Chapter 822 The Meeting of the Empire
This further illustrates that veteran players have a real advantage in combat effectiveness against the elite soldiers of the empire.
After summarizing, we can see that our troops have disadvantages and advantages when fighting against the most elite troops in the empire.
Then what determines the victory of this battle will be the command level of the commanders on both sides!
Flynn has absolute confidence in this.
Flynn did not dare to say that the Duke of Ravenna in the opposite empire was a useless commander.
But Flynn is absolutely confident in his command level!
Flynn was convinced that he could command his troops to victory.
This kind of confidence is like when playing a strategy game. Flynn's own command is as high as 100, so it probably no longer matters what the opponent's commander has.
Now after a hard battle, the empire has eliminated more than 100,000 players who tried to attack.
Flynn figured they wouldn't wait any longer.
Because they no longer have the advantage of long-range artillery, the destroyed artillery positions have made it difficult to conduct large-scale artillery bombardments.
The few remaining catapults continued to bombard. Although it was effective, the efficiency was too low.
If the empire does not attack, if it continues to be delayed, it will be nothing more than the two sides hiding in trenches and fortresses and looking at each other affectionately like they were fighting a war.
That would be a pointless waste of logistics.
The Empire, after all, was fighting on the road, coming from afar.
Even if the empire's logistical supply capabilities are as if they're rigged, it's impossible to really let 2 million troops just hang out on the front lines for months or even years, right?
Flynn is 100% sure that the Empire will definitely want a quick victory - especially since the Empire also knows that the brave have the ability to be immortal.
The reason why they were able to remain calm and patient in the early battles.
It's simply because they want to use specialized stealth catapults to bomb the defense lines, destroy fortifications, and gain battlefield advantages.
Now that they no longer have massive stealth catapult bombings, and the long-range cheating style has been abolished, the empire will definitely attack.
The empire is 100% going to launch an attack, so the Maginot Line of Defense designed and built by himself, coupled with his superb command art, as well as at least 300,000 veteran players with outstanding combat effectiveness, and more who are relatively incompetent but very brave new player.
Players cooperate with the indigenous soldiers and use various forces to make the imperial army die without a burial place!
What's more, he has already prepared his ultimate move.
Flynn thought so.
Opposite Flynn, the empire's frontline commander, the Duke of Ravenna, probably has similar thoughts to Flynn.
After several tentative rounds of battles in the early stages, he also figured out the combat effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of Flynn's warriors.
He said to the lieutenants and staff next to him: "As the intelligence shows, among the brave men of the Iron Hill Kingdom, there are indeed many brave and skilled warriors, and many of them are even stronger than our super soldiers!"
"But most of them are just cannon fodder with little tactical literacy, and we can use this to take advantage of the discipline of the imperial army."
"We all know that the brave men of the Iron Hill Kingdom can take advantage of infinite resurrection to fight. This is a very huge advantage and a very terrifying tactic."
The Duke of Ravenna stretched out his hand and squeezed it hard, as if there was Flynn's heart in the air.
"So I decided not to delay any longer, and struck with thunder! Go straight to Huanglong! Completely destroy the Maginot Line!"
"I want to take down this defense line! And then, the next battle will go deep into the territory of his Iron Hill Kingdom."
"The flames of war will be ignited throughout the territory of Iron Qiu, and the disciplinary wrath of the empire will sweep across Flynn's entire kingdom!"
"When I occupy their entire country, those so-called brave men who no longer have a resurrection base to resurrect will completely disappear from this world, and peace and order will return."
"The wealth of Iron Hill Kingdom will belong to you!"
"And the ringleader of the evil summoning ritual, Flynn Tesnilan, will be escorted to the Imperial Capital by me and hanged with my own hands in front of His Majesty the Emperor!"
Ravenna shouted arrogantly, which was also a way to vent his anger, because it was obvious that he himself was also very dissatisfied with the previous outpost battle.
The hundreds of thousands of brave men who tried it have caused a lot of suffering on their side.
The dignified Commander of the Imperial Military Region is very unhappy!
A staff member next to him said with a little hesitation: "Should we attack now? But after our preliminary investigation, we found that although the Maginot Line of Defense on the Iron Hill Kingdom is not very strong, the system is complete."
"If we rashly break into their defense area like this, facing those bunkers, towers, and fortresses that cooperate well with each other, our advancement will be very difficult, and we will definitely pay a considerable price of casualties."
"It's just an Iron Hill Kingdom, and their troops are only about half of ours."
"If our 2 million-strong army loses more than half of the 1 million-strong Iron Hill Kingdom's army, even if such a victory is won, it will be a tragic victory."
"To use the proverbial story that has recently been circulated by those so-called brave men, it will be a victory for Pyrrhus. If our military region suffers such heavy losses, we will have no say in front of His Majesty the Emperor in the future!"
As soon as this staff member said this, several other deputy generals and staff members nearby also expressed a certain degree of agreement and concern.
In the empire's military district system, each military district has considerable autonomy.
Although the military regions do not directly manage local administration, they also have considerable financial power and management rights over their own territories, and can independently carry out trade, recruit troops, and appoint officials.
Coupled with the cooperation of the military region and local lords, it is equivalent to collecting taxes.
Therefore, the mountain-top ideology in the military region is very strong.
The staff at the lower level of the military region are all their own people. They will obviously have certain concerns about the strength of their own army.
They want to win the battle and get credit and rewards, but at the same time they don't want to cause much losses to their troops, especially their most elite and trustworthy servants.
The Duke of Ravenna, who had been so arrogant just now and clamored to hang Flynn with his own hands, sighed slightly at this time and said: "A hard fight is inevitable, but there is nothing we can do about it."
"Indeed, if the opponent were an elite force from an ordinary country, then I might be more patient."
"First remove the fortifications in the defense zone bit by bit, at least the outer fortifications of the Maginot Line, so as to make complete preparations for our next attack."
The Duke of Ravenna looked at the military map and fell into thinking for a moment.