XVIII. Retreat to the River System (2)

"The guiding principle of this campaign is to push the enemy back, thereby occupying a small piece of territory in the enemy's river system as a foothold for our army. This is the ultimate strategic goal of our army. Only when we have a solid foothold can it be convenient for our army to fight, and we can also better test the enemy's strategic intentions for the next step. Do you have any questions about the guiding ideology of this campaign?"

The Shenguang Clan is indeed more troublesome now, every attack is defeated by the enemy, this defeat is a problem, the army can't always set up camp in the void, it's okay for a while, if it takes a long time, it will be very problematic, after all, all kinds of logistics supplies need to be transported over, and, in the void, the enemy is also easy to sneak attack, once the Zerg is successfully attacked nearby, it will definitely be a disaster, so, after every attack, the Shenguang Clan army has to retreat, or even retreat all the way to the Tiger River system. This is the pain of not having a foothold, if there is a more stable foothold, it will be much more convenient for both offense and defense.

The commander of the 33rd Army Corps, Aurora, said: "Your Excellency, my opinion on the guiding ideology of this campaign is that there is no problem, but in order to seize a foothold from the enemy, the idea of this campaign is not very realistic, and to achieve this strategic goal, we are afraid that the number of troops we have to invest will be quite huge. "Of course, it is a good thing to be able to gain a foothold, but it is a dream to die a large number of soldiers to seize a foothold without investing a lot of manpower and material resources.

The commander of the Ninety-eighth Army, Commander Warletton, said: "Your Excellency, it is good to want to occupy a foothold, but I wonder how much the General Headquarters of the Front Army Group intends to sacrifice for this strategic objective. This sentence is asked to the bones, this is going to die.

Gu Lejia glanced at his immediate boss a little embarrassed, alas, the position of chief of staff of this front army group is not so easy to sit in, he is just a five-star god general, and the commander-in-chief of those legions are all god marshal level, how can they easily obey the transfer of his front army group chief of staff? Therefore, it is a matter of course to give him a look. "Commander Wallalesson, for this battle, the headquarters of the front army group decided to mobilize the strength of the five legions, with two legions to contain the enemy's main force head-on, and then, send two legions to raid the enemy's left and right flanks in two ways, so that the enemy will expose their strength, according to the information we have learned before, the enemy's strength can only match the two legions of our army at most, so after they resist the attack of our army's two legions head-on, then they will no longer have the strength to resist the attack of our army's flanks, if they still retain their strength, then they have to be exposed。 If they don't have any more strength, then we won't mind swallowing them in one gulp. ”

Although the battle plan mentioned by Gu Lejia is only a rough idea, everyone here understands that this is indeed a feasible way to contain it head-on and surprise the two wings. "Just keep the strength of one legion as a reserve, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, your battle plan is really bold, if the enemy has prepared in advance, put the troops on the left and right flanks of our army into it, and then gather the main force to annihilate the flank attack force of our army first? Can the reserve strength of one corps really solve the problem?" said the commander of the 38th Legion, Captain Fetes, with a sneer.

In the face of the cold words of the Divine Marshal Fetes, Gu Lejia was not annoyed, and said: "Your Excellency the Divine Marshal Fetes, although it is only a reserve of a legion is a little less, but, in a sense, our army is only afraid that it is also overestimated by the enemy, I think that the overall strength of the enemy army is absolutely impossible to resist the attack of our army's five legions, so it is enough for me to keep a reserve of one legion." If the enemy really had enough strength to annihilate all five legions of our army, they would have already attacked us early in the morning, and they would still have to wait there for us to fight so passively. ”

The flat tone showed his attitude. Captain Feters nodded and said, "What His Excellency Chief of Staff said also makes sense, I don't have a problem. "I wonder if Your Excellency the Chief of Staff of the Dao is going to transfer those five legions to participate in this campaign?" asked the commander of the 47th Legion, Commander Merodos, a very sharp question.

Gulega was complaining in his heart, what about the commanders of the legions who had the power to command these high-ranking corps commanders? He was the chief of staff, and he was only responsible for proposing and perfecting the plan for the campaign, and the commander-in-chief was responsible for giving other orders, but Merodos could not fail to answer such a question, because he was the chief of the general staff and had the right to mobilize troops, and if a chief of staff could not even tell the plan for the mobilization of that unit, then the chief of staff was definitely not a competent chief of staff.

Gulega said: "In this campaign, we plan to mobilize the Ninth Army Corps and the 109th Army Corps to take on the important task of facing the enemy head-on. The 57th and 58th Army Corps served as the offensive on the left and right flanks. The 155th Army served as the general reserve of the whole army. Everyone thinks there is something wrong. ”

After hearing Gulega's intentions, the commander of the Ninth Legion, Bigula, did not object, in fact, everyone knew that Bigula did not have many objections, his Ninth Legion was the most familiar with the enemy's situation, in such a situation, who would his Ninth Legion not on? As for the commander of the 109th Legion, Ahuttodos, there is no objection, and everyone can understand it, after all, this Gulega was found by the commander of the Bendrigga Legion, and he had been serving in the 15th Army Corps in the north before, although he was also a god general, but he had not been very well-known, but no one knew that the commander of the Barrigga Army would find such an unknown figure to be his chief of staff, but no matter what, the person found by his mentor must always support and support him as a disciple, otherwise, the teacher's face is not good-looking。

There is no problem with these two corps commanders who serve as frontal combatants, and the 57th and 58th Corps that serve as the left and right flanks to attack naturally have no problem, and the twin brothers of Left and Right Tedos naturally have no opinion, after all, the most difficult tasks have been taken over by others, and they have only taken on relatively light tasks, if they still have opinions in this way, it would be too ignorant of the etiquette, if the first order of the new chief of the General Staff took office was opposed, then how could they work together in the future? Besides, this order is not unacceptable, so they have no opinion. As the commander of the 155th Army Corps of the General Reserve, Commander Loma Feixing Divine Shuai also has no opinion, what does it have to do with being a reserve? Therefore, there is no difference of opinion on the assignment of the task of the Divine General Gullega this time.

Gu Lejia saw that everyone did not object, and he was relieved in the dark, knowing that he had passed this pass, of course, he also understood that this was everyone to give him a face, after all, this is still the first order of his new official, if everyone does not give face, it will be tantamount to tearing his face, and he will no longer be able to get along in the future, so everyone is just giving him this face, if this battle is fought, then he will have a certain say in the front army group in the future, if this battle is lost, then he had better take the burden and leave, and the southern front army group does not need waste。

In view of the enemy's situation, Gulega consulted with the commanders of the five legions and other high-ranking officers, trying to come up with a perfect plan as much as possible. Therefore, for more than half a month, Gu Lejia plunged headlong into this offensive plan, striving to do the best of this plan.

"Although the chief of staff found by His Excellency the Great God Marshal doesn't know how good the Dao is ability, he is not a small bold, and he is also a diligent person, but he doesn't know if his plan is reliable. Numerous senior officers also looked at Gulga's performance, and in a senior officers' club, a corps commander said of their new chief of staff. Other senior officers agreed. Although how capable it is has not yet been determined, at least, this new chief of staff is not a lazy person.

He had also heard about what his colleagues said about him, but he didn't have time to care about it, and he remembered that the first thing Captain Binregga said when he asked him to be chief of staff was: " Gulega, although you are my descendant and my only descendant, but I will not publicly recognize you, let alone give you more help, I will only give you a chance, if you can seize the opportunity, then you will be successful, on the contrary, if you can't even grasp the last opportunity, then there is no need to say more. ”

"Let me tell you the last thing, the soldier, the best performance stage is the battlefield, the soldier is not a politician, the soldier does not need to speak, just need to pile the enemy's corpse in front of him is the most convincing speech of the soldier, so, if you want to get everyone's approval, the best way is to pile the enemy's corpse in front of them. ”

For this great god marshal and the teachings of his ancestors, Gu Lejia agrees very much, because this is the life experience of the Bentriga god Shuai who has lived for more than 20,000 years, and it is this kind of life embodiment that makes him one of the five great gods of the Shenguang clan and has achieved supreme merit, so he absorbs this useful advice very quickly.

The troops' operational plan has been formulated, but all the preparations are still ongoing, and it will take a relatively long time to complete, at least half a year.

The troops of the five legions have been constantly running in and adjusting during this more than half a year, and Gu Lejia has also continued to communicate and get close to officers at all levels, so as to be familiar with each of his subordinates as much as possible, and only by communicating with his subordinates as much as possible can he bring into full play the combat effectiveness of his subordinates. There is only one opportunity, if he misses it once, then he Gulega will never turn over, which others don't know, but he himself is very clear, therefore, this battle is not only for the Shenguang Clan, but also for his own future and destiny.

On November 5, 838 in the universe calendar, the army of the five legions set off from the Tiger River system, and came towards the Tiger River system, with an army of more than 100 billion yuan and a fleet stretching for tens of millions of kilometers, which can already witness the determination of the Shenguang Clan.