The sky and the earth were dark, and goose-feather-like snowflakes were falling from the sky. Looking from the window, one could vaguely see that the houses and fields in the distance were covered with a thick white quilt.
The Alice White House in Fort Afena is still brightly lit with candles, and attendants and officers in military uniforms are coming in and out in an endless stream. For many people, this situation is very common, not to mention it is snowing heavily outside.
Even if the world is under attack, they will still be so busy, because this is the location of the frontline headquarters and logistics department of His Royal Highness Prince Hansback. Every order issued from here is executed by countless soldiers of the kingdom, even if it costs their lives and
No matter the price is blood.
In a luxuriously decorated conference room on the second floor, more than a dozen generals and the prince were having a meeting about strategic discussions.
"...Although my father gave a victory speech at the Harvest Festival, the generals should know that the facts are not as inspiring as what he said. At present, the Principality of Rimodra, the Principality of Eskiline and the Principality of Kanner
The army of the Principality of Sri Lanka insisted on a defensive strategy of resisting layer by layer and fortifying step by step, and refused to engage in a general battle with us. As a result, our plan to attack the Principality of Rimodra came to nothing, and the outcome could not be decided in one battle.
Last month, my father wrote me a letter, which revealed his worries about the prospect of war. Our treasury, which has been accumulated for more than 20 years, has been mostly empty since the outbreak of this war. In terms of military strength,
Twelve second-line legions have been formed and are participating in this war. The kingdom now needs to form eight new legions. Guard battalions from all places have been brought to the front line, and the total strength has reached more than 1.2 million.
.This is a very heavy burden for our kingdom.
My father asked me in the letter whether I could end this war as soon as possible in a short time, so as not to affect the people's livelihood and subsequent development of the kingdom. Of course, he did not mean that we should just accept it, but he hoped
We can achieve a breakthrough on the stalemate battlefield, complete our pre-war strategic deployment, incorporate the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Eskilen into the territory of the kingdom, and force the Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karrnath to surrender to us
Surrender.
Although we have completed our first small goal and annexed the Principality of Siddings, this victory was greatly compromised. Because we have only captured very little, we have only acquired a ruin-like territory, and the kingdom does not know it yet.
How much money should be invested to restore the people's livelihood in this territory? After we destroyed the Principality of Sidings, the enemy sent their combined fleet to bombard the two port cities that had been occupied by us, and even set fire to the houses, causing the two port cities to
Most of the area was reduced to ashes, unable to become a new base for our kingdom's fleet.
On the mainland of Nubisia, the field army of the Hicks Kingdom was stationed in the colony of the Kingdom of Nasseri and refused to leave, so that we were unable to capture the territory of the Kingdom of Nasseri. At the same time, we faced the provocative behavior of the Hicks Kingdom army.
You still need to exercise restraint and can only set up defensive positions on the borders of your own territory and deploy troops for monitoring. The Vibato Port in the colony of the Kingdom of Nasseri has become a logistics supply base for pirates.
After Vibato Port has received sufficient supply support, it has posed a very big threat to our kingdom's seven overseas territories in the Nubisian continent.
The dilemma we are currently facing is that we cannot quickly break through the enemy's defensive positions to form a fatal threat and force the enemy to engage in a big battle with us. We can only gradually conquer those defensive positions on the front line and attack step by step. The problem is that we
After conquering one defensive position, the enemy was able to build two more behind it. The dilemma this brought us was that it delayed time and depleted the morale of our soldiers, while at the same time causing us a lot of casualties..."
Prince Hansback picked up two documents and threw them on the table: "Look, this is the comparison. As the vanguard, the Guards Corps takes about four to five days on average to conquer a defensive position, at the cost of five to six hundred soldier casualties.
The cost. Now they have been fighting continuously for nearly three months, with more than half of the casualties, weak follow-up, and in urgent need of rest. The report said that the soldiers have become war-weary and their morale is very low.
The other document was a merit report from the 1st Ranger Battalion. They successfully captured Black Maple Castle with only twenty-seven casualties. However, it took them fifty-four days to force the defenders of Black Maple Castle to surrender.
I don't know whether to reward them or punish them now. They did complete the task, but it took too long. If we attack the enemy like they did, then I will be very doubtful whether it will be my fault.
My grandson is about to get married and start a business, but I am still here planning how to fight this war..."
More than a dozen generals present laughed. The battle report sent by the 1st Ranger Battalion really shocked most of the officers in the headquarters. They thought the 1st Ranger Battalion had missed a zero in the number of casualties. But again and again
After checking and reading the detailed battle report, it was confirmed that the battle report was authentic and credible. For this reason, most of the officers in the command headquarters were involved in a discussion, whether the tactics of the 1st Ranger Battalion should be used.
It is worthy of imitation by the frontline legions.
Many officers believed that the tactics of the 1st Ranger Battalion were not advisable, because they took advantage of the loophole in the order that did not limit the date for the capture of Black Maple Castle, and were able to complete the mission with such minor casualties. Now proceed.
In this war, all the troops are racing against time to attack the enemy's defensive positions, because they know that defeating the enemy in front of them as early as possible will prevent the enemy from having enough time to make more adequate defense preparations...
If the 1st Ranger Battalion were not in charge of the remote Picklet Mountains on the flanks of the main army, then they would not have had enough time to capture the Black Maple Castle guarding the entrance to the mountain road. Change their order with the Guards and let them
If they capture a defensive position in four or five days like the Guards Corps, the casualties they pay must be higher than that of the Guards Corps. Because they are formed by new recruits, rather than having rich combat experience like the veterans of the Guards Corps.
and a strong sense of honor in combat.
Prince Hansback waved his hand to stop the chattering among the generals attending the meeting: "Although many people disapprove of the military exploits of the 1st Ranger Battalion, they completed the mission after all, and they also obtained the victory with such slight casualties.
The rewards they deserve for victory must still be given to them. However, I decided to postpone it for a while. Since it took them fifty-four days to conquer Black Maple Castle, I will reward them for their military exploits after fifty-four days.
Go down..."
The generals burst into laughter and complimented each other: "Your Highness is wise."
This is just a harmless joke, nothing more than delaying time, and expressing dissatisfaction with the Ranger Battalion for taking so long to complete the task. Fortunately, this is in a remote corner of the Picklet Mountains, and does not affect the overall situation. Otherwise, the front line is prohibited.
The Guard Corps has followed suit, and the kingdom will have to pay a huge price. The treasury is already mostly empty, and the millions of troops on both fronts spend an astronomical amount every day. No one can endure this war.
Procrastinate endlessly.
"Back to business," Prince Hansback said: "Now the Blue Feather Corps has completed the task of rebuilding, and the last two second-line legions have also been trained. The Ministry of War has a big dispute over the deployment of the three legions. They have proposed
Two plans were drawn up and handed over to our frontline headquarters so that we could consider which plan would help us win the war faster."
Two attendant officers brought over a large stack of documents and distributed them to the generals present.
After everyone had read the documents in their hands, Prince Hansback said: "It's all clear, these senior staff officers of the Army Department did not put forward any refreshing suggestions, just like what we said last time
In that way, one is to take over the Imperial Guard Corps and continue the attack, allowing the Imperial Guard Corps to come down for rest and replenishment, and then let the Imperial Guard Corps take over after the Blue Feather Legion's attack is weak. Use this wheel tactics to crush the resistance of all enemies in front of you.
Until the final victory is achieved.
There is nothing new in this wheel warfare method. We all know that even if we can win this way, it will still bring us a lot of casualties and delay the time. We will not achieve the goal of deciding the victory of the battle in one battle. At the same time, it will also give the enemy a
There was enough time to pack up our belongings and leave, leaving us with a mess, just like the ruins of the Principality of Sidings.
Another suggestion is to place the Blue Feather Army and the two second-line armies on the side of the Griffin Army to first force the Kingdom of Nasseri to admit defeat and surrender. Of course, we also know that this is just the wishful thinking of the senior staff of the Ministry of War, and the Kingdom of Nasseri is no better than
Principalities such as the Principality of Rimodra and the Principality of Esquiline are the only countries that can compete with our kingdom in the eastern continent, and they still have plenty of potential.
Although our kingdom invaded their kingdom on the western front and the southern border of the Principality of Sidings, and annihilated three of their legions, two of which were still standing legions of their kingdom. But the current situation is that both fronts are in a stalemate.
, because the Nasseri Kingdom has stabilized their domestic situation and is recruiting troops continuously to expand new legions, so our Red Dragon Legion and Griffin Legion each have two second-line legions, although they are still attacking, they have already prepared defenses.
Preparation for combat.
We all know that the situation in the Kingdom of Nasseri cannot be determined by increasing the strength of three legions. My personal opinion is to stick to the original strategy and first deal with the Principality of Rimodra, Eskiline and Kan
Nass Principality, remove the minions of the Nasseri Kingdom, and finally concentrate its forces to deal a fatal blow to the Nasseri Kingdom, and even destroy this mortal enemy kingdom."
The generals present wanted to stand up and salute, but they were stopped by Prince Hansback: "I hope you all think carefully about where to put the Blue Feather Army and the two second-line armies to achieve the best effect.
As for the combat effectiveness, I hope that it will force the enemy who is constantly building defensive facilities in front of us to step out of those turtle shells and engage in a big battle with us in an upright manner to determine the future fate of the eastern part of the mainland."
There was silence, everyone was frowning and thinking hard. A major general stood up and asked: "Your Highness, is there any progress on the sea route?"
Obviously, his idea was to use sea transportation and, under the escort of the navy's fearless fleet, land the Blue Feather Legion and three other legions into the enemy's hinterland.
However, the eldest prince's answer disappointed him: "You don't have to count on the sea route. The enemy's combined fleet is frantically looking for the dreadnought fleet at sea for a decisive battle, waiting for an opportunity to enter the kingdom's waters and prepare to add fire to our coastal areas.
The Dreadnaught Fleet is currently protecting itself flawlessly. The Kingdom has dispatched the newly formed Storm Fleet to support the eastern waters. To this end, it has also deliberately reduced the size of the transport fleet to the Nubicia continent...
It is really ridiculous to think about the battle plan formulated by the Navy Ministry. It actually thought that the outbreak of the war would not affect the situation at sea and the enemy's combined fleet would not take the initiative to attack us. It also dreamed of peacefully accepting the enemy's fleet. Now think about it
It seems like a pig's brain. How stupid do you have to be to make such a strategic attack plan? I really want to go back to the capital to see if the Admiralty Minister's face is swollen. Haha."
Another middle-aged major general who looked thin and sickly stood up, coughed twice and came to the large map hanging on the wall: "Your Highness, I have an idea. Maybe we can send out surprise troops to attack from here.
Attack the hinterland of the Eskilin Principality and outflank the enemy's retreat."
He pointed to the area on the map marked with the name of the Piclite Mountains: "As we all know, the Piclite Mountains are vast and connect the Karrnath Steppe and the three southern counties of the Eskilen Principality. But the Piclite Mountains do not connect these two counties.
The three principalities once wanted to jointly build a national highway, but they gave up the plan due to the serious geographical environment and the difficulty of construction. Therefore, after we invaded the Principality of Rimodra, the enemy did not deploy in this mountainous area.
Heavy troops, because they believed that the Piclite Mountains could not allow the army to march and there was no need to defend.
After learning that the 1st Battalion of Rangers had captured Black Maple Castle, I checked the information on Black Maple Castle and found that it was set up to prevent traders smuggling to the Principality of Eskilen and the Principality of Karnas. Since there are
There must be a road for smuggling. I collected some information and found that there is indeed a trail leading to the two countries in the mountains. If we let the Blue Feather Army and three other legions appear in the enemy's hinterland through the Picklet Mountains, then there must be