16. Fortress VS Fortress (41)
"Your Excellency, please be careful!"
Lieutenant Commander Edelman lowered his voice and spoke quickly, his gaze quickly swept to the left and right, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping or turning on communication or recording, the slightly relieved co-captain leaned down slightly.
"It's too much to call the enemy 'the hero of our army'!" if the Stasi people listen to ......"
The military has not been very kind to Stasi's spies, not because of the nature of their work, but mainly because of Stasi's professionalism of "even listening to his own toilet and grave". Nervous as a soldier, there are few hard-working spies, but out of the real need for a hidden front in wartime, and Stasie has not crossed the line to meddle in military affairs so far, the military is generally blind to Stasi's activities.
However, not interfering in the past does not mean that there will be no interference in the future, if the "non-national" remarks that "shook the morale of the military" just now were listened to by Stacy agents, and they were written in a small book and handed to it. The military has not said a big face, and it cannot accuse Stasi of meddling in military affairs, but should thank the other party for reporting and exposing the "defeatists" in the army. At that time, the upper echelons of the military will definitely vent this frustration on the perpetrators, and Parsifal's fate is estimated to be quite promising, and Lieutenant Colonel Edelman, who is the deputy captain but has not fulfilled his duty of persuasion, will not be able to escape.
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Colonel, the dictator is not Charlemagne's careful-eyed crown prince. If anyone bothered the adult with such a trivial matter, that guy's future would be considered to be the end. ”
Completely unconcerned about the lieutenant's kind advice, Parsifar waved his hand at the sweaty Lieutenant Commander Edelman.
"Lieutenant Colonel, what is a hero? After all, a hero is nothing more than an idol invested in the expectations and prayers of the public, a symbol, a very attractive billboard. From this point of view, both sides need a 'hero' who can be a symbol. ”
There are two kinds of people who crave heroes on the battlefield.
People who desire heroes to save themselves or whatever;
Those who yearn for "heroes", the symbol of "enemies who should be hit";
If you can give this guy a meal, it should be very happy. If you can hit this "hero", even if the regret and resentment will not disappear, it will be somewhat dissipated.
This is not reasoning, nor is it a theory, but only the feelings of intelligent beings and the illogical mechanisms based on them.
“...... In the rear of the safety, all we see is the 'targets that should be eliminated' and the stalemate of the battle. Ah, I'm not saying that this is bad, as a commander, it is necessary to keep a calm and objective mind to deal with the overall situation. However, this will inevitably lead to a sense of alienation from the scene. I am afraid that it is difficult for us to 'empathize' with the environment in which the front-line soldiers live, as well as the battlefield and the enemy in their eyes. ”
"What do you mean ......"
"In the eyes of the soldiers, 'that' is no longer just an enemy with symbols. Just as the enemy sees the white guy as a 'symbol of counterattack', do our soldiers unconsciously see the other party as a 'human knight who defeated their ancestors'?"
“......!!”
Lieutenant Colonel Edelman, who took a sharp breath, looked up again, his eyes fixed on the white armor that flew across the sky.
“...... I see. Indeed, as long as you look at that guy, you can't help but think of the 'ancestors who were defeated by human knights'. ”
In fairy tales and myths, there are often white knights. Dressed in gorgeous armor and riding a war horse heroically, he dares to meet any challenge without fear of hardships and difficulties, and his eyes are firmly clear and staring ahead—like a knight who is the reincarnation of the legendary "hero". It is completely different from the people who are curled up in the darkness and have to live as a secret organization and a shadow state, and they are envious, jealous, and hateful.
Ever since I was born, I have been listening to my parents and elders say with remorse and curses, "My ancestors were defeated in the war." While gritting his teeth at the life that can't see the light, he is full of anger and thinks "If I can stand up......"
Because of this kind of national sentiment accumulated for thousands of years and join the military, I am afraid that there are not a few in the defense army, after strict training, this emotion will be suppressed by military discipline and reason, but at this moment the shackles of reason are lifted by the white figure that makes the elves hate.
"White guy...... In the eyes of our soldiers, it is the 'human knight who defeated the ancestors' who has always wanted to fight him. Even if one or two more squadrons are invested, eighty percent will be swept into that psychological whirlpool. A 'hero' is a person who has the charm to surpass friend and foe. ”
"It's like you're introducing a great enemy. ”
Lieutenant Colonel Edelman shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile as if he had given up, and Parsifal smiled wryly at the co-captain's complaints.
"Great enemy...... Maybe that's the case. However, I think ...... Maybe that person is neither arrogant nor compassionate. It's just a very serious person, and he won't laugh at people who work hard. That's all. ”
"So, do you immediately ask your superiors to immediately send reinforcements on the scale of the brigade?"
"I've been doing this since the beginning. But both the fleet commander and the fortress commander vetoed the reinforcement proposal. In their opinion, as long as that fortress is taken, victory is automatically in hand. ”
The "City of Condors" is also a symbol, and the huge air fortress can be seen as the embodiment of Charlemagne's militaristic megalomania. Completely erasing this fortress from the world can completely cause a huge psychological shock to Charlemagne's army.
It would be too subjective and overconfident to think that this would break Charlemagne's fighting spirit and make them lay down their arms and accept their fate.
"Idols" can be made whenever needed, and sometimes living "heroes" – symbols of the unquenchable flame of defiance – are more inspiring than icy superweapons. The destruction of the fortress can indeed break the morale of the opponent, but the impact is only temporary, and the people will soon forget about the big rock. On the contrary, it is the "heroes" – whether alive or dead – that can attract people and inspire Charlemagne to resist.
(As a result, our army will have to face the wars of attrition and law and order that have been motivating to avoid.) Killing or destroying a "hero" is actually not a difficult task, as long as there is enough intelligence guarantee, troops, and logistical support, everything will be as simple as a chariot crushing a praying mantis. But for every hero killed, more resisters will appear. And so it goes on and on. )
The voice of the anxious heart echoes in the psyche, on the one hand, the stubborn boss who is obsessed with the battlefield in front of him, and on the other hand, the enemy hero who even feels dazzling. Reason and sensibility were so entangled in Parsifal that he didn't realize that he was hesitant to destroy this hero.
But no matter how hesitant he is, Parsifal is a rational soldier after all, and there is no equivalence between respecting his opponent and showing mercy to his subordinates.
The hand that had been hanging down slowly raised.
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"Enemy fleet...... Turned to the right?"
Enduring the lateral inertia of 10 G's, a moan spilling from his twisted lips, Roland felt his heart pound downward.
There is a good commander in the enemy fleet - ever since this information was recognized, the clever Admiral has always been able to respond as soon as he takes action and regain the tactical lead.
It's a formidable enemy.
Rational, wise, flexible, and with a pair of sharp eyes that can overlook the entire battle.
(If it weren't just the admiral of a detachment, but in a higher position, I'm afraid the battle would have been more difficult.) )
In the face of adversity, Roland still did not hesitate to praise his opponent, and the virtue of respecting his opponent has long been deeply engraved in the mental structure of the youth, and no matter how severe the adversity is, it cannot be changed.
It's just praise to praise, but the situation doesn't change because of sighs.
- The cruiser's turn was once again on Roland's death hole.
According to Roland's plan, Endeavour will use the speed brakes on both wings to carry out a "differential braking", just as the vehicle rotates one side of the track, and the other side does not move to achieve steering, and the Endeavour with the speed brake on one side will make a spiral descent under the interaction of the air flow on the two wings, and use the spiral trajectory to push the Endeavour back into the trajectory of the airborne Ishelon battery.
The enemy fleet had apparently sensed this tactical intent, and had turned precisely to seize the artillery position again, so it repeated its tactics and pushed the Endeavour out again with a salvo.
The point of the battle is to hinder the opponent's airborne assault, not caring about interference, knowing what to do, and using the simplest and quickest means to achieve it - Roland himself would do the same, but not necessarily as decisively as the commander he had never met.
"In that case......"
It is speculated that before he has time to say it, the three-dimensional intersecting fire net has already been pasted.
The MDS fleet will inevitably go all out into blockade and containment operations-
The words were swallowed into the stomach and faded away without a trace in the continuous maneuvers.
No need to shoot down an opponent and block the opponent's strongest forces so that they can't support the mothership is a victory—an old and bitter tactic. For those who have been fighting one after another, and their morale has been somewhat worn down by the stalemate of the battle, this is also a relatively easy order to accept and execute. On the other hand, whether it is due to the urgency of time to open the situation, or the over-cautious missed opportunity, the opposing commander will clap and celebrate the smooth entry of the battle into the rhythm set by himself.
What an amazing opponent.
Resisting the urge to smack his lips, Roland once again gave his opponent a positive high score.
If it were a unicorn in a "normal state", maybe it really couldn't do anything about it. But in the process of drawing up the battle plan before, they had even imagined such a desperate situation as the remaining "Seven Deadly Sins" launching a general attack together, and a certain dictator personally going down to the field and lifting the table. In order to cope with all kinds of adversity, unicorns have also "adjusted".
Constrained by objective factors such as environment, strategy, technical level, army size, financial situation, etc., the weapon design of each country will reflect different "personalities", for example, the United Principality of Rus tends to favor weapons that are easy to produce in large quantities and can be quickly used even by illiterate serf soldiers, and high-performance, high-precision weapons are not popular with them. The personality of the Alfheim standard weapons is the opposite, because the size of the army is at the end of the great powers, the advantage of weapon performance has always been the tireless pursuit of the weapons designers of the Wehrmacht. As part of the performance, "versatility" is also embedded in the genes of the standard weapons of the Defense Forces, and this characteristic is fully inherited not only in the equipment that is officially installed, but also in the technical verification machine, trial machine, and prototype machine.
Fueled by the covert efforts of a certain top executive, technicians who enjoyed the "unlimited budget" for the first time shouted slogans such as "testing the limits of technology" and "setting targets for next-generation models", piling up all the cutting-edge technologies of the defense forces on the "unicorns". As a result, this dream mech not only has far superior performance to conventional mechs, but even has enough firepower to match and surpass warships after adjusting its equipment by building blocks.
This heavy firepower configuration scheme is called the "heavily armed unicorn".
The particle generator folded and folded around his waist popped out, and the wing-shaped heat sink behind his back unfolded, and the boy gritted his teeth and stared at the group of battleships in the distance.
In the corner of the horizon, a few lines of small words quickly crossed the operation interface.
- Coordinates are fixed.
- The engine stops and begins inertial navigation.
- All power is transmitted to the super particle cannon circuit.