Chapter 927 - A War of Attrition (Part 1) (2/2)

In this world, the essence of war still lay in frontal combat on the battlefield. Everything else was just for auxiliary purposes.

If the Orcs could not break through the defense line at the Great Wall, then saying that they wished to defeat the humans was ultimately just the Orcs spouting empty words.

And wanting to break through the defense line at the Great Wall was definitely not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Over the long years, the Orcs had launched many attacks on this defensive line. In the end, other than finding themselves badly battered up over and over again, they had not gained anything at all. They had not even managed to advance half a step into the east. On the contrary, the humans had relied on this defense line to open up another large territory towards the west.

With this war, the Orcs had completely seized back all the lands that the humans had opened up over the years. It was already considered a rare victory.

Most importantly, the humans were gradually falling into a dangerous situation.

“The mobility troop has reported that they had successfully attacked the humans’ supply lines again yesterday. But it was a pity they did not manage to destroy much food,” said a staff officer as he read from the intelligence report at a meeting at the Orc military headquarters.

These days, they frequently heard intelligence like this.

Since the previous few attempts of the Orcs’ mobility troops setting fire to great amounts of their military provisions, the humans had changed their way of thinking. The mages of the Mifata Federation had created a temporary batch of space bags with enormous storage capacity. This space bag had a limited effect in reducing weight, but they were, indeed, extremely helpful in reducing capacity.

In the past, when the Orcs attacked, large quantities of military provisions would be loaded onto the trucks, and there would be nowhere to hide them even if the humans wanted to. But now, so long as they could find an opportunity, and with the slightest bit of time, the convoys could hide these space bags in inconspicuous places. Unless the Orcs’ mobility troops could annihilate all the human convoys, then there was no way they would have time to find the human convoys and annihilate all of them.

As a result, what the Orcs’ mobility troops could gain from the war was significantly reduced. Unless they attacked the fortresses where the rations were stored, they would hardly be able to find the opportunity to destroy large quantities of the humans’ military provisions.

If it had not been for the numerous attacks that killed a large number of human convoys, which in turn, caused the transportation capability of the humans to be greatly reduced, perhaps the mobility troops would long have returned without having accomplished anything.

But no matter what, the mobility troops would always be useful to a certain degree. The collapse of the Kingdom of Light, as well as the increasing distress of the human convoys, was good evidence.

It was just that… the loss of the mobility troops themselves was relatively alarming as well.

“They must be requesting for extra help again, aren’t they?” Emperor Ilo asked.

His advisor nodded and said, “They are saying that this war has caused them substantial loss. They wish to replenish their elite forces as soon as possible.”

Emperor Ilo sighed and said, “Then let them replenish their troops. Give them whatever they want—anyway, the army that is stationed here has nothing much to do. The battle over the other side maybe a little more brutal, but it’s always better than not doing anything.”

He looked indifferent and did not display any emotions.

As a veteran who had fought countless battles, war was simply a battle of attrition between these two parties. So long as the loss of the Orcs was relatively lower, it was acceptable.

It was just that… The delay in seeing the chance of determining the outcome of this war made him somewhat annoyed.

After the military conference ended, Emperor Ilo walked out of the tent and raised his head to look at the sky.

The stars shone brilliantly, just as they would every day.

“Gods in heaven, please let us find the human gods as soon as possible. We need to destroy them completely!”

The white-haired Orc emperor prayed silently.

“This is the only way to end this war as soon as possible!”