Chapter 1802: 1803 Comprehensive Advantages
Chapter 1802 1803 Comprehensive Advantages
In addition to the big news caused by the White Swan's bombing of Dorne, various serious problems are also occurring on the front lines of the elven forces.
As time goes by, more and more signs indicate that the Tang Empire is likely to choose to launch a large-scale attack in April or May this year.
This can be easily seen from the opponent's frequent use of reconnaissance vehicles to test the elves' border defenses. It was obvious that the other party was already preparing and had figured out the frontline combat deployment of the elf troops.
For the elves, this is obviously not good news. If the Tang Empire really launched an attack, then it is very likely that their defense line would be directly penetrated by the Tang army.
Yang Mu I and his staff really hope to figure out the main attack direction of the Tang army, so that they can place the reserve team where they are most needed to ensure their chances of winning.
But the problem is that the small amount of intelligence content obtained by the elves shows that the Tang army seems to have the possibility of launching an attack in any direction.
This is definitely not a joke, because the intelligence department has received a lot of information from spies in the Ice Empire.
Because it is a newly occupied place, it is naturally impossible to manage the ice-cold area as airtight as the Western Continent. In fact, the Tang Empire's intelligence war in the icy areas has just begun. There are still many spies lurking in the areas occupied by the Tang army. There are still many dwarves who take the initiative to provide intelligence to the elves.
With the support of these people, the elves finally learned some information about the preparations of the Tang Empire's army.
For example, how many barrels of fuel have been shipped from somewhere, and how much ammunition has been stored there. In short, the elves do have a lot more information that civilians can grasp at a glance.
But this didn't solve the problem at all, because after analyzing this information, the elf intelligence department became even more confused and depressed.
To the north, the troops of the Tang Empire were eyeing the possibility of moving south at any time. These troops included the famous 11th Army and the 9th Army... These two armies were the first to attack Ironforge. For Yang Mu I , that is really psychologically disturbing.
No emperor wants his capital to be captured, so they will subconsciously be afraid of enemy troops who have captured other countries' capitals.
To the west, the Tang Empire's 1st and 10th armies had just defeated the coalition's active attack and thwarted the coalition's counterattack on Refeng Port. Obviously, there were also many crises in this direction.
If these main forces of the Tang Empire began to attack, Yang Mu I believed that Marshal Flix would be hard-pressed to stop their advance.
Recently, the coalition forces finally confirmed the news that there is actually only one commander-in-chief on the front line, Marshal Tiger of the Tang Empire. Only one marshal came here. If the three marshals from the Tang Empire came together, the situation might become even more passive.
After emphasizing that the air force must protect the airspace of the imperial capital, Yang Mu I began to discuss the recent pressure on the front line with the generals and ministers.
"The Tang Army is hoarding a large amount of arms and supplies. According to the intelligence, the amount of ammunition assembled by the opponent is very large, a level we can't even imagine." The minister in charge of intelligence introduced the information in his hand worriedly. He really didn't dare to reveal the estimated figures, fearing that His Majesty the Emperor, whose face was already very ugly, would dismiss him as a minister: From the perspective of the coalition forces, the astronomical figures marked on the back of those supplies had no reference value at all.
Because from the perspective of the coalition forces, it is impossible to assemble such a large amount of materials. Therefore, many senior generals of the coalition believed that this intelligence was fake news released by the Tang Empire and was used to deceive and confuse the senior leaders of the coalition.
But anyone who works in intelligence knows that sometimes data can truly reflect the truth: between February and March, railways in icy areas did not recover on a large scale, so the total freight volume was actually not large.
Recently, with the progress of repair work, railway transportation within the original Ice Empire is rapidly recovering, and the number of spy returns has greatly increased.
Now, there is new data showing that the number of trains is increasing at a very terrifying speed. It is obvious that the Datang Empire is rushing to transport something to the front line. In other words, the Datang Empire is rushing to transport everything to the front line.
At the same time, the Tang Empire's aircraft patrols in the border areas increased, the number of reconnaissance aircraft crossing the actual control line between the two sides increased, and the number of various fire reconnaissance tests also increased.
These things cannot fool anyone. The other party is indeed preparing for an offensive operation. The question is, where will this attack be chosen?
The result deduced by the intelligence department based on the data is: all-out attack! All six armies of the Tang Empire will be put into offensive operations!
But this conclusion seems too magical for the Yangmu Empire, or for the entire coalition. Based on their own experience, senior commanders simply do not believe that such a decision is feasible.
In their view, attacks must be prioritized and focused on one point. If you don't concentrate your forces and don't break through at a single point, you will be spreading your strength, which is a taboo for military strategists.
But no one knows that if an army can make every unit stronger than the opponent and crush the opponent in every area, concentrating the troops is a waste of time.
On any section of the defense line, the Tang Empire's artillery numbers were not inferior, and their quality was much higher. It has an overwhelming advantage in the quality of its armored forces. The tanks of the Tang Army can even destroy enemy tanks at a ratio of one to eleven to twenty. The Air Force and Army Aviation are even more exaggerated. They control the sky just like God controls the world.
Every army group in the Tang Empire was confident of defeating more than twice the number of enemy forces in the field, so Tiger had no intention of gathering troops and using traditional methods to select locations for a breakthrough.
The firepower of each of his divisions is stronger than that of a corps of the other side, and each corps can defeat a group army of the other side. Why should he concentrate his forces?
In other words, except for the coalition's superiority in the number of infantry, which least reflects the true combat strength, the Tang Army has an absolute advantage in all aspects including logistics and supply. This upcoming war seems to have come to an end. It’s settled.
It's a pity that the only elf intelligence department that is close to the truth can't believe the information in its hands. Like the senior commanders of the coalition forces, they believed that there must be something wrong. The Tang army must have deceived them in intelligence again.