Chapter 1727: Thirteen. Icewind Forest (19)

The so-called "miracles" are often seen in the history of war. The most famous one is the defeat of Russia by Napoleon and Hitler. People often blame the failure of the French and the Germans on the "General Winter"-Russia can reach a cold of minus 50 degrees in winter. . In fact, there are many factors in the failure of these two strategies, and the harsh environment is only one of them. It was the lack of logistics systems and resources that really determined the Corsican dwarf and the Austrian mustache to hate the Russian land. That is, the French and the Germans waged a war against the Eastern Front based on resource requirements, but the resources they had in their hands—reserved human resources, combat force size, military industry, and other resources were not sufficient to support such a grand war. They are destined to fall down hard before they reach their final goal.
Back to the war in front of us, can the resources held by the Principality support the realization of the goal?
Parsifal’s answer is: If the resources are quickly assembled and allocated in a short period of time, the Principality is likely to achieve its goals. Once the war is prolonged, even if there is only a long-term sign, the Principality can achieve the original set to some extent. Target, but the price and benefits paid for this cannot be equal, let alone the surplus. For the Principality, such a result is hard to call victory.
To push the Principality back to the negotiating table, it is necessary to create this kind of dilemma, even if the victory is not profitable, and the first step in creating the dilemma is to attract all the Principality's army and equipment to Mannerheim Line of defense.
"The army consumes a lot of materials every day, especially the army in combat. But the problem is that the logistics and transportation resources that can be used to deliver materials are limited, so the materials must be divided into categories and occupied according to the priority level. Logistics resources."
To put it bluntly, it is the question of whether more guns, ammunition or more ammunition or food, medicine, and daily supplies should be transported.
The upper level of the army always hopes to deliver more weapons and ammunition, because this will directly determine the victory or defeat of the frontline battles, and the grassroots is more inclined to survive and live supplies, can eat and wear warm, can use coffee and cigarettes to refresh, can be treated at any time Only after resolving these worries, they can devote themselves to the battle wholeheartedly, instead of worrying about whether they will starve to death, if they are injured, they will not be treated in time, and will be put aside for death. These are seemingly inconspicuous things that are actually closely related to morale and combat effectiveness.
"Reasonably allocate resources, optimize system structure, optimize cost and efficiency-this is the fundamental purpose of building a logistics system. The Principality only has a logistics system, but it does not really understand the real intention of building a logistics system. They just When looking at the depot and logistics system in modern warfare with traditional eyes, so when faced with the possibility of long-term trench consumption, they will inevitably invest more soldiers and technical weapons in an attempt to use both quality and quantity. Advantages overwhelm us. However, in order to ensure the transportation of personnel and equipment, in addition to the additional support equipment parts and equipment, ammunition, etc., it will inevitably further reduce the proportion of living materials in logistics. Considering that food is an indispensable guarantee for maintaining combat effectiveness and basic survival, then the most occupied place and at the same time not the most urgent material at the moment-winter clothing will inevitably be postponed for transportation."
At this point, the atmosphere under the podium has finally changed, and the soldiers in the north have understood what Parsifal is aiming for in the second phase of the battle.
Essentially, Parsifal’s attack target was the Principality’s military logistics system, which has not changed from beginning to end. But unlike general military generals who stare at guns and ammunition, Parsifal not only plays with ammunition, but also targets wintering supplies that are vital to winter operations.
I have never been to the extreme north, have not experienced even the compass will fail, and the extremely beautiful and cruel diamond star night will not understand the importance of wintering supplies for fighting in the extreme north.
That has nothing to do with ensuring combat effectiveness. Whether there are enough winter supplies will directly determine the survival of an army.
Here is an example. During the invasion of Russia by the First Empire and the Third Empire of France, the non-combat downsizing caused by the severe cold even exceeded the number of direct combat casualties. It is most common to freeze noses and ears in a cold current of minus forty or fifty degrees. It is not uncommon to directly touch a weapon without wearing gloves, causing cases where the skin freezes directly on the metal surface and tears away a layer of skin. Amputations due to frostbite and gangrene are commonplace. Whether it is the memoirs of the Napoleonic Wars or the Soviet-German Wars, there will be mention of the broken hands and feet that piled up outside the field hospital. Amputation is the only way to save the lives of frostbitten soldiers in an environment that is severely deprived of warm clothing, warm rooms, and therapeutic drugs.
Other problems such as lice, influenza, freezing of fuel and lubricating oil will also have a huge impact on the combat effectiveness of the army.
The Principality Army, also the northern army, will not know this, but for political purposes, they are eager to achieve the tactical goal of occupying the Karelia Isthmus and the Hanko Peninsula before the arrival of winter~EbookFREE.me~ The negotiations seek an advantageous position. This makes them more likely to send more equipment and personnel over to prepare for the winter supplies and send them to the front, to concentrate their superior strength to break through the Mannerheim line of defense, and then use the supplies and facilities of Lapland to spend the winter. .
Parsifal aimed at precisely the structural contradiction between this need and reality.
"Gentlemen, what we are trying to shape is a situation. Hundreds of thousands of Principality troops are lined up along the Mannerheim line of defense. They are well-trained, fearless to death, and have a sufficient number of technical weapons in their hands. But they lack food and clothing, and guns lack ammunition and spare parts for repairs and maintenance. They are almost the same as fire sticks. In this state, how do high-ranking military and government officials view the war? Strictly trained and experienced troops freeze to death, starve to death, or walk in groups to enter the Lapland prisoner of war camp? Give the opponent a technical weapon that cost a lot of manpower and material resources to the opponent? Or is it going into a state of affairs? Before this situation, retreat as early as possible, shorten the distance from the logistics supply station by retreating, and build a new line of defense?"
The answer is, of course, the latter, as long as the brain is free of problems, even the Austrian Corporal, who has always opposed retreat, approved the retreat after the defeat of the Battle of Moscow, thus avoiding a complete collapse of the German army. The Principality Army may sometimes be a bit off-line, but they are not stupid, knowing that they should choose to avoid damaging the truth when facing a dilemma.
At the thought of this, the Lapland soldiers present were full of vitality, and their eyes were staring closely at the last report in Parsifal's hand.
"The latest report from the extreme north weather station is that cold air masses are forming. Gentlemen, before the pioneer of the cold wind blows through the forests of Lapland, we will destroy Yaliza and give the decisive collapse of the Principality’s logistics system a decisive one. hit."