Power and Empire Chapter 1289: Unexpected reinforcements (2)

Hesitated for a while, the Grand Duke of Normandy Kavibo got a sharp gaze, and suddenly saw hundreds of vultures hovering in the air on the body group, as if thinking of something, he laughed and said three good words.

"Okay, okay, what a silver bird hill, everyone will return with me, and the army will be stationed in the white hill!"

Three days later,

The Yinque Hill covered by heavy snow, the undulating hills are like waves, and the terrain is magnificent at a glance. Under such natural beauty, anyone will feel a sense of powerlessness.

Reposti stood on a high ground in Silver Sparrow Hill, the beautiful ground with frowned eyebrows, and a slight worry appeared between the eyebrows. The 20,000 Norman army advancing towards Silver Sparrow Hill, three days ago Baiqi stopped at the entrance of Yinqueqiu, and put on a posture waiting for support,

Riposti, who was preparing for the final battle at Silver Bird Hill, was a little surprised, and felt that it was reasonable to lose the 10,000 forward cavalry with the highest mobility. The orthodox squeeze tactics that the Normans wanted to rely on were undoubtedly It’s hard to continue anymore,

There are only two options left,

First, desperately, he forced the remaining troops into Silver Bird Hill to fight to the death with the expeditionary force that had already built a line of defense in Silver Bird Hill. This is very important when the forward was destroyed and the morale of the whole army was shaken. Disadvantageously, compared with the low morale of the Normandy army, the morale of the expeditionary army has also reached the peak since the landing due to the victory of the battle of Silver Sparrow Hill. It was originally permeated in the expeditionary army, which hates and fears the Normans. Worry, with this big victory, has completely transformed into a desire for a new victory. The soldiers of the expeditionary army are more and more like a real imperial army.

The second is to choose to stop the offensive and choose a favorable terrain to block the expeditionary force’s activities. This is the correct approach. The so-called local advantage is reflected here. As long as you stop, you can have the opportunity to draw from all parts of the body. With the arrival of new reinforcements, these kinds of materials will be quickly replenished. As the strength continues to increase, the Normans will eventually complete the largest assembly of strength.

Now it is the coldest winter. The Normans with local advantages should not worry about supplies and food. The longer this confrontation lasts, the more disadvantaged it will be for the expeditionary army. Tens of thousands of people will be supplied with supplies and rescued. The number of Salander slaves reached about 40,000, and the food consumed per rì was measured in tons. If all were transported by the navy, it would be an astronomical number

In order to support the expeditionary force, the Navy has mobilized a huge number of 70 transport ships, which accounted for two-thirds of the number of transport ships in the Navy’s attack fleet. Antoros, the center of the sea, makes a trip back and forth, and it takes nearly a week at the fastest speed. Time and this cruel winter are becoming the biggest dilemma for the expeditionary army.

"What should we do now? It's obviously not good for us to keep on guarding like this!" Deputy Commander Jaglins came from behind the line of defense, still carrying the snow that fell last night,

The eyes are red like a rabbit, obviously falling into the same confusion. "According to the stock of food we brought this time, plus the food we recently looted from coastal villages, we can hold on for no longer than After 4 days or 4 days, if the transport fleet cannot arrive as scheduled, we will be in a situation where there is no food to eat! Even if the fleet arrives as scheduled, we must allocate one third of the limited force to transport food"

Jaglins glanced at the white snow hills in the distance, and his voice stopped before he said, "The Norman scouts have been watching us if it is difficult to cover if we move on a large scale, I'm afraid they Will use this opportunity to attack the defense line! The terrain of the Silver Bird Hill is not good for us, now they are hunters, and we are the prey! They are waiting for our hungry jīng and exhausted!"

"Yes, this is where I feel most contradictory!"

Reposti retracted his gaze from a distance, sighed worriedly, and said, "When His Majesty the Falcon gave me a combat order, he pointed out to me that "The core of the Battle of Normandy lies in the fight for time. Who can Controlling the time, whoever controls the initiative of the entire campaign" "I was given this instruction at the beginning, and my understanding of this statement was only half-understandable. I thought that the time in His Majesty Falcon’s mouth should mean that we should be quick In order to force the main force of the Normandy to have to start a battle with us when the main force of the Normandy cannot be fully assembled, in order to weaken the opponent's advantage in fighting in the homeland, but now I suddenly realized how outrageous I was." Oh? Isn't it right?" Jaglins asked with a look of confusion. According to his understanding, His Majesty's words should be like this. That's why they made a battle plan for the Silver Sparrow. "Of course not!" Repos An awkward smile appeared at the corner of Di's mouth. He cast his eyes on the rolling hills in the distance, and slowly said, "The so-called time in your Majesty's mouth is the meaning of the dominance of this battle. It actually refers to the supply line of the expeditionary army.

During the cold winter and the unfavorable conditions such as the far sea that the empire cannot take care of, it is difficult to transport every grain of our grain. The eastern coast of Normandy is hard frozen soil, and the soil for growing crops is very limited. Army rations can only be transported from faraway countries and have to be transited through Antoros, so it is difficult for us to rely on war to support war like the Normans did in Salander.

The barren land, the long ocean, our long and inefficient supply line is the biggest weakness, and now, the Normans have clearly understood this trick before us. They only need to stick to the spot and draw more troops from the rear. , As long as we are exhausted and run out of food, even if we do not take the initiative to attack the expeditionary army, we will not fight and destroy ourselves. This arrangement completely disrupted our well-planned Yinqueqiu battle plan, not only in an instant, Let the expeditionary army's hard work all night go to no avail! And let us nail ourselves to this silver bird hill by ourselves"" So, we have to give up the silver bird hill! "Jaglins' face has changed. Although I don't want to admit it, the current predicament undoubtedly proves the correctness of this reasoning xìng

Reposti shook his head and said, "No! If we give up the Silver Sparrow Hill, we will be in a dangerous situation. The opposing army only needs to press on steadily as before, and everything we have achieved will be forfeited. Flow! There are enemies in front and the sea behind. If the 20,000 expeditionary army wants to survive one-tenth, it will be an unattainable extravagant hope! ""We can't defend, and we can't withdraw. Are we just here waiting to die Is it?"

Jaglins fisted angrily on the trunk of the cypress next to him. Large snow flakes fell from the top of Salsa, and a small tree fork struck the helmet of Jaglins with a crisp sound. , Jaglins shrank his head subconsciously. He found that it was just a small tree fork. He said that the tree fork was severely stepped on and broke into two pieces. Then he raised his head and saw Reposti's strange face and his eyes fixed on him. That branch that broke into pieces" What's wrong with you? "Jaglins asked angrily." It's nothing, but I don't think we need to die!" Reposti took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked deeply at Moved away from the branch, there was a slightly irritating smile at the corner of his mouth, "Really!" There was a touch of joy on Jaglins's face, and he said with some worry, "Are you sure you are not suffering from hypothesis?"

"Hehe, what did I lie to you!" Reposti was choked with a cough, squatted down, picked up two broken branches from the ground, holding it with his hand, only the front part was exposed. Then he arrived in front of Jaglins and said in a condensed voice, "Come on, pick one, choose one of the two!"

"What do you mean?" Jaglins asked puzzledly

"Whoever draws the short one will go back to transport the food!" Reposti's face became more and more serious, and said coldly, "The other one is responsible for defending the silver bird mound!"

"Is this what you said?"

Jaglins scolded back angrily, looking at the serious face of Reposti, there was an impulse to kick, this guy likes to take advantage from start to finish, both of them are him. I picked it up by myself. The one is long and the other is short. Naturally, I know it very well,

"Come on, choose one of the two, see which one of us is more lucky!" Reposti thought about winking, then poked his lips at the branch, and said, "In fact, those who stay may not necessarily die. Well. Maybe the other party will miss the opportunity because of hesitation! This is no way, come on, it may not be you who stayed anyway."

"If you don’t smoke, then I’ll do it first! Don’t worry, I’ll take care of your family anyway, so don’t worry too much when you get there... "You still don’t want to see Jaglins Move, Reposti said to himself, stretched out a hand to pull out one of the branches, that is the left one, judging from the size and the length of the branches, it is obviously shorter than the next one. Some

As soon as Riposti’s hand was about to touch that branch, Jaglins was already so thunderous that he violently pulled out another branch, looked at the short branch that was only the length of his thumb, and smiled at the corner of his mouth. "Do you think I will be fooled by you? Friends for so many years ~ IndoMTL.com~ I don't know how many flower bowels you have!" "Well, you won!" Reposti stood up in frustration, Another short branch with only one head quietly slipped into his pocket, saying, "Tomorrow we will withdraw as planned, but before that, our defensive position must move forward, otherwise we will really be nailed here. ""Moved earlier?" Jaglins froze for a moment, "I am about to push the defensive line to the mountain pass!" Reposti smiled at the corner of his mouth, made a circle on the ground with his feet, and tapped one with his feet. Point, and said, "This is our position, low on all sides and high in the middle. If we don't limit the pass, the Norman scouts can see our every move clearly. Only in this way can we have a chance to delay! ""You are committing suicide by doing this!" Jaglins' face has changed. He is also an excellent commander. Of course he knew that once the Normans discovered that the defensive forces were wrong, they would probably launch a full attack." The next day, I will withdraw step by step to where I am now! "Reposti has a sly smile at the corner of his mouth, and said confidently" If you have ever encountered an ambush on this mountain road, and the enemy gradually retreats, and With the inexplicable troop reduction situation, what would you think of first? ""Ambush!" Jaglins said suddenly, "Yes, we can only take a gamble!" Reposti said grimly. Say, "This can take at least 2 days!" "What about those 2 days later? It will take 3 days for the food to arrive here! "Jaglins took a deep breath" What else, of course, is waiting for you to help La!" Reposti looked at Jaglins with a twisted face, showing a stunned god, and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a person. You owe me money without changing it, and you can't save it!"