Chapter 1457 Allen's Strategy
"Yes!"
After respectfully saying "yes", Allen cleared his throat and then slowly expressed his thoughts:
"The national strength of the Britannia Empire is currently far superior to our country - although it is very unwilling, this is an ironclad fact."
Speaking of this, Allen specifically glanced at Emperor Shade and observed his expression.
After making sure that there was nothing strange on Emperor Shade's face and that he was not angry because of what he had just said, Allen continued:
"The current national strength of the Britannia Empire is at its peak."
"Based on the current national strength of the Britannia Empire, it is not a problem to launch an expeditionary force of 300,000 to 400,000 people."
"Although the current national strength of the Holy Hilan Empire is not as good as before, it is still possible to grit its teeth and raise an army of 100,000 to invade our country."
"Therefore-the number of the coalition forces of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire will be as high as 400,000 to 500,000."
"And the troops that our country can currently use for combat are only 100,000 at most."
"With our current weak military strength, to confront the coalition forces of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire, to be honest... there is only one way to go."
At this point, Allen paused again and turned his head to look at Emperor Shade's expression.
Seeing that Emperor Shad still had no expression, Allen was relieved and continued:
"So - we must avoid a head-on confrontation with the coalition forces of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire!"
"In my opinion - the best strategy to meet the enemy is scorched earth warfare."
"Do not engage in a head-on battle with the coalition forces of the two countries. Withdraw all the supplies along the way from the west to Bolu and all the supplies along the way from the north to Bolu and concentrate them in Bolu!"
"At the same time, concentrate all our troops in Bolu."
"We will have a decisive battle with the coalition forces of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hilan Empire in Bolu City!"
After listening to Allen's explanation of his strategy, Shad was stunned.
After a long while, Xia De said anxiously:
"Do you want me to give up all the land north and west of Bolu without firing a single arrow?!"
"Your Majesty..." Allen said in a deep voice, "I know this is hard to accept, but I dare to guarantee it with my life - this is indeed the strategy with the highest chance of success in our country at present!"
"There are two major benefits to implementing such a scorched earth war."
"The first major benefit - it will prevent the coalition forces of the two countries from obtaining supplies along the way of attack! Increase the logistical burden of the coalition forces of the two countries!"
"The more the coalition forces of the two countries advance, the greater the logistical pressure will be!"
"The supply lines of the coalition forces of the two countries will become more and more fragile!"
"The second major benefit - we can Our troops and supplies are concentrated in our country's first strong city - Bolu!"
"Relying on the solid Bolu and abundant supplies, our army's protracted war of resistance will become possible!"
"The coalition forces of the two countries, whose supply lines are constantly stretched and cannot be supplied along the way, naturally cannot withstand long-term expeditionary operations."
"As long as we can hold on until the supply lines of the coalition forces of the two countries collapse or the supplies are exhausted, it will be a victory for our country.
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"...I understand." Xia De said in a deep voice, "General Jones, you mean...put the battlefield in Bolu, and drag down the supply lines of the coalition forces of the two countries through a protracted war of resistance. Am I right?"
"That's right." Allen nodded.
After a moment of silence, Xia De turned his head and looked at another general - Rudolf.
"General Rudolf von Baumann, I want to hear your opinion. If the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire launch an invasion against our country, how can we fight against them to get the highest chance of victory."
"Your Majesty." Rudolf nodded to Shade, "I partially agree with General Jones's battle plan."
"Partially agree?" Shade frowned, "What do you mean?"
"I agree with General Jones's idea of scorched earth warfare."
"Based on our current national strength, scorched earth warfare is indeed the strategy with the highest chance of victory."
"But I don't agree with the two countries' armies. All adopt scorched earth warfare. "
"I think we should adopt the strategy of 'retreat on the western front and attack on the northern front'."
"Use scorched earth warfare on the western front and withdraw all the supplies on the western front to Bolu, so that the Britannia army cannot get supplies along the way."
"And on the northern front, we will take the initiative to attack and defeat the Hiran army through field battles."
"After defeating the Hiran army, withdraw all the troops to Bolu, relying on the solid city of Bolu, and fight a protracted war with the Britannia army."
Rudolf's words made Shad frown again.
"General Bowman, why do we retreat on the Western Front and take the initiative on the Northern Front?"
"Your Majesty." Rudolf replied, "The four major knightly orders of the Britannian Army have a total strength of nearly one million."
"Based on the current national strength of the Britannian Empire and the grievances between us and the Britannian Empire over the past hundred years, the army that the Britannian Empire will send to attack us is definitely more than 300,000."
"If we fight a decisive battle in the field with the Britannian Army, which has far more troops than us, our chances of winning will definitely be infinitely close to zero."
"So we must do our best to avoid a head-on confrontation with the Britannian Army and conduct a thorough scorched earth war on the Western Front."
"Until the Britannia army arrives at Belleau, we will never engage in combat with the Britannia army, slowly prolonging and breaking down the supply line of the Britannia army."
"But the Xilan Army is different."
"Judging from the current national strength of the Holy Hiran Empire, he can only dispatch 100,000 people at most."
"Their strength is equal to ours, maybe even slightly less than ours."
"So if we have a decisive battle with Xilan's army in the wild, we have a chance of winning."
"If scorched-earth warfare is adopted on both the western and northern fronts, then a large army of about 40,000 to 500,000 people will be gathered under Bailu City."
"Even though Belu City is our country's strongest city, it is still too dangerous to face an army of this size."
"Therefore, it is quite necessary for us to reduce the number of enemy troops that can successfully reach Bellu City as much as possible."
"As long as we can defeat the Hiran Army on the northern front, then the only army that can reach the city of Beloux will be the Britannia Army."
"With only the Britannia Army, our chances of being able to defend Beloo City will be greatly increased."
"As long as we can hold on to Beloo City, it will only be a matter of time before the Britannian Army's supplies are exhausted."
"When the Britannia army retreats due to lack of supplies, it will be our country's victory."
As soon as Rudolf finished speaking, another general who had been silent since just now, Erich von Marceu, answered:
"I agree with General Bowman's strategy of 'retreat on the western front and attack on the northern front'."
"It would be too dangerous if all the coalition forces of the two countries were to concentrate under Bellu City."
"We must take the initiative on the northern front and repel Hiran's army!"
"As long as the Xilan army retreats, our next battle will be much easier."
The two generals Rudolf and Erich had the same idea.
The two of them have different ideas from Allen, which naturally means that a quarrel will inevitably occur.
As expected - after Erich finished speaking, Allen immediately refuted it.