Chapter Seventy-One: Pannis's Taunt

"Our supply lines are now under extreme pressure, and it can be said that in fifteen days, the supply lines will be at their limit. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 However, according to incomplete statistics, the pressure that needs to be endured in the end will continue to fluctuate by 20% on the basis of the limit, and this number will be maintained until the end of the war. As soon as she reached the door of the small parlor on the second floor, Catherine heard Snape's old voice coming from the living room: "I don't mean to exaggerate the difficulty, and I know that all parties have done their best, but I must say that everyone has made a very serious mistake, and everyone who made the decision has made this mistake, and we have underestimated the difficulty of transporting supplies into the depths of the Sighing Desert." Historically, there has never been such a large-scale mobilization of troops deep into the desert, and of course there has never been a precedent for such a high-intensity and high-frequency delivery of supplies; although everyone has tried their best to increase the estimate of the difficulty of supply, it has been proved that this increase is still insufficient; if the development continues in this way, after 20 days, there will be a shortage of food for the front-line troops, and after 23 days, at least 30 percent of the front-line troops will be in the dilemma of not having enough water. I don't think I need to explain what this means in the Desert of Sighs. ā€

"Yes, there is no need to explain. It can be heard that this is General Greenfar, the commander in charge of this war in the country of knights Farral, and the old general's majestic voice sounds particularly penetrating: "This level of insufficient drinking water will not be fatal, but all the troops that are underwatered will have at least fifty percent of their combat effectiveness, and if the impact on the morale of other troops is included, as well as the distribution ratio between the units of various races, it is very likely that the combat effectiveness of all front-line troops will be reduced by about twenty percent, which is a very dangerous situation." ā€

"Maybe it won't be that serious. This is the speaker of the Mage Country, Warrenson, who came from afar a few days ago because of Vivian's masterpiece, was speaking: "Water such as cooling and maintenance equipment can be temporarily manufactured by the mage team, judging from the scale of the frontline mage team, on the basis of maintaining combat effectiveness, as long as enough water attribute element crystals are provided, then the missing part of the non-potable water can still be barely done." ā€

"The question is, how many water attribute element spars are enough? Sighing Desert itself is very unfavorable to the use of water attribute magic, if you want to create a large amount of non-drinking water there, the water attribute element spar that needs to be consumed will be a terrifying number, such a large-scale consumption, it may not be able to meet the supply if you concentrate the inventory of all forces at this stage, what should you do with the rest?" As a mage, Warrenson, you should also know that it is impossible for us not to store some elemental crystals for later use. ā€

"First transport the spar inventory to the front line, and the rear will start to requisition water attribute spars in a large area. Without even a second of hesitation, Warren replied, "If you count the amount of spar reserves in the private sector, twice the number can be supplied." ā€

"Maybe your mage kingdom can be expropriated, but it is impossible for most forces to do so, so they can only buy it. An unfamiliar voice said: "For example, our Neville Federation, it is impossible to requisition unconditionally now, that is the last resort to be used, once we start to requisition civilian materials, it is equivalent to telling the people that the war has come to the verge of collapse at any time, so why should we waste time today to stabilize the people's minds?"

"Whatever the reason, if there is a problem with the logistics, it is a dereliction of duty on my part as the person in charge of logistics. The sound of tables and chairs sounded, and it was obvious that Marquis Snape stood up and said solemnly: "Because of my lack of ability, the preparation for war has been affected, and I will resign from the position of head to apologize to all parties, and I hope that the coalition command center will select a person to replace me as soon as possible." ā€

"Don't think so, if Mr. Marquis needs to resign, then all the high-ranking leaders of the various forces, including our sons of the forest, will need to resign. A voice with a distinctly elven accent in the lingua franca said: "What you have done these days, everyone has seen it, except for you, I am afraid that no one can establish such a complete supply line in such a short time, so there is no other person in charge of logistics besides you." ā€

"Agreed, even if all the members of our Goblin Chamber of Commerce work together, it may not be better than Snape, so you can continue to persevere. The sharp voice reminded Catherine of Christo for the first time, and the voice of the goblins was always so distinctive: "And now the situation is not so serious, our people from the Goblin Chamber of Commerce have come forward and are negotiating with the Sandman's Quicksand Chamber of Commerce, hoping that they can lease the reserve thirty sandworms to us, if the negotiation is successful, although it cannot completely solve the problem of insufficient transportation force, but at least it can relieve the pressure to a certain extent." ā€

Indeed, the time for despair has not yet come. Odin was always so calm when the problem did not involve his daughter: "Don't forget, according to His Majesty Vral, this war may not really be fought, maybe the army can be disbanded when half of the army is assembled." ā€

There was silence in the small living room, and after a moment, Antuin said slowly: "Of course, this is the best outcome, but we must always prepare for the worst, so as not to fall into chaos due to unexpected situations." ā€

"I think so too. Snape said with some dissatisfaction: "Anyway, he has done enough, and he is not obligated to continue to make more sacrifices for the world." Now he has offered to do something more, but we should not put all the pressure on him alone, it is not fair to him, and, despite the support of Her Majesty, I always wonder if he can really do it, after all, he wants to ......go alone."

"Ahem. Pannis interrupted Snape with a sudden dry cough outside the door, announcing his existence. After Snape's silence, Pannis glanced at Catherine very quickly, and found that she didn't seem to notice some of the information revealed in Snape's last sentence, so he breathed a sigh of relief, kicked open the door of the small living room, and dragged Catherine into the ongoing meeting.

"I say, isn't that thing on your necks really empty?" As soon as Pannis entered the room, he began to mock unscrupulously: "How can you be regarded as one of the top figures in all parties, don't you know how to think about the problem from a different angle?"

(To be continued.) )