Chapter 1730: 13. Ice Wind Forest (22)

"You have to understand, Alexander Vasilyevich. It's a shame to lose to an excellent opponent, but you don't have to be ashamed of it. I also lost to the magician, but I am not ashamed. It’s just that I regret that I’m not as young as you, and I have more time to compete with this great opponent.

"I see, sir."
In the face of the elderly leader's open-mindedness, Kolchak couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and the expression on his face regained his firmness and calmness.
"It doesn’t make any sense to regret what has happened. Now we have to analyze our own shortcomings from failure, the strengths of the enemy, and find the way to victory. Then, Alexander Vasilyevich, you start from What did the magician learn?"
"It is self-limiting and first-in-first, sir. When we are confined to the fleet decisive battle is the only form of decision to control the battlefield and even the sky and the sea, sir Parsifal looks at the relationship between logistics supply and fleet use from the overall height of the battlefield. Relationship. This failure is not just a mistake in the use of tactics, but also a gap in strategic ideas."
In the last war, the concepts of sea power and air power emerged, and together with the large-scale mechanized corps, they became the vane of the transformation of military concepts in the new era. Just like talking with the army about the new military changes, it must be called blitz, the floating fleets of navies and affiliated navy and land forces (except for the republic and empire, and the air power of each country has not been independent) generally regard the Mahan-style sea power idea as a rule. All generals believe that the value of the navy lies in controlling the ocean, seizing and guaranteeing the right to control the sea. The maritime power represented by the fleet will contribute to the effective control of the ocean by the affiliated countries, and make full use of the benefits it brings under the premise of effective control. Air power is an extension of the idea of ​​controlling sea power in the air. Therefore, the seizure of sea power and air power is the fundamental purpose of sea and air power and strategy.
For most of the time, the Mahanian concept of sea power can be established or at least justified. However, the implementation of its strategic principles is too high. For some countries that have more than enough power to develop sea and air forces, instead of pursuing an impossible goal, it is better to redefine their strategy and achieve national defense in a more economical way. aims. The product of this kind of thinking is the "existence of fleet strategy" and "cruising wars"-by destroying others' power to control the sea and attacking the enemy's maritime transportation lines to shake the enemy's military and economic power. The specific form is unrestricted submarine warfare and sea raid warfare, while the air manifestation is air strangulation warfare and strategic bombing. In the last war, the Imperial Army drained Charlemagne's blood through the sharp blades of the sea and the air. The final battle of the Rhine was just a wonderful ending after the overall strategy reached the final stage.
It is for this reason that whether Admiral Makarov or Major General Kolchak deduced Parsifal’s possible mode of action, they tended to believe that Parsifal would use fleet attack or single-ship safari Way to attack floating fleets in the Principality or supply convoys stranded on the road. For the attack on the temporary supply station-they also considered, but in the first place they did not have more maneuvering power to protect the temporary warehouses all over the Tepalai River and the transportation lines; second, it was a facility under the jurisdiction of the army, not in The port under the navy's management; three times, they were confident that even if Parsifal blew up one or two warehouses, the Principality's mobile patrol fleet could quickly bite Parsifal and then tore him to pieces.
However, when Parsifal actually started, Kolchak found out how far his cognition differed from reality.
To destroy a pile of ammunition placed in the open air, why do you have to use a gun to close the shot? Just let the MDS hang a bomb to explode.
"From the beginning, the Magician never thought of using a fleet to fight against it. The foundation of the theory of the existence of the fleet is to ensure the existence of the fleet, and use a weak fleet that is enough to create trouble at the critical moment to contain the opponents. The enemy fleet is exactly this One principle, the successful containment of our army through a series of mobilizations created conditions for the MDS raid. After the successful MDS raid, in turn, the chaos of our army was used to lead the fleet out of the unencircled encirclement and shelling other undefended supply bases. If the squadron of the transport ship had not lifted the mission, he might even want to start the transport ship."
Speaking of the last part, Kolchak's cheeks twitched unnaturally.
Damn bureaucracy.
Recalling the complaints and responsibilities of the army, logistics, and base camp, Kolchak's mood to finally calm down again began to fluctuate sharply, and his blood pressure began to soar.
As with every bad thing and bad news in the past, various departments of the Principality began to concentrate on two things-to clear themselves and dump the pot to others.
The Army accused the logistics department of unsatisfactory support. The logistics department complained that the Army demanded too much and gave too little support. At the same time, it unreasonably increased unreasonable demands. The two sides blamed each other. You shoot one shot, I am an upside down gold hook, you take my The ball rushed out, and my goalkeeper rushed directly in front of your goal to shoot... you are very happy to come and go. In the end, the base camp took a picture of the table and stated that if he did not give an explanation, he sent all the supervisors involved in the incident to Lubyanka for investigation. As for whether he would eat a bullet and send it to an underground crematorium, or the mother of God. Can save a small life to dig potatoes in permafrost, it depends on the artificial. Under the direct threat, the Army and the Logistics Department reached an agreement that a big foot kicked the ball into the Navy's gate.
The ideas on both sides are very practical. Anyway, in the end, someone or department must come out to bear the blame. The navy already had the task of providing for air transportation and air patrol in the theater. After the accountability, it was impossible to run away from them. Push onto the navy.
As the creator and executor of the plan and decoy plan, Major General Kolchak had intended to shoulder all responsibilities on his shoulders. To this end, he even prepared a resignation report and a report of the entire incident scheduled to be used in a military court. As a result, I heard that the idiot bureaucracy of the Army and Logistics Department asked the Navy to take all the responsibilities. The major general's temper suddenly came up. He didn't waste time debating, but just sat there bearing all kinds of accusations. When the other party talked about his lips and had to stop to drink, Major General Kolchak stood up and bowed, stating that as the most responsible person of the naval department in this incident, he would assume all the responsibilities, and then The major general photographed his suicide note on the desk, and then took out his pistol calmly and put it on his head.
This outbreak terrified everyone. Fortunately, Admiral Makarov had a quick eye, otherwise blood spattering on the spot was not really talking.
With such a scary scene, this accountability conference naturally cannot be continued. In addition, the war is still fighting, without the navy escort, and the logistics supply cannot be carried out, so this incident was eventually encountered by all relevant departments. The admonition ended.
This is not a bowl of water, nor is it a real end, but it is to postpone the liquidation to the post-war period. Kolchak was naturally responsible for the responsibility he should take, but he couldn't help but feel angry when he remembered the ugly faces he saw at the meeting.
"Alexander Vasilyevich. You are still too young. If you understand the essence of bureaucracy, you will not be so excited."
"Nature?"
"The essence of bureaucracy is the means that bureaucrats use to protect themselves. Understand this and you will not be surprised by the various actions of bureaucrats."
The voice mixed with sighs and sneers dissipated in the warm air, and the admiral who was seated again changed his grim face.
"Major General, your eyes are still too narrow."
Kolchak’s summary is very insightful and correct, but his viewpoint is limited to the tactical level of the campaign, and he does not think enough about strategic issues.
"Major General Parsifal is really good at shaping his strategic structure and development. He has won before the war, and all the magic after the war is just a script that everyone sets according to him. He just danced on the palm."
This sounds a bit exaggerated, but Kolchak soon understood the meaning.
The Parsifal fleet's raid was certainly a good time to pick, but he was not a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. He used the retreat of the Lapland army to lengthen the supply line of the Principality Army, and used the Taipalai River and Poor border traffic increased the difficulty of the Principality Army’s implementation of resupply, making the Principality Army have to build a large number of material storage points and disperse the few mobile powers in hand-all this was set by Parsifal.
"In fact, this is not a gimmick. In the past few hundred years of war, my country has also adopted a similar strategy to deal with the invading human camp army."
Major General Kolchak suddenly understood it, and there was a touch of tremor in his tense face~EbookFREE.me~ Cold sweat flowed down the temple.
As Makarov said, the Principality Army should not be surprised by Parsifal’s success at all. For the past few hundred years, the Principality Army has used the same strategy to deal with invading foreign troops-rhythmic Retreat with great strides, retreat, retreat, and then retreat, if necessary, even the capital can not, until the intruder can not maintain its supply line and then fight with it.
The basic principles of Parsifal’s strategy and tactics are the same, but he does not have the strategic depth of the Principality, so he chooses to use the contradiction between the anxious front-line demand and limited logistics logistics channels to create congestion and material detention, and then wait for the Principality military In order to ensure the smooth flow of the logistics line, the hoarded materials were destroyed by the dispersed and diluted gaps. In this way, the Principality Army could not maintain the supply line, and finally withdrew from the battle.
This is the basis of all Parsifal’s actions. The so-called
magic tactics
are nothing but a reflection of a simple, rude and effective strategy.
Understanding this, an unprecedented chill came to Kolchak's back, and he murmured:
"If this is the case, then..."
"The next time his goal will definitely be this Yamliza stronghold, think about it, because the materials hoarded in various temporary warehouses have been destroyed, and the field emergency facilities used for floating ship loading and unloading on the front line have also been destroyed. Before the loss, a large amount of material resources continued to flow into Yam Liza, the warehouse will soon be filled, and all kinds of flammable and explosive things are piled everywhere, just like the temporary warehouses before. This time another bomb If it falls into the stockpiling point..."
The old man shook his head without saying anything, and Kolchak did not say that terrible consequence.
Needless to say, they are very clear, and some are busy next.