Chapter 97: The coming all-out war

I met Raja in the Icote Valley, learned about the general situation of the Yanlong Church, and gave specific instructions to the other party. Ai Luo turned into a human again, and almost returned to Zakif's royal family without stopping. castle.
　　 "Ello, what shall we do next?"
　　Weiss bowed slightly and stood respectfully beside Ai Luo, his lavender eyes gleaming with cold light.
This is the first time he has talked face-to-face with Ai Luo in twelve years. Because Ai Luo did not have the identity of the top head of the integrated intelligence department before, if he rushed into the royal castle to meet with the king secretly, it would be good if he was not noticed. Being noticed...it will inevitably cause some people's speculation.
　　 Now Elok can't ignore the adventurers, a group of hugely differentiated strengths and who love to take care of everything. As he learned more about adventurers over the years, he also gradually understood how good his luck was at the beginning.
　　Whether it is the Wolf Warriors or the Blaze Squad, strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as a second- and third-rate team. If you had recruited those truly first-rate high-level adventurers...I am afraid that things will not be easy to clean up.
　　In the history of Elohim, there have been encounters with gods, admiration and help from gods, and even adventurers who have become gods!
　　 That's why Ai Luo has been talking face-to-face with Wes until today-of course, part of the reason is that this conversation is indeed very important, and only relying on magic communication makes Ai Luo feel unreliable.
For Weis, who is also about to enter his youth, as an important chess piece buried in Falkenridge by Aylor, he has relied on Aylor’s judgment over the years, and his own outstanding wisdom has won the battle. Less praise, at this time the status in the hearts of most people in the kingdom is already the highest.
　　 But when facing Ai Luo, he still maintained his respect, not only because of the shadow left by the nuclear radiation that year, but also because he witnessed the changes brought to the kingdom by Ai Luo's decision.
　　 Unconsciously, Weiss has gradually begun to sincerely recognize Ai Luo's position as the boss.
　　 In short, his current approach is to judge this mysterious black dragon, even if you don’t understand, don’t ask, just do it with peace of mind... After all, so far, the rational monster in front of him has never missed it.
　　 "My subordinates should have already informed you that we must maintain a defensive state along the Stasi border. I know exactly what state the war preparations have entered on the Stassina border, so don't doubt my decision."
　　 Ai Luo stood in front of the wide sand table model of several square meters in the king's bedroom, and said, "Although you say that, you are at least different from those people."
　　 As he said, Ai Luo don't point to the outside in a meaningful way. Obviously, what he called "those people" refers to humans.
　　 "I will briefly talk to you about my considerations, and you can also tell the generals you truly trust."
　　Weiss couldn't help being slightly surprised. Ai Luo guessed it right. Although he didn't say it, he really didn't know why he missed such a golden opportunity.
Over the years, after Eello’s full blood transfusion, Falkenridge’s soldiers are always ready to respond to Stasi’s invasion. The army hoarding around the border is as large as 200,000-this is considered to be a small country. The power of the country is full-but I have to wait for Stasi to do it first.
　　 "Since you think it is appropriate to wait, I will let them wait." Weiss groaned and replied. Obviously, the changes of this little dragon are also very obvious. He has not restored his body in twelve years, so that he has learned a way of thinking closer to humans, and at the same time is more sleek and sophisticated in dealing with people.
　　 "There are three reasons," Ai Luo said with a meaningful smile, "One is morality, the other is logistics, and the third is empire."
　　Weiss was stunned, and then immediately reacted.
　　Yes, although on the surface, Stasi will take the lead and take the initiative in the war, but don’t forget that not all factors that determine the outcome of a war are on the battlefield!
　　 First, Stasi took the lead in launching an aggression, which was morally disadvantaged. No matter how hypocritical a country is, no one would like to take the initiative to provoke a party to a dispute. From this perspective, letting Stasi advance to attack is equivalent to turning oneself into a victim. It can not only pull the big powers, true or false Sympathy can also draw the support of some small countries that also fear the invasion of Stasi.
The second is that people don’t have to think about the annoying logistical supply issues-Falkenridge and Stasi are not vast countries, but their territories are not small, and the straight-line distance between the two capitals is also Nearly a thousand kilometers.
　　 If you want to take the initiative, Falkenrich will undoubtedly need to take on a longer supply line. But the defense is different: all the materials are left at the door of the house, which is equivalent to directly solving a problem.
　　 With this advantage, those large amounts of materials that need to be consumed on the offensive road can be used for defense.
　　Third, no matter how Falkenridge and Stasi clash, there is actually a game between big powers behind it.
　　 The Tadoya Empire standing behind Stasi, and as Falkenrich gradually developed and gradually attached importance to this little brother, the Haval Empire, they were the real operators of this battlefield.
If Falkenrich takes the lead in launching an attack, the Tadoya Empire can be said to have a rightful opportunity to help Stasi—think about it, Stasi has been invaded, how can the people of the God of Light Suffer this kind of harm?
　　Relatively speaking, the Haval Empire would lack reasons to support Falkenrich. It can't help a so-called "invader" at the risk of violating mainland public opinion?
　　 And if Stasi advances, then the situation will just turn around. The military strength of the Havar Empire is certainly not as good as the Tadoya Empire, but when it comes to material aid, no country can compare to the Havar Empire, which is the economic leader!
　　 What Falkenrich needs most now is not soldiers, but enough supplies.
　　 That’s right, although Ailuo has given Falkenridge blood for twelve years at any cost, I don’t know how many faith points have been used up, but it is still not enough to make up for the huge
debt
owed by Falkenridge a hundred years ago.
In fact, there is another reason, that is, as an attacker, Stasi can't press up all his troops to attack Falkenridge-the surrounding small countries are not stupid, such as the Duchy of Sefi and Duchy of Kore These two famous dung sticks, if Stasi really dared to send out the whole army, they would never mind taking the opportunity to stab Stasi.
　　 As a defender, Falkenridge can deal with Stasi's offensive with all his troops without any worries. With one increase and one decrease, it seems that the odds of winning are not so small.
Don’t forget that Ailuo has basically leveled the surrounding areas of Falkenridge. There is also a potential ally of the Duchy of Weitz in the southwest. Compared with the small countries around Stasi that fear its expansion, it is really better. less.
　　 In short, Ai Luo only needs to reinforce the defense system around Yanlong Fortress with all his heart and soul, and wait for Stasi to launch a "sudden" attack one morning.
　　 At this moment, around the Yanlong Fortress that has been strengthened several times, the commanders of several armies are trying their best to complete the line of defense in their jurisdiction.
　　 Falkenridge made adequate preparations for Stasi’s offensive this time. Unlike the hasty defense twelve years ago, they prepared a total of eleven lines of defense for Stasi’s army in the border area.
　　 The 200,000 standing army is also idle, so after training and rest, the rest of the time is responsible for further strengthening the line of defense. Although these lines of defense are not hugely-engineered permanent defenses, Stasi did not have the terrible development speed of Falkenrich, and in the past twelve years, their army has not made a qualitative leap.
　　Falckenridge is different. Although objectively speaking, it is still a step behind Stasi, it is a real leap from the comparison twelve years ago.
　　 An elite unit equipped with simple enchanting equipment, hundreds of magic ballistas, a densely arranged array of archers, and a cavalry unit...
　　 Ailuo himself has performed many deductions and evaluations of this defense system. According to conservative estimates, Stasi will use at least 50,000 lives to fill the front defensive front.
　　 If you are more optimistic, you can even think that these lines of defense plus the Yanlong Fortress itself, it is not impossible to eat Stasi's seventy or eighty thousand people. As for the price Falkenridge will pay, Ailuo’s initial prediction is that only about 30,000 people will be lost.
　　 But once the war starts in full, there are currently 300,000 Stasi regular troops stationed at the border, but there are still about 100,000 reserves.
Fortunately, the frontal force comparison between the two sides is not a simple two hundred thousand versus four hundred thousand, but a total of two hundred twenty thousand troops from Falkenrich and Weitz against Stasi’s 300,000 troops-just as mentioned earlier , Stasi is unlikely to put the entire country's forces on the front battlefield, and the Grand Duke Mullen of the Principality of Weitz has always advocated friendship with Falkenridge, and 20,000 reinforcements can still be obtained.
　　Of course, the Stasi's army was not idle during this period, and their troops were actively preparing for the revenge action that Grand Duke Jon had been advocating.
With the completion of the Lightning Storm Project, almost all young people across the country took up arms under the encouragement, and even some countries closely related to Stasi had to send troops. This led to the 300,000 conventional army The number of reserve forces outside far exceeded Falkenrich's expectations, and everyone was ready to start a battle with their feud Falkenrich.
　　 For this war and the rise of the future, Stasi actually added up all aspects to prepare an army of more than 600,000. This can be said to be militant, because even after decades of accumulation, UU reading www. The population of the entire Principality of Stasi on uukanshu.com is just over five million.
　　 Similar to Falkenridge, Stasi also has his own full preparation: what Falkenridge has, almost all of them, and what Falkenridge does not have, they also have. For example...A total of five hundred dragon knights!
The Earth Traveling Dragon Knights are the trump card of the land warfare, so all the Stasi officers who know this information have reason to believe that their troops can break through the Dragon Fortress, especially the Grand Duke Jon himself, who raided Falken against Stasi Rich was full of confidence in the war and felt that he basically had a chance to win.
　　 Under his lead, some people have even begun to plan what they will do after occupying Zakif.
Moreover, some Stasi generals who are familiar with Falkenridge’s army are also very optimistic about this battle. As the strongest principality, Stasi, after decades of reforms by Grand Duke Jon, has emerged many capable people, some of them After studying Falkenrich's fighting style in history, he found out the opponent's weakness.
　　 That is the lack of long-range firepower.
Due to the long-term lack of resources, weapons such as bows and arrows and crossbows that consume a lot of ammunition, it is not easy for Falkenrich to maintain a high level of equipment. Therefore, the previous generations of kings Both pay more attention to the close combat training of soldiers.
　　This has led to their army not being good at defensive operations, because they lack the support of long-range firepower in defense and will collapse faster than other opponents.
　　 This is not just his opinion alone, but the opinion of many senior officers in Stasi. Therefore, the high-level Stasi’s argument is: "Instead of waiting for Falkenridge to attack, we should concentrate our forces to fight first. This will not only take the lead, but also make Falkenridge be forced to defend, which will make the warfare. The rhythm falls into our control."