One Hundred and Twenty One Avenues Facing the Sky
A meeting about whether to attack the troops heading north of the Dothan Empire was soon held in Serris. Because of the visit to the experiment, the two military leaders, Vagron and Wilkes, have not left, so they also attended the meeting.
In the conference room, the ministers of various departments expressed their opinions, and everyone felt that the northward movement of the Dothan Empire was a complete conspiracy.
Leaning on the chair, although he was a little dissatisfied with the act of pulling himself out of the laboratory, Chief Magic Adviser Frenzberg spoke first with a displeased expression: "The Dothan Empire is going north, it is very likely that someone is behind it. If I guessed correctly, it's either the Holy Demon Empire or the Norma Empire."
"They only suffered losses on the sea, so it is impossible not to know how powerful we are. Now our fleet going south is still looting rubber on their coastline, they must know our strength." German who knows the trend of the navy Searle agreed.
"It's weird. Knowing how powerful we are, they still dare to attack north. It's obvious that they don't take us seriously." Minister Smith, who specializes in machinery, scratched his head and sighed with some incomprehension.
"The other party may be betting." Chris thought about it and said, "Betting on our determination to fight, as well as our logistical supply capabilities!"
Indeed, the logistical pressure of the Ailan Hill troops going south is very huge, because there are no decent roads and railways, and supporting the two armies to go south is a serious challenge to Ailan Hill's transportation capacity.
Mordelair's troops along the coastline are not bad, at least after taking a port, they have relieved some of the pressure from logistics, but on the west side of the Coria 5th Army, it is because of supplies. Mind blowing.
Troops need a lot of logistical supplies to go south. In addition to food, weapons and ammunition and the fuel consumption of the troops need to be transported from the distant vicinity of Bude. Because of time constraints, the materials here are actually not enough to support the entire 5th Army going south.
Many goods also need to be transported from the core area of Ireland Hill. Thanks to the railway, products from Ferry City and Maine can be quickly transferred to Bude. But after Bude, you can only rely on mules and horses for transportation, which is not generally inefficient.
The central area is better. The southernmost railway has been repaired to Faroude, and the railway from Faroude to Tongsk and then to Arantix is also under construction. However, the road south from Wallavor is still ancient, and Mordelair's main supplies can only be transported by livestock and manpower.
"This war is really frustrating. Although we can be invincible within our own attack range, once we invade the opponent's territory, we will be immediately dragged down by our own logistics." Wei Erkes sighed helplessly.
"Isn't it? I think if we can, we should build railways and roads for our enemies in advance, so that we won't be troubled by this kind of problem when we attack." Gurlo nodded opposite him. Agreed.
"It's a way. I think this way can be tried for the Higgs Kingdom." After hearing this suggestion, General Walter said quickly.
The simulated attack rehearsal he performed before, many times because of the opponent's road conditions affected the supply. This brought a lot of trouble for his 1st Army to attack the Higgs Kingdom. If it could help the Higgs Kingdom to improve the road conditions, it would undoubtedly excite him.
As long as there are roads and railways, his troops can guarantee to control the Higgs field with the fastest advance speed. If the situation allows, he may advance 100 kilometers a day, or even faster.
"It's useless to go so far now. What we're studying now is whether to fight back against the Dothan Empire on the southern front!" As the oldest general in the army, Vagron is still the commander-in-chief, and he said solemnly. Bringing the topic back to business.
"We already have two main forces heading south,
Counting the garrison regiments and garrison divisions mobilized to the Arland region, the originally abundant defensive strength has now been diluted by the increased land area. ' He paused, then continued to talk about his concerns.
Wilkes said: "I can't count on the issues of the Arrant Empire and the old-fashioned aside for the time being, and even loyalty is a problem..."
It will take time to transform those armies, and Chris has even disbanded most of the Arrant army. He doesn't need those old armies. In front of the new-style army of Ireland Hill, the combat effectiveness of those old-fashioned armies with only numbers is agreed to zero.
"Our side has lost at least 00,000 troops all of a sudden, and the defense has become stretched." Vagron said worriedly.
He is the commander-in-chief of the army who coordinates the overall situation, and only he knows what it means for the army to have more than doubled the territory at once. The originally crowded barracks suddenly became empty, and many garrison regiments that had not completed training were pulled out to perform the hoarding mission.
"Yeah! In order to fill the loophole, the 2nd Army has been forced to be transferred to Bude to fill the hole left by the 5th Army after the transfer." Deans looked at the confidential diagram of the troop deployment and said with some worry.
Walter, the commander of the First Army, nodded and said: "The garrison originally deployed in the southern area of Serris, the newly built 9th Army, has also been transferred south to Naru... In this way, our entire Alan Hill is actually In fact, the defense power has been severely weakened."
Wilkes frowned and added: "If we fight the Dothan Empire in the south, then we will have to mobilize more troops to the south. After all, the fragile supply line that passes through the entire Arrant area requires Troop defense and garrison, so we're going to have to put at least some of that."
"Moreover, our arms should also be transferred to the south, because if they are temporarily deployed, various problems will arise. According to past experience, the place where we reserve arms should be placed near the Fallen River to support the Fourth Army and The battle of the 5th Army." Gurlo, the minister in charge of overall planning, said.
The commander-in-chief of the Air Force, the youngest but the most wealthy among the three armies, Buttoria, reminded: "A war near the Fallen River? There is no field airfield there, and our air defense cannot be guaranteed. It is a very dangerous thing. thing."
Although he is very young, his words still carry a lot of weight. The current air force is an important pillar of the army's air defense. If the air force cannot cover the battlefield, the army must be extra careful.
"Yeah, if we start a battle on the preset battlefields near Faroud and Tonsk, we will spend about 4 million gold coins in a war." Des has always looked at the problem from an economic perspective, so he said It's also an economic issue.
He looked at the heads of the business department, and saw the bitter look on each other's faces - after all, they met before the meeting and found that declaring war on the Dothan Empire is not a profitable business.
So he opened his mouth and emphasized the economics of war: "But if we want to go to war with the Dothan Empire near the Fallen Abyss, we will have to prepare 40 million gold coins or more... This is obviously a very uneconomical thing. matter."
Minister Smith, who was sitting next to him, assured him at this time, as if to express his solidarity with Des: "As long as we stabilize for about a year, we can build the railway to the vicinity of the Fallen Abyss River! Such a war It's way too cheap."
"After calculation, if we start a war now, it will probably cost more than 47 million gold coins. No matter how we calculate it, we will pay a fortune." A deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce said a relatively accurate figure.
As he said, he looked at Chris who was sitting in the first place: "Your Majesty! We can use 12.1 million gold coins to build a railway from Arantix to the vicinity of the Fallen River, and the railway from Bude to Fallen River. Only 9.7 million gold coins are needed."
Smith also sketched on the map and added: "With the field airport near the Fallen River, we only need to spend about 0 million gold coins to establish a relatively complete Arrant transportation line. At that time, we will Hoarding supplies to the south will save a lot of money.”
Des went on to emphasize the importance of the economy: "It's not just hoarding supplies to save money, we can build new iron works and factories in the south, so the freight will be cheaper - to put it simply, a year In the future, when we fight near the Fallen Abyss River, we only need about one million gold coins."
"Moreover, we have also built the entire Arland! At that time, our production capacity will reach ten times, or even twenty times..." As he said, he seemed to see countless gold coins multiplying in front of his eyes.
"Good calculus! Forcing us to dispatch a lot of resources to the south, enticing us to fight in our most unfavorable place." Chris nodded and said with a sneer: "We can also take the opportunity to empty our rear. "
Halfway through the hearing, Chris had already made his choice. He doesn't intend to struggle in the trap dug by the enemy, no matter who the trap is - whether it is Dothan, the Prairie Empire, or the Higgs, or the Holy Demon Empire or the Norma Empire, he don't care.
All he has to do is to stabilize his rhythm, accumulate his own strength, and then shoot at the most suitable time to destroy the opponent with a thunderous strike!
So, he Annai gave up his impulse, tried his best to calm his mood, and said: "Arrange the envoys to go to Higgs, let's help them repair the railway and road first! Forget the Dothan Empire for the time being, Let's go all the way, each side!"
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