base with the northwest independent division of Andrea.
There, Dewey secretly met with general Andrea.
"Now this army is not my army." In a separate room, Dewey said solemnly to general Andre, "but I'm worried. After all, this is a new air force. No commander in the Empire has any experience in commanding this army! I'm worried. If it is used indiscriminately, it will cause a huge waste of our valuable army land! Even the soldiers were killed for nothing
Dewey looked at general Andre: "although you were born in the storm corps, an old subordinate of general Rostock, and also a strict soldier, general Andre, although you participated in the creation of this army, you did not really experience the air combat of this army. So I wrote this down
Dewey gave general Andre a copy of the book he had written himself. It's Dewey's own operation of the air force. There are also some summaries of the role that the air force should play in the war. Of course, it also includes the analysis of the only actual case that the air force used in the continental War: the one that wiped out the northwest Corps.
"These are my ideas. I can't give it to Rostock, because after all, his qualifications are much higher than mine. If I give it to him, it will make him disgusted. " Du Wei wry smile: "but you have no problem, my friend, we worked together in the Northwest for two years, you know my people, I also know you."
"Although our hot-air balloon airship is very mature, as an air combat force, it is still very fragile. First of all, it is too affected by the climate. It is not a good weapon for all-weather operations. Second, if the enemy doesn't have air power, it will be an unparalleled weapon. But I want you to understand that our enemies also have air arms, and even have more air arms, more flexibility, and faster individual combat. Have air-to-air combat skills. In my opinion, the most suitable combat mode for our airships is "air to ground". And you know, airship is very fragile, once the balloon ball is damaged, it will cause airship to fall. This is a huge weakness in war. Therefore, I think our use of airships should mainly focus on concentrating the number of airships to bomb the enemy's ground forces. If we encounter a large number of enemy air arms, we'd better let the airship withdraw! Because airships lack air-to-air combat effectiveness in the air and move relatively slowly, they are easy to become targets of the enemy! "
General Andrea listened carefully to Dewey's advice, and then he asked, "well, your highness, with all due respect, you have the elite Decepticon air Knights! The air riders on broomsticks, in my opinion, are more agile, not affected by the climate, but also have air-to-air combat power. Why don't you send the Decepticon team... "
"Why not contribute the Decepticons to the imperial army? You think I'm too selfish? " Dewey grinned bitterly.
Andrea didn't speak. He just looked at Dewey in silence.
"My friend." Dewey slapped general Andre on the shoulder. "You don't understand. The Decepticons are so precious! And it's too few! Now the whole tulip family has less than 400 skyriders! and. Because of some special reasons I can't tell you, that kind of broom can't be mass produced any more! That is to say, this is a surprise force that can not be equipped in batches! Since it is a surprise force, it should not be used in conventional operations! Believe me, once the war needs, I will not hesitate to send the Decepticon air Knight order to you! But it's definitely not the beginning of the war! Do you understand? Because Decepticons are so precious, we can't afford to lose them! We have to wait for a stage of the war. We have a full understanding of the enemy, summed up enough experience to deal with the enemy, the Decepticon air knight, as a surprise into the war, to play the greatest effect
With that, Dewey said with a bitter smile, "if I had thousands of Decepticons, I would have sent them to you. Unfortunately, they are not regular army! In my imagination. They should belong to the special arms. "
Looking at Andrea's disappointed expression, Dewey sighed.
Andrea is really disappointed, but this is not based on the dissatisfaction with Dewey, but a helpless.
Unlike others, he has been in the Northwest for two years. For Duwei's powerful, shadowless and traceless, with super fast mobility, the Decepticon air Knight order, I envy it very much! As a general. Who doesn't want his men to have such an unpredictable army?
"Well, you don't have to worry too much." "I have a plan now, and if it goes well, we will be able to equip a really large air force in a few years! And the combat effectiveness will not be worse than the current combat effectiveness of the Decepticon air Knights! "
As he said that, Du Wei thought of the Griffin boy in the imperial capital
However, Dewey still gave general Andrea a a small gift.
"You know, Zig? Students of the school of magic. It's also my earliest student, the leader of the first Decepticon team! He used to be the instructor of the soldiers of the air force in the early days of your air force. I've already given an order. In a few days or so, he'll come down with ten members of the Decepticon team to report to you... Ten members of the Decepticon team! With their broomsticks and gear. It's kind of a maneuver I loaned you. And... All of the ten people Zig brought were the first members of the Decepticon team! They are all the most experienced skyriders, and... Each of them is a student of Imperial Academy of magic, that is to say, they are not just skyriders. At the same time, he is a qualified magician. It's just a low-level magician. But I think, with these 10 low-level magicians and Decepticon knights. The power of ten of them, if properly used, will be enough to produce great energy
Dewey's words made Andrea look happy: "that's great!"
"But I have a request for you, Andrea!"
Du Wei's voice became very serious as soon as his words changed: "the Zig I gave you and his ten people are not used as cannon fodder for you! It's not for you to attack! I only allow you to use them in some special tasks, but if there is any danger of meaningless damage, they can refuse your orders. Do you understand? I give them to you. More importantly, I hope they will follow you, experience the war more, accumulate more experience, use their eyes, ears and personal experience to sum up a set of combat methods and tactics suitable for our air force in the war as soon as possible! These ten are all selected by me. They are the elites with the best talent, the strongest learning ability and the best individual combat ability! These elites, I will use them in the future! So if you, Andrea, if you dare to regard them as ordinary big soldiers and use them for frontal charge, if one of them dies, and it's worthless... Andrea, I'll settle with you for sure! "
Two years in the Northwest for more than two years, personal friendship is very good, Andrea for Dewey's last severe warning, also did not have the slightest displeasure, he looked at Dewey gratefully: "thank you! I will make sure to make good use of the ten air Knights you lent me. My God, with the Decepticon air knights, even the air scouts used as scouts are much better than those slow and heavy balloons under my command! "
"Make good use of it. You'd better not die for any of these ten people. These people will be of great use in the future. Especially Ziggy Dewey sighed.
Andrea looked at Dewey silently. Suddenly he sighed: "Dewey, actually, I don't think you should stay in the capital."
He frowned and said, "hot air balloon airship or air knight.". These are all things you have made. Who else in the world knows better than you how to use these special armies? I don't think the Empire should leave you in the headquarters to do the work in the rear. You should come to the front and direct these troops. No one knows better than you. "
Dewey grinned strangely: "Andre, there's no need to talk about this. First, at present, the Regent will not allow me to take charge of the army directly. Second... I know very well that I am not a real soldier. I command the army to fight. In this respect, many people are more proficient than me. I know my strengths and weaknesses. I think it's good for everyone if I stay in the headquarters for a period of time. "
However, next, Dewey lowered his voice and muttered, "but in the future, there may be a chance. Who knows."
Before leaving, Dewey gave Andrea a big hug: "my friend, I want to warn you! Because your army is a new type of army, there are only two results in the war waiting for you: either you use the correct method and win a complete victory, or your army uses the wrong method and suffers heavy casualties!! Only these two results, I hope not the second! Moreover, this war will be a tragedy we have never seen before. I don't think we will have a chance to meet again for a long time from now to the beginning of the war... Take care! I hope you'll be alive next time we meet! "