In the round table room of the Morlinsk Industrial Base - in the city of Permafrost - Army Headquarters of the Northern Front of the Empire:

Commander-in-Chief of Operations, General of the Army, General of the Imperial Army - Morgan Thorde is on the left side of the list.

Morgan Holder has brown and black hair, and the temples and a thick mustache on the corners of his mouth are still black, Morgan is only fifty years old, and he is already in an important position, responsible for the main formulation of military strategy and most of the army's military affairs, and has absolute prestige in the army.

As the last person to be subjugated by the empire and born in the country of Virtue and Righteousness, he was able to seek the supreme position second only to Harris at the age of fifty, which is enough to see the leopard, and his means and ability can be seen.

On the other hand, Vice Admiral Rebaman, deputy commander of the theater and commander-in-chief of the icebreaker fleet at Permafrost Harbor, was on the right side of the list.

Rebalman was a blonde, gray-bearded old general, over sixty years old, his navy coat casually draped over his shoulders, his arms folded, leaning on his back, the wrinkles on his face were as sharp as ravines, and there was a long wound from his chin to his neck, his eyes were slightly narrowed at this time, even though he looked peaceful, his eyebrows were still quite unangry and arrogant.

Under Morgan Solder were eleven senior army officers with the rank of colonel of the Imperial and Nations, including the commanders of the infantry corps and the commanders of the armored divisions, all of whom were high-ranking officers.

The twelfth at the end is Lieutenant Colonel Apocalypse Tiffany Crowley, the head of the Knights of Holy Magic, an independent regiment temporarily assigned to the Army's Wizard Crusaders.

Below Rebaman are his subordinates and his old troops, most of whom are the Royal Navy's icebreaker fleet, which went to the extreme cold six years ago, and many of the fleet veterans who came here to expedition to the north, some of them may be only majors in the lowest ranks, and some of them have not been promoted.

But the status of this fleet is much more than its title.

Whether it is the aura of belonging to the Royal Navy, which is a unit of special significance in the eyes of His Majesty George, or the added value of seniority and years of combat and the feats that will be bestowed upon them by the law of their return to their homeland, this is far beyond the reach of the Imperial Army, which has just landed in the north for half a year, which is why the veterans of the Navy are becoming more and more arrogant.

At this time, all the twenty-six seats except for the first round table were full, only the highest suede seat was vacant, and a telephone was placed on the protruding table top of the round table in front of the chair......

As the phone progressed through the meeting, a deep, deep baritone voice occasionally came from within it.

The source of the voice on the other end of the phone was William Harris, the Imperial Field Marshal who served as the radio host on the day Pope St. Paul II announced the formation of the Wizard Crusaders.

At this time, he was located in the southern theater of the war against the north, the border city of Whitester Rus, and listened to the summary report of the operational intelligence of the army's various theaters, units, and divisions through long-range communication, starting from Morini County, east to Mozik, the capital of the Northern Union, and in the middle of the vast plain area of more than 400 kilometers, the warring sides are collectively referred to as the Mozik battlefield or the Mozik front.

It is also a stopover and turning point for the empire to realize its dream of unifying the world, as long as it captures Mozik, which gathers the main forces of the Northern Federation and the Middle-earth Army, the entire northern border will fall.

If the empire takes the north, the Celestial Empire will also be killed, and the Celestial Empire will be attacked from the northern part of the Celestial Empire from the Hilberian Plateau to the Mongolian Plateau, and then the whole world will be at your fingertips......

William Harris's low, magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Then, please put forward relevant views and suggestions on the current situation reported by the headquarters just now, and I hope that you can enthusiastically contribute and speak freely. ”

When the voice fell, everyone was silent for a few breaths, and in the end, Morgan Thorder, who presided over the analysis of the battle situation and the unified report on the integration of military intelligence at the beginning of the meeting, took the lead in speaking:

"Your Excellency, I still adhere to my original views and consistent positions, and I believe that it is still necessary to maintain the basic policy of advancing the battle on all fronts.

The combat strategy should be maintained, relying on the naval soldiers and engineering corps, and continuing to slowly build fortifications, with infantry corps covering the advance of the armored division. As long as the strategy is carried out correctly, we will maintain the active and dominant position in information warfare on a long-depth front, try our best to block and block and slow down the transmission of the enemy's information, and maintain a macro information gap.

If the plan is properly arranged like this, as long as the enemy does not have a clear and rapid all-round strategic consideration, he will certainly not dare to take the liberty of a decisive battle with our army, and our army will reliably suppress it with firepower and lead it in weapons, and if it encounters the enemy, it will engage in a small local battle, and when it encounters the fortress of Chengguan, it will gather several armored divisions and regiments to blast at one point and crush it with artillery bombardment.

Steadily advancing like this, gradually occupying factories, roads, railways, and even mountain and forest streams, relying on flexibility to aggregate and mobilize troops, and constantly shrink the encirclement, slowly encroaching on the opponent's living space. And by cutting off the supply lines around Mozik, he finally completely deprived Mozik, where the main forces of the Federation were gathered, the right to transport, and cut off production and supply.

If our army can continue to fight in this way, as long as the enemy does not dare to launch a decisive battle for a day, the enemy army will only be consumed in vain day by day with the passage of time and progress, and will continue to retreat and fall into isolation, and finally have to abandon Mozk.

Even if the enemy finally realizes that he is fighting to the death with the determination to retreat, this is exactly what our army wants to see, after all, it is only a trapped beast that is too late to fight.

If the Federation Army is really weakened and launches a counterattack on our impregnable fortifications, then our army will only need to rely on the fortifications that have already reached the gate of Mozik and fight against the defensive line. Whether it is an infantry army or a tank battle, our army has long been invincible, regardless of whether it advances or retreats.

When the enemy is exhausted and hopeless, our army may even be able to win without a fight. ”

After Morgan finished speaking, there was silence on the other side of the phone for a moment, and then Harris's flat and serious voice continued:

"Well, relying on the military disparity to maintain the original strategy is not a feasible strategy in theory...... But it is still the same old problem, the ultra-long front from the north to the north and south of Central Continent is more than 2,000 kilometers long, and the whole line is advanced together...... Regardless of the time-consuming, the military expenditure required is too huge, too laborious and too costly, and if most of the tax and grain of the national treasury are consumed as a result, His Majesty will definitely be displeased.

Moreover, our army's policy of encroaching on the Federation by cutting off the enemy's supply lines is certainly not inherently wrong. However, in the blockade of this very long front, if one of the links goes wrong, if the enemy drills a hole, or even if only a small group of the enemy goes around the cities that we have already occupied in the rear, inciting uprisings and guerrilla warfare, and thus destroying our factories and bases, our army will be in a situation where the enemy is at risk on the back of the enemy, which is also a great fatal danger for our supplies.

At that time, the offensive must not be stopped, and counterinsurgency is also a difficult matter, and the enemy can always lie dormant in the shadows, and when the front sergeants are gone, they will launch a rebellion from the rear, and if they are to send additional troops to garrison the occupied cities, it will be even more difficult to gain than to lose.

Not to mention the recent espionage news that the Federation is stepping up its domestic advanced bioengineering technology to apply to the military.

The federal government has long invested heavily in life science research and biochemical medicine, and the Northern Federation has been famous for this for decades, although the gap between the Federation and our army in electrical, communications and military technology can reach half a century, but in the field of magical biotechnology, the attainments of federal scientists may even be far ahead of our country.

In order to prevent the Federation from successfully applying this technology militarily and continuing to make breakthroughs, our army should seek a quick victory and should not give the enemy any respite.

Therefore, on the surface, the policy of building fortified positions on the whole line and promoting the encirclement of the "mobile defense line" seems to be the most reasonable and safe, but once there is a mistake, the situation of the battle will also take a sharp turn for the worse, and if the blockade of the whole line is shaken by one or two points, eventually even the entire line of fortifications will fall into scrap, but the gains outweigh the losses.

The risks and variables of this measure are also increasing day by day, and the military expenditure that needs to be invested is already too great to last for a long time......

The main purpose and question of our meeting today is to discuss whether there is a better way to reduce consumption and seek an alternative for a quick victory, so General Morgan should not bring it up again. ”

Morgan Thorde frowned when he heard this, and his tone became a little anxious, but on the whole he said calmly:

"Commander, fighting a war is meant to be consumed, not to mention that if we can't afford to consume the national strength of our Divine Sun Empire, the enemy can't afford to consume it, not to mention that this method is something that only my empire can do.

Although this method is the most stupid on the surface, it can be regarded as a one-and-done strategy after all, and what a great feat it is to conquer the northern border? How can you feel sorry for the loss, compared with the empire's grand plan to unify the entire Ukiyo-e, what is this patience, consumption, and waiting?

Besides, there is no foolproof strategy for military strategy, and there is a risk in slow victory and encroachment, so is there no risk in the way of quick victory? I believe that as long as the command and deployment are properly dispatched and the existing results are fully utilized, it is completely possible to avoid risks and defeat the federation at the lowest cost of casualties!"

"General Morgan is too much to say!"

Rebaman, who was on the right, suddenly interjected at this time.

Rebalman's face was frivolous, and there was a hint of arrogance and disdain between his eyebrows, and he smiled in an unhurried tone:

"Even though the Federation Army is a bunch of poor drunkards and hillbillies, I still have to admit it, old man, that they are really good at fighting!

General Shicai's words are a bit too underestimating the Federal Army, and you have not taken into account one important factor - the "will to fight".

The Federalists' will to fight and their fighting tenacity is beyond your imagination, they are also devout believers in God, and they have gained infinite strength from this faith, and the harsh extreme cold has been torturing their bodies for many years, they are tall and stout, and they are not afraid of death and have true faith.

My fleet has been fighting with this group of hillbillies for six years since the capture of Permafrost Harbor and landing, and it is still difficult to advance half a step before Mozik, even if Marshal Harris led a large army to personally attack the north by land half a year ago, it only occupied Whitelord Rus, as for most of the territory of Middle-earth, it is still in the hands of the Tsar's state army.

Taking a step back, even if you want to encroach on the opponent as you say, the first step is to capture Central, and our army's armored divisions are now on the Mozik front line in the northeast of Xizhou, and if you can't take Central, how can we narrow the encirclement? As long as Zhongzhou is still there, it will always be a thorn in the heart of our army, and the deeper you advance in the north, the bigger the cancer of Centralzhou will be.

Commander-in-Chief Morgan, Admiral Thorde, have you ever considered this? Hehe, with all due respect, the general's talent and ability are naturally peerless, but I am afraid that after all, he still has too little experience, and his speech is full of the style of the academy.

This is the real battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, sometimes an inconspicuous small factor can change the whole situation of the war, this is not your Rondonia Military Academy, the kind of rhetoric that fools the students is not practical here.

In short, I want to say that I support the principle of the marshal's quick war, if it weren't for the Empire's delay in increasing its troops and forgetting us old men here for six years, we would have wanted to fight this group of ghosts to the death. ”

Morgan was noncommittal to Lieutenant General Rebalman's military spirit, and instead of engaging in meaningless arguments and rebuttals with Rebaman, Morgan remained silent and waited for Harris's decision......