Chapter 1472: Overwhelming

"The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world ()"

After El completed the feat of expedition to the steppes, Vasily wanted to expand the military strength of the Far Eastern Front from 80,000 to 100,000.

But—because not long after the victory of El’s expedition, Bancro of the Britannia Empire came to the door and proposed that the two countries form a new alliance.

After forming a new alliance with the Britannia Empire, the Holy Hiran Empire focused its energy on mobilizing baggage for the southeastern front.

There is no extra energy and ability to expand the Far East Front.

On the eve of the war, Vasili sent a secret message to El - you are only allowed to lead the 80,000 troops of the Far East Front south. Is the strength sufficient?

El's answer to Vasily was quite short and powerful - enough is enough.

The Britannian Army and the Hiran Army launched an attack on the Frankish Empire at almost the same time.

The armies of the two countries were like two big pliers, heading towards the weak vise of the Frank Empire...

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The process of 300,000 troops crossing the Rhine Front and breaking through the Frankish Empire's eastern defense line, to give a vivid example... was like piercing a thin piece of paper with a sword.

Since the "Nibelungen" plan ended in disastrous failure, the Frankish Empire's western defense line was as brittle as thin paper due to insufficient garrison troops.

After deciding to adopt the general strategy of "fighting in scorched earth on the western front and taking the initiative on the northern front", Emperor Schade of the Frankish Empire simply withdrew all troops on the western defense line.

When the Britannia Army launched its attack, there was almost no soldier stationed on the western defense line of the Frank Empire...

After the 300,000 Britannian troops crossed the western defense line of the Frank Empire almost unscathed, they officially launched an attack on the western territories of the Frank Empire.

The attack on the western territories of the Frankish Empire was equally as simple as piercing tissue paper with a sharp sword.

After more than half a year of preparation, the Frankish Empire was fully prepared for scorched-earth warfare in all the territory west of Bellew.

It wasn't just that there wasn't a single soldier stationed on the Western Line.

All the cities in the west also had no soldiers stationed there.

Not only did he not leave any soldiers in all the cities in the west, Emperor Shade also gave a death order to the lords of all the cities in the west - when the Britannia army attacks, do not resist, open the city and surrender, etc. After the war, the central government will never blame them for being "spineless".

Anyway, there will no longer be any soldiers left in all the cities in the west, so whether the city lords in the western cities have to hold on to the end or surrender obediently, the final result will not change much.

Of course - all the materials from all the cities west of Bailu have naturally been evacuated long ago.

Only the food rations for the civilians were left.

The grain, fodder, ordnance, and war horses stored in the warehouses of each city were all moved into Bailu.

Although the center of the Frankish Empire has completed complete preparations for a scorched-earth war in the western territories, the Britannia Empire is not afraid of their scorched-earth war.

From a certain perspective, scorched-earth warfare is a fairly easy tactic to deal with.

As long as you have sufficient supplies of your own and the transportation capabilities to transport these supplies to the front line, the enemy's scorched earth operations will not be a threat.

The staff officers of the General Staff of the Britannia Empire had long considered that the Frank Empire might use scorched earth warfare against them.

Precisely because the staff members of the General Staff have long considered this possibility, they have also made complete preparations early.

As long as sufficient supplies are prepared and the transportation capabilities can transport these supplies to the front line, the Frank Empire's scorched-earth war will be self-defeating.

Since the 300,000-strong army of the Britannia Empire began to move, the logistics force, which was much larger than the 300,000-strong army, also started to move.

They transported truckloads and boatloads of supplies to the front line.

Those who can walk on rivers transport supplies through rivers.

If rivers cannot be used, supplies are transported directly by animal power or manpower.

No matter where these 300,000 Britannian troops go, supplies can be delivered as soon as possible.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the central Frankish Empire left supplies in various cities in the west. Anyway, the Britannia army will not be short of supplies.

Compared with the devastation of the Britannia Army, the Hiran Army was not as smooth sailing.

Not long after the 80,000-thousand Hiran army under the command of El had just invaded the territory of the Frank Empire, they encountered a blockage from the Frank army.

The Frankish army that came to stop Hiran's army was not small in size, with nearly 80,000 people.

80,000 Frank troops - this is almost the majority of the combat power that the Frank Empire can currently produce.

When he saw that the Frank Empire sent 80,000 troops to stop them, El guessed what the Frank Empire Central Committee wanted to do.

El, who guessed their intentions, gave a helpless smile and thought to himself: The central government of the Frankish Empire is making a huge gamble with the country's national destiny...

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The people responsible for commanding the 80,000 Frank troops were two generals, Rudolf and Erich.

This war is related to the life and death of their Frankish Empire, so the central Frankish Empire cannot afford to lose.

In order to ensure the chances of winning this battle, Emperor Shad sent both Rudolf and Erich to command the 80,000 troops to fight against the 80,000 Far Eastern Front led by El in the field.

As for Allen, he stayed in Bolu.

Shad not only sent Rudolf and Erich to fight El, but also sent Doppler von Neumann, the first fierce general of their Frankish Empire.

Doppler was one of the few generals who escaped successfully after the failure of the "Nibelungen" plan.

Doppler was not only a fierce general of their Frankish Empire, but also Shad's favorite general.

After all, Doppler once saved Shad's life in danger.

Shad gave Doppler the privilege of "being able to disobey military regulations without punishment", which was enough to show how much Doppler was loved by Shad.

In order to win, Shad can be said to have sent all the combat power he could think of to the northern line.

As long as the northern front can win and successfully repel the Hiran army, then the only enemy they have to face is the Britannia army, and the chances of winning will increase sharply.

But if they lose... If most of the 80,000 troops can be safely withdrawn, then the losses will not be too serious.

But if the 80,000 troops are seriously damaged because of the defeat, then the already serious situation of the Frankish Empire will become even more suffocating...