Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 627 629. Only swords

 In less than twenty minutes, 70 people wiped out 500 people.

　　When this data came out of the adjutant's mouth, even Marshal Menno Kuhorn, who had seen a lot and had spent his entire life in the military, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The eyes showed surprise.

He put his hands on the table, looked down at the terrain map, and immediately found the temporary military station that was attacked in the report.

His superb tactical literacy was undoubtedly revealed. When he saw this position, he had already thought of six or seven ways to break the military station in his mind.

 However, that is only the method of ‘breaking the military station’ after all.

 In the final analysis, he still couldn't understand the reason for the opponent's terrifying killing efficiency.

Marshal Nilfgaard lowered his head and stared at the map, asking without looking back.

“Are there traces of magic there? Are there wandering sorcerers in that guerrilla band?”

Although the Nilfgaardian army has also been trained on how to fight warlocks, those contents are too simple and even crude.

After all, even the Nilfgaard Empire cannot guarantee that each of their soldiers is of high quality enough to understand and use tactical drills used to target magic, so they can only simplify them as much as possible.

It is not impossible if there is a warlock who is good at fighting in that guerrilla army.

“I’m afraid not, Marshal.” the adjutant said softly.

"We found no traces of fire, frost, electric shock or other magic in that temporary military station. The trace expert also had equipment used to detect the residue of chaos magic, but the equipment was very quiet from beginning to end. Only Sword, my lord."

 “Only the sword.”

“Only swords? You want to tell me that it was seventy people who hacked to death our five hundred soldiers who were well-trained and armed with swords?!”

The eyes of the commanders, staff officers, secretaries, and affairs officers at all levels present were attracted at the same time.

The adjutant pursed his lips, stretched out the hand holding the information and handed it to the marshal: "Sir, otherwise you are still on your own."

 “Read it out!”

Menno Kuhorn raised his head, looked around at his colleagues whose eyes revealed uneasiness and panic about the unknown, and yelled loudly.

“Read it out loud! Let us all listen. At this critical moment, we must not only concentrate on preparing for the great battle, but also what kind of enemy we must face in the rear!”

 The adjutant swallowed and retracted the hand he extended: "Yes."

“The following records are derived from the oral accounts of sporadic survivors at the scene.”

“According to description, everything was normal in the first half of the night. The temporary military station served as a rest point and supply point on the patrol route, and the scene of comings and goings was maintained even at night.”

“In the second half of the night, a huge black shadow suddenly burst into the solid wooden door of the temporary military station. The sentries on the wall of the military station had no warning.”

"Immediately afterwards, more than 70 soldiers who were originally scattered in the front yard of the military station were all killed in less than two minutes. The survivor's description of this scene was very vague. I think he may have gone insane. His description reference value.”

"It's up to me to judge whether he is insane, just keep reading!" Marshal Nilfgaard's cold snort made the adjutant nod with difficulty.

"According to the survivors: Everyone was like a pile of butter in front of the black shadow, and the armor and weapons were so fragile that they seemed to be non-existent. As long as the black shadow passed by, the bodies of the soldiers would be cut open, or directly killed. Crash away. A larger and more terrifying black shadow extends from the black shadow's hand. As long as it sweeps away, everyone within the range will be scattered to pieces in an instant."

"After viewing the scene, our trace experts believe that the so-called 'bigger and scarier' black shadow should be a heavy sword-shaped iron block. The scars it caused are very recognizable and have the characteristics of squeezing and crushing. , various characteristics of lacerations.”

"In other words, that is a 'person' holding a weapon." Menno Kuhorn said coldly, "Then why do you use the vague 'black shadow' to refer to him? The Intelligence Section of the Imperial Military Academy Is this how you teach them?"

“When we are studying, we are required to be ‘as objective as possible and free from personal assumptions,’ Marshal.” The adjutant defended himself and his alma mater.

"And that's exactly what I did. In this dictation, maybe it was because the fire conditions were not good at the time, maybe it was because of the mental problem of the person who was dictating it, or maybe it was because the 'thing' was too fast. In short , the narrator is still unwilling to admit that the black shadow is a human being. He himself can’t give any description of the black shadow’s appearance.”

The marshal nodded, accepting this statement.

“So based on what we know about the monsters in the north, is there anything that fits the description of this ‘thing’?”

"Trolls once had records of cooperating with humans to build bridges, but they moved slowly. Female monsters, horned demons, etc. do meet the description of the strength, but these things cannot cooperate with humans, nor can they use sword-shaped iron. piece."

 That means no. At least not among the types of monsters known to humans.

 Menno Kuhorn and many of the commanders present have determined that the ‘black shadow’ is a human being, a human being who is so strong that it exceeds common sense.

"Not only is the strength beyond ordinary people, but several survivors also pointed out that they saw the black shadow jumping back and forth on the two-story roof of the temporary military station many times, flexibly and quickly. The soldiers wanted to rely on the building terrain and use bows and crossbows to attack Measures to deal with him were thwarted as a result.”

Menno Kuhorn said coldly: "Even ordinary soldiers have some ideas and countermeasures in the desperate battle. Where are the management we left at the temporary military station? Where are the commanders? They just stood there and watched the show. ?"

The adjutant turned the information back two pages: "The management of the temporary military station has proven their loyalty and bravery, your lord marshal."

"The five commanders in turn wanted to establish a chain of command, improve the organization of the soldiers present, and deal with the enemy with calm and rational tactics. In fact, they had almost separated the sword and shield troops, long-range troops, and polearm troops at that time , each performing his duties."

Hearing this, the marshal's tone became a little calmer: "Under the chaos, that's not bad. What's the effect?"

  ".It has no effect, Lord Marshal."

"Often in less than a minute after the order is issued, the current commander's position will be suddenly discovered by the enemy, and then he will be raided and killed by the black shadow. Until all five officers are killed in the line of duty, there will no longer be officers of sufficient rank present. existence, the construction of the chain of command was abandoned.”

"After that, seventy soldiers wearing full armor, relying on strict formations and flexible small battle formations, began to enter the field to encircle and suppress our soldiers. The soldiers who had lost their organization and command, here I have lost all courage."

“A great rout began. The enemy was like herding pigs, driving our soldiers to places they thought were ‘easy to kill’, and then they started to take action.”

“They were well-trained and well-organized, and did not give broken soldiers or stragglers any chance. The depot was full of desperate and panicked corpses, with blood flowing everywhere and constant wailing and screaming.”

"The survivors were scattered within a five-kilometer radius of the temporary military station. They were all frightened crazy and jumped out of the military station wall wearing armor to escape. When we found them, these people generally broke a leg. Or arms.”

“They dragged these broken limbs and fled across the border for a whole night.”

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 (End of this chapter)