War is never sacred.

Since ancient times, war has been the culmination of bloodshed, killing, and violence, and the bloodthirsty things that have been refined from all madness. The victors inflict all the atrocities on the losers without fear of punishment, and many officers not only "lead by example" but also encourage soldiers to commit all sorts of war crimes. This can not only make the soldiers accomplices, boost the morale of the soldiers and their enthusiasm to join the battle, but also intimidate the people in the occupied areas so that they do not dare to resist.

So since the beginning of the war, the abuse, massacre, and plundering of civilians and prisoners have not stopped.

- If there had been no war, these things would not have been there!

If you are a pacifist, you can criticize it in this way.

But pacifists are not the only ones in the world, otherwise war would not always exist, and all kinds of war crimes would have been eradicated long ago.

From this point of view, strategies and tactics that can quickly end wars and minimize damage can be seen as some form of humanitarian behavior. At least compared with a general war that lasts for several years and kills a generation, and a war of law and order and anti-terrorism that lasts for more than a decade with no end in sight, a blitzkrieg that destroys a country in one month is obviously more in line with humanitarian principles.

Even if it is only to reduce the suffering of the people of the enemy country, it is necessary to win the victory as soon as possible by any means.

Retracting her gaze from the gallows where corpses were strewn, Nona shifted her gaze back to the train station, which was running at full capacity.

The reason why Bastogne was able to determine the victory or defeat of Army Group B and the entire war was that it was the most important transportation hub in the entire Ardennes region. By controlling this area, Charlemagne's forces would be able to force Army Group B advancing towards the Maas River to make a detour, thus buying valuable time to adjust the defensive deployment, and it could also become a ulcer in the supply route of the Defence Army. The Defence will be able to use the transportation facilities here to quickly advance to the front line of the Maas River and continue to provide supplies.

Now that Bastogne's rail and road systems are running at an unprecedented pace, in addition to unloading various supplies and personnel, two armored trains brought from the rear are also moving into the train dispatch platform for rearmament, and they will later advance towards Libermont with a wing of attack aircraft from the Air Force in conjunction with the Balk battle group.

In order to regain the lost time, the determination of the above is great, and the power invested is unprecedented. A brigade-sized battle group with independent heavy armoured units, plus two ironclad trains with heavy guns (five 155mm plus howitzers, with an open rotating turret mounted on a dedicated load-loaded platform, which can fire without the need for a dedicated rotating track for large-caliber train guns) and an attack aircraft wing. A force of this size is more than enough to directly attack the fortress of Sedang, is it a bit too much to deal with a few small villages and towns?

In fact, even this kind of combat power is barely enough in the eyes of Army Group B command. It is important to know that there is a Charlemagne cavalry division, the 5th Hussar Division, stationed on the line from Libramont to Neussato, and due to the delay caused by the previous traffic jam, the department is aware of the anomalies that are within easy reach and begins to reconnoiter the surrounding area.

Although the army group has been freed from the traffic jam, the huge convoy is still swinging along the road. It is obviously unrealistic to start an attack formation in such a state, and it is not wise to sit back and wait for the troops to come up and let precious time pass in vain.

"Our task is to break through the lines of the enemy's 5th Hussar Division, to seize the roads and bridges leading to Bouillon as intact as possible, and to outflank Nessato from the south. We don't have any time to waste here, and the rest is left to Stacy and the Home Office. ”

As Lieutenant Colonel Balk said, Army Group B's operations were already close to the schedule by this time, and they could not afford to delay here any longer. However, in order to prevent a recurrence of the previous chaos, considering that the enemy forces in front of them were division-sized cavalry units, if they were allowed to run around on the fragile supply lines of the defense army, this battle would really not be fought. Therefore, this time the march will not be as crazy as before, and the armored troops must be accompanied by Panzergrenadiers to attack the enemy line together to prevent the enemy infantry from rushing up and committing suicide attacks. You must know that although Charlemagne has not developed anti-tank weapons with a range of more than 30 meters so far, those weapons that can only play a role at a distance of face to face can actually only be regarded as suicide weapons, but you can't stand the crowd, besides, the vision inside the tank is not good, and the Ardennes area with high mountains and dense forests is an ideal infantry anti-tank paradise. A heavy tank with its tracks and engine compartment blown off is like a fish belly on a chopping board, and the opposing infantry has a way to clean you up.

Therefore, the marching column and the sequence of attacks must be adjusted, and even the way of marching must be adjusted. Related procedures, change of communication code and call sign, deployment of tasks...... There are a lot of miscellaneous things, and a bunch of staff officers are so busy that they don't even have the time to vomit blood.

Compared to these terrible things, it is really not worth hanging a dozen spies, traffickers, religious agents, corrupt officials and relatives involved in the case on the gallows in one go.

Perhaps their families will be grieving and grieving for this, but what about the others? the Defence Force doesn't care, the stakeholders only care about losses and gains, and the townsfolk are a little more complicated, but Nona dares to assert that most of them are relieved that the mayor is dead—just as the accomplices who learn that the mastermind has died.

Nona squeezed between her eyebrows, and it took half a minute to suppress the churning emotions in her body, and with a long sigh, she opened her eyes again.

Whenever she encounters this kind of situation that triggers the forbidden area of memory, Nona will adjust her mentality by remembering someone, and this moment is no exception.

But unlike in the past, when she opened her eyes again this time, the girl had turned into a soldier, and the wandering of her gaze had been expelled by steely tenacity.

- Roland.

Nona opened her lips slightly, calling silently.

- I want to prove.

- You are wrong.

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While the defensive forces were rapidly consolidating from north to south, preparing for the next phase of the advance by the arc of the offensive line drawn by Ufariz-Bastogne-Tantangge-Matrange-Arlon, the Charlemagne army opposite them was still in a state of almost vacation. A full eleven hours had passed since 5:30 a.m., and the two armies around the Ardennes were still ignorant of what was going on in front of them.

In addition to the backward means of communication of Charlemagne's army, the great success of the defense army's strategy of bullying the enemy and the blockade of the battlefield, the main reason is what Roland feared before the war - "no one in the whole Charlemagne sees the great crisis brewing in the Ardennes Forest". For Charlemagne, the Ardennes was more of a health resort than a rear. Given the rugged terrain of the Ardennes, anyone who wanted to launch an offensive here would either not know how to use troops or would simply be insane, and for the top brass of the Charlemagne army, who had been thoroughly rigid, the two were the same thing.

When these granite heads encounter a situation that deviates from their common sense and dogma, a tragicomedy that makes people laugh begins to play out.

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