Chapter 875: 10. The country burns (2)

"Has Lugdunum's troops yet to set off? What do the garrison headquarters and the railway department eat? Do you want the military police to kick their ass?"
"How is the transfer center of Duro Cortorum (rum) dispatched? The front line asked for a 12-pound cannon, but the result was canned lunch meat!!"
"The bersillies fortress can never be withdrawn! This is the order of the crown prince! Anyone who dares to retreat, whether it is an officer or a soldier, will be shot! The difficulty is temporary. Army...what?! The fortress of Saas, the Craft Cole Fort and the Italian Fort Fontaine were also bombarded and bombarded? When did this happen? Yesterday? The pigs who only know how to eat in the Ministry of Information should be twisted. dead!!"
"The Gendarmerie? Did the defeatists and "non-nationals" caught yesterday hang themselves? Not yet? What are you doing? The gallows are not enough? Then execute them on the spot! Hang those corpses on the Champs Elysées !!!"
The Army Headquarters building of King Charlemagne, this building filled with neoclassical luxury style is like a pot of potpourri at the moment-the good news, the bad news, and the bad news are all up like the scum at the bottom of the pot.
The reason for this chaos is that the powerful offensive suddenly launched by the enemy is naturally the main reason. It is behind the military, the intelligence system, management chaos, corruption and misconduct, nepotism and other deep-seated problems. The deepest and most essential issue is confusion in strategic thinking.
Although Charlemagne has limited knowledge of the biggest and deadliest opponents, he must not say that he is unconscious. Basically, they have a certain psychological preparation for the overwhelming superiority of the defense forces at the tactical and technical levels, otherwise there will be no strategic guiding ideology of "sacrificing the defense of the Maginot line in exchange for the time to mobilize and gather troops." Taking Charlemagne's current situation and surrounding environment as a relatively realistic strategy. On the point of "changing space for time", Roland's concept of "the strong wall and the clear field, premised on the fact that the elf camp cannot win absolute victory" is quite similar. However, Charlemagne's army failed to fully implement their own strategy, and frustration is inevitable.
The essence of Charlemagne’s war plan is defensive counterattack, which is to consume the enemy through defense and to gain time for the counterattack. After the enemy runs out of sharpness, the backhand blow reverses the entire battle. The most critical of these is the early defensive operations. If it cannot be prevented, there will be nothing behind.
There are two types of defensive operations: positional defense and mobile defense;
Positional defense is also called fixed defense. The defending side relies on favorable terrain and fortifications to stand firm and wait for the opportunity to counterattack the enemy. To gain greater flexibility, the defensive side can set up two to three heavily guarded stepped defense lines, the mobile units can be used as counterattack forces, or used to reinforce fixed positions. Mobile defense is also called flexible defense. The defending party only deploys a lightly armed security force at the front of the defense zone. Its task is to monitor enemy operations. An alarm is issued when the enemy attacks, delaying the enemy's actions. Under certain circumstances, the enemy can also be induced or driven to the preset annihilation zone to create annihilation conditions. Troops on the defense line can stick to favorable terrain and win depth. But they don't need to be blind-minded, they should take the initiative to retreat after blocking the enemy's advance and winning time. The main defense force is composed of fast mobile troops, and stands by in the rear. Its mission is to carry out counter-attacks after the troops on the defense line drove the enemy into the annihilation zone and destroy the enemy in the maneuver. Until the living power of the invading enemy is eliminated, the defending side will regain the position that was lost in exchange for time. There are many variations between these two basic styles.
Both types of defensive operations have their own advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage of position defense is that the defending party can properly protect all of its own land without giving up any site. The defensive side can strengthen the defensive positions in advance, relying on fortifications and terrain battles. Another advantage is that the requirements for the troops are simple and clear, and the requirements for the quality of command, soldiers and equipment and the initiative and flexible fighting spirit are low. The disadvantage is that the enemy has long known where the other party is defending. It is not a secret to anticipate the location, terrain and defensive posture of the battle. If the defense line is close to the contact line, the enemy can also prepare for a long-term and targeted attack or secretly gather on the side of the pre-war side, and suddenly make trouble. In addition, it is impossible for the fixed line of defense to be heavily defended everywhere, and it is likely that the enemy will concentrate on a little breakthrough and cause the entire defense system to be shaken. Another disadvantage is that if the enemy concentrates on attacking the defense line, other forces on the defense line are difficult to fight at the critical point. Emergency mobilization of reinforcements may cause confusion in the defense system. If the enemy bypasses the line of defense, the fortifications and troops on the line of defense lose their value, and the entire line of defense disintegrates.
For mobile defense, the opposite is true. The defending party can concentrate the main force on the standby area, and the enemy does not know where and when the decisive battle takes place, so it cannot be prepared in advance. Mobile defense has higher requirements on command, soldiers and equipment. But the main disadvantage is to give up some sites voluntarily and exchange space for time so as to concentrate strength and create favorable counterattack conditions. For the defensive side, giving up the site is a politically difficult decision. Even temporarily giving up is sometimes unacceptable. It is more difficult to take the initiative to give up the population center or economically developed areas.
The problem with Charlemagne is that there is not enough manpower to defend the line of defense, nor enough depth to perform mobile defense.
Due to the large number of sites previously swallowed, the country not only developed symptoms of indigestion, but also offended its neighbors. The only ally, Lapland, lacked strength and could not directly support it because of geographic reasons. So Charlemagne could only fortify everywhere and spread the powerful standing army everywhere. Now Alfheim jumped out of a blatant rebellion, not to mention the help of the gang around the circle, whether or not he jumped out and fell into the rock was the heart of the Buddha. In addition, the navy that was vigorously built before could not play much role in this land war that determined the future and destiny of the country. The only thing they could do was to temporarily isolate the links between Normandy, Brittania and Albian, Breaking through Albion’s commercial waterway prevented Albion from intervening prematurely on the mainland battlefield.
The big Charlemagne, bearing the title of the world's No. 1 military power, has now fallen into the predicament of having no soldiers available.
Although the mobilization system has been launched and 16- to 60-year-old men have been recruited into the army, there is indeed an additional 600,000 troops on the books, but this is only a superficial phenomenon.
These people lack training, equipment, and qualified officers, and they can't count on combat effectiveness at all. The first two ways of thinking might be able to get together, and qualified officers are really helpless. The officer is not a potato, and he can plant a pile of it as soon as he throws it into the ground. You just force the military school students to graduate ahead of schedule and kick them into the army. These unbreakable bird eggs looked at a pile of old and indistinguishable old men. They could only cry and sing "Pattern Tucson Broken". The officers who could not bear their hands were not as effective as the old sergeants. As for finding a veteran... It’s not impossible, but the soldiers also have a shelf life. After retiring, the skills and mentality are slowly eroding in peaceful life. It is completely unknown how much role they can play on the battlefield.
The army must continue to invest time and money to produce combat power, as is the construction of a solid line of defense. Today, Charlieman is lacking these two things. With a pile of creditors and enemies sharpening their swords, the silver in the treasury is depreciating day by day, and the market is becoming scarce and prices are rising. Looking at Big Charlemagne, this is a pill.
It stands to reason to lower your posture at this time and ease the situation. The army red deer who can control the country's government are not. In their eyes, all problems have nothing to do with their own dime. All of them are due to the fact that the civil servants are too cowardly and lack the "kingdom spirit". Putting them in their hands is not a problem.
No money? Tax increase! Especially in occupied areas and dependent countries, the tax rate should be doubled. Anyone who can’t make it, and doesn’t support the eighth kingdom of the kingdom, then he is a
non-national
, and he should immediately be arrested and severely punished to be effective. not enough time? Then send troops to Ostoria first, and use the manpower and material resources of the people there and the crown collar to consume pointed ears heretics. Anyway, they are all non-nationals, and my big Charlemagne can afford to die.
In the spirit of "solving previous troubles with greater trouble", the Charlieman Army began to invade Ostoria while repairing the Mackinaw line.
Army red deer who rely on brains to do things apparently have forgotten the pervasive intelligence network of Yalfheim, maybe they never thought about the possibility of leaking. Just as they muttered gleefully and died, a pile of thick evidence was placed in front of the leaders of Ostoria and the Saint Eastman crown. Before, I had the dream of the ternary empire, and the heads, brains, and imaginations that wanted to take advantage of less, and don’t contribute immediately, were stunned. They knew that the army of Charlemagne had abnormal brains, but they didn’t hear that the group of red deer had broken their heads to the point of dying.
The evidence is as strong as a mountain. As a matter of fact, it is time to give up the fantasy preparation fight. What makes people speechless is that he is hesitant to think about those personnel who are going to fight Charlemagne.
The reason for Mother Maria Theresa and Earl Gyula Andrashi to hesitate is whether the good time to tear the face has come. The crown of Saint-Esteban is still under the military occupation of Charlemagne, and Ostoria is also squeezed out of a large amount of materials and money. If they had not relied on consortium investment and the "Customs Union" to drive Charlemagne's products out of the market, they would have already kneeled. Finally, the economy has improved a bit, and immediately put up a high-intensity war, who will hesitate to change.
On the other hand, the military preparations for Ostoria and the crown collar are far from complete. Wang Guanling now has a lot of guerrillas and noble private troops, and almost none of the modern regular army. The officers trained as seeds all served in the form of "rebels" in the Austrian army, such as hussars (the crown collar is the origin of this unit), breastplate cavalry, and 10 regiments of infantry. These troops have not yet completed training and are simply not opponents of the experienced Charlieman Army.
The situation in Astoria is not much better. They have the same headaches as the Charlieman Army because of the shortage of manpower, equipment and training. Due to the gap in national strength, the degree of headaches has been magnified. It is the recognized general who is leading the military reform in Ostoria-Duke Karl, this thin and thin general who is shorter than Prince Louis, began commanding the army independently at the age of 25. The command of the next time was an eye-catching star on the battlefield. After leaving the battlefield, he has been committed to promoting military reform. For this reason, he has worked hard and exhausted.
But even the Duke Carl, who is a first-rate general, could not tune 100,000 illiterate peasants overnight into elite battles without money and few people. Not to mention the Duke had to face the elbows of the old noble officer group who were sluggish, uncomfortable, and good at pulling back, the pressure from the court, and his own poor physical condition-the Habsburg family maintained the bloodline The purely adopted marriage tradition of close relatives has made the Duke deeply troubled by hereditary epilepsy. The Duke is also a carrier of the hemophilia gene.
Even so, the Duke tried his best to reform. He personally wrote a new infantry exercise code, introducing a solid square anti-cavalry formation known as the "Phalanx". The artillery was strengthened, and auxiliary units such as labor and artillery transportation were improved. Following the example of Charlemagne, the military-level establishment was introduced. The most commendable is that the Duke brought the colors of the country, the people and the army into the Austrolian army with strong customs of the feudal army, inciting patriotic enthusiasm and nationalism in the army, and providing new spiritual power. As a senior military general of noble origin, this is very commendable.
But the Duke can only do this. This poorly commanded leader not only suffered from all kinds of resistance, but also faced the various objective difficulties mentioned above. In addition to the progress of the Duke, he was ultimately the commander of the last era, cautious and conservative However, lack of decisiveness and passion, the military reforms it launched also had problems of one kind or another. For example, the Duke has established a whole set of staff system, but the actual operation has been disappointing. He proposed a new establishment, but the army and the army felt difficult to adapt to it. He strengthened the artillery, but did not update the tactics at the right time, making the Ostoria artillery still unforgettable. I will not repeat the blame here.
All in all, neither Ostoria nor Crown Collegiate are ready for a full-scale war, and the rhetoric released by the Charlemagne Army that "the rebels have no soldiers available" is placed on them, to a great extent.
Based on the above situation, it is extremely stupid from a political point of view to use Ostoria and the crown collar as a breakthrough to break the situation, but it is feasible from a military point of view. From the existing troops, they can mobilize lean troops to form a rapid cluster. Before the opponent responds, they will be under the city and control the above-mentioned areas, threatening the Yalfheim flanks, preventing them from concentrating their forces to attack the Maginot line. In order to obtain the time and materials for saving counterattack power.
Charlie Man, who had finished his abacus, acted quickly. The 4th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Andre de Massena assembled at the border in the name of military training~EbookFREE.me~The 4th Army disguised as the Austrian army took the train on the 8th Straight into the city of Wendupona, the capital of Ostoria. Due to the speed of action, coupled with the disguise work in place, they were not hindered by the whole day and night until Wendopona was down. Finally, he was stopped because the Corsican sniper battalion was accidentally exposed. Desperate for victory, Massena immediately ordered the organization to face a strong attack. Under the bastion of Wendupona, Charlie Man soldiers who lacked heavy artillery support were once killed and injured. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the offensive might end in failure, and anxiously let Mattiste de Malbo Major-Grenadier personally carried the ladder to the wall, which inspired morale, soldiers We swallowed the brandy on hand and immediately followed. The Austrian soldiers on the head of the city looked dumbfounded.
At 6:30 in the morning on the 9th of the month, after a chaotic and heavy casualty, Major General Malbo and his adjutant first climbed onto the city wall. Wendupona-this has a population of 200,000 and 4 million gold florins stored in the vault. There are a total of 48 artillery in each bastion. There are still a large number of weapons in the armory and hundreds of spare heavy artillery music All opened their minds to the Charlemagne.
The Charlemagne once again created a miracle of war. This is the last time they have created classic examples that are enough to be included in textbooks. After nailing the last nail of the gallows for their own country, they never regained their glory.
After 45 minutes, the first shell of the Defence Force landed on the Maginot line. (To be continued.)