Chapter 866: Chapter 11: Eck’s Opportunity Arrives_2

Great Commander: “The preparations for Operation Laufer have been completed. Once the action is initiated, Rocossov must halt his northward advance to rescue the people of Melania! We can seize the opportunity to retreat both the Northern and Central Army Groups to the fortified area near Kebao.”

General Moochi: “Operation Laufer?”

He looked at the Celtic Marshal, who shrugged, indicating he didn’t know either.

Great Commander: “Yes, this is an operation devised by His Majesty and me, aiming to force Melania’s Resistance Organization to launch an uprising earlier, thus international pressure will force Rocossov to redirect his forces, spreading them across the vast Melania Plain along the Vistula River line!”

The Head of the Imperial Ministry’s special forces frowned: “You mean, to force the Melanians to revolt in their capital and major western cities? That indeed could pressure Rocossov, but how do we force them to revolt prematurely?

“Smart people now know that if they wait a while longer… the situation will become favorable for them.”

The Head of special forces cleverly changed “the Empire would collapse” to “the situation will become favorable for them.”

He continued: “Melania’s leader Helman will not make such a mistake as to revolt at such a time, which would only waste their strength in vain.

“We also tried to use those working for us in the Resistance Organization to incite Helman to revolt early, but he refused. The United Kingdom has also been urging Helman to rise, even sending a Special Envoy through airdrop from the government in exile–but he remains unmoved.”

The Head of special forces stared at the Great Commander.

“How do you propose to make this seasoned and wise warrior unable to resist the urge to revolt?”

The Great Commander revealed a sinister smile: “We ordered local Knight Order squads to capture Melanian children, gather them up, and kill them in the streets, so they would have no choice but to revolt.”

Silence descended upon the conference room again.

Armored Corps Director General Moochi turned his head to shout at the Emperor: “This is wrong!”

“Silence!” The Emperor stood up, throwing the pencil in his hand onto the table, “I am saving Prosen! To save Prosen, I am willing to become a demon if necessary!”

Moochi closed his mouth, looking at the Emperor with a face full of disbelief.

The Emperor continued to shout: “Now you begin to condemn me! But have you thought about why we have come to such a last resort? Because you haven’t been able to defeat Rocossov! You have not been able to end the war!

“Think carefully, how has Rocossov’s troops only increased as the battle continues? There’s only one possibility, you have deceived me! You have falsified battle results! You ruined everything and now blame me instead!

“I am only cleaning up your messes! Cleaning up! Cleaning up do you understand?”

The senior generals looked at each other.

The Emperor let out a long sigh, seemingly finally calming down, he looked at the Great Commander: “How is the situation?”

“Some city Resistance Organizations have already begun to stir for an uprising, I think as long as the Imperial Ministry fans the flames among those within the Resistance Organization, a large-scale revolt should occur.” The Great Commander looked at the Head of special forces.

The Head of special forces adjusted his glasses: “Next time there is such an operation, you should greet us first, our supporters and us are only in a cooperative relationship, what you’re doing might–”

“What can they do?” The Great Commander chuckled, “If the Empire fails, what awaits them, do they not know? They are already on the Empire’s war chariot.”

The Head of special forces: “You’re right, but you should have still greeted us first.”

“It was my oversight. I offer a small token to express my apology.” The Great Commander said as he pulled out a large brown-paper envelope, stuffing it into the hands of the Head of the Imperial Ministry, “These photos, taken by us, you can give to your moles, posing it as ‘the truth our comrades risked their lives to bring back.’ Even Helman would not be able to resist.”

The Head of special forces hesitated for a moment, still not opening it: “I won’t look at the contents.”

The Emperor took over the conversation: “Besides Operation Laufer, we need dual preparations. If Rocossov does not alter his attack direction under international pressure, we need to draw more troops to stop him!

“Under Marshal Rommel’s supervision, the West Wall fortifications on the Western Front have been unprecedentedly reinforced, we can transfer Western Front field troops to the Eastern Front. The seventy field divisions on the Western Front can be reduced to forty! Additionally, we can withdraw ten divisions each from the Balkans and the Kingdom of Sardinia!

“This way, we would have reinforcements totaling fifty divisions to stop Rocossov’s advance!”

All this while, the Western Front Commander, Marshal Erwin Rommel, who had been indifferent, stood up: “How could this be? There are millions of Allied Forces soldiers across the Channel waiting to cross!”

Duke Redweizi of Rabowell spoke up: “Our ace spy Garcia reports that opposite the Channel, the Allied Forces actually only number one million, because of your outstanding performance, the Allied Forces have decided to defeat the Empire of Fusang first.

“The Allied Force’s landing fleet is currently directed towards the Pacific.”

Erwin Rommel hesitated: “Is it that Garcia?”

“Yes, the one as famous as the Krat Bureau’s Garcia.” Duke Redweizi said with pride.

Rommel considered: “If it’s one million, I can manage with just thirty divisions, but you must not withdraw my Armored Divisions! Absolutely not!”

“Of course not,” the Emperor patted his chest, “we will absolutely not withdraw your Armored Divisions. The fifty divisions reassigned this time are all Infantry Divisions, the purpose is not a counter-assault, but to present an impenetrable barrier in front of Rocossov, to block him! We will reference his tactics at Abawahan, splitting the troops into smaller units, resisting until the very last moment!”