Chapter 1297: Self-preservation
The war situation in Europe affects the whole body.
Facing the three-way attack of Bactria, Egypt and the Indian Empire, the Spanish Dynasty was in a hurry!
April 25, Tortosa City.
King Casillas of Spain urgently convened the three generals and held a video conference.
The three generals are the Duke of Alva, that is, the "blood slaughterer" Fernando, known as the Spanish god of the army, and also the commander of the Spanish army, who recently led an army of 250,000 to fight against the Germanic Dynasty.
Don Juan, half-brother of Philip II, Admiral of the Spanish Armadada.
The Duke of Parma, Alexandre Farnese, the military commander of the Spanish dynasty in Argentina, also led an army of 250,000 against the Indian Empire.
The Spanish dynasty included the former Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Argentina, plus the newly occupied Western Sahara and Mauritania.
The total number of players in the territory is around 15 million, and the population size is the second largest among the six major European dynasties, second only to the Germanic dynasties.
In addition to the Armada, the Spanish dynasty had a regular army of 750,000 divided into three major armies.
In addition to Fernando's and Alexander's troops, the remaining 250,000 troops were personally controlled by King Casillas to defend the mainland and African territories.
Of these, 150,000 were garrisoned, while the remaining 100,000 troops were scattered across Morocco, Algeria, Western Sahara and Mauritania.
In the face of the invasion of the enemy army on three fronts, Spain did not have an advantage on either way, and had to face several times the enemy, and the only advantage was estimated to be the defense on the mainland, which took advantage of the geographical advantage.
"Tell me, what should we do?" Casillas asked.
"Blood Slaughterer" Fernando was the first to speak, "Of the three enemy forces, the Great Xia Army is the least numerous, but it is the strongest one, and it is also the weakest way for us to defend. ”
"I suggest that the 100,000 troops stationed in Africa be concentrated and deployed to the Algerian region to delay the offensive pace of the Great Xia Army and buy time for other battlefields."
"If necessary, local conscription can be carried out in Africa."
"Can you just give up the African territories?" Casillas was a little frightened by Great Xia, "There are only 150,000 troops on the mainland, and they will definitely not be able to stop the attack of 500,000 Egyptian troops." ”
Fernando shook his head, "Your Majesty, the territory of Africa is the strongest barrier to the south of the kingdom, and if you take the initiative to abandon Africa, it will be tantamount to completely exposing the mainland to the eyes of the enemy, which will only make the situation worse." ”
"Another point, 500,000 Egyptian troops attacked our mainland from the base point city, and logistics and supply are difficult, if we give up the African territory, it is equivalent to creating a supply rear for the Egyptian army."
"Therefore, African territories must not be easily abandoned, but must be held."
After a pause, Fernando followed: "Instead of giving up the territory of Africa, it is better to give up the Argentine region, which is also an enclave anyway, and it is of little value." ”
Fernando had long been dissatisfied with the kingdom's use of precious troops on the South American continent, and now he finally seized the opportunity to ask His Majesty to withdraw from South America.
"No way!"
To Fernando's surprise, not only Alexander's proposal, but even His Majesty, who was still worried about his homeland, decisively refused.
Alexander's opposition, as Fernando expected, was both the governor and military commander of Argentina, in Argentina, equivalent to half an uncrowned king, and naturally did not want the kingdom to withdraw its troops from Argentina.
His Majesty's opposition puzzled Fernando.
It can only be said that Fernando did not know the king Casillas.
The rise of Casillas is quite legendary, thanks entirely to the Silver Hand and the Blue Badge, which joined forces to suppress Great Xia and force Great Xia to abandon the Moroccan province.
The Spanish dynasty was the first to get the moon near the water, and picked up Morocco and Algeria for nothing.
In these two places, the always inconspicuous Spanish dynasty, with the help of God, rose all the way, not only in the African continent, but also in one fell swoop to win the Argentine region.
The territory of the dynasty, which was involved in Europe, Africa and the Americas, faintly had a shadow of a global empire.
This was Casilla's greatest pride and the highlight of his life, and his status in Europe surpassed that of the previous three glamorous lords of Henry, William and Caesar, and was on an equal footing with the Germanic king Manstein.
Within the Silver Hand, the status of the Casillas family is also rising.
It is even said that taking advantage of the opportunity to join hands with the Dawson dynasty in South America to balance the Indian Empire, the Casilla family successfully came together with the Dawson family, and faintly wanted to enter the core layer of the Silver Hand.
In such a situation, how could Casillas easily abandon the Argentine region.
Once abandoned, counting the African territories that may not be able to be kept, the "powerful" Spanish dynasty will be beaten back to its original form and relegated to the bottom of Europe.
This is something that Casillas could not bear anyway.
"So, what does Your Majesty mean?" Fernando asked, already having a bad premonition in his heart.
Hearing this, Casilla slowly raised his head with a determined gaze, "Withdraw from Germania." ”
“……”
In response to him, there was a deathly silence.
After a long time, Fernando spoke, "Your Majesty, have you thought clearly about the consequences of withdrawing troops?" ”
This encirclement and suppression of Germania by the five dynasties was the largest military operation in the history of the Silver Hand, and it was only allowed to succeed and not fail.
If the Spanish dynasty withdrew its troops at this juncture, how would it account to the organization?
Without the protection of the Silver Hand, even if the Spanish Dynasty can escape this catastrophe, will it continue to resist the impact of a giant like Daxia in the game world in the future?
Therefore, in Fernando's opinion, it is a very short-sighted decision.
Even Alexander, who advocated the non-withdrawal of troops from Argentina, did not agree with His Majesty's decision.
"What else can you do if you don't withdraw your troops?" Casillas was a little irritable, "We can't protect ourselves, do we still have to work for the organization?" ”
This is very unreasonable.
Casillas's internal logic, Fernando and others actually understand.
This time the silver hand besieged the Germanic dynasty, even if it was victorious, because there was still a Gallic dynasty between the Germans and Spain, and Spain had already picked up the advantages of Morocco and Algeria, in the future in the division of Germanic territories, naturally there was nothing to do with the Spanish dynasty.
In other words, the Spanish dynasty only fulfilled its obligations and did not gain from this expedition.
Therefore, Casillas chose to withdraw his troops from the Germanic battlefield in order to consolidate his home defenses against the invading Egyptian army.
"Besides, withdrawing the army and fighting against the Egyptian army is also worrying about the organization. If the Egyptian army was allowed to drive straight in, the Germanic battlefield would be different. Casillas argued.
There is some truth to this.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the blue badge reluctantly ceded the Egyptian dynasty to Bactria in pain, in addition to counting on Bactria to intervene in the European battlefield, it also had the intention of liberating the Egyptian army.
The intention of using the Egyptian army to respond to the Germanic dynasty is very obvious.
It can be said that at the moment when the Egyptian army landed in Spain, Spain itself became part of the European battlefield.
Fernando said: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to discuss the withdrawal of troops with the allies. ”
Casillas heard this and nodded.