Chapter 735 Chapter 17.11 The more you count, the more you win
The amount of grain stored in Kaidi City is only 14,000 tons, but in the original account books of the Kingdom of Osima, it should be 54,000 tons.
However, due to bureaucratic reasons in the Kingdom of Osima: the 200,000 barrels of fuel, a large amount of cotton cloth, and military supplies that were supposed to be stored were less than a quarter.
What's especially ridiculous is that goods that are expensive on the black market, such as "20,000 barrels of wine" and "1,000 tons of sugar," are stored here.
The 40,000 tons of grain that disappeared in Kaidi City were not mobilized southward into Osimar's static defense front.
In fact, on the eve of Operation Iron Star, the food that the Kingdom of Osimar was supposed to allocate to various defense zones had not yet been shipped. It was sold to the Anglo interventionist forces by international merchants at a high price.
This is an important node for storing food in the Kingdom of Osimar. What about other storage nodes? And the shortage of war supplies is not just food.
To draw 100,000 troops out of the trenches and conduct a strategic decisive battle requires at least 5,000 tons of grain and 100,000 tons of supplies. Only then can a small-scale battle be possible.
After the railways of the Osima Kingdom Legion and the rear industrial area in the static defense system were cut off by the Iron Star, they would be unable to move for at least a month.
Iron Star now holds Kaidi City and has taken the strategic initiative.
The Osima Central Group now has two options. The first is to open up the static defense network, and the second is to merge with the Northern Heavy Group. No matter which one he chooses, the main force of the Iron Star can avoid it and flexibly gain strategic direction.
...The battle is about who can take the first step, and mobilizing the opponent's strategy always takes the lead...
On November 25, 3232, the Thunder and Lightning Alliance, which was once in a honeymoon cycle, now entered the quarrel stage of "couples' menopause".
Enma said to himself on the strategic map: "A good enemy will unite the alliance. The old and smoking Sky Empire, which prides itself on being a steamroller, is such a good enemy for neighboring countries."
Now Iron Star has a "sequential" strategy for neighboring countries, which makes the interests of all parties inconsistent. It is not a good enemy.
Osima, who was originally "watching the show", was "united" with the Anglo and supported Anglo intervention. However, now that Enma is approaching the city, Osima's Prime Minister has approached several people from the Anglo embassy, and it is obvious that he has become "a different bedfellow".
It is no longer possible for Osima to keep pace with the Anglos in terms of military choices, and it will also be impossible to "fight together" with the remaining imperial forces of the Sky Empire in the future. There is a "rift" in everyone's hearts.
The central military group of the Osima Imperial Capital was marked by Enma.
Enma: As the largest "strategic mobile" force in Osima, this group can easily judge its movements at this time, so it will definitely work hard to open up connections with the frontline defense forces instead of converging with the Anglos in Yuzui Port in the north. First, because the allies are after all
They are allies. Secondly, if they join forces with Anglian in the north, the defense of the Wind Whispering City will be reduced.
If the strategic goals of the enemy's various armies are not unified, the strategic gaps left in the middle will leave the Thunder and Flash Alliance riddled with holes.
… Even within a country, if there is a mountainous interest mentality within the country, it will collapse in an ant nest...
And just as Enma had judged, in the Capital of Wind Whispers, after learning that Kaidi City had been penetrated, the Kingdom's commander-in-chief was furious and immediately ordered the "Kruxi" in the forward static defense line (the corps stationed with reinforced concrete).
"General, he must retake and retake this city within six days.
On the big shot battle map of the Wind Whispering Capital, Kaidi City, an important railway hub, is the key to transporting supplies.
If you look at the overall situation, you will see a very funny question: "Where are the supplies needed for Osima's current operations?"
Now that the war has suddenly broken out, and various materials in the Kingdom of Osima have skyrocketed, the big shots at the top only remember that there is a certain amount of war-ready materials at the frontier to support them. However, only one-third of the materials on the books are actually available, and the rest are
It is "the amount that can be captured in the future victory".
The Wind Whisper King has dispatched Central Group troops to prepare for military operations, relying on the supplies in the Kaidi City warehouse. However, this supply node was lost.
The people in power in Osimar hope that the central group can retake the supplies through an attack, but the generals of Osimar feel that they must give "enough supplies" first. Otherwise, it will be too risky to attack Kaidi City. Once it fails, there will be no way to retreat.
come out.
Fengyu, the capital city, cannot spare strategic supplies for the time being.
...In the politics of the late empire, common sense has to give way to the correct line set by the big shots. And Enma is still forcing...
Enma will not give the Kingdom of Osima time to wait, but will take advantage of its hesitation to make a "big breakthrough".
On November 30, the Iron Star offensive troops attacked towards the east. The 50,000 troops successfully divided the permanent fortifications at the front of the Kingdom of Osima that the Sky Empire had not been able to defeat for hundreds of years.
The defense forces here had all the telephone lines between the forts cut off and became isolated forts. Each fort watched helplessly as the Iron Star attacking troops detoured directly to another fort to blast in the blind spot.
But I can't get through the phone call.
These Osimar defense troops saw other fortresses being breached from their own perspective, as if they were seeing their own future. Each fortification that had been tested by artillery fire was destroyed by dozens or even hundreds of tons of explosives.
, and then poured chlorine gas into the underground tunnel.
Finally, on December 2, at the junction of Osimar and the original Iron Star, twenty-five so-called semi-permanent fortresses and all 15,000 defenders surrendered.
After four o'clock in the morning on December 3, Iron Star's expeditionary legion successfully connected with the western territory of the Sky Empire. Of course, it now faces another problem. That is, the old army of the Sky Empire is on the opposite side.
...Iron Star showed these officers of the old empire what a famous general can do when there are no big figures in the empire to command blindly...
At this time, the person stationed in the northern trench and the defensive line was Lilot. Oh, this is an old friend of Iron Star. He was the one who suppressed Swan City back then. After the current cabinet reorganization of the Sky Empire, this man was assigned to this place as a remnant of the old dynasty.
On the front line.
After Enma defeated the entire defense system centered on Kaidi City, this man stared at the opposite side every day.
To be honest, two years ago, he was still dissatisfied with the Mud Legs. He even wanted to be more ruthless back then. The winning rate was very high. However, after two years, Iron Star continuously destroyed the main force of the Imperial Army and won the victory.
The Anglo intervention force has now made an earth-shattering intrusion and captured extremely important strategic points. He has complicated emotions towards Enma.
"Buzzing", the crystal map in front of me changed again.
Lilot looked up at the map. At this time, the map changed again. Osima's front line had been captured. This was ten days faster than he thought!
He originally thought that Iron Star's attack would be blocked here for thirty days, but he didn't expect that it would only take three days to penetrate the entire defense line. He stared at the map for a long time.
At this time, the adjutant came in and saw the general looking at the map. He stood at the door and looked down at his watch to remind the general that there was something important now.
Lilot: "What's the matter?" He didn't look away from the map.
The adjutant said: "Iron Star hopes to have a dialogue with the general."
Lilot paused for a moment, as if he was meeting his "first love". He took a deep breath and said, "Here he comes."
...In Enma's eyes, the old armies of the Sky Empire can also cooperate on certain tasks...
The person in charge of negotiating with Lilot was Willy, who was also an old enemy. Of course, it was precisely because the two sides had faced off on the battlefield in Swan City that they were very calm during the conversation.
As for Willy, it had only been twenty minutes since he received the news. He was buzzing with shock from the huge victory. This was one of the four bloody battle fronts on Wanlun Continent. The cruel front that accumulated the blood of tens of millions of people every hundred years was directly destroyed.
Enma penetrated.
That year, when Lilot had just graduated from the Imperial Military Academy and received the officer's gun issued by the royal family, the entire empire was still engaged in a brutal tug-of-war with the Thunder and Flash Alliance. He knew how helpless the empire was against the entire defense line, so he spared no time for the entire defense line.
The blood of the empire.
The Gryphon Palace of the Sky Empire made a statement twenty years ago: Anyone who can break through this line of defense will be crowned a Duke.
Now the result of the victory is the last word. Willy, a reformer in the city, is now more and more convinced that the Revolution is right (his purpose for the Revolution has always been to pursue strength. As for who makes the empire strong, he doesn't care).
Party member Willie sat in front of Lilot.
The former rebel and now the imperial general. The two knew each other's purpose and leverage before they sat down.
The order from the Iron Star Center that Willy received was to try to reach a non-aggression agreement with the front-line Sky Empire Corps so that the railway line could pass through the defense line and ensure the stability of our army's logistics line. The bargaining chip for Iron Star negotiations was to provide
The Forward Imperial Army provides supplies, as well as some promises.
Lilot also thought about the bargaining chip. If the conditions provided by Tie Xing were appropriate, let alone letting Tie Xing's logistics line enter, he could even cover the flanks of the defense line.
Obviously, the contradictions accumulated on this line of defense have become a nightmare for the Sky Empire Army.
Let them ignore to a certain extent "the political differences between the old imperial army and the party members".
...Sky Empire Proverb: A strong opponent is more worthy of respect than a weak leader.…
During the negotiation process, Lilot had already released the first batch of transportation supplies and ordered his own troops to cover this batch of supplies and reach the opposite Iron Star defense line troops.
After doing this, Lilott and Willie conducted in-depth negotiations.
Lilot asked for frontier military power, and Iron Star acquiesced. It was okay, but the number must be reduced in line with the country's economic requirements. Furthermore, the development of the Peasants' Youth Association in the army must not be suppressed. Lilot thought for a while, and agreed to the request after confirming.
Lilot: "What is the purpose of your current battle?"
Willie: "To be honest, the battlefield is changing rapidly now, and I don't know what the final result will be. But the reason for this battle is because the Anglos still stubbornly interfere, and we must retaliate."
Lilot paused for a moment: "Don't you think about the power gap comparison? The Thunder and Flash Alliance is much stronger than us, um, you."
Willy sighed in his heart, "They are much more powerful." But on the surface, Yan Zheng responded with what Wei Keng said: "Yes, but it is not inevitable that they are powerful and we have to endure it. They come to attack us and we resist.
, this is inevitable.”
Lilot was silent when he heard this. Yes, as an imperial soldier, he finally understood the reason why no matter how hard he suppressed the rebels in the past two years, the rebels became more and more tenacious.
From the beginning to the end, the empire was not worthy of competing with this group of capable people.
...When Enma penetrated the entire defense line, the generals of the Kingdom of Osima finally put aside their differences and began to plug this loophole...
On December 6, Osima's First Heavy Army Group hurried toward the border with fifteen heavy machinery units (land cruiser level).
The commander is a veteran general of the Kingdom of Osimar, with experience and hero level eight.
Its combat skill is "mechanical dismantling", oh, that is, removing all concepts from a huge mechanical system and melting it into a pool of metal gravel, and these gravels are absorbed by other tanks and sent to the rear, where they can be used in one's own city.
New mechanical creations can be quickly manufactured in the industrial furnace inside. (This kind of manufacturing is the direct and automatic combination of metal sand and gravel, just like the reshaping of the T1000.)
This skill can be activated once every thirty days on average, and can be used up to five times a year. Therefore, his name is also called the Midas Touch.
In the past wars with the Empire, he was a nightmare for many Sky Empire generals, relying on the defense line to consume the Empire's important land cruiser units.
Then he also accumulated huge wealth during the war. Continuous wars allowed him to accumulate more land cruiser units, which in turn made his military power stronger and stronger.
He is the strongest militant in the Kingdom of Osima. Narrator: Politically, he is the leader in raising military expenses (business) in the army.
Even after the ceasefire in the Sky Empire, he was a hard-liner who insisted on sending troops into the Sky Empire. However, it was impossible for the Fengyu King's capital to allow this aggressive general to grow beyond control. So in the past two years,
, and transferred him back to the capital, either openly or covertly.
With the current situation on the frontline changing, Osima asked this veteran to take action again.
…The mainstay of the Kingdom of Osima has now arrived. After Enma identified his opponent, he began to plan.…
Enma saw the general coming with the land cruiser force through the "see-through drone", and his head got a headache.
The units he leads are all very powerful units, including the "Earth Bear", which is a 700-ton level unit. However, its attack power is weaker than that of the Knight level, and its mobility is also weak. However, the "Earth Bear" has a central presence
An electromagnetic tower that can be retracted and opened. Once this "electromagnetic energy field" is opened, it will repair the "metal scars" of another Land Cruiser.
Enma thought for a while and decided that he still had to fight, and allowed the four Earth Bears to rush to the Kaidi City Fortress. If left unchecked, they would soon be able to retake the railway hub.
The key to the battle is whether you dare to take a gamble.
Enma said to Bess: "Do you think we can all be annihilated by the enemy within forty days?"
Bess: "Well, I don't think so,"
Enma: "What I want is not that it should not happen, but that it definitely won't happen."
Enma looked at the commanders and said: "I have always saved a collective teleportation! Our army can jump directly to attack, or we can retreat unscathed! Now we have two options, either attack, or move to the south now, in Osi
Establish a base area in the southern part of Ma and fight a protracted war."
An Jiexin: "Offensive, of course it is an attack!"
Even a small soldier knows that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break through the defense line that the Kingdom of Osima has maintained for hundreds of years. If you break through the defense line and do nothing, just retreat, that will definitely be the biggest "biggest mistake" for a sky soldier.
It’s hard to calm down.”
Bass's memoir recorded his thoughts on that day: You may sigh if you lose today, but if you don't fight, all the generals here will regret it for the rest of their lives.
Enma looked at the two heroes present, nodded, and then said: "As a general, I have to think about victory, but as a leader, I have to be responsible for everyone, thinking about defeat first and then victory."
Enma said to Bess: "If I can't take down that general called the Golden Hand and the attack is unfavorable, I have to think about my backup plan."
Enma opened the map, drew a line, pointed at the map and said to Bess: "I need one person to take four land cruisers and approach here directly! Force the Osimar side and the Anglo coalition to return to defense." This will win the battle
Time to gain time for the next group teleportation arcane activation.
Enma did not say what would happen if the troops approached the Wind Whispering Capital, but both Bess and Anjiexin knew that after inserting themselves into the enemy's core, they would most likely be surrounded and annihilated.
…In strategy, in order to reduce risks for the overall strategy, it is necessary to take tactical risks locally…
Enma: Taking a step back, even if the entire army is annihilated, the main force of our army will still go straight to Yuzui Port (the northern port of Osima) to cut off the "line of troops" sent to the sky by the Anglo interventionists. Let the iron
Star-founded country. (If you cannot withstand external pressure militarily, you can only compromise. Building a country is also crooked. You cannot be independent economically, diplomatically, or politically)
After Enma determined the combat operation of "partial risks and reducing overall risks", he began to assign tasks so that participants could clearly know the success or failure of each step and face the next step. Then the cause and effect of this military success or failure would no longer be controlled by a few people.
But everyone in the entire army. (The more connections there are, the more difficult it is for God to change destiny)
Enma stared at Bess, while An Jiexin was also waiting for the task,
But Enma raised his hand to stop An Jiexin's request for a fight, and told her: "I have other arrangements on your side! If there is a renegade on the (Sky) Imperial Army's side, I still need you to intervene.
Go through the back road.”
An Jiexin paused, her commander-in-chief was really prepared for all surprises on the battlefield.
Bess also took a deep breath, and after understanding that Enma was letting himself take risks, he nodded and said: "If the attack fails, I will be responsible for the task of breaking off the attack."
Enma nodded, and then unfolded another map. This map showed the attack plan. On this attack map, Iron Star had a large number of "floating time points".
…There is no gambling in Wei Keng’s plan, but he has calculated that the opponent has more shortcomings than himself, and uses various techniques to take advantage of the opponent’s shortcomings...
In the Kingdom of Osima, the First Heavy Regiment and huge steel chariots are roaring towards Kaidi City in the east. Fifteen land cruisers guard a four-track heavy steam locomotive in the middle. These oversized mechanical bodies
They walked through the wilderness of the eastern plains, making the pastoral birds circle curiously.
Humanity has entered the steam era for four hundred years, and the animals in this world have become accustomed to humans driving such a fleet of super-large land cruisers.
Of course, the tiny soldiers in these supercontinental land cruisers are not in good condition. Most of the train cabins are loaded with ammunition and supplies, while the soldiers of the Wind Whispering Capital are wearing rags, holding firearms, and carrying "quilts"
backpacks" close together.
In the past few years, the material shortage in Osima has not improved after the war, so much so that local reservists used clay pots as military kettles. There was not enough synthetic rubber, and the soles were only waterproof but not nail-proof, so veterans had to wear under their shoes.
Increase the wear resistance of the straw mat. At this time, the "elite" central army of Osima is not much better. Nowadays, military uniforms are generally equipped with patches.
Of course, on the Land Cruiser, Osimar's petty officers were still first class, enjoying steaks and fruit wine.