The body of the assassin killed by Amelia from an extreme distance was soon brought before Wang Zhong.
There were three people in total, two of them were clearly Prosens, and the remaining one should be a Bsian—Wang Zhong wasn’t entirely sure, but the hair and skin color looked a lot like a Bsian.
However, solving this problem was quite simple; he waved his hand to summon themander of the first Bs brigade, who was waiting on the side for orders: "Mustafa,e take a look at this person, is he Bsian?"
Mustafa came over and said immediately: "He’s a Falconer."
Wang Zhong: "Does he… have magic? Like our Miss Amelia?"
Amelia: "What do you mean? I saved you, can’t you be less distant?"
Wang Zhong: "Like Amelia the little girl?"
Amelia frowned.
Wang Zhong quickly corrected himself: "Like sister Amelia?""Whatever. But Falconers indeed possess mysterious powers, they can empathize with eagles, so it is said."
Wang Zhong looked at Amelia: "So it is said?"
Mustafa continued: "It’s all legend, some also believe they are just sharpshooters with particrly good marksmanship. When Falconers strike, they mostly use eagles to peck out the target’s eyes, it’s rare for them to use guns."
Wang Zhong: "His sniping range—even very far."
He wanted to say that the sniping range exceeded his highlight range but changed his words at thest moment.
Wang Zhong had always thought that with his highlight he could be worry-free, but it now seems it wasn’t so safe, facing a long-range sniper was still quite scary.
Although it took supernatural powers to do such a thing, and the Prosens happened tock supernatural powers, so maybe he could afford to be a bit reckless when facing the Prosens.
But—if the United Kingdom wanted me dead, that would be a different story.
Wang Zhong looked towards Amelia.
Amelia: "Don’t worry, I won’t shoot at an Allied General."
Wang Zhong: "But the war will end, can we still be allies afterward?"
Amelia shook her head: "At least not with the Bsians. Our Prime Minister is famous for saying: There are no…"
"There are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests," Wang Zhong interjected.
"Mhm." Amelia nodded, but after a brief pause, she added, "But you and I are good friends; I wouldn’t shoot at a friend."
Wang Zhong: "Since when did we be good friends?"
"When you won ten pounds from me." Amelia looked at Mustafa standing beside Wang Zhong, "I could never have imagined earning such genuine respect from the locals like this."
Wang Zhong: "Because we don’t want to colonize them, we hope they can achieve national liberation. One day, perhaps Ante will be opposed to us, but as long as I’m here, I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening."
Amelia looked at Wang Zhong: "Really, then I’ll be watching."
Don’t just watch, ording to Earth’s history, you United Kingdom folkse out on top; don’t hesitate, be a Davarish!
At that moment, Amelia said: "Actually, you don’t have to worry too much, people like myself and the killed Falconer are few and far between. The biggest weakness of magic is that it relies too much on talent, no one can reliably produce individuals with high talent.
"That’s why the Prosens put forward the slogan that the light of technology will ultimately rece the grace of God."
Amelia looked at the Bsian user of mystical powers with a sense of emotion.
Just then, the Judge who was searching the two Prosens stood up and saluted Wang Zhong: "Report, the documents on these two are likely forgeries; they entered the country with Bahara diplomatic visas."
Amelia was shocked: "Bahara? Impossible! We couldn’t possibly be exploited like this!"
Wang Zhong: "I suggest checking your embassy in Bs."
"I will suggest that," said Colonel Benjamin, the liaison officer, "No, I will insist on it."
The Judge continued his report: "Based on their equipment and clothes, I believe they are agents of the Prosens Imperial Ministry."
Wang Zhong asked seriously: "Can you interrogate them?"
The Judge answered solemnly: "They are already dead. We can’t really make the dead talk."
Wang Zhong: "Understood. I thought the Tribunal might have some mysterious powers, like conversing with the dead."
Clearly, Wang Zhong had yed "Baldur’s Gate 3" before crossing over.
The Judge said with a straight face: "We don’t have that kind of technology."
Damn, by saying that you make me feel like you do have that kind of technology!
Wang Zhong took a deep breath and decided not to dwell on these matters anymore, changing the subject: "Is there any useful documentation on them?"
"None," said the Judge. "Judging that they might be Imperial Ministry agents is already based on my personal experience and a bit of reasoning. On official documents, I will write ’persons unknown’."
Wang Zhong nodded, "Understood. Then we should start by looking for clues from those who are less professional as falconers; he must have carried something to prove his identity."
"Indeed, we found a Bsian ID card on him, as well as... a Bsian Falconer License, and a photo."
Wang Zhong took the photo and saw it was a family of three; the deceased was the father.
He flipped the photo over and saw an address on the back.
Wang Zhong, "Take down this address. But don’t disturb them; I wish to personally deliver his remains to his family."
Emilia, "You’re nning to win over the falconermunity again? Damn it, your antics in Bs would undo all our hard work there."
Wang Zhongughed, "Isn’t that a good thing? I mean, for the Bsian people?"
Emilia didn’t immediately arch her brow and re at Wang Zhong; instead, she turned her head away.@@novelbin@@
See, that is the nature of the United Kingdom—casting their lot with the Secr faction!
Wang Zhong, "Alright, the matter of the assassin is settled. At least for now; we cannot let this little incident affect the attack. After tomorrow’s rest, we will continue the offense at dawn on September 5th!"
Speaking of which, he turned to Mustafa, "Your brigade will join the vanguard, but are you used to advancing on tanks?"
Mustafa, "Not used to it, but we can learn."
"Good. Set off as soon as you can, while the vanguard is resting."
"Yes." Mustafa saluted Wang Zhong, the very solemn salute that Meyer had given Wang Zhong a few days earlier.
Wang Zhong couldn’t help asking, "Meyer saluted me with this before. What is this salute?"
"It is our most formal and grand gesture, signifying that we regard you as our best friend," said Mustafa.
Wang Zhong smiled faintly, then turned to ask Emilia, "Has any diplomat from the United Kingdom ever been weed by Bsians with such a gesture?"
Emilia, "Quit badgering me."
On September 5th, the Expeditionary Force set off again.
All along the way, not only did Bsian troops keep surrendering, even Bsian civilians began offering food and drink, warmly weing the Ante Expeditionary Force.
At the same time as the Expeditionary Force set off again, photos taken by Mike’s partner Robert Capa were published on the front page headlines of all newspapers in the Federation.
Robert Capa shot an entire roll of film, all focused on the scene where Admiral Rokossovsky, after being shot, raised his arm and shouted "Fight!" He selected the bestposed photo from among them.
In this photo, Admiral Rokossovsky was raising his right hand with an intrepid look, facing the front, and the Ante Army g was waving behind him in the wind.
And the Ante soldiers protecting him formed a very stable triangr structure at his side.
Such a naturalposition, impossible to create intentionally, needed just a touch of luck.
The impactfulposition, coupled with various sensational front-page headlines, made Admiral Rokossovsky a top-tier celebrity in the Federation once again. Stay connected with empire
Moreover, the progress of the Expeditionary Force very much matched the pace, even creating an atmosphere within the Federation of "As long as Rokossovskyunches an attack, everything will be fine."
This atmosphere even diluted the impact brought on by the Prosens making rapid advances in Southern Ante.
Indeed, the Prosensunched an onught in Southern Ante akin to sweeping away the fallen leaves with autumn winds.
The strength of the entire Southern Army Group was split into two groups, Group A advanced to the mouth of Mount Raoul, leveling towns along the mountain range.
However, the attack on the mountain pass was firmly blocked by the Raoul Front Army led by General Feodor Mikhailovich (who seeded Duke Meishikin).
While the Eastern Group B Army, though unable to encircle and annihte the Suhayaweili Army, quickly took over part of the Suhayaweili River bay area after General Gorky’s retreat, pushing towards the Valdai Hills River.
Between the two army groupsy vast grasnds, where, due to poor infrastructure, neither side deployed many troops.
Therefore, Federation newspapers arbitrarily painted this entire empty expanse in Prosen colors of upation.
It looked quite frightening.
If it weren’t for Rokossovsky’s victories easing people’s concerns, perhaps the sales of Federation war bonds would have even dropped.
Because of this, the Federation’s bond issuancemittees became even more vigorous in promoting Admiral Rokossovsky, releasing an abundance of rted merchandise, from postcards to stamps.
To attract high society women to buy war bonds, they even came up with the idea of publishing booklets about Admiral Rokossovsky, filled with stories of American women who went to Ante and then had chance encounters with the general, developing into romantic rtionships.
Thus, Admiral Rokossovsky of Ante rapidly became a top celebrity in the Federation, amassing arge fan base of housewives.
Subsequently, calls within the Federation for Rokossovsky to visit grew louder.
After all, there was apletely secure air route between Ante and the Federation, and the Federation’s support nes reached Ante via this route.
This situation peaked on September 7th.
Because on that day, the Ante Expeditionary Force reached the outskirts of the Bs capital.