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Segnar, a small outpost town on the border of the Holy Kingdom, is not large in size and its terrain is easy to attack but difficult to defend. However, its location is crucial and it is a strategic point that must be passed through to advance on the city of Sallom.

To take the city of Sarlöm, the town of Segner must be conquered first.

The Holy Kingdom has deployed a force of about 800 men in the town of Segna to guard the key location, with Captain Dean as the supreme commander!

Late at night, Captain Dean, as usual, inspected the artillery positions, sentry posts, and fortifications of Segner town one by one.

His steps were steady and slow, his gaze sweeping over every shadowy corner as much as possible.

The town of Segna faces the "Imperial Blade" legion of the Oserwell Empire, and he never dares to relax his guard in the slightest.

No matter how busy or tired he was each day, he had to patrol his own positions every night to prevent those sons of bitches from the Empire from sneaking up on him while he was off guard.

As he was preparing to inspect an artillery position, a communications soldier suddenly appeared in front of Captain Dean: "Report, Captain Dean, is this Wingwave Messenger broken? It's been making a 'hissing' sound ever since we made contact with division command..."

The Empire's "corps" organization is usually called a "division" in the Holy Kingdom.

Although the names are different, the staffing and number of personnel are almost the same.

As ordered, the Holy Kingdom garrison in Segna Town was to report the town's defense status to the Holy Kingdom's "Black Sheep Holy Head" Division headquarters every 25 minutes.

If any unusual events occur in the town of Segner, the city of Sarlom will immediately respond to any emergencies from the Empire.

If there is no response from the direction of Segnar Town for more than 25 minutes, then the Holy Kingdom army of Sarlom City will assume that Segnar Town has fallen.

At that time, the "Black Sheep Holy Chief" division of Sarlom City will immediately enter a state of first-level combat readiness, ready to meet the attack from the Imperial army at any time.

Captain Dean stared at the messenger that was constantly making noise, his pupils suddenly contracting.

That soldier was probably new and had no idea what the "rustling" sound meant when the Wingwave Messenger made that sound.

In particular, they were located on the front lines of the Holy Kingdom, directly opposite the "Imperial Blade," the empire's elite corps.

That's practically a ghost story.

Captain Dean would rather listen to the world's scariest ghost stories late at night than hear the whirring of the Wingwave Messenger.

Because after hearing a ghost story, at least he can see the sun rise tomorrow.

But if you hear the former's voice, then that's not necessarily true!

"This is... full-band jamming!!!"

Captain Dean's eyes widened, a chill ran down his spine, and his adrenaline surged forth instantly.

He abruptly looked up, almost forcing out a hoarse growl from his throat: "Imperial Army..."

The so-called "full-band jamming" refers to the generation of interference signals covering the entire frequency band in a certain area by "interference-type wing wave messengers".

Within this area, all Wingwave Messengers are unable to communicate normally.

A typical sign is that all Wingwave Messengers can only make a "hissing" sound and cannot communicate at all.

This is a signal of an enemy attack, intended to cut off the garrison of the Holy Kingdom's town of Segna from communication with the "Black Sheep Holy Head" division headquarters.

"It's the enemy..." Captain Dean was about to shout out the last word, "Attacking!"

Two majors from the "Imperial Blade" regiment had appeared on either side of Captain Dean like ghosts at some unknown time.

The two majors were Major Winona, who saved Zod in Clock Tower, and Major Steele, who was tasked with destroying the Giant Cannon Fortress.

Major Winona had back-length blonde curly hair with a slightly unruly curl at the ends.

She always kept her eyes slightly lowered, her icy blue pupils focused and cold, and with her slender and upright figure, she looked just like a slender sword sheathed.

Major Steele had thick, coarse black hair, a angular face with dark gray eyes, and a jawline that looked as if it had been carved with a knife.

Captain Dean instinctively tried to draw his sword to defend himself.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Major Steele's greatsword and Major Winonae's rapier clashed against each other in the night.

Several blades sliced ​​through Captain Dean's body, grazing his throat.

Captain Dean's body stiffened abruptly, all his unfinished cries choking back in his throat.

His pupils dilated, his mouth opened, one hand covered his throat, and he stared blankly at the dark night sky.

It was as if they wanted to fulfill their unfinished mission.

Before he could utter the final word "attack," his knees buckled, and he fell forward, warm blood quickly spreading from beneath him.

At the same time, hundreds of eerie and unfamiliar figures suddenly appeared from the shadows, inconspicuous corners, and rooftops of buildings throughout the town.

Then, it landed with great precision on almost every important defensive position, artillery position, watchtower, barracks, and other location in the town of Segna.

With intelligence down to the level of every sentry post, every passage, and even the habits of every Holy Kingdom officer, the assault force broke into smaller units, each executing their assigned tasks like mechanical gears.

For the next twenty minutes or so, the "Imperial Blade" legion launched a ruthless and precise surgical strike against the Holy Kingdom's garrison in Segna Town.

Every member of the unit that carried out this raid was at least a second lieutenant.

If the "Imperial Blade" Legion is the blade of the Empire, then this assault team is the blade of the "Imperial Blade" Legion!

Faced with this attack pattern that defied common sense, the eight hundred Holy Kingdom defenders didn't even have time to understand what was happening.

The organizational structure was immediately fragmented, the command system was completely paralyzed, and communications were blocked.

The 800-strong force couldn't even muster enough strength to mount a proper resistance before being ruthlessly divided, surrounded, and annihilated.

Throughout the entire process, the only sounds were the mournful cries of weapons clashing in close combat. A few sporadic gunshots sounded like the wails of the dying, which were quickly drowned out by the muffled sounds of metal cutting through flesh and blood and the short screams.

There was no roar of large-scale artillery fire, no deafening shouts of charging, and even desperate howls were pitifully rare.

The town of Segna was as if an invisible hand had gripped its heart and throat, rapidly losing its vitality in suffocating silence, and finally utterly returning to death.

Only the night wind swept across the empty battlefield, carrying a faint smell of blood, blowing towards the western city of Sarlöm.

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……

Colonel Xavier walked steadily to Captain Dean's body.

Major Steele and Major Winona stood respectfully on either side, uttering the expected answer: "Reporting to Colonel Xavier, all Holy Kingdom garrison troops in Segner Town have been completely evacuated as per your orders!"

"Hmm!" Xavier nodded calmly, his hands behind his back, as if everything was a matter of course.

With the "Imperial Blade" legion lifting the "full-band jam" over Segna, the "Wingwave Messenger's" communications returned to normal.

The Holy Kingdom's "Wingwave Messenger," which had been left beside the body of a Holy Kingdom communications soldier, made a "dulu-dulu" sound.

That was a call from the "Black Sheep Holy Head" division of the Holy Kingdom, to confirm whether everything was normal in the direction of Segnar Town.

At that moment, an Imperial soldier who was already in position gently picked up the "Wingwave Messenger" and, imitating Captain Dean's voice, said, "Connection! This is Segner Town. Everything is normal at the moment. No Imperial troops have been detected."

The Imperial soldier's voice and tone were almost identical to Captain Dean's.

Without sophisticated instruments, the human ear alone cannot detect any difference.

A young male voice came from the other end of the "Wingwave Messenger": "Oh, it's Captain Dean! That puts my mind at ease! We were worried something had happened to you because you didn't report to us in time!"

"Everything's normal. It was the communications soldier who was slacking off; I've already reprimanded him!" The Imperial soldier, mimicking Captain Dean's voice, asked, "Is there anything else?"

The messenger paused for a moment before saying, "Please provide your officer's code. This is a routine verification!"

Major Steele pulled a bloodstained code tag from Captain Dean's uniform and handed it to the Imperial soldier who was imitating Captain Dean's voice.

The Imperial soldier answered according to the code on the tag: "BS92738!"

"It's confirmed, so we won't bother Captain Dean any longer!"

The communication ended, and silence fell on the other end of the "Wingwave Messenger".

……

……

Colonel Xavier's first step in the attack on the city of Saarlom was a resounding success.

With the key outpost of Segnar removed, the city of Sarlom was as if its eyes and ears had been suddenly blindfolded and its ears plugged before the battle, making it impossible to provide effective early warning and defense against the fierce attacks of the "Imperial Blade" legion in the short term.

This was a blitzkrieg that perfectly combined reconnaissance, intelligence, infiltration, and assault.

The eight hundred Holy Kingdom defenders of Segna were completely annihilated in 25 minutes with almost no semblance of resistance.

The timing and intelligence were calculated with the precision of gears; any mistake in any link could cause the Imperial army to engage the Holy Kingdom's garrison in Segna prematurely.

This caused the Holy Kingdom's army in the direction of Sallom to notice something amiss, exposing the "Imperial Blade" legion's offensive intentions and leading to the failure of the final offensive operation.

What's even more chilling is that the Holy Kingdom's garrison was not detected by the Holy Kingdom's army in Sallo City until they were annihilated.

It is estimated that the Holy Kingdom's command never anticipated that an army of 800 men could be wiped out in 25 minutes, without even having time to fire a single shell.

The situation report from the town of Segna stated that "everything is normal"!

Regardless of how the war unfolds, this battle is a textbook example, worthy of being recorded in the military annals of both the Empire and the Holy Kingdom, serving as a classic model for both sides to study repeatedly.