Truth be told, there was nothing wrong with the judgment of the front-line officers, and anyone with a modicum of tactical common sense would do so from Charlemagne's side. It was a clumsy, crude, cold-blooded and ruthless tactic, but history has long proven its effectiveness and tenacious vitality throughout almost the entire history of warfare. Even the progress of the times and the development of technology cannot prevent its existence, supporting the torrent of steel that gathers thousands of armored vehicles all over the mountains and fields, or the overwhelming strategic bomber cluster.

But so what?

Perhaps somewhere else, Charlemagne's set might have worked. This is the Siegfried Line, the most fortified area in the world. The battles so far have amply proved that the infantry group charge alone cannot even touch the edge of the trench of the field fortifications, let alone break through the depths. As for the armored battery, it can only be hehe. In order to solve this dilemma, the Charlemagnes moved out the treasure at the bottom of the box, the "City of Condors", hoping to use the armored cannons of the air fortress to make a hole in the Siegfried line.

Based on such a tactical prediction, the "City of Condors" will inevitably play the role of the main attack in the next battle. Parsifal said that the mission of the air fortress was a feint...... It's not a question of how much deviation there is, the whole thing is in the opposite direction. Many colonel-level officers shook their heads and prepared to watch a good show.

It is not that the young officers have the above ideas, but it is not that they are narrow-minded and rigid in their thinking. It was really the group of Charlemagne living treasures on the other side who made them too impressed. You must know that the rigidity and rigidity of Charlemagne's royal army have reached the peak at this time, and it is a person who has only seen the entire regiment and battalion of Charlemagne's soldiers wearing blue army coats and piercing red pants lined up in a neat phalanx, charging against the rain of bullets at a pace of 116 steps per minute. He will never forget that almost brain-dead stubbornness for the rest of his life. Not to mention anything else, the red pants alone are enough to make people complain for a long time. It's not that no one has ever suggested that the color of the pants should be changed, but it has attracted a bunch of "If you don't have red pants, it's not Charlemagne!", "It's clear that the red pants came first, what does it mean to change other colors?!", "Why are you so skilled in changing pants!", and so on, and so on, and people want to drag the talking bastard out and beat him to death. So Private Charlemagne continued to wear the red pants that swaggered to the extreme on the battlefield, sang the majestic and passionate battle song of the Rhine Legion, and launched a long-live charge against the Siegfried Line without hesitation. As everyone knows, the red pants in their eyes are equivalent to Charlemagne's national spirit, making them like a group of bullfighters wielding red cloth to tease bulls. The elven soldiers who are full of shooting skills have all been rigorously trained, and Charlemagne can easily and happily "name" Charlemagne from 600 meters away, and elite snipers can blow up Officer Charlemagne's head from 1200 meters away with the help of optical equipment. One of the decorated snipers even set a sniper record of 2,883 meters. Colonel Charlemagne, who was shot, had no idea that someone would hit him at this distance. So he wore a full military dress (including the infamous red trousers), a huge boat-bottom hat, and a medal draped over his chest — like a rooster reviewing troops. In order to live up to his expectations, the Wehrmacht sniper thoughtfully shot a 12.7mm armor-piercing incendiary grenade into the rooster's head......

Having suffered such a huge loss, Charlemagne had no intention of solving the problem. Private Charlemagne still charged in red pants, and the Wehrmacht soldiers had no choice but to continue shooting......

Anyone who listens to such a group of rigid thinking and dull tactics will actually go against their usual straight-line thinking and throw the treasure that has been hidden into a feint attack, instead of using it for the long-awaited and planned decisive battle of the main force? Anyone who listens to it will feel that the guy who made this kind of judgment is either too much alcohol or too cowardly, so that he is delusional.

The officers, who were deeply immersed in the stereotype or in the mindset of watching the show, did not notice that under the seemingly mocking expressions of the two generals, there was a hint of appreciation and surprise in the depths of their pupils, as if they had found a rough unpolished gemstone.

(Interesting.) ）

Lieutenant General Kischel muttered in his heart, and continued to maintain a subtle smile on his face as he asked:

"The vast majority of the officers present believed that the enemy fortress would be the core of the offensive line and the main force in the upcoming battle. Do you think that the 'City of Condors' is an auxiliary to the feint attack? Do you think that your lord is better than the officers here?"

"No, the lower officials answered on the basis of facts and obligations. ”

Faced with a large hat that was enough to overwhelm people, Parsifal replied calmly.

People who can't express their opinions at the meeting are either too incompetent or too easily led by the nose by the atmosphere of the meeting, and since they have been named and asked to make a statement, regardless of whether they will become the target of public criticism, they should say all their ideas. As for the after, let's talk about it later.

(Really...... Let people do this kind of hated work, so they can pay some overtime. ）

Swallowing a belly and sighing, Parsifal continued to explain.

"According to the information provided by the intelligence services, at the same time as the 'City of Condors' began to move, the proportion of materials for railway construction such as rails, sleepers, road studs, and engineering equipment transported by the enemy to the front line gradually increased, and the latest data shows that it has accounted for nearly one-third of the total transportation. ”

The whispering stopped, all of them were first-class professional soldiers, and they all knew what Parsifal was talking about, but they had never connected the time points to observe as much as they did now. As soon as they were reminded, they immediately understood what Parsifal was trying to say.

Charlemagne is working on repairing the crumbling rail network and is trying to further expand the rail system to bring it closer to the front line and ease the pressure on supplies.

From the day the war began, Charlemagne's transport system was in a race with the Wehrmacht Air Force's strategic bomber forces to repair and destroy. One side tried to suffocate the opponent's logistics system with a round-the-clock "strangulation war", and the other tried to smash the noose from the air with an army of laborers. In the first week, the two sides remained evenly matched, in the second week, the Defence was so numerous that "no money grows in the trees" bombs began to overwhelm Charlemagne's efforts, and in the third week, the number of troops and supplies arriving at the front line shrank to 30 percent of normal levels......

It can be said that without air power to continue to "bleed" Charlemagne's transportation artery, although Charlemagne still can't take a step beyond the thunder pool, the elves guarding the defense line will never be as relaxed and happy as they are now.

In fact, they can't get up easily.

"What do you mean by that Charlemagne is using the 'City of Condors' to contain our army's aviation combat power and take the opportunity to repair the railway network in order to stock up the materials and troops needed to launch a large-scale offensive?"

"There is a great possibility that at least since the enemy began to build up air combat forces, the activity of our bomber and attack aircraft units has indeed decreased, and now is the best time to repair the railway network. ”

A few stinging glances pierced his face, and Parsifal resisted the urge to reach out and hold down his stomach, while muttering "work, work, this is work", trying to keep his appearance unfazed.

"But that's speculation after all. ”

Lieutenant General Kemp, who had been silent, spoke, and a deep voice calm enough to calm down those who wanted to go berserk echoed through the conference room.

"Even if it can be confirmed that Charlemagne is indeed hurrying to repair the railway network and make further extensions, it can only indicate that the enemy is preparing to attack. What does your lord's suggestion of 'the City of Condor serving as a feint' have anything to do with this?"

"Your Excellency, the enemy's engineering materials stored and transported to the front line are already more than three times the amount needed. Civil engineering tools were 3.5 times higher, and all of them were delivered to the front line with the highest priority. Much-needed equipment, such as guns, artillery, food, medicine, and clothing, all made way for this. The only exception is nitrocellulose explosives. Based on the above information, coupled with the recent cessation of large-scale group charges by the enemy's forces, the new trend of intensifying attacks and harassing front-line positions...... Xia Guan believes that the real purpose of the enemy army is to use a large-scale frontal offensive as a bait to attract our army's reserves into the position, and then carry out large-scale tunnel blasting tactics to annihilate the living forces of our army in one fell swoop, and then concentrate forces to break through a little. ”

The scene was in an uproar.

Not because of whimsy, but because the inference is too reasonable to be categorically refuted.

A large number of facts and figures prove that the frontal assault of infantry cannot produce any effect in the face of a network of crossfire composed of machine guns and rapid-fire curved artillery, and the mountain of corpses and blood in front of the Siegfried Line is a strong proof that the battlefield situation is tilted in favor of the defender. The only way to cross the death zone built by barbed wire, mines, trenches, and fire support points is to rely on engineers, artillery, and heavy artillery. Now that Charlemagne's artillery has been completely suppressed, the only ones they can count on to challenge the Siegfried Line are the "City of Condors" and the hard-working, fearless tunnel engineers. Compared to the large rock that floated in the air and could be seen dozens of kilometers away, the underground miners were more hidden and deadly. Unless blast protection was taken into account, the defenders of the underground fortifications will either die on the spot or be buried alive by the collapsed bunkers if they are blasted in the tunnel. If you're lucky, you might be able to dig a way out, but more often you'll be buried in the ground.

It is true that the Siegfried Line is impregnable, but not every place has all-round protective measures, at least the front-line field fortifications are not immune to tunnel blasting. If the enemy were to carry out the blasting of the tunnels covering the entire frontline of fortifications, as Parsifal had predicted, all but the armored core area would be destroyed, and it was unknown how much the power supply, ventilation, water supply, and ammunition supply systems that supported the operation of the core area would survive such a massive explosion. None of the officers present were optimistic about the loss of all the outlying fortifications and the failure of the infrastructure to keep the core area functioning properly, even if the core area itself could survive the tunnel blasting and hold back the tsunami-like group charge.

"The intelligence department is already collecting and sorting out relevant intelligence, and will make targeted adjustments and deployments in the future. ”

Lieutenant General Camp took a sip of his coffee. He didn't say what adjustments were being made, he didn't say what kind of intelligence the intelligence services were collecting, and the people here were not fools, and they didn't know how to ask questions after the commander of the fortress acquiesced in Parsifal's speculation.

Glancing at the conference room, nodding silently to everyone sitting in a state of high concentration, Kemp continued:

"Now the question I would like to ask your officer is, if my air combat forces ignore the enemy's provocations and interference and continue to operate with the enemy's logistical supply as the goal, what countermeasures does the enemy predict the enemy army will take?"

(Sure enough, the tactics Charlemagne is implementing have been mastered above, and the means of dealing with it have been prepared.) ）

Frowning slightly, Parsifal carefully concealed his subtle emotions and replied solemnly:

"Without detailed dynamic intelligence data, the rash predictions of a front-line officer are of no reference value. ”

"It doesn't matter, the joint meeting is a place to speak freely, and it doesn't matter if you say something wrong. Besides, those of us who are squatting in the rear office also want to hear what the commanders on the front line have to say. ”

Pressed to his throat by the Fortress Commander's assurance that "you can just say it, I won't do anything to you", Parsifal almost hugged his head and wailed, "Isn't everyone as great as you?!".

The proposal was a proposal in the literal sense of the word, in other words, an option after all. You can choose to adopt and implement it, or you can throw it into the wastebasket as a piece of paper. However, the speech made by the generals and colonels, who pointed out the problems that have been ignored by the majority of people, undoubtedly has considerable weight, and may even become the direction of operational guidance for a period of time to come. The responsibilities and risks it bears can be imagined, in case of unfortunate failure, the cauldron of the lost soldiers will definitely not be able to escape, in order to reduce their own guilt, they will also "enthusiastically" mention how a certain officer has a wonderful performance at the contact meeting, and throw a few more pots on your back. At that time, if you can walk down the court-martial, it will be all the favor of Lady Luck.

As for the smooth implementation of the proposal, the complete victory in the battle, and the promotion to the central government by virtue of military merits, the brilliant future in the eyes of ordinary people is too far from the future planned by Parsifal himself.

（...... That's why I hate these kinds of meetings!)

Swallowing childish sighs and complaints, Parsifal replied in a calm and dedicated tone:

"If so, the enemy army is left with no more than three options. Desperately attacked the 'City of Condors' head-on, sent a small elite force to parachute and assault, and returned in vain. ”

"Failure can be automatically ignored, and it is not difficult to understand the all-or-nothing frontal attack. Airborne ...... of small elite troops"

"Your Excellency, there is also a lady in the enemy army who has repeatedly performed miracles. The subordinate officials thought that it was inappropriate to ignore this army, which was accustomed to surprise attacks and tough battles. In other words, if the subordinate officer commands the enemy army, he will use the 'Condor City' as a frontal pinch, and disguise the elite squad led by the lady as a paratrooper unit or tunnel unit carrying out harassment missions, and attack forward from the rear of each battery. ”

Again, there was an uproar in the conference room. The two generals clenched their fists even more.

Paratroopers assault the fortress, which is also considered a highly classified and difficult special operations mission within the Defence Forces. In the "yellow plan", which only the General Staff and a few high-ranking officers knew, the paratroopers were even more prepared to ensure the breakthrough of the Maas River and the capture of Sedang.

Originally, the fortress would be particularly vulnerable to surprise attacks from above and from behind, if the raid class was changed from a paratrooper using conventional weapons and tactics to an elite unit led by a monster who wore the skin of a girl and could even knock over a chariot......

It's unimaginable, it's a hellish nightmare.

"I see. ”

Vice Admiral Kischel, who had smoked his cigar at some point, pressed the dark red light into the ashtray, and the fleet commander turned his head to look at Parsifal and ordered faintly:

"Since 1800, the Lund Bell has been transferred to the Iserlohn Battery, responsible for the air defence of the Thor's Mallet. ”

"Uh...... yes, yes!"

Parsifal, who was a second late to understand that he had dug a hole for himself, hurriedly saluted and received the order, but Lieutenant General Kischel, who has always regarded himself as an expert in military appearance, was rarely entangled in the small problems of his subordinates at this moment. The joyful impulse to discover and train talents not only helps His Excellency the Fleet Commander to automatically filter out certain details, but also helps him to make up something that is far from the truth.

(Being able to endure loneliness and seize the opportunity to act decisively is exactly what it takes to surpass the wise and brave generals and become a famous general.) Look, it's like saying, 'I'm getting ready,' 'Call me as much as you want.'" Perhaps we are witnessing the moment when a famous general is born and walks on the stage of history. ）

(The garrison of the fort...... Anyway, it's better than staying on the front line, even if there is still a distance from the safety of the rear service, it is impossible to complain now. I wonder if pensions and salaries will increase?)

The generals, who did not show their expressions of appreciation, and the captain, who tried to put on a resolute face, sat back in his place with their own feelings and calculations, unaware that the two sides had actually engaged in a perfect misunderstanding that was not on the same channel at all. I don't know that because of this chicken-and-duck story, it has contributed to a wonderful offensive and defensive battle that can be recorded in the history of war, and is carried out by two childhood friends who were named "always victorious" and "undefeated" respectively.