"Since you have asked sincerely, then I will tell you with great mercy. "Rommel threw the small flask in his hand into the air, and the iron flask fell to the ground with a dull sound, and it turned several times on the ground before stopping.www.biquge.info

"Come here." Rommel walked over to the sandbox and beckoned to Austin.

Austin took two steps forward and walked in front of the sandbox.

"You should know what this place is." Field Marshal Rommel stretched out his hand and pointed to the sand table.

Austin looked at the sand table and found that it was a miniature map made of sand, with all kinds of elements, mountains, rivers, forests, roads, towns, and military camps, and it was marked with small black and white flags. The young major general quickly nodded: "Lord Marshal, this is a topographic map of both sides of the Inle River. ”

"That's right," Marshal Rommel nodded, "and that's the battle between us and the Francis. ”

"Battlefield?" Austen savored the word in his heart, whether the marshal had said it intentionally or unintentionally, and suddenly a trace of hope and excitement appeared in his heart.

"Alright." Field Marshal Rommel said to Austin: "Since your father is the Minister of War, you must have enough knowledge of the current situation before you set off, so tell me what you know." ”

Austen was overjoyed, knowing that the marshal was going to perform a sand table deduction, which was a rather rare learning opportunity, and he would never miss it. So he picked up the baton on the side of the sand table, and first pointed to a huge military camp with a small black flag on the east bank of the Inle River: "This is the Baden camp, where we are now, His Majesty the Emperor has mobilized a total of 100,000 troops from all over the empire this time, and it will be assembled in a few days." ”

"It's going to take at least ten days." Marshal Rommel added, and then added: "Go on." ”

"Yes, Marshal." The baton in Austin's hand moved to the west bank of the Inle River, where a small white flag was densely planted: "The Kingdom of France has a total of five legions with a total of 90,000 troops to build a defense line here, although the combat effectiveness of these 90,000 troops is quite average, but the Françans have worked hard to manage this defense line for ten years, according to the intelligence of the military department, this defense line does have a strong defense capability." ”

"120,000 people." Field Marshal Rommel interrupted Austin's words, and then planted three small white flags not far behind the three fortresses of the Kingdom of France: "According to the top-secret information I have just obtained, the Black Rose Legion has begun to assemble and prepare to come to reinforce the Francis defense line on the west bank of the Inle River. ”

"What?" Austin was shocked: "Wasn't the Black Rose Legion always used only to defend the capital of the Kingdom of France, the city of Paris?" ”

Rommel shrugged his shoulders and said, "The reason is very simple, the heart of King Louis XI of France, which has been dormant for ten years, has made our transfer active again, although he is not stupid enough to go to war first, but once we attack, the Black Rose Legion is his sharpest counterattack weapon." ”

"If that's the case," Austin frowned, not paying attention to the ridicule in Rommel's tone, his expression was quite solemn: "Marshal, with all due respect, due to the previous defeat of the Galactic Legion on the Itari side, the current Black Rose Legion is already the most powerful force in the Kingdom of France, and once it reaches the battlefield, it will be almost impossible for us to break through the western bank defense line of the Francis. ”

"You're not wrong at all, it's just—" Rommel nodded, and the falcon-like gaze of the marshal, known as the god of the Jimny, was firmly fixed on the three small white flags symbolizing the Black Rose Legion, and said in a leisurely voice: "What if we had broken through the François West Bank defenses before the Black Rose Army arrived?" ”

Austen's heart was shocked again, and he suddenly looked up at Rommel: "Lord Marshal, what do you mean-"

"I've made it very clear." Rommel took the baton from Austin's hand, and first pointed to the Baden camp on the west bank of the Inle River: "Although this operation is only a feint and containment, in order to confuse the spies of the Kingdom of Frans in the empire, the mobilized soldiers, horses, grain and grass are real. In other words, this time, Ben Shuai's subordinates have 100,000 elite imperial elites for me to send. Saying this, Rommel's eyes flashed in vain.

Austin's mind suddenly popped up with a very startling conjecture, which was so unbelievable that the Major General's words unconsciously carried a noticeable tremor: "So you want—"

Marshal Rommel laughed, and the baton in his hand lightly lit the three small white flags representing the Black Rose Legion on the sand table: "The Black Rose Legion is dominated by heavy infantry, which determines that their marching speed will not be too fast, according to my intelligence, even if they use the speed of rapid marching, it will take them at least seven days to reach the western defense line of the Inle River." ”

"In other words," the baton moved above the defense line of the Kingdom of France on the west bank of the Inle River, "if we attack the Françans at once now, at least in seven days, we will have only these 90,000 chickens and dogs in front of us, and there is no possibility that we will not be able to break through this line." There was a great deal of confidence in Rommel's words.

"But there's one more problem, Marshal." Austin reminded: "As far as I know, there are only 50,000 horses in the Baden camp, and except for the fifteen thousand Silesian legionnaires I brought, the remaining three legions are not very strong in combat. Relying on these 50,000 horses alone is still not enough to break through the opponent's defense. ”

"That's right." To Austin's surprise, Field Marshal Rommel went so far as to agree with his opinion: "That's why I'm not going to attack today." But—"

Field Marshal Rommel deliberately accentuated his tone and glanced at Austin: "I have sent a secret order to speed up the march, 8,000 sharpshooters from the Royal Legion will arrive at the Baden camp in two days, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Bavarian Cavalry Regiment will arrive tomorrow evening." In this way, after three days at the earliest, we will have the strength to attack! Four days is enough time for me to break through this damn West Bank defense! ”

"Once we have broken through this western bank defense, we will be able to drive straight into the plain of Paris, the heart of the Kingdom of France, where we will face the Black Rose Legion in a decisive battle! If we can eat the Black Rose Legion at a fraction of the cost—"

Rommel's words rang loudly and constantly in Austin's ears, making the young major general feel dizzy: "Once the Black Rose Legion is destroyed, then the capital of France, Paris, will no longer have the slightest protection, and at that time, it may not be impossible to completely destroy France!" ”

Austin took a deep breath and felt like she was going to suffocate.

According to Marshal Rommel's plan, in three days the 78,000 troops of the Baden battalion would attack the defense line on the west bank of the Inle River, which had 90,000 troops defended, and after breaking through this impregnable defense, it would continue all the way west to the Paris plain in the heart of France, where it would eat the strongest elite troops of the Kingdom of France, the Black Rose Army, and then continue westward until the capture of the city of Paris in the Kingdom of France!

If this plan is realized, the Kingdom of France, whether it will be destroyed or not, will not be able to pose any real threat to the Jimny Empire for at least fifty years!

Austen's young heart suddenly became feverishly restless, didn't the man go to the battlefield to make a meritorious career, and now an immortal achievement is in front of his eyes!

But the young major general still maintained the last trace of sobriety: "Marshal, but I remember that the order given to you by His Majesty and the Prime Minister should be to carry out a feint and lead-"

"Go****** order!" Marshal Rommel rudely interrupted Austen's words and forced him to look at him with stern eyes: "I'll just ask you, do you do it, or don't you do it?" ”

Austin gritted his teeth and stomped his foot fiercely: "It's done!" ”