The young lieutenant general sat on a velvet armchair, holding a map of the dividing line between gods and demons in his hand. His handsome face looked indifferent, and all his thoughts were immersed in the map. The afternoon sunlight shone in through the parquet floor-to-ceiling windows of the minister's room.
, turned into a strip of light with different light and dark, and the elongated and deformed window grille pattern was branded diagonally on his majestic military uniform, just like the watermark on the fabric itself.
"Sir." An official document marked top secret was placed on the desk covered with light brown wood grain. The intelligence officer's voice was filled with a professional coldness, "Koen Keda lost Silver Frost Castle, north of Sbia.
The battle line was forced to retreat and fully shifted to defense."
Stimulated by this series of names, the Chief of Operations raised his head, stretched out his white hand to take the information, only glanced at it, stood up, and walked a few steps to the huge map on the wall. The agile intelligence officer had already
Arriving in one step, he lowered the map with a winch and spread a layer of almost transparent paper over the relevant area, using various colored lines to mark the situation in northern Sbia.
"The Sibia Army recently launched a large-scale counterattack in Yinshan Province. The battle was very fierce. According to the analysis of existing intelligence, the total number of troops invested by both sides exceeded one million, of which the strength of the Divine Alliance Army was at least 650,000.
Above." The intelligence officer explained in the voice of Gujing Mubo, "The entire battle of Silver Frost Castle lasted fifteen to twenty days, of which the fierce fighting lasted ten days."
"According to reliable information, there is no winner in this battle." Seeing that the Minister of Operations remained silent, the intelligence officer continued, "The Divine Alliance suffered huge losses, with only more than 200,000 troops left to fight.
In this battle, Biya consumed almost all of the mobile troops in the country, and some hidden special units also suffered huge losses. Silver Frost Castle was reduced to ashes and had to retreat."
"Koen Keda is the commander of the expedition this time. With his commanding ability, the actual results should be greater." The war minister, who was standing in a very standard posture, said softly at this time: "Is Prince Tansi so difficult to deal with?"
"According to reliable information, Cohen Keda was in danger this time. He chose to go deep alone in the muddy weather and fight in the wild with his elite main force, defeating the main force of the God-belonging coalition forces in one fell swoop. However, because the coalition forces attacked Silver Frost Province first,
As a result, Sibia's logistics were completely destroyed and it was unable to pursue. Only a cavalry was sent to drive away the coalition command structure. When retreating, the situation of Sibia's army was unprecedentedly miserable."
"In this main decisive battle, every detail is full of Cohen Keda's personal style." The chief of operations looked at the detailed information in his hand and concluded, "It is indeed him who is commanding."
The intelligence officer, who was a little older than the chief of operations, humbly asked, "Why do you see that?"
"We can start from the beginning of the battle. General Martin Luther, who later died in the line of duty, defended Silverfrost Castle and persisted until reinforcements arrived. This gave the Sibiya army the first small initiative, although this initiative was still far away.
It was not enough to shake the balance of the war, but it gave Emperor Sbia an opportunity to play rogue. The subsequent wars were full of the masterpieces of the rogue emperor Cohen Keda. Prince Tansi was surrounded by these countless means, and it was inevitable that he would be affected
his judgment."
"How do gangsters do things? As I felt from a friend, gangsters are an industry that requires high personal qualities." The Minister of Operations explained: "When a real gangster encounters a situation, he usually doesn't
If he really takes action, even if he does take action, he will not really go all out. What a gangster usually does is to use his various performances to make his opponent think that he will take action, that he will go all out, that he has the strength to go all out and cause a lot of damage.
… In layman’s terms, it is to scare people, but in a more formal explanation, it is strategic and tactical deception. Prince Tansey’s regret is that he does not have friends with hooligan habits around him.”
"According to this careful analysis, will the death of General Martin Luther allow Emperor Sbia to stay on the northern battlefield?" The intelligence officer said: "Koen Keda is a very vindictive person, so close
If someone died in the line of duty, he would not let the prince go."
"No! Cohen Keda will definitely come to the southern battlefield, and will arrive as soon as possible." The Chief of Operations rejected the intelligence officer's analysis, "Yes, he is a gangster, but don't forget the suffix after his gangster."
"emperor."
"Those who achieve great things do not rely on their own preferences. For the sake of the empire and the royal family, he will definitely come to us in person."
After hearing what the Chief of Operations said, the intelligence officer nodded and pointed at the map again and talked about the northern battlefield.
"After the remaining main force of the Divine Alliance rested in the Bansai Empire, they followed the retreat of the main force of Sibia's army. After some sporadic battles, they occupied most of the Silver Frost Province and maintained pressure on Sibia's army. And Sibi's army
After the runner-up army withdrew, it began to recruit new soldiers and mobilized all the people for defense. All adult residents in cities and towns registered with the army and were assigned jobs. All combat materials in neighboring areas are stepping up their efforts to rush to this front line."
"This is to be expected." The chief of operations returned to the table and put down the intelligence in his hand, "Except for the casualties of the coalition forces."
"Yes, the current strength of the Divine Alliance is very embarrassing. The defense is more than enough, but the offense is slightly insufficient. This will make Prince Carl Ulysses very troubled." The intelligence officer followed behind the Chief of Operations, "There is another one.
An interesting fact, I heard that the prince’s heir apparent was captured by the Sibia cavalry when he was separated from the throne, and the commander of this cavalry was the secretary beside the Emperor Sibia.”
"This is not an anecdote. This is out-and-out bad news. The capture of his parents and children will somewhat interfere with Prince Tansi's combat command." The war minister shook his head, pointed to the information on the table and said: "Secretary, this is
He is a civil servant, but after staying with Emperor Sibia for a while, he was able to lead troops in battle. This pursuit was so resolute and thorough that it has put many generals to shame."
"But Cohen Keda's next arrangement was a bit strange. He awarded the secretary who had just made military exploits the rank of major general and made him the chief logistics supervisor of the southern battlefield." The intelligence officer said: "According to the information we have.
, this clerk has never studied logistics for a day, is he a special genius who knows everything by himself?"
After listening to the intelligence officer's words, the chief of operations thought for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "That's not right."
"There are no geniuses in this world who are self-taught in everything, only commanders who know people and make good use of them. If this secretary is very proficient in logistics, then he should serve as the general logistics officer." The chief of operations said slowly: "Because of him
Only those who do not understand logistics are best suited to serve as general logistics supervisors. In a war of this scale, logistics involves both local and military systems. It is quite complicated, accidents are frequent, responsibilities and authorities are unclear, and mutual referrals are endless. At this time,
The role of the supervisor is particularly important. As a layman, he only needs to do one thing."
"Which thing?"
"Use force to eliminate all discordant voices and squeeze out the full potential of the logistics system. He has served as a secretary for a long time and has a considerable understanding of the bureaucracy. Those local officials cannot deceive him; in the army, he has military exploits.
He is not inferior to ordinary generals. In special circumstances, he can kill first and then report. Who dares to disobey him?" The war minister said: "With such an explanation, do you still think this appointment is strange? Sibia's logistics will be worry-free, which is not good for us.
What good news."
"But the successive battles of the Divine Alliance have objectively consumed a large number of Sibia's fresh troops. It is impossible for them to reinforce our enemies in front..." The intelligence officer wanted to emphasize this point again, but the Chief of Operations was not very impressed.
Interested, I had to change the topic, "Sir, your latest order to the Intelligence Department is..."
"In order to ensure that Sibia is cut off from reinforcements in the southern battlefield, it is necessary for us to provide help to Prince Tansi, and of course, we must also exert some pressure on him." The Minister of Operations pondered for a moment, "Notify our friends and ask them to deal with this matter.
, we need Prince Tansi to launch a new offensive as soon as possible. His actions must be fast and fierce, and it is best to destroy several cities first."
"I understand." The intelligence officer nodded.
The word "our friends" has only one meaning in their minds, and that is the Black Skull and Bones, which has a mysterious background and cruel methods. All "reliable information" comes from the Black Skull and Bones, and even the intelligence officer himself is from this organization.
"Time is running out, you go ahead!" The Chief of Operations selected a few pages from the intelligence and burned the rest.
Before the smoke cleared, the young Duke took these pages of information and walked out the door, heading directly to the staff office downstairs. Along the way, generals of whatever rank saluted him immediately.
Because everyone knows that the position of Minister of War is actually exercising the authority of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. Although he is only one of the many lieutenant generals in the headquarters, the entire demon coalition army is under the leadership of Duke Swice Hepburn.
Under the command of!
"The latest information." Lieutenant General Swice walked into the staff headquarters and handed the information to the general staff officer. "There are some changes and our strategy needs to be adjusted."
"Sibiya retreats across the board?" The general staff officer's voice was a little excited. He immediately found the location of Silver Frost Castle on the map and said in an emphatic tone, "Well done!"
After hearing the words of the general staff officer, a group of staff officers gathered around, passing a few pages of paper in their hands, and there was a lot of discussion.
"The war in northern Sibia is still ongoing." The general staff officer asked the war minister to sit down and asked softly: "Based on your judgment, will the Emperor Sibia come to our side and take personal command?"
"As I have always judged, he will definitely come." Lieutenant General Swice replied, "with his only Guards."
"Sibiya is attacked from two sides, can they still mobilize troops?" The general staff officer shook his head, "Their defense line in the north is already weak enough, this is unlikely."
"Sibiya has spent all his money this time, and there will definitely be troops that we don't have in our intelligence." Lieutenant General Swice said: "With the character of Cohen Keda, how could he not hide something good in secret?
Where?"
"What you said makes sense." The general staff officer thought about it and said, "Sbia's new military branch is very powerful!"
"They have new military services, and so do we. Don't worry about that. I have full confidence in the coalition's special forces."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"At this time, we need to be more cautious in judging another matter. How will Cohen Keda arrive?" Lieutenant General Swice said: "He wants to steadily strengthen the frontal Guards.
? Or is it like the last war between gods and demons, using the fleet to be transported behind our army and attacking our army's logistics line as the entry point?"
"We have already done analysis on these two points. The last war between gods and demons is different from this war. Our attack has been launched across the board. We have advanced more than 200 miles in the middle. Cohen Keda will attack us again at this time.
The effect on the rear of the army will not be obvious, and the risk is very high." The general staff officer said: "We judge that he is more likely to directly command the comprehensive defense of Camp and Wells."
"My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours."
"What's your basis?"
"Analyzing the current northern campaign in Sibia, we can find an interesting thing. Cohen Keda has become a gambler. The entire war was made with a desperate bet. Originally, Prince Tansi had a greater chance of winning, but
Cohen Kedar has better luck than Prince Tansey."
"Your Excellency, you mean...Sibiya will still take a gamble on our side?"
"Yes, it's smaller in scale, but it's still an all-or-nothing gamble."
"The same tactics were used in the two battles against the Demon Alliance. He is not afraid that we will be prepared?" the general staff officer said: "In fact, our defenses are very sufficient. There are as many as 400 warships monitoring the coast.
Ship, how did he land?"
"Sibiya's navy was very large in the last war between gods and demons, and I'm afraid it will be even stronger this time." Lieutenant General Swice said: "If he can't even land a landing, he is not
Cohen Kedar."
"We have already deployed troops on the coastline. Now that you have made your judgment, should we deploy troops from the front line to strengthen defense?" The general staff officer's performance was very cooperative. "If it is not enough, we can temporarily mobilize troops from various countries."
"The war situation is very tense. Lieutenant General Helter is not a fool. He cannot draw a single soldier from the front line, let alone the reserve team. I came to you to tell you that I have decided to move the special forces closer to the coastline.
Lieutenant General Swice looked at the General Staff Officer and said: "The fleet must use all its strength to intercept the Sibia Navy, try to weaken their strength, and then let them go ashore. While their foothold is not stable, use special forces to attack and eliminate them."
On the beach."
"Do we know exactly where Sibiya landed?"
"No matter how incompetent our navy is, it still has at least the early warning capability." Lieutenant General Swice took a map and said, "Our special forces have very strong maneuverability."
"If the Sibia people want to achieve combat effectiveness, then the landing force cannot be an infantry regiment, and the number will not be small." The general staff officer looked at the map and analyzed in a low voice: "The weight of the cavalry is very large.
Coupled with the provisions and weapons required for long-term operations, they will have to find a big dock if they want to go ashore..."
"One more thing." Lieutenant General Swice's fingers traced the mountains near the coastline, "They can't expect the cavalry to cross this mountain range!"
"Understood, we will start working immediately." The general staff officer stood up, "In half an hour, we will hand over the most detailed analysis report to you, and in an hour, we will be able to formulate this anti-landing combat plan.
"
"I don't doubt the staff's planning ability." A confident smile appeared on Lieutenant General Swice's face, "I'm just waiting to use the seal."
In the afternoon of the same day, several secret troops of the Demon Alliance received military orders and began to secretly march towards the coastline. The battlefield reconnaissance system specially prepared to eliminate Sibia's elite was also fully launched - because Sibia's army was in the demon territory.
The defense is generally linear, so the large area in the southern part of the Camp Empire is actually in the hands of the Demon Alliance, and the expected landing site of the Sibia army is at several mountain passes along the Camp coastline.
It didn't take long for the demon coalition to lay a dragnet in this area.
At the same time, the headquarters of the Black Skull and Bones Society also received news from the Demon Alliance Command. However, when meeting the request of the Demon Alliance, the Black Skull and Bones Society included private goods.
A list including four Sibia princesses is about to start a bloody craze in the Holy Capital City, the capital of Sibia.
Historically known as "Operation Holy City Catastrophe". (To be continued)