20 Km east of Gim,April 8th 1639,elf Caravan
"Hah... hah... hah..."
About 20 kilometers east of Gim, there was a small, nameless, reclusive elven village. Because they did not interact much with outsiders, news about the Gim massacre arrived there late. The villagers did evacuate, but there weren't any Kua Toinan soldiers in the area, so it was a harrowing journey to escape from Lauria's watch. Currently, they were about 10 kilometers east of the village. Short, green grasslands unfolded before them, with birds singing and wild cows eating the delicious grass. It was a very peaceful scene. This area would be easy to traverse because it was flat and there were no obstacles, but it would also be easy to find and chase after them for the same reasons. To the 200 evacuees, they would be taking a huge risk to cross these grasslands. A boy pulled on his sister's hand as they kept going east. The children's mother had died early of illness, and they were living with their father. However, because of the danger of a Laurian invasion, their father, who was part of the first reserve forces, was called in to serve the army.
"Hey, Parun. You're the older brother, so take care of Asha, okay?"
The father smiled as he entrusted everything to his son and left their home. The evacuees were not gaining any speed. The children were put in the back to keep watch; only 10 remained after the draft. 25 more kilometers to go. Only 25 kilometers until they reached the frontline Kua Toinan military base...
Suddenly, there was a cry from the rear of the group.
"Laurian horsemen!!!"
The boy looked back to see 100 Laurian cavalry about 3 kilometers behind them, quickly closing in on the group of escapees. Soldiers from the Kingdom of Lauria,with orders to slaughter all demihumans, were coming for them. The villagers began to scream as they ran, but there was no way they could outrun horses, and the army slowly gained on them.
Same time,Laurian riders
Red-Eyed Jove, captain of the Hawk Knight's 15th cavalry regiment, a Laurian knight order, licked his lips at the prey in front of him.
"Well, look what we got here...!"
Around 200 women and children were making their way east through the grasslands. They were about 3 kilometers away, but the land was flat and wide with no obstructions, so they were in plain sight. Gim was a really good time. He got to torture people and go wild, doing whatever he wanted with the blessings of his superiors. It was the best! He remembered the cat demi family in Gim. The parents begged him desperately, "don't kill us!", so of course he killed them, then fucked their daughter in front of their corpses, though then he realized he didn't need to kill them first. The cat girl had screamed and cried endlessly; he had really gotten off on that. Red-Eyed Jove felt those dark, euphoric emotions rising within him again as he eyed his new prey.He truly was the lowest scum of humanity.
The Hawk Knights were comprised of elites from the eastern Laurian vassal states. They were revered as great warriors. Within their ranks, the 15th cavalry was said to be a collection of "undesirables." They were basically former bandits and pirates, from back when Lauria was still conquering their smaller neighbors, who were bestowed peerage to become nobles. Their captain, Red-Eyed Jove, had a particularly cruel personality, known to kill any subordinates he didn't like and later reporting that they had died in the battlefield.
"All right then... time to hunt! Massacre those demis! CHARGE!!!"
"Hyahah~!"
The 15th cavalry yelled out a strange rallying cry, then galloped off in pursuit of the elves.
Back to the elves
Parun clutched Asha's hand as they ran.
"It'll be fine, Big Brother will protect you! Don't worry!"
"Yeah..."
Run, our lives are at stake. I'm scared! I'm terrified!!!
Our village was being pursued by a group of demons. Did we do something wrong? Was no god going to save us? There had to be something he could do! There had to be something.... At least, he had to protect Asha...
A memory rose unbidden into Parun's mind. While wrapped in Mom's warmth and love, she used to tell this story. Long ago, when "countries" did not yet exist, in the age of elves warring with demons, the demons tried to destroy the Sacred Forest where the elves' god lived. Many elves were killed, and their warriors lost in battle. The God of Green, the elves' creator, prayed to the supreme God of the Black cross. In answer to the God of Green's prayers, the God of the Black cross sent emissaries into the world. These emissaries, on divine flying ships and steel ground dragons,using sorcery that called down thunder and burned the land, incinerated the demons. With their main forces demolished, the demons withdrew from the Sacred Forest.
To repay them for driving back the demons, the elves offered the emissaries treasures of gold and silver. However, they simply boarded the divine ships and left without accepting them. The elves were saved, and they were able to live in peace in this world. Of the numerous flying ships, one of them broke down and was left behind. That ship was preserved with magic and stored in Kua Toine, in a sacred shrine on hallowed land within the Reen Noa Forest. His mother had said that this story actually happened. So Parun prayed as he ran.
God! Please, God! God of the Black cross! If you're really there, please, help us! Even if you need my life to do it, please, save my sister!
God, please, protect us from the evil Laurian, who want to kill us all!
...but nothing happened.
Lauria's soldiers closed in. He could now hear their voices. There was nowhere to hide in this field; they weren't going to make it. Now, they had to take a stand, or be slaughtered... but the only weapons they had were bows for hunting beasts and farming tools. Some of the villagers fell to their knees in despair. They were only 500 meters away. Everyone had given up. Parun yelled to the heavens.
"Pleeeeeaaase! God!!! HEEEEELP UUUUUSSSSSS!!!!!"
RATATATATATATTATA
The sound that the world would fear arrived.
Parun looked as the Laurian horseman where shredded to pieces,many of them were killed so quickly they could not give a proper response,after all but 20 were killed they heard a voice called out.
"für Kaiser, Gott und Vaterland"the man yelled
Red eye Jones who lived the torrent of gunfire saw 3 Iron carriages that rolled right for them and behind them were around 30 men that ran after them,the second gunfire took them down within seconds. As the Machines closed to the Evles,Parun looked at them,He couldn't take his eyes off the various shapes on the Iron Beasts.
''The Black cross! They carry the symbol of the Black cross! The Black cross's emissaries really came!"
As the men and their iron beast arrived,they looked at the people before one man spoke up
''is anyone hurt?''he asked
The villagers, scared out of their wits from there power, were unable to reply. These were people who had the power to completely wipe out the Laurian cavalry in the blink of an eye. Perhaps injured people could not be used for labor and would instead be sacrificed in order to cast that destructive magic?
Parun stepped forward.
"Thank you for saving us. Are you Emissaries of the Black Cross?"
The Germans looked at each other before they nodded,It's just a kid,what' the worse that can happen?
"Yeah, something like that." their commander said
Mutter mutter mutter... The area became filled with whispered conversations. Then, all of a sudden, the villagers all bowed down on the ground. It would take some time for the German soldiers, who just came to help with the rescue effort, to properly straighten out this misunderstanding.Why were they in the area? To prepare for their attack near Ejey and show the Laurians they are not invincible and that Germany has already won.
With the news of the navy being annihilated, losing contact with everywhere but Gim and the Capital and finally the capital being attacked. Moral was at a all time low, but the lower ranks were not told as to prevent rebellion. As the commanders in Gim all threw around ideas of why and how these Germans manage to beat them they finally got a message from command. They had received an order from the 'main' force in the Capital that came from the infamous Lieutenant General Adem. Mobilize your troops and set up camp 3 km west of Ejey. Standby there, Begin to siege it.
After reading that order, Junfilla had suffered a stomachache. Unlike Gim and the other surrounding towns, Ejey was constructed by Qua Toyne specifically to defend against attacks from Lauria. It was a fortified castle town and also a military base. Gim's defenses couldn't even begin to compare to Ejey's. Ejey was located about 50 kilometers east of Gim. The advance force was currently camped 5 kilometers east of Gim. The complication came from the fact that the Hawk Knights had been scouting about 20 kilometers east when they were eliminated, which they still found hard to believe.In other words, about halfway to Ejey, they might have to deal with whatever was capable of completely annihilating a highly-mobile force without even a single person escaping. Yet, if he were to defy Adem's orders, not only would he be killed for insubordination, Adem would likely gruesomely murder his family as well. That alone he had to avoid. Therefore, the 32,000 soldiers of the Kingdom of Lauria remaining eastern vassal army advance force headed east. But 10 000 Germans were waiting, and with them was death.
Castle Town Ejey
Kua Toine's main military force was stationed in Ejey: 30 000 soldiers belonging to the western army. They consisted of 50 wyverns, 3000 cavalry and 27,000 infantry armed with Muskets. General Nho was confident that the Laurian invasion could be repelled from this fort. It had a 25-meter-tall bulwark for repelling enemy attacks and 50 elite, trained wyverns and to top it off he had 100 10.5cm cannons(Model 1822). How steadfast! How perfect! No matter how great their army, there was no possible way Ejey could fall!
"General Nho, sir, the Imperial German Army is here."
They were cooperating because that was the order from the government,Normally he would hate this,But because of the new weapons and seeing the Germans extreme devotion to what they called ''Prussian Discipline'' in the 3 months they were here,not once did a incident of any kind happen,they showed such high levels of discipline that he envy them.When he heard they navy of 1 ship sunk 4300 ships of Lauria.He didn't believe it,but the facts spoke to him:Germany was a powerhouse.In his friends own words''They are On the side of God''
However,He didn't like how they only sent a single regiment to help him.This time,Germany only sent the 17th Regiment of their Imperial German Army,10,000 men. They had set up a star-shaped encampment about 5 kilometers east of Ejey,he thought their Base looked very nice. Apparently the government approved it months ago, but it certainly irked him a bit to have another country's army set up inside his country and have them taking most of the shots. He had heard their population was 106 million, so only sending 10,000 felt like they were saying they were only giving the bare minimum. In any case, as long as the forces of Ejey drove off Lauria's army by themselves,Germany wouldn't have the chance to do anything.
Knock, knock.
"Enter."
General Nho stood up to greet them.
"Excuse us."
Two men entered the room and bowed.while a third one looked at Nho
"I am Lieutenant General Alfred Marx from the Imperial German Army's 7th Regiment."
Their Uniforms were all grey,and the 3 men had many medals,to Nho they looked still like a elite fighting force,Nho took a deep breath.
''Well I greet you as well Mr.Marx,I am General Nho,Commander of this Fortress,We appreciate your country sending us reinforcements and training are new army. Thank you very much."
''That is no problem,if you allow us to inform us of any plans you made,as we have one that is made to kill all those evil and soul destroying men in one fall swoop''said Alfred
''Oh? Please tell,My plan was to use our new weapons to pick them off in a battle in depth, attacking from the walls and cutting them down bit by bit''said Nho
''That is a sound strategy but for us we call that stuck 200 years in the past,forgive us for that'' said Alfred
''None at all! You must have a powerful plan for that force right?''asked Nho
''Yes,we have 400 20.3cm Artillery of the 1940 caliber,they are pointed to have a effective range of 33.5KM,with that we can hit them from 28.5Km from where we are,we plan once they make camp to open fire for 1 hour before we send 4000 men with their guns to kill the rest,at that same time of Planes will conduct a sweeping attack as well should more than 1000 live''Alfred said with perfect confidence
Nho looked at them with a wide smile
''Ahaha! I knew you Germans were good! with this the Laurains will be massacred! Go with your plan,In the event that they attack us while you're still preparing,we will buy time,I allow you to fire on our positions should they fall''said Nho
''That is understandable,As we say,everything for thh Greater good of the Nation''said Alfred
All the men saluted
''For the Greater Good!''they said
The German commander left the room with his men. Nho pondered.If either plan failed,who will take the blame? He said that the German had more Pride,from what he leared from History Books,these Germans were disunited for as long as time allowed them,But now united,they were ready to defend their Nation at any cost,They must have lots of Pride,But how much pride?
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