Chapter 130: The Logistics Gap
Some people rejoice, and naturally some people are worried.
While Captain Aivor was sleeping comfortably, Toby Ted, the new leader of the Greedy Wolf Legion of the Sark Kingdom, stared at a battle report in his hand with a gloomy face, and finally couldn't help the growing anger in his heart, and slapped the report on the table in front of him.
"Who the is going to sue me, what the is going on!" Captain Ted stared at each pair of eyes with a burst of rage.
The rest of the Greedy Wolf Legion in the tent hung their heads in unison, and no one responded, and the entire camp fell into a deathly silence.
Seeing the reaction of the others, Captain Ted was even more angry, but he couldn't find a way to vent his anger, because this time the logistics base was suddenly attacked and destroyed, strictly speaking, it was not that anyone made a mistake, but that they had no preparation and response to the attack of the Lampari Kingdom at all.
They deployed a full 10,000 elite heavy troops to guard this last and most important logistics base, and even laid layers of blockades along the way, just to not give the previous annoying Lampari Kingdom assault team any chance.
However, they never imagined that the offensive of the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom would not come from any corner of the land, but from the sky!
According to the battle report, five magic airships suddenly appeared in the sky above the logistics base yesterday afternoon, and then mercilessly dropped countless magic bombs, and it only took less than five minutes to turn this logistics base into a sea of fire.
Because the incident happened suddenly, the other party's attack was extremely fierce. The soldiers in charge of defending the logistics base were unable to react at all.
Of course. Even if they can react. But the five magic airships suspended high in the sky had no way to deal with it.
Although there were also more than a dozen magicians left in the defending force for the sake of safety, according to the battle report, these dozen or so magicians couldn't even fly into the air under the attack of the five magic airships, so they naturally couldn't form any counterattack.
The end result was that the defending forces could only watch as five magic airships recklessly attacked the logistics base high in the air, but they could do nothing about it.
And the attack of the magic airship is too fierce. So much so that the defending forces could barely withdraw most of their personnel, but they simply did not have any extra energy to salvage those precious logistics materials.
So now the situation faced by the Greedy Wolf Legion has suddenly become extremely serious.
The most important logistical supplies for a force are now very little left, and the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom on the opposite side is still constantly exerting pressure on the frontal battlefield, so that they have no respite at all.
However, if you want to fight back, you have higher requirements for logistics materials.
Not to mention anything else, the hundreds of magic cannons equipped by the Greedy Wolf Legion this time alone need a large number of magic cannonballs to support it.
Without enough supplies, these hundreds of magical cannons are just decorations.
After firing a fire, Captain Ted forced himself to calm down again.
Since almost all the logistical supplies were destroyed, it was impossible for the Greedy Wolf Legion to withstand the attack of the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom, and there was only one way to retreat.
However, once retreated here. It is equivalent to giving up the gateway area that is the most important to the Sark Kingdom, so that the army of the Lampari Kingdom can invade the Sark Kingdom with impunity.
So even if it's a retreat. It also needs to be carefully arranged, at least until the support of the White Tiger Legion arrives.
Of course, if the military department can react quickly and immediately re-send a batch of supplies from within the kingdom to replenish it, they still have a chance of fighting.
It's just that Captain Ted himself knows that this is almost impossible.
Not to mention that it takes several days for the military department to receive its own request for help, it will take a while to make a decision after receiving it, and the most headache is to transport those supplies to the hands of the greedy wolf army, which will take at least a full week.
Thinking of this, Captain Ted couldn't help but curse angrily in his heart.
When he took over the defense of the Greedy Wolf Legion and the southern part of the kingdom, he had proposed to the military department to build a road connecting the camp of the Greedy Wolf Legion to the depths of the kingdom to facilitate the transportation and supply of various logistics materials, but the military department directly vetoed it.
The reason given by the military department is that it will cost at least more than 500,000 gold coins to build such a road, and instead of spending this money here, it is better to spend it on other more valuable things, such as supporting the Military Magic Machinery Research Institute to make more magic cannons or something.
However, in the current situation, it is clear that the traffic improvement brought by the road is more important.
If the kingdom of Sark can be covered with roads like the Lampari Kingdom, and at the same time there are countless freight magic locomotives to support it, then it doesn't matter if the logistics base is destroyed, because with such convenient transportation conditions, they can easily and quickly resupply without worrying at all.
Commander Ted could be sure that the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom on the opposite side would definitely have the logistical supply conditions he coveted.
Because the kingdom of Lampari is full of roads, and has been replaced by countless freight magic locomotives, the traditional horse-drawn carriages can ensure that they can receive new supplies in the shortest possible time.
And the most important thing is that the other party also has an advantage that is completely untargetable, that is, the magic airship.
Thinking of this, Commander Ted raised his head, looked at the top of the tent and thought for a while, and when he lowered his head again, his face was completely calm.
"Give the order to go down, abandon the peak of the Entak, shrink with all the staff, and return to the mouth of Norman. ”
Everyone in the tent looked up in unison and looked at Captain Ted in amazement.
"General, this ...... Is this a retreat?" asked one of the officers.
"That's right. Captain Ted nodded expressionlessly. "Now that the logistics base has been destroyed, we no longer have the ability to continue to stalemate with the other side here. Instead of being brutally attacked by the other party in a few days, it is better to take the initiative to retreat now. It also retains its vitality. ”
The people looked at each other. Qi Qi let out a sigh.
Although very unwilling. But they knew very well in their hearts that the Legion Commander was not wrong at all.
The Greedy Wolf Legion was originally struggling to deal with the Zhenbei Army on the frontal battlefield, but now that the logistics supply has suffered such a heavy blow, it is impossible to continue to hold on.
"Also...... Upton, in his battle report to the military department, must focus on the threat posed by the opponent's magic airship. If possible, I hope that the military department will invite a magician at the level of a great magician to the front line to help in the battle. ”
Everyone was stunned again.
It turned out that in the minds of the Legion Commanders, the threat of the magic airship had reached such a big point. Do you even need to use a noble archmage to deal with it?
But there's nothing wrong with second thought.
Yesterday's battle for the destruction of the logistics base made it abundantly clear that ordinary soldiers simply could not pose any threat to the magic airship in the sky.
And only the magicians who can fly high in the air to attack, but those magicians who are not of high level can't even get close to the magic airship under the intensive attack of the magic airship, so they can't actually play a big role.
The only one who can pose a threat to these terrifying magical airships is probably the Great Magician-level magician.
However, the Kingdom of Sark currently only has seven great magicians, and they will not be dispatched.
Once the Great Mage is really needed, it means that the Sark Kingdom must have reached the most critical moment of the situation.
Thinking of the suffocating super attack power displayed by the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom on the frontal battlefield these days, as well as the various elusive and unimaginable abilities displayed outside the frontal battlefield, everyone in the camp was silent. No questions were raised about Captain Ted.
Seeing the reaction of his colleagues' subordinates, Captain Ted sighed slightly.
When he took over the position of Captain of the Greedy Wolf Legion from Sharon Linur. He also thought that with his strong combat experience and overall situation, as well as the growing strength of the Sark Kingdom in recent years, he could completely reverse the previous situation in which the Greedy Wolf Legion was suppressed by the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom in one fell swoop, and reproduce the previous situation of bullying the Lampari Kingdom at will.
However, now when he actually sat in this position, he found out what was the reason for the helplessness that Sharon Li Nur had expressed in front of him before.
Not to mention the huge gap in equipment between the Greedy Wolf Legion and the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom, in terms of logistics alone, the two sides are already countless times worse.
The Northern Army of the Lampari Kingdom has the strong support of the Lampari Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes, and all aspects can sit back and relax, while the Greedy Wolf Legion wants to obtain the strong support of the Sark Kingdom Military Department, and it depends on the faces of some people.
Of course, the most important problem is that with the development of these years, the national power of the Lampari Kingdom has grown to a terrible level.
When embodied on the battlefield, it shows the gaps in various details.
For example, the amazing firepower, mobility and almost desperate five magic airships of the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom, and the incomprehensible ability of the Zhenbei Army of the Lampari Kingdom and the specific control of intelligence......
Originally, Captain Ted was very confident in his greedy wolf legion, but after the actual war, he found that the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom was even stronger than he imagined in this regard, and it didn't look like an army that existed in this era at all.
This reminded Captain Ted of a short article he had read about last year in the New Flying Magic Machinery Weekly that had flowed into the Kingdom of Sark.
This short article is written by Xu Yi, president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the content is related to military magic machinery.
Leaving aside the part of this short essay about the military magic machine itself, the most impressive thing about Captain Ted was the few words Xu Yi said at the end.
"With the advent of military magic machines, the old mode of warfare, which mainly used soldiers, horses, bows and arrows, and sharp blades, has officially become history. With the perfection and development of military magic machinery, the new modern mode of warfare will inevitably focus on the struggle for information and intelligence, relying on super mobility and powerful firepower to seize space and time, so that the enemy will not even be able to counterattack. In the new war mode, the old and traditional mode will be defenseless, and the outcome will be determined before the battle even begins. ”
When he saw this passage before, Captain Ted scoffed at this, thinking that it was clearly Xu Ye bragging about the military magic machinery produced by his own chamber of commerce.
But now that he had personally experienced the several days of fighting with the northern army of the Lampari Kingdom, Commander Ted remembered these words, and his heart was full of emotion.
Xu Yi is right, because of the emergence of these military magic machines, the kind of war with real swords and guns in the past may be gone forever. (To be continued......)