New Yuan calendar, July 11, 557.

Cruisd Federation, Extreme Cold Special Zone, Area A (Old Subfrost Area), Temporary Military Station of the "Architectural Lake", "West Camp on the Lake".

Yaroslav held his hands on the wooden edge of the sand table, staring at the inside of the sand table that was almost perfectly copied the battlefield terrain and the current situation, frowned and said nothing.

Since the meeting decided to dispel the "cautious contact" with the lost people and declared the official war, the progress of the federal army has not been considered as unstoppable, and it is simply inaction and standing still.

Since he arrived at the "Architected Lake" military base, the Federation has successfully controlled all the half-sand and half-ice fields in the west, rivers in the north, roads in the south and some forests in the northeast, as well as the entrances of three "deep ruins of bitterness".

Now, not only is the "remnants of bitterness" that the entrance D is about to break away from the federal control, but even the entrances A and C are often attacked by small losers from time to time. The project progress is slow, and large machinery has been blown up a lot, causing heavy losses.

Those lost people who control the magic power and mysterious extraordinary power, if they benchmark Cruised's army construction, are equivalent to the strength of the "special mission team" created by Ivan the Twenty-two period. Compared with humans, they are the elite among the elites.

Even though the tens of thousands of troops arrived near the artificial lake were veterans who had been through battle formations and were very strong, they were still unable to do so. In just three days of attack, their side lost more than 100 people.

"It's not right. Oleg, the battle cannot be fought like this. If we follow the current losses and progress, we will lose." Yaroslav clenched his fists, bit his lips, and stared at the part of the Lost Camp on the sand table, his tone mixed with anger and anxiety.

Opposite him was Oleg, the deputy commander-in-chief of the "Authorited Lake Battle of the Extreme Cold Zone", who was fully armed, wearing white snow combat uniforms, carrying a standard "Ice Thunder" rifle produced by the Federation earlier, wearing white tactical gloves in both hands, holding a steel baton, pointing to the two battle points of humans and the Lost on the sand table, saying:

"The previous 'cautionary contact area', which is the connection between the mudflats and forests on the east side of the lake, has never been successful in our attempt to break through from now on, seeking to annihilate or expel the Lost Squad entrenched here.

"However, yesterday I went to check the situation myself and found that it was not that our [warriors] were not powerful enough, nor that they were affected by the order monsters or mental control, but that the artillery, the dense artillery fire prevented us from moving forward."

"Architecture? Where is it?" Yaroslav was a little surprised, and looked up suddenly and questioned.

"At the beginning, we also suspected that our artillery squad was aggressive in operation and dared to bomb intensively during the battle. But in fact, the artillery fire was not ours, nor was it created by the enemy with magic power, but real artillery shells. The effect of the explosion, the traces left by the traces, and even the dud we saw confirmed that they had artillery fire reserves." Oleg explained.

"This is strange, Oleg, have you sent someone to check their transportation routes? The artillery produced and the shells fired need to be supported by the industrial system. This is not something that can be done by one or two factories. It can stop our experienced soldiers and counter our firepower. I am afraid that their reserves are not small." Yaroslav analyzed.

"Sir, according to my investigation..." Oleg responded:

"Even if these lost people are only five or six thousand people, our number is four times that of theirs. There are also nearby Vasirisk and Pwiginsk as transportation transits, and the supplies are just enough. You know, there are no settlers in the wilderness of the extreme cold zone, and there are not many animals, let alone industrial production.

"In the more than two months of confrontation with us, they built a semi-industrial warehouse camp, and they could not produce heavy artillery at all. Otherwise, they would have been able to counterattack when the Aerospace Forces attacked before. Moreover, there were no mines around, so it was even more impossible to use magical means to create artillery. As for the "Alien Unintended Man", the lost people of the "Comprehension Sect" and the "Chaos Group" did not release the "Unintended Man" combat action at present, and the ones who fought with us were their elite Losts.

"Their original strategy was to fight hard with elites and our experienced soldiers first, wait for our personnel quality and weapon inventory to decline, and then launch a full-scale counterattack. Our strategy was the opposite, a three-dimensional and all-round strike to quickly end the war.

"This is the saying that the Khitanese often said; 'One move will decline again, and three times will be exhausted.' The sudden intensive counterattack of artillery really makes me unable to understand. Our Aerospace Army has repeatedly investigated the situation on the battlefield, and the young men who operated the fighter reported that there were no signs of transporting artillery."

"That's strange. Could it be that those independent armed forces used some formations... Yes, the 'leap formation' was teleported from a long distance?" Yaroslav said in confusion.

"It's not very similar, but I doubt it." Oleg looked around at the nearby area, confirmed that there was no one else, and leaned into Yaroslav's ear and whispered:

“There are traitors within the Federation.”

"traitor?"

"Yes, I heard that some of the 'United corps' have always supported reconciliation between humans and the lost, and used all resources to produce 'Potion No. 0', eliminate all wandering unintentional people, and form a racially inclusive United Nations." Oleg explained:

"They claimed to have accepted the instructions of the 'Lord of the Night' and 'Goddess of Light', and demanded that the war end and return to peace in the 600th year of the SGD, before the division of the upper and lower epochs. But you know, one of the reasons why the SGD crisis has not ended now is that we cannot live in peace with the lost, who are better than ours in terms of strength, wisdom, willpower, etc.

“Either, as time goes by, we are gradually ruled by them and become lowly people; or, they are completely eliminated and mankind will win the final victory. Those who shouted all day long, "The life of the lost is also life." have never come out of the big city, let alone many have gone to the battlefield.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting contents below! "I usually do some civilian work, but I will manage a few churches or logistics supplies. I usually send two new rubles less and I will quarrel with us. I am afraid that this time, they will either be at the heart of the Virgin and be deceived by the loser and do bad things on impulse, or they will hold a grudge against Lord Vasily's previous few times."

"You mean, they sold military supplies to the Lost?" Yaroslav asked, feeling a little unbelievable.

"It's hard to say." Oleg further analyzed:

"For them, motivation is definitely not a problem. They also have influence in the strategic team. It would be easier to modify a few transportation information in dangerous areas. At worst, they would have to disappear several trucks that transport artillery and change them to being attacked and damaged by 'alien monsters'.

"And, I have evidence that in the area where they fired artillery fire, I picked up a few fragments, which were clearly carved with the 'two-headed eagle sunflower' pattern used in the Viking period. Now, I even suspect that those Aerospace Army boys may not tell the truth."

After hearing this, Yaroslav had a gloomy face, kept his posture as before and said nothing, thinking.

Suddenly, the sky outside began to dim, and the strong wind began to whistle, blowing the surrounding trees and the Cruzde flag violently, almost swaying.

The ground trembled a few times, and a series of gunfire began to sound not far away, causing dust to fly around, and there was also a faint scene of sandstorms coming in the sky.

Yaroslav, who had no good feelings for the so-called "Lord of the Night", "Goddess of Light", and even "Pramini", thought for about half an hour, and then he seemed to have made a great decision. His hands unwillingly smashed the edge of the sand table a few times, and ordered:

"Oleg, temporarily stop our [warriors] from contacting the lost, and order them to temporarily retreat back to our camp, and let them come to the entrance we control and the entrance we can bombard the fire near the "Rule of Deep" and the entrance we can fire. Come over and find the right time to eliminate it.

"Also, check all the weapons inventory, how many trustworthy you can, count the styles and number of shells of artillery, and be clear about them. You must also let those psychics from the capital form an "assault team" and attack the camp of the lost."

"Yes, sir, I'll go and prepare immediately." Oleg responded.

"Well, after all these, you have to do something. Order the young men of the Aerospace Army to attack the lost camps, pay attention to the time and number of attacks. If you attack once less, you will be arrested directly and sent to the capital as a traitor and handed over to Chief Vasily for disposal.

"It seems that the attack has been too urgent these days. I blame me. I haven't fought with the Lost people for a long time, and I'm a little unfamiliar. We still have to deal with our own problems first and then think about attacking them. By the way, is Oleg, Wolfya, Dak, and Abena from the 'Order Club' still here?"

"It should be gone." Oleg replied:

"We went to search the day you came here. I heard that in the 'cautionary contact area', which is near the forest north of the battlefield, someone saw them fighting a few "mechanical dog-headed" monsters and were bombed into the 'deep ruins' area by explosion.

"You know, half of the ruins of the deep and bitter ruins are connected to the 'artificial lake'. Only after the lake water recedes, that part can be revealed. They may have entered it from some hidden entrance."

"That's it, okay." Yaroslav sighed and continued:
Chapter completed!