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Chapter 502: Crescent Hook Plan
"... You are bringing two divisions of the Rock Legion over this time. The purpose is to hold on, not to attack." The thin wooden stick in Claude's hand pointed to a small mark on the map of the kingdom hanging on the wall. Red circle: "Securing Ambriz County means that White Deer City is safe and sound. But holding on does not mean that you cannot take the initiative to attack. You can choose your own suitable fighter planes to annihilate part of the enemy's forces, disrupt the enemy's attack layout, and attract the enemy to you. In front of the position..."
After two months, the overseas autonomous territories finally received a reply and rescue request from the Kingdom. The edict of recognition and the official notice of the agreement, signed by King Frederic I and stamped with the seal of the Stirling royal family, have been forwarded to the Dominion Parliament and the Military District by Lady Maria. The Dominion Military Region, which is currently mobilizing for war, has accelerated its steps. The troops of the Rock Legion are getting on the train in batches and arriving at the Port of Copicius to wait for orders to board the ship.
The first and second divisions of the Rock Corps were set off this time, while the newly formed third division remained in the autonomous military region to continue training. In addition, two local garrison regiments were mobilized to accompany the Rock Legion. Their mission is to guard the logistical military equipment and supplies transported to Bailu City by the overseas autonomous territories, and to escort ammunition and other supplies to the front line. The person who led the Rock Legion was General Bolognik, and the task of dealing with the royal court was left to him. As for the battle command on the front line, it was General Beachlin who was in charge.
"This time we are fighting independently and do not need to obey the command of the Kingdom's Army Department. As for what they say, we will treat them as farts and there is no need to pay attention to them." Claude once again tapped the map on the pole with a thin wooden stick: " If we obey the command of the Kingdom's Army Department, then I think we will be given endless orders to attack the enemy's positions and camps, and recover local counties one by one, until our troops are exhausted, suffer heavy casualties, and can no longer perform tasks. until.
At that time, we will still have to endure the ridicule and ridicule of those bastards who are standing behind us and protected by us, who are nothing more than the troops of our autonomous military region. Next, we will even be asked to hand over new rifles and new artillery to them, so that they can form troops to fight the enemy. As for the difficulties we encountered, they would turn a deaf ear and ignore any of our requests.
This is not my nonsense, but you must be mentally prepared for this. Not only do you have to deal with the enemy who relies on superior forces to attack you in the front, but you also have to guard against open and covert arrows from behind. Therefore, we who have independent combat and command rights should not pay attention to any orders from the Kingdom's Ministry of War, even those from His Majesty the King. You have only one mission, to implement our own battle plan and hold on to Ambriz County.
Ambriz County is backed by the southwest mountainous area. Although the terrain is hilly, it has a vast area of virgin black forest and small hills scattered throughout the county. You will rely on the terrain here to re-form a defensive front, defend, attack, and defeat the enemy's offensive. Attract the enemy's superior forces to your surroundings and buy half a year for our Thunder Legion to go straight into the enemy's hinterland and turn their army on the front line into a lone army... "
The attack plan led by Claude in the Dominion Military District is actually very simple. It is to have the two divisions of the Rock Army arrive in the Kingdom and then go to Ambriz County to form a defensive front to defend Ambriz County and attract the enemy's heavy troops. The three divisions of the Thunder Legion raided the Florik Seaport of the Principality of Rimodra, landed there and swept across the kingdom's new occupied territories, and invaded the Kingdom of Nasseri from the border of the Principality of Sidings, fighting for the first opportunity. Defeat this backbone country in the Eastern Regional League of Nations.
This action plan has a nice name called Crescent Hook. The basis for formulating this attack plan is that the Kingdom of Nasseri is the mortal enemy of the Kingdom of Overas and ranks second among the five countries that formed the Eastern Regional Alliance. , is the second powerful country besides the Kingdom of Hicks, and the country that most hopes to destroy the Kingdom of Ovelas. This time, whether it is a debt war or a war to invade the Kingdom of Ovelas, the Kingdom of Nasseri can be said to I've tried my best.
In the Debt War, the Kingdom of Nasseri lost four legions of troops. But then the whole country was mobilized, the standing army was reorganized, and the armies of the remaining four countries in the Eastern Regional National Alliance invaded the Kingdom of Ovilas again. After several battles, more than half of the casualties were lost. However, seeing the dawn of the destruction of the Kingdom of Ovelas, they still managed to support it.
According to intelligence, there are still six legions in the Nasseri Kingdom. Two new legions are training in their kingdom, one legion is deployed in the royal capital for replenishment and reorganization, and three legions are deployed on the front line. It is said that the Hicks Kingdom is currently requesting military expenditures and military supplies for reinforcements, and is preparing to form two or three new legions again...
As for the newly restored Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra, none of the senior officers of the Dominion Military Region who formulated the crescent hook plan took these two countries seriously. These two countries are in the Eastern Region Alliance of Nations. Those who make up the numbers will make the people poor and the country tired. With great difficulty, they each gathered a legion to join the invasion force against the Kingdom of Orvilas. As a result, a battle in the border county resulted in half casualties. They had no choice but to form a legion together, but then each sent another one. The newly formed legions rushed to the front lines.
However, there is news that these two principalities are compulsorily recruiting soldiers and are preparing to form a regiment again to send to the front line. With the population and national strength of the two principalities, being able to form three legions each and send them to the front line can be considered a drain on their wealth. It's just that these legions of the two principalities are in the lowest status on the front line. They are either used as cannon fodder or as servant legions, specifically doing odd jobs for the troops of the other three countries. Therefore, they have no fighting spirit and their fighting ability is the weakest.
From the analysis of the combat situation between the army of the Eastern Region National Alliance and the three major legions of the kingdom, the most powerful ones are the standing legion of the Kingdom of Hicks and the light cavalry legion of the Principality of Karnas. The army of the Kingdom of Hicks relied on the ultra-long-throwing grenades they made to cause the greatest damage to the kingdom's three major field ace armies. Only the grenades and throwing devices manufactured by the overseas autonomous military regions can compete with them...
The Principality of Karrnath used the mobile assault capabilities of the light cavalry to repeatedly break through the weaknesses of the defensive front, posing a great threat. However, the light cavalry regiments of the Principality of Karnas also suffered heavy casualties as a result. The three light cavalry regiments they sent to the front line now only have about one and a half legions left, waiting for supplements and support from the rear.
Due to too many battle losses, the Kingdom of Nasseri's newly formed legion's combat effectiveness is similar to that of the second-line army of the Kingdom of Ovelas. It has withdrawn from the position of the main battle force. After the attack is launched, it can only attack the second-line army on the flank of the Kingdom of Ovelas. The legion's defensive positions were involved. As for the legions of the Principality of Sidings and the Principality of Rimodra, they are used as cannon fodder on the front line to detect the firepower deployment of defensive positions, or to maintain supply channels in the rear, transport military equipment, and go to the countryside to plunder the cattle of the kingdom’s residents. Sheep and collected grain and other supplies.
If the two armies of the Dominion Military Region land in Bailu City in the Kingdom's mainland, then if they want to expel the troops of the Eastern Region National Alliance from the country, they will have to face an enemy with superior strength. The recovery of local counties means fierce battles. Even if all the senior officers in the Dominion Military Region believe that their troops are invincible, humans are not machines. When there is a huge gap between the strength of the troops and the enemy, no matter how elite they are, they will be invincible. It will still be overwhelmed by the enemy, especially if there are no reliable friendly forces...
Therefore, the senior officers of the Dominion Military Region formulated this crescent hook plan under the guidance of Claude, using the Rock Legion's ability to defend Ambriz County and attracting the enemy's heavy troops to the defensive front. Claude knew very well that as long as the troops of the Eastern Region National Alliance occupy the second defensive front currently set up by the kingdom, they will only face Ambriz County defended by a Rock Legion. If the Rock Legion is defeated again, then White Deer City will no longer have much defensive force, and the Kingdom of Ovilas will be destroyed soon.
Under such circumstances, Ambriz County is like a piece of delicious fat, attracting all the attention of the five evil wolves of the Eastern Region National League. The timely performance of the Rock Legion's combat effectiveness will allow the Eastern Region National Alliance to mobilize all the troops on hand to the front line, in an attempt to defeat the Rock Legion with a superior force like a sea of people, and complete it in one battle, completely destroying Austria. Kingdom of Vilas.
And at that time, as long as the Thunder Legion landed at Florik Seaport in the Principality of Rimodra, then from the Kingdom of Rimodra to the Emilia Plains of the Principality of Sidings, and then to the hinterland and the royal city of the Kingdom of Nasseri The city of Polivisia will be a smooth road. With the speed of the Thunder Legion's light cavalry assault, they can reach the Royal City of Polyvisia in the Nasseri Kingdom within twenty days. It is not a joke to destroy the Nasseri royal family in one battle.
If an attack is launched from the Kingdom itself to the Kingdom of Nasseri, even if the two legions of the Dominion Military Region want to reach the Royal City of Polyvisia in the Kingdom of Nasseri, it will take at least two or three months. The reason is very simple. As the mortal enemy of the Overas Kingdom, the Nasseri Kingdom has built countless defensive facilities and positions in this direction. Even if the Thunder Legion and Rock Legion are invincible, they still need to capture these defense facilities and positions one by one.
This is also the reason why Claude is unwilling to land on the mainland of the kingdom and then launch an attack on the Kingdom of Nasseri, mainly because it cannot be a quick victory. It will take time to capture the defensive lines and defense facilities on the mainland of the Nasseri Kingdom. Perhaps by the time the troops approach the city, the Nasseri royal family has packed up all their wealth and gone to the Hicks Kingdom.
Just like Archduke Sidings and Archduke Rimodra during the war in the eastern region in the past five years, they escaped quickly, leaving a ruin-like territory for the victors. This is not possible. Claude needs to distribute enough trophies and rewards to the soldiers of the two legions. The treasury of the Kingdom of Overas is no longer counted on, and even the inner treasury of King Sterling is empty. Now Claude can only hope to gain something from the royal palace treasury and the property of noble officials in the Principality of Sidings, the Principality of Rimodra and the Kingdom of Nasseri.
It is exactly a crescent-shaped journey from landing at the Florik Seaport in the Principality of Rimodra, to the Emilia Plains in the Principality of Sidings, and then into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Nasseri. Along the way, it was enough for the Thunder Legion to destroy these three countries. In addition, launching an attack from the Kingdom of Nasseri to the Principality of Karrnath, which dominates the Karrnath Steppe, is easier than attacking from the three eastern counties in the newly occupied territories of the original kingdom, where one would have to pass through most of the Karrnath Steppe.
Let’s take care of the Nasseri Kingdom first. The Sidings Principality and the Rimodra Principality are just chasing rabbits and perishing along the way. Under the lightning attack of the Thunder Legion, I believe that none of the grand dukes of these two principalities can escape, so the remaining principality of Karnas will be easy to deal with. When the news reaches the front lines of the kingdom, the armies of these three countries will collapse immediately, and the remaining troops of the Kingdom of Hicks and the Principality of Karnas will be unable to escape. It will then depend on the choice of the Rock Legion.
Claude knocked on the map on the wall again and said to the senior officers of the Dominion Military Region in the conference room: "You all already understand the crescent hook plan, but whether it can be executed smoothly depends on whether you two can resist it. Can withstand the pressure from His Majesty the King, the Kingdom's Ministry of War, and the high-ranking officials and nobles of the royal court.
This is no joke. His Majesty has just ascended the throne, so it is understandable that he is eager for quick success. The Kingdom's Army Ministry has repeatedly misjudged the enemy's movements and lost ground one after another. It also needs a great victory to boost people's morale. Therefore, as long as the Rock Legion plays well on the front line, they are likely to unite and force you to switch from defense to offense, and you must withstand this pressure.
The second line of defense currently set up by the Kingdom in the counties of Kuklia, Chaniyalar, Krimes, Billing Moro and Baigasantana has not been lost, but it is under great pressure. The troops of the National Alliance in the Eastern Region also suffered heavy casualties when they captured the first defensive line. They are probably also resting and waiting for reinforcements. According to intelligence, our kingdom has deployed four legions with more than 200,000 troops on the second line of defense, while the army of the Eastern Region National Alliance has about six to seven legions.
I really don’t understand why the Kingdom’s War Department is still in ruins when the five local counties of Kukliya, Chaniyalar, Krimes, Bilimolo and Baigasantana are almost in ruins. Don’t give up, but insist on holding on to the second line of defense. Is this a fight for every inch of territory? Where are the senior generals of the Kingdom who are accustomed to fighting? I hope you can inquire about the whereabouts of Marshal Michelci after returning to the Kingdom. , I am very surprised, how could he suddenly disappear and not hear any news during the civil war in the kingdom?"
Claude said these words to General Bolognik and General Bichklin. The two of them led the Rock Legion to return to the Kingdom to participate in the war. They will inevitably bear greater pressure from His Majesty the King and the Royal Family, the Royal Court and the Kingdom's Army Department.
"I understand," General Bolognik replied: "I will stay in the royal court and deal with them. I refuse the request for the Rock Army to go to the second line of defense for reinforcements, and instead reset and build a new defensive front in Ambriz County to One legion to defend against all armies of the Alliance of Nations in the Eastern Region.
Only in this way will those guys who have bad intentions towards our Dominion let us fight independently, want to see our jokes, and sit back and watch our failure. And our persistence will not only allow the crescent hook plan to be implemented smoothly, but also give the Kingdom's troops who have withdrawn to Bailu City time to rest, replenish their forces and reorganize... "
Claude nodded with satisfaction: "This time you are equipped with a total of 568 new artillery pieces, all personnel are equipped with new rifles, and a thousand sniper rifles. As long as the ammunition can keep up, I believe that no enemy can defeat you." You are arrogant in front of you. No matter how many legions attack you, they will only end in miserable defeat. There are only three points I want to remind you in the end. One is to ensure the supply of ammunition. This is the top priority and must not be taken lightly in this regard.
The second is to ensure the minimum casualties of our troops, focusing on holding on to Ambriz County, and not to launch an easy and unnecessary attack just because the enemy is weak. Because the casualties of our soldiers cannot be supplemented by troops in the kingdom itself. This is not my personal guess, but because those bastards behind you are looking forward to a big defeat for you, preferably to die together with the enemy, so that they will have an excuse to deprive our autonomous military region of independent combat rights and command rights.
If you suffer heavy casualties on the front line and cannot get support and troop replenishment from the rear, then we can only replenish troops from the Dominion Military District. At that time, it will be equivalent to using the young blood of our Dominion to fight against the enemies who invade the Kingdom, and all the energy of our Dominion will be consumed. And those bastards behind us who are making things difficult for us can just sit back and enjoy the results.
The last point is that when you go to White Deer City this time, you will be accompanied by the last hundreds of thousands of Obash Type III matchlock guns transported to the kingdom, a large amount of military supplies, grain and other agricultural products. It is also the old equipment replaced by our autonomous military region. This is the bargaining chip you hold and cannot be easily transferred to the Kingdom's Army Department.
I think you can use this batch of supplies to find friendly forces in the Kingdom, like the Griffin Legion. Their battle losses are difficult to replenish, because the last batch of military supplies and weapons we delivered to the Kingdom were basically all used by the Kingdom. The War Department used it to form new regiments. Also, after the battle in the border counties, the remnants of the Red Dragon Legion had not been supplied with supplies and could not rebuild the legion again. Therefore, you can allocate the supplies this time to the Red Dragon Legion and the Griffin Legion, so as to prevent the Guards Legion from becoming a dominant force in the kingdom. "
General Bolonik and General Bichkerin both nodded. During this period, a lot of news came from White Deer City. For example, the Kingdom's Ministry of War was preparing to reorganize the Guards Corps using the last weapons, equipment and military supplies in stock. The remnants of the Red Dragon Legion that retreated from the border war have been unable to receive supplies and soldiers, and may even be de-organized. Facts have proved that even among the established aristocratic families, there are still factions and conflicts within them...
"By the way, I forgot one thing." Claude said: "If you encounter provocative behavior, you must fight back fiercely without being patient. Because some people will regard your patience and consideration of the overall situation as cowardice. I will go too far and climb on your heads to poop and urinate to disgust you..."