Simply having enough supplies was not enough for the entire system to operate so efficiently. The most important step was to isolate Roddy from the influence of all other forces in Eiffta.
If everything in this war had to be discussed with a great noble like Earl Lys, then it was inevitable that the logistics system would be infiltrated. The huge and bloated administrative system was like a cancer to the logistics system. Roddy did not want to throw out a gold coin only to end up with three copper coins for the war, and the rest would be exploited by the other nobles.
So on the third day after the war, the nobles in the cabinet were still discussing the food transportation they were responsible for in letters. They had no idea that the eastern front had advanced more than a hundred kilometers.
Roddy was happy to keep them in the dark. He continued to play Tai Chi in the letters as he read Sodelor's battle report from the Holy Cathedral.
"Prime Minister, our army is really too fast … In two days, we've taken down four cities and more than twenty towns. This will definitely go down in history!"
Everything was in line with Sodelor's plan, and there were even no mistakes. But when it really happened, they still felt that everything was like a dream. Duncan looked better. He just flipped through the list of supplies page by page, his heart aching at the crazy consumption of gold coins.
"Go down in history? That's far from it. It's just the beginning. "
Rody did not become complacent because of his momentary victory. He knew very well that he had forcibly created a mechanized infantry division through magical technology. The tactics he was currently using were also not created by him. That was because this was the famous' Blitzkrieg '!
While others were still marching on foot and using carriages to pull the supplies, Roddy used roads and trucks to directly increase the speed of the entire army. At the same time, he used crystal cannons to open up the "generation gap" in weapons and equipment.
So when Harrison's troops faced Eiffta's infantry division, the situation was not much different from the Polish cavalry facing tanks.
Although this kind of combat method was efficient and powerful, it had a very big hidden danger: the logistics pressure was far greater than normal war, and could even be said to be more than ten times the load.
And once there was a gap in the logistics, the consequences would be unbearable!
"What we need to do now is to ensure the combat ability of the frontline troops at all costs. Be it food, weapons, or roads, all resources in Efta will be prioritized!"
Roddy was only responsible for formulating the strategy and did not interfere with Sodelor's arrangements on the front lines. After all, the first half of the plan had been successfully executed because the enemy had been paralyzed. There were too many factors that could affect the subsequent battle. The situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and it all depended on Sodelor's timely judgment. Roddy was thousands of miles away, and the result of his forceful command was obvious.
Therefore, the only thing he could do was to stabilize the cabinet and not drop the chain in logistics.
*****
May 12th.
Bucky was a recruit of the Efta First Infantry Division. He joined the army at the end of last year and had been training for half a year.
In the beginning, he was just a farmer who was as thin and weak as a hemp stick. Now, he was a soldier with a body full of muscles and wearing metal light armor. After the first battle on May 9, he replaced the frontline troops as the second batch of troops and participated in the push battle on May 10. After a day of rest on the 11th, Bucky was sitting on a bumpy and rocking truck with his comrades and continued to carry out the push mission.
The road here was obviously not as smooth as in the Efta area. Because after the operation on the 11th, it was impossible for the troops to advance at night without being noticed like before. Therefore, the current combat method was that everyone moved together. The road construction puppets in the front pushed out the road at the fastest speed, and the trucks behind followed.
Under such circumstances, if they encountered an enemy, the soldiers in the trucks could quickly make adjustments and fight immediately. Under normal circumstances, the speed of the advance was about 15 kilometers per hour. After all, there were eight puppets in front of them at the same time. The drivers of the infantry division had long been in tacit understanding. Along the way, whether it was plains or hills, they quickly planned a reasonable route. The current troops set off from Town Taji, 40 kilometers south of Dunkel, and their goal was the fourth city in the central part of the kingdom, "Soria". If they succeeded in taking down the city and then crossed the Bordeaux River, they could directly aim at the former territory of Count Milnor and look at the capital of Charles II!
Of course, these things were not what Bucky needed to understand. He only needed to listen to the squad leader's orders.
"Bucky, have you had breakfast?"
The squad leader, Entes, who was sitting on the other side of the shaky seat, asked.
Bucky swallowed and nodded, "Reporting to the squad leader, I have!"
In fact, he couldn't eat because after the battle the day before yesterday, the piles of rotten meat on the position that had been shelled really made Bucky and his comrades lose their appetite. But the squad leader said with a stern face that he couldn't eat less, otherwise he wouldn't have the strength to fight, and going to the battlefield would be courting death.
The infantry had not actually fought in a face-to-face battle until now, because when the artillery bombarded, the enemy directly collapsed and fled. What they had to do was to rush over and directly occupy the town, and then hold the enemy captive that did not have time to run away.
"Look at your face, if I didn't know better, I would think that the troops' food was deducted. You should be glad that you didn't go to war with those lords. I heard that when they go to war, the only meat they eat is the maggots in the bread. "
These words were disgusting, but it was true. Now that the temperature was rising, the rotting corpses could easily cause a plague, so the army's orders were very strict. Not to mention that they had to wash their hands before eating, they had to go to the toilet in the same dug out toilet, and they would be punished directly. Bucky knew that a few guys had been beaten, and their backs were still bruised …
"Clang!"
The truck suddenly jolted, and everyone hurriedly grabbed the handle to stabilize their bodies. This situation was usually when they passed through the road with buried tree roots. After all, in order to rush for time, they usually didn't have time to clean up the debris below, so the tree trunks or other things were often flattened and directly run over.
However, this tree root obviously brought trouble to the team. The three trucks behind carrying large crystal cannons crushed several tires when they passed by, so they had to stop for maintenance.
The armored division's engineers immediately went to solve the problem, but the troop transport truck did not stop and continued to follow the road puppet in front of them. After all, they had to protect these road puppets from falling into the enemy's hands. Coincidentally, the team had just continued to move for another kilometer when a large figure appeared on the low slope in the distance …
"Prepare for battle!"
The horn was immediately blown, and the eight puppets immediately stopped and quickly stuck close to each other. They stood side by side, forming two high walls. Behind them, soldiers in more than sixty trucks were filing down, drawing their weapons and forming a formation.
Round shields were raised, and crystal spears were erected. Within ten minutes, the soldiers in the front fifty trucks had formed a formation on both sides of the puppets. The road here was muddy, but the soldiers stood motionless in the mud, like nails waiting for orders from their superiors.
The artillery soldiers in the rear were assembling the crystal cannons, and the troops that appeared on the hillside had already begun to dive down. They wore colorful clothes and held a variety of weapons in their hands. There were about a hundred people leading the troops on horseback. These knights also wore different clothes. At a glance, only one-third of them wore armor, and the rest were mainly leather armor.
This was the armor of the knights. As for the infantry, they basically had no armor to speak of.
Bucky had already put on his helmet, held a shield in his left hand, and held 'Erondega's sword' in his right. In the dense infantry phalanx, the sword seemed to have a steady stream of power coming from the palm of his hand, making him inexplicably feel that his senses were a lot more sensitive.
But listening to the vibration of the hooves in front of him, Bucky could still feel the tense atmosphere spreading. The adrenaline made his body tremble slightly. Although there were dark clouds in the sky and the air was not hot, sweat still dripped down the edge of the helmet to the ground. He looked forward and stood up straight like everyone else. At the same time, he heard the words of the squad leader in his ear — — "Stand still! If I don't tell you to move, no one can move! If I say charge, whoever dares to fall behind can try! "
In fact, they had heard this sentence ten thousand times. Since the beginning of military training half a year ago, they had heard it every day. Now, they had forgotten what 'escape' was, and the only thing left in their minds was' obey '.
The enemy seemed to be advancing, but they were actually more than three kilometers away. The current visibility was about twenty kilometers, so it was impossible for this kind of enemy to raid the Efta Infantry Division. When the artillery battery in the rear was ready to go and ready for battle, the enemy stopped nearly two kilometers away and began to rest.
This could not be helped. During a war, the soldiers on both sides were not robots with unlimited physical strength. The warhorses that had run two or three kilometers after being armed could not continue to sprint. Usually, at this time, both sides would wait for a period of time, then start to move forward at almost the same time and engage the enemy in battle. But the Efta Infantry Division did not move, because they were waiting for the three giant cannons and the artillery soldiers in the rear that were being repaired …
But the army of the lords in front of them did not seem to know this. After a short period of adjustment, they divided into seven or eight teams, which seemed to be led by a lord, and then began to advance in this direction at the same time. The noble's flag fluttered in the wind. Bucky looked for a long time and found that he could only vaguely see the color. As for the pattern, he could not distinguish at all.
Who cares? I'll just fight.
From a distance, the number of enemies seemed to be quite large. Bucky guessed that there were at least two thousand people. On their side, there were only one thousand eight hundred infantry, and the remaining one hundred or so were artillery soldiers. There were only a dozen cavalry soldiers, and they were only responsible for reconnaissance, not combat.
Fight head-on?
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