And after half a month of recuperation, Jonas has finally recovered most of the time, although it is impossible to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it is still okay to make some suggestions near the battlefield, and this is also in line with Jonas's meaning, he really does not plan to go to the battlefield again in the near future, the shadow is too big, so it is okay, he got in the carriage, went directly to the front line, and joined Auketo. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Octor had already captured Meiringen, the third largest city in Savoy, and was only about a hundred kilometers away from Bern, the first city of Savoy, which could be said to be very close, and at this time Marshal Petain was in the city, he was originally in Zurich, which was closer to the border between Savoy and Lower Lorraine, and if Marshal Petain wanted to attack Lower Lorraine, it was obviously more appropriate to be in this city.

However, the fierce attack of Octor and the fierce resistance of the people of Savoy made Marshal Petain have to come back to the original capital of Savoy, which can be regarded as fearing the people of Savoy in the conquered area, and the subversive activities have begun to decrease, but this is already a great success for Octo, at least from this moment on, Marshal Petain's plan to attack Lower Lorraine has been completely lost, and when Jonas arrived in Meiringen, a very real problem was put on the table, that is, at this time they had occupied one-third of the territory of Savoy, and the task given to them by Il could be said to have been overfulfilledNow, then, should the French army led by Marshal Petain continue to take the offensive, or maintain the current balance of power and no longer take the initiative?

This question, after Jonas's first day, was brought to him by a military meeting.

The opinions of the people are obviously not unanimous, some people think that since they have achieved such a beautiful record, they should accept it when they see it, and do not continue to fight, after all, the army in the hands of Auctor is already the limit of what the two territories of Susa and Savoy can provide, and the French army can get a steady stream of reinforcements through the southern French region, if the offensive continues, then as long as there is a defeat, the victory achieved now will become a thing of the past, and the situation faced by the Duke of Il will be very bad, and for France, one or two defeats are completely harmless, and southern France is their rear, which could provide Pétain with countless reinforcements as support, and they did not have any advantage in terms of attrition.

Therefore, this faction believes that it is time to stop continuing the offensive on the initiative, but to put all the troops on the front line, and then start to build cities, to strengthen all the cities on the front line, and to increase the possibility that France will take the city of Savoy, and this kind of thinking makes up the majority of the officers in the whole army, and can be called conservatives.

The other faction believes that the current victory is only temporary, if it is only because of the current victory and complacent, then soon, the French army will now make up for the losses it has suffered, and Marshal Petain will also suppress the riots in the territory more brutally, and when all the riots are quelled, then the strength of the Susa Savoy coalition army is equivalent to being cut off by thirty percent, and France will obtain a solid Savoy, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for Susa's army.

And, as in the opinion of the conservatives, Marshal Pétain had the whole of South France as his backing, as long as he wanted an army, even if it was another seventy thousand, Eighty thousand, Marshal Petain can still be found, then when the army is sent to Savoy, they will face a more powerful French army, at that time, Marshal Petain can completely ignore them, only need to put the same number of troops on the front line as a defender, and the rest of the army can be fully invested in the battle against Lower Lorraine, which will make Il want them to attack Savoy The most fundamental purpose is completely defeated, so it is necessary to take advantage of the current French army and their own army is still evenly matched, immediately take an attack, and try to eliminate the living force of the French army as much as possible, let the French completely cut off all their territories and armies in the Savoy region, and only in this way can they ensure the absolute security of the war zone of the Duke of Il.

This faction, known as the offensive faction, is relatively small in number, but Octor is this faction, he thinks that now is the best time to attack, if you don't attack now, it will only take a few days, France will send a steady stream of troops to support Marshal Pétain, and then if you want to counterattack at that time, it will be completely impossible, but although he supports as the commander of the regiment, the opposition is still very large, so after hearing that Jonas arrived in Meiringen, he didn't even give Jonas time to rest, so he let him come to this military meeting, just hoping to listen to his opinion, and then let the whole army make a decision。

According to Jonas's idea, it is naturally his choice to accept it when he sees it, after all, he really doesn't like to fight, of course, this is not the primary reason, the most important thing is that Jonas thinks that Il will not be so weak, Pétain mobilizes troops from southern France, and then transports them to northern Savoy, and is still deploying, even if Petain is a genius of war, but it will take at least seven or eight days, and now from the capture of the Bernina Pass, until now, it has been half a month, twenty-three or four days, Jonas does not think that Il and his fellow dukes will do nothing。

At least at this time, there should not be only one grain road in Lorraine, if you can't even do this, then Il is not Il, he has that strength, this is what Jonas is sure of, but now he is in Savoy, and if Il wants to fly pigeons to pass the book to him, he must first fly to Gennaya in Susa, and then transport it through the cavalry, after all, the working principle of carrier pigeons is to recognize places, not people, they have their own path choices, and Jonas has been moving non-stop during this time, and it is really impossible to find him, so Jonas doesn't know the situation on Il's side at all, but Jonas can believe it for sure, the current grain road, definitely not only this one, but at least three of them are in use at the same time.

The biggest crisis in Lorraine under Petain's attack is that the grain route is blocked, and now the crisis of the grain route has been lifted, if you attack Lower Lorraine again, although there will be great damage, but for the front-line army, the harm is not fatal, which is enough for Jonas and the Susa army who are fighting in Savoy, after all, they are just a duke plus a third of the dukedom, it is a very remarkable thing to be able to do this, and Jonas and Octor have done it, they should be content.

This is Jonas's idea, but now he can't say that, no way, Octo still wants to continue fighting, which is why he came to himself, because he knows that he has a high prestige in the army, and his words can make many people change their positions, if he doesn't say it in Octo's way, then he will inevitably offend the Muller family, this is something that Jonas doesn't want to do, so he definitely can't say that he will accept it when he sees it.

Of course, this is only one of the important reasons, the reason why Jonas can't say that, of course, there are other reasons, including his Savoy division plan, if two-thirds of the land is stolen by the French, then the remaining Savoy people will face a huge threat, the fragmented federation will not be able to resist the unified Savoy at all, and it will be annihilated soon, which Jonas does not want to see, so he must let Savoy be broken into countless pieces as a whole, because in this way, no one side can really rule the other, and the dukes outside are limited by geographical reasonsIf you want to control Savoy by direct means, this is simply not possible, it can only be controlled through marriage and political and economic means.

Venice is too far away, Paris, the country is different, only Gennaia, the right time and place are all on his side, after all, their freedom and independence were given to them by Jonas, so that although Savoy was nominally independent of the states, it was actually in his own hands, and this was the most important reason why Jonas chose to continue the attack.

But this point, he can't declare it to the public, after all, the matter of plotting a dukedom, no matter how generous Il is, will have great jealousy of the Ruger family, and jealousy will make Jung's life very sad, and even make the entire Susa break out of a large-scale civil war, which Jonas does not want to see, he wants to seize Savoy, not to usurp the rights of the Duke of Il, but to make Susa's surroundings one less enemy, and an additional income, as for political rights, Jonas is not so interested。

Therefore, he can't say this reason, as for the first reason, it's not a fair reason, so he can't say it, but this matter is obviously not difficult for Jonas, after all, what he wants to do, the most important thing is determination, as for the reason, this is really easy to find.

"Gentlemen, I agree with the head of Aucto that we should strike a firm blow at the French army in Savoy while the enemy forces are not yet fully accustomed and the people of Savoy are still resolutely resisting. Jonas said very righteously, seeing everyone's surprised eyes and surprise intertwined, Jonas continued unhurriedly: "The reason is very simple, that is, our food can no longer keep our army on such a large scale. ”

The reason that Jonas told made the knights start to make a noise, they have been staring at the problem of food, judging from the recent food report, there is no problem with the army's food, and there is no possibility of blocking the grain route, if the conditions allow, even if he takes this army to fight for another two months, there will be no problem, why does Jonas feel that there will be a food crisis now? Everyone was a little puzzled for a while.

Jonas naturally knew what they were wondering about, he looked at the crowd, and waited for them to calm down, and then said: "Yes, the military rations report says that we still have enough food to support the army in a long and large-scale war, but everyone, have you ever thought about a question, what kind of life are the ordinary people of Savoy who are now in the area under our rule?

"I don't think you gentlemen know that in order to solve the problem on the spot for our military rations, all the city-states have provided our army with a large amount of food, which directly leads to the fact that all the city-states now eat every day by the rationing system to provide food and clothing for the citizens, do you know what this means? It means that in two or three days, Savoy will not give us a grain of food, and all our food must be delivered from Susa, including the food of the people of Savoy. ”

"What a huge amount, and now, it's summer, and there are about two months to go before the harvest falls, and it's the time when food is at its most expensive, and how much money we need to spend to solve the problem of food shortages for the citizens of Savoy, and because of the war, a lot of farmland in the Savoy region has been destroyed, that is, for the next year, the citizens of Savoy will need to buy food from other regions so that they don't starve to death, do you know how much it costs? If the Duchy of Susa comes out, we will be directly dragged down by this huge burden. ”

"This is what I am talking about about the food problem, if it is not solved, it will not be two months later, it will only take a week, the problem will erupt, and then we will have to transport food from Susa to here, how much civil labor will be spent in between, and how much labor will be levied, you must know that we in Susa are currently undergoing large-scale construction, whether it is agricultural reform, or urban planning and construction reform, the Duke of Il still has to add another one to the scale of the three universities, these will require money and people to do it, if all these things are put into Savoy, it will become a bottomless pitIt is very likely that the wealth that we have accumulated in Susa through ten years of peace will never return.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is why I agree with Captain Aucto, because only war can make us get more food from the enemy, and only war can make our army flesh and blood, and make our consumption worthwhile, and this is what I have to say, gentlemen, think carefully, the future of Susa is in your hands at this moment, and I have finished speaking. Jonas nodded to the crowd and said no more.

His body had just recovered at the moment, and after such a long distance of movement, he was already exhausted, and he had to use his brain to come up with other reasons to hide the real reason in his heart in this military meeting, which was an extremely tiring thing, and Jonas was leaning back in his chair at the moment, really a little tired.

"All right, gentlemen, let us vote by show of hands. Seeing that Jonas finished speaking, Octor threw a grateful look at him, he knew that Jonas was very persuasive in his words, and his decision to continue the war was bound to be realized, and in the end, as expected, most people chose to continue fighting, and only a few people kept their original decision, but this obviously has nothing to do with the overall situation.