Chapter 369 Since they want to fight, then we will fight!
Chapter 369 Since they want to fight, then we will fight!
Author: unknown
Meteor Island is three hundred miles south.
Thousands of warships floated in mightily.
On one of the warships, a man wearing silver armor and a red cloak stood on the side of the ship looking at the endless sea.
This person is none other than Zhang Jihai, Duke Linggong of the Juling Dynasty.
Zhang Jihai looked at the vast sea with a sarcastic smile in his eyes.
"My lord, the scout ship came to report that Dali's machine bird was found two hundred miles away!" A general came to him and reported.
"The mechanism bird!" Zhang Jihai raised his thick eyebrows slightly and said disdainfully: "Is that Dali's mechanism technique?"
"Yes, Dali is famous in the surrounding seas for its mechanism skills. Not only can they create mechanism birds that can fly in the sky, but they can also create mechanism beasts that can submerge in the sea!" the general replied.
Zhang Jihai just nodded and didn't care about this.
In his eyes, all mechanical birds and mechanical beasts are nothing more than children's toys.
Perhaps both machine birds and machine beasts have good uses, but in battle, machine birds and machine beasts cannot form much combat effectiveness at all.
This is a fact. Although the machine beasts created by Gongshu Qiu can participate in battles, they can only bully ordinary warriors. They are useless against warriors who are innate or above.
It's not that the machine beast isn't strong enough, it's because the material used to make the machine beast isn't hard enough.
Innate warriors have the ability to cut through ordinary steel, but machine beasts whose main bodies are made of wood or ordinary steel cannot resist the attacks of innate warriors.
If stronger materials are used to make the machine beast, the cost will increase dozens of times, and even Dali cannot afford such a cost.
Therefore, most of Dali's current applications of Mechanism Beasts are in civilian applications. In military applications, they are mainly based on Mechanism Bird reconnaissance, or supplemented by Mechanism Giant Scorpion sneak attacks.
"How far are we from the Dali Dynasty's army?" Zhang Jihai asked.
"It's not clear yet. According to the intelligence we got, Dali dispatched 400,000 navy troops and entered the Turbulent Sea three days ago. Now the opponent is on the edge of the Turbulent Sea. However, we don't know their specific troop layout and station location.
It’s not clear yet!”
"But according to our speculation, their station should not be more than five hundred miles away from us!" the general replied.
Zhang Jihai nodded slightly, lifted his cloak behind him, and said: "With a distance of five hundred miles, we can fight with them in less than two days!"
"Now the whole army is ordered to advance, we will catch them by surprise!"
After hearing this, the general hesitated and said, "Should we wait a little until we figure out Dali's specific troop deployment before taking action?"
In fact, he wanted to persuade Zhang Jihai not to launch an attack rashly. After all, they had not yet received the military order from General Zhengbei, and launching an attack rashly would be disobeying the military order.
If this battle is won, with Zhang Jihai's status in the Juling Dynasty, there will naturally be no problem. However, if something goes wrong, even if Zhang Jihai is Zhenling Gong, he will not be able to escape the blame.
However, Zhang Jihai glanced at him, with a sarcastic smile on his square face, and said: "That old fellow Hou Yunrui is afraid of fighting. Do we have to be afraid of fighting too!"
"It's just a small country, do we still need to be afraid of it?"
"Or do you think we will lose?"
It's not that Zhang Jihai is arrogant, but Zhang Jihai really doesn't think Dali has the strength to fight him.
It is true that Dali is a dynasty, but it is only a dynasty in Luoyu Sea.
In the eyes of the Giant Spirit Dynasty, a place like the Luoyu Sea Area is a wilderness. It may be better than the Spiritual Wasteland, but it is not much stronger.
To him, a dynasty like Dali is an arrogant country bumpkin.
A country bumpkin who thinks he has some strength and dares to challenge the power of the Giant Spirit Dynasty.
Not only did he see it this way, but the entire Juling Dynasty and most of the important officials and nobles also saw it this way.
The Yuluo Dynasty is only a Hundred Stars Dynasty that deserves their attention. As for the Dali Dynasty and the Sky Alliance, they are just like a bunch of chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning.
It is precisely because of this view that Zhang Jihai led his army forward without hesitation when he learned that the enemy on the opposite side was the Dali Dynasty.
He just wanted to defeat the Dali Dynasty's army and show Hou Yunrui how ridiculous his military orders were.
"No, I just think it's better to be cautious!" the general lowered his head and said.
Zhang Jihai looked at him and said seriously: "I know what you are worried about, but we must stay ahead of Hou Yunrui in this battle. Do you understand?"
The general in front of him was his confidant. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the general's caution, he still explained patiently.
The general's expression moved slightly, and then he nodded slightly.
He understood what Zhang Jihai was thinking and why Zhang Jihai insisted on having trouble with Hou Yunrui.
This involves the internal struggle of the Djinn Dynasty.
Although the Giant Spirit Dynasty was powerful, it also had many internal disputes.
The struggle for power between Confucianism cultivators and warriors, and the struggle between nobles and ordinary generals in the army.
Zhenlinggong represents the aristocratic class of the time, while Hou Yunrui represents the ordinary generals in the Juling Dynasty army who were promoted based on their military exploits.
There is an irreconcilable contradiction between the two.
At the same time, Hou Yunrui was also close to the Confucianism cultivator faction, which made Zhen Linggong and other nobles even more disdainful of being associated with them.
"Now that you understand, then go ahead and give the order!" Zhang Jihai said.
"Here!"
The general could only respond helplessly.
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At this time, on Meteor Island, Qin Wei was discussing the next battle with the military generals.
The Western Army led by Zhang Jihai suddenly launched an attack, which also disrupted Dali's plan.
According to the previous plan, the first to start the battle should be the main forces in the middle of the Hundred Stars Dynasty and the Giant Spirit Dynasty. After the two sides start fighting, Dali will slant into the battlefield and directly attack Whale Shark Island.
That's right, the staff of the Dali Military Aircraft Department has been eyeing Whale Shark Island from the very beginning.
Whale Shark Island is the headquarters of the Giant Spirit Dynasty Expeditionary Force. To capture the thief first, capture the king, and to hit the snake seven inches away. From a strategic point of view, Whale Shark Island is undoubtedly the most important.
As long as Whale Shark Island is captured, the expeditionary force of the Giant Spirit Dynasty will become a piece of scattered sand.
At that time, the balance of victory will completely tilt towards the Sky Alliance.
But now Zhang Jihai's rash attack disrupted the combat plan of the Military Aircraft Department Staff Headquarters. However, the war is changing rapidly, and plans are always just plans.
The staff of the Military Aircraft Department did not panic, but quickly formulated a new strategy.
In the tent.
"Your Majesty, since they want to fight, then we will fight!"
Yuwen Chengdu stood in front of everyone and said decisively.
Qin Wei looked at him with a smile and said, "Are you ready?"
"Haha, your Majesty, don't worry, we are already ready for any battle!" Yuwen Chengdu laughed heartily.
Qin Wei nodded, "Then let's fight!"
"This battle starts with us first!"
He said in a low voice, with a rare solemn look on his face.
This battle will definitely be a bloody battle, and it will be the most difficult battle that Dali has faced in such a long time.
Qin Wei has never underestimated the Giant Spirit Dynasty, nor can he underestimate the Giant Spirit Dynasty.
So he knew from the beginning that this battle would not be easy, but he still decided to start this battle, and even took the initiative to provoke this war.
Because Dali wants to rise and the Sky Alliance wants to break the geographical restrictions, they must defeat the Giant Spirit Dynasty.
To put it simply, the Giant Spirit Dynasty is a big mountain that weighs on all the forces in the surrounding tens of thousands of miles of sea. If any force wants to rise, it needs to break the pressure from the Giant Spirit Dynasty.
This is an inevitable war, and it is also a war that Dali must go through.
"I obey the decree!"
Yuwen Chengdu bowed down to receive the order.
"Go! Tell all the soldiers that I will be here to watch them!" Qin Wei said lightly.
"Here!"
Everyone retreated, and then the camp on Meteor Island began to operate.
This battle was not a small-scale battle, but a large-scale war involving nearly 700,000 troops from both sides.
The battlefield is no longer limited to one island or one place, but the surrounding sea area hundreds of miles will be turned into a battlefield.
Therefore, this battle was not only a test for the soldiers, but also a test for Dali's military command system.
Along with bursts of noise, military orders were conveyed from the camp.
In the headquarters of the camp, more than a dozen communication arrays flashed continuously, and on the temporary dock outside the camp, speedboats kept sailing out.
In the command camp, around a sand table with a length and width of more than two feet, more than ten officers from the Military Aircraft Department's Staff Department gathered around. They were constantly analyzing every sea area and island on the sand table, and constantly understanding the enemy's situation on the opposite side.
trend.
Qin Wei believes very much in one sentence, that is, let professional people do professional things.
So when he established the Military Aircraft Department, he established a staff department.
From the beginning there were only a few people in the staff department, but now there are more than a hundred professional staff personnel in the staff department.
The officials of these staff offices include generals from the military, some from Dali Imperial Academy and major academies, and some from Dali Yanwu Pavilion. Almost all those who can enter the staff office of the Military Aircraft Department have very professional military abilities.
Not only the military aircraft department has a staff department, but now every major navy and army in Dali also has a dedicated staff department, and even each battalion is equipped with two to three staff officers.
The role of the staff officer is to help the general analyze the battle situation and formulate strategies, but the military command power is still in the hands of the general.
However, the existence of a staff can prevent the general from making some mistakes that should not exist.
Therefore, every battle in Dali will have many staff members who are responsible for studying the war.
Now, the Military Aircraft Department Staff Department is equivalent to Dali's highest command system. As the commander-in-chief of this battle, all Yuwen Chengdu has to do is to ensure the last step for the staff department.
Yes, although Yuwen Chengdu is the commander-in-chief, he is not actually required to direct the actual war. What he really has to do is to control the soldiers on all sides to follow the orders of the staff.
If one person is short-term, everyone will be wise.
Although Yuwen Chengdu also had very high attainments in the military field, no matter how high his attainments were, he could not compare with a dozen or even dozens of professional staff officers.
Of course, this does not mean that the coach Yu Wencheng is useless. On the contrary, the coach is the highest decision-maker of the army at all times.
War not only requires a complete command system, but also a decisive decision-maker.
The battlefield is changing rapidly. Sometimes it doesn't matter what tactics the decision-maker chooses. What matters is decisive and timely issuing orders.
As the military orders from the headquarters were conveyed one after another, Dali's 400,000 soldiers took action one after another.
Eighty miles north of Meteor Island, on the Beihai Navy flagship, Mao Jiang looked at the military orders coming from the communication array with a solemn expression.
"map!"
he shouted loudly.
Immediately, several personal guards moved a screen in front of the soldiers.
Mao Jiang looked at the map on the screen and said in a deep voice: "The staff asked us to go west to bypass the main battlefield, enter the enemy's rear, and cut off the enemy's retreat!"
All the officers and soldiers in the hall looked at each other and asked: "General, why are we cutting off the enemy's retreat instead of the West Sea Navy and Nanhai Navy?"
It is normal for them to have such questions, because the current arrangement of the four major naval divisions in Dali is that the Donghai Division is the central army, stationed on the Falling Star Island together with Qin Weihe's headquarters.
The West Sea Navy and the Nanhai Navy are the two armies on the left and right, located on the east and west of Meteor Island.
Their Beihai Navy is the rear army, located in the north of Meteor Island.
Logically speaking, it is easier for the West China Sea and South China Sea naval forces to bypass the battlefield and enter the enemy's rear.
"I'm afraid it will take us four days to go around it!"
Mao Jiang shook his head slightly and said: "Don't forget that His Majesty is still on Falling Star Island!"
Everyone was startled, and then understood what Mao Jiang meant.
Although the Donghai Navy is part of the Chinese army, their more important responsibility is to protect Qin Wei's safety.
As the two armies on the left and right, the West China Sea and Nanhai Navy actually still shoulder the tasks of the front army.
In other words, once the war begins, the left and right armies will be the first to engage the enemy.
When the time comes, the Donghai Navy will become the rear army, guarding Qin Wei while waiting to join the war as a reserve army.
In the eyes of the general staff, Meteor Island is the most important strategic location, and Qin Wei is the most important target to protect.
The war may be lost, but there must be no lapse in Qin Wei's safety.
Even if the power around Qin Wei is enough to protect Qin Wei, the staff will still try to avoid letting the battle spread to Qin Wei's side.
"Okay, now let's discuss how we can enter the enemy's rear!"
Mao Jiang said.
To enter the enemy's rear, they don't just go around it. They have to choose a suitable route.
Navigating on the sea is not something you can run around at will. There is no known safe route, and it is extremely dangerous to venture into unfamiliar waters. (End of this chapter)