PDLP Chapter 1292 Kusk 2nd round?
Chapter 1292 Kusk 2nd round?
As winter approaches, the weather in the Papal States is getting colder.
Basically all the Papal States' miscellaneous troops have fled, except for a few young men who are still holding on.
Of the 20 elite troops, nearly 8 fled, leaving only 12 elite troops holding on to the various defense lines.
12 elite troops plus 3 miscellaneous troops.
This was the only remaining army of the Papal States.
The new aristocratic government did not give up the war, but instead intended to escalate it.
Although they deceived the people, they completed the division of power.
They are the best help in defending the Papal States.
Holderis was the emperor, and they were the nobles of the country.
The emperor was the greatest nobleman, but these small nobles were the most numerous.
They are the backbone of the defense of the Papal States.
Faced with the overwhelming power of the Wehrmacht, the new aristocratic government chose to complete the military expansion policy left by Holderis.
Despite the extremely tight financial situation, Holdress was still prepared to expand the army by 80.
He gambled all his family fortune, sent several of his corrupt relatives to the guillotine, and used their blood and the money they embezzled to secretly train an army of 80.
Now that Holdress has been forced to abdicate, the military expansion plan has been temporarily shelved.
After the new government came to power, it liquidated Holdress's group of vegetarian relatives.
Most of these relatives are mediocre, but they are protected by a relative who is the emperor.
When Holdeli was in power, most of the nobles dared not speak out as they did not want to bring trouble upon themselves.
So he just silently endured the oppression of Holdress's relatives.
But now, Holdress, the biggest supporter of these relatives, is gone.
Without Holdress's protection, the relatives were purged by the new government.
These relatives were directly executed along with their entire clan, and all their property was confiscated.
The new government conservatively estimated that nearly 100 million gold coins worth of assets were seized from these parasites.
You might ask, why so much money?
Because the richest people in the Dwarf Empire all fled to the Papal States.
And these refugees from the Dwarf Empire were basically eaten up by Holdris.
Their entire fortune was swallowed up by Holdress and his relatives.
Then Holdress only got a small portion, and most of the assets were swallowed up by his relatives.
And now, this group of ugly relatives has finally been punished.
More than 4000 million gold coins in cash directly gave the nobles a chance to live longer.
The aristocratic government used half of the 4000 million gold coins in cash to improve people's livelihood, and invested the other 2000 million gold coins without hesitation in weapons, equipment and training for 80 troops.
Part of the other fixed assets were absorbed internally, while another part was auctioned off for cash.
All the cash raised was invested in military training.
Only then did these nobles realize that the army was burning money faster than they were spending it!
As aristocrats, there are many playboys among them.
But no matter how much these playboys spend, they can't compare to the money the army spends...
2000 million gold coins can only provide weapons and equipment for 40 elite troops.
Originally, Holdress planned to gather 20 elite troops and 60 miscellaneous troops.
The new aristocratic government chose to carry on to the end and directly assembled 80 elite troops.
2000 million gold coins were thrown in, but only a small amount was earned, barely enough to cover half of the equipment money, but the soldiers' salaries were not yet included.
The weapons and equipment for the other half of the soldiers are still not found.
But the aristocratic government no longer cares about this. They are now stepping up the production of weapons and equipment and training of troops.
At the same time, they finally realized that there were more than 100,000 troops on the front line waiting for them to replenish supplies.
It took another two or three days to restart the logistics supply line.
By the time the first batch of logistical supplies arrived at the front line, the soldiers had not received any supplies for more than six days.
During these six days, the Wehrmacht advanced all the way forward, advancing as far as 250 kilometers.
In fact, they could have fought further, but winter came and a blizzard directly blocked the Wehrmacht's advance.
Although it did not reach the horror of the Winter of Divine Punishment, it was not far behind.
The snow was more than 1 meter thick, so the Wehrmacht's armored vehicles could pass through, but the infantry could not.
The soldiers of the Papal States on the opposite side were even worse off. They not only had to face hunger, but also severe cold.
During these six days, 15 of the 5 soldiers who were originally integrated were defeated.
Among them, only 2 were defeated by the advance of the Wehrmacht, and the other 3 chose to flee because they could not bear the severe cold and hunger.
The Wehrmacht did not pursue them but rather sought shelter from the cold.
It's not easy to live a good life, there's no need to endure hardship.
If you endure hardship without any suffering, wouldn’t you be a fool?
The Wehrmacht was in no hurry to launch an offensive.
However, the army of the Papal States was now caught in deep internal strife.
Central line of defense.
The sky was filled with floating snowflakes and the ground was covered in white.
There were no bomb craters, no trenches, and no signs of human presence…
At this moment, a bulge suddenly appeared somewhere, and then two soldiers from the Papal States emerged from it.
The blizzard covered everything, including the trenches below, and the Papal soldiers could only dig deep air-raid shelters.
There are also many 1st and 2nd level magicians among the elite troops, most of whom know some basic magic.
Use the number of fireballs and the number of lights to keep warm.
As an elite force, they have no shortage of fuel and magic crystals.
The continuous blizzard made it impossible for them to find firewood for burning, so they could only light fuel or replenish magic power through magic crystals to release magic to keep warm.
So although the sky and the earth looked white on the surface, in fact, a large number of Papal soldiers were buried beneath the invisible snow.
The Wehrmacht naturally knew that they could use heavy artillery and bombs to destroy these soldiers.
However, the commander of the 1st Infantry Army, which was responsible for attacking from the center, chose to wait where he was.
Because the commander knows that weather is the most powerful weapon.
The severe cold will cause these Papal troops without supplies to freeze to death here...
Heavy snow blocked the roads, and the Papal States' logistics troops were unable to deliver supplies to the front line.
But they couldn't let 10 soldiers on the front line starve to death.
The aristocratic government immediately hired a large number of capable people, promised them huge profits, and asked them to deliver supplies to the front line.
As the saying goes, as long as you spend money, anything can be done for you.
A large number of low-level magicians from the Papal States accepted government tasks.
Then, he relied on his own two legs and his own magic power to deliver the supplies to the front line.
Although this was just a drop in the bucket, it solved the urgent needs on the front line.
Looking at the army in the distance that was frozen beyond recognition, the Wehrmacht soldiers couldn't help but sigh. They had also suffered the same cold on the Kursk Plain, but they had enough supplies at that time.
(Good night??(?≧□≦?)??)