My Empire

My Empire Chapter 121

2020-11-03

Chapter 121 121 Road Upside Down

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 Hall, the ministers of various departments each airs his own views, and everyone feels that the northward movement of the Dothan Empire is 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 heading north, It's very likely that someone is behind it! If I'm not mistaken, it's either the Holy Demon Emperor or the Norma Empire."

"They only suffered at sea, so it's impossible to know what we How powerful, and now our fleet going south is still looting rubber on their coastline, they must know our strength." Dez, who understands naval trends, agreed.

"It's weird. Knowing how powerful we are, they dare to go north to attack. It's obvious that they don't take us seriously." Minister Smith, who specializes in machinery, scratched his head in confusion. An understanding mouth sighed.

"The other party may be betting." Chris thought about it and said, "Betting on our battle determination and our logistical supply capability!"

Indeed, Alanhill going south In fact, the logistical pressure of the troops is very huge, because there are no decent roads and railways, and supporting the two troops going south is a serious challenge to Alanhill's transportation capacity.

Maudelaire's troops along the coastline are okay, at least after taking a port, it relieves some of the pressure from logistics, but in the 5th Coria on the west side. The army, just because of the supply thing, has broken my head.

The troops going south need a lot of logistical supplies. In addition to food, weapons, ammunition and oil consumption of the troops all 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 still need to be transported from the core area of Alanhill. 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 Tunsk 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 in the whole world within our own attack range, once we invade the opponent's territory, we will be immediately attacked. My logistics has been dragged down." Wilkes sighed helplessly.

"Isn't it? I think if possible, we should build railways and roads for our enemies in advance, so that we won't be troubled by this problem when we attack." Gu Erlo agreed with the nodded across from him.

"It's a way. I think this way can be used for the Higgs Kingdom." Hearing this suggestion, General Walter said this 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 that 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 now Still the commander-in-chief, his majestic opening brought the topic back to serious business.

"We already have two main troops heading south, and considering the garrison regiments and garrison divisions mobilized to the Arrant area, the originally abundant defensive power 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 those Arrant Empire's **** and old-fashioned issues aside, even loyalty is a problem..."

It will take time to transform those armies, and Chris has even disbanded most of Arrant's army. He doesn't need those old armies. In front of Alanhill's new army, the battle strength of those old armies with only numbers is agreed to zero.

"Our side has lost at least 300,000 troops all of a sudden, and the defense has become stretched." Vagron said worriedly.

He is the commander-in-chief of the army who oversees 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, a little worried. said.

First Army's commander Walter followed nodded and said: "The garrison originally deployed in the southern area of Serris, that is, the newly built 9th Army, has also been transferred south to Naru... In this way, we actually The defensive power of the entire Alanhill has actually been severely weakened."

Wilkes frowned added: "If we fight the Dothan Empire in the south, then we will mobilize More troops going south, after all, the fragile supply lines that run through the entire Arrant area need troops to defend and garrison, so we're going to have to put at least some of our troops in."

"Also, our munitions will also be Move to the south, because if it is 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 operations of the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army.” Gu Gu. Erlo, the minister in charge of overall planning, said.

The commander-in-chief of the Air Force, the youngest but the most rich and imposing among the three armies, Butolia, reminded him: "A war near the Tuoyuan River? There is no field airfield there, and our air defenses are all It’s a very dangerous thing to not be able to guarantee.”

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, For the Army, be extra careful.

"Yeah, if we start a battle in the preset battlefields near Faroud and Tunsk, we will spend about 4 million gold coins in a war." Dez has always been economical. Look at the problem, so he is also talking about economic problems.

He looked at the heads of the Commerce Department and saw a bitter look on each other's faces - after all, they had met before the meeting, and found that declaring war on the Dothan Empire was not one of them. profitable business.

So he opened his mouth and emphasized the economics of the war: "But if we want to fight the Dothan Empire near the Fallen River, we have to prepare 40 million gold coins or more... This is obviously It's a very uneconomical thing."

Minister Smith, who was sitting beside him, assured him at this time, as if to support Dez: "As long as we can stabilize for about a year In time, we can build the railway to the vicinity of the Fallen River! Then the war will be much cheaper."

"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 lose a fortune." A Vice-section Head of the Ministry of Commerce gave a relatively precise figure.

He said while looking towards 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 Tuoyuan River, build cloth The railway from De to Tuoyuan River also only needs 9.7 million gold coins."

Smith also sketched on the map, adding: "In addition to the field airfield near Tuoyuan River, we only need to spend With about 30 million gold coins, a relatively complete Arrant transportation line can be established. At that time, we can save money by hoarding materials to the south.”

Dez then emphasized the importance of economy. : "Not only will we save money by hoarding materials, we can build new iron works and factories in the south, so the freight will be cheaper - to put it simply, a year later, we will start a war near the Tuoyuan River, It only takes about 3 million gold coins."

"And we also built the entire Arrant! When the time comes, our production capacity will be ten times, or even twenty times the current capacity. ..." 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 resigned, sneered and said: "You can also take the opportunity to let us The rear is empty."

By the time I heard it, 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 - Dothan, the Prairie Empire, or the Higgs, or the Holy Demon Emperor or the Norma Empire, He doesn't care.

What he has to do is to stabilize his rhythm, accumulate his own strength, and then shoot at the most suitable time to destroy his opponent with a thunder strike!

So, he gave up his impulse, tried his best to calm down, and said, "Arrange the envoy to Higgs, let's help them repair the railway and road first! Forget it for now. Let's go to the Dothan Empire, let's go all the way, and we'll go to one side!"

(end of this chapter)