Chapter 719 Chapter 1635 The Serious "Average Person", The Unserious "Prodigy"
Chapter 719 Chapter 16.35 The serious "middle man", the unserious "heaven's favored one"
The second Battle of Swan City was no longer a city, but a series of mobile battles centered on Swan City.
If a year ago, the rebel army was in the cage of Swan City, and the imperial army was the cat outside the cage wanting to stretch out its claws, but now it is the other way around, the rebel army is the hunter outside holding "fire" to smoke, The Imperial Army is like a howling bear trapped in a cave.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Imperial Army's bear will rush out sooner or later and fall into the trap.
But here comes the problem. When Iron Star was fighting the "big bear" of the Imperial Army, the "tiger" of the Anglo-Intervention Army appeared behind it.
When ordinary commanders see this situation, they will feel pessimistic about the front and rear flanking attacks, but Enma breathed a sigh of relief at the huge space in the two areas and said: "There is a lot to be done."
Faced with simultaneous interference from both internal and external parties, Enma adopted "step by step". Enma: Deal with the Anglo External Intervention Force and the Imperial Army separately.
…The perspective comes to the north, near Nobing Port, the area where the Anglos landed…
The frontline assault company continued to test with artillery fire. After the Lance Group, they found that the Anglian Corps was as trapped as a tortoise in hibernation.
The Iron Star General Headquarters made strategic adjustments to this.
Enma looked at the battle results in the newspaper and evaluated the results of his side's effort to block the Anglo interventionist forces: it was better than expected.
Enma took the battle report and told other members of the staff: Judging from the current situation of the Anglos' military use, they will not take risks unless they feel it is safe enough, like "a knight facing a peasant with a bamboo pole". But in this case, they (Lance Group) will waste a lot of strategic time. We don't have to wait with them.
Enma's mobile warfare theory: "Harassment buys time" must be used rationally to expand the time difference of certain strategic mobilizations.
It's like playing chess. One move delays the opponent's three moves. The extra two moves must be carefully considered and utilized.
Of course, playing chess is by no means just moving one chess piece, and you cannot expect that "one move will determine the world" in the battle situation.
For example, after Anglo's reinforcements are raided at a wave of ports, if they think that the opponent is not ready and pursue them fiercely, they may be counterattacked by the enemy at this point.
Anglo's naval guns in the area are powerful. They did not have a firm foothold in the early days, but now they must have deployed defenses.
Wei Keng: Children will make this mistake when they are young. If the sneak attack is successful once, the "sneak attack" will be caught and continue, treating the opponent as a robot.
... Enma: We can't attack now, but we might as well think about it, where will the enemy definitely attack us now? …
Enma drew a circle between the railway lines in the northern city of Mirsu and six other cities. It was proposed that strategic mobility must be maintained here.
With the mobilization of Enma, the chimneys of these northern cities began to produce industrial products for "blocking war", and expanded their own railway mobilization capabilities, converting some trains into armored trains to ensure strategic mobilization.
And the 400,000-strong peasant-soldier railway patrol team in rural and rural areas began to carry out some related construction along the railway. Create the illusion that Iron Star's main northern armies are still confronting the Angles in the north.
While Enma was doing these things, the Anglians had not yet recovered from the bombardment of the front-line artillery. They relied on their strong military equipment and were too slow in strategic preparations.
In terms of overall strategy, Iron Star never expects to achieve victory all at once. Strategic victory must be accumulated at every step.
Many step strategies may seem "idle" now, but they are useful as long as they effectively consume the opponent's strategic resources.
For example, now that the Anglo mercenaries have been shelled for no apparent reason, they will be careful and deploy defenses. At the same time, the warships in the port will also maintain support status.
This was tactically fine, even standard textbook Anglo-Military school status.
But strategically! His troops are now "wearing armor" and slowly deploying gunboats to block the waterway. In particular, the fleet was resting in the northern port, blocking the Anglo logistics ships from entering the port to unload cargo.
This would result in delays in the subsequent supply of supplies to the Anglos. It just lost its strategic mobility and would not rush to support other troops.
The Iron Star command now determines that the probability of the Anglos going south is very small. Even if it is a partial move south, Iron Star's intelligence personnel staying at Nobing Port will send out intelligence, giving Iron Star three to four days' lead time.
The General Staff determined that the Anglo intervention army could be "placed" in advance and the imperial army should be eliminated first to the south.
Enma: Try to annihilate an imperial army within these two months to undermine the imperial army's subjective determination to fight. Prevent it from becoming a key bargaining chip in the battle at some point in the "future".
...The "foolishness" of the conservative forces in the final period cannot be changed even by God. …
On September 5, Enma ordered the troops on the Swan City front to shrink across the board. This shrinkage was done to show the Imperial Army. It is a retreat full of "seduce".
Enma: "The Imperial Army should also have received the news at this time that the Anglo mercenaries have arrived on the northern coastline, so at this time we shrink, and some of them are very excited. I predict that there is a high possibility that some of the Imperial Army There will be military adventures at home, because the imperial commanders are inherently arrogant towards the iron stars coming out of the countryside, and are impatient to avenge their humiliation.
On the Iron Star side! Taking advantage of this period, a few troops were left behind to give the illusion that they were actively mobilizing towards the north. However, we just ignored the Anglos in the north and concentrated all our superior forces to go south to block the Imperial Army's exciters. "
After Enma completed the strategic deployment, he began to hand it over to these generals for execution.
After Enma sat at his desk for a while, he looked at the map of his hometown on the wall and decided to deal with some personal matters.
Enma called up the combat situation on the front line and opened Orr's battle report. Orr was Enma's nephew in this world. The two parties are related by blood.
Wei Keng has always understood that "blood relationship" in this world means that there will be "mysterious information" connections.
The information retrieved by the supervisor reminded Wei Keng: "When you come to this world this time, you have been imbued with extremely large-scale conceptual information. This part of the conceptual information will follow the "channels" that are similar to you (Enma) and affect the world. Among the people who are close to you, the bloodline originating from you has been formed.”
The meaning is: Wei Keng is similar to a god in terms of creation concept. A superior godhead is waiting for integration at any time. Wei Keng himself is already much more powerful than the concept of "hero and king" in the mortal world. The concept of the King of Heroes can awaken the talents of future generations along the bloodline. Wei Keng's information concept has undoubtedly affected loved ones in this world.
Among Enma's relatives, those who are old and have lost their growth and future will not have conceptual influence in this life. However, as Enma's nephew, his thinking consciousness was unknowingly poured into Wei Keng.
This infusion effect is similar to the "implantation experience" of Golden Finger in the main world, and is more subtle.
Orr, who is now jumping around on the front line and is an expert in artillery, doesn't even know that some of the ideas in his mind come from his uncle.
Wei Keng muttered to the supervisory system: "What does this kind of injection feel like for the person involved (Orr)?"
The system has been opened and Enma is in the quantum universe with a personal causal chain.
Bai Linglu appeared on the interface and explained: "This is a feeling of faith. When Orr was a child, he heard that he had a very capable uncle who went to the city and became more and more prosperous, and You brought a lot of good things to the family, so you left an ignorant concept in his heart. When he went out to make a living, every time he followed your example and worked hard, his thinking was unknowingly affected by your talents. And his faith should be high because of your strength.”
This is a bloodline model similar to the Warlock.
Enma paused: "If I am down and pick oyster shells on a boat, his faith will collapse, and then it will be gone, right?" (When relatives are no longer strong, or even in a depressed state, it will make them The children of this family have also become "little philistines")
Bai Linglu: "Yes, it will hit him in the short term, but do you really want to act?"
Wei Keng paused and said, "Will the gods start with him?"
Bai Linglu: "I haven't noticed any signs now, but there is a high probability that I will interfere with you from this aspect in the future, otherwise~" (Bai Linglu proposed to use the Great Seal Technique to seal a book that has almost stagnated in outer space and time. Inside the museum, stay away from this divine war and come out again in tens of thousands of years)
Wei Keng paused and shook his head: "Let them go. There are too many extraordinary powers in this world that affect mortals, but I won't do it. This is inconsistent with the concept I insist on."
Bai Linglu: "Have you ever thought that one day he will resist you?"
Wei Keng: "My concept is that rebellion is justified. Of course, whether his reasons can withstand the test is his business."
...The perspective returns to the sky empire, iron star and imperial front, where the sickle and the bayonet are rubbing against each other...
As Enma expected, the imperial army's sluggish morale and high-pressure and contradictory situation made the imperial generals unable to withstand "excitement."
Baisongling, in the base area. The war on the south side of Swan City was very intense.
In the past month, Iron Star adhered to the principle of enemy advancing and retreating, using vehicle-mounted 120mm mortars to bombard the Imperial Army's military columns and supply convoys regardless of day or night.
Instead, the Imperial Army used light firepower in this area, the 70mm field cannon, because the rest of the heavy firepower could not be mobilized at all, and it was impossible for the Empire's airship to float around just to fight a few small cars, not to mention that the airship was so big. The target of the Peasants, Workers and Army will not be touched at all.
The morale of the Minlar Corps, which was recuperating in the past few months, was very impetuous. He had pledged to the regent that he would completely wipe out the chaos in the area throughout September and celebrate the victory before the Holy Day.
But now it's not that they don't work hard, it's that the rebels are too cunning and shameless.
In Minlar's plan, not counting his own elite armored forces, the Smog Legion, which was drawn from the southern front line, also had several times the conventional firepower of the rebels, but this kind of artillery bombardment did not happen at all.
And what's even more terrible is that when he searched the wilderness with 20,000 troops, he encountered empty areas and all the warehouses were empty.
Note: Petrification is a good thing. It allows the moisture of substances to be separated out and form a calcite shell with silicon-based molecules. Under the organization of the Iron Star Agricultural Youth Association, food was scattered and buried on the hillside during the evacuation. It was difficult for the Imperial Army to find the food. At the same time, the food was It can also be stored for a longer period of time.
Minlar's troops did not have a single serious battle with Iron Star in the Second Battle of Swan City. The occasional encounters were all less than 200 people. Conventional artillery was repeatedly transported on the road under the towing of steam engines, causing a large number of wheels of heavy artillery to malfunction. The mechanics had to work overtime.
For the captains of the Imperial Army, when performing search missions, if the troops were dispersed, the supplies had to be dispersed, and once dispersed, the supplies were frequently cut off.
Minlar's idiots were fooled by the big bad guys of Iron Star more than once.
For example, an idiot of the Imperial Army left the main force and took some fuel and supplies. As a result, he was hit by more than ten mortars and suppressed by rapid-fire machine guns as soon as he left the team. Not to mention the heavy damage, he actually lost all the baggage and fled back in disgrace.
Just the failure of losing the "train" alone, Minlar received five reports in one month since the start of the war.
This rebel spread the news in Swan City, and the Nongqing newspaper wrote an article praising "Minlar's noble character". And if there are pictures and truth, attach photos of the seized imperial supplies.
Tiexing's article said that he was "the captain of the transport team", "a founding comrade lurking in the depths of the empire", and "a roundabout revolution". Such rumors even spread in the imperial capital.
Minlar, whose ancestor was an imperial marshal and graduated from the Imperial Royal Battle Academy, felt very depressed when holding these black and white photos in the newspaper.
He punched the metal table in the core flagship chariot, and the steel was dented and cracked. (With the blessing of the concept field, his fist can press metal.)
In this contest between generals, Enma's existence is a satire on the imperial generals.
Minlar looked at the large pink pan-guerrilla zone main force outside Swan City, and his tightly pursed lips were followed by tightly clenched teeth.
Minlar didn't want to admit the commander's ability on the Iron Star side.
What is his origin? The marshal family of the empire (four generations of three dukes). There are several stories about Enma's origin.
Rumor 1: A guy who was born in the lower class of the city and started his career as a rag collector.
Rumor 2: He is the illegitimate son of a dead factory owner (Majek)
Rumor 3: A lucky boy from the countryside
Anyway, behind every legend, Enma's origin is not in Minralfa's eyes, and he is not even qualified to be his servant. But this guy who has never attended a formal military academy in the empire has never accepted his military sanctions.
So much so that the imperial tabloids, when talking about the blood of the famous generals of the empire, are no longer so respectful.
...
Of course, there is another reason why he is so irritable, that is, the reinforcements from the Anglo side have come, which is not only to help suppress the rebellion, but also to take away the princess he has always admired.
This is the decision of the regent and the decision of the imperial parliament. Naturally, he can't say this irritability, so he can only pour all his bad feelings on the "country bumpkin" rebels.
Today, when he was drinking alone, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
He originally wanted to scold the guy who disturbed his rest at this time, but he realized that it was the intelligence officer, so he suppressed his emotions, tidied his clothes and said: Let him in.
Five minutes later, when the intelligence officer introduced a catalog, Minlar immediately took the intelligence and quickly read it himself.
After reading the general, he murmured: "The bandits want to evacuate! Uh (he burped)"
The intelligence officer next to him said: "Yes, sir, the Anglos have landed on the northern line and have exchanged fire with the peasant rebels. Now Enma is dispatching troops to try to block the Anglos' landing at this strategic mouth."
Minlar hammered his left palm with his right fist and agreed: "That's it, so they want to escape!" Then he stared at the map with burning eyes, muttered to himself, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "But, how could I let you escape!"
The general silently said in his heart: "I should be the one to wipe out the imperial rebels. The Anglos, huh, they were fighting with the empire two years ago. Now they come to help the empire? What good intentions do they have!"
Minlar has fallen into his own subjective assumptions.
If it were in ancient times, involving such a major historical moment, there would definitely be gods who sent down oracles to interfere with his war, or let the priests directly convey the message to the empire to prevent the general from sending it.
But at the moment, when Wei Keng and the gods started "quantum interference verification" with each other, in order not to expose their nodes in high dimensions, the gods would not interfere with key figures in such a major military campaign.
This rule is very strong at present, and the gods even hope that Wei Keng will take the initiative to break it.
But Wei Keng did not go beyond this. As a mortal, he did not have the "supernormal" choice to suppress his opponent.
...God is actually a top team-standing expert...
Minlar is about to fall into the pit at the moment. It is purely in the strategic confrontation at the mortal level. His rationality is affected by his inherent defects.
If the gods now, if they "cheat" and force him to wake up, let him lose his arrogance and recognize the cruelty of war.
Then what about the efforts of millions of people in the Agricultural Youth Association? Modern gods will not be willing to provoke this "cause and effect", the cost-effectiveness is too low.
You must know that in the tide induced by Wei Keng, mortals are currently thinking along the concepts of the new gods. If Minlar is changed abruptly, it will severely damage their (new gods) belief concepts in the minds of the general public.
This is equivalent to God eating shit, and a group of gods eating shit together.
Minlar got on his chariot, bringing his fifteen "heavy infantry" (300-ton twin-mounted 240mm caliber), three "heavy knight-level" chariots, two energy destroyers (400 tons, the main weapon is a quadruple-mounted 70mm caliber rapid-fire cannon and energy emitter), and four anti-aircraft helicopters (120 tons, steam jet power)
The elite troops, one of the six main forces in the central anti-bandit area of the empire, suddenly went north, which aroused the sensitivity of other friendly forces in the empire.
One hundred and forty kilometers away.
General Henry (level 7 hero unit), after confirming that the young man (Minlar) who assisted him in the encirclement and suppression of the rebels around Swan City, suddenly went north, and the first thing he thought was that the intelligence was wrong.
But after he received the telegram sent by Minlar himself, the bearded legion commander was furious.
General Henry took the command knife, picked up the map beside him, and unfolded it on his desk. He looked at Minlar's marching route and cursed in a low voice: "Do you think this can change the outcome?"
Obviously, Henry's focus was not Minlar's military adventure. He was not worried that Minlar's army would be wiped out.
During the war for several months, Henry was also very disgusted with the harassment of the peasant army.
But it was limited to disgust, and there was still contempt and arrogance in the disgust. In his eyes, Enma, a revolutionary from the countryside, even if he had the title of hero, was still a pariah, not up to the stage, and dared not confront the imperial army head-on.
What Henry cares about: Minlar is pursuing something that cannot be pursued. That is Her Royal Highness.
The entire imperial aristocratic circle knows that Minlar and Her Royal Highness are of the same age, and Minlar has feelings for the princess that go beyond friendship. But now the princess is going to marry the prince of Anglo, which is an established fact in the empire.
Although the entire upper class circle does not say it, it is already on guard.
At this time, Minlar went north, so-called chasing the rebels, which made it difficult for the Empire not to be suspicious.
Henry: "Mobilize the steam helicopters for me, I will chase him."
Henry, a seventh-level hero, left the legion in place and chased to the front line himself. And the choice he thought was very mature at this time will become something he will regret for the rest of his life.
There is no such thing as romance in war. People with good backgrounds are not the protagonists of their destiny now.