Chapter 326, He is not dead
Perbov met Martins who had returned.
Although he is the commander-in-chief of the entire military operation on Black Arrow under the appointment of the Governor, the Space Marines are always the most different.
He was still very respectful to Martins.
"Your Excellency, Chapter Master."
"Huh..." Martins let out a long breath.
He did not act cold or inhuman in front of mortals. He just said calmly: "Our actions did not achieve the expected results. After the raid on the palace of the Kingdom of Pampas, the leader of the rebels was not there. Through interrogation, we learned that after the incident in the Kingdom of Stefano, the leader of the rebels strengthened their precautions in this regard, and the political and military centers were dispersed and transferred."
Martin paused and continued, "If we are required to carry out similar operations, we will need more reliable intelligence support. We need to find out exactly where the enemy leader is."
"Understood." Perbov replied seriously, as if he was the subordinate.
Martins nodded slightly and turned to leave.
Perbov watched the chapter master walk away, and only relaxed when he was out of sight.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
There is still a sense of tension when facing the Space Marines.
After all, the identity of a Space Marine is too special. Whether in theory or in practice, Martins can deprive him of his command at any time.
Although this is actually unlikely, Martins is not the kind of person who would do such a thing, and there is also the Governor above him.
But, to be honest, he has been a little anxious and irritated recently.
Earlier, he also led the campaign against Stefano.
That battle was still fought beautifully.
However, after the main force entered Panpos, problems began to arise in the battle situation.
The coalition army's offensive was still so unstoppable. Once the armored cluster was deployed, the enemy's front would collapse. The ordinary infantry of the coalition forces were very weak from any perspective. Even compared with the Stefano people, their equipment might be similar, but the soldiers' training, tactics, discipline, morale... these were all different.
To be honest, the so-called "knights" and sentinel mechas in the coalition forces of various countries were not as good as the Stefanos. Many of them even cherished their lives on the battlefield.
It is very simple to think this way. The status of ordinary soldiers in the coalition forces of various countries is too low. In addition, the social structure of feudal rule makes those noble grandfathers really not take the lives of the lower-level cannon fodder seriously.
The Stefanos were much better in this regard. Their knights, in addition to being officers and commanders, were also able to lead the troops and fight bravely. It was because of this that they were able to establish their status as the most famous military power on the Black Arrow Star.
Even they were crushed time and again by the alliance forces in previous wars, not to mention the coalition forces of various countries whose standards were far inferior.
However, the other side is not without advantages.
First of all, there is a huge difference in military strength. The Kingdom of Panbos, with a population of over 100 million, can only muster an army of only 2 million people. The total number of reinforcements from other countries has exceeded 500,000.
Numbers themselves are a huge advantage.
If Stefano's million-strong army had really assembled and set up a fierce battle on the vast plain battlefield, there would have been problems.
Secondly, they learned a lot from the experience of Stefano's quick defeat, and with an army of more than two million people, they opened up a very long, three-dimensional and multi-level front.
This makes it difficult for the league's blitzkrieg to be effective.
The armored group can break through at will, and the enemy will collapse at the first touch. But they just adopt the strategic policy of exchanging space for time. After the spearhead troops pass, the troops on the surrounding fronts will soon try to penetrate to the rear of the spearhead, and the forces of both sides will fight in a stalemate here.
Even if the penetration is easily defeated, they will immediately mobilize other troops from farther away to try to penetrate again...
Anyway, there are more of them.
As the two sides continued to entangle with each other, their entanglements stretched to their widest, stretching out over 400 kilometers.
Under such circumstances, the alliance's military strength was spread very thin, which was not conducive to forming a fist and attacking forward.
For safety reasons, Perbov even had to temporarily retreat his troops, regroup, and shrink the front line to avoid being surrounded and cut off from retreat.
However, at this stage, the Alliance still had an absolute advantage in the casualty ratio between the two sides.
After more than a month of fighting, the Allied forces lost a total of about 5,000 people, while the enemy suffered more than 60,000 casualties.
The casualty ratio is about 1:12, which is already exaggerated.
However, even so, Pobov could not accept this situation.
If the battle continues at this casualty ratio, even if all the alliance's troops are killed, the maximum loss they can get in return is four million enemy casualties.
But the problem is that the alliance will be gone after fighting these 300,000 people, unless the mainland of Angry Owl Star issues a mobilization order and fights to the death. But the countries may be able to recruit another 4 million troops.
This is not the way to fight a war.
So Perbov wanted to replicate the tactics he used before in the Kingdom of Stefano and ask the Storm Mage Corps and the Phoenix Regiment to implement decapitation tactics on the enemy.
The psychics and Space Marines did not disappoint, they once again successfully broke into the enemy's palace and turned everything upside down.
However, knowing that Stefano's people suffered a great loss under this tactic and that he had no way to deal with the decapitation operation of the Space Marines, how could King Pampas stay foolishly in his palace and wait to be beheaded?
He ran away a long time ago.
Not only did he run away, but the entire kingdom's military and political governments were dispersed, ensuring that even if there were problems such as intelligence leaks, they would not be wiped out if they were caught once.
The decapitation operation against the enemy leader failed, and Perbov's army was unable to quickly break through a distance of thousands of kilometers, break through the three-dimensional defense line formed by more than two million troops, and rush into the capital. There was no way to replicate the glory of the Battle of Stefano.
Pobov even heard that the king of Pampas had already designated fifteen heirs in one go, in order.
This means that you have already made up your mind that you will be doomed.
From this perspective, although the coalition forces were not defeated, their offensive was clearly hindered.
Although he found it difficult to accept and even embarrassing, Pobov still tried his best to think of the next solution.
It seems unrealistic to expect a quick victory every day.
He began to change his thinking.
If we can't win quickly, then we should follow the normal thinking of conventional warfare.
He is ready to make a change in his strategic goals.
The previous strategy can actually be roughly summarized as "quickly destroy the enemy's command system, occupy key positions such as the capital, create a terrible political turmoil, and force the enemy to surrender."
Next, he planned to change the strategic goal to "through the mobility of the armored forces and the excellent military quality of the coalition army, to carry out various pincer attacks with the goal of destroying the enemy's living forces as much as possible, and to annihilate the enemy in an organized and large-scale manner."
If I cannot capture your king and force you to surrender, then I will achieve final victory by draining your pool of manpower.
He had prepared a war plan, but it would require the support of Governor Gu Hang.
This plan requires the use of the power of the New Kingdom Parliament.
He also needs a large number of conscripted soldiers from Black Arrow Star.
For example, 500,000 royal troops have been assembled in the rear; when necessary, he hopes to increase this number to one million.
In this way, with enough troops filling the line, Perbov no longer needs to be forced to place his elite troops separately in various parts of the defense line to guard, but can really clench his fist and strike forward.
He would use the armored forces as the spearhead, launch a single-point breakthrough from two different positions, and form a pincer attack. Then, before the enemy in the middle escapes, he would close the "pincer" and surround all the enemies in the middle. In the case of cutting off supplies, he would hold the encirclement until the enemies inside collapsed and surrendered.
In previous battles, if the enemy was defeated, as long as they were not wiped out on the spot, even if they temporarily lost their combat capability, they would be able to reorganize and fight again soon; but if they were surrounded, they would have nowhere to escape. Without supplies and surrounded, given the morale of the coalition forces, they would probably run out of ammunition and food and surrender in two or three days.
Of course, during this process, the alliance's army will certainly still have to face the fierce attacks of the enemy's reinforcements, as well as the pressure of the surrounded enemy's desperate breakout.
But winning once is often a huge gain.
Moreover, many tasks that require a large number of troops can be handed over to the vassal troops that are replenished from the rear.
It can also be handed over to the Space Marines.
The battle with their participation will greatly reduce our losses.
After all, these superhuman warriors can quickly eliminate the most threatening targets of the enemy in battle. Whether it is raiding artillery positions, killing sentinel mechas, or even fighting against the enemy after sending out Knight Titans, the Phoenixes can complete the task very well.
With a nervous mood, Perbov boarded the Wind Falcon fighter plane to Pinser, the capital of the Luman Kingdom.
He is going to report in person.
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When Gu Hang met Perbov, he had just finished another meeting.
Originally, he had another plan next.
He had to pay attention to someone he had always been curious about and who was always changing.
But when Pobov arrived, he still took the time to meet his general.
After listening to Perbov's report, Gu Hang was somewhat dissatisfied.
This was not quite in line with his expectations.
He also hoped to replicate the glory of the Battle of Stefano once again, launch another beautiful surprise attack and blitzkrieg, and eliminate the number one power on the Black Arrow Star, Panpos, within two or three months, and incorporate the territory and population of this kingdom into the new King's Council.
In this way, the situation on the entire Black Arrow Star can be established, and the main focus of subsequent work can be shifted from military operations to economy and politics.
However, Perbov actually brought him bad news.
But while he was dissatisfied, he could also understand.
Not everything will go smoothly and can be done quickly and easily.
A war with a combined total of over three million combatants on both sides cannot be considered small-scale. A quick victory is a surprise, not a regular occurrence.
Gu Hang quickly adjusted his mindset and agreed to Perbov's strategic plan.
But he also made his own demands.
"You want one million vassal soldiers? I can't give them to you. The most I can give you is 700,000. And it's impossible to give you all of them in a short period of time. It is estimated that 200,000 can be in place in half a month, 500,000 in three months, and 700,000 to 800,000 in half a year."
"Okay, I understand." Perbov nodded seriously.
He had actually anticipated this situation.
He was a general, and all he had to think about was how to fight a war and what he needed to win it.
But the Governor is the ruler, and he has a lot to consider.
The new King's Parliament has just been established. Although there are two major countries, Luman and Stefano, and nine small countries under it, with a total population of nearly 150 million, this new King's Parliament is still very fragile at its infancy. Its ruling power over various countries is currently only based on military deterrence.
At this time, it is unrealistic to withdraw millions of people from various countries to participate in the war.
If you want to draw manpower to join the war, you must wait until the new King’s Council, as the ruling body of the alliance, gradually deepens its control over various countries.
Moreover, he could think further and realize that once the follow-up manpower caught up, he would not be able to lose the battle.
If they keep winning, they will receive help from other countries; if they lose a game, the new King's Parliament, which is based on military deterrence, will be at risk of collapse.
Gu Hang also mentioned this point: "I gave you people, so you have to fight beautifully. I need one beautiful victory after another. The number and ratio of casualties must be controlled, and the results must be brilliant enough. Do you understand?"
"Yes! Governor! I promise to complete the mission!"
"Go ahead."
…
After watching Perbov leave, Gu Hang sat in the office and thought for a while, and then he didn't worry about it any more.
Now that the decision has been made, just trust that the generals under your command can get the job done.
His thoughts returned to what he was thinking about before.
That's about one person.
The Apostle of War, Bojoa Gallardo.
The man who caused countless disturbances in the Tianma star region is now in Gu Hang's Storm Kingdom with his eyes closed.
He wasn't dead yet, but he was almost dead.
And now, what Gu Hang is considering is what to do.
The easiest thing to do is to let him die, but Gu Hang had some new ideas.
(End of this chapter)
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