Except for Lawrence's appearance when meeting the group of people setting off from Vieques, Lawrence spent most of the entire journey in the cabin studying the specific design of this field hospital with his subordinates.
So that the hospital can be established as soon as possible after arriving at the destination.
Although this work is not difficult, it is very complicated. After all, compared with ordinary hospitals or hospitals temporarily established during plagues, field hospitals must not only consider how to facilitate medical treatment, but also consider the use during the war.
The problem of defense in the face of enemy attack.
Theoretically speaking, this field hospital is actually set up behind the battle line, and there is a defense line in front to block the enemy's attack.
However, considering the surrounding mountainous terrain, everyone present with military knowledge realized that although it would be difficult for the enemy to directly break through to the location of the field hospital with large troops, penetration and harassment by small groups of troops was absolutely unavoidable.
Not to mention that according to the information provided by the previous headquarters, the territories of these targeted wilderness races are likely to have entrances and exits from the Dark Territory. Therefore, as long as the opponent is willing to spend money, it is possible to launch an attack through the newly dug underground passage.
A short raid to the rear.
Although everyone present did not think that the other side would target the field hospital in Lawrence and others, considering that Pine Valley, where the field hospital is located, is an important transportation hub connecting the front line and the rear. Lawrence and the others felt that they were being attacked during the war.
The possibility of being affected by enemy military operations is not small.
Therefore, in addition to medical-related buildings, various defense facilities are also an indispensable part of the entire field hospital system.
Considering that the platform area on the mountainside allocated to the field hospital is not very large, it is not an easy task to accurately allocate the area of the various functions of the field hospital.
Especially after the fleet entered the territorial waters of the White Eagle Federation, Lawrence and the others received information from countless military and civilization expeditions on their wireless telegraph machines. When they docked for supplies, they were able to obtain more accurate information about the current situation from the local government.
Announcements or news on frontline situations.
After collecting and summarizing this information, they had a deeper understanding of the enemies they would face after participating in this civilization expedition.
"It seems that the first step of this war can be said to have basically achieved the expected goal." After looking at the summarized series of intelligence, Nora quickly came to a conclusion. "
The coalition of civilized races has successfully broken through the enemy's defense line set up in the hilly area at the foot of the mountain."
"This is an expected situation." After listening to the little doll's words, Lawrence nodded slightly and replied. "Those wilderness races may have a higher proportion of extraordinary beings than us, but I don't think so under the cover of modern firepower.
How long could they hold out on the plains with their numbers and weapons."
As we all know, it is not a simple matter to develop industry, especially heavy industry. There are a series of stringent requirements from population to technology. And it is already a high-level handicraft industry at the level of those wilderness races.
It's the limit.
Although it is not difficult to obtain certain technological products in this world with extraordinary power, especially some extraordinary people who have mastered the alchemy ability or the ability to create magic items can even create a hand-made steam engine. But in terms of cost
It is totally uneconomical to do so.
For example, gray dwarves can make firearms and even artillery in handmade factories in underground cities, but each of these things is a unique product. Although these weapons are indeed better than human weapons, they are basically
There is no way to mass-produce and popularize it.
Therefore, the main weapons of those wilderness creatures are still ancient cold weapons. Generally, only relatively elite troops can obtain various weapons and ammunition through seizure, robbery or some kind of smuggling. Even so, the weapons and ammunition of those troops
There is still a lack of uniformity, and it is likely that 100 people will have seven or eight types of weapons.
In terms of heavy weapons, the level of these wilderness races is even worse. After all, compared with smuggling firearms, smuggling artillery is much more difficult. Therefore, even if the wilderness races are willing to spend a lot of money, they can only smuggle them from a few powerful ones.
They just bought some small-caliber artillery pieces that had been eliminated from the merchants.
Although races like gray dwarves can also produce some artillery through manual production, in the hands of those wilderness races full of craftsman spirit, each of these artillery is a handicraft. In other words, the artillery they produce is
No two of those guns were alike.
Intelligent races have captured some of this type of artillery. Compared with human artillery, the lethality, range and accuracy of these artillery are not inferior, and even exceed some under the influence of magic.
But the problem is that both the production and use costs of these artillery are far higher than human artillery, and there is simply no way to equip them on a large scale.
In addition, each of these artillery has unique ballistic characteristics. Therefore, not only does each artillery need to be equipped with its own artillery, but it is also basically impossible to attack certain places like mass-produced artillery by humans.
Fire a salvo.
In other words, it is basically impossible for the opponent to provide fire coverage or fire cover like humans or other intelligent races.
This directly leads to the fact that in small-scale battles, those wilderness races may be able to win the battle through their more powerful bodies than humans and the concentration of technological weapons.
However, in frontal battles on plain terrain where both sides had about the same number of people, the wilderness race, which lacked sufficient firepower support, had basically not won a few times since entering the era of hot weapons.
This war was no exception. According to intelligence, although the combined forces of humans and dwarves suffered a slight loss during the outpost contact battle, they were even blocked by the defense line established by the wilderness race for two or three days in the hilly areas of the remaining mountains.
However, as the civilized race's heavy weapons gradually arrived, the wilderness race had to abandon its outer defense line and retreat to the mountains.
"I think - we are here at the right time." Looking at the compiled information, Lawrence looked at the little doll floating in front of him and said. "I think you should know that in this kind of country where supplies are relatively abundant,
If the enemy in the mountainous area wants to fight guerrilla warfare with us, the war is likely to last for a long time."
"Indeed, think about the famous Imperial Cemetery." Nora said seriously with a small face. "Not to mention that in this early spring season, the climate in the northern mountainous area where we are going to fight is actually no different from winter.
I'm worried that non-combat attrition may be higher than everyone expected."
"Don't worry, I think the headquarters should have considered this issue, because this is not the first time we have launched a civilization expedition in this season." Lawrence thought for a moment and then showed a relaxed expression on his face. "For example, they are here for us.
These troops coming from the south prepared winter clothing and antifreeze oil."
In fact, if the early intelligent races took the initiative to launch an attack, they would often choose after the autumn harvest and consolidate their occupied areas or withdraw their troops before the temperature dropped in winter. This way, they could ensure adequate supplies of materials and ensure that the army would not suffer a large-scale attrition due to the low temperature in winter.
However, with the development of industrial technology of civilized races, productivity has naturally been significantly improved. Therefore, the time for military operations is much less restricted by seasonality.
Because those wilderness races still have traditional production methods, they can only launch large-scale actions in late autumn. Therefore, attacks like this in winter and spring can just catch them off guard.
More importantly, attacking in this season can disrupt the spring plowing of the northern wilderness races and have a long-lasting impact on these wilderness races in the second year or even longer.