The military meeting was presided over by Baron Malek, the executive vice-chief of the Armed Forces Department of the Norton Family. Lorist took the family's armed forces to Morente City and fought with the Commercial Alliance's armed forces on the Fali Hill Plain for two years. Fulfilling Lorist's expectations, he managed the newly established Armed Forces in an orderly manner, reorganized and reorganized the garrison regiments in each province of the family territory, and established the prestige of the Armed Forces as the highest commanding authority in the local garrison, allowing Loris to Very satisfied.
This time, Lorist is going to use war again to disintegrate and suppress the commercial alliance. The purpose is to completely beat this opponent who has persisted until the end, so that it no longer poses a threat to the Freedom Alliance. The purpose of recruiting Malek from the Northland is to make him the person in charge of this military operation and fully command the offensive campaign. This is why Lorist wants Malek to be his commander in the main field army armed by the family. Prestige, remove that adverb, and truly become the head of the family's Armed Forces Department.
Lorist, Ledos, and Gary Lando were the last three people to arrive. The large conference room was already filled with family knights from the Flying Tiger Legion, the Chaser Legion, and the Guards Battalion Commander, and the Liberty Alliance Armed Legion. Several high-ranking officers from the army, as well as the head of the White Lion Legion from the Kingdom of Antinac, five or six royal knights including the golden knight Seberg, have already sat in their seats and waited for the start of the military meeting.
Malek took a slender stick and walked to the wall where the map of the business alliance was hung, and tapped the table in front of him a few times with the stick: "Silence, the meeting has begun, please don't make any more noises, if you have any questions The words can be raised after I have introduced this military operation, and I will answer them one by one.”
The expressionless Malek waited for the voices in the conference room to quiet down before speaking again: "The purpose of the military action we are going to take this time is to completely destroy the business alliance, so that it can no longer treat Andina. The Kingdom of Croatia and the Free Alliance pose a threat. At the same time, it is also an offensive campaign launched to disintegrate the behemoth of the Commercial Alliance. The targets of our expedition this time are mainly Casiloda Province, Tena Rigo Province, Felton Bar Province and These four provinces of Serunica.
Please take a look at the map of the commercial alliance hanging on the wall. Have you noticed that the territory of the commercial alliance looks like a very bloated T letter horizontally? Of course, after removing the Mana Hill Plain, the current commercial alliance The territory of China is like a letter L lying down. And the positions of the four provinces I reported just now are at the right angles to the letter L. In other words, if we capture these four provinces, we will divide the business alliance into two halves.
This horizontal line is the territory that the Commercial Alliance annexed from the central and southern countries of the mainland a few years ago. The vertical part is the territory of four countries including the Trimble Kingdom that the Commercial Alliance annexed in the Glass War. However, this part has a total of seven This province has been operated by the business alliance for many years, and it is now the territory of the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and several second- and third-rate chambers of commerce.
If you subtract the five provinces that have become blank areas around the Mana Hill Plain, plus subtract the southernmost part of the business alliance's territory that has already belonged to the Grand Duchy of Magrut and the Chicod Chamber of Commerce of the Storm Swordsman, now There are still 23 provinces under the actual control of the business alliance. We sent troops this time to stop the middle, to divide the business alliance into two, and separate the seven provinces in the north from the twelve provinces in the south, so that the business alliance can no longer get troops and food from the southern provinces. Supplement of supplies.
What we need to pay attention to here is that Feltonba Province, which we are going to attack this time, is the territory of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce, and Serunega Province was originally the territory of the Duchy of Chikeda. Silver utensils are its specialty. There are two gold mines and five silver mines in the territory, and it is famous for its wealth. After being annexed by the Business Alliance, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce handed over the glass formula it had obtained to the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and replaced its territory here.
Although the armed legion of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce was also completely lost in the decisive battle at the city of Bruvia on the Fali Hill Plain. But the skinny camel was bigger than a horse, and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce was rich and powerful, and soon re-established a new chamber of commerce legion in its territory, and recruited a new heavy armored corps to become the ten garrison formed by the business alliance. The main force in the regiment. There is definite information that the senior management of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce has been accusing the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, Grand Duke Camberlet, of being unfavorable in his command before the battle, and seems to want to replace him.
Although several large chambers of commerce in the business alliance had great conflicts due to their defeat in the war, for us, anyone who does not want to negotiate a truce is our enemy. Based on the information we have obtained, the Vicia Chamber of Commerce, the Ford Chamber of Commerce, the Liward Chamber of Commerce, and the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, which have lost the territory of the Chamber of Commerce in the commercial alliance, are the most diehard main fighters. The Mayflower Chamber of Commerce still has a dozen or so. Although the second- and third-tier chambers of commerce are also in the main battle, their purpose is to replace the leader of the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce. The alliance is temporarily unable to clean it up.
The purpose of choosing the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce this time is to completely let those large and small chambers of commerce who have already wavered and do not want to continue the war understand that the end of being our enemy is to perish. Only by negotiating with us to stop this war is the only way for those chambers of commerce. way out. When we capture these four provinces, the Chicod Chamber of Commerce will announce that it will break away from the business alliance and become the Chicod kingdom independently. I believe this news will deal a fatal blow to the business alliance. "
Malek picked up a pen and drew a red line on the map of the territory of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce and the five provinces of Zhoubian, and then pointed at the map with a thin wooden stick and said: "The armed forces of the Chikod Chamber of Commerce will occupy Zhoubai These five provinces later declared their independence. As a result, only seven of the twelve provinces in the southern part of the business alliance remain. The seven provinces of the trade union will disappear on the map of the trade union.
This is the main purpose of our expedition this time. Once again, we will deal a heavy blow to the armed forces of the commercial alliance, divide the territory of the commercial alliance, make it lose all provinces in the central and southern parts of the mainland, and weaken its war strength. At the same time, it opened the land commercial routes to the countries in the central and southern regions for the Freedom Alliance, and formed alliances with those kingdoms to jointly block the land commercial routes of the Commercial Alliance, forcing the Commercial Alliance to change course and bow their heads and admit defeat... "
Seberg, the head of the White Lion Legion, stood up: "Master Malek, I have a question, why don't we continue to attack the Commercial Alliance and completely destroy it, but instead use the method of siege? As you said just now, The commercial alliance that lost the southern provinces is only seven provinces, and we can unite and continue to attack until it is eliminated."
Malek said blankly: "Please sit down first, Captain Seberg. Your question is actually very simple. It's not that we haven't thought about completely eliminating the business alliance, but we don't want to pay heavy casualties unless you want to Another three-year bloody battle like that on the plains of Mana Hill."
Using a thin wooden stick, he clicked on the seven northern provinces on the map of the business alliance, and Malek explained: "These seven provinces have been managed by the business alliance to become their most solid territories. According to intelligence, these seven provinces are nearly With a population of four million, the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Petersen Chamber of Commerce invested almost all their financial and material resources here, and they invested the income of Morente City in their Chamber of Commerce territory. During the three-year bloody battle on the Fali Hill Plain , Double-headed Dragon and other chambers of commerce would rather forcibly conscript soldiers and collect food and supplies from the provinces in the far southern part of the mainland, and have no intention of attacking these seven provinces and the territories of the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce.
This is the basic plate of the business alliance, and it is also where their confidence lies. Since the decisive battle in Bruvia City, the president of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, Grand Duke Camberlet, has returned from injury and has built castles and fortresses in the dangerous places of these seven provinces, making preparations to resist our attack. According to the information we have obtained, to attack or occupy these seven provinces, we expect casualties of about 300,000 to 400,000 troops, so we gave up the offensive and changed to siege to force the business alliance to bow its head and admit defeat. "
"How is this possible?" The head of Seberg's army retorted unconvinced: "Aren't your Norton family armed with artillery as a powerful weapon? No matter what kind of castle is strong, what kind of castle fortress can withstand the bombardment of artillery? As long as Bombarding the past with artillery all the way, the enemy can't resist our attack at all, how can we lose three to four hundred thousand troops?"
Lorist stood up: "Captain Seberg, artillery is not omnipotent, don't put all your hopes on artillery. In fact, artillery without gunpowder is useless at all. In order to attack those four provinces this time, Our family has raised all the gunpowder we can get as much as possible, and we even got more than half of the gunpowder reserves of the family fleet. After capturing those four provinces, I predict that we will consume all the gunpowder. Without artillery With the aid of the team, the attack on the remaining seven provinces of the Commercial Alliance will depend on the flesh and blood of the soldiers. So we are not just talking about the casualties of 300,000 to 400,000 troops."
The head of Seberg's army immediately bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, I just don't understand this situation, and I don't intend to question it. Please forgive my presumptuousness."
"It's okay." Lorist said, "You are also in a hurry to completely eliminate the commercial alliance. If the commercial alliance refuses to bow its head and admit defeat this time, then we will lock it up for another two years, and we can wait until our family gathers a batch of gunpowder." Re-launch the offensive, capture one or two provinces a year, and the commercial alliance will be destroyed in only four or five years. Sit down, and we will listen to Baron Malek's arrangement."
"Yes, thank you Your Highness."
The commander of Seberg's army sat down, but Ledos stood up: "Master Malek, I have a question. That is, the four provinces we plan to capture this time will not be like the five provinces of Faliqiu Plain. Same, will it become a blank area again?"
No wonder Ledos would ask such a question. The last time the Norton family armed forces swept across the five provinces of the Mana Hill Plain, they robbed everything of value like locusts and robbed all the residents. nearly 700,000 refugees. This is also thanks to the fact that these five provinces are not valued by the business alliance. During the three-year bloody war in the Faliqiu Plain, most of the residents of the original five provinces lost and fled. However, the remaining 700,000 refugees made the newly established Freedom Alliance complain endlessly. If Lorist hadn’t moved nearly 400,000 refugees to Yungeshandra Province, the Freedom Alliance might have been collapsed by these 700,000 refugees. After all, they are not as experienced as the Norton family's armed forces.
"Please don't worry, Lord Ledos." Malek nodded at Ledos: "Our family's Lord Tagle went to the countries in the central and southern parts of the mainland under the order of His Highness, and found the little prince of the former Duchy of Zikeduo. Your Highness, there are several other successors of the kingdom that were annexed by the business alliance, and conducted friendly consultations with the sixteen kingdoms in the central and southern regions, and obtained the unanimous approval of the sixteen countries. We will capture these four Re-establish three grand duchies and one kingdom in the five provinces behind the province and around the Faliqiu Plain, and conclude an alliance with the sixteen countries in the central and southern regions to jointly implement the siege and blockade of the commercial alliance."
Ledos let out a long breath, and finally let go of his heart. Seeing that no one had any more questions, Malek tapped the map on the wall with a thin wooden stick: "Next, we will set up the mission. We will launch the attack from Jiedrink Province for this attack. Ten newly formed garrison regiments have been deployed on the borders of these five provinces that have become blank areas to form a defensive front. No matter which province we attack from, we must prevent the commercial alliance from outflanking our rear through the other four provinces. Therefore, the task of the Chasseur Legion is to contain and launch a feint attack in the remaining four provinces, so that the Garrison Corps deployed there by the Commercial Alliance has no time to attend to them. If the situation permits, you can guerrilla to the enemy's rear provinces, but you must pay attention to , Do not attack the enemy's castles, fortresses, towns and villages with heavy casualties."
"Yes, resolutely complete the task." Farea, the head of the Chaser Legion, stood up and replied.
"Gidelink Province will be handed over to the Flying Tigers to carry out another sweep to ensure the safety of the main force of the attack," Malek said. The main force launching the attack from Gidelink Province this time is the Guards Corps of the Norton Family and the Armed Corps of the Freedom Alliance. Most of the Felton Bar and Tenerig Provinces adjacent to Gidelink Province are hilly areas. The Business Alliance built a lot of castle fortresses and defensive positions here, and deployed four corps. So this time the Norton family dispatched two artillery battalions to deal with these defensive facilities. Only after capturing these two provinces can the Flying Tiger Legion come into play. The remaining Kasiloda and Serunega provinces are plains. The area is just suitable for cavalry to gallop freely.
The head of the Seberg Army of the White Lion Army was very dissatisfied, because the White Lion Army was assigned a task of guaranteeing the logistics channel. The last time they cooperated with the Norton family to sweep the Mana Hill Plains all over the five provinces for a week, they made a lot of money. In the end, Lorist made a decision. After the Guards Legion and the Free Alliance Legion captured Tenerig and Feltonbar Provinces, the White Lion Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion could each attack a province. Anger turned into joy, thank you again and again.
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