Mage Veigar

Chapter 46 Retreat?

a week later.

Vega's entire regiment began to move towards the border as ordered.

The border line is more than 200 kilometers away from the city of Kareni, and it takes two and a half days just to march to the border line on foot.

卡列尼与联合王国的边境线长达2374公里，而3团需要负责的是R68-T357边境线，维迦所在是4营则重点负责T134-T357区域。

Guarding the border is different from simple patrolling missions.

The patrol mission is only to carry out shift patrols on some cliffs, rapids, and primeval forests that cannot be broken through by large troops. The only ones that can be encountered are some small pioneering teams, reconnaissance teams, and special forces of the enemy country.

After completing the patrol mission, you can return to Kaleni for rest at any time.

Speaking of which, patrol missions are just used for training.

But the border garrisons are different.

The border garrison mission is generally carried out in company units, which are stationed for a long time at a pass that can accommodate large troops. At the same time, they must conduct daily patrols and 24-hour shifts around the pass. Each such pass has a small sentry tower that can accommodate roughly a company.

Simultaneously.

This sentry tower also serves as an early warning at any time, just like the Great Wall on Earth. Once an enemy invades, it is necessary to light colored smoke signals according to the number of enemies. At the same time, the company needs to resist the invaders without receiving an order to retreat.

The danger of garrisoning is self-evident.

Once provoked by a large enemy force, the building may even be destroyed and people may die.

In addition to the danger, border garrison missions generally have a long period of time, and the area nearby is either surrounded by towering mountains or endless expanses of land. Apart from teammates in the company, there are only the chirping of insects and birds, and there are often situations where supplies are not available in a timely manner. In terms of conditions, it is many times more difficult than staying in Kareni.

in short.

The border garrison mission is to be sent to the frontier. Generally, the cannon fodder troops are sent to fight with the United Kingdom's harassment troops. Those who can survive for a year or two will be incorporated into the backbone troops for systematic training. Those who cannot survive may have their graves covered by grass three meters high.

Veigar was stationed in a hilly area.

He needs to carry out a garrison mission for at least 3 months, and when the garrison mission expires, he may be ordered to extend the garrison time. This is the military's practice, giving you a hope of returning first, so that you can continue to persevere, and then when the mission time is up, you will be given an additional 3 months, and so on.

"Captain, the handover procedures have been completed."

Adjutant Charles reported to Vega, who was standing on the commanding heights of the sentry tower and looking into the distance.

The previous company had already disappeared at the end of the sunset. Even though it was about to get dark, they couldn't wait to return to Kareni because they had waited for this day for too long.

"Thank you for your hard work, adjutant."

Vega turned and walked down. "Next, let's arrange the personnel for tonight's duty as soon as possible. I believe that most of the soldiers in our company have experienced several years of garrison missions. Try to ask for their opinions as much as possible."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." The adjutant retreated.

Vega began to walk around the sentry tower. The sentry tower could accommodate 200 people and was equipped with a beacon tower on the top. There was a large open space in front of the sentry tower for the army to gather. As for the daily training of the army, it was usually directly applied to the daily pass patrol. Pass patrol was a daily task that was most likely to encounter enemy troops.

Walk down the watchtower.

Soldiers in groups of two or three were carrying supplies. When they saw Vega, they immediately stopped what they were doing and saluted.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away.

In this small sentry tower, Vega is the highest-ranking officer with the highest command authority. The life and death of his 160 men is entirely in his hands. As long as this long-term mission is not completed, if a soldier makes a mistake, he does not even need to be referred to the military court. As his direct superior, Vega has the power to make direct judgments.

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Three days passed in a flash, and Vega's troops had basically adapted to life here.

The most terrifying thing about border garrison missions is loneliness and solitude. If you stay here for a long time, you are prone to some mental illnesses. After all, not everyone can adapt to life in the deserted wild for a long time.

Therefore, it is particularly important to combine work and rest.

If it were summer now, Vega might take some soldiers out hunting or something like that to spice things up, but in this snowy winter, there are fewer entertainment options.

But today is an exception.

Because news came from the front that the United Kingdom’s troops were approaching, but the exact total number was not yet known.

"Everyone, checkpoint T315, let's go."

Vega led about 100 people towards the pass, leaving about 30 people stationed in the sentry tower, temporarily commanded by the deputy company commander.

Reach the commanding heights of the pass.

Vega saw more than 30 of his men who were hiding here on routine patrol missions. They were using military binoculars to observe the enemy's every move. The team was led by a squadron leader.

"Sergeant, report the situation."

"Yes, Captain."

The squadron leader put down the binoculars and said, "There are more than 500 enemies in total, about half a battalion, and they are heading towards us. We have not found any other troops yet. We initially judge that they are using guerrilla warfare."

Guerrilla-style warfare.

This was a method of warfare used by the United Kingdom during the armistice period, whereby the United Kingdom would summon a force several times the size of the Imperial sentry towers to launch flexible surprise attacks in order to destroy a single Imperial sentry tower, and then quickly withdraw after the destruction.

In such cases.

Due to the difference in numbers, they could only send out a signal to evacuate temporarily to ensure the safety of the soldiers first. As for the destruction of the sentry tower, they could only consider themselves unlucky and spend a lot of time and energy to repair it.

Of course, the empire is not the one that will suffer losses.

Generally, regiment-level or battalion-level troops will also regularly call up soldiers to adopt similar strategies. The losses of both sides over the years have been similar, but the recent border frictions have intensified.

"Messenger."

"arrive."

Vega said to the messenger, "Go back to the sentry tower and inform the deputy company commander to release the green smoke signal and prepare for evacuation. I didn't expect to hit the jackpot just three days after arriving. It looks like everyone will have nothing to do in the future. Just repairing the sentry tower will keep us busy for half a month."

"Yes."

The messenger immediately ran towards the sentry tower.

Although preparations for retreat were made, Vega did not order the evacuation immediately because he still needed to wait for the retreat signal from the regiment headquarters. It would be a violation of military orders to evacuate without receiving the retreat signal.

ten minutes later.

A light red smoke rose from the other side of the mountain.

The order from the regiment headquarters has arrived.

But this was not an order to retreat, but a signal to attack.

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