Chapter 540: Hold your ground
The northern part of the empire, the city of Lops.
The headquarters of the Northern Front is located in this commercial city, as it has the largest civil and military air port connecting the various cities of the kingdom, and it is easy to advance or retreat.
Command.
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, Foster Nolan, received two reports of the battle and convened an emergency meeting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation in the North is already precarious. β
Foster put the two war reports on display: "Please read the war reports and discuss the solution before tonight, otherwise the last mistake will be repeated, and the northern part of the empire will once again fall into the hands of the enemy." β
Foster's words startled everyone.
Although they knew that the kingdom was attacking Kareni recently, Kareni had a crystal hub and a large army stationed, so it can be said that as long as they don't look for trouble, there will generally be no major mistakes.
Instead, it's the city of Lops.
There is no Crystal Hub as an air defense weapon, and although there is a large number of air forces, if it loses in an air battle, this strategic point will definitely be taken by the enemy.
Tick tick tick β
A few minutes later, the officers in the conference room read the two battle reports.
Needless to say, the first battle report is about how the kingdom deceived Chief of Staff Crimanes, and finally sacrificed an air force, breached the city gates, and obtained four ring areas, and now only one central area is still under the control of the Imperial army.
"Commander, is this true?"
A major general and division commander said in disbelief: "The kingdom once unexpectedly captured the city of Kareni that we claim will never fall a few years ago, and I have always regarded that war as our carelessness, but today Kareni has fallen again, if it is a coincidence, then today it can no longer be concealed by the words coincidence and luck, we must re-examine the strength of the kingdom." β
"There is no doubt about the Kingdom's progress. β
Foster coughed and said: "The Battle of the Dragon City, if it weren't for luck, where would I be able to return to the empire safely now, I'm afraid that I will be buried with 300,000 elites." The reason why this kingdom was able to win was not because of how clever their methods were, but simply because they took advantage of the arrogant and greedy hearts of General Criman and other imperial officers. β
The generals bowed their heads in shame.
Because before the war began, they, like Crimmans, underestimated the kingdom and thought that the kingdom would definitely repeat its old tricks, so they would plan it out, and this war would inevitably kick the kingdom out of the game.
"It's happened, and I hope you can learn from it. β
Forster hit the nail on the head and said: "If General Krimans's opponent in this battle is Vega, I believe that he will definitely put away that greedy and arrogant heart, and it is completely impossible to close the crystal hub and boldly lure the enemy's air force to attack, and in the end, he will harm himself." β
That's right.
In the final analysis, this battle is that Crimants underestimated the kingdom and greedily wanted to swallow the kingdom's air force and directly kick the kingdom out of this world war, so as to concentrate on dealing with Vega.
If faced with Vega.
Chrisman will not dare to take the plan for it, but will adopt a method of fighting that cannot be held, so that the enemy wants to attack Kareni, but sadly finds that it is impossible to break through any point from heaven to earth.
"Kareni seems to be finished. β
Several generals shook their heads, a flash of sadness in their eyes.
Kareni's 400,000 soldiers, now that the city gate has been lost and they are unable to regain air supremacy, they can only rely on the crystal hub and the internal defense line to survive, and the only thing waiting for them is to be slowly eaten away by the kingdom army.
"Your Excellency, the top priority is how to solve the problem of the Dynasty Army. β
A lieutenant general and division commander pointed to the second battle report and said: "The ambition of the wolf son of Vega is divided into thirteen routes, and he intends to attack the thirteen secondary cities, which is obviously an attempt to take the city of Lops step by step, while calculating the allies. If the city of Lops falls again, we will lose control of the entire north forever, given that the city of Kareni has been lost. β
These were two of the most important strategic points in the northern part of the empire.
The loss of Kareni meant the loss of the North, and the loss of the city of Lops meant that there was no hope of retaking the North.
Other words.
The threat from Vega is now clearly greater than that of the United Kingdom.
As for the Imperial Army in Kareni City, they are no longer able to rescue, so they can only break their wrists and leave them to fend for themselves, which is why no one has mentioned supporting Kareni and saving Chrisman from the beginning to the end of this meeting.
"Your Excellency, Commander. β
A staff officer pointed to the map and said: "I think we must act immediately and send troops to secretly detour through Balkan City to support the city defense of these 13 sub-cities. β
"Lille's deputy staff is right. β
A division commander frowned and analyzed: "In the case of the fall of Kareni, the 13 sub-strategic cities in the north of the empire cannot afford to be lost, once these sub-strategic cities are lost, let the dynasty use this to establish a defensive line, even if we have a million troops, it will be difficult to advance an inch." β
The form was indeed grim to the extreme.
If Kareni is still in their hands, which country dares to seek to seize the secondary cities first, then it is equivalent to falling directly into the mud, and the empire can completely rely on the military strength of Kareni and Ropps to make dumplings for the enemy.
In the strategy of the original kingdom of Tanir.
He just thought that Vega could capture Kareni City 100%, and even if it couldn't, it could deter the Imperial Army of Kareni City from attacking, so he wanted to take a risk and take the sub-strategic city and then seek to capture Lops.
Now the premise of this strategy is in place.
Kareni himself is difficult to protect, and Vega can certainly adopt this strategy unscrupulously, without worrying about being trapped in the hinterland and unable to get out of trouble, and finally being wiped out by the head and tail of the empire.
"You guys are so naΓ―ve!"
Forster coughed and said, "With that little imp's foresight, could he not have guessed that we would march from Balkan City to the hinterland to support the Thirteen Cities? β
"This ......"
Everyone was speechless, and a deputy division commander said anxiously: "Can we consider marching from Colin City or Tachel City?"
"Absolutely impossible. β
A staff officer immediately vetoed: "The route of these two cities is too long, I am afraid that before the reinforcements arrive, the 13 cities have already fallen, and the only route that can still be caught up now is through the small Balkan cities." β
"It seems that there is only one way to fight your way. β
Determination flashed on everyone's faces, they knew that the chance of keeping the 13 cities was very small, because the Balkan City had been heavily armed by Vegab, and there was almost no other way than to break through forcefully, but was it really too late to force a breakthrough?
I'm afraid it's still too late.
Now everyone is just trying one last time with the idea of doing their best to obey the destiny of heaven.
So everyone looked at Foster Nolan and waited for his final decision.
"Command!"
With Foster's order, all the officers rose.
But Forster gave an order that puzzled everyone: "Close the gates, be vigilant, and the whole army will not move, and now the meeting will be dismissed." β
Whoop -
With this order, the entire conference room exploded, is this to sit still?