Chapter 715: Collapse of Supply Lines
Compared to the collapse and despair of the Hiran Army, the Michael Knights were very calm.
Avalon Fortress is the first fortress of the Britannia Empire. The baggage reserves should not be too rich. The winter war equipment stored in the warehouse is barely enough for the entire regiment.
For those parts that are not enough, the Northern Territory Administration will soon transfer them.
There is a straight road between Baidi City, where the Northern Territory Administration is located, and Avalon Fortress. The missing winter war equipment will soon be sent to Avalon Fortress.
Therefore, General Dong's advance attack only surprised Su Cheng, not panic.
Following his order, winter war equipment such as cotton armor, quilts, and gloves were pulled out of the warehouse and the entire Michael Knights army was armed.
Thanks to this stable and sufficient supply reserve, Su Cheng was more worried about whether his daughter was frozen than the generals of the Michael Knights.
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Eghar Corridor, Hiran Army Camp, Wounded Soldiers Camp.
"Go, go, go, go..."
Gabriel lay on the bed, wrapping his thin quilt tightly around his body and curling up.
But even if he did this, he could not resist the severe cold.
Gabriel's teeth kept chattering due to the severe cold, making a strange sound of "ding, ding, ding, ding, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat".
The other wounded soldiers who lived in the same camp tent with him also curled up on the bed like Gabriel, wrapping themselves tightly in thin quilts.
I don’t know who suddenly suggested:
"Why don't we stay close together? It might be warmer."
As soon as the man finished speaking, his proposal was instantly approved by everyone around him.
"This is good!"
"That's right! Let's get closer together!"
"Hurry, hurry, I'm freezing to death."
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Everyone in the camp huddled close together, using each other's body heat to keep warm.
I don’t know if Gabriel was lucky or unlucky, but he was caught in the middle.
Being sandwiched in the middle is the warmest, and from this point of view, I am quite lucky.
But being caught in the middle is also the most uncomfortable and unfortunate thing. Everyone squeezes in the middle, and being caught in the middle is forced to smell the strange body odors and even bad breath of the people around you.
And even though it was sandwiched in the middle, it didn't feel very warm. At most, it was just that the teeth didn't fight so hard.
"Damn it!" Gabriel cursed loudly while rubbing his arms with goosebumps constantly appearing, "Why haven't the quilts, cotton armor, and cotton coats been delivered yet! What on earth are the logistics troops doing!"
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Carrying out daily training without cotton armor, gloves and other winter combat equipment is a complete fantasy.
On the day General Winter arrives, all training activities are suspended.
Except for the soldiers who were out patrolling and standing guard, no soldiers dared to run outside the camp.
The winter war equipment has not arrived, which makes Dominic feel increasingly impatient.
If the winter equipment is not delivered in time, let alone continue to fight the war with the Michael Knights! Maybe the soldiers will mutiny!
Unable to bear it, Dominic asked the logistics team for an explanation.
Why has it taken so long and the winter combat equipment hasn’t been delivered yet?
The logistics force, in desperation, sent a first-class quartermaster to talk to Dominic.
In Dominic's command tent, all the senior generals of Xilan's army gathered together.
The senior generals sat on both sides of the commander's tent, glaring at the poor first-class quartermaster who was standing in the center of the commander's tent with a cold sweat on his face.
The delay in the arrival of winter war equipment made not only the ordinary soldiers feel angry and resentful, but even the senior generals in their army felt very angry.
How can they continue to confront the Michael Knights if they can't even get equipment to keep out the cold?
Dominic, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the first-class quartermaster in front of him coldly: "What is going on? Why has it been so many days and not a single piece of winter war equipment has been sent to the front line? "
"Your Excellency Marshal..."
The quartermaster first class swallowed hard.
"It has always been snowing in this area in late October, and it has been like this for decades..."
"Combat troops plus logistics troops - the total size of the expeditionary army is nearly one million. To maintain the normal operation of such a large army, the supply transportation plan must be very detailed."
"The transportation plan we originally made was based on the premise that snowfall would not start until late October."
"According to the original plan, we planned to first send a sufficient amount of food, fodder and other supplies in September to ensure that the frontline troops would no longer have to worry about food, grass and other consumables in a short period of time, and then free up part of the transportation in early October. The team began to deliver winter war equipment.”
"But the snowfall, which came more than a month in advance, has completely disrupted the transportation plan of our logistics troops..."
"General Winter not only disrupted our transportation plan, but the thick snow also slowed down our transportation speed..."
"Based on the current transportation capacity, we simply cannot deliver the consumables such as grain and grass needed for the war, and at the same time, send enough winter equipment for the frontline army..."
"To put it simply, it is..."
The First Class Quartermaster gritted his teeth and summoned up the courage to say:
"Marshal, no one expected that winter would come so quickly this year... The original transportation plan is no longer available, and the transportation of supplies is now... completely messed up..."
Bang!
Dominic slammed the table in front of him.
"Shut up! I didn't call you here to listen to your nonsense!"
Marshal Dominic yelled at the quartermaster in front of him.
"Find a way to send me enough cotton armor and quilts for the front-line army! Otherwise, do you want my soldiers to use summer equipment and expose their frostbitten skin to fight the Britannians? Don't joke!"
"... Marshal!" The first-class quartermaster took a deep breath and shouted with courage, "I can't do it! The logistics troops are now unable to deliver the winter war equipment needed by the front-line army in time!"
"Damn..." Dominic groaned in pain, "Then when will you be able to deliver enough winter equipment for the front-line army..."
"The transport team originally loaded with food and grass should stop, It will take a lot of time to unload the food and replace it with winter war equipment..."
"This winter not only came very early this year, but also very cold. The thickness of the snow on the ground is beyond our imagination, and the transportation speed is greatly reduced..."
"According to our expectations, it will take until mid-November at the earliest to deliver enough winter war equipment for the front-line army..."
"Mid-November..." Dominic groaned again.
After a long silence, Dominic spoke again:
"...Have you reported this situation to His Majesty?"
Since Vasili decided to lead the expedition in person a few months ago, he stayed in the Mukhavets Fortress, saying that he would not return to the imperial capital until the Avalon Fortress fell.
After hearing Dominic's question, the expression on the quartermaster's face suddenly became wonderful.
"...After General Dong arrived, Senior Quartermaster Kirill Mozolov met with His Majesty, explained the current predicament of the expeditionary army to His Majesty, and requested His Majesty to order a withdrawal."
"What did His Majesty say?"
"His Majesty...asked us to show perseverance...He said that we are the people of the 'superpower' and the most resilient nation on the continent, and the mere severe cold is nothing to worry about..."
Snap!
Before the quartermaster finished speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of Dominic's glass shattering on the ground.