20. Retreat to the river system (11)

Merodos' face improved a little and said, "What about the other parts?" The second part should be an ordinary race that was subdued by the Yanhuang clan, this part is not easy to estimate, however, the revival of the Yanhuang clan is not long after all, although it has a strong inheritance, even if it can steal the technology of other races, but the strength of science and technology to what extent, it is not easy to say, but, to a high point of analysis, should have not weak strength, I estimate, they may have the strength of our ten legions or so, this estimate may have a relatively large error, therefore, can only be used as a reference. ”

For the data that Walledon said, everyone expressed their understanding, after all, the strength of ordinary races is really incalculable, first, the reproduction ability of ordinary races is really strong, 100 million people, if they keep giving birth, it is estimated that it will be able to double in a few years, and in hundreds of years, it is enough for the population to multiply in geometric progression, or even more, so the specific number depends on how many races the Yanhuang clan has conquered. However, if an ordinary race wants to confront a legion of the Shenguang Clan, in addition to the large number of bases, it also depends on the strength of science and technology, so the estimate given by Walletton to ten legions is already relatively high, and ten legions are already very powerful combat power.

"The third part is the strength of the Yanhuang clan's allies, this one is also difficult to estimate clearly, the races that are qualified to become the allies of the Yanhuang clan are all famous races in the heavenly realm, and their strength is very strong, and their descendants in the human world are definitely not weak there, therefore, I can't make an accurate estimate of the strength of this part, however, judging from the various performances of the Yanhuang clan, the strength of their allies is only afraid that it will not be too strong, therefore, I think there should also be ten to fifteen legions. ”

Bingriga was also a little surprised, this assessment was not too high, but too low, which had exceeded everyone's expectations. "Your Excellency Walladon, where did you come from this assessment, you must know that this secret enemy is the same as us, and it is very likely that he is a descendant of one of the Seven Holy Clans of the Open Heavens. "I came to this assessment from two sources. First, act from the Yan and Huang clans. Since the Yanhuang Clan learned about our existence, they recruited the Zerg to be cannon fodder for them, which is obviously a doubt about their own strength. I believe that they also know the strength of that Zerg tribe, and we can fairly assess our strength from the fact that we can eliminate that Zerg tribe, so they are not confident in their own strength to win over the Zerg. Therefore, from this point of view, the current strength of the Yanhuang clan should not be too strong. ”

"Although our Shenguang Clan has three hundred legions, but the family is big, it is absolutely impossible to put all three hundred legions into the battlefield, from the analysis of common sense of war, our three hundred legions can be put into the battlefield will definitely not exceed fifty legions, even if we expand after knowing the enemy, the number of regular legions will not exceed four hundred, therefore, it is absolutely impossible for our army to put more than one hundred and fifty legions into the battlefield. And if they want to confront the one hundred and fifty legions of our army head-on, the Yanhuang clan must have more than thirty legions, but the Yanhuang clan does not even have the strength of thirty legions, so they are the first to win over the Zerg. Judging from the strength of the previous two parts, the strength of this ally of the Yanhuang clan should be between ten and fifteen legions. ”

Everyone nodded, this was confusing at first sound, the Shenguang Clan had invested one hundred and fifty legions in the frontal battlefield, and the Yanhuang Clan could resist it head-on with thirty legions? This is not a joke, right? Actually, this is military common sense, the attacking side often has more troops than the defending side. In the case that the combat effectiveness of the troops on both sides is about the same, in order to completely defeat the opponent on the battlefield, it is necessary to have several times more military strength than the opponent, so it is entirely possible for an offensive group with one hundred and fifty army corps to be blocked by the enemy's thirty army corps on the battlefield.

For example, if you have 100,000 troops, and the enemy only has 30,000 troops, this does not mean that you will win, when the opponent has a large area of strategic depth, use the strategy of defense in large depth, give up a large area of territory, retreat all the way, lengthen your supply line, and let you divide your troops everywhere, you have no problem when you only occupy a small piece of territory, but after occupying more areas, it is another matter, such as occupying a small county town and you have to use 500 people to defend, occupying a medium-sized city you have to use 2,000 people to defend, occupying a large city you have to use 5,000 people to defend, and so onAfter you have occupied seven or eight large cities, a large number of medium-sized cities, and small county towns, how many troops do you still have to use for attacking on the frontal battlefield? If you do not use troops to defend these occupied areas, then these occupied areas are undefended, and the enemy army may attack your occupied areas at any time, and at that time, the entire rear will be a mess, so will you still have combat effectiveness on the frontal battlefield?

Therefore, what the attacking side is most afraid of is to encounter a large-depth strategic defense, there is plenty of strategic room for maneuver, and there will be a lot of various tactics that can be used, unless there are enough troops, otherwise, the enemy's huge territory is enough to drag you across. Therefore, Wallerton's estimation that the Yanhuang clan did not even have the strength of thirty legions is convincing.

"The second reason is because of the habits of the Yanhuang people. Although the Yanhuang clan also has the intention of helping the revival of the Yanhuang clan in the human world, but, according to their nature, even if they want to help, they will not give too much help to the base owner, so the ally they arranged should not be too strong, in the words of those guys of the Yanhuang clan: 'Give them too much help, then it can be done with a pig, how can this play a role in honing them?' Therefore, from this point of view, I estimate that this ally of theirs should not be too strong. ”

Convincing inference, of course, if Han Wen was present, I am afraid that he would have already smiled bitterly, even if the Wu Clan and the Natural God Clan, plus the people of the White Tiger, Qinglong, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird clans, add up to the strength of the two legions of the Shenguang Clan, Walletton estimates that this ally has the strength of ten to fifteen legions, which is too overestimated.

"The fourth part is, of course, the Zerg, this Zerg is estimated to have been subdued by the Yanhuang Clan early in the morning, and the Yanhuang Clan has also spent a lot of effort on this group of bedbugs, their strength cannot be underestimated, as far as the 1,500 mother emperors they put out on the surface, this is already a force that is not weak, if it is a space war, this 1,500 mother emperors is equivalent to the strength of a legion at most, but once it is a ground war, I am afraid that we may not be able to take them down with five legions. ”

As soon as it is calculated in this way, the total strength of the Yanhuang clan comes out, which is about equivalent to the strength between thirty-two and thirty-five legions, of course, this is only WallΓ©ton's personal assessment, and can only be used as a reference, as for the specific strength of the Yanhuang clan, it will not be clear until after the war. With the habits of the Yanhuang Clan's group of calculating guys, they will definitely not expose all their forces, so maybe the strength of the Yanhuang Clan is much stronger than this.

Bingriga said: "In this case, we should now commit the main forces to attack, and it is best to destroy them as soon as possible." "It's one thing in theory, but it's another thing in reality, and we'd love to destroy them, but it's not realistic. "How do we say that?

Walletton said with a wry smile: "The scope of the cosmic war is really too large, and the theory of defense in depth is the easiest to be embodied in the cosmic war, unless the Yanhuang clan stays here and fights with us, otherwise, after the war, they just run away, where do we go to find them? It is possible that their base camp is still hundreds of millions of light years away, and they only need to leave a small number of troops to play guerrilla warfare with us, while their main force is recuperating hundreds of millions of light years away." Can we still cross hundreds of millions of light-years to attack their base camp? Isn't that a joke?"

The thought of crossing hundreds of millions of light-years to attack a powerful enemy, everyone feels that their backs are wet, this is too difficult, especially when there are still a group of enemies fighting with you in the middle of the guerrilla war, just don't need logistics supplies, run hundreds of millions of light-years away to attack the enemy's main force, that is definitely looking for excitement. 100 million light years, even the fastest transport ship of the Shenguang Clan, it will take six to seven years to arrive, such a long supply transportation line, it makes people's scalp tingle just thinking about it, which is not realistic at all.

"It's really hard to understand, why can the Yanhuang Clan run so far, don't they need logistical supplies?" Merodos retorted, "Since the Yanhuang Clan can run hundreds of millions of light-years away to establish a defensive line, then why can't we cross hundreds of millions of light-years to attack them?

Binriga smiled bitterly and said: "Commander Merodos, what you said is unfair, the Yanhuang clan does not need logistics supplies, we still have to see what the structure of the Yanhuang tribe's army looks like, and the logistics supply of an army depends on the weapons and equipment they use." If the weapons and equipment they use are sophisticated, then the role of logistics supply is much more important, and vice versa, the role of their logistics supply is weakened. If they are purely using the Zerg to arrange the defense line, then there is basically no need for logistics and supplies. Therefore, they can run hundreds of millions of light-years away to build a defensive line, but we can't run billions of light-years away to attack their base camp, otherwise, all that awaits us is defeat. ”

Wallerton said: "The Yanhuang tribe, like us, rely almost exclusively on weapons and equipment for logistical supplies, and the demand for other daily necessities is extremely low. Thirdly, the Yanhuang clan also has space technology, they can pack a large number of production lines and take them away, everywhere, terrifyingly and quickly form productivity, and moreover, if they do not pursue the number of fleets, then the demand for logistics and supplies will be further weakened, so that they will transform to a full-scale guerrilla warfare method, and in the future, they can even completely do not need a stable logistics base, they only need to scavenge all kinds of resources wherever they go, as for production, they can even produce on any planet, and then pack up the production line and other things after the production supply is completed, it is simply impossible for us to disrupt their supply lines. ”

The commander of the 18th Legion, Marshal Naples, said: "We can also learn this tactic of the Yanhuang tribe, minimize the number of warships of our army, and streamline the logistics of our army, so that we also have the same ability as them?" This is a feasible way.