Chapter 493 I Waited for Ten Thousand Years (First Update)
The situation of the battle was changing subtly.
The Papal States did not send cannon fodder troops to die, but instead used elite troops to fight the empire.
Faced with the advancing steel torrent of the empire, their resistance was not very resolute. The main force of the Western Front Army easily pushed the front line forward hundreds of kilometers and captured several cities.
When the news reached the empire, the people were jubilant, and the war debt rose to 150 billion with great difficulty.
The main force purchased was composed entirely of civilians, but the upper echelons remained calm. They saw clearly that although the Papal State had lost millions of cannon fodder, its main forces were well preserved, and there were still tens of millions of cannon fodder left in the rear.
Invasion wars are the most likely to arouse a sense of shared hatred, especially in a country like the Papal States that has been brainwashed by theocracy.
The most basic doctrine of the Burning Heaven Sect is xenophobia. The more ignorant the believers are, the more fanatical they are. As long as they are incited and managed through more advanced means of slavery, they can suffer greater casualties than formally educated armies.
However, such ignorant soldiers will only become cannon fodder.
What really made them think that war bonds did not bring much return was the aid from countries around the world.
Although there was no public information, the large amount of sea and land transportation rushing to the Papal States could not be concealed.
The empire cannot turn against us because of this.
These countries all have extensive trade relations with the empire, and the empire's economy is in great need of these trades and orders in such difficult times.
It would be unwise to interrupt the situation hastily and it would only make the situation worse.
These countries will not interrupt their trade with the empire.
It's all business.
Who doesn’t love small amounts of money?
Therefore, the upper class believed that the empire would ultimately only be able to reach an armistice agreement with not much benefit, and that it would likely take many years to recover the cost of the war bonds.
This is obviously very uneconomical.
Recent trends also illustrate this point.
The Papal States preserved their strength on the Western Front, but suffered repeated defeats on the Eastern Front. Once aid from other countries was implemented, the war would become even more difficult.
The Eastern Front was led by Imperial Marshal Zhu Kewu.
All three of the empire's field marshals were present in this war.
The Western Front was the focus, so the Marshal's Headquarters was set up in Neudenburg, the core area of the Western Front, and only one marshal was sent to be in charge of the Eastern Front.
This was obviously a thankless job, and it was eventually kicked to the hot-tempered and outspoken Zhu Kewu.
Zhu Kewu knew it well, but he was not afraid. He came all the way from the north to the south to fight this war in the hope that the empire could get out of the quagmire of war as soon as possible, recuperate, and put its internal affairs in order.
The reason for the consecutive defeats was that the Emperor of the Empire transferred fifteen armored divisions from him, and he faced the elite troops of the Papal States.
Their mountain divisions, monk regiments, ace field armies, and even giants that are obviously biological and chemical troops.
Zhu Kewu angrily questioned the council about this, but Yu Zhongxian's reply was that the giant technology was jointly developed by him and foreign countries, he was not the only holder, and the technology had been handed over to the empire.
Yu Zhongxian also agreed to send their only 500 remaining giants to aid the front line, and the matter was resolved.
The situation on the eastern front still did not improve. Zhu Kewu was under tremendous pressure. The empire almost unanimously cursed him, believing that he had tarnished the invincible empire.
After losing Qingbai City, Nanbao, a key node on the eastern front, was threatened.
If Nanbao is lost, the logistical security of the entire western front will be threatened, and all major transportation routes will be exposed to the enemy's sight.
The Marshal's Headquarters has been discussing this issue every day during this period.
The most feasible way is to send troops to provide assistance directly, but some people believe that the situation has changed now, and they can just attack on the western front and defend on the eastern front with all their strength.
On the third day after the Papal States' troops approached the city of Nanbao, Zhu Kewu was summoned from the eastern front by the Marshal's Headquarters to attend a meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Shang Lianshan, Fu Wenyu and Li Linyue.
Due to Li Longxing's winning streak, the First Princess's authority is also increasing.
In the Marshal's Department, she could already represent her father to some extent.
Lin Wen was also dragged into the meeting. In Li Linyue's view, this was all to pave the way for her future husband and help him make friends with more upper-class people in the empire.
This is what my father meant. He allowed Li Linyue to represent him only if Lin Wen was present.
Of course, the father and daughter had no idea what Lin Wen was really thinking.
When he discovered a new world using the [Small Incarnation Technique] during his cultivation, he was forcibly dragged into such a boring meeting. Lin Wen had only three words in his mind.
XXX.
The meeting was as boring as usual. Zhu Kewu stated all his strategies, tactics and all the details of his commands.
The people in the marshal's department did not find any flaws, but they still argued with him about the responsibility for the failure and new options.
The mainstream opinion of the Marshal's Headquarters was to require Zhu Kewu to defend with all his strength, build a large number of fortifications, and hide inside without coming out.
Zhu Kewu believed that stubbornly defending was just waiting for destruction, and only by taking the initiative could one find a way to survive.
But there are not enough troops on the Eastern Front, and we hope that troops can be sent from the Western Front to provide assistance.
Fu Wenyu sneered, "We finally won victory on the Western Front. Now is the time to withdraw troops to support the Eastern Front. If victory on the Western Front is lost as a result, can you bear the responsibility?"
This time, the old marshal's words were recognized by most people. The generals did not want the momentum of victory that they had finally achieved to change.
Zhu Kewu looked at him coldly: "So you're just going to sit back and watch the Eastern Front deteriorate? If Nanbao falls, all the victories on the Western Front will be lost."
Fu Wenyu said calmly: "That's also because of your incompetence."
Zhu Kewu said angrily: "It's the incompetence of the entire Marshal's Department!"
Fu Wenyu sneered: "Besides asking for help, what other tricks do you have? I can also fight ten people against one person."
Zhu Kewu nodded: "That's right, you are the only one who has the ability to defeat ten people against one person."
Fu Wenyu was furious in his heart, but his expression remained calm. "There's no point in talking any more. Let's vote."
Li Linyue was a little hesitant, and Shang Lianshan looked at her, obviously asking for her opinion.
Subconsciously, she turned her gaze to Lin Wen, only to find that this guy was actually sleeping in such an important meeting.
Li Linyue was very angry and used a unique trick that women had learned naturally. She grabbed Lin Wen's waist with her slender hands and twisted it hard.
Lin Wen had just defeated Huang Mao in his dream and ran towards the frightened Seven Fairies.
Before he could say anything, the fairy took out her magic whip and hit his kidney, waking Lin Wen up in pain.
Lin Wen woke up from his sleep and looked up to see Li Linyue with anger on her pretty face.
Although she had some traces of fairy beauty, the military uniform she was wearing made Lin Wen realize that he had not yet traveled through time.
"What's wrong?"
Li Linyue said coldly, "Chief Lin, you have made great achievements in battle and defeated enemies much stronger than you. Please express your opinion."
Everyone's eyes turned towards him, and most people looked at him with malicious intent and as if they were laughing at him.
Zhu Kewu also turned his gaze. Although he didn't think Lin Wen could come up with any good solution, he had paid attention to the secret battle between Changshan County and Shizhou, and admired this young man.
Lin Wen recalled carefully and remembered that he fell asleep halfway through listening because the speeches of the marshals were too boring.
"Oh, it's finally my turn, isn't it?"
Lin Wen wiped his saliva and stood up.
"Honestly, why don't you just let me speak earlier? I can't handle your stupid speeches with my IQ of 250. I can only go to bed."
These words successfully offended everyone, and the eyes around were suddenly filled with malice.
Li Linyue pinched his thigh hard under the table to make him pay attention to his speech.
Only Fu Wenyu said amiably, "Chief Lin, please share your great success story."
Li Linyue knew that he was adding fuel to the fire of malice, and at this time she should resolve the situation with humility and subtlety.
She looked at Lin Wen with her beautiful moon-like eyes, knowing that with her husband's eloquence and communication skills, he would be able to deal with Fu Wenyu's slander perfectly.
But Lin Wen actually nodded and said, "That's right. Although you are dark and stupid, what you said is very true."
Fu Wenyu's face was distorted. Li Linyue was so angry that she stomped on his feet, but Lin Wen ignored her.
"Let me share the tactics that once wielded such renown, sweeping across the world and challenging the entire world with the power of a single nation."
Lin Wen looked at everyone present and gave them a smile that they could hardly understand.
"Its name."
"Blitzkrieg."
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As far as Lin Wen can see now, the war situation in this world is roughly before World War II and after World War I.
Large-scale wars are generally fought in trenches, with torrents of steel colliding with each other, using mainly tough-guy wrestling-style tactics.
There is no information warfare, precision strikes, missile bombing, or nuclear deterrence.
You know, some of the cutting-edge technologies in this world have surpassed those of the original world, and the general technology is around the two thousand years old. The harbor war fought by Emperor Mold in the 1990s demonstrated the power of modern technology.
Lin Wen once asked the generals of the princess's faction about this, but they could not explain it. They just thought that wars have always been fought like this and there was nothing wrong with it.
Instead, it was the little princess Li Qingyue who answered his doubts.
"Because missiles are too expensive. Using missiles to fight a war would bankrupt the empire. Uncle Sheng said that using people to fight a war is the cheapest."
Lin Wen understood in an instant.
Just one reason.
Human life is worthless.
In the original world, the intensity of World War II was far greater than that of World War I, but the cruelty of World War I was far greater than that of World War II.
Millions of people died in one battle, but both sides remained calm and continued to fight the next one.
The coalition forces were almost wiped out, there were no young men left in the country, and the soldiers simply asked not to take the initiative to attack, but did not flee or rebel on the spot.
After the end of World War I, the world's level of civilization rose to a higher level.
It was only after the end of World War II that the basic order of modern civilization was established.
Before that, massacres were commonplace and their revelation was merely a scandal of some lesser rank.
In this world, there is no ghost born from the First World War. The winner takes all, civilization does not improve with the war, and cruelty is taken for granted, which leads to a situation where technology surpasses generations but the pattern remains in the past.
War, after all, is about cost.
Whatever has low cost, people will naturally use it.
Therefore, after Lin Wen listened to Zhu Kewu's statement, he immediately knew that he could take the war a big step forward.
The essence of blitzkrieg is to fold space with time, use the air force to destroy and paralyze the command system, use armored forces to divide the enemy, and use thunderous offensives to deter the enemy.
It has terrifying destructive power against conventional troops, but the prerequisite is strong logistics, absolute air superiority, and elite armored forces.
And the Empire possesses all of this.
The Papal State on the opposite side is more like a larger version of a certain degree. It is impossible for it to have the strong organizational strength of a certain alliance, nor can it have the super-strong air force of the Moldy Emperor to gain air superiority and break the blitzkrieg attack.
Blitzkrieg is a very appropriate term here.
Therefore, when Lin Wen heard the extremely stupid speech later, he had no choice but to go to bed.
Now, it's finally his turn.
Hahaha.
I waited for ten thousand years.
No one can stop me from showing my prowess.
(End of this chapter)
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