The combined fleets of Florence and Pudri posed a huge threat to Schindler.
In just two weeks, the maritime lifeline of the Kingdom of Schindler was completely blocked. The enemy hasn't tried to attack Shawan Port or Ghost Knife Port yet, and they are not in a hurry to do so, but just the blockade of the route and the port made Schindler miserable.
A huge crisis is coming.
Dane has some food reserves. He knows that one of the most fatal weaknesses of his own kingdom lies in food supplies. As long as there is a major war between countries, this weakness will inevitably become the focus of the enemy's attack on Schindler.
Of course he will also make some preparations for this. The large farm plan in Oasis County is on the one hand, it is a long-term plan; and the recent crisis response lies in food reserves.
The Schindler government has a sense of crisis and has stored a large amount of food in the country. But how many millions of people eat horse chews, reserve? No amount of storage is enough! What's more, there is still a war to be fought on the border.
The day of September 9th, the second anniversary of Dane's coronation as king and the founding of Schindler, was spent in a gloomy and gloomy mood. Of course, there is no danger of famine for the time being, but the shadow of the blockade of the sea lifeline still hangs over the whole country.
On the third day after the news that the harbor was blocked, the Pacins Group Army's request for battle at the barren land pass also followed. In the palace of White Wolf Castle, Dane received a call from the frontline generals.
They can also see that the situation has taken a turn for the worse and has become a crisis. And people of insight know that there are only two ways to break the deadlock.
The most direct way out, of course, is to break through the route blockade of the United Fleet. But in people's eyes, this is almost an unlikely thing. Schindler's weak sea power has now been pinned on Comilla Island and cannot get out.
As long as the National Navy Fleet dares to leave the cover of the shore fire artillery in the harbor, they don't need to break the blockade. The United Fleet will come to the door by itself, using a huge fleet of battleships and a large number of alchemy shells to destroy the fragile National Navy Fleet. Completely crushed.
And the other way out is on land. As long as the Patience front army can quickly break through the coalition forces of Florence and Pudry on the border, and rush to the territory of the Principality of Florence, and even the hinterland, the war can be declared over.
The Florentines who were stabbed in the stomach by a sharp knife must have no way to continue the war. When the capital of Florence, the city of Viola, known as the most beautiful city in the Orodic continent, is directly facing the threat of war, does His Royal Highness still have the courage to risk the capital being breached to continue? Will this war last
The answer is obvious.
This way, for Schindler, seems to be a more reliable way out. It is absolutely impossible to open the situation at sea. If Dane does not want to be forced to admit defeat, relying on a strong army is the only way out.
This is also the reason why Patience and the others are eager to ask Dane to fight, and they can also see this.
However, although it is said sometimes, the risk of war is very huge.
Now, the Peixinsi Group has a great advantage over the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms.
But in fact, there is no direct group collision between the two sides. Even the main forces of the two armies are separated by fifty or sixty kilometers, and even a small-scale war has not really started. The contest between the two sides is only limited to The sky, and the level of scout troops.
At this level, Patience had the upper hand to the point that the coalition forces' control area was reduced to a very small area. The coalition forces were so suppressed that they couldn't even move in the border area.
But don't think that you can be sure of winning in this way, and this army is no longer a threat. Holding such thoughts is the most dangerous thing.
The 50,000-strong coalition is even slightly larger in number than the Patience Group that is currently assembled. The quality of the soldiers and the level of weapons and equipment may not be as strong as the White Wolf Army and the Cormyr Army, but they will definitely not Being inferior to the King's Guards, it was much better than the Garrison.
After all, these are two countries with a certain historical background, and the elite forces dispatched together are not so easy to deal with.
Not to mention, there are still a thousand Victorian knights in this army!
Regardless of the small number of people, if there is a real fight, there are not many armies on the entire continent who can pat their chests and say that they can stop the group charge of the thousands of Victorian knights—even if they have more than ten times the number of people. .
If the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms choose to continue to advance to the depths of the wasteland and to the pass of the wasteland, the chances of defeating them will be greatly increased. After all, the deeper you go into the desert, the more beneficial it is for the Schindlers who are fighting at home.
These Westerners who came from humid but warm places with a mild climate did not adapt very well to dryness and wind and sand. Such a climatic environment will obviously affect their combat effectiveness. At the same time, they are going deep into the desert, and Patience will have more strategic space and more options for tactics.
For example, large-scale mobile outflanking, for example, after luring the enemy to go deep, find a way to cut off the supply line...
But obviously, things are not that simple. Whether you say they are cowardly or cautious, in a word, the coalition forces are nestled 20 kilometers inward from the border, and they have built a complete camp and are not moving.
Even, they no longer sent a large number of scouts and sky cavalry to try to compete for space with Patience's troops, but only maintained a certain amount of reconnaissance to ensure that Patience's army would not go around under their noses Just go around to the territory of the Principality of Florence.
Not much to say, just stick to it.
This choice, from the standpoint of the coalition forces, is obviously quite advantageous, and it is also in line with their overall strategy.
If the army does not have the upper hand, it is good to stick to it. As long as the status quo is maintained and not defeated, then it will be fine. Time is on their side. The blockade at sea will gradually tighten the necks of the Schindlers until They were so breathless that they were directly strangled to death.
As for Schindler, the decisive battle is not necessarily sure to win, let alone the support of the whole country under the attitude of clinging to the defense.
Want to win quickly, easier said than done
From this point of view, the Kingdom of Schindler seems to be cornered.