"Thank you, Palatina.
July 24, 1625, is a day destined to shock the world and go down in history.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a large force was assembled on the plain outside the gate of the Olevi Fortress, including the Far Eastern "Shooting Army", the 1st and 2nd "Armored Knights" of the Far East, the 1st and 2nd Artillery Divisions of the Far East, the Heavy Cavalry Division of the Holy Guard, the Ranger Chaser Division, the Kitland Grenadier Division, the Dwarven Heavy Infantry Division of Icewind Valley, and the Dragon Vein Infantry Division from Longmian Valley; The air force lineup is also at its peak, headed by the flagship of the Far Eastern Air Force "Rudolph", under the command of five air fleets, a total of fifteen magic airships, including the "Flying Dragon Knights", the total number of carrier-based aviation troops exceeds 5,000; In addition, there are regiments of mages, priests, engineers, and a large number of auxiliary units responsible for medical and logistical work.
The total number of troops mobilized by the "Far Eastern Royal Court" for this western expedition exceeded 100,000, not counting the naval fleet that was ready to go in the Golden Horn.
At 9:30 a.m., Roland's special car appeared on the parade ground, and accompanied by Marshal Pavel, Marshal Alexei, and other generals, he personally held a grand swearing-in meeting for all the officers and men of the Far East who were about to go on the expedition.
After the oath, the high-spirited officers and soldiers of the Far East marched to the military station in orderly steps, and took the long-prepared magic train through the Ulino Pass, all the way to the Imperial Komi Province, which was covered with dense primeval jungles and vast grasslands.
The army was accompanied by artillery of various calibers, as well as ammunition supplies, canned rations and other logistical supplies, all of which were towed and carried by magic cars, and formed an endless line along both sides of the railway, starting a rapid march at an astonishing speed.
Since the outbreak of the war, officers and men at all levels in the Far East have been fully tempered in the flames of war, and there has been a qualitative leap in morale and tactics compared with before the start of the war.
At the same time, the war also injected strong vitality into the military industry of the Far East, and with its strong industrial capacity, it was able to mass-produce weapons and equipment and military vehicles that surpassed the technological level of all countries of this era.
By the summer of 1625, the Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Far East had in fact initially completed the "mechanization" and "modernization" transformation, and in the view of Roland, who had single-handedly built this modern army, it was no exaggeration to say that its equipment level and comprehensive combat effectiveness had leapt to the forefront of the Vares countries, and it could be called the strongest army in the world.
Of course, the conflict between the kingdom of Kolas and the Assanian Empire has so far been confined to a corner of the Far East, and it is still a "local war" in the eyes of the dignitaries, and although the success of the Far Easterners in repelling the Imperial Crusade is amazing, few people really realize how strong the Far East is militarily during this period.
It was not until July of this year that the Far Eastern military shifted from strategic defense to strategic offensive, and the two mechanized armies advanced rapidly along the railway and highway lines of communication at an unbelievable speed, with an average daily breakthrough mileage of more than 200 miles, that observers from various countries felt a heartfelt awe of this force that was rolling and crushing the interior of the empire at an unbelievable speed, and also gave this modern army a very vivid title of "legion on wheels" based on the magic of industrial civilization With its efficient marching speed, and the "Revenge Corps" who were very familiar with the local situation, they were responsible for clearing the hostile forces on both sides of the communication line, and the Western Expeditionary Corps almost unimpeded through the jungle area where the Wild Elf Reservation was located, and into the vast Komi Savannah.
The military columns and convoys galloped day and night on the vast grassland, and occasionally encountered enemy obstruction on the way and temporarily stopped, but fortunately, the two armored knight brigades responsible for attacking the fortifications always did not disappoint, easily breaking through the layers of defense laid by the imperial army, re-penetrating the lines of communication, and covering the main force to continue to advance.
From the beginning of the expedition on July 24, in just ten days, it crossed the Ulyno Mountains, the jungle of the wild elves, and the Komi savannah, and approached the area of Harrenhal, the capital of Komi Province.
On 7 August, with the arrival of follow-up troops, the Far Eastern Army began to move frequently, and the "Alexei Army" and the "Pavel Army" established positions in the southeast and northeast directions of Harrenhal respectively, covering each other to form a horn trend, and it was possible to launch a siege on Harrenhal at any time under the heavy defense of the Imperial Army.
As the war spread to the empire, press regulation became less and less effective.
The road from Harrenhal to the holy city of Yassan, as far as the eye can see, is full of refugees.
The inhabitants of Komi Province, who had lived for many years, had to flee the fighting with their families and families to the interior, and bad news about the fighting on the front lines spread rapidly to all parts of the empire with the flow of refugees.
Those who had only known about the war through the official newspapers, which played the role of the mouthpiece of the Imperial authorities, suddenly realized that they had been deceived: the newspapers had been declaring all day long that the front had been victorious, as if the Imperial army was about to storm the Fort of Atonement, and in the blink of an eye it had completely changed Now people have learned the truth, in fact, the process of the Imperial Legion's eastward expedition is a complete tragedy, first retreating from the east bank of the Turbid River to the west bank, and then retreating from the west bank to the Olevi Fortress, and now from the Olevi Fortress to Harrenhal, but the Far Easterners' westward expedition army was invincible all the way, and it reached the city of Harrenhal in less than half a month, and the imperial military became more and more incompetent in comparison.
General Engel's claim that he would be able to win a complete victory in the Crusade within four weeks now seemed to be a dream of impatience, but it was more likely that the Far Eastern army would capture Harrenhal in the next four weeks, and even reach the holy city of Yasan.
When the real news on the battlefield reached the holy city of Yashan, it immediately caused a great earthquake of public opinion throughout the government and the opposition, from the princes and nobles to the cabinet of the princes and nobles, down to the peddlers and pawns, everyone was deeply panicked because the rebels advanced to the empire proper, and everyone had to consider such an imminent crisis: if Harrenhal, the last barrier of the Assanian Empire in the east, was also lost, Where else can the Imperial army, once again routed, retreat: