Chapter 1072: The Heart of Pendragon

"Everyone!" After spreading the map on the ground, Bankro said loudly, "Please come and see!"

After hearing Bankro's words, everyone in the meeting hall immediately gathered around, and even Ilsa and Gail stood up from their thrones and walked towards Bankro's side.

However, because there were too many people in the meeting hall, not everyone had the opportunity to stand next to the map and watch.

Only Ilsa and Gail, as well as a small group of important ministers headed by Jacob, Enli, Alfred, and Aphra, were qualified to stand next to the map and watch.

The rest of the ministers could only stand on tiptoe outside and try to stretch their heads to look inside.

After Ilsa and Gail stood beside Bankro, and important officials such as Jacob and Alfred had arrived, Bankro pointed to the map on the ground and said:

"Look, everyone, this is the detailed map of our Pendragon."

"If we want to defend the city wall, with our current strength, we may not be able to hold out for five days."

"But-if we abandon the city wall and move the battlefield into the city, we will have a chance to hold out until Captain Cheng leads the Knights of Michael to come back for support!"

"As shown in the picture, Pendragon is very large."

"Therefore, it is impossible to defend the entire Pendragon! Therefore, we must make some choices and must specifically guard some important and easy-to-defend areas!"

"Everyone! Please look at the big circle drawn with red lines in the picture. This is the area we want to defend!"

As soon as Bankro finished speaking, Ilsa and others standing at the innermost of the crowd immediately followed Bankro's instructions and looked at the map on the ground.

I saw a big red circle drawn in the center of this Pendragon city map.

This big red circle includes many iconic buildings in Pendragon.

The place where everyone is now - the White Palace of the Britannia Empire, is also located in this big red circle.

Bankro pointed to the red circle on the map and said aloud:

"The area encircled by this red circle is the central urban area of ​​our Pandragon. Most of the buildings in the area are solid buildings made of marble!"

"Among them, the White Palace, the Central Carriage Station Clock Tower, and the Central Treasury Building are the most solid!"

"At the same time,

these three buildings are also the tallest buildings in Pandragon!"

"Please look, the White Palace, the Central Carriage Station Clock Tower, and the Central Treasury Building - these three buildings have been marked with blue ink."

"Our entire line of defense - that is, the area encircled by the red circle, relies on these three buildings as the core support."

"So - these three buildings are the three most important buildings in our entire defense zone!"

"The White Palace, the Central Carriage Station Clock Tower, the Central Treasury Building - once any of these three buildings is lost, our entire defense zone will collapse."

"In other words - as long as we can hold these three buildings, Allen's The rebels can't take the center of Pendragon."

"As long as Allen's rebels can't take the center of Pendragon, even if they control a large area of ​​the outer city, it will be useless!"

"So-our operation is very simple and clear."

"Relying on the three buildings of the White Palace, the Central Carriage Station Clock Tower, and the Central Treasury Building, we will fight street battles with the enemy and defend the defense zone with these three buildings as the core."

"As long as we defend this defense zone, we can defend the center of Pendragon."

"Defend the center of Pendragon, we can defend the entire Pendragon."

"According to my estimation-as long as we command properly and have good luck, there will be no problem in stalemate with Allen's rebels for 1 month."

"As long as we can hold on for 1 month, there will be a chance to wait for Su Cheng's reinforcements."

"As long as Su Cheng's reinforcements arrive, it will be the victory of our Britannia Empire!"

After Bankro's voice fell, the conference hall fell into a long silence.

Whether it was the ministers of the "war faction" or the ministers of the "retreat faction", they all kept silent in tacit understanding.

Because they needed enough time to sort out the huge amount of information that Bankro had just said.

After a long while, it was Enli who took a breath first, and then said to Bankro:

"Mr. Bankro... You actually want to start a street fight with Allen's rebels... This, this is really... too reluctant..."

"Throughout world history, there has never been a successful street fight."

Enli solemnly expressed his concerns about "using street fighting to deal with Allen's rebels."

"Street fighting is usually the last struggle of the defenders in the city after the city wall is lost."

"In history, no general or army has ever defended a city by street fighting."

As soon as Enli finished speaking, Bankro nodded:

"Enli, you are right."

"There has indeed never been a street fighting that ended in victory in history."

"But according to my research - the reason why there has never been a street fighting that ended in victory in history is mainly because their cities do not have the conditions for street fighting."

"Street fighting does not actually have too many strategies and tactics, it is just fighting for various buildings and streets in the city. Especially important buildings and important streets."

"Throughout these failed street battles in history, they all have one thing in common, that is, the city they defended was not complex enough, and the buildings in the city were not numerous and strong enough."

"Our Pendragon doesn't have this problem."

"Our sector is the heart of Pendragon."

"The center of Pendragon is the richest area in Pendragon, and it is also the area with the most complex layout."

"Everyone can see it just from the map."

Bancro nodded toward the map on the ground.

"The center of Pendragon not only has a large number of tall buildings lined up in rows, but also intricate streets. Under the streets, there is an underground sewer network that is as complex as the above-ground street network."

"At the same time, because the people who live in the central area are basically the rich and powerful, the houses in the central area are basically marble buildings with more than three floors."

"There are enough buildings in the central area, they are strong enough, and the layout is complex enough - so we have the conditions to carry out street fighting in this area and carry out heavy attacks on the rebels!"

As soon as Bancro finished speaking, Alfred on the side suddenly nodded, and then said in a deep voice:

"Your Excellency Bancro, I understand."

"What your officer means is to concentrate all the troops, relying on the three buildings that your officer just mentioned, to defend the entire defense area circled in red on the map. Is your officer right?"

"Exactly." Bancro nodded.

"Then - please allow me to ask questions."

"Please feel free to ask questions."

"Then you're welcome, sir. If the question you ask displeases your noble officer, then please forgive me."

After clearing his throat, Alfred said seriously:

"Whether we have enough troops to defend this defense zone will not matter for now."

"I would like to ask - how can we defend this defense zone without knights?"

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