965.The short man marshal wants to show off his power！
965.The short-handed marshal wants to show off his power! (Page 1/2)
Just one day after Murphy received the distress letter from the Genoa Peninsula, a battle report on the front line of the Genoa Peninsula was also sent to the Dorode Fortress on the shores of Lake Shurpers. At this time, he was conducting battlefield deductions with several generals. When Marshal Loren saw the battle report, he exploded on the spot..
“Bang”
He said nothing with a sullen face, and the putter he used to push the chess piece on the sand table was hit hard by his hand..
This scene made several generals next to them look at each other, and then everyone reacted.
For Marshal Loren, who pays attention to his daily appearance, such a direct emotional change can only prove one thing. Something must have happened on the front line..
Under the hint of the eyes of the marshal's adjutant, General Soros, several generals in charge of specific affairs decisively put down their putters and temporarily left the deduction room with their respective staff officers. After everyone else left, Loren, who looked depressed, The anger finally broke out.
“Eight of our seventeen towns in the northern part of the Genoa Peninsula were captured! I don't know how those commanders fought! Almost overnight, the battle line that was originally still stalemate became what it is now..”
The marshal cursed in a loud voice that suited the temper of a dwarf.：
“Because of their failure, our first blockade was completely opened, and the other nine towns were forced to fight on their own. It was too late for the soldiers to retreat now..
The Jackals' speed advantage means that they must have completed the encirclement, but those guys don't attack the city.
They are tempting us to abandon the position of the second blockade and take the initiative to rescue those trapped..
They are forcing us to give up our firepower advantage and engage in mobile warfare with them..
Those halflings didn't destroy the damn thing they made when they evacuated the city, and now my soldiers have to face a group of savage gnolls armed with halfling firearms. Those guys have begun to drop bombs with trebuchets. Okay, what kind of monsters and monsters will I have to face in a while?？
A group of mechanized gnoll thugs driving steam walkers and attacking the city under cover of artillery fire?？！
Those weak little people really fail to accomplish anything and fail more than they should！”
Although he knew that the situation was critical, General Soros still couldn't help laughing when he heard the word "weak little man" coming from the mouth of Marshal Loren, a dwarf..
Hold it back！
Can't laugh！
If he laughs at this moment, his glorious military career may be over..
“Ahem, there is another way, Marshal.”
General Soros reminded him in the tone of a professional soldier.：
“We don't need to send ground troops to rescue our soldiers. The 3rd Armed Airship Wing of Port Chardeau is currently resting and replenishing supplies at Dorod Fortress..
We can imitate the tactics used by the Transians in using airship bombing, and temporarily borrow the armed airships of the Halflings to conduct a large-scale bombing of the besieged area. The firepower suppression from the sky will create an opportunity for our soldiers to evacuate..
The Jackals have absolutely no air power, there's nothing they can do about it.”
“But we don't have the crazy incendiary bombs of the Transians, Soros..”
Loren sat on a chair and unbuttoned his first button, then took out the dwarf pipe, he thought and said：
“According to the analysis results of the battle reports sent back by Colonel Fraser, or now Brigadier General Fraser, in the absence of corresponding weapons, it is difficult to exert the firepower advantage of the halfling armed airship..
The heavy bombs we currently have are more focused on attacking fortresses than large-scale fire bombings. It is difficult to reproduce the tactics of the Transians..
Those halflings who were taken into our care are all stubborn. They are unwilling to imitate the weapons of destruction of the Transians. They say that it breaks the bottom line of the civilized camp. Damn the bottom line! Their cities are almost falling.
Now it is the Plantagenets who are bleeding and dying for their land, and for the first time I realize that these halflings are more stubborn than my compatriots..”
“this is indeed a problem.”
General Soros nodded..
He glanced at the sand table behind him, and after thinking for a moment, he said：
“Do you still remember Brigadier General Fraser's report on the War of the Lord's Position on the Maginot Line? In addition to bombing, the three armed airships of the Transians also carried out a shocking airborne beheading of the Jackal Grand Overseer..
When we lack bombing firepower, we may be able to take similar decisions. If there is no way to cover the evacuation of our soldiers, then it is better to do the opposite..
Airdrop necessary supplies and elite soldiers into the besieged towns to strengthen their confidence in holding on and buy time for larger-scale troop deployments.？”
“That's a good idea！”
Marshal Loren blew out a smoke ring and said thoughtfully.：
“The Halfling airship is equipped with enough engineering parachutes. As long as the soldiers are brave and courageous enough, they can achieve faster deployment than usual. The 3rd Airship Wing has six airships and only needs two round trips. Can send enough supplies and reinforcements to besieged towns.
Moreover, this new method of warfare has already proven its value in the Maginot Line. We must learn and master it as soon as possible..
Alas, I haven’t learned trench warfare and tunnel warfare yet, and airborne tactics followed one after another.！
The military technology brought by those foreigners has overwhelmed me, a veteran, but every war idea is so practical and shocking. It simply subverts the existing war system and makes me feel like I am back in the country. Studying career at Bourbon Military Academy.”
“Who says it's not?？”
General Soros also nodded helplessly. He discussed the action plan with the marshal and quickly formulated a plan and handed it over to several other generals of the Pioneer Legion to coordinate and advance..
The elite soldiers of the Pioneer Corps in the fortress are already in a state of war, and the supplies are all ready. Now you only need to select a group of soldiers to get on the airship and familiarize yourself with the operation of the parachute before setting off. The parachutes of half-length people are mechanical and can be opened at a scheduled time. Airships can also hover for long periods of time, meaning they don't need to make dangerous high-speed parachute drops.
When the Jackals have no anti-aircraft firepower, the soldiers of the Pioneer Legion can land over the target, which greatly improves the safety of airborne landings..
However, the support for the besieged areas was only the beginning. Marshal Loren did not intend to let his soldiers be beaten by the jackals on the front line, but he stayed safely in the rear without fighting back. He had already decided to lead the pioneering army to the Genoa Peninsula. Have a head-on confrontation with the Jackals on the battlefield.
This does not come from the dwarf marshal's character of advocating offense, but is based on realistic needs..
Now that King Louis has decided to support the Halflings, the Pioneer Legion, as the only elite currently deployed in the Cato region, must shoulder the important task of opening up the battlefield. If they cannot establish sufficient advantages on the Genoa Peninsula now, then they will have to wait until the Jackals break through Xia The situation will only get worse when Erdo Port heads north in a big way.
In other words, the black plague of the Transians is over, but the black plague of the Plantagenets has just begun..
Alas, we Plantagenets are going to have our own black plague. This is really too bad.！
It was under such a scene that Fraser crossed Lake Shurpers and came to Fortress Dorod. He came to report to the marshal and accept his promotion to the military rank. By the way, he met his father who was currently in the Cato area..
Because of Colonel Fraser's outstanding performance in a series of previous wars, King Louis promoted him to a brigadier general with emotion, making Fraser the youngest general in the history of the Plantagenet Kingdom. However, unfortunately, Fraser Brigadier General Lei Ze himself was not as excited about this promotion as he imagined..
From the beginning of the Black Disaster to the present, Fraser has seen the brutal way war works, and is no longer the somewhat idealistic and romantic young aristocrat he once was..
He has lost friends and suffered defeats. He has dealt with jackals in dangerous swamps, and when desperate times have come, he has carried weapons to fight the barbarians in close combat. It is like a good piece of steel being forged and beaten. His character The romantic part was settled and replaced by a more calm temperament..
In the eyes of Marshal Loren, Fraser has become an outstanding warrior that he recognizes, and this is a commander who left his pioneering army..
This is your own soldier！
“well done！”
In a very simple but ceremonial ceremony, Marshal Loren, who was standing on a chair, personally placed the brigadier general's star on Fraser's head and handed him a command knife forged by the kingdom's craftsmen..
The marshal praised：
“Brigadier General Fraser, you have become an example of courage and wisdom to the soldiers of the Kingdom! Because of the dissemination of your three volumes of realistic and shocking "Records of the Black Disaster" in the country, more citizens have realized what kind of dangerous enemy we are fighting against, and our people have realized the role of brave soldiers traveling in this era. high duty.
Just last month, the number of recruits who volunteered to serve the kingdom at various recruitment points in the country broke the record..
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