Chapter 169: On the eve of the confrontation
The third day of the return of the population to the city.
The whole city of Kareni began to rejuvenate, and some residential buildings that had been bombed by war airships were rebuilt, and the royal army seemed to be trying to win the hearts and minds of the people, not only opening warehouses to release food, but also compensating the civilians who had suffered losses.
Of course, these compensated materials were originally from the Imperial Logistics Department.
The kingdom's army clanged in its abacus, and in this way of borrowing flowers and offering Buddha, it consolidated its rule over the city of Kareni.
It's a pity that the people of the empire don't seem to eat it.
Because the hatred between the empire and the kingdom cannot be erased overnight, and secondly, under the sudden magic bombardment of the kingdom army, many civilians did not have time to hide in bomb shelters and died on the spot.
Although the royal army has hit a wall in winning the hearts and minds of the people, it has gained a lot in terms of intelligence warfare.
According to the tactical thinking of guerrillas, the Imperial Army, which was waiting for an opportunity to fight guerrilla warfare outside, had already pulled out several squads, all of which were discovered by the Kingdom's spy organization and then killed by the Kingdom's army.
It's hard to prevent.
This is the dilemma that the Imperial Army is currently facing.
If you want to fight guerrilla warfare in the city, it is inevitable to deal with civilians, and according to the battle plan formulated by Vega and the General Staff, Foster's "hiding troops in the people" is first used as a transitional combat method, allowing regular troops to penetrate deep into the people, and then relying on the people to launch guerrilla warfare against the kingdom.
The results were really noticeable at first.
The kingdom's army either lost a horse today, lost a cart of supplies, or a few people will die tomorrow.
The Imperial Army can take advantage of the patriotism and hatred of the civilian population to make the Kingdom Army miserable, and there is no need to worry about being caught, because the civilians are more than happy to provide hiding places for the Imperial Army.
The Kingdom Army wants to find the Imperial Army?
It would take a lot of manpower and material resources to carpet search the entire area, even missing a basement or a well, and even some civilians even let the Imperial soldiers disguise themselves as their family members.
But the good days of the Imperial Army are officially over today.
According to the final information from the ground guerrillas, the Royal Army relied on a powerful spy system to find them one by one and behead them in public, just to deter the civilians.
While deterring, the Kingdom Army also posted a bounty announcement.
Using this kind of carrot and stick, coupled with the all-pervasive intelligence warfare, the 1,500 guerrilla troops on the ground of the Imperial Army lost more than 400 in a single day, and if this continues, it will even expose the hiding place of the No. 2 bomb shelter.
"Captain Vega, what should I do next?"
A brigadier general of the General Staff slapped the table angrily and stood up: "If it were in peacetime, I would definitely break that group of damned traitors into pieces, the current enemy of the empire, these Diao people don't help, forget it, they actually collaborate with the enemy and betray the country." ”
The crowd looked at Vega.
Although it was only a subconscious move, no one felt that there was anything wrong, but if you were careful, you would find that the General Staff of the Third Army was no longer operating with Foster as the center, but was all waiting for Vega's opinion.
The perceptive Gunther discovered this.
His heart trembled, through this small incident, Ganser had realized that Vega's influence had probably radiated to the top, and if he could really get through it this time, Vega's network of connections would be trembling.
A middle-level officer who can influence the high-level and even make the high-level obey his words, even he, the brigade commander, does not dare to provoke at will, and if this one is not done well, I am afraid that he will be blocked by the whole army.
But......
Ganseer understands one thing, sometimes it is not a good thing to have too much influence, because the most feared thing by the superior is the high merit and the master.
Gander glanced cautiously at Foster.
He noticed that Foster's eyes had narrowed, but his eyebrows were slightly raised, which was a sign of some displeasure.
Ganser glanced at Vega again at the starry moon.
He finally shook his head, the young man will inevitably get carried away, if he doesn't realize this, when this matter passes, Foster will definitely not be able to leave the existence of Vega, a high-ranking master.
The greatest danger is often hidden on the surface of calm water.
If it weren't for the fact that he was a nobleman, even he would ignore this detail, although he wanted to remind Vega, but after thinking about it, he still didn't set himself on fire, it seems that Tianzhong's talent is destined to be short-lived......
But it was then that Vega spoke.
"Commander-in-Chief, what is your opinion?"
Vega didn't know that his influence had made the General Staff operate around him, and he only subconsciously thought that he should ask the commander-in-chief for his opinion first, rather than making the final decision directly.
It was this sentence that made the corners of Foster's mouth move.
So he smiled with satisfaction: "This operation is based on your opinion, Captain Vega, as the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, I should fully support your plan. ”
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your support. ”
Vega coughed, and then began to state the countermeasures against the Kingdom Army's intelligence warfare.
Until the end of the meeting, Ganser was in a trance.
Realized, really realized.
That little imp was actually aware of this most dangerous situation, and used a sentence to imply to the commander-in-chief that he could recognize his position and would never do anything inconsistent with his position.
Is this intentional or unintentional?
If so, it proves that Vega, despite being a 12-year-old child, is already extremely proficient in human affairs.
An existence with outstanding military and command talents, and even a well-versed in human affairs, knows that the future prospects are absolutely limitless just by thinking about it.
If you don't do it unintentionally......
In Ganser's opinion, it would be even more terrible if that sentence was unintentional.
Because intentional actions inevitably make mistakes sometimes, but unintentional reflexive actions mean that mistakes are impossible, and whatever they are, it does not prevent Ganser from changing his attitude towards Vega.
"Brigadier Ganser, Brigadier Ganser, are you listening?"
A voice awakened the trance-stricken Ganser, the only remaining brigade commander in the army and one of Ganser's current friends, who was now on his way to the cafeteria.
"Sorry, I just got distracted. ”
The brigade commander smiled and didn't mind, and then said: "If you want me to say that this Captain Vega is really the god of war, he has already broken through the limit of my imagination by hiding troops in the people, but I didn't expect that in the face of the enemy's intelligence warfare, he could actually come up with such a great strategy as a soldier for all the people, I really want to mourn for the kingdom army, hahaha." ”
"It's so enjoyable, it's so enjoyable. ”
The brigade commander kept confiding in his heart: "It is really an ultimate pleasure to march and fight with Captain Vega's war mentality, and I have never looked forward to the arrival of tomorrow soon." ”
“......”
Ganser didn't know how to answer, if he remembered correctly, the last battle for control of the bomb shelter was when this guy completely despised Vega, and even said that Vega's battle plan was child's play.
And......
When did hiding soldiers from the people become Vega's plan?
If he remembered correctly, it was clearly the battle plan proposed by the commander-in-chief.
Shaking these thoughts out of his head, Ganser also began to look forward to the effect of tomorrow's "all the people are soldiers" combat method.