Chapter 402: The Difficulty of Change
For the next three days, Yang Yi stayed at the theater headquarters and did not go anywhere. Although he is only a small soldier, his status is obviously much higher than before, and he lives in a single dormitory that only generals are eligible to enjoy, and there are special orderlies to take care of daily life. It's just that Yang Yi is not idle, in addition to being responsible for the reception of female warriors such as Otis, he also wrote a report on the envoy to the Hidden Spirit Clan.
In fact, this is what makes Yang Yi a big headache.
If Lin Feng is here, there is no need for Yang Yi to worry about copywriting like this. It's a pity that Lin Feng didn't come back with him, and Shen Chengwen returned to the headquarters of the Special Investigation Brigade the day after returning to the theater headquarters. Lin Feng did not come back, and now the special investigation team is temporarily under the command of Shen Chengwen.
Of course, in these three days, Yang Yi had a better understanding of the battle situation.
After breaking through the Greenwich Line, the Silicon Charm army first swept through the neighboring star system, and then advanced towards the home system. Although the human legion put up a desperate resistance, it was ineffective. In the case that the mobilization of the nine theaters has not been completed, and there is no time to even adjust the deployment, let alone sending troops to rescue other colonial systems, even the reserve team has not been formed before the Silicon Charm army attacks the home galaxy.
As a result, it is conceivable that in the face of the huge Silicon Charm army, the human legion can only retreat, abandoning the military strongholds outside the home system one by one.
Even so, there are still many legions that fail to withdraw to their home system in time.
When surrounded by the Silicon Charm army, only a third of the legions in the Third Theater returned to their home system, and the situation in the other theaters was even worse. Although mobilization for war had begun, a large number of civilians had been drafted into the army, and hundreds of new regiments had been formed in the Third Theater alone, all of these recruits were genuine recruits, with the exception of a few retired soldiers. It takes at least a year to complete the training. At that time, there were not many legions in the home system that could be used, and even fewer could fight the Silicon Charm army. With the situation at that time, if the Silicon Charm army did not stop and immediately launched an attack, the Human Federation would have been destroyed long ago.
It's just that. After encircling the home system, the Silicon Charm army did not immediately attack.
Prior to this, almost everyone, including Zhan Ruilin, believed that the Silicon Charm army advancing to the home galaxy was already the end of the crossbow, let alone attacking the home galaxy, it would be very good to be able to besiege the home galaxy. Besides, there are still a large number of human legions who have not returned to their home system to fight against the invading Silicon Charm army in the nearby star system. There are also many warships operating outside, attacking the supply lines of the Silicon Charm army. In addition, the war has broken out in full swing, and other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance may send troops to participate in the war at any time, and the Silicon Alliance will inevitably have some concerns, so it will leave some mobile forces behind, and make adjustments to the deployment, and may not be able to attack the home system as planned.
These judgments became the basis for the military department's defensive deployment.
In the next few months. The number one job of the military department is to recruit and train conscripts. Then send the formed legions to each place to garrison.
To put it simply, the military headquarters arranges the defensive deployment according to the concentration of all the forces of the Silicon Charm army to attack the home galaxy.
As for the battle outside the home system, it is not at all within the consideration of the military department. To put it mildly, the military department has abandoned all colonial galaxies. Perhaps in the eyes of Zhan Ruilin and other marshals, the greatest value of colonizing the galaxy is to contain the enemy's forces, so that the Silicon Charm Alliance cannot mobilize enough troops to launch an attack in a short period of time. This allows you to gain more time to prepare for the battle and strengthen the defense deployment of your home system.
Obviously, no one thought that the Silicon Charm army adopted the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, but the "reinforcement" had not yet arrived.
What's more. This passive defensive tactic adopted by the Human Federation has greatly contributed to the arrogance of the enemy, and it has not helped to turn the tide of the war in any way, but has blinded its own eyes and ears, not only losing the initiative in the war, but also unable to make an accurate judgment on the situation of the war. The most obvious thing is that before Yang Yi came back, no one knew that the Silicon Charm army had gathered so many troops in the Crete Galaxy, and no one knew that it was Lombardo's troops, so it was naturally impossible to think that the Silicon Charm Army was about to attack the Western Region. As for the situation in other directions, the military department is even more discredited, still believing that the Silicon Charm army will attack the home galaxy in the near future.
Of course, the human legions are not inactive.
In the past few months, the legions and fleets that have not returned to their home system have been at war with the Silicon Charm army, and although they have lost more and won less, they have played some positive roles, at least allowing the military department to use it for propaganda, which has played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and boosting morale.
Although Yang Yi is only a small soldier, he knows that the most important thing at present is to change defensive tactics from passive defense to active defense. Even if the war mobilization has not yet been completed, there are not many available troops, and most of them are new recruits, but only by actively counterattacking can they grasp the initiative in the war, and only by actively counterattacking can they contain the main force of the Silicon Charm army, so as to turn the tide of the war.
There are many people who have similar acquaintances, including Lin Liexun.
Before Yang Yi returned, Lin Liexun proposed to take proactive measures to deal with the menacing Silicon Charm army according to the information sent back by the garrisons in various places, such as dispatching a fleet to attack the supply lines of the Silicon Charm army, establishing a military base in the colonial galaxy, and organizing the civilian armed forces of the colonial galaxy to resist. It's just that Lin Liexun's suggestion was not adopted by the military department, to be precise, it was not completely adopted by the military department. Because Lin Liexun refused to give up, in the end, the military department gave Lin Liexun a chance to go to the colonial galaxy, and authorized him to organize militia to resist. As a result, Lin Liexun went to Crete and set about forming a militia regiment.
It's just that Lin Liexun's understanding is completely different from Yang Yi's.
At that time, Lin Liexun proposed to adopt proactive defensive tactics, the fundamental purpose was still to defend the home galaxy, and his starting point was the same as everyone else, believing that the Silicon Charm army would first capture the home galaxy and then march into other regions, and did not see the enemy's strategic deployment clearly.
Now, the situation is very clear.
The key is not whether or not you can defend your home system, but whether you can stop the Silicon Phantom army from advancing into the hinterland of the Southern Alpha Galaxy.
If not, the consequences will be dire.
Not to mention, in the event of a threat to their homeland, all civilizations in the Galactic Alliance, including the seven top civilizations, will have self-preservation as their primary purpose. At that time, even if the Galactic Alliance enters a state of war and all civilizations begin to mobilize for war, there may not be a single civilization that will send troops to support the Human Federation. What's more, after the most critical North Fourth Region was captured by the Silicon Charm army, the Southern Alpha System was no longer in danger to defend, as long as the Silicon Charm army advanced fast enough, it could achieve a decisive victory before the seven top civilizations completed the war mobilization. Even if you can't completely defeat the Galactic Alliance, you can force the Galactic Alliance to sue for peace. At this time, even if the Human Federation is still fighting, it will definitely be defeated. In fact, as long as the blockade of the home system lasts for a period of time, such as decades, the Human Federation will defeat itself without a fight, because the resources of the home system cannot meet the survival needs of all its inhabitants. What's more, the arrival of foreign aid has not been delayed, and the morale and fighting spirit of the human army will soon be reduced to zero. If you don't even have the courage to fight, even if all the people are soldiers, I'm afraid it won't help, and defeat is only a matter of time.
There are many people who recognize this, but there are not many people who have the power to change the status quo.
Leaving aside the contradictions in the nine theaters for the time being, even if the military department integrates the nine theaters and the nine marshals work together, it may not be able to change the status quo.
Quite simply, changing your defensive tactics starts with adjusting your defensive deployment.
Previously, it took months for the military department to complete the deployment, but now it takes more time to change the deployment.
You must know that it is not a legion or a theater of troops that guards the home system, but the entire force mobilized by nine theaters.
Although the size of the legion and the deployment of troops are the top secrets of the military department, not to mention Yang Yi, I am afraid that even ordinary generals do not know, and those who know must be very few, but the homeland galaxy is so large, and the federal authorities have already issued a mobilization order, and the total number of legions now must be more than 10,000.
Even if only a third of the legions had to be redeployed, it would take a lot of time.
In addition, you have to consider the Silicon Charm army that is eyeing you outside, so adjust your deployment as stealthy as possible, and it is best not to be detected by the enemy. This meant that there could not be too many regiments to be mobilized at a time, and the time required to complete the deployment was obviously even longer.
Thinking about this, Yang Yi also knew that it was not that Zhan Ruilin and other high-ranking commanders did not want to change, but that the current situation could not afford to be missed. Put simply, as long as the situation does not deteriorate, those decision-makers are more willing to maintain the status quo than risk changing anything. Don't forget, the Silicon Charm army has not yet attacked, the home system is still not attacked, and the Human Alliance is not in danger of extinction for the time being. If the deployment is adjusted, the Silicon Charm army launches a general attack, and the human army is unable to block the enemy's attack, no one can afford the resulting result. Even Zhan Ruilin and other theater commanders did not dare to make such a decision rashly.
The problem is that if you don't change, the results will still not be much better.
Yang Yi also sighed, because no matter who it is, he will choose to wait in this situation, and he will never make any changes rashly.
Of course, Yang Yi is just a small soldier, and it is very good to be able to put forward his own opinions in front of Zhan Ruilin. As for what to change, it is obviously not something he can do. Actually, this is not something he should be thinking about. For him, the most important thing now is to implement the alliance with the Weavers. If needed, he would have to rendezvous with the Star Soul Empress and return to his home system with the Weaver legions.
Although three days was very short, Yang Yi felt that it was extremely long, like three years.
Fortunately, Zhan Ruilin did not let him continue to wait. (To be continued.) )