Charles caught everyone's attention on his first day at the headquarters, and there was a bit of gossip when he brought a pair of twin sisters to the office. But after a temporary meeting with the group that had just arrived for more than an hour at noon, they collectively ran to the airport of the special air service regiment in the north of the city, until Charles came back alone in the evening, which made people scratch their heads.

At nine o'clock the next morning, the conference room of the headquarters was full of bigwigs and a budding newcomer.

Charles was no stranger to this kind of plenary meeting, where Elizabeth sat in the chair and Charles sat in the corner with a notebook to take notes.

The leaders attending the meeting were headed by Chief of Staff Dixon, and the rest were the heads of various departments such as logistics and intelligence, the chief officers of various units, and officials sent by the local government to coordinate military and civilian work.

Although Charles is just a tool for signing and stamping in everyone's eyes, the procedures that should be taken still have to be followed.

A few minutes before the meeting began, Charles read out his letter of appointment, followed by the disposition of Henry.

Dixon then reported to Charles on the current situation on the battlefield.

In September, Jenny carried out a gambling operation, he mobilized the elite troops defending against the deep sea monsters on the edge of the southern continental shelf of the Osme Kingdom to the edge of the coastline, and at this time, the entire southern part of the Osme Kingdom was almost defenseless against the deep sea monsters.

Then, the original forces on land and in the shallow sea position launched a full attack on the Elven defensive line, causing the Elves to focus their attention on the front line.

Since it was the autumn harvest time, the fish-men's goal looked like they were coming to grab food, so Elizabeth ordered the troops to press forward and keep the fish-men out of the agricultural area.

During the period from the end of September to the beginning of November, the entire front line was in a stalemate, and the fishmen constantly sent a large number of raiding teams deep into the elven hinterland to loot all supplies such as food and livestock, while the elves tried every means to intercept and encircle these raiding teams.

"The raiding party sent by the enemy this time is very cunning. Dixon said to Charles.

"First of all, this time the enemy's raiding party attaches great importance to reconnaissance and anti-ambush, and the slightest contact between their advance guard and flanker will be to establish a defense on the spot or quickly change the route of the march. ”

"Secondly, the enemy has repeatedly used the tactic of multi-team attacks on one target. Often, the raiders will start with different targets, but they will change the direction of their march along the way at the same time and attack towards one of the main targets. ”

"Thirdly, the enemy first makes a surprise attack with elite troops, and after mobilizing our forces, a large number of its ordinary troops pass through the gaps in the battle line as quickly as possible, and then one part besieges the village, and the rest of the army grabs crops and livestock outside the village, and withdraws with the spoils of war before reinforcements come up. ”

Charles frowned and said, "They look skilled." ”

"Yes. Dixon said, "According to the accounts of the enemies we captured in the battle, the tactics of this operation were written and distributed by their crown prince Jenny himself. ”

Charles nodded, then motioned for Dixon to continue.

By early November, the looting and counter-raiding battles on both sides had come to an end, and soldiers on both sides were showing signs of fatigue.

At this moment, Jenny's elite from the deep sea was dispatched after adjusting to the battle between shallow sea and land.

This time, these elites used the previous fish-man tactics, and they took advantage of the river to swim upstream into the hinterland of the elves, and raided a number of important logistics nodes on the second and third lines.

At the same time, the original land garrison that had fought for a month was all reorganized and transferred to the front line of the deep sea to resist the deep sea monsters, and the original deep sea elites all landed, and as soon as they came ashore, they launched a multi-way raid on the elf fatigue soldiers who had been fighting for more than a month.

On the very first day of the operation, Elizabeth, who was inspecting the logistics work, was seriously injured in an attack, and Dixon, who had taken over the command, had no choice but to order the troops to cover the steady retreat of civilians in positions close to the front-line villages in order to preserve the precious living forces.

Fortunately, the riverside fort chain built by the riverside monitoring and defense engineering construction committee - referred to as the "river defense committee" - which Charles had participated in at the beginning found the enemy who landed and attacked from the river in time and carried out effective blocking, so that the reinforcements in the rear could be prepared in time and finally minimize the losses.

Charles was silent after listening to Dixon's account of the battle, and after a while he asked Stewart, the head of the logistics department, "Can the logistics supply at the front keep up now?"

Stewart sat up straight and replied: "Report to Your Highness, there is basically no problem with the food supply at the front in a short period of time, but the stock in the rear warehouse is seriously insufficient, and the royal court is currently purchasing a large amount of grain from several countries in the north. ”

It doesn't feel good for them to make Charles the "acting commander", and it is even worse to remove the word "deputy", so they invariably call Charles "His Highness" on official occasions.

Charles's brows frowned at this moment, Stewart was talking about several human countries south of the river, but they were also short of food this year because of the floods, and they also transported a large amount of food to the north to sell or hoard, in this case it is still unknown how much food can be bought.

As a last resort, food needs at the front may be subject to national reserves, which will require Queen Victoria's approval.

So Charles said: "Always pay attention to the amount of food, and report to me immediately if the amount of food in stock is in danger." I may not be able to do anything else, but I can still ask Her Majesty for food. If Your Majesty doesn't give me food, it's a big deal that I will hold Your Majesty's leg and cry, and I won't let go if I don't give it. ”

I don't know who took the lead, and the conference room was suddenly filled with small voices.

Then Charles asked, "How much is there in stock?"

Stewart obviously didn't expect Charles to ask such a question, he opened his notebook, looked at it, and said: "At present, there are about 10,000 various types of wind arrow shells in warehouses around the world. ”

Charles was clearly unhappy with the number, but it was understandable that there was only one of these left at the forefront, considering that a major war had just been experienced.

Then he asked Dixon, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, if you are our enemy, what will you do when you hear that we have changed our hairy boy as commander?"

Dixon looked at Charles with a little appreciation, and then said: "The staff has judged that the enemy will launch a major large-depth attack or a full-scale multi-point short-distance raid after His Highness has just arrived in office, so as to take advantage of our change of command to occupy our land again. ”

"The General Staff suggested that after the enemy attacked, put the enemy into the inner line, and then concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. ”

According to tradition, Charles only needs to nod his head at this time, and the next thing will be done by the General Staff, and then everyone will drink tea and brag, and everyone will be busy after lunch at noon.

As a result, Charles shook his head, and his action surprised everyone.

Without giving the people in the office time to think nonsense, Charles continued: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I have an idea that you would like to ask you to evaluate with you whether it is feasible. ”

Dixon nodded, and God knows if Charles was going to say his own thoughts or Elizabeth's, or even Victoria's, next.

Charles said: "Since we judge that the enemy is going to attack, can we preempt them while they are assembled?"

"My suggestion is to send out a large number of reconnaissance teams, each with a communicator, and if they notice any anomalies in the enemy's movements, they will immediately report it upwards and transfer them to all-day surveillance. ”

"When the enemy is ready to act, the commando team takes enough wind arrows and ammunition to quickly break through the enemy's line in a motor vehicle, chooses an appropriate place to launch, and then immediately and quickly evacuates back regardless of the outcome of the battle. ”

Dixon pondered there and said, "Is the communicator going to every reconnaissance team?"

"Yes. "Make every scout team a reliable, quick eye and ear." ”