If there is a tryout contest such as "the most hated creature of soldiers", then the "calm soldier", who can defeat powerful opponents such as "enemies", "different branches of the military", "politicians", "gendarmes", "incompetent superiors/subordinates", etc., will be the "calm soldier", who can cross many barriers such as camps, races, and cultures, and make both enemies and enemies disgusted. Usually when you bump into this kind of person, throwing a "coward" hat to the other party is a very polite and well-cultivated move.

"Therefore, there is no reason for our army to continue to go deeper, and the first task at present should be to avoid attrition and curb the phenomenon of bleeding. ”

The retreat route of Charlemagne's army was drawn in red pencil on the unfolded map, and the possible pursuit plan of the Alfheim Defense Army was outlined in blue pencil -- this was based on the plan of completely stopping the offensive and retreating in stride, based on the main purpose of minimizing the loss of men and materials and minimizing the logistical burden.

With the current atmosphere of impetuousness and irritability in the army of King Charlemagne's family, the man who proposed the plan was an officer, not to mention honorary titles such as "coward" and "defeatist", and those who volunteered to carry out the execution for him could even form a legion.

In fact, the moment the report came to a conclusion, the air in the conference room did indeed condense. The Minister of War swept over the generals and colonels with iron faces, and then looked at the sculptural silence of the Chief of the Army General Staff, confirming that no one wanted to rush out to "punish the national thieves", and at the same time felt a little relieved, he was also worried and impatient about the group of people under his command who had lost their temper and did not know when to explode. I was afraid that a tragedy of five steps of blood splattering would be staged in the conference room of the army headquarters.

The atmosphere was so dangerous.

"By retreating, the logistical difficulties caused by distance and the interference of enemy air raids can be greatly alleviated, and our troops can calmly accumulate strength for subsequent operations. ”

However, the little girl completely ignored the sinister atmosphere of the scene on the verge of a critical point, and after narrating her opinions, she sat down generously, her cold eyes calmly met the staring gaze of the staff officers, but if she was swept away by the eyes that were so sharp that they seemed to be able to pierce people, no matter how fierce the staff officers and colonels were, they could only sit obediently on the chairs. Like a group of frogs targeted by snakes, hungry vipers are waiting for some of them to jump out and die.

That's right.

The tragedy that the Minister of War feared was not a group of big men ravaging unarmed and pure girls, but this monster who could tear the chariot by hand (Roland: What do you say?(╯‵□′)╯(┻━┻) tortured and killed a group of generals and colonels on the spot. At that time, tramples such as high-heeled shoes and sledgehammers will happen (Roland and others: It turns out that your old man likes this tune. (￣▽￣“)）。 Before the battle began, the General Staff was killed en masse due to the violent movement of a young girl. No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make people laugh.

In order not to have this extremely embarrassing tragedy, but also for their own beautiful life and future, the staff officers could only silently endure their anger and completely ignore the little girl's nonsense.

Roland wasn't unaware of the other party's attitude, and he knew exactly what those red deer with gun oil in their heads were thinking. From the beginning, he had no hope of convincing the war maniac. The purpose of this trip to the General Staff of the Army, to put it bluntly, was to prepare for what would happen next.

How could the Army's petty tricks be hidden from Alfheim's efficient intelligence agencies and the army of ghosts that permeated all of Charlemagne's military and political agencies? I am afraid that the plan made by the General Staff of the Army has not yet reached the front-line command structure, and the General Staff of the Defense Forces has already made a copy. Even if you can't get the details of the battle, look at the supply list and what is being transported on the railway line, and the guy with a good mind can figure out what kind of tricks Charlemagne is playing.

There was no possibility of success in this operation from the start, and Charlemagne was not to devote resources to a hopeless offensive operation. Rather, it is necessary to shrink the troops, curb "blood loss", and at the same time ease relations with other countries. Use diplomatic and geostrategic to contain Alfheim. But these difficult things are complete nonsense to the tactically astute and strategically incompetent Army General Staff, whose minds have no other option than a military solution. Moreover, at a time when nationalism and populism were in full swing in the country, the people in a state of euphoria would never accept any concession to the enemy when it seemed that the country could continue to fight. It was not until the news of the crushing defeat came from the front and a large number of wounded soldiers and urns were transported to the rear that people remembered the importance of peace. But you have to wait until then to start the layout. It was too late.

His way of thinking was getting closer and closer to the kind of adult he hated the most—and when he realized this, Roland could be described as a mixed bag. With a wry smile on his face, he couldn't help but be glad that Li Lin was not here, otherwise he might have put on his signature pose - the palms that were put together were flat under his nose, and the shadow just happened to cover the sneer, and then he said in a serious tone, "This is the privilege of adults......

Retracting his thoughts from the guy who couldn't tell whether he was serious or not, Roland confronted the living fossils of the General Staff once again.

The General Staff did not inform Minerva of the true operational intentions and plans, but Roland still deduced from various clues - using the "City of Condor" as a bait to attract enemy reserves into the position, and annihilating all the enemy's living forces with tunnel blasting, and then the infantry consolidated the gap, and the mobile group composed of floating fortresses, air fleets and ground cavalry quickly advanced towards Alfheim.

If the Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Vauban, was a gambler on the racetrack, then he had high hopes for the blasting of tunnels, the breakthrough of the infantry to consolidate the gaps, and the follow-up of the mobile units to expand the results - these three batches of racehorses. As far as a mobile breakthrough battle is concerned, this is actually a decent standard tactic, but the artillery preparation before the assault is replaced by tunnel blasting, and the mechanized air-ground coordinated operation is replaced by a floating fleet to cover and coordinate the cavalry advance. If the United Principalities of Albion and Rus were opposite, the chances of success were quite high. In the face of the defense forces that have all the information on the battlefield and have air supremacy and heavy firepower superiority, this is just a pure send-off. Even if Charlemagne, who lost the red eye, smashed the entire "Condor City" and blew himself up, Alfheim, whose core combat power had not been damaged, could still calmly maintain the battle line and continue to advance their war plan.

Just as Roland was thinking about a lawsuit, the treacherous and cunning Minister of War opened his mouth.

"That's it. ”

The Marquis de Lois pressed his right index finger on his temple and spoke with impeccable etiquette as if to mediate between the two sides.

"The Holy Maiden's opinion is indeed novel, and we understand your opinion. As for what you and Her Royal Highness are worried about, it's not without a reference point. But now the only way to deal with the rebels as soon as possible is to deal with the most urgent issues. Even if they wanted to start so-called peace talks, the people would not be able to accept it. It is impossible to retreat in large strides, and it will only give the enemy an inch. Let the nations look down on us. ”

(Isn't it because you are arbitrary?!)

Barely swallowing an angry roar, Roland continued to snarl in a calm tone that stifled feelings:

"Your Excellency, with the current rate of attrition of our army, it is difficult to support such a large-scale offensive. ”

Unlike most people's imagination, while speeding up troop mobility and making logistical work more convenient, railways have also increased the difficulty of management and coordination, and if we add the two objective factors of technological progress in weapons and equipment and interference from adversaries, the problem will be further magnified. When Charlemagne's army assembled at the front. The problems that plagued the Wehrmacht's mobile units in the "Seven-Day War" and which once almost led to stillbirth in the entire operation are now entangled with the Charlemagne.

The rapid concentration of supplies, the competition between freight trains and troop transport trains, the piling of supplies in warehouses and carriages that cannot be transferred, the soldiers waiting hungry at the stations to get on the trains, the shells that have been so painstakingly delivered to the front line and the artillery in use do not match...... Coupled with the interference of the empty wash, the entire front line was like a boiling cauldron, and the room was bubbling and zooming, and there was chaos, whining, and all forms of swearing. 8)