Chapter 887 (1/2)

Chapter 887: Bomber Action

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At this time, in a big tent located at the center of the Northern Region Garrison’s camping ground, everyone was busy preparing for the upcoming battle.

Eagle Face was astonished by Edith’s plan. “Leave the entire front to the witches? I trust their abilities, but there are at least 10,000 people in the army of the Kingdom of Dawn and many of them wear God’s Stones of Retaliation. If the witches fell into a bitter fight there, it’ll be hard for us to save them.”

“Those were my initial thoughts of this plan.” Edith smiled. “In fact, it’s not the Adviser Department’s plan but His Majesty’s idea.”

“Do you have a formal record of this?” asked the deputy battalion commander.

“Here you are.” The Pearl of the Northern Region gave him a confidential letter marked with a red seal. “By the way, you can see that in the last part of the letter, the king has temporarily given me the power of commander.”

In accordance with the rules of the First Army, any pre-war combat strategy must have a paper record which should be audited and signed by officers at a corresponding level, and a plan signed by His Majesty himself must be unconditionally executed.

After confirming the validity of the signature, Eagle Face promptly stood straight and made a military salute. “The Northern Region garrison promises to fulfil the mission!”

“Good.” Edith smiled. “But remember, your purpose is to give the enemy a destructive blow when they retreat in disorder. Please note the prerequisite. If they’re not fleeing hurriedly, you should consider it a sign of failure and backtrack to Cloud Ladder. No unauthorized military action is allowed. You must clearly explain this order to every solider.”

“Backtrack? Do you mean… retreat?” Eagle Face was stunned. “Isn’t His Majesty sure about whether this plan is feasible?”

“We’ve never tried this before, so who knows? If it doesn’t work, we must consider other strategies… That’s why His Majesty sent me here.” The Pearl of the Northern Region said sraightforwardly.

“What about the witches?”

“They won’t be in any danger even if they fail.”

“Got it. I’ll go prepare for this task. Our troops will set out tomorrow morning.” Eagle Face saluted again.

“This operation is named Bomber Action and once your troops are in place, the battle will begin.” Edith made a military salute to him. “Well, go.”

“Yes!”

Although Eagle Face did not really know what “bomber” meant, he had faith in this thing. He was firmly convinced that all the kings’ new inventions were extraordinary, just like the steam engine.

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After two days of waiting in the camp, Lightning finally received the order to take action.

Sylvie’s voice came through a Sigil of Listening in her hand. “Margie has transported all the people into place. You can set off now. The Kingdom of Dawn’s soldiers have taken down their tents and packed. They are beginning to form up for battle. Hope you can catch up with them.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll be there soon.” With these words, the little girl turned back and waved to Maggie and Hummingbird. “Come on. It’s time to go!”

In the past two days, she had flown in the sky to check the map of Cloud Ladder and survey the situation of all the surrounding areas. His Majesty’s plan was not complicated. The six witches were divided into two teams. One was in charge of transportation and logistics and thus mainly relied on Margie’s Magic Ark to complete their task. Sylvie and Lily were also in this group. The former was able to detect distant enemies to ensure that they could seize the initiative on the battlefield. The latter could prevent the church’s demonic plague in case the church got desperate and spread it to kill the Kingdom of Dawn’s soldiers who broke into the old Holy City.