The Baden camp, the Chinese military tent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Marshal Rommel stood in front of the sand table, and the expression on his face was no longer the usual playful and uninhibited but became extremely cold, as if he had changed people. The Jimny god of war was dressed today in a fine silver armor made for him by the Empire's finest craftsmen, and his whole person looked radiant, with a gleam flashing in his eyes from time to time.

Next to the sand table were four generals of the Jimny Empire, in addition to Marshal Rommel. Judging by the insignia representing the rank on the shoulders of these generals, there were two lieutenant generals and two major generals.

Field Marshal Rommel looked around the tent and silently recited the names of the generals in his heart. Slightly shorter but extremely stocky was the commander of the Bavarian cavalry regiment from the Leopold family, and the half-brother of the Duke of Bismarck, Lieutenant General Wagen Leopold, the prime minister; Nearly thirty of the dark-faced were Lieutenant General Freddie William, the head of the Brandon Marksman Regiment from the royal family of William, and the nephew of His Majesty the King; The guy next to Lieutenant General William was all too familiar, for he was the younger brother of Ben Shuai, Major General Seth Evennis, commander of the Braça Mixed Corps; The last of these milky little white faces was Major General Austin Piast, the deputy commander of the Silesian Legion from the Piast family.

What the hell, why did the Minister of War, Duke Piast, choose to let his rookie son, who had never been on the battlefield, come here to gild at this time? Field Marshal Rommel cursed indignantly in his heart.

The young Austin didn't know the prejudice in his heart against the marshal in front of him, who he regarded as his idol, and at this moment, Major General Austin was fully armed like other generals, and his eyes were full of impatient desire for war.

Field Marshal Rommel quickly retracted his thoughts and nodded slightly to his subordinates: "Everyone has arrived, so let's start the battle meeting now." As soon as the words fell, the generals in the tent all held their breath and stood up with their chests and bellies, and their bodies were straighter than the other, for fear that their military posture was not as good as the standard of others.

"Good." Field Marshal Rommel smiled with great satisfaction, and then said: "Out of the need to paralyze the enemy army, I did not let all the troops in the battalion attack in the first wave of attacks, but let the generals and the elite of the empire under your command launch a surprise attack on the enemy. It is only after the next day that the rest of your brother troops begin to attack, so I hope that the generals will work with me to break through the French defenses on the west bank of the Inle River within three days, and make a great contribution to the great Empire of Jimny! ”

"Subordinates obey the marshal's orders!" Several generals replied in unison, all looking at Marshal Rommel with a very eager expression on their faces, as if they were afraid that they would not be assigned important tasks.

"Look at what! Lao Tzu is not the flower girl of France. Field Marshal Rommel couldn't help but laugh and curse, and then turned his gaze back to the sand table. He held a slender baton in his hand and pointed directly at the five military camps of the Frans Kingdom on the west bank of the Inle River: "After the scouts' surveys these days and our previous intelligence, the widest part of the Baden Valley of the Inle River is at least thirty meters, and the narrowest part is also twenty meters wide, and the average water depth is more than two meters, neither war horses nor humans can forcibly cross the river. And there are only three bridges that can allow our troops to pass safely, but at the other end of these three bridges are heavily defended by the Français, you say, how can our army break through their defenses? ”

The generals in the camp looked at each other, knowing that this was their own marshal who was testing their own people. Although these generals all led the elite troops of the Jimny Empire, they served under Marshal Rommel and were all the first big girls to go to a sedan chair. So these generals came in order to make a good impression in front of the marshal, and secondly, everyone inquired in private, Marshal Rommel did not like brainless reckless men, but preferred the same kind of intelligent generals as the marshal himself, and often entrusted such generals with important tasks. From this point of view, those who answer this question correctly are likely to win "hard bones" for themselves and their troops.

The so-called hard bones are the areas that are difficult to attack. The more difficult the bones to gnaw, the more military merits, the generals in the account are all from the top families of the empire, you must know that such a family often regards honor as more important than life, how can they be willing to lose the face of their family in front of others? It was the generals who scrambled to open their mouths for a while, lest they would be robbed by others and lose face.

Lieutenant General Freddy, the head of the Bolden archery regiment, said: "Marshal, I think that it is possible to put my archery regiment in front of the enemy army, and I am confident that I will completely suppress the mages and archers of the Françans and create favorable conditions for the rest of the troops!" ”

Not to be outdone, Lieutenant General Wagan, the commander of the Bavarian Cavalry Corps, said: "Your Excellency! Put the Bavarian Cavalry Regiment at the forefront, I only need one back and forth charge to bring you victory! ”

Don't forget the deputy commander of the Silesian Legion, Major General Austin, who is young and eager to make a mark on this battlefield: "Lord Marshal! This time we need to attack a narrow but strong enemy line, where neither cavalry nor archers can play, this is the stage for our Silesian heavy infantry! I insist on taking on the main task! ”

The three generals from the three major dukedoms of the empire are one sentence at a time, the only purpose is to let the marshal assign himself to undertake the most difficult task and the main direction of attack, and then Marshal Rommel has not yet spoken, but the three generals are glaring at each other angrily, lest they be robbed of the limelight by the other party. Only the marshal's own brother, the commander of the Braça Mixed Regiment, Major General Seth, was standing on the sidelines and watching, as the real descendant of Marshal Rommel, Major General Seth certainly did not worry about having no place for himself to play.

Marshal Rommel looked at the three red-faced guys in front of him, and he was also a little speechless in his heart, of course he would not tolerate these subordinates arguing endlessly like this, so he opened his mouth and said: "Okay, shut up for me!" ”

The three generals stopped arguing in unison, and at the same time let out a cold snort at each other, and turned their heads away at the same time.

Marshal Rommel glared at these people: "They are all generals who command thousands of troops, why are they all the same as shrews scolding the street!" ”

When the three generals saw that the marshal was angry, they did not dare to talk back, and they looked at each other, but they just acted as if nothing had happened.

Marshal Rommel didn't speak, just stood there and stared at the three generals angrily until he stared at them all with a hair, and then said slowly: "You all want to be the main attacking force? ”

"Yes, General!" The three of them replied in unison, and their voices were so loud that they all startled Major General Seth who was standing aside.

"In that case," Marshal Rommel's eyes suddenly flashed with a sly light, and he said to the three generals, "I want you to divide the troops into three equal parts, one under your own command, and the other two under the command of the other two generals." In this way, each of you will have one-third of the infantry, one-third of the archers, and one-third of the cavalry, all of whom will be exactly equal in strength. There are three bridges on the Inle River, and one of you is responsible for one, and whoever breaks through the bridge he is responsible for first will be given the first credit! What do you think? ”

As soon as Marshal Rommel said this, the three generals were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other, but no one deserved it.

The main reason is that the marshal's idea is really a bit unreliable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is nonsense. You must know that the command of tens of thousands of troops is not just open mouth, even if you personally command the troops, you may not be like a finger, if you really dismantle all three troops as the marshal said, if you don't command it in a mess, there will be a ghost.

How can a chaotic army fight for victory?

"How?" The marshal took in the expressions of these generals in his eyes, and deliberately sneered at the moment, but he used the method of agitation: "Just now they shouted one by one earth-shattering, and when I really gave you a chance, I wanted to be a turtle with a shrunken head again?" ”

The marshal's ploy worked.

Major General Austin, the youngest and most vigorous of the three, and the most war-seeking major, spoke first: "The marshal's plan is extremely fair, I agree!" He was afraid that the other two would not agree, so he deliberately glanced at the two of them after finishing speaking, and answered very contemptuously: "I'm afraid that some people can only do it in their mouths!" ”

Lieutenant General Freddy and Lieutenant General Wagan saw that this stinky boy was ready to ride Lao Tzu's face, and at this time they could bear it or a man! immediately agreed: "Whoever is afraid of whom, just do it!" "The yellow-haired boy should not be quick to speak, just according to what the marshal said!"

"That's it!" Seeing that none of the three had any opinions, Marshal Rommel immediately made a decision: "You should immediately go back to form and transfer the command separately, and you must complete it before twelve o'clock!" Major General Seth's Braça Regiment is in reserve, ready to go into battle at my orders! By the time we're early tomorrow morning, I want you to attack right away! ”

The three generals said yes in unison, and then went back to the camp to prepare, and only the two brothers Marshal Rommel and Major General Seth were left in the big tent.

Since they are brothers, they will naturally not avoid suspicion when they say some things, but I saw Major General Seth smile and said: "Lord Marshal, you have really perfected this trick, and I see that the three generals will definitely attack with all their strength without reservation tomorrow." "Although words can be said casually, the name in the barracks cannot be called casually, and Major General Seth is very clear on this point.

Field Marshal Rommel snorted and said, "I hope that they will attack with all their might, so that they can break through the French defense line faster, otherwise the fighters will be fleeting, and once the Black Rose Army arrives, it will be too late to say anything." Okay, you can go back and get ready. ”

Major General Seth answered, and also retreated.

Marshal Rommel stood alone in the big tent, staring at the sand table and thinking for a long time, before he muttered: "Your Excellency, although you did not tell me the whole plan, but who am I, Rommel, how can I not guess your intentions?" It's just—"

The marshal, known as the god of the Jimny army, let out a long sigh: "Isn't it too big to want to completely annex the Kingdom of Frans, one of the five great powers on the mainland, with the 100,000 horses in the Baden camp in a single war?" ”