Chapter 319: The Importance of Logistics
Before the coalition could decide whether to attack the Jesbaker Fortress or the demon reinforcements first, or the two together, the demon troops surging from the direction of the Gates of Hell rushed forward with great momentum.
Without any hesitation, the heroic generals of the major forces quickly commanded their legions to begin to attack.
"Damn......" Looking at the chaotic battle in front of him, he squeezed out such a sentence from the corner of his mouth, and Prince Joseph's right fist slammed into his left palm.
Even if he doesn't know much about strategic command, he understands that with the containment of these demon forces around him, it is undoubtedly more difficult to attack the Jesbaker Fortress now.
But if you want to attack the gates of hell, Fortress Jesbeck must definitely be attacked first. Not only because of the geographical advantage of Jesbaker Fortress, but also because of the huge logistical pressure.
You must know that as the first line of defense against the invasion of demons, there are a large number of strategic materials hoarded in the Jesbaker Fortress. The granaries and arsenals on the surface may have been occupied by the demon heroes, but Prince Josephine believes that the underground granaries and other warehouses located underground, under the heavy protection of various magic and divine arts, must still be intact.
It's like the same Roundbell Fortress that was captured by the demons.
For all the buildings on the surface, the demon soldiers can easily pollute or destroy them. But for those buildings underground, except for some demons who like to dig holes like abyss worms, most of the demons are not interested.
And with the protection of all kinds of magic and divine arts, the strategic warehouse located underground is definitely not something that demons such as the abyss worm with no brains can break. Light is the outermost labyrinth of illusion magic. It's enough to exhaust the Abyss worms.
Therefore, Prince Josephine is very eager to recover the fortress of Jesbeck as soon as possible in order to obtain a large amount of food from it. Alleviate the logistical pressure now.
After all, all the way to the present. In fact, the major forces have more or less the problem of food shortage, but the problem of the griffin royal family is particularly serious. It's not that he can't borrow a little from his allies, but if he can, Prince Josephine still doesn't want to lose that face.
However, just in case, Prince Josephine still sent someone to inquire about the logistics of other forces.
The results of the investigation directly chilled Prince Josephine's heart.
The state of the undead, the Tower of the Nine Rings, and Roger's Elemental Legion are all in good condition, and the undead creatures, constructed creatures, and elemental creatures do not need to eat, drink, and sleep, and the logistical requirements are quite low. But without logistical pressure, they naturally can't get much food.
And many Terran realms, orc and dungeon coalitions, as well as elves. But they all need enough food, arrows, potions, and other supplies to ensure that the soldiers have enough combat power. In particular, the Beamon Behemoth and Cyclops of the Orc Race, while their combat power is amazing, their food consumption is also extremely amazing.
Each Beamon Behemoth needs to eat a quarter of its weight in order to be able to exert its full strength, and the Cyclops eat a lot of food, which makes the Orcs busy hunting every day...... The food brought by the orc heroes alone is definitely not enough for the consumption of these elite troops with quite good appetites.
The hungry orcs eat even the meat of the demons.
Since they don't have enough food to eat, how can the orcs be willing to give food to support the griffin royal family.
Compared with the "uncivilized" orcs in the eyes of the Terran forces, the situation in many Terran countries is better. But the griffin royal family, as the head of the land, had to worry about logistics, let alone other countries that had come from afar.
Although the Terran warriors did not eat as much as the orc warriors, the Terran army was several times more than the orcs. The total number of elite legions brought by the griffin royal family alone is enough to match the total strength of the orc clan. Not to mention the existence of special classes such as griffons and dire wolves.
With such a large military base, the logistical pressure of each Terran country is only less than that of the Orcs, and there is also no "superfluous" food.
The drow elves of the Dungeon Coalition don't eat much. But many magical beasts, including the black dragon and the red dragon, also need a lot of food. And what made Prince Josephine's scalp a little tingling was that the recipes of dragons such as black dragons and various magical beasts led by hydras and poisonous scorpion lions. There is the term "human" in them.
It was too late to pray that the Dungeon Alliance would not treat the Terran troops as reserves, and how could Prince Josephine be willing to reach out to the Drow who never kept their promises.
And the arrogant elves also have to worry about the problem of food.
Luckily. As the main force of the elven race, the Treant Legion does not need enough meat like the giant bear, white tiger, and shadow leopard, as long as there is water and they are allowed to bask in the sun on time. Unicorns and demonic beasts such as Sun Deer and Moon Deer only need to eat grass, so the elves' demand for food is much lower than that of the Dungeon Alliance.
But on the other hand, the elves who are good at bows and arrows rely on arrows unusually large, if it weren't for the archers who have archers like "Archer Dream", the consumption of arrows alone is enough to make the elf heroes worried.
However, the arrows of the elves are still quite sufficient. The problem of food is due to the existence of canned food, fast-growing bread trees and other products developed by Roger, so the logistical pressure of the elves is not very large.
The problem was that the relationship between the griffin royalty and the elves was not good, so it was difficult for Prince Josephine to buy food from the elves.
Therefore, after carefully reviewing the details of the major forces, Prince Josephine had to turn his attention to the Jesbeck Fortress again with a bitter face, which was probably his last straw.
While Prince Josephine was pondering how to storm the Jesbaker Fortress, Roger was also worried about the Night Elves under his command.
It is indeed quite effective to train troops in actual combat, but the large number of wounded soldiers that followed also gave Roger a headache.
Although Roger now has a large number of druids under his command, in order to maintain his combat strength. Apparently it is impossible to get all the druids to be medics. And the treatment without spells relies on all kinds of medicines. Of course, it is not possible to heal all the wounded soldiers in a short period of time.
The wounded soldiers not only could not provide any combat power, but also needed a part of the troops to take care of them. So the major forces in the past. The wounded soldiers will be directly transported to the rear city to receive better treatment.
Of course, during this period, many wounded soldiers died. However, rather than keeping the wounded soldiers in the army, the heroic generals are still more inclined to send the wounded soldiers back.
The battlefield is unforgiving.
Fortunately, Roger had already established a fairly complete field medical system, which prevented a large number of wounded soldiers from dying due to various injuries. The lightly wounded Night Elf soldiers were treated and returned to their camps. After treatment, he remained in the wounded barracks. They were all seriously wounded and even disabled soldiers.
For the nascent kingdom of Oaks, every population is quite precious, so Roger did not give up these wounded soldiers, but did his best to keep them.
However, the druid pharmacists, who had accepted various medical theories, told Roger with a straight face that the wounded soldiers were not doing well after this period of marching. It is necessary to allow these seriously injured patients to recuperate in a clean living environment as soon as possible, and supplement them with adequate nutrition, otherwise the injuries of these wounded soldiers may deteriorate at any time.
Once the injury worsens, even if you can find a druid with magical powers, you can use it for spell healing. Whether the wounded soldiers survive or not depends on whether the Grim Reaper is willing to let them go.
This distressed Roger.
Soon, though, Roger saw a guy who was more distressed than he was...... Prince Robin and the eldest princess Ekarina.
is also using the demons to train soldiers, and the number of wounded soldiers of the elves is far more than that of Roger's night elves.
It's the past. No matter how painful their hearts were, Prince Robin and the eldest princess Ekarina would still harden their hearts and send the wounded soldiers who had lost their ability to fight to the rear.
But with the help of Roger's Battlefield Rescue Force, the elven soldiers who had only been slightly wounded returned to the battlefield after a simple disinfection, hemostasis, and bandaging. And the seriously injured elves, who could have taken their lives away by the Grim Reaper at any time, have a good chance of surviving after stitching up the wounds.
This made Prince Robin and the eldest princess Ekarina, who were actually very soft-hearted, burst into tears. After witnessing the miraculous effects of the pharmacists' surgeries. Prince Robin and the eldest princess Ekarina are both determined to promote medicine among the elves.
The future of medicine is aside. Like Roger, Prince Robin and the eldest princess Ekarina also encountered this problem: the seriously injured elves showed signs of deterioration after this period of marching.
This made the hearts of the two members of the elven royal family, who attached great importance to their clansmen, distressed.
In this same state of mind, Roger, Prince Robin, and the eldest princess Ekarina naturally got together.
"Do you have a way to save them? Say it! The eldest princess Ekarina, who had always been proud, asked Roger with a pale face, and although Prince Robin did not speak, his eyes also showed the same meaning.
"I don't have anything to hide from the two of you, and now there really is no other way." Roger shook his head with a bitter face.
Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who had been straightening her back, suddenly softened, and tears faintly appeared in her eyes, while Prince Robin raised his head and looked at the sky silently.
"However, I have another solution that is not a solution." Roger said with a helpless face, which immediately attracted the attention of the two members of the elven royal family.
Looking at the faint murderous aura in the eyes of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Roger twitched the corners of his mouth and stretched out his hand to the majestic fortress: "If we can capture the Jesbaker Fortress, then we should be able to give the injured soldiers a better cultivation environment." ”
"What are you kidding!" Her Royal Highness the eldest princess snorted, and her left hand was directly placed on the hilt of the sword at her waist, obviously planning to teach Roger a lesson.
And Prince Robin still didn't speak, but there was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Because of the active attack of the demons, the coalition forces had to rush to meet the battle. During this time, the top brass of the coalition forces decided to abandon the attack on the Jesbaker fortress after some debate. After leaving a few legions to contain the demon forces in the Jesbaker Fortress, the main force will directly attack the gates of hell.
Therefore, if the current elven forces want to attack the Jesbaker Fortress, I am afraid that they can only fight alone.
This is clearly not a good idea.
"Earlier at the meeting, the reason why the heroic generals led by the Holy Maiden Sarana decided to give up attacking the Jesbaker Fortress was only because it was too difficult to attack the fortress under the containment of the demon reinforcements at the Gates of Hell." Roger said very seriously, "And now, the main force of the coalition has been mixed up with the reinforcements of the demons, if we can find one or two allies who are willing to attack the Jesbaker fortress together, we still have a chance to succeed!" ”
"This ...... Maybe you can really try it. Prince Robin spoke slowly, his voice unusually hoarse.
"But who else can we turn to for help now? Even if the mercenary kingdom is pulled, I'm afraid the troops are far from enough. After confirming that Roger's proposal was not a confession, the eldest princess Ekarina also began to think about it.
Roger nodded with relief, and was about to speak, when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.
"Everyone! I, Josephine of the Griffon Dynasty, have a proposal now! With the help of magic, Prince Josephine easily reached the ears of every heroic general.
"The importance of Jesbeck Fortress is undeniable! Her Majesty had already rejected my proposal, but for now, I would like to invite you to join us in attacking Jesbeck Fortress! Prince Josephine said with a solemn face.
His words made all the heroes and generals frown.
Geralt, the desperate knight of the undead realm, shook their heads, and continued to command the undead to continue to attack the demon forces. The magicians of the Tower of the Nine Rings also glanced at Prince Josephine mockingly, and continued to gather together to discuss.
The Holy Maiden Sarana, who stood with the Angel Legion, directly stretched her face, but the proposal to abandon the Jesbaker Fortress was made by her, and this move by Prince Josephine was undoubtedly challenging her authority.
But before the Virgin Sarana could put forward her opinion, Prince Josephine spoke again: "I hereby promise! Those forces are willing to join us in attacking Jesbeck Fortress, and I will divide the food and weapons stored under the fortress with those forces when I succeed! I swear to the Lord of the Dawn! In the underground warehouses of the Jesbeck Fortress, there is indeed enough food for a million troops to eat for three months! And a lot of weaponry! ”
"Grain?" Before the other forces could react, the Orc Clan's Kuros roared, "There really is food!" Very good! We orcs are willing to help you attack Jesbaker Fortress! ”
Since Prince Josephine had sworn to the gods, there was no doubt about what he had said.
And with the response of the orcs, the holy woman Sarana, who originally wanted to say something, had to slowly close her mouth.
It's really like someone gave me a pillow just after I wanted to fall asleep!
After glancing at each other in some surprise, the eldest princess Ekarina immediately spoke: "We elves are also willing to join this battle!" (To be continued.) )