"I don't understand, what do you mean?"

Valrhona shook her head, looking incredulous.

Any army, when deep into the territory of the empire, must ensure its own logistical sources. Even in the era of cold weapons, it is extremely rare to see a lone army go deep into the enemy's territory and continue to fight without securing its own supply routes. Entering the era of hot weapons, the army's dependence on the logistics system is more strict, and the smooth supply route has a decisive impact on the war, not to mention the fact that Charlemagne's army will be engaged in a campaign warfare with extremely fierce consumption, and it is impossible to imagine that after offending everyone, the crown prince can still guarantee the supply of the expeditionary force.

He's going to lose, and he's going to lose badly.

But Roland declared that the crown prince would not suffer losses......

"That's right, I don't think the crown prince's position will ever waver. ”

Roland put down the text in his hand and shook his head and said.

"Politics. Valrhona, war is a continuation of politics, and this time is no exception. While most people, including us, interpret the expedition from a military point of view, the crown prince and the army are playing a game of politics. ”

Although from a military point of view, the Crown Prince's deployment was purely a death, but these deployments were absolutely correct.

Everyone knew that the V.E Company and the crown prince were not on good terms, and that it was a complete joke on their own lives to hand over the logistics line of the expeditionary force to such a group of people, so in order to ensure that their contradictions would not affect the expedition, it was necessary to put the railway under the control of the army in wartime.

"This is only a superficial reason, in fact, this deployment is to attract other forces. Get involved in breaking the company's monopoly on railroads. ”

It is well understood that V.E has achieved a monopoly on almost all areas of Charlemagne's business, and both opponents and allies of V.E have been quite disgusted by this, and the various forces have tried to unite and cooperate to break the monopoly on more than one occasion, but it has always been due to the fact that the company has taken precautions and taken measures to eliminate these possibilities as soon as possible, coupled with the deterrent effect of cruel means of retaliation. None of these activities have made it to the ground.

But they will never stop thinking of breaking the monopoly. It's not for the sake of the nation and the country, it's just the idea that "Li Lin has made too much money, and he should step aside and give the opportunity to others". will prompt them to jump out automatically at a suitable opportunity.

Now. There was just that opportunity - the nationalization of the railways.

To those who hate Li Lin and the consortium. It was a great opportunity for revenge, for the mercenary wallmen, the appeal of the railroad pie was enough to make them abandon their friendship with the conglomerates, and for the king and prime minister, once the railroads were nationalized. It can not only crack down on monopoly conglomerates, but also provide the country with an additional source of surprisingly profitable revenue;

"Everyone rallied around the crown prince, and the V.E company either succumbed or endured public pressure and sanctions until it collapsed or declared war on the entire country. ”

Valrhona nodded, commenting.

"That's smart. ”

"The crown prince is not stupid, and he has also learned a lot from the competition with the company, and 'using interest differentiation to disintegrate opponents' is a common trick used by Li Lin in the past. ”

Roland's brow was still tightened, but not for the sake of the crown prince and the allies who had come together for the sake of profit.

"Li Lin will definitely give up the war zone railway, and then watch the joke on the sidelines. ”

It doesn't take much effort, just remove the dispatching, management, and maintenance personnel along the railway, or take away the train scheduling list and various operation manuals, and it won't be long before Charlemagne's railway becomes a mess.

The military dispatch of the railway has always been a very rigorous and complex matter, without long-term investigation and accumulation, every line, every locomotive, every engineer, crew member or support maintenance personnel are well understood, and then combined with the meteorological situation, geographical environment, line smoothness and other objective parameters to arrange the order of transportation, the result will not be much better than the railway under the management of the principality.

It is a dream to expect to send a few shrewd and capable subordinates and rely on some tough means to give full play to the potential of the railway.

Li Lin didn't need to do anything, just temporarily retreat to the side to watch the jokes, quietly wait for the military defeat on the front line, and once again "reluctantly" take back the railway management. As for the crown prince, although he will be disgusted by Yan zhòng, he can put the responsibility on the subordinates who are not doing well, and he only needs to bear the "leadership responsibility" when he makes all kinds of demands. The rest of the unfortunate ones lost money, but they did not necessarily lose their lives, and they had the opportunity to return home to be depressed and lament that things had gotten worse again.

"But in this way, the crown prince's prestige will still be affected, although he will not be deposed, but at least he will become the laughing stock of others. ”

"If the Dauphin had come to the rescue of a Charlemagne army, his unfavorable actions would have been enough to ruin him, but at the moment it was the Albion army that was under the city of Riga. ”

"I see. ”

Valrhona gave a look of realization, and a sneer crept up the corners of his mouth.

Due to the long-standing grievances between the two countries, even in the same trench at the moment, they never see each other as allies, at best enemies of enemies. When one party is beaten on the head by a woolly bear and breaks the bleeding flow, the other party will say some sympathetic and comforting words in his mouth, but in fact he will laugh in his heart.

It is foreseeable that under the influence of this complex, Charlemagne is unwilling to accept Albiang's command, and Albiang does not want to see Charlemagne's face, and it is difficult for the two sides to fight together in unison, and it is almost inevitable that the two armies will go their own way and compete for credit.

"If the crown prince wins, then he will be the hero who acts as Charlemagne's warrior to save the people of Albion. If it fails, it must be that the Albions do not listen to the command and create an opportunity for the orc infidels. And the people of Albion can say the same thing, but in a different position in the name of the country. Hmph, that's easy. ”

The dragon princess snorted coldly, expressing her dissatisfaction with the double standards and dirty politics.

She is not ignorant of the dirtiness of the political zhì, and her status as a princess is itself a part of the political zhì, but the unscrupulous practices of humans still make her unhappy.

But that's not all.

"And one last point, look at the formation and origin of the expeditionary force, except for the battle infantry regiment and the Corsican rifle regiment, the rest of the troops are either from the Ostoria region or the Crown of St. István. It's clear what kind of calculation is being made. ”

"I see, let the restless people be cannon fodder first, if you win, the crown prince is in good command, and it's not worth feeling distressed if you lose, it's really a good calculation. ”

Out of disgust, Valrhona no longer concealed it, and laughed unscrupulously.

"So victory or defeat doesn't matter to the crown prince, but your guardian won't be so silent, right? What do you think he's going to do? No, what is he doing now?"

“...... It is difficult to predict, his whereabouts are now highly secretive, not only to the company but also to the guards, only a very small number of cadres do not know where he is now and what he is doing. The only thing that is certain is that he never takes the crown prince seriously, and the slightest provocation will not disrupt the progress of his established plan. ”

After saying this, Roland was silent, and just now, a tingling sensation crossed his eyebrows.

-- Something is being prepared.

The moment of vague thinking emerged, the intuition of the lack of the subject, Roland subconsciously raised his head to the north, looking at the sky so quiet that people would forget even the war, and the inexplicable anxiety churned in his chest, which could not be calmed down for a long time. (To be continued......)