1293 Ambition of the Imperial Constellation (4)
Looking at the Normandy army camp with countless black smoke rising in the distance, a trace of dazedness flashed on the face of Reposti, who was holding the heart of death, and more than a dozen young officers of the Salander expeditionary force stood side by side behind him, their eyes were solemn and respectful
The scouts who went to investigate had already received information from the front, and the main force of more than 30,000 Norman troops who were originally aggressively preparing to attack Yinque Hill had withdrawn cleanly overnight, and the entire other bank of Baiqiu was filled with black smoke that went straight up to the sky, and the wind with a scorching smell was blowing in the face, giving people a very unreal feeling.
In order to prevent the conspiracy of the Normans, Reposti sent six scouts in a row very cautiously, and carefully searched the vicinity of 20 miles, before finally determining the correctness of this news "Has the specific reason been clarified?"
He bowed his head and replied respectfully. The enemy retreated too suddenly, we have expanded the search range to 20 miles, and still can not find traces of the Normandy army, which shows that the time of the other party's withdrawal, most likely before the middle of the night last year, otherwise it would never have gone so far, and judging from the traces of retreat along the way, the direction of the opponent's withdrawal should be the northerly coast, where is not clear, but it should be very urgent, so that in order to prevent some large equipment that has been built from falling into the hands of our army, the Normans did not even have the idea of transporting it, but directly ordered to set fire to it on the spot”
"The northerly coast?"
Reposti's eyebrows frowned slightly, he quickly asked people to bring the map of Normandy, spread the map on a rock with both hands, and carefully searched the northern direction of the Silver Sparrow Hill with a keen gaze, the marks on the map were not very clear, in fact, it was secretly drawn by merchants on both sides of the empire. Because of the limited range of action, starting from the coast, which merchants liked to dock the most, the further inland it became, the more blurred it became, and a very conspicuous triangular mark came into his sight very wide.
The largest port on the northeast coast of Normandy, judging from the rough map of Normandy in hand, the location of the port of Belluille is like an opening on the northeast coast of Normandy, an inland river called Letelier, which extends from the interior of Normandy to here. Finally into the long sea, in the northern section of the port of Bérouille is the largest grain hoarding place in Normandy, Alamein, convenient waterways, material hoarding, whether from a commercial or military point of view, Belluille is a dead end for Normans.
"Could it be ......" Reposti jerked his head up, called out all the dozen or so Salander officers behind him, and pointed his finger heavily at the location of Béruille on the map. After a moment of speculation, he asked, "What do you think of the evacuation of the Normans?"
"It's the same as the adults think," Bai Dan, as the representative of the officers, said after pondering for a while, "if the direction of the Normans' withdrawal is really Belleuille." That only shows that there are things they care about more than we do, such as El Alamein, north of Bérouille, which is home to the largest grain hoarders in Normandy. It's a harsh winter, and there's already a shortage of food, if something goes wrong. It will inevitably lead to a sudden change in the war situation in the entire Normandy, and even cause uncontrollable chaos in the country!
"My lord, why don't we follow behind, and then strike a sudden blow, it will definitely inflict heavy damage on the Normans!" said some of the officers, who looked at Reposti with burning eyes, different from the previous respect for their superiors, this is a kind of respect from the heart, like looking at their own idols,
Although the chief and deputy commanders of the expeditionary force are not Salanders, but in the first battle of Silver Bird Hill, the expeditionary force successively set up ambushes and annihilated the elite cavalry cluster of 10,000 Normans at the cost of 5,000 people.
Once upon a time, the Normans jumped on the territory of Salander, and killed the Salanders with a river of blood, losing half of the kingdom, and only according to the dangerous terrain of Kyoto, they could only block the iron hooves of the Normans and get a chance to breathe, but now, the sword of revenge of the Salanders is descending on the heads of the Normans, and this qiē change comes from the undefeated Falcon Empire that swept across the continent, without the support of the empire, Salander would have been reduced to a racetrack for the Normans to plunder wantonly.
"I want to do that too, but ......"
Reposti raised his head from the map, took a deep breath and said, "The combat goal of the expeditionary force is to build a bridgehead for reinforcements in the rear, not to start an all-out war against the Normans, so even if I know that it is advantageous, but in the uncertain situation, I can't risk the tens of thousands of lives of the expeditionary force!"
"However, if we just sit back and watch the opportunity to counterattack slip away, once the Normans come to their senses, they will definitely deal with us with all their might!" Bai Dan said with a worried face
"Stomping," a galloping horse came from the distance, which temporarily halted the discussion, and a cavalryman in black armor ran down from his horse, handed a letter of order in his hand to Reposti, and said, "This is the latest order to be delivered, and Lord Jarrins has specially instructed that it must be delivered to your lord within a day!"
"In such a hurry?"
Reposti glanced at it with a confused expression, his face suddenly changed color, the seal of the letter had been opened, and it should have been read by Yaglins,
But it can still be seen that it is the coat of arms of a thorn flower, Reposti's heart can't help but beat faster, the thorn flower, which means that this is not from the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Admiralty, but the Falcon Majesty Xià personally sealed it with a postmark, its weight can be imagined, at this moment, Falcon Majesty Xià, the god of the Continental Army, what are the instructions?
'I see, I just said how could I run away......" Reposti finished reading it almost as fast as he could, took a deep breath, and looked at the white mound shrouded in black smoke in the distance in a daze, "What's the matter, my lord!"
The Normandy officers gathered around, and they all looked curiously at the letter in Reposti's hand, "A good news and a bad news!" Reposti put the letter in his pocket, smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, and swept his gaze over the young officers who were a little stunned, and said with a smile. The good news is that I finally know why the Normans are running so fast, just yesterday, 14,000 reinforcements composed of Salander's Northern Army have landed in the port of Beruille, the most important port for the Normans, that is to say, El Alamein, the largest grain hoarder for the Normans, should have planted our flag at this time! If they don't go back to the rescue, it will be worse than us guys who have no food!""What, is this true?" There was a commotion among the young Salander officers, revealing an unconcealed joy, and after a period of study in the Falcon Army, these young Salander officers knew very well that logistics played a decisive role in a battle.
"Then what are we waiting for, immediately reorganize the soldiers and set off, just in time to flank the Normans in front and behind El Alamein with the landing reinforcements!"
With excitement on his face, Bai Dan shouted with his fists, showing an expression of preparing to do a big job, everyone could see that the landing of reinforcements was equivalent to a stab in the back of the Normans, the logistics were cut off, and the balance of war was undoubtedly tilted towards the expeditionary force.
"Yes, go to El Alamein!" shouted the officers in unison with their hands raised
"No, we can't go to El Alamein!" Reposti looked at the crowd, a bitter smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head at the excited crowd, and said, "This is the bad news I want to sue you! believe it or not, but this is the order of His Majesty Falcon!"
"Why? Why can't we go to El Alamein" Bai Dan's excited look was still on his face, and the others were also stunned there, the cold wind blew, and their hearts were cold, seeing the victory that had already been reached slipping away like this, everyone's hearts were like this snowy hills
"Because we have more important tasks ahead of us!"
Reposti shrugged his shoulders to the crowd and said, "In order to cooperate with the attack of reinforcements, His Majesty Falcon ordered the expeditionary force to carry out the second step of the attack plan on the day of receiving the order, and the expeditionary force will attack the hinterland of the Normans, and the main targets are several major cities in the hinterland of Normandy!"
"Why is that? You can kill all the enemies in El Alamein......" Bai Dan's face turned red, and he asked with a look of indignation as he clenched his fists.
Reposti walked up to him, shook his shoulder with a heavy fear, and said in a condensed voice, "Have you forgotten what the original purpose of the expeditionary force was? You are the sword of revenge of the Salanders, and at the same time you are responsible for rescuing 200,000 compatriots.
Without the main defense, the city's defense is almost negligible, so our goal is to rescue the 200,000 German compatriots who are still suffering.
They are the real purpose of this war, and for the sake of your so-called glory, are you willing to let them endure one more day of misery on the land of Normandy? And Your Majesty is very worried that once the main Normandy forces collapse on the front line, the hysterical Normands will launch a crazy revenge on the Salanders in the city!"
"Do you want to see your fellow citizens in a river of blood, and if so, what are you here for?" Reposti's voice suddenly stopped, and he looked at the sky in the distance, "These 200,000 people, but His Majesty's original promise to the whole of Salander! Now is the time to fulfill this promise!"
"I'm such a stupid person!" Bai Dan suddenly knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, he didn't expect that the promise that seemed to be substantial at the beginning would be remembered by Vekia Falcon until now! )