Chapter 109: Military Order
After listening to Wei Fang's battle plan, Salin had to admit that although the equipment and establishment of the Imperial Army were ahead of the times, they were already behind the times in tactics. The most powerful evidence www.biquge.info this is the most powerful evidence that the Imperial Army has been beaten twice in a row by opponents who are very backward in equipment and establishment.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first", and a qualified military commander must pay attention to supply. In the past, there were many cases of winning by cutting off the supply of the enemy's army, such as the all-out racial war between the Dugu people and the Mingji people, and the Dugu army achieved a strategic victory by cutting off the water source of the Mingji army.
However, whether it was before the cataclysm or after the formation of the New World, the situation of the war was still "in harmony", that is, mainly in tactical decisive battles. The commanders of the two armies look for the place of the decisive battle, and the two armies face each other, make an appointment to fight, and fight a decisive battle. The defeated side will lose a large amount of vital forces and will not be able to fight again in a short period of time, allowing the victorious side to seize the initiative.
This tactic may seem stupid to posterity, but for the time, it was the most advanced. Because productivity levels were low, armies used a lot of resources (e.g., male labor, armor, horses, vehicles, food, and time that should have been spent on labor). Defeating the enemy's army can inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and even if the two sides are at peace, it will take a long time for the defeated side to recover. In this way, the victor has the initiative and can force the defeated side to accept its own terms, or take the opportunity to expand the advantage and achieve more results.
Because of the backward equipment and military system, the combat effectiveness of the troops is limited, and it is a very risky thing to send troops to attack and harass the enemy's rear. There are fewer soldiers sent, and they may not even be able to defeat the defenders in the rear; There are many people sent and the target is too large, so it is easy to be ambushed by the enemy in advance; Because of the limited transportation capacity, if you abandon the decisive battle and scatter the attack, your own supply will become a big problem.
If you go wherever you go like the Anwicks, it won't be long before the enemy will fight the whole army, and fight with you with everything, and you won't want to win until you kill all the people in this country. But if you do, your notoriety will spread around the world, and unless you can crush the world in terms of national power like the Byronic Empire, your country will disappear next.
Therefore, unless the forces have an absolute advantage, dividing the troops to attack the enemy's rear is to die. But now that you have absolute superiority in forces, how can the enemy engage you in a tactical decisive battle? People will surely stick to their homeland, stretch your supply lines, and try to bring your country down. If the difference in strength between the enemy and the enemy is too great, the weaker side will either surrender directly or use unconventional means to fight the war, and there is no third option.
The ongoing world war is such a situation. The strength of the Byronic Empire is too strong, and the countries of the encirclement network have suffered so many losses on the frontal battlefield, how can people continue to use conventional tactics to seek tactical decisive battles with the Imperial Army? Isn't that suicidal?
At present, most of the countries of the siege network have adopted a grand strategy of sticking to their homeland, intending to drag down the Byronic Empire economically. When they realized that the economy of the Byronic Empire could not be dragged down, they either accepted the conditions of the Byronic Empire or used unconventional tactics, and there was no third option.
The Revolutionary Army of Elt and the Anwick used unconventional tactics, i.e., they did not seek tactical decisive battles and did not consider dragging the enemy down economically. The tactics used by the two are completely different, but the principle is the same, which is to destroy as many living forces as possible of the Imperial army, and try to force the Byronic Empire to withdraw in this way.
This tactic may win the war, but it will exacerbate ethnic tensions and eventually lead the dominant side to adopt a policy of genocide. In an era of stability in the international order, this tactic would still be quite useful, because the forces on all sides are relatively balanced, and the superior side in the war does not dare to adopt a policy of genocide. As time goes by, the losses of the superior side will become greater and greater, and when the superior side no longer has absolute superiority, other forces will come to mediate, and the war will probably end.
But once the international order collapses, the dominant side has nothing to think about. They will kill civilians indiscriminately, because the enemy always hides among the civilians and uses various reasons to persuade the people to protect them. Civilians who provide protection to the enemy are not civilians, but protectors of the enemy's forces. In order to protect their own soldiers, the superior side will definitely engage in massacres.
Therefore, no soldier with a conscience will hide among civilians, because doing so is likely to cause harm to his compatriots, and even cause them to die in a bloody massacre. The role of the military is to protect civilians, not to exploit them. If a war requires the sacrifice of civilians to survive, then the military loses its meaning of existence. In other words, the guys who take advantage of civilians are not military at all, just a bunch of cowards who think they are smart.
Generally speaking, when a country is forced to such a point, there is no need for the war to continue. It's like two people fighting, one person is beaten down, and he has already lost, but this person just doesn't admit defeat and has to fight for the other person's life. If someone kills them, they will break the law, if they don't kill you, you still don't forgive, isn't this a scoundrel?
In fact, fighting is very similar to war, because both have certain rules to follow. The purpose of a fight is not to kill people, but to divide the winners and losers, and the same is true of war. As long as the winner is decided, the negotiation can be carried out, the winner puts forward the conditions, the loser tries to protect his rights and interests, the two sides fight again at the negotiating table, and then determine the final peace terms.
In a certain world, in ancient times, when one country annexed another, people felt that it was natural that it was the development of society. But in modern times, a country's desire to annex another country has become a rude demand, and it has been charged with various crimes. This change is seen as a kind of progress by the people of the world, and it is also subsumed into the category of "civilization".
Some people may say that this is to protect those weak countries! But if you think about it, is it really necessary for those weak countries to exist? If these countries are not used as political buffers, there is no need for them to exist. For the common people, as long as there is a good ruler, they can live a good life, and this is the most practical thing. As for who the ruler is, it really doesn't matter.
In fact, if you think about it another way, if the rulers can't let the commoners live a good life, are they still qualified rulers? Do they still deserve to sit in that position? Civilians, of course, are stupid, because they have limited information and a narrow field of vision, so they have to be stupid. Because of this, the ruler should be accountable to the common people, give them the right guidance, and let them live a good life.
But the rulers do not think so, they use the common people as tools, instill in them all kinds of patriotic ideas, and make them fight for the so-called "state", because only in this way can they retain their power and position. The first wars of mankind were fought for collective interests, and the proceeds of war were divided equally among the participants and their families. But I don't know when war has become an activity in which the majority of people sacrifice for the benefit of the minority without knowing it, and this so-called "progress" is really quite ironic.
But in any case, the world has become like this, and it is difficult to change. But the Byrons wanted to change the world and make humanity healthy. There is no doubt that the resistance they will face will be enormous, and there will be many people who will stop them by any means, like the Anwick and the Elt Revolutionary Army.
However, the tactical thinking of the Byronic Empire was still at the stage of seeking a tactical decisive battle, and it was not prepared to deal with unconventional tactics at all. Backward tactical thinking was destined to cost the Imperial Army great sacrifices, and thinking of this, Salin was full of regret.
After the meeting, Salin volunteered to stay in Meier's office. Mel knew that Salin had something to say, and he knew what he was going to say, but to his bewilderment, Wei Fang also stayed in Myr's office.
Could it be that this kid has other ideas?
Maier hesitated for a moment, deciding to let Wei Fang speak first. As soon as Wei Fang heard that Maier asked him to speak first, he immediately panicked. Because what he wanted to say to Mel was not serious, he was embarrassed to say it in front of the Minister of Defense. Seeing that Wei Fang was hesitant, Salin knew that he was worried about himself, so he took the initiative to retire.
Wei Fang listened to Salin's words and looked ashamed. He knew that Salin's business must be more important than his own business, so he quickly stopped Salin, saying that he had time to talk about it. Salin, however, felt that Wei Fang was worried about himself, and wanted the young man to speak boldly in front of Meier, and insisted on going first.
In desperation, Wei Fang could only blush, closed his eyes and said to Maier.
"Your Majesty! Please, please! I...... Can I go and meet His Highness? ”
Mel and Salin looked at each other, both surprised. They all thought that Wei Fang had something to say, but they forgot that Wei Fang was also Meier's nephew, an unmarried young man. The two of them smiled wryly, and then Maier waved his hand at him, and said generously, "Go!" ”
Mel now has only two unmarried daughters, one is Shirley and the other is Al. Shirley has been in the army all year round, and as soon as she heard about the blind date, her head shook into a rattle, and she always shirked it for various reasons. Al is very obedient, and every time she goes on a blind date, but the first thing she says every time she comes back is: "It's boring." ”
Through conversation, Mel discovers that until now Al has not had an intuitive concept of marriage. Her body matured very early, but her psychology matured very late, and she still has no basic sexual concepts. If it weren't for Xiaoxiao repeatedly telling her that she must protect important parts and not let men see or touch them, and punished her for this, so that she has a memory, this child must have suffered a lot because of men.
Al has been very boyish since he was a child, and in her opinion, men and women only have differences in appearance and organs, and they are essentially the same, so there is no opposite sex in Al's world. After the bird married into the Byron family, Xiao Ye was always slept by the little bird for various reasons, Xiao Ye knew that it was wrong to do so, but she couldn't bear to refuse her friend, so she could only meet the little bird's request.
Xiao Ye is afraid that Al will become like this, so she often instills in Al the idea that "you can't fall in love between people of the same sex", so Al does not accept homosexuality. In this way, Al has no feelings for anyone, because in her opinion, everyone is of the same sex, how can she possibly have feelings for the same sex?
The Byron family respects the personal choices of their children, and if Al wants to be single for the rest of her life, the Byron family will not force her to marry. Al would often coax Mel to say that she would never marry and stay with her father (who had been him). As a father, Mel was naturally pleased with such words. But he just thinks about it, he won't let his daughter be single, and if Al can find true love, Mel will definitely let her marry.
Among the men around Al, apart from her immediate family, Tal has the best relationship with her, followed by the "butler" Wei Fang. At this time, Tal did not have children, and he had always regarded Al as a daughter, and it was impossible for him to think of her otherwise. If you rule him out, the person most likely to get Elfang's heart is Wei Fang.
However, Wei Fang did not go to Al to have a relationship with her, but to ventilate her. Wei Fang knew that Al was very concerned about the situation in the Anwick war zone, and he wanted to tell Al about it as soon as possible so that she could be reassured. Unexpectedly, Al didn't understand Wei Fang's tactical changes at all, and when Wei Fang spoke, she was thinking about something else. After Wei Fang finished speaking, Al clapped his hands and said excitedly.
"As long as I make an announcement saying that whoever kills the Anwick people I will marry him, won't the morale be raised! Then my marriage was settled by the way! How do you say that...... One...... Kill two birds with one stone? Ah yes! It's a win-win-win Alas! I'm so smart! ”
When Wei Fang heard this, he ran back to Myer's office. While Salin was still in his office, Tal saw that Wei Fang was in a hurry, and thought that he had something important to report to Myer, so he let him in. As a result, as soon as Wei Fang arrived in the office, he knelt directly in front of Meier, knocked his head on the ground, and begged Maier to hand over the command of Anwick's theater of operations to him. Wei Fang made a military order on the spot, and if he could not solve the Anwick people within three years, he would raise his head to meet him.