The sun is high - #152 - Chapter 151 A late gift

In Shuge’s past world, it was very taboo to say these words before participating in some major and dangerous actions.

Even if nothing happens, after saying such words, people will have a very bad premonition.

However, Weilin seemed extremely calm when she said these words. She didn’t even have much fluctuation in her tone. Obviously, to her, this was just stating a potential possibility.

“We should set off in two days. We are currently waiting for a batch of new equipment to arrive…but none of these new equipment belongs to mages.”

“It sounds like the supply of alchemical materials is very tight?”

“As expected.”

While stacking the books on the bookshelf, Weilin replied: “Now we are just strictly following the plan. Next, we must be as economical as possible when using magic crystals and other items, otherwise once the magic power is supplied If it’s not enough, we’ll just have to shoot like other soldiers.”

She turned and glanced at Xiuge: “But you won’t lose to ordinary soldiers in this aspect, right? The ladies in the aristocratic circle are all discussing your ‘shooting skills’.”

“I wish they were really talking about ‘shooting’.”

“Um?”

Wei Lin failed to understand the connotation of Shuge’s words, doubts flashed in her eyes, but then she said: “Because of the Ernst family, the council will not arrange anything too excessive for you for the time being. For dangerous or troublesome tasks, during this period, I suggest you speed up your study of battlefield magic, which will be useful later.”

Shuge noticed that Wei Lin seemed to emphasize the word “temporarily”.

“You are not optimistic about the outcome of the battle?”

However, Weilin shook her head: “I don’t know much about war, and I’m not interested…but we will most likely go to the rugged hilly land next, which is close to Salem City and also close to the previous ‘big earthquake’ source.”

“So there might be other missions?”

“Not sure, but I recommend being prepared.”

Wei Lin put the last book on the bookshelf, and then she sighed: “According to the intelligence compiled by the Council, yesterday alone, the St. Steele people fired more than 10,000 crystal cannonballs in the Isa River Basin. The magic cloud caused by the explosion even interfered with the operation of magic in the entire area, and then Saint Steele’s army launched a surprise attack, but was repulsed by the army of the Principality of Imope, which was huddled in the position.”

Ten thousand rounds of artillery shells.

In terms of numbers alone, it’s actually not too much.

But they are not the same as those cannonballs in Shuge’s cognition – the output and power of magic crystal cannonballs are directly related to the magic crystal mines used to make them as well as the magic patterns and rituals engraved on the cannonballs, and this is The biggest reason why the production of crystallized artillery shells is difficult to increase.

In this case, the bombardment caused by 10,000 rounds of artillery shells is already very shocking.

Not to mention that some of them were most likely fired by the snowfield cannons of the St. Steele people. Shuge could not even imagine what the positions and soldiers of the Principality of Imop would look like after suffering such bombardment. They Being able to effectively counterattack and repel the enemy’s attack in this difficult situation is impressive enough.

Of course, this may also be related to Merlin Lehe’s participation in the war.

The impact of individual mages on the battlefield is of course limited, but when the number of active mages exceeds a limit, the strength they can unleash will exceed ordinary people’s imagination.

At least under the current situation, Merlin Lehe’s spellcasters are still a terrifying force that can shake the entire world.

In the evening, Shuge successfully met the alchemy doctors who arrived at the headquarters of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment in a vehicle.

Professor Frey Meyer and Sally were naturally among them.

Because the Walter Kingdom has entered a state of mobilization, many young faces have appeared in the team of alchemical doctors this time, of which women account for the vast majority. This is consistent with the career preference of women in the Plateau Kingdom. Relevant to specialties.

The young female doctors looked around curiously. In Walter’s cultural environment, these young men in neat military uniforms in the Chasseur Regiment were very able to attract their attention, and when a man like Shuge who was also young and obviously When the stream-level mage who was born into a noble family came to the team, there was silence for several seconds.

Among this group of doctors, someone was obviously at the scene of the shelling that day, so someone quickly recognized Shuge and took the initiative to say hello to him.

In response, Xiuge could only nod in response.

“It looks like your next task will be difficult.”

After saying hello to Meyer, Shuge said helplessly: “I think you may need to spend some time to get everyone adjusted. Otherwise, if you arrive on the battlefield in this state… I’m afraid you won’t have time to contact the enemy.” The officials’ rebuke and punishment will come first.”

“I see.”

Meyer obviously also has some headaches: “The war is indeed too early for them, but there is nothing they can do about it… Their elders, fathers and brothers have been sent to the battlefield, and I, the professor and mentor, have to lead He rushed over with them.”

Shuge and Meyer walked forward side by side. The latter was much shorter than Shuge, but his pace was not slow at all: “After arriving at the destination, we will immediately set up a field hospital on the spot. During that time, we will also This will be their most important training opportunity – I will try my best to make everyone understand their responsibilities and become familiar with their work…”

At this time, Shuge said: “It is not difficult to see from the battle in the Isa River Basin that the intensity of the war this time will be far greater than before. In this case, the bottom line and principles of war we abided by in the past may no longer exist. , Professor, you need to be mentally prepared, I have a hunch that the field hospital may no longer be an absolutely safe place in the future.”

“I see.”

Meyer lightly patted Shuge on the shoulder: “I’m very grateful that you can tell me this in advance. Then, the safety of these young people will depend on you to ensure it… Oh, by the way, I forgot that you are also very young! It’s so strange, why do I always feel like I can see the shadows of veterans in you?”

“Maybe it has something to do with my grandfather?”

“Marshal Zeke Ernst is truly a genius in the military field.”

Meyer nodded: “But what we are facing now is not just changes in the battlefield and political situation… Mr. Sugar, do you think the association may have any plans under the current circumstances?”

“I don’t know their movements, but it is certain that they will do their best to promote the development of the war, and I guess they will not be willing to see the war end prematurely.”

“Oh? Why is that?”

So Shuge stopped and raised his chin towards a large steam vehicle used to transport injured people parked not far away: “As you wrote in the article, the combination of new technology and magic is making us , and even allow the entire human race to step into a new field that we have never set foot in. In this new field, we will surely start a new round of development at an alarming speed. And once this trend occurs, no one will be able to stop it. It kills easily.”

“I think I understand what you mean… Do you think the basic principle of the Black Sun Society’s actions is to be hostile to human development itself?”

Xiuge nodded and said: “From a human perspective, it can be understood this way.”

“So they are absolutely not willing to see a period of stable development. In other words, they want to drag everyone into the quagmire of this war… It is indeed a very vicious and effective approach. This may be why they spend so much money. The goal of exerting influence over the royal family of St. Steele for such a long time.”

At this point, the smart scholar suddenly asked: “But what you said is only their approach, not their goal and starting point. I don’t think there is no reason among Van En’s intelligent creatures. of hatred and hostility.”

This time, Shuge didn’t speak.

Because he was also trying his best to imagine what the so-called “black sun” would look like when it rose.

…

In the next few days, all members of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment began extremely strict training. As a military mage, the training Xiuge received was different from that of the soldiers, or the tasks were even heavier.

The council’s requirements for mages can be said to be extremely strict, even more so than Merlin Lehe.

According to Krauts, he hopes that all mages in the army can accurately cast spells when they have magic power, and can raise their guns and shoot when they don’t have magic power.

The two sentences he said are naturally the most basic content. In fact, the council even hopes that all military mages can master several different healing magics and be able to provide the artillery with assistance such as calibration of magic rituals at any time. Work.

Of course there is no way to achieve this.

Xiuge was an accident among accidents. The experience accumulated in his body from the veterans of Salem City was 100% effective at this moment. With the continuous physical strength and magic power provided by the “Walking Forest”, he was completely able to He completed all training projects as quickly as possible, and even in military combat using daggers, he was able to reach the pass mark.

This performance made Krautz, who had always been strict, a bit stunned.

But in fact, this was the result of Xiuge deliberately restraining himself. At least he had screened out some of the special habits developed by those plains soldiers. He didn’t want to be inexplicably labeled as a “Delan spy”. That thing He couldn’t bear it.

During training, Shuge got an unexpected surprise.

He received a belated gift.

They were two bottles of magic potion, namely the “cat’s eye potion” that could allow people to gain astonishing powers of observation in a short period of time, and the “inspiration potion” that could soothe the mind and stimulate imagination.

And their makers are Sally and Wei Lin.

Among them, Sally was responsible for the preparation of medicinal materials and the configuration of the potion base, while Wei Lin was responsible for using magic rituals to activate the magical medicinal ingredients in these potions to truly make them effective.

This is a belated birthday gift.

In the name of a friend, given to Sugar Ernst, who was born during the Winter Festival.

In this way, at the end of the Winter Festival, Shuge received his first real gift after arriving in this world.

On the afternoon of the same day, at the moment when the Winter Festival officially ended, the Fifth Chasseur Regiment received an order requiring all soldiers to end their training and set off immediately to take a steam train to the rugged hilly land.

…

The moving train, the snowy scene outside the window that was constantly being thrown back… all of this seemed to be transporting Shuge to a certain moment in the past.

However, when he turned his gaze to the inside of the car, he was brought back to reality by those figures in black military uniforms.

This round of shipping will last a full week.

It is not only the Fifth Chasseur Regiment that is being transported, but also a large number of follow-up weapons and supplies. Most of them need to be used to support other troops on the front line – this kind of transportation efficiency is compared to the railways in Shuge’s cognition. There is still a certain gap in transportation, but it is only at the current stage, but it is enough to widen the gap with the speed of assembly and logistics supply of the plain countries.

After Professor Meyer personally calculated the medical supplies that a carriage could transport and the time required for transportation, he lamented that this new form of transportation was epoch-making.

“Even if this war hadn’t happened, it would have definitely changed the course of our history.”

Perhaps it was due to the influence of the environment, or perhaps it was because when the train left the station, the faces of those crowded beside the station to bid farewell to their relatives, friends and lovers were so impressive that Xiuge couldn’t help but want to write something, but when he raised his pen , but he could no longer write the words of the past.

It’s not that he lacks ability, but that he lacks state of mind.

Professor Meyer was sitting opposite Shouge. He was holding Old Zeke’s book and studying it carefully, so he also noticed the pen that had not moved in Shouge’s hand.

“Want to write something?”

“I have the urge, but…”

Shuge smiled: “Everything around me is different now. It’s not easy to write about those things in the past.”

“You can try to change it.”

“Change is possible, but…there has to be a beginning, right?”

“Maybe start with a pen name?”

Meyer suggested: “I used to be like this. Every time I wanted to write something new, I would change my pen name first. It felt like I had a new identity and face, and my thinking naturally happened. Variety.”

“Oh? What other pen names has the professor used?”

“Haha, that’s too much. When I was writing novels, I used the two pen names of ‘Issa’ and ‘Snowman’. Later, when I submitted articles to newspapers, I changed my name to ‘Unknown Man’…” Meyer ‘Actually, it’s also a pen name that my friends and I started using after we founded the newspaper. After using it for too long, people around me got used to it, so it became my real name.”

Frey Meyer laughed: “So, Mr. Sugar, what new pen name will you use?”

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I’m not so dizzy anymore, let’s update one chapter first

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