Chapter 714 General Winter Attacks (Part 2)
how come! too fast! How could General Dong arrive so quickly? !
——The cry in the war room of Muhawicz Fortress.
The winter in the northern part of the Holy Hiran Empire and Britannia Empire is very cold.
The Hiran people and the northerners of the Britannia Empire nicknamed winter every year as "Winter General".
The coming of winter is called "The Coming of Winter General"
Although the name General Winter sounds cute, to the generals and quartermasters of the Xilan Army, the name General Winter is not cute at all.
Not only is it unlovable, it's also terrifying.
In the Muhawicz Fortress, quartermasters with changed expressions and bloodshot eyes could be seen everywhere, walking around carrying various documents.
General Winter arrived too quickly, arriving more than a month earlier than before. The speed exceeded everyone's imagination and expectations.
In order to supply the 270,000 troops and 700,000 logistics troops on the front line, the Holy Hiran Empire has already squeezed its national power to the extreme.
Challenging the limits of limited transportation capacity, the planning of a transportation team that could barely maintain all the food, grass and baggage required for such a large expeditionary force had already been carefully adjusted and planned on a weekly basis.
Not only the 270,000 combat troops on the front line need to eat, but the 700,000 logistics troops in the rear also need to eat.
In order to maintain this expeditionary force with a total size of nearly one million, the logistics and transportation capabilities have been stretched to the limit.
The scale of the expeditionary force is so large that just sending enough food, fodder and weapons is already very difficult.
According to the original transportation plan, the logistics force plans to send enough food and grass to the front line in September so that the front-line troops no longer have to worry about food and grass problems in a short period of time, and then free up a certain number of transportation teams in early October. Send winter equipment to the front line.
But the early arrival of General Winter made the original transportation plan go bankrupt instantly.
Originally, the quartermasters of the Xilan Army were still taking a chance, hoping that the sudden snowfall was just a temporary weather abnormality, and that the snowfall might stop and the normal weather return.
But the white snow that kept falling for several days completely woke up the general quartermasters from the cold.
They finally stopped deceiving themselves.
Acknowledging the cruel fact: this is not a temporary climate abnormality, General Winter has arrived early.
Sending enough winter war equipment to the front line has become the most urgent thing at present.
Without urging from the frontline combat troops, the quartermasters of the logistics troops immediately began to change the transportation plan.
However - how can it be said that the transportation plan of an expeditionary force of nearly one million people can be changed smoothly if it is changed?
In order to provide front-line winter war equipment, the transportation plan should be immediately changed. While sending winter war equipment, we should also send consumables such as grain and fodder necessary for fighting soldiers and food wars?
Specifically, when the elite quartermasters of the logistics force looked up to the sky and spouted all the curse words in Shiran, and looked at the transportation planning table with pale faces and despair, you can see how difficult it is to complete this task. .
All first-class quartermasters and senior quartermasters of the logistics force and above gathered in the war room of Mukhervitz Fortress to discuss changes to the transportation plan.
"How could that happen! It's too fast!"
Screams like this resounded throughout the war room.
"Stop complaining! Come up with a feasible transportation plan quickly!"
"You put it lightly! How powerful is General Dong?
It’s not like you don’t know! The roads behind were covered by heavy snow, and the transportation speed was greatly slowed down! Some sections even reached the point where it would be impossible to move forward unless the snow in front was cleared! "
"That's right! When the transportation capacity has been weakened by General Winter, we need to send not only the food and fodder needed for the soldiers' food war to the front line, but also enough winter war equipment for 270,000 troops? Don't be kidding! This is too much It’s hard to force someone to do something!”
"No matter how difficult it is, you must complete it! Is the 'First Class Quartermaster' uniform you are wearing just for viewing?"
"The temperature has dropped sharply, and there is no winter combat equipment on the front line. No matter what, we must send enough winter combat equipment to the front line as soon as possible! Otherwise, countless soldiers will freeze to death in the Eghar Corridor!"
"We can no longer take care of the frontline combat troops! Cotton-padded clothes, quilts and other materials must be given priority to the logistics troops! If too many personnel in the logistics troops freeze to death, the entire supply line will really collapse!"
"Give it to the logistics troops first? What about the frontline combat troops?"
"Didn't I tell you that I can't take care of it?! The logistics troops are human beings too! They also need winter warfare equipment!"
"That's right! We can't worry about the front line now! First ensure the logistics troops' winter war equipment!"
"Hey! Why is it that after so long, there's still not a word written on the new transportation schedule?! Were you in a daze just now?!"
"What do you want me to write?! How to arrange a transportation plan in this situation! When our transportation capacity is unlimited?! Enough winter war equipment and food and grass supplies for the entire expedition army can be transported in an instant - this This is something that even fairy tales don’t dare to write about!”
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The people who said these words were all senior quartermasters of the first class and above.
They are the backbone of the logistics force, or it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the backbone of the Hiran Army.
They are logistics experts who have undergone thorough higher education and are optimized for the execution of logistics affairs. They have intellectual logistics experts. The logistics supply plan they draw up can directly affect the direction and outcome of the battle.
As the impeccable elites of the empire, they were roaring in the war room without any image.
The snow was so white.
But it was so cruel.
The sudden snowfall made the elite quartermasters that the Xilan Army was proud of lose their usual calmness. They all turned pale and relied on swearing and shouting to relieve the panic and anxiety in their hearts.
In fact, facing the current situation of General Dong's early attack, they were not completely helpless.
As the elites of the empire, they knew very well that the best strategy now was to withdraw!
The transportation capacity was weakened by General Dong, and the current transportation capacity was not enough to immediately deliver the winter war equipment and food and supplies needed by the entire expeditionary army to the front line.
In this situation where the logistics supply line was on the verge of collapse, the best strategy was to withdraw quickly! End this battle!
After all, as long as this expedition was terminated, the so-called logistics supply problem would no longer exist.
But... even if everyone knew that the best strategy now was to withdraw, no one dared to say it publicly.
Because their majesty has issued a death order: no withdrawal until the Avalon Fortress is captured! Anyone who dares to mention the withdrawal again will be severely punished!
Under such a warning from Vasili, the group of imperial elites who succumbed to his tyranny acted like "fools".
They acted like "fools" who pretended not to know the option of "withdrawal" and gritted their teeth to try to come up with a new transportation plan.