Chapter 875 Encounter

Just having enough materials is not enough to make the whole system operate so efficiently. The most important step is to isolate Rody from the influence of all other forces in Efta from beginning to end.

If everything in this war has to be discussed with a noble like Earl Rice, then the logistics system cannot be avoided from being infiltrated. The huge and bloated administrative system is like a cancer to the logistics system. Rody didn't want to throw out a gold coin, but in the end only three copper coins were used in the war, and the rest were all exploited by other nobles.

So on the third day after the full-scale war broke out, several nobles in the cabinet were still discussing the food transportation issue they were responsible for in letters, not knowing that the eastern front had advanced more than 100 kilometers.

Roddy was so happy that they were kept in the dark, while continuing to practice Tai Chi in the correspondence, while reading the battle report sent by Soderol from the temple.

"My lord prime minister, our army is really too fast... In two days, we directly took down more than 20 towns in four cities. This will definitely be recorded in the annals of history!"

All of this is consistent with Soderol's plan, and it can even be said that there is no error. But when things do happen, they still feel dreamy and unreal. Duncan looked better, but was just flipping through the list of supplies page by page, heartbroken for the crazy consumption of gold coins.

"In the history books? It's not even close. It's just the beginning."

Rody was not overwhelmed by the momentary victory. He knew very well that he forcibly created a "Mechanized Infantry Division" through the improvement of magic technology, and the tactics he is now implementing are not his own creation, because this is exactly what the famous "Blitzkrieg" "!"

While the others were still marching with their feet and pulling baggage with carriages, Rody used roads and trucks to directly increase the speed of the entire army, and at the same time used spar cannons to open up the "generation gap" in weapons and equipment.

So when Harrison's troops faced the Efta infantry division, the situation was not very different from the Polish cavalry facing the tanks.

Although this method of combat is efficient and powerful, it has great hidden dangers: the logistical pressure far exceeds that of ordinary warfare, and it can even be said that the load exceeds ten times.

And once there is a disconnect in the logistics, the consequences will be absolutely unbearable!

"What we have to do now is to ensure the combat capability of the frontline troops at all costs. Whether it is food, weapons or roads, all resources in Efta are given priority!"

Roddy is only responsible for formulating strategies and does not interfere with Soderol's battle arrangements on the front line. After all, the first half of the plan was successfully implemented because the enemy was paralyzed. There were too many factors affecting the subsequent battle, and the battlefield situation was changing rapidly.

It all depends on Suo Deluoer sitting in the temple and making timely judgments. Rody is thousands of miles away, so it goes without saying that the result of forcibly commanding.

Therefore, the only thing he can do is to stabilize the cabinet without losing the logistics chain.

*****

May 12.

Bucky is a recruit of the 1st Infantry Division of Efta. He joined the army at the end of last year and has been training for half a year.

In the beginning, he was just a farmer as thin as a hemp stalk, but now he is a private soldier with muscles and light metal armor. After the first battle started on May 9, he replaced the front troops as the second batch of troops, and participated in the advancing battle on May 10. After a day off on May 11, Baba Ji is sitting on a bumpy truck with his comrades, continuing to carry out the push mission.

The road here is obviously not as smooth as in the Efta area. Because after the operation on the 11th, it is impossible for the troops to advance and build roads in advance at night without anyone noticing as before. So the current combat method is that all fellow road repair puppets press out of the road at the fastest speed in front, and the trucks behind follow.

Under such circumstances, if an enemy is encountered, the soldiers in the truck can quickly adjust and fight immediately. Under normal circumstances, the forward speed is about fifteen kilometers per hour. After all, the eight puppets in front of the road are pressing the road at the same time. The drivers of the infantry division have already agreed with each other. Whether it is plains or hills, they have quickly planned a reasonable route. The current troops are starting from Taki Town, 40 kilometers south of Dunker City. The fourth-ranked city in the middle of the Kingdom "Soria City". If the city is successfully captured and the Bordeaux River is crossed later, the target can be directly aimed at the territory of Earl Mirno, and the imperial capital where Charles II is located in the distance!

Of course, these things are not what Bucky needs to know, he just needs to obey the monitor's orders.

"Bucky, have you had breakfast?"

On the rickety seat, Entes, the monitor opposite, asked a question.

Bucky swallowed and nodded, "Report to the monitor, eat!"

In fact, he couldn't eat it, because after the battle the day before yesterday, the piles of rotten meat and scraps on the shelled positions really made Bucky and his comrades lose their appetite. But the squad leader said with a stern face that he must eat every bite, otherwise he would not have the strength to fight, and he would be courting death on the battlefield.

In fact, these infantry have never fought face-to-face battles until now, because the enemy collapsed and fled directly after the bombardment passed. All they had to do was to rush over and directly occupy the town, and hold the enemy who hadn't had time to run away as prisoners.

"Looking at your ugly face, those who don't know think that the army's food has been deducted. You should be glad that you didn't go out to fight with those lords. I heard that when they went out to fight, the only meat they ate was bread. maggots."

It's disgusting, but it's also true. Now that the temperature is rising, rotting corpses can easily cause plague, so the orders of the troops are very strict. You have to wash your hands before eating, and you have to go to the toilet in a toilet that was dug out uniformly. If you defecate anywhere, you will be punished directly. Bucky knows that there are a few guys who have been beaten by military clubs, and their backs are still bruised...

"Bang!"

The truck jolted violently, and everyone grabbed the handle to stabilize themselves. This situation is usually through the road surface with buried tree roots. After all, the temporarily suppressed road is in a hurry, and it is usually too late to clean up the sundries below. Tree trunks or other things are often flattened and directly run over.

However, this tree root obviously caused trouble for the team. Three trucks carrying large spar cannons in the rear crushed several tires when they passed by, so they had to stop for maintenance.

The engineers of the Armored Division immediately went to solve the problem, but the troop transport trucks did not stop, and continued to follow the road puppets ahead. After all, they wanted to protect these road puppets from falling into the enemy's hands. Coincidentally, just as the team continued to advance for one kilometer, a large group of figures appeared on a low slope in the distance...

"Ready for battle!"

The horn blew immediately, and the eight road pressure puppets stopped immediately, and quickly stuck together. They merged two by two to form two high walls. And in the rear, soldiers in more than sixty trucks were filing down, drawing out their weapons arrays.

The round shield was raised, and the spar spear was erected. Within ten minutes, the soldiers of the fifty trucks in front had already formed an attack formation on both sides of the puppet. The road here was muddy, but the soldiers stood motionless in the mud, like Waiting for orders from superiors like nails.

The rear artillerymen are assembling spar cannons, and the troops appearing on the hillside have already begun to dive down. They are wearing colorful clothes and have various weapons in their hands. There are about a hundred people leading the horse riding. Among these knights, they are also dressed in different colors. However, at a glance, only one-third of them are wearing armor, and the rest are mostly leather armor.

This is the equipment of knights. As for the infantry, they basically have no armor at all.

Bucky had already put on his helmet at this time, holding a shield in his left hand and "Erondgar's long sword" in his right hand. In the dense infantry phalanx, this sword seemed to have a steady stream of power coming from the palm of his hand. Inexplicably, he felt that his senses were much more sensitive.

But listening to the vibration of the horse's hooves in front of him, Bucky still felt the tension spreading. The adrenaline made his body tremble slightly. Although the sky was overcast and the air was not too hot, sweat still dripped down the edge of the helmet to the ground. He stared ahead, stood up straight like everyone else, and at the same time listened to the words of the squad leader in his ear, "Stand firm for me! I didn't let you move, and no one can move! If I say go, who dares to lag behind Just try it!"

In fact, they have heard this sentence ten thousand times. They have heard it like this every day since the beginning of military training half a year ago. By now, they have forgotten what "running away" is, and only "obedience" is left in their brains.

The enemy seems to have been advancing, but there are actually more than three kilometers away from here. The current visibility is about twenty kilometers, so it is impossible for this kind of enemy to surprise the Efta infantry division. But when the artillery company in the rear was ready to go and prepare for battle, the enemy stopped at a position nearly two kilometers away and began to rest.

There is no way to do this. During a war, the soldiers on both sides are not robots with unlimited physical strength. A horse that has run for two to three kilometers after being armed cannot continue to sprint. Usually at this time, the two sides will wait for a while, and then start to move forward almost at the same time, and start to fight against the enemy. However, the Efta Infantry Division has never moved, because they are waiting for the three giant cannon spar vehicles and artillery that are being repaired in the rear...

But the armies of these lords in front of them don't seem to know this. After a short correction, they listed seven or eight teams. It seems that a lord led a group of people, and then started to march towards this side at the same time. . The flags of the nobles were fluttering in the wind, Bucky looked at them for a long time, and found that he could only roughly see the colors, and couldn't distinguish the patterns at all.

Never mind him, just hit it.

From a distance, the number of enemies seemed to be quite large, and Bucky guessed that there were at least 2,000 people. And their own infantry has only 1,800 infantry, and the remaining 100 or so are artillery. There are only a dozen or so cavalry, and they are only responsible for reconnaissance rather than combat.

Hit head-on?

Bucky didn't know how the higher-ups made the decision. He only knew that the battle he participated in the day before yesterday was "fortification" and he said he wanted to capture the town. In fact, he just ran over with a weapon and it was over. In terms of slashing with a real knife and a real sword, Bucky has never done it before.