Chapter 41: The Templar's Apocalypse
William Harris also felt a little embarrassed at this time, not because he needed to change his strategy, but because he had already decided to change his current strategy and basic goals.
He was not concerned about this, he had already made up his mind to launch a more fierce attack before the meeting, and the so-called listening to opinions was actually to let the officers discuss the specific matters of attacking.
But after listening to Morgan and Rebaman's speeches, he still had two worries lingering in his heart:
One worry is that a rash change in the current military strategy will cause discord within the military.
After all, what Morgan Thorde said is not unreasonable, he can't directly deny Morgan, and he can't embarrass General Morgan, who is quite relied on by the Imperial Senate and ministers.
Morgan was well known in the military, especially among the senior officers, Morgan was the director of the Royal Military Academy in Ludonia, and some of the junior officers in the army and navy were his protégés and admirers.
Moreover, if General Morgan strongly opposes it, if he is forced to do so, it will be tantamount to slapping him in the face directly in front of his army command, so he still has some concerns after all, and cannot directly give orders, and it is of the utmost importance that the new strategy can be carried out peacefully and tactfully.
And if he keeps pressing down this matter smoothly, not only will it go against his original intention, but Lieutenant General Lei Baman, who is highly regarded by His Majesty, will not be satisfied, and he will inevitably not agree to this matter.
Rebaman is the right-hand man of Edward, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, and he is one of the giants of the Royal Navy, plus he is His Majesty's royal family, and his title is the same as himself, he is an earl, even if he is a field marshal and standpoint, he can't be too guilty, and he always has to sell Edward and the royal family a face.
His second concern came from the Church, the reason why his strategy suddenly became radical was precisely because the Church was behind his back, and it was precisely because of the Pope's intention that the high-level army group under his own system had a close relationship with the Church, in fact, His Majesty knew about it more than ten years ago.
This is why the Church sent its main crusader army around the Northern Ocean, bypassing the Federation to prepare for the Holy War against the Heavens, and only sent an independent regiment to the Mozik battlefield.
Because the navy was not controlled by the Pope after all, in order to gain partial control of the battlefield command, Antonio had to lead the main force of the crusaders to join the crusade.
However, the army and the Templar church have long been ambiguous, and the relationship between them has long been more than just the present.
His Majesty did not say anything about this, not only did not close his eyes and say nothing, but behaved very tolerantly, not only acquiescing, but also taking the initiative to approve of the occurrence of all established facts.
For example, in recent decades, the magicians selected by the Church through 'miracles' will be sent to the Royal Military Academy of the Capital for further study according to unwritten rules before entering the Papal Templar Tower, the Academy of Hidden Magic, to study magic and magic applications.
The Royal Military Academy of the Capital has been restructured, and the successive presidents of the school have been served by army generals, so it is also called the Imperial Army Military Academy.
Even the holy daughters of the church graduated from the Royal Military Academy in the capital, and when they graduated, His Majesty even went to confer titles and decorations in person, which also caused a lot of waves in the military and political circles of the capital at that time.
Later, the church did not just cultivate cutting-edge combat power and deliver it to the army as before, but directly formed an army, intervened in military affairs and involved in militaristic politics on the surface, so it was not surprising that all walks of life were surprised.
To a large extent, this situation and its outcome had nothing to do with George's forbearance and the radical ambitions of the current pope.
Since the Church Empire declared war on the Celestial Empire, the conquest of the North has become more active, so a quick victory in the Federation War has become the most urgent and basic issue before the capture of the Celestial Empire.
Harris's worries at this time also came from the Pope's request for a quick victory, in the past, Rebaman's elite navy and the Federation fought fiercely for six years, and most of the casualties were killed, so that the heroic and ambitious remnants of the navy were now exhausted by the white ice and snow world and the endless war in sight, and they began to slack off and slackened off the army, and they were unable to move forward to occupy another inch of land, and finally failed to break through the scope of the permanent frozen port of Morlinsk industrial base.
Harris himself had been fighting in Middle-earth under the control of the Northern Federation for half a year, and was quite aware of the enemy's fighting determination and military level, and at this time, the Templar Church suddenly called for a large-scale attack, and if it were not for the Pope's firm assertion that the Crusaders had an absolute guarantee of military strength and would provide reliable combat support to the northern front, then according to his usual caution as a person in charge, he would never agree to the advance of the light division.
You must know that William Harris has been suppressing rebellions and sweeping away overseas semi-colonial resistance forces in Yanzhou all year round, and has personally participated in the process of the empire's external expansion after almost unifying Western Continent.
Harris is fundamentally different from Admiral Morgan Thord, an academic leader, a military theorist with little practical experience, who was sixty-six at the time and had also been on the front lines.
Since the beginning of a front-line soldier, Harris has been able to be sent to the non-commissioned officer school for further study by accumulating countless practical merits, coupled with the efforts of the day after tomorrow, and has been able to climb the ranks of generals step by step, and finally sit on the throne of marshal.
And according to the report from the front, the Pope's so-called guarantee of absolute combat power was only a magic infantry regiment with no more than 1,500 people.
Harris, who has always marched steadily, really felt a little uncertain.
Moreover, the commander of this so-called Knights of Holy Magic is only a fifteen-year-old girl, and Harris would have thought that the Pope was crazy under any other circumstances. But his understanding of the Church and the Pope's wrists, as well as the strangeness of magic, although he was also very puzzled, he still believed in the fine old Pope's decision.
But he really couldn't figure it out, even if magic and emerging magic technology could change the pattern of war, how could this military strength of thousands of people change the grand battlefield pattern of more than 2,000 kilometers deep and the strength of the legions on both sides could easily exceed millions?
So he really fell into a hesitant dilemma at the moment.
The Morinsk Army Command, thousands of miles away, waited for Harris's decision, and everything fell silent.
The blonde girl, who had sat at the end of the whole process and listened quietly, suddenly stood up without warning, she turned around and kicked on one leg, turned the palm of her right hand turned outward and then turned down, and gave an army salute to the phone, and then stood upright, and she said loudly to the phone:
"Honorable Marshal Harris, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief! I would be grateful if you would be allowed to make your suggestions and views on the battle plan to the marshal on behalf of our department. ”
With this sharp and high-pitched voice like a silver bell, it sounded from the direction of this heroic and upright girl and echoed throughout the conference room, and all the military division-level generals and colonels present were suddenly extremely surprised.
As for the navy departments on the right, because they were closed to domestic news, most of them did not know the origin of the girl, and they were suddenly confused.
Even the commanders in the front row who were close to Rebaman suddenly noticed that Tiffany was at the end, obscure, and her beautiful face had been hidden by the brim that was slightly wide compared to her small face.
The officers' first reaction was first to be amazed by the girl's appearance, and then to the pride of the soldiers, which caused dissatisfaction and contempt in their hearts.
Not to mention how the girl in front of her, He De, can be among the high-ranking officers, just when many high-ranking officials with higher ranks than them are silent, and no one is the first to speak, Tiffany and Co. speak out loud and show her presence at the meeting, which has already made them quite unhappy.
Even the commanders of the various army armored divisions who knew Tiffany's origin were full of criticism at this time, and whether she was a top student from the Capital Military Academy, or a saint who was loved by Archbishop Antonio, and had the privileges of the Templar Church, just because of her youth, everyone already felt deeply insulted.
Not to mention the veterans of the various departments of the Navy who sit opposite each other who do not know their origins......
"Humph!"
Seeing that it was a yellow-haired girl who was speaking, Rebalman turned his head directly and snorted contemptuously, and closed his eyes and collapsed in his chair, as if he wanted to stop participating in the meeting.
Bai Erluo on the phone responded after a while:
"Oh, the Templar Apocalypse, and tell me what you think, but before you do that, you have to answer us, is your position at this moment conveying the meaning of the Templar Church, or is it purely personal?"
Harris's words were obviously given to Tiffany, who had already crashed into the officers before he knew it, and it was up to him to see if the girl knew it......