Dina is indeed not asleep yet, she is still in a meeting.
Today's meeting has been going on since the afternoon and is still not over.
The plan has been constantly revised, and it has now reached the third draft, which is endless.
The key point of revising so many drafts is that this battle is very difficult.
To organize a counterattack in the face of a massive wave of infected people means giving up favorable terrain and solid defense lines, as well as braving the pressure of logistical supplies and cooperation from friendly forces.
There is a saying that goes, "In fighting a tiger, brothers are brothers, and father and son are soldiers in battle."
This is not about the love of comrades-in-arms, but about the simplest game theory.
On the battlefield, the human heart is the least able to withstand the test, especially strangers who are not related by blood. It is not a matter of a few words to ask a team of strangers to put aside their selfishness and choose the most anti-human optimal game.
What can be explained clearly cannot be achieved by just three or two people patting their chests.
According to Dina's personal estimation, more than 1,000 soldiers will be dispatched for this attack. If all teams can successfully complete their designated tasks according to the plan, and if there are no accidents, the battle loss rate of the soldiers will be about 10%.
Around 100 people were injured or killed.
This is already the most optimistic and perfect situation.
But if you act beggar-thy-neighbor and deliberately move slowly to allow friendly forces to take a half step ahead, then your casualties may be controlled within 5%.
Of course, friendly forces will be unlucky, and the casualty ratio may reach about 50%.
The worst thing is that if all teams think this way and deliberately delay time, this will give the infected a chance.
The final result was the worst result, the strategy failed, and more than 30% of the troops were lost.
Now, the staff are arguing about this matter. Dina listened to them arguing and talking over and over again, and they all had the same idea: why should I go first?
From then on, Dina also realized that despite the general's decisiveness in killing, in fact, his ability to control the entire military-controlled area was not strong.
The military is a bit like an organization put together by several legions. Each legion has its own control area and naturally has its own army. Of course, their interests are also different.
The army directly under the general is the strongest, but he cannot completely control and suppress other legions.
However, the general took advantage of the privilege of distributing supplies and "hired" the heads of all the legions as consultants, holding them hostage in disguise. This two-pronged approach allowed the control area to barely operate.
The general's plan looks really good. This attack opportunity is rare. As long as you work harder, you can capture several extremely important strategic points.
The first is the heavily populated town in the north. After taking it, you can first obtain a huge amount of resources.
Currently, no team is short of resources, and resources are always in short supply. With a population of tens of thousands in the control area, the daily consumption of materials is measured in tons.
In addition to replenishing various supplies, this area can also resettle refugees in the controlled area, making full use of every labor force.
Although there is a large population in the control area, it cannot be effectively utilized. Most people can only do some simple manual labor. To be fair, arranging these jobs for them is more to find something for these people to do.
Lest they sit idle and cause trouble.
If we can capture a complete town, we can transform it into a major town like Jixi Town and resume production and life.
The second one is the power plant and water plant.
Speaking of which, in the military-controlled areas now, apart from everything in the bunker, civilians in the controlled areas on the surface can only maintain the life of refugees.
This year's hot weather, due to lack of water and heat, has caused dozens of deaths. This was something that was simply unthinkable before.
The third, and most important, is the cross-river bridge in the northeast direction.
Countless infected people have been continuously flowing in from the densely populated Washington DC area. Although the Blood Plague Heart in the bank building in Washington DC was killed, the migration of infected people has not been affected.
If we can control the bridge, we can stem the influx of infected people, which is equivalent to controlling the West Bank.
It can be said that even at level 4, as long as the bridge can be captured, the tide of infected people can be blocked alive on the other side of the river.
After all, infected people cannot fly or swim.
Well planned or not, the topic returns to what we just mentioned.
Is the price worth it, and who should pay the price?
From the current point of view, everyone feels that the price is a bit too high, but it is undeniable that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Once the window period is missed and the infected people make up for the losses in the last battle through migration, if they want to achieve the same plan again, they will have to pay at least several times the price.
As the only polished commander, Dina did not need to participate in the discussion, but she felt tired just listening to it.
Sometimes, Dina felt that Silly Wade was so cute compared to these staff officers with twinkling eyes.
Dina misses her days in the institute a little bit.
Dina remembered what Iger said:
"Behind every general's success are the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers."
When Dina heard Egger say this before, she thought the general needed to kill 10,000 enemy soldiers in order to gain enough merit for promotion.
Now, Dina seems to understand that behind the general's promotion, there are not only the corpses of the enemy, but also the corpses of her own soldiers, and the corpses of friendly troops.
Or, in fact, all the arguments of these staff officers were just performances, and their real idea was that this offensive plan should not be carried out.
Yes, the benefits are huge, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth it.
The biggest problem with this plan is not other issues, but the fact that its strategic frontline has changed.
After this attack plan is completed, the distance from Washington DC will be only more than 30 kilometers, and the time between each wave of infected people will be greatly shortened.
After such a long period of fighting against the infected, the control area has now been able to calculate the arrival time of each wave of infected more accurately.
The time interval between the waves of infected people = the movement time of infected people during the scream generation period.
Egg's previous theory that the Blood Plague Heart directly controls the infected is wrong. The Blood Plague Heart cannot directly control the infected. Even if the Blood Plague Brain is connected to the Internet, it can only command the infected through the Screamer.
Army.
Military researchers believe that this is because the infected people's brain reception capabilities are so poor that they can only receive signals within a very close range. Unless the infected people are surrounding the heart of the blood epidemic, they will be able to detect signals if they go a little further away.
No more.
Even with the Level 4 Blood Plague Brain, the Screamer's functions as a signal tower and commander in the infected army are still irreplaceable.
Just like the Pentagon, the ship battle group at sea still has aircraft carriers as its core.
Screamers are generated by ordinary infected people. Unlike the previously thought theory of "talent", the early Screamers were produced by mutations. After the Blood Plague Heart was available at that time, Screamers seemed to be able to be transformed by the Blood Plague Heart.
"nourish".
The number and period of the generation of screamers is relatively fixed. The migration of infected people can reach 15 kilometers per day when walking along the road, but soon drops to less than 10 kilometers per day after leaving the road.
Therefore, the time and scale of each wave of infected people are basically regular.
This time, the plan is to advance the front line 70 kilometers, which is equivalent to saving 4-7 days of marching time for the wave of infected people.
Now, the original control area is taking advantage of the gaps after eliminating each wave of infected people to take a breather. The average gap time is about 3 days.
If the arrival time of the wave of infected people is shortened by 4-7 days, wouldn't it mean that the wave of infected people can continue from beginning to end, day and night?
No matter how favorable the geographical defense position is, it cannot withstand the erosion of the endless tide of infected people. Soldiers will get tired, and supplies need to be allocated. People are not machines and need to rest.
Washington DC is the iceberg that is enough to shatter the control area. Its jurisdiction and nearby cities have a combined population of over one million.
Can these few people in the military kill all the millions of infected people in one go?
If the strategy is wrong, even if you keep winning tactically, you will only end up with inevitable failure.
The military has not suffered enough from this disadvantage.
If he were to direct it himself, he would definitely terminate this meaningless attack plan.
Thinking of this, Dina sneered.
As long as the general is not dead, how can the command fall on him?
As long as the general is not dead...
What if the general died suddenly?
Dina's heart suddenly jumped a few times, and she quickly lowered her head with guilt.
if……
Doesn't it mean that if the general is going to die, what if the general's plan is not just to organize a defense?
Egger taught Dina a way of thinking. He said to Dina: "If something feels particularly ridiculous or stupid to you, maybe there is some information in it that you don't know. When all the information is connected,
You will feel that everything is very rational and reasonable.”
So, if you think about it from another angle, what if the general doesn't want to defend, but actually wants to march directly into Washington DC?
impossible.
Even if there are still people alive in the white house, does the general still want to lead his army to serve the king?
Dina rejected this reason at first.
So, if the general plans to march into Washington DC, the purpose is not to be in Washington DC.
Dina remembered that east of Washington DC is Delaware. Delaware is a protruding peninsula, but it has actually been cut off from the land by the canal.
If we could cross Washington DC, enter Delaware, and then control or blow up the bridge, wouldn't it be like reaching paradise?
Although Delaware is a protruding peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, its area is large enough to establish a homeland only for survivors.
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"Dina!"
Dina, who was sleeping soundly, woke up suddenly when she heard someone calling her name, but there was no laughter from her classmates nearby.
Dina looked around blankly, oh, this is not in school.
Seeing everyone's eyes staring at her, Dina quickly sat up straight and wiped the drool flowing from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve.
The more she uses her brain (eyes), the easier it is for Dina to feel sleepy. Using coffee and other energy-stimulating substances is just a waste of time and money, which will eventually be paid back.
Dina had some stomachaches after drinking coffee today, not to mention that coffee can only exhaust physical strength, it cannot create something out of nothing.
Because she often dozed off in class, Dina was nicknamed "Sleeping Dina Keynes" by some of her annoying classmates.
Originally, Dina always thought that this was just a description of her liking to take naps. However, after a long time, Dina realized that this nickname was the title of a good-for-nothing uncle.
Dozing off is not a problem that Dina can control or resist. As soon as a person becomes sleepy, the brain immediately shuts down.
But this was not the reason for Dina to doze off during the military combat meeting. She sat up straight and immediately pretended to be extremely serious.
After the general glanced at Dina, he waved to her and said, "Dina, you can leave first. You can read the report tomorrow morning."
After hearing the general's words, Dina quickly stood up, saluted the general with a military salute, and then jumped out of the command room with the mood of escaping.
Walking to the lounge, Dina used her officer authority to open the locked sleeping cabin. She first got her body in, then kicked off her left foot and right foot to take off her shoes. After taking off her obstructive coat, all other procedures were completed.
jump over.
Dina hugged a huge cartoon pillow and quickly fell asleep.
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After sleeping for more than ten hours, it was already noon when Dina woke up with sleepy eyes.
After her brain slowly came to her senses, Dina decided to get up immediately. She still had a lot of work to do today.
After Dina put on her shoes, she skipped all other procedures and walked quickly back to the command room. The meeting was over, and the whole room was filled with a strong aroma of coffee.
The minutes of the meeting have been sorted out, and they contain detailed battle plans. Dina sat in front of the computer, reviewing and checking them quickly.
All the staff officers did not want their troops to do the most dangerous work, and all their thoughts were written into the plan.
For example, look at this sentence: With the assistance of Army B, Army A is responsible for the main offensive task.
At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with it. In fact, there are two important prerequisites: the assistance of the B Corps, and someone to take on the secondary offensive mission.
Just as Dina imagined, all kinds of private goods were stuffed into the battle plan.
Of course, it doesn't mean that the staff members are really doing their jobs but not doing their best, but that they want to eliminate most of the responsibilities on their shoulders before the war begins.
Dina looked at it and shook her head.
Silina, whose eyelids were a little swollen, said to Dina that the general asked her to study the plan in detail and report the results immediately.
Dina typed quickly on the keyboard with both hands. Since she was the chief of staff, she had to conduct the final review and modification of the entire plan.
Dina did not want to completely negate and overturn all plans and plans. She just wanted to integrate all the forces of the legion as much as possible so that the legion could capture the strategic location with the minimum number of casualties.
But some things were simply irreconcilable. The more Dina wrote, the more tired she became. She threw away the keyboard and stopped writing.
Dina looked at the time and saw that it was 3 p.m., and she hadn't had breakfast or lunch yet. So Dina dropped what she was doing, walked out of the command room, prepared the restaurant for dinner, and then continued to come over to finish the work.
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With a trace of regret and irritability in her heart, Dina walked towards the restaurant in the corridor. She suddenly thought of the guy who called her in the middle of the night last night. Maybe she asked Egger, he might have a better way.
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The silence at home was originally a secret joy.
Yesterday's plan was to do work in the morning and type in the afternoon to make up for the missing manuscripts. As a result, throughout the whole day, I got nothing except elevated blood pressure and endocrine disorders.
God, take away your magical power and let the mythical beast return to its place!