1920 The Empire's Counterattack (4)
The fat man rode on his war horse and looked forward in a mountainous area in the south of Gangfei, in front of which was the Palu woodland that must be passed through to enter the southern coast of Gangfei, the dense forests and continuous hills that were more than a hundred miles long and wide were the main terrain, and the Muyabao that had been captured was the gate, and behind this dense forest and hill was the southern coast of Gangfei
"Your Majesty," an accompanying clerk of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurriedly came up from behind.
"Is there something wrong?" the fat man turned around
The clerk hurriedly said breathlessly, "What is the name of this sortie?" The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not sure for a while, so it specially came to consult His Majesty. ”
"Nominally?"
The fat man pursed his lips, the hand holding the horsewhip lightly tapped the deerskin riding boots, looked at the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a bead of sweat in his head, and muttered to himself, "When did the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs start to pay attention to such flashy things as names?"
"It's Princess Coleen's special explanation, because this time it is likely to be against the entire Central European Barrow country, so it is better to need an official name" The somewhat chubby clerk of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nervously wiped the sweat beads on his face with his sleeve, his body trembled slightly, and his head was almost lowered to the ground, under the gaze of His Majesty the Falcon, which was enough to kill millions of people, but a civilian clerk had already felt his inspiration floating in the sky,
In the name!...... What a deal!
Who doesn't know that since the Falcon Majesty Xià started the army, the most hated thing is the so-called name, fighting Vikia Kyoto, fighting Rui Erdian, fighting the Kujits, fighting the Rude people, the big fist is the king, if you don't accept it, you will be served, this is the "name" that His Majesty has always adhered to
But now it is Princess Turit who is fully in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a Turit woman from a super famous family in foreign affairs, she cannot sit idly by and watch the embarrassing position of the Imperial Foreign Ministry in the imperial department, the Imperial Foreign Ministry. It is also the sword of the empire, how can it be so unsharp! The clerk of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs feels that he is caught between His Majesty, who has always been violent, and the princess, who has expectations for foreign affairs, and he is really in danger of losing his head every minute!
"Well, well, if you have to have a name...... the fat man was silent slightly, it seemed that he didn't want to embarrass this small role, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was indeed ignored by himself, and there was almost no sense of it, not to mention that the little witch became the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is her own attention, and now it is also an empire, and the importance of foreign affairs is becoming more and more prominent, "You can't do it like you used to do it again!" The fat man stroked his forehead with his fat fingers and thought about it, "Well." I've got it. There's a name that suits it, and if you submit it to the official document of the Gangfei Empire, you can directly call them traitors, and crusade against the traitors, right?"
"Yes, obey!" The clerk nodded hurriedly, and his heart was already cheering, oops, his head was finally saved!
"You release this name to the whole Central European Barrow countries, so that the whole Central European Barrow people know that we used to go out of our way to help the Gangnon people, and we provided them with iron ore. weapons, and even a large number of war materials, but that's how they repay us! Is it wrong to crusade against such people?"
The fat man laughed. It's a malicious laugh, though. But the laughter sounded so natural, okay, I'm leaving. Don't forget what I told you. After saying that, he turned around with the cavalry of the guards, and the hooves of the horses raised the dust on the ground, and the black cavalry followed, like a black stream,
The empire had a total of 110,000 troops fighting in the south of the Congo and Africa, and the battle line was divided into two lines, of which 60,000 men had broken through to the border with the border town of Baruta a month earlier, and another 40,000 elite of the Central Army had raided Fort Muya, the choke point of the southern Congo and Africa, a day earlier
The fat man left less than 10,000 troops in the direction of Putao, but with the troops temporarily raised by the Duke of Putao, there were 30,000 troops combined. The one who was ordered to stay behind was Valencia, the general of the empire, and when the clerk returned to Putao, he immediately carried out the fat man's orders. He released the news in the fastest way possible, and it didn't take long for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive the notice, "Treacherous!"
This title is really a great stimulus for Gangfei people who believe that they are righteous. Their former emperor died because of the Falcon Empire, and a large part of their territory was encroached upon by the Falcon Empire, and they abandoned Kyoto and their honor because of the Falcon Empire, and now they are curled up and have such a notoriety on their backs,
It's so infuriating that some people are so angry that they even smash their glasses to vent their anger, so much so that the Imperial Council held is also affected because of such feelings." The target of the Falcon Imperial Army is the southern coast, in this case, we will set up an ambush at the location leading to the coast, with our superior forces, we can completely use multi-stronghold defense to pull the Falcon Army's attack line, so that when the Falcon Imperial Army uproots these strongholds one by one, it will also be gradually worn out invisibly, and then our army will be able to eliminate it in one fell swoop" The new military affairs officer Strain was very confident in this,
For this strategy, Andya, who had just been appointed commander-in-chief of the Southern Coast Combat Force, did not speak, having experienced the brutal Great War in the North, this famous general of the Gangfei Empire had matured a lot, and compared to the tactics mentioned by the combat officer Sterling, if the Falcon Empire Army really attacked these strongholds one after another as expected, it would certainly be the best. However, if the Falcon Empire Army did not do this, but instead cut off the supply lines and communications of the various strongholds, and then went straight to the southern coast, this strategy would be completely useless. And if heavy troops are stationed in these nine strongholds, it will weaken the strength of the military in the south of Gangfei.
Andya was silent for a while, but still decided to say this, "Directly march to the south coast? Are the Falcon Army crazy? They are not afraid of being cut ...... the back road if they venture like this" The combat officer Sterling was a little unconvinced, "Don't forget, most of our southern coast has fallen into the hands of the Falcon Empire! As long as you reach the south coast, the other party's logistics and supplies don't need to be considered at all!" Andya has a gloomy face, her fingers are clenched together, and she said, "And I expect that the other party will do this 80%, as long as they reach the South African coast,
"That'...... What should I do?"
Some ministers muttered to themselves, this time the Falcon Empire's troops are divided into two ways, and they are also forcing the Gangfei Empire to divide the forces into two, in terms of the ratio of troops. Although it is a two-to-one force, the strength of the Falcon Empire's army has long cast a psychological shadow on the Gangfeiren, and on the premise of not having three times the strength, the Gangfeiren will not take the initiative to attack.
"Either you should arrange a heavy force at one point, and wait until the Falcon army approaches, and then fight him to the death. Because the Falcon army has come after a long journey, it must be exhausted, and we can rest easy" Sterling proposed another plan, "This looks good!" Marcos also nodded, in order to cooperate with the Strand Navy. The southern army lost more than 10,000 people in the port of Valenya, and in order to prevent the Falcon Empire's army from landing from the sea, it had to draw 50,000 people from the already limited force, plus the troops to deal with the Baruta side, in fact, the number of troops that could be mobilized was less than 80,000, and the coalition forces of the Central European Barrow countries also needed at least ten days or more to assemble, at that time, the Falcon Empire may have already opened the road to the southern coast.
Just as everyone agreed, someone suddenly shouted, "No, I have a better way!"
A middle-aged man in a general's uniform stood up from the seat opposite, who had just been transferred from the Southern Army to Besuka as a deputy commander to assist Duke Andya, the commander of the Southern Coast. In the port of Valenya table xiàn good 11th Captain Fabougares,
The grim-looking mountain hunter said, "Lord Stirling's strategy is very correct, I just want to revise Master Stirling's strategy." Because I can't tolerate the mediocrity of some cowards!" Fabugares squinted at the silent Duke of Andya.
Duke Andya's face was gloomy, and he already knew what he wanted to say. Yes, he also saw a serious problem with the Falcon Army, and for some reason chose to remain silent.
Fabugares continued: "I don't know if you have noticed it. This time, the number of the Falcon Imperial Army is almost overwhelming, that is to say, the opponent's troops left in the Putao area are very small, and we can completely take the approach of luring them to go deeper, and then attack the Putao coast, which is not heavily defended!"
"Hmm......" Everyone's spirits shook slightly, and even the little emperor, who didn't understand what he didn't understand, paused for breath and took down the Putao...... It seems that it can really be done, and even Marcos, who has been in battle for a long time, is also impressed
"As long as we take the Putao, then all the situations we have from before to the present will be completely changed, and the 100,000 Falcon Imperial troops will become rootless duckweed, homeless orphans!" Fabugarez waved his hand excitedly, he enjoyed the feeling of being noticed by all kinds of big people, it took him more than ten years to climb to the position of general, would it take another ten years to climb the threshold of the Imperial Military Department? No, this is too long, today's Imperial Council is your own opportunity, as long as you get the appreciation of the adults, you won't have a problem "It looks good, but your opponent is the Vekia Falcon!
Duke Andia's gaze fell on the glass of water he hadn't drunk yet, and he thought to himself, Fabugareth, the infantry commander stationed in the fringe area, saw only a little bit of it, and lacked enough insight into the real strategic confrontation.
The Falcon Empire's soldiers were divided into two roads, and indeed there were no heavy troops left behind to defend Putao,
But the Falcon Empire needs to do this? If you think about it calmly, you will know that the 100,000 Falcon troops that have invaded the southern part of the Congo Africa only need a quick reinforcement, which is like slamming two doors shut, and it will be the Gangfei army that will be cut off at that time
"This strategy is fantastic!"
But the ministers who attended the meeting did not think much of it, and the Undersecretary of Finance, Count Otzke, even shouted. He looked quite excited, and he said that the current Putao coast has long been what it used to be, and is known as a golden land, and if he can take Putao in one fell swoop, it will be of great benefit to the empire's finances, which have been depleted to the bottom.
And the Minister of the Interior is also very optimistic about this, the land is rejuvenated, and the Congo-Africa Empire, which has just passed the harsh winter, needs a large amount of grain to settle the displaced people, and the southern region of the Gang-Africa Empire is not a grain-producing area, but the Putao region is different, and it is said that the grain traded there is enough for the empire to eat for six months
"But who is going to command this counterattack? This man needs to be not only capable, but also courageous," muttered Marcos, the Minister of War, as the room suddenly became silent again, and the people and the air around them immediately became solemn as if they had been mired in a miasma. Even ministers who had nothing to do with the military were short of breath. If anyone succeeds this time, then he is the one who has the most credit in this war, even if it is not so much credit for containing the Falcon army.
The former is like the light of a star, and the latter is like an asteroid, eclipsed by the star, and the person who has contributed the most to it after the war will surely soar. In fact, as long as Gangfei can regain the Putao region, it will not only reverse the current unfavorable situation, but will even directly affect the attitude of the inland sea region, which has just turned its back on the alliance, as well as the attitude of the entire Central European Barrow. This time, the commander of the operation will be given a stepping stone to the highest power in the future. At the same time, the ministers were wondering, how could such a position be handed over to others, "a group of ignorant and fearless people!"
Duke Andya rubbed his fingers on his temples, and thought angrily that everyone was blinded by a beautiful vision, just like stupid hunters who had just seen a forest, and were anxious to calculate the value of the fur of the sables hidden in it, when in fact, they might not be able to hunt these sables at all!
From a purely strategic point of view, this approach is not entirely impossible to try, but it is absolutely impossible at the present time.
The reason is simple, because of this tactic of countering after containment. It takes people to sacrifice and a highly unified military organization and cooperation to have the possibility of success, and the current non-gang army cannot do this. 1。 12 The handling of the incident has already aroused the dissatisfaction of many officers in the Southern Army, and the Battle of the Port of Valenya forcibly ordered the Southern Army to send to their deaths to drag down the Falcon Empire Navy, which also caused comments in the military about the incompetence of the upper command. Now that such a battle plan has been proposed, it is simply to roast the Southern Army on the fire, and I can't wait to put it to death and hurry up!
The sharpness of the Falcon Army's attack is obvious to all, and when ten thousand arrows are fired, the mountains must bow their heads.
Fort Muya, which garrisoned 10,000 men, did not hold out for even a day, and although the troops advancing to the southern coast were only 40,000, according to the current combat power ratio, they needed at least twice as many troops, and 80,000 troops, whether that force was selected as a victim to contain the Falcon Army's advance, would be full of complaints.
Who would want to do such a thing at the risk of being sacrificed to achieve the immortal feats of others? This kind of strong suffocating suspicion will only make the imperial forces that have broken into the Putao fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness, Duke Andya objected at the meeting, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was criticized by the ministers as jealous and jealous, and he did not want to forge ahead, and was bolded by the Falcon Imperial army, "When the empire is in trouble, the great talent has just been restored to his position, and it really shouldn't be!" Even a general who had a good relationship showed a disdainful look at him, and Duke Andya opened his mouth, and finally chose to be silent,
"I just hope that I can send fewer troops to fight back against Putao!"
Duke Andia could only think like this, and he began to feel the feelings of Robinsack, who was opposed by himself at the beginning,
When everyone is blind, only one is sober, and the insistence that is not understood by others requires not only courage, but also the consciousness of being ruined, and the desire of the Gangfei court for the victory of the war exceeds its own ability, since the move to Beijing to the present, for a whole year, the entire empire is shrouded in the shadow of defeat, this kind of oppressive feelings can be seen in any street and alley of Gangfei, in front of the recruitment notices posted all over the streets, not the damp young people standing, but the ragged homeless, the refugees, the people become soldiers with complaints against the country, and the state is wantonly wasting the loyalty of the soldiers to the country!
Even I have learned to compromise!
"That's it!" The little emperor of Gangfei made a decision at the signal of Marcos, although he was still young, his azure eyes also flashed with excitement, the Gangfei Empire counterattacked the northern falcons, isn't this his own dream?
The 11th Regiment of the Southern Army, which was the most combat-ready in the Army, and the 11th Regiment of Fabugares, who served as the commander of the time, were selected.
The ministers also took the opportunity to stuff in a lot of their own descendants, and the troops that led the attack on the general set swelled from the predetermined 30,000 to 50,000, with 35,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry, which can be said to be the entire of the rigid and non-elite troops that are currently overstretched
Countless military flags sparkled on the roof of the square on the streets of Besuka, and the huge square in front of the square was densely packed with troops who were about to be reviewed, rows of handsome tall war horses, thousands of young soldiers holding various glorious military flags with excited faces, and behind them, there were endless dark blue armored non-infantry regiments,
At the front of the queue is the elite guards composed of the emperor's guards wearing gold-trimmed uniforms, their figures are generally a head taller than the soldiers of ordinary troops, and most of the armor on their bodies is relatively heavy and tight.
Looking at the huge military appearance walking in front of him, Andya's face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, just fight, the counterattack is not a grand celebration, and I don't know whose mention it is, the attack ceremony was so grand, in the words of the ministers, "This is an opportunity to show the powerful power of my Gangfei Empire, restore the confidence of the people in the country, and by the way, also warn those foreign enemies who covet the empire" "It's just a child's play with war!" Andya shook his head secretly in his heart, (To be continued......)