Chapter 294：

After further discussion, it was agreed that issuing war bonds was a good idea, so Paul handed over the job to old Ford and Hansel.

When the meeting was about to end, a young officer hurried in and handed Paul the latest battle report on the front line.

"Oh…"

Paul shook his head while watching, "We have encountered a tough battle."

With a mournful look on his face, he passed one of the reports to the audience for circulation.

This report written by Schroeder described in detail the battle that took place on the border of the Duchy. Although the Arda army won the battle and killed and captured more than a thousand enemies, it also suffered nearly 300 people. casualties. Schroeder speculates that the attrition due to death or serious injury will eventually exceed a hundred people.

It was also the first time that Paul had encountered a situation where his army would lose so many people in a single battle.

"This kind of thing...is inevitable after all."

"The enemy will not surrender victory."

"Lord Earl, you should pay more attention to the significance of this victory than casualties."

"As a lord, you will get used to this kind of thing sooner or later."

Seeing the look on Paul's face, everyone thought that he was frightened by the number of casualties, so they all expressed relief, after all, the lord was still so young.

Paul took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I hope the army can do a good job in pensions, and don't let the hearts of the families of the sacrificed soldiers be chilled."

Ron, Kelly and other senior officers staying in Huxin Town hurriedly wrote down the Lord's words.

What is also mentioned in the report is that because of the heavy casualties in this battle, Schroeder had to suspend the offensive for a period of time, let the troops stay in the border area where they are now to repair, and recruit more locals to supplement their combat power , Of course, if the Duke's army comes to take the initiative to attack again, it will never back down.

Paul has no objection to this point, he is not a person who is eager to win. Information from the direction of Bidowburg showed that Jaes seemed to have put all his eggs in one basket and attacked the castle regardless of casualties. Obviously, the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Weiss River had already made him feel his **** was on fire.

Haha, the son of the duke would never have imagined that the owner of Biddowburg, Sir Brett Sean, in order to prevent the Kent family from finding him for surrendering to the Allied forces after the victory, took the initiative to confess the secret that his family had kept for generations—in the castle. There is an underground tunnel that exits in a hidden river stream west of the castle.

As for why he didn't slip away quietly during the last battle, one was because he was unwilling to leave behind the wealth accumulated by his family for generations—to run away quietly, he must travel lightly.

The second reason is that because the exit is located in the west of the castle, Pittburgh is embedded like a nail between Portree and Allard. These two territories are important members of the anti-Kent alliance. If Sir Sean wants to run, To the north, west, and south are the enemy's territory. The shortest route to get out of danger is to go east by quietly bypassing Bidoburg. However, the coalition forces stationed heavily in the east of the castle in order to prevent the Duke's army from rescuing Bidoburg. It's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. In short, escaping from here is not the best strategy. In order to prevent being discovered by the patrol team of the coalition forces, Sir Sean also sent people to block the tunnel near the exit for a long distance.

The third is that the order given to him by Maltz Kent at that time was to guard this important traffic point, and even hinted that if he failed to keep it, he would commit suicide and apologize. Under such circumstances, Sir Sean slipped away quietly. There is no good fruit to eat.

Fuck Maltz, **** the Duke of the Northwest, after Jais failed to clear the siege for the first time, Sir Shawn immediately sent envoys to negotiate with the coalition forces on how to surrender decently.

After Jia Aisi led the troops here for the second time and began to besiege Biduobao, in order to avoid being settled by the Duke for his surrender, Brett Sean decisively confessed to the underground tunnel, so the coalition forces cleared the exit, this narrow tunnel It became the lifeline of the garrison in the castle. Weapons and equipment, medicines, supplementary soldiers, and even gunpowder, shells, and grenades from Huxin Town were continuously sent to the castle.

Paul was very happy, Bidopau is just a grinder of flesh and blood, let Jais enjoy it slowly. Arda will gradually accumulate strength on the upper reaches of the Weiss River, and from their rear they will go straight to Center, the capital of the Northwest Duchy.

If this fortress eventually falls... Of course, this is indeed a very bad thing. Jaais only needs to make another effort to hit the west coast, and he can isolate the entire alliance into two parts, the north and the south. However, according to the analysis of the staff department, the pressure from Emden and the upper reaches of the Weiss River is enough to stop the Duke's army. Jaes is so eager to attack Bidowburg, not so much because he wants to occupy it as a forward base for continued offensives. Rather, he wanted to use it as a western barrier to prevent the enemy from counterattacking, so that he could free up troops to deal with the Arda army in other directions.

If the fortress does fall and Jaes is more reckless than expected, Arda's road to the south will be cut off. Hope that the sea fleet has already begun to take shape.

The loss of an important transportation hub will not immediately collapse the alliance. The lords and generals stationed in Bidowburg will not live and die with the castle, but will flee back to their own territory through tunnels to continue organizing the army to fight.

And what happened after that... who can say for sure? War is a gamble. Perhaps the two sides will shake hands and make peace after a stalemate But as long as the worst outcome is not the case - the alliance will suffer a crushing defeat and be slaughtered - Arda will occupy a place in the Northwest Gulf and become an important force , Greiman will also get rid of the previous image of the unknown family in exile, and obtain a status that matches the title of the earl, a high-ranking nobleman.

"Thinking about it, I'm a little excited!"

Paul made a statement that made everyone feel inexplicable.

Then the Earl received another news that surprised him—the surveying team at Emden had invented a method for the artillerymen to measure distances quickly, based on the trigonometric functions he had taught in school.

Two different moods mixed in his heart...

One is the joy of being a lord and a teacher: My goodness, is the long-term investment in education finally bearing fruit? At that time, he only talked about the application of trigonometric functions in surveying and mapping. He did not expect that someone would take the initiative to apply them to military affairs.

The other is an inexplicable sense of loss: Shit, why didn't I expect to do this again, and I lost a good opportunity to act aggressively in front of the bosses.

Of course, the former mood is the main one. After all, this is a good phenomenon. Technological progress and industrialization cannot rely solely on what he has in his head. There must be more people to guess, think, prove, and application. Paul believes that there will be more and more similar things in the future.

Not long after, the meeting ended. After everyone dispersed, Paul stood for a long time looking out the window of the office. Finally, he couldn't restrain some impulse and came to sit down at the table.

While muttering, "The aura of the prophet is quite necessary at this stage..."

While picking up a pen, I wrote "Several ideas about using lens equipment for long-distance measurement..."