Minerva raised her head, looked at Roland, and then looked back at the green blocks on the map table, her eyes full of surprise.
"Breakthrough from there? How is it possible?!"
It's not that she doesn't believe in Roland's vision and judgment. Crisis after crisis has proved that this young man has insights far beyond those of generals and marshals. But breaking through from Ardennes... it is definitely not a suitable place to launch an attack.
It is not without reason that the Ardennes region is considered unsuitable for large-scale military operations. Apart from the Vosges Mountains, this area has the most complex terrain on the front between the Elf camp and Charlemagne. It is surrounded by rivers and forests, and the area of mobility is extremely
The narrow, lightly-armed infantry may be able to pass through, but artillery, baggage and other troops are difficult to pass through. Once the attack is delayed, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of being unable to follow up.
Because of this risk and terrain characteristics, Charlemagne only placed two local garrison divisions in the direction of the Ardennes, and due to terrain reasons, the junction of the two divisions was on the protrusion of the Ardennes.
It is not difficult to see from this deployment that Charlemagne’s upper echelons never considered the possibility of a large force breaking through the Ardennes. In fact, in the eyes of most people with military knowledge, including Minerva, the Ardennes and the Ardennes were “unusable.”
"The natural chasm to cross" is a synonym. When someone told them that a large army would choose that direction as a breakthrough direction, their subconscious reaction was "impossible."
“The history of technological evolution is a history of making the impossible possible.”
Putting down the magnifying glass, Roland smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"No one thought about the emergence of railways, telegraphs, guns, and tanks in the past, let alone that they would be used in wars. Now these things are everywhere."
Minerva was speechless.
Technology is advancing too fast - Roland once commented on the industrial revolution led by the consortium. It sounded like a complaint at the time, but now it is as real as the accuracy of verifying the prediction. People enjoy the benefits brought by technological progress without any doubt.
It is convenient, but it fails to understand the principle and significance, and ignores the possibility of extended application. The limited thinking stays in the rigid past. It is like a monkey who got a gun, pointing the gun at himself without knowing the danger.
Only now did Minerva painfully understand the dangerous situation that human beings, who have been "fed" by high-tech products, are in.
"But... if we really use chariot troops to break through the Ardennes and penetrate behind the king's ****, the entire front line will collapse... Is there any way to stop it?"
Even though she knew how disappointing the answer was, Minerva still asked like a prayer.
Her Royal Highness has personally witnessed the performance tests of several restored tanks, and is well aware of the destructive power hidden beneath the ugly appearance of the armored monsters.
The solid armor that is not afraid of guns and cannons, the tracks and road wheels that can crush obstacles, trenches, and human bodies effortlessly, and the gun and cannon armament that easily sweeps away all targets. The mobile fortress that combines the above nightmares is a tank.
A single chariot appearing on the battlefield can easily cause a massacre. Hundreds of chariots more powerful than the "Stalker" and "Reconnaissance Leopard" form a torrent of steel and roll forward... That will be a scene.
The extremely terrifying Hell March picture scroll.
Just like this, it is just terrifying at best. No matter how technological weapons evolve, they can never get rid of the limitations of the objective environment. The majestic chariot can only be trapped if it falls into the quagmire created by magic. But the elves have already expected this, and almost
This battle experience shows that once entering the battlefield, the elven army will spread evil interference particles, neutralizing mana, making magicians no different from ordinary people, and reducing magic staffs to flashy sticks. Forcibly pulling the battle into what they are good at.
model.
Charlemagne still has no good way to deal with this despicable tactic. He can only inject mana into the sky crystal to make a staff. But this is just a hasty countermeasure. On a battlefield densely populated with interference particles, it is impossible to have a new mana.
After replenishing the Sky Crystal, once the stored Mana is used up, the magicians will still be beaten in various ways. In addition, the consortium took away the stored Sky Crystal when it evacuated, making this emergency strategy even popular to regiment-level officers.
Can't do it.
In other words, Charlemagne's soldiers could only rely on the weapons in their hands and their flesh and blood to block the defense chariots.
Now Charlemagne's various arms are practicing their chariot-fighting skills with unprecedented enthusiasm, and the warriors have also been summoned to study anti-tank weapons.
Their enthusiasm is touching, and their seriousness is beyond doubt. As for the results... Minerva and Roland don't dare to look at them anyway.
The development of science has its own laws. The madness of people and the will of superiors have no effect on laboratories and workshops. The "wall of science" cannot be broken through by brute force.
Of course, the ignorant are fearless. The will of the commander and the pressure of frontline demands cannot be blocked by a mere "wall of science", let alone the brainstorming of the idea king. In just a few days, there are a lot of people who don't know whether they are useful or not.
The "anti-tank killer weapon" was invented.
Limited by the technical level and materials, there is no hope for high-end weapons such as anti-tank cannons, anti-tank guns, and anti-tank rocket launchers. Individual anti-tank weapons, or "special attack weapons" are quite popular. So-called
"Special Attack" is the abbreviation of "Special Attack". To put it bluntly, it is a suicide attack. Since the creation of "Sakura", Charlemagne seems to have
I am almost obsessed with this type of combat method. With a simple trained soldier and a low-cost assault boat, you can severely damage or even sink the enemy's expensive capital ship. This business is a sure profit no matter how you look at it. Now there is no way
Even if they imitate tanks, they cannot produce effective anti-tank weapons. The anxious military and bureaucrats naturally thought of special attack weapons.
The first thing to come out is the anti-tank gun, which is also the famous "cocktail". The technical starting point of this thing is low and it is quick to get started. Just light the cloth strip on the mouth of the bottle and throw it to the hood of the tank.
That's all. The combustion will damage the engine circuit and cause flameout. If it goes well, it can also ignite the ammunition - if there are no enemy infantry watching the excitement around.
Next on the scene is the "thorn thunder", collectively referred to as the "thorn thunder". The lightning thunder consists of two parts: the thunder body and the thunder rod. The thunder rod is a wooden stick, the thunder body is conical, and the thunder shell is made of metal with a hollow
The explosive is loaded in the form of a shaped charge. The top of the cone of the thunder shell is inserted into the lightning rod through a metal tube and fixed with screws. There are three 15 cm long nails at the bottom of the ring shape of the thunder body, which can provide sufficient blast height for the explosive.
The method of using the stabbing thunder is exactly the same as using a rifle with a bayonet in hand-to-hand combat. After finding the chariot with the pointed ears, the brave and fearless kingdom warriors pulled out the safety pin, rushed to the side of the chariot under the hail of bullets, and aimed at the Iron Bastard's skirt or
The chrysanthemum was stabbed down hard, and the moment the three nails on the base of the mine hit the armor, the firing pin in the instant inertial fuse installed at the connection between the mine body and the mine rod
Under the action of vibration and inertia, the explosives were detonated by impacting the ****. The evil Iron King Ba chariot lay there, and the brave and fearless warriors of the kingdom were promoted to military gods and will live in people's hearts forever. Due to the inability to control it at a time
With so many stinging mines, the military launched a simplified version, with a wooden stick supporting an explosive bag. The soldier lit the fuse and rushed over with the explosive bag...
If the above weapons are not impressive enough, Charlemagne's army has also developed an ultimate simple anti-tank decisive weapon that can make all the armored soldiers of the defense army change their minds - the metal crowbar.
The process of using this weapon is as follows: fearless army soldiers are lying in ambush on the roadside with crowbars. When the ghost chariot passes unsuspectingly, Charlemagne's warriors jump out with crowbars and quickly insert the crowbars into the road.
Between the track of the speeding tank and the road wheel - it would be best if it could be inserted into the middle of the driving wheel rim.
With a clear and loud "click", the tracks of the chariot broke, the driving wheels were stuck, the engine stalled, and they lay down on the spot. Charlemagne's soldiers looked up to the sky and screamed, climbed up on the iron bastard, smashed open the hatch cover and did whatever they wanted. As for whether the real situation is
It would be like this. The military's explanation is that there are no extra tanks on hand for the experiment. According to common sense, it should be able to achieve the expected results.
It is worth mentioning that the Army has begun to upgrade the metal crowbar. The latest version is a railway sleeper. The selected three warriors of the sleeper will carry the wood of the tired fool and repeat the tactics mentioned above. It is said that the final version will
Upgraded to a blasting barrel, the Three Sleeper Warriors will also be upgraded to the Three Sleeper Warriors...
There are also magnetic anti-tank mines in the shape of a tortoise, an upgraded version of a cocktail coconut mine, etc. I won’t give examples here. These alone made Minerva dizzy when he went to observe the anti-tank drill.
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The young soldiers who participated in the exercise said boldly to Her Royal Highness: It doesn't matter how many chariots there are, just blow one up, or two to blow up a pair. As many as there are, the uncle will kill them or bury them.
Minerva is not a child who doesn't understand anything.
Regardless of how crazy the "special attack" is, how effective it can be in actual combat. From the beginning to the end, Minerva only saw a group of people surrounding a tank to show off. She simply couldn't understand why the Kingdom Army had such a concept—
—The enemy will not concentrate its armored forces for use, and there will be no infantry or auxiliary armor around the tank. The enemy can only rely on traditional means to communicate, and the vehicle-mounted radio is purely a decoration.
Obviously, if the armored clusters of the Elf camp really burst out of the Ardennes Forest, these teammates would not be able to count on them.
"No……"
Roland pondered for a moment and shook his head firmly.
"With the current state of the Kingdom's army... even if the entire human camp's elite troops gather together, I'm afraid it's impossible to stop the full-out armored cluster head-on. If you want to defeat the elf camp, there are actually more effective ways, so that they won't win beautifully.
Or just drag them into a war of attrition."
The national strength of the elves may not be inferior to that of any other country, but their population is a flaw that has always troubled them. They may have a strong fighting power in a short period of time, but it will never last. Once they fall into the quagmire of a protracted war, they will eventually usher in destruction.
.
But.
"But in that case, Li Lin will directly intervene."
The indoor temperature dropped suddenly.
Li Lin has actually been involved. Some are direct and some are indirect, but those are basically within the scope of state actions, and they are carried out in the capacity and position of the "Supreme Consul of Alfheim". In case of a war situation
When the Elf camp shows signs of failure, he will most likely take the final step to ensure that the plan unfolds as expected: act as an "agent of divine will" and use the most brutal and direct method to combine humans and orcs.
The civilization of the big camp was wiped out.
Neither letting the Elf camp win too beautifully nor motivating Li Lin to flip the table - this is the problem that troubles Roland the most.
If the old king is still in charge of government and Richelieu is still there, perhaps he can use a method similar to the dual empire to recognize the status of the elves in disguise, so that Li Lin cannot easily take action, and then delay the change. But now the person who controls the national affairs is a brainless person.
The second crown prince in the middle school, trying to make this delusional highness understand the situation... is as difficult as the Chinese men's national team qualifying for the World Cup finals, second only to not letting Li Lin upset the table - that is the Chinese men's football team
World Cup winning level.
"I'm afraid he won't believe everything we say until the enemy's chariot tracks run over Brother Wang's toes."
Minerva let out a long sigh. After several attempts at persuasion, she had completely despaired of Louis' IQ. In her own words: "Brother Wang is an ancient creature who cannot think about problems with modern thinking." Several times
After the meeting, Louis would rudely reprimand and interrupt any opinions that conflicted with his own, or else just ignore them. He ignored his father's health condition and was concerned about the economic decline.
Reports on the decline in people's living standards were also understated by saying, "Let's hold less banquets," "For the sake of victory, as a citizen of Charlemagne, we have an obligation to endure the small difficulties in front of us," and "Compared with the soldiers on the front line, they are already very happy."
Waiting for the heartless words to pass by in one stroke. That extremely self-centered face completely extinguished Minerva's last hope, and she was completely chilled by this selfish and arrogant brother.
During several conversations, Prince Louis only talked about one thing back and forth - that mysterious holy girl. The detailed inquiries covering all aspects and the sticky eyes with malicious intentions still make him laugh when he thinks about it now.
Minerva felt sick.
That is not caused by consciousness, but is closer to some kind of physiological instinct, similar to the intuition of danger.
She decided to discuss the matter with Roland and let him be careful about the Crown Prince's movements. Just as Minerva began to organize the words to stop the admonishment, the phone rang. Under the urging of the ringer, the organized sentences were temporarily shelved.
Minerva picked up the receiver.
"Hey, it's me. It turns out to be you, Your Excellency...Yes, yes...she is indeed on my side...now? No, no, no, of course it's okay, but...what? Okay, I understand."
Putting down the phone, an uneasy expression appeared on Minerva's face. Roland, who noticed something was wrong, asked:
"What's wrong? Who's calling?"
"It's Sir Ji Air. He said he hopes to mediate between Brother Wang and me. In order to show his sincerity, he hopes that the holy girl who has recently become famous in Ludes can accompany him."
Mediating disputes between the country and the royal family is one of the church's jobs. As the threat from the elven camp becomes increasingly apparent, it is in the interest of the church to promote the merging of Charlemagne's forces and deter the elven camp. There is nothing wrong with them.
Weird.
But the church's attitude towards the "Holy Maiden" who has been in the limelight recently is a bit ambiguous, and it has not made a clear statement so far. Now it is asking the Holy Maiden to accompany the Crown Prince to do his ideological work...
"I feel something is wrong."
Minerva bluntly expressed her intuition that this invitation made her feel very uncomfortable.
"But we have no reason to refuse."
Roland shrugged, and his morning-like smile dispelled the uneasy haze in Minerva's heart.
"This is an invitation from the saint of the church. It is impossible to refuse without valid reasons. Besides, this is also an opportunity to convince the crown prince."
"But……"
"Don't worry, no matter what, the church saint is present, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not dare to mess around. Besides -"
After fastening the white bracelet, a green light filled the map room. When the light faded, the majestic girl said calmly:
"This is not a weak woman with no power to restrain a chicken."
At the same time, Ji Air put down the phone and let out a sigh of relief. His slender fingers, like works of art, picked up the silver spoon and elegantly stirred his black tea. The honey deposited at the bottom of the black tea gradually spread out.
While stirring the tea, he hummed happily.
……Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,miserere.nobis.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, please have mercy on us.)
Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,miserere.nobis.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.)
The singing is full of vitality.
Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,dona.nobis.pacem.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, please give us peace.)
The melodious voice is full of tenderness and sincerity.
Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,miserere.nobis.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.)
Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,miserere.nobis.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.)
The silver spoon stopped stirring, and the jewel-like reflected light of the black tea shone on the girl's face, giving her a moving blush.
Agnus.Dei,qui.tollis.ata.mundi,dona.nobis.pacem.(Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, please give us peace.)
Just like praying, the girl sang. Her pious and compassionate face made people feel like they were bathing in the holy light, washing away all sins.
This is a prayer hymn. Every believer sings it and it is also used during mass ceremonies.
Agnus.Dei - Lamb of God. In theology and sacred scriptures, it originally refers to the role of an ideal sacrifice to "atone for the sins of all mankind". The prototype originated from the slaughter of lambs during Passover in ancient times and the blood of the lamb was smeared on the side of the door.
sacrificial ceremony.
The name of this song is called "Ode to the Lamb". (~^~)