"Your Majesty, the Ministry of National Defense has formulated a military plan!"
Kaka asked his two staff officers to bring the combat schematic board and took out his teaching staff to explain the details to His Majesty the Honorable Emperor Pedro III.
"The Ministry of National Defense has formulated a military plan called 'Thunderstorm', which includes all the elites of the army and navy. The combat effectiveness is very powerful and can fully crush the Spanish army.
Your Majesty, if this plan is adopted, our General Staff Headquarters is confident that like a thunderstorm from the sky, we can quickly destroy all resistance of the Spaniards."
Kaka spoke very confidently. He was full of confidence in the thunderstorm plan of the Ministry of National Defense Staff Headquarters.
Tangning looked at the military map on the tactical board and said, "Is this military plan to attack Spain in three ways?"
Tangning could only understand some of the tactical maps. After all, as a military fan in his previous life, he often looked at military tactical maps. When he was being criticized on the Internet, he could come up with one after another.
Of course, Tang Ning has no formal military education, so he can only understand some macro-level tactical maps.
If it was specific to the specific parts, such as regional attack and defense, city siege, street battle defense and other detailed tactical maps full of small arrows and small circle icons, Tangning would definitely watch Mihu.
However, what the general staff headquarters now brought out was naturally a large-scale strategic map, not a small-scale siege tactical map. Tang Lin could still see a lot more clearly.
After all, when the military shows tactical maps to high-level government officials, it must focus on the macro perspective.
It is difficult for others to understand those microscopic aspects, and there is nothing to say about these local aspects. Even if you tell them, they will only make others confused.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Kaka is Tang Ning's confidant. Of course he knows that His Majesty the Emperor has some military qualities, so he is not surprised.
"The elite of the Spanish Army has always been based in Castile, Andalusia and Aragon. Because these three places are their essence, we formulated this three-way attack plan."
Spain seems to be quite a large area, but most of it is mountainous and difficult to develop. The real important highlights are Castile, Aragon, and Andalusia.
The specific essence of these three parts is the Jota River Basin in the Castile region, the New Castile Basin in the Aragon region, Catalonia in the Aragon region, and the Guadalquivir River Basin in Andalusia.
plain.
In fact, the most outstanding part of the entire Imbilia Peninsula is the Guadalquivir River Basin Plain in Andalusia. It has the largest plain in the entire country and the best climate. Because of this, it was the most difficult place for Christianity to conquer.
Due to considerations of history, geography, defense and other reasons, Spain fixed its capital in the middle of the country, Madrid, in the Jota River Basin of New Castile.
If Spain wants to admit defeat and accept Portugal's conditions, it must work hard in these three places.
If Spain were one and there were no chaotic national forces, it would be difficult for Portugal to win these three places.
Fortunately, Spain is not a whole, and Portugal can be assisted by two leading parties. The real headache for Portugal is the New Castile Basin in the Jota River Basin.
"Thanks to His Majesty's layout, the Imbilia Alliance has established a firm foothold in Catalonia.
Now in Catalonia, the rebels have tied up the Spanish army in this area. As long as we send a small number of troops to support them, we can completely stabilize the situation.
Therefore, what we Portugal now have to face are Spanish forces in Andalusia and Catalonia.
Both of these places are close to our country, Portugal, and there are not a large number of mountain pass defense lines. As long as our Portugal defeats the Spanish frontal defense troops, we can march in."
The terrain of Imbilia's peninsula is high in the north and low in the south. Geographically, Spain has the upper hand between Portugal and Spain.
Spain's national power is usually stronger than Portugal's, so it occupies the strategic initiative.
Often when Spain attacks Portugal, it only needs to go down the Jota-Tejo River and defeat the Portuguese defense forces to occupy Lisbon.
However, the geographical advantages and disadvantages are not absolute.
For example, Lisbon and Madrid belong to the Jota-Tejo river basin and are actually on the same river.
Now that Portugal is stronger than Spain, if they want to attack Spain, they only need to go up the Jota-Tejo River, defeat the Spanish army, and march to Madrid.
"Regarding the distribution of the two-pronged attack on Castile and Andalucia, the General Staff Headquarters decided to focus on Castile and Andalusia as the auxiliary.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, should be able to understand us regarding the focus of these two offensive lines.
What we in Portugal urgently need now is to attack the core of Spain along the Jota-Tejo River and march into Madrid, so that Spain can recognize the reality and end the war quickly."
In the battle between Portugal and Spain, Portugal, as the attacking party, naturally wants a quick victory. If it is delayed, it will greatly affect Portugal's domestic development.
The policy line of "focusing on economic development" is now Portugal's basic national policy, and the military also knows this truth.
The Spanish-Portuguese War cannot be dragged on for too long. Although Spain is miserable, the orderly development of Portugal will also be greatly delayed.
"You are right, our first priority is to win the war quickly."
Tangning naturally had no objection to the General Staff Headquarters' three-pronged attack, focusing on Castile.
Although Andalusia is very wealthy, it is too far away from the core of Spain. If we capture it, Spain will not surrender.
Only by destroying the Spanish army in Castile and marching to Madrid can Spain sink.
"Can you tell me about the specific distribution of military strength? What kind of offensive method?" Tang Ning said.
"Your Majesty, the Portuguese local army, in total.
The army has four complete divisions, 19, totaling 7.4, four shelf divisions, totaling 36,000 people, and a Guards Cavalry Division of 6,000 people, with a total strength of 114,000.
The navy has 1 "Saint Vincent-class" strategic ship, 2 "Invincible-class" battlecruisers, 6 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 16 frigates, two submarines, and a military strength of 45,000."
Kaka briefly reported on Portugal's military strength and configuration.
Portugal is a maritime country with rich heritage, but the country was too weak before. The strongest battleships were actually a few cruisers.
However, Portugal and Brazil merged again, and Tangning directly allocated a large portion of the warships originally intended for Brazil to Portugal.
Brazil actually does not have much naval pressure in South America. Currently, Tang Ning plans to keep 2/3 of the warships built by Britain and Germany in Portugal.
Germany's battleship and battlecruiser shipbuilding speed is far slower than that of Britain. Britain's Invincible-class strategic cruisers and St. Vincent-class battleships have already been completed, and Germany is still building them.
"In addition to retaining 1 "Invincible-class" ship, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, and 6 frigates in the Navy, the rest will be used in blockades, cooperating with landings, and possible naval battles; in the Army, except for retaining divisions, all the remaining
Enter the battlefield.
Division, Guards Cavalry Division will be committed to the battlefield of Castile.
Division, committed to the battlefield in Andalusia.
The 20th Division will land in Catalonia under the cover of the navy and cooperate with the rebels in attacking the Spanish army."
This chapter has been completed!