After crossing the threshold, Richard walked into the war command room with a solemn atmosphere.
At this time, he had already understood that the highest military intelligence meeting that the white-robed staff officer invited him to participate in was actually a meeting between two people. One of the two people participating was him and the other was the military commander.
Hearing the sound of him entering, inside the door, the young military god Solon Bonaparte, who had just celebrated his thirty-ninth birthday not long ago, turned around, revealing a square and majestic face. The other party's facial features were neat, with sharp edges like a knife or an ax on the edges of his cheeks, and his gray eyes were like two ambers, shining with a deep light. The expression was heavy, without any smile, like an iceberg.
However, the other party did not act too cold, nor did he act rude. As soon as his eyes made contact, he immediately nodded lightly as a greeting, and then said: "Your Excellency Richard, right?"
"It's me." Richard replied, "Then you should be General Sauron Bonaparte."
"Yes, I am Sauron Bonaparte, the commander-in-chief of this war. You can call me Sauron. According to His Majesty's wishes, this war requires the two of us to cooperate in commanding. I hope that in the future we can have a good result."
The other party said a few polite words, and without waiting for Richard to answer, he changed the subject and said, "Okay, Sir Richard, time is limited and the situation is urgent. Before you came, I already knew some of your character from the palace intelligence. You I am a person who cherishes time, and so do I, so don’t waste time on meaningless etiquette and just deal with military affairs.
You have just arrived at Reef Castle and may not fully understand the situation on the front line. I can give you a general introduction. The two problems we have to face at the moment are that tens of thousands of troops from the Kingdom of Sika have infiltrated into the country through tunnels and are wreaking havoc and causing destruction, and there are even hundreds of thousands of troops pressing over the border.
To this end, we must first deal with two things in the shortest possible time. One is to use the territory guarding army to annihilate the invading enemy forces of the Sika Kingdom. The other is to find the tunnel used by the enemy to infiltrate into the country and completely block it. Die to avoid future troubles. After these two things are dealt with, we can fully devote ourselves to facing the army of the Sika Kingdom on the border without being distracted. "
Richard nodded.
"Come and see." Sauron led him to a huge sand table on one side. In the sand table was a miniature map of the entire continent.
Sauron used a long wooden stick to point at the border location between the Sika Kingdom and the Soma Alliance, and with explanations, he quickly explained the specific military situation of the two countries.
After a pause, Sauron said solemnly: "Before Your Excellency Richard arrived, I had already made a simple plan. Now I want to tell you about it and want to discuss it with Your Excellency Richard."
"Look, this is the army of the Kingdom of Sika that invaded the country." Sauron pointed with a wooden stick, "Their main force is near the Moko Forest, and they sent out a large number of small armies to harass the surrounding areas. The loss was huge.
But their way back has been cut off, and there are troops approaching from the north and south. There is no second choice except to continue to advance deeper into the alliance-that is, to the east. My idea is to force them to the vicinity of Godado City and use the flat terrain without any ups and downs to surround and annihilate them. "
Sauron pointed again on the sand table, pointing near a mountainous area: "In addition to annihilating the invading army of the Kingdom of Sika, it is also important to find the tunnel through which they came in. After all, no tunnel can be found. Even if they are eliminated this time, next time , they will still show up next time.
As for the tunnel, it is now roughly certain that it is near the Bloodstone Mountain defense line. After all, they appeared from behind the defense line to launch the attack. I want to try to capture some soldiers of the Sika Kingdom during the battle and ask for the location of the passage.
Before the interrogation came out, a large number of second-line teams were used to search within a range, and sooner or later they would be found. This range is from Raz to the east, Peno to the south, Bloodstone Mountain defense line to the west, and Blue Water Mountain to the north. "
While talking, Sauron pointed on the sand table.
At the end of the sentence, Sauron put down the wooden stick in his hand, looked at Richard and asked: "Your Excellency Richard, what do you think?"
how do you feel
Richard felt that it didn't matter what he thought.
Although he and Sauron cooperated to direct the war, Sauron had obviously done all the work. It didn't matter whether he didn't trust him or he was working hard, but there was really no need for him to add any extraneous details. He only needed to nod and agree to Sauron's plan, and everything would go smoothly.
Perhaps, this is also the idea of the Alliance Emperor - let him serve as the nominal second-in-command and deputy commander of the army. He does not need to actually participate in anything, as long as he bears a name.
Is it really? What's the conspiracy behind this
Richard's eyes flashed slightly as he looked at Sauron in front of him, wanting to test it out.
As he said before, he didn't like to be kept in the dark. Since neither the Alliance Emperor nor Oscar was prepared to tell him the true purpose, he might as well explore it himself.
Isn't it just exploration? What he has always explored is the truth of the world. It is relatively simple to explore the truth about why he became the command advisor.
The first thing he wanted to explore was whether his words were effective or not.
Is he really just a command advisor in name only, or will his words really be obeyed.
So even though he thought there was nothing wrong with Sauron's plan, he still spoke out.
"I have a small opinion, General Sauron." Richard said.
"What do you think, Sir Richard?" Sauron looked over.
"I think you have considered the rest of the things carefully, but as for the scope of the tunnel search, I think it might be better to expand it appropriately." Richard said seriously, reaching out to pick up the wooden stick, "It is best to continue to expand to the north. Let’s take a moment, the distance is tentatively five miles.”
After hearing the words, Sauron moved his eyebrows slightly and fell silent, as if he was thinking about Richard's opinion, but also seemed dissatisfied with Richard's random interference.
The silence lasted for about two seconds, and Sauron finally nodded and said: "Since Sir Richard wants to expand, then expand it."
After speaking, Sauron looked aside.
On one side, there are staff officers in the command room who are busy processing various materials and intelligence. They do not participate in the Supreme Military Intelligence Meeting, but they are responsible for conveying the meeting's decisions.
Sauron looked at one of them and said: "Immediately revise the military plan according to Sir Richard's wishes, and then issue an order for the troops to execute it."
"Yes." The staff officer hammered his chest with his right fist, performed a military salute, gave Richard a quick and strange look, and did it without daring to say anything more.
At this time, Sauron looked at Richard again and said: "Okay, Sir Richard, this is the end of this Supreme Military Intelligence Conference. Thank you for your participation."
"You're welcome." Richard said and asked, "Is there anything else going on next?"
"Not yet." Sauron shook his head. "It takes a certain amount of time to mobilize the army and execute orders. We will wait until there is feedback on the results of this plan, at least tomorrow. You can go back and rest now. When the results are available tomorrow, we will Let’s discuss it again and make new plans.”
"Okay." Richard nodded, "See you later, General Sauron."
"Goodbye, Mr. Richard."
In the farewell, Richard stepped out of the command room and walked out of the mansion.