The General Staff’s combat proposal? There are indeed quite a lot of new things today.
You must know that during the course of the war over the past year, the National Defense Commission and the Military Command Department have been trying every means to overfulfill the logistics and military and political work, but the specific combat strategy is really left to the frontline generals.
However, the General Staff, which should provide guiding opinions to the front line during the war and should be the most visible General Staff, seems to be a completely invisible mascot department.
Of course, people from the General Staff actually have reasons to express dissatisfaction.
You must know that the Military Command Headquarters and the General Staff Headquarters have overlapping functions. This special organizational structure is actually a remnant of the imperial rule.
But, can the Galactic Empire and the Community be the same thing? They control half of the galaxy, have hundreds of princes and dozens of satellite countries under their command, and control the most powerful force in the world. The mighty ones under the Dragon King
The large armies include the imperial guards, the princes' guards, the local army, the border fleet, the lord fleet, the imperial alliance army, etc. In addition, the soldiers come from hundreds of civilized races, and many of them have dual nationalities.
That's all, there is also the dual political identity of a retainer of a great noble and a national soldier.
In this case, in addition to the Privy Council and the Ministry of Defense, it is also very reasonable to have a Grand Marshal's Office, a Military Aircraft Department, a Space Fleet Headquarters and an Astral Knights.
However, the source of the community's army is relatively simple, and its scale is not that huge. If we try to imitate the military command headquarters established by the Generalissimo's Palace, and the general staff established after the Military Aircraft Department, it always feels like superfluous.
In fact, during Marshal Li's time, he was aware of this problem and proposed to reduce departments, but later failed to implement it due to various accidents.
What's more, after the failure of the previous Chief of General Staff, the military order intelligence of the General Staff has been weakened a lot.
But even so, Mr. Bai still felt that the people in the General Staff were all salary thieves. If it were him in the past, he would have made a few sarcastic remarks. However, considering that Marshal Ferragut is an agent who rushes ducks to the shelves.
The commander was also very innocent, so he just tolerated it.
Then, I heard Vice President Hierro laugh and say: "Oh my! I almost forgot that the main job of our General Staff should actually include the formulation of combat strategies!"
It can be seen that the vice president still has a lot of resentment towards Marshal Ferragut, but this behavior is actually quite disgraceful.
Of course, President Keith Nicita and the bigwigs of the political allies present must be very pleased. After all, one of them is Mao Yuanzuo's nephew and the other is Mao Yuanzuo's cook. They are both the backbone of the Communist Party, so naturally they are torn apart.
The more ruthless the better. If we tear each other to pieces, then the world will be at peace, right?
Of course, as a magnanimous and outstanding leader of a multi-party coalition government, Mr. Nichta waved his hand to stop the whispers at the scene, and said to Hierro seriously: "Vice President, you can't use such a frivolous way to evaluate
The officers and soldiers of the General Staff also made their best efforts."
"I'm sorry." Vice President Hierro was very humble.
"You can't comment like this on a community marshal with great military achievements!"
"Marshal, I'm really sorry, I've lost my temper." Vice President Hierro was very sincere and very ashamed. Of course, it was precisely because he was so ashamed that he didn't seem to be sincere at all.
However, President Nishita was very satisfied and waved his hand and said: "Marshal, please speak."
Marshal Ferragut still had a broad-minded and fat look that was completely out of line with the common sense of these insect politicians. Instead, he really opened the star map of the overall battle situation and completed the annotation of various battle situations on it.
Mr. Bai looked amazed. He had seen Marshal Ferragut several times in this kind of meeting, but this was the first time he saw him look like a serious chief of general staff.
"Now, after a full year of reconstruction, the mainland fleet has 4 Yinglong-class battlecruisers, 4 Saratoga-class aircraft carriers, 18 heavy cruisers of various classes, and nearly 200 combat and auxiliary ships of various types. Overall
After all, he has regained a certain amount of combat effectiveness." Marshal Ferragut said.
Indeed, if you put aside the old ships dug out of the warehouse and the new ships that have not yet completed testing, as well as the fact that more than 70% of the crew are rookie recruits, purely from the perspective of paper combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness is indeed not bad.
"This is good news. On behalf of the people of the Blue Star Community, I would like to thank you for your hard work," the president said.
Marshal Ferragu looked ashamed, but he bit the bullet and said: "My superior's suggestion is to lead the local fleet to dispatch. After joining the main forces of the Sixth and Seventh Fleets in the New Atlantis sector, we will dispatch New Atlantis."
At the border of the Landis sector, take the Chero galaxy first."
His finger pointed at the border of the Circassian Kingdom, and the volume suddenly increased, but it did not increase his persuasiveness, and it felt a bit like giving up on himself.
But even so, his words caused the entire scene to fall into silence.
The so-called Chero Fortress is the border system between the Blue Star Community and the Circassian Kingdom. It is also a very important transportation artery. During the period when the community was ruled by the Empire, this galaxy was regarded as a
It is run as an important fortress to protect the borders of the country, so naturally a lot of military equipment has been built and deployed.
Of course, after the independence of the Earth, the two countries were considered good-neighborly and friendly quasi-allies. Considering the operating costs, the Cirke Kingdom shut down most of its fortress facilities. However, three years ago, in Tonghaiyar,
During the war between the principality (and the empire behind it), the Circassian Kingdom used the Chero system farthest from the battlefield as a rear base. It built a shipyard here in a strict manner and stocked up a large amount of military supplies.
Now, a small part of these supplies were used in the "Battle of Conviction", and the Circassians only charged the cost price. In addition, they also dispatched at least one division of Marines to participate in the battle as mercenaries.
Act with the community.
From this perspective, these snapping turtle-like races can really be considered good allies.
However, what Marshal Ferragut means is for us to sneak attack our allies? Isn't that too ungrateful?
"Of course, in as peaceful a way as possible. A completely peaceful way." Marshal Ferragu added: "In order to save costs, Cherk shut down most of the galaxy fortress equipment. They also lacked defense against us. If mobilized
With the full combat power of the Blue Guard and the Home Fleet, I can launch a surprise attack and I am 70% sure that I can capture this galaxy without bloodshed."
This...doesn't this sound even less about martial ethics? Mr. Bai thought.
Needless to say, as soon as this statement came out, all the big shots present could only continue to be stunned.
Even Vice President Hierro, who felt that he was very abstract, was in a state of shock, and even subconsciously put his hand under the table. There was an alarm, and as soon as it was pressed, guards and doctors would rush in.
President Nishita even made a strategic move and winked at Yang Mingzhao next to him. As a psychic, the deputy secretary-general can serve as the president's personal bodyguard. This is actually not a secret.
After receiving the eye response from his loyal deputy secretary-general, Nishita seemed to feel relieved, and then slowly said: "Marshal, if you are too stressed, we can temporarily adjourn the meeting today. Chief of General Staff's
Of course, the selection will be based on your opinions."
"Mr. President, everyone, I am very sober. Okay, okay, before... um, I was as surprised as you are before I got the deduction from the boys on the staff." Marshal Ferragut said.
Could this really be the deduction of some "young man" from the General Staff? I have been in contact with those people, and I don't think any of them are as good as Zheng Ao! Mr. Bai always felt that everything was a bit untrustworthy.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, can we open the skylight and speak frankly?" Vice President Hierro said. He still had a smile on his face, but his tone was already quite rude.
"What we need to seriously consider now...is our biggest national defense vulnerability." Marshal Paris answered in a slightly stiff tone.
Compared with the dough-like Ferragut, this veteran of the Revolutionary War was much heavier. The vice president's momentum was slightly suppressed and he asked: "National defense loopholes?"
At this time, Marshal Ferragut, like a well-trained chief of general staff, drew a line at the community's New Atlantis border.
Everyone can intuitively see that the borders of the star region extend in all directions and are all prosperous waterways. Therefore, although New Asia is a border star region, it is also quite prosperous.
Having said that, the leaders of the community have never regarded this place as a border. They seem to regard the Circassian Kingdom as their natural barrier by convention.
However, no one has stipulated that the Circassians will always be allies of the people on earth.
"The border of Xinya is undefendable. The only thing that can be relied on for defense is the Chiero Fortress." Marshal Paris said in a firm and solemn tone.
Marshal Ferragut said: "As long as we control this place, New Atlantis still has some room to defend. If not, this, um... will be a bit reluctant."
The old marshal directly interrupted the fat marshal's hesitation: "It's not reluctant, but it's simply impossible. Even if the First Fleet and the Tenth Fleet are all here, it's impossible for us to set up operations on the border of New Atlantis.
Create an airtight line of defense."
President Nishita finally interrupted the two of them: "Stop, please stop, my respected marshals. According to what you mean, the Circassians betrayed us. But the intelligence agency got it
What evidence?”
As soon as President Nishita asked this question, he felt that he must have discovered some blind spot, and quickly turned his attention to Chairman Shona, but the latter just shook his head: "The Circassian Army is far from recovering. It got it from the Tuhan people."
It will be at least the next year for those battle cruisers to become combat effective."
To put it bluntly, the severely wounded Circassians are still licking their wounds and have no ability to attack the community.
"Since we have no ability to attack, of course we can counterattack. Is this also the natural law of survival in the universe?" Vice President Hierro thought thoughtfully, looking like an imperial noble.
"That's true...that's weird! We can't sneak attack our allies!" President Nishita said loudly.
"I was just joking." Vice President Hierro shrugged and smiled.
"The Vice President's sense of humor is really advanced!" the President said with a straight face.
"This is disrespectful to me. However, it is the Marshal who clearly has the most sense of humor."
"Ah hahaha, yes, yes, I almost believe it."
As a result, the president and other officials also laughed. The scene of the cabinet meeting was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere. In other words, the atmosphere was not happy at all.
However, what everyone was waiting for was just the poker faces of the two marshals.
"So, Marshal Paris, are you serious?" Chairman Edward Shoner sighed.
"Generalissimo, of course you can eliminate the combat effectiveness of the Circassians, but what about the Galactic Empire?"
The old marshal's words still caused a moment of silence, but the atmosphere gradually became suppressed.
"Wait a minute, please let me sort out my thoughts... You mean that it is possible for the imperial fleet to pass through Cherk and directly attack the New Atlantis sector? So, we must pre-emptively? Seize it
A traffic artery in the Chero Galaxy?" The Vice President showed a confused expression.
Marshal Paris nodded solemnly. Marshal Ferragut had an embarrassed and shameless smile on his chubby round face, but he nodded firmly.
"The Galactic Empire sends troops to penetrate the Cirque Kingdom and attack New Atlantis?"
"No, the Empire forced the Circassian Kingdom to open its borders and obtain military passage rights. They are even very likely to provide maintenance and supplies for the Imperial fleet." Marshal Paris said.
Vice President Hierro began to press his temples, as if his outlook had been subverted and he was unable to answer the question. At the battle site, of course, there was also the noise of whispering.
"Intelligence proves that the Circassian Kingdom purchased a large amount of military materials from various countries in the Sanqi Star Region. Many of them are consumables for large warships, which far exceeds the current needs of the Circassian Kingdom's fleet.
." Marshal Ferragut added.
"I have not received this news." Chairman of the Internal Affairs Committee Xiaona frowned and said: "Marshal, it's not that I don't trust you, I just want to know what intelligence sources our country has that I don't know about?"
In fact, Chairman Shona feels that the idea proposed by the two marshals is not completely impossible. As the head of intelligence and national security, vigilance and suspicion are absolutely indispensable. However, as a national security official,
However, he felt that the words of the marshals were really harsh.
Marshal Paris took a deep look at Chairman Shona, with disappointment on his face: "...They are a group of traveling merchants from the private sector. But, Your Excellency, Chairman, this is not the point. The point is, once the Circassian Kingdom
The border has been opened. It only takes a week for the empire's high-speed fleet to travel from Fermo to Chiero. And once they cross the border of New Atlantis, it only takes half a month to reach Earth."
Of course, the above time is based on the shortest route and the fact that the imperial fleet is not stranded for any reason along the way.
However, even though Marshal Paris described the situation so cruelly, he still didn't get everyone's agreement. Some people even started to sneer and began to mock the marshal of the community with great military achievements.
"This sounds like the product of the whims of a young man from the General Staff who is not familiar with the world, but I didn't expect that the Marshal would also be affected!"
"It would be very reasonable to say that this young man is a member of the Lion Heart Club."
"Maybe it's not only the Lion Heart Club, but also the Pioneer Party. They are all... Hey, Mr. Bai, no offense intended."
"You are already offending! After the meeting, white gloves!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I really didn't mean to offend, I just have a bald mouth."
"Everyone, don't go off topic, don't go off topic! What we are talking about now is Cherk, well, pfft... Haha, do we really want to attack a traditional ally just because of a speculation? When we are in the middle of a war
?I didn’t know that the Blue Star Community’s national power has developed to this point? It’s really blessed by the spirit of the universe!”
"However, this is completely unreasonable. There is no way that Cherk will give up its neutral status in this war. Why should they abandon their hundreds of years of traditional relationship with the Alliance and cooperate with the Empire?"
"Yes, yes, wouldn't the Alliance have any objections? They have deployed five Titans on the opposite side of the Feimo Nebula! A total of five Titans! Do you understand?"
"Moreover, the Alliance has invested considerable capital in the Cirke Kingdom and has considerable rights and interests. They will not let Cirke fall into the arms of the empire."
"Isn't that true of the Alliance's investment in us? If we are annexed by the Empire, then everything they have done will be in vain."
"Yes, yes! That's it. The Alliance will support us to resist for a long time, but it will never let the Empire destroy us."
"What's more, they will destroy their two allies all at once!"
"You guys, you have too little confidence in the Circassian Kingdom. They are all brave free people, and they have a mortal enemy with the Empire. How could you join the Empire's camp? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"