Chapter 172 World War
The rest of the days when Link was the leader of the regiment, he spent the daily life of reading military briefings every day. Of course, ordinary senior mages were able to do it. There were still a little privileges to be the leader. Link was generously delegated to the deputy regiment commander.
It is normal for women to appear in the military camp here, because no one can only recruit male mages during the war, so the number of mages is half reduced. Link also gave Phoenix a guard, serving a white-collar worker, and only serving himself.
As the leader of the senior mage group, there are still some privileges. Besides, Phoenix is also a real Sanctuary Powerhouse.
Not to mention his skills, he was wearing epic equipment, even Marquis McCree, the commander-in-chief of the front-in-chief who was also a warrior in the Saint Realm, was very envious.
"How about it, Link, do you want to come here to be my chief of staff? The current chief of staff, Marquis Wallace, is too old and has long wanted to go home to retire." However, Marquis McClay was trying to attack Link. During such a stalemate, Marquis McClay, the former commander-in-chief, had nothing to do, just prevent the enemy from attacking.
Marquis McCree was a habit of professional soldiers and wanted to hold whatever good things he saw. This time, he persuaded Link to join the army again. At the beginning, he boasted to Link how awesome he commanded the millions of troops.
"Forget it, I'm doing well in the State of Zeland now. I don't want to change my boss for the time being." Link once again rejected the invitation from Marquis McClay. That's right, Marquis McClay is from the State of Moore. This is the coalition of the seven-nation country. There must be a commander-in-chief of the front-line enemy. As the highest general of the local area, Marquis McClay took on this position without permission.
It is actually not easy to be the commander-in-chief of the multinational troops. If you let the troops of other countries take the lead, the other party will wonder whether this person will use the enemy's hands to destroy us.
There are quite a few people who play like this in mainland China - it is very common to use miscellaneous troops to fight against thunder. People's hearts are like scales, so most of these people have lost their game.
Fortunately, Marquis McCree is not such a person, and McCree's plan is also very simple. For example, the troops on a position send troops on an average according to the proportion of troops sent by each country.
As for the mage group and the advanced mage group, they are all mixed in proportion, so that everyone can work together. It is fair and reasonable.
In response to the strong request of the Inland League of Fourteen, all troops must be notified during the negotiations, so as not to cause misjudgment and cause the negotiations to break down. Therefore, Link's harassment behind enemy lines was asked to stop shortly after the negotiations between the two sides began. If such a logistics line is harassment, the people of Shelley will suffer in the end. Anyway, the army with force will not go hungry, and the people of Shelley will only go hungry in the end.
In fact, the five-nation coalition forces in Shelley did not want the army to grab food from the people, because if they robbed too much, the soldiers would lose their sense of honor, the army's discipline would become weak, and their combat effectiveness would plummet. How much combat effectiveness can a bandit-like army have?
Shortly after the negotiations began, the five-nation coalition of Shelley's five-nation coalition was transporting military rations to the troops of Shelley City. However, according to the information, the transportation of military rations was not very sufficient. The five-nation coalition of Shelley's five-nation coalition even had to buy some military rations at a high price in the countryside of Shelley - in fact, the transportation of military rations for thousands of miles was higher than buying military rations in the countryside of Shelley.
However, the military rations that Shelley country can provide are limited. Before the Shelley country's government voluntarily withdrew from Shelley City, it had burned all military supplies that could not be taken away.
Now, the soldiers on the front line of the Moor Kingdom, especially those scouts with high freedom, ran to the enemy camp for a meal without any trouble. During the peace talks, it was agreed that a ban on combat was not allowed. It was safe for the scouts to go there without weapons.
In the eyes of the soldiers at the bottom, fighting is the business of the big men, and there is no deep hatred between the soldiers. When fighting, it is enough for a small soldier like himself to obey the command - it is not okay not to listen, and the supervision team is not a decoration.
On this day, the regular meeting has been changed to a tea party. Every morning, noon and evening, senior officers regularly drink tea and chat in the hall after dinner. For negotiations, even the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, Marquis McCree, has the right to suggest. Those who directly participate in the negotiations are either civilians or royal members of various countries.
At the negotiating table, both sides kept intimidating the enemy and then put forward one unreasonable condition after another - at least for both sides, the other's conditions were very unreasonable.
At the negotiating table, the representatives of Shelley made the first concessions and no longer sought high war reparations. In fact, if you think about it, you will know that the inland countries were much poorer, and once the war started, I still didn’t know how much foreign debt they borrowed.
If you compensate for another high war compensation, maybe the other party will grit your teeth, stomp your feet and be cruel, and fight for your life.
Other countries in the Seven-Nation Alliance of the Western Coast have not been afraid of continuing to fight, but the Shelley Kingdom's current state is already in the exile regime, allowing the enemy to occupy Shelley Kingdom for a long time and complete the rule at all levels. How can the other party break if they don't want to pay it back?
Money is important, but as long as the country is restored successfully and there are a large number of overseas colonies, you can earn it back.
For Shelley, if one more confrontation is to lose one more day of overseas trade. Now the merchant fleet of Shelley has not stopped, but has just gone to other western coastal countries to trade. Without its own port, it is not a fool, but a solution is impossible.
With the concessions of Shelley, the Western Coast Seven Kingdoms Alliance also made a little concession. There is no need to kill the war criminals. The king abdicated the cabinet. With such conditions, the Western Coast Seven Kingdoms Alliance felt that it was already very relaxed.
The symbolic compensation of hundreds of thousands of gold coins is what I want even if I reveal this page. I am the victim.
Although the Seven-Nation Alliance of the Western Coast had released goodwill, the Fourteen-Nation Alliance of the Inland did not buy it, but only modified the price of redeeming the entire territory of Shelley and part of the Moor territory - a slight reduction of 50 percentage points.
In this case, the two sides began to threaten each other by clamoring to start a war.
Privately, both sides began to win over those countries that did not participate in the war. Now, these countries on the mainland that have not participated in the war have actually been prepared for war long ago. What we have to do now is to wait for the price and see who will give more benefits in the end.
The three envoys were teleported, and the speed was very fast, but the progress was very slow. Because no matter which side these countries were facing, they would throw an elephant on the already balanced war scale.
However, the final result was shocking. If these countries that did not participate in the war were united, as long as they joined any side, they could change the situation in an instant.
However, due to interests, a total of 17 mainland countries that did not participate in the war were divided into three factions. Among them, the five eastern coastal countries joined the anti-aggression alliance - the seven western coastal countries promised to hand over the Wandao Islands to the five eastern coastal areas as colonies, and promised to bear part of the military expenditure of the five eastern coastal areas.
Although the Wandao Islands have tens of thousands of islands, they can only be considered a useless territory for the seven coastal countries in the western coastal areas. Among the tens of thousands of islands in the Wandao Islands, islands without freshwater account for a small half. Not to mention that the routes entering the depths of the Wandao Islands are also relatively complicated. Even if you use national power, you will not be able to figure out the safe route in just a few years.
The five eastern coastal countries are already outside the Wandao Islands and occupy several large islands near the New World as colonies. It is natural to develop the Wandao Islands next. The naval strength of the five eastern coastal countries is far from comparable to the seven western coastal countries. If the navies of the seven western coastal countries are exerting force, they can cut off shipping from the eastern coastal countries.
As for the six southern coastal countries on the mainland, they chose to remain neutral. Southern countries did not like to fight in advance - of course, if there was a war that would win, it would not matter if they were able to win. Now, in this even state, everyone is thinking about not sleeping in a hot day. In the end, it seems that whoever wins will join the winning side will be over.
Although you won’t get any benefits in the end by playing fence-making tactics like this, it is also a very dangerous thing to take the team too early. Once you fail to take the team, you will be destroyed. Moreover, when fighting, the soldiers are in danger, now the magician has died twice. Whoever is willing to die first, stand up and promises to kill you.
This is the attitude of the six coastal countries in the south. Generally speaking, it is enough to just want to live a good life in your family. Fighting, killing, etc. are really not suitable for us.
The six northern coastal countries joined the alliance of the fourteen inland countries. The six northern coastal countries were originally the big financial backers behind the fourteen inland countries this time. They borrowed a lot of money, grain and materials to the alliance of the fourteen inland countries before the war. After the war started, the borrowing activities continued.
In the eyes of the six northern coastal countries, if the alliance between the seven western coastal countries is not overturned, it will be impossible to become bigger and stronger in the New World.
Of course, the strength of the six northern coastal countries is much weaker than that of the seven western coastal countries. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, I just sat behind the scenes and used money to control the war.
After the war entered a stalemate, the one who was most reluctant to see this scene was the alliance of the six northern coastal countries. If you don’t defeat the former boss, how can you be the boss?
The fourteen-nation coalition forces of the inland countries also had the courage to fight against the seven western coastal countries at the negotiating table with the support of the six northern coastal countries.
The Inland Fourteen-Nation Alliance had already seen it at the beginning of the confrontation, but in the end it was a big deal. In order to avoid being denied, it was impossible for the six northern coastal countries to die by watching the Inland Fourteen-Nation Alliance.
In fact, the same is true. The six northern coastal countries had long been unable to bear it during the negotiations between the two sides. They had been sending envoys to cheer up the inland countries. Otherwise, the bottom line of the fourteen inland countries would be to withdraw troops unconditionally. Only when the six northern coastal countries were constantly in a hurry did they arrogantly offer conditions to defeat the national opening.
Like a soldier, just obey the order. After receiving the emergency military briefing, Marquis McCray handed it to Link and cursed: "Damn it, this time it has really turned into a world war."
"Yes, the world war has begun." Link didn't say much after reading it, and continued to pass on the military briefing.
"Link, what should we do now?" Although Marquis McClay, the commander-in-chief of the coalition, has not been able to abduct Link, he still regards Link as the chief of staff. The real chief of staff of the coalition forces, Marquis Wallace, has begun to retire, and riding horses and bends every day is considered a high-intensity activity. Marquis Wallace, the chief of staff of the coalition forces, was sent by the State of Zeland. The reason why he sent an elderly chief of staff was to maintain the unity of the coalition orders.
Moreover, the Marquis Wallace is highly respected and is still very combat-effective if he is about one hundred years younger. Besides, being a chief of staff requires more experience. In this regard, the Marquis Wallace, who has been enlisted for more than two hundred and fifty years in the army at the age of 280, is unscrupulous.
Link thought for a moment and took out a plan from the bag Phoenix was carrying: "It's all, plan ten."
Commander-in-chief Marquis McCree received the plan and said dissatisfiedly: "You have made so many plans secretly, but you didn't even tell me."
But without having enough time to say anything, Marquis McCray, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, was soon attracted by the plan.
This is a plan for defense and counterattack. First, all the royal families and senior officials of various countries will be transferred to the army, or they can be their own army. Just leave a crown prince in the royal city. The rest of their families either enter the military camp or go to the New World, but they cannot be caught in one go.
The reason for doing this is very simple, to prevent some countries from rushing to jump over the wall in despair and breaking the dead. Now, there are basically no magicians and magicians left behind in the royal city of the seven countries along the western coast to defend, so there is absolutely no security in the military camps in the royal city. There are at least a large number of mage groups and high mage groups in the military camps, and there are also mages.
The most important thing is that there is only one man from Shelley, who can use space locks on the entire continent. Even if these senior officials encounter the danger of enemy raids in the military camp, they can completely escape by opening the portal through the advanced mage.
This is the case when preventing the enemy from jumping into a hurry. If you make all preparations, the other party will not jump into a hurry. If you don’t prepare, you will definitely suffer losses.
The second step of Plan 10 is to use the room. The use room means to use spies to inquire about the enemy's accurate intelligence. The importance of using spies in war is already written very clearly in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Link was able to successfully raid the logistics forces of the Five-Nation Alliance in Shelley's territory because there was a complete intelligence network left by the Shelley's government in Shelley's territory.
There are also high-level mage groups on the enemy, but the reason why they can't play raids behind enemy lines is that the intelligence does not support it. Moreover, there is no space lock forbidden spell magic behind enemy lines. The enemy reacted and teleported a large number of mages and advanced mage groups to get another space lock. These raid troops are at least precious high-level mages, so they'll just sit there.
Chapter completed!