"The latest information is that we have broken through the enemy's pocket formation, and the Third Legion collapsed to both sides, but the Fourth Legion and the Fifth Legion are still surrounding us according to the previous strategy, and there are quite a few enemies behind us."

Becken Warren lifted the curtain and burst out a series of information like a machine gun. Judging from his expression, these information was obviously good news. And Ivan Warren, who was standing in front of the sand table, adjusted the layout on the sand table according to the information provided by Becken Warren and looked at Gastens standing beside him.

"Boss, how do you fight now?"

"What do you think?" Gastens was still worried this time, and he ignored the dissuasion to come with the team. He could not have participated in the battle that determined the fate of Elena. Moreover, after having enough troops to engage in mobile warfare, he wanted to reconcile his understanding of mobile warfare into this battle.

"Well..." Ivan Warren also knew that the leader was training and testing himself. He thought about it for a while and gave suggestions, "Head, you once said that all tactical goals must be subject to strategic arrangements. Our plan is to fight the battle of Elena's defense. Elena cannot lose it. Although the armored assault tactics in the past few days have been effective, it has only delayed the enemy's main attack troops. Their assisted troops have six legions advanced on the eastern front of Enspan Province. The Military Reclamation Legion gave up the first line of defense and resisted strongly on the second line of defense. It is said that the pressure is very high. My idea is that after passing through the pocket formations of the Third Legion, the Fourth Legion and the Fifth Legion, we go straight south to cut off the enemy's assisted legion's logistics line, oppress them from the rear, put pressure on them, and relieve the pressure on the front line. If one or two legions can be wiped out, the situation will be much easier."

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Gastens nodded, "What should we do if we go south and the enemy's current main attacking legion successfully cut off the ties between Enspan and Siloa?"

"Then..." Ivan fell into deep thought again. After thinking for a while, he raised his head, his eyes full of confidence. "Their strategic plan is to surround Enspan from the east and north sides. Now we have disrupted their offensive on the north side, and their northeast sides have lost consistency. When they turn around and go south, we cut open the offensive on the east side. In this way, they will never be able to form the planned half-moon surround, and we will have room to move around."

"What should I do after going south?" Gastens became interested and asked again.

"After going south, we need to contact our headquarters to replenish supplies, and then go out from the east to clear the assisted legion on the east from south to north. Intelligence shows that the morale, training level, and weapons and equipment of the assisted legion are not as good as the main attacking legion, so it should be easier to fight them."

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Gastens turned to look at Becken Warren, "Comrade Becken, what do you think?"

"I think Comrade Ivan is right. Don't you always talk about mobile warfare? Our total strength is limited, so we can only continuously create local military strength advantages, then annihilate the enemy's vitality, mobilize the enemy in the movement, and then find a chance to win. However, I have a problem. When we break south, the enemy on the North Line may put pressure on our North Line defense line. I don't know if it's okay to defend."

"Although the defense line on the northern line is thin, there are three, two completed, and the Second Military Reclamation Army evacuated from Siloa Province are all there, and there is enough manpower. It is not a big problem to hold on for two to four days. After that, we will clean up the assisted army and we will turn back to solve them."

This time, the one who answered the question was Gastens. He filled Ivan's last loophole, looked at the sand table carefully, pondered for a long time, and gave the final order.

"Just do it like this, marching quickly, using armored troops as the forefront, and cutting off the back line of the enemy's main attacking legion group according to the path we planned before!"

"OK!"

Ivan nodded, and then called the messenger to issue an order. Becken Warren stood attentively and saluted with some expectation. He was curious about what expression he had when the main attacking corps that were struggling with his own troops discovered that his main troops suddenly headed south after completing the cutting mission.

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"Our pocket array was broken, and the enemy's chariot could not be stopped. Moreover, the enemy followed a large number of infantry behind the chariot, so it was difficult for us to get close to that kind of monster chariot, and we collected very little information."

In Flosiva's general command, the atmosphere was more depressed than in the previous few days. The enemy's armored forces could not resist at all. The pocket formation advocated by Henry Claflyn was broken, and the fortifications built by the Third Legion, the First Legion, and the Second Legion failed to stop the enemy's attack. The rear of the main attacking group, which was launched in the front, was threatened and could not shrink the Seventh Legion, and the Eighth Legion turned backwards, intending to form an encirclement with the First to Fourth Legion, encircling the enemy's armored forces at the eastern junction of Siloa and Enspan.

"Objectively speaking, we did underestimate the enemy's weapons. Now there are sixteen of them. The last time I saw it was yesterday morning. The logistics unit responsible for the main attacking army's logistics was dispersed by them, a lot of food was robbed, and the weapons were seriously damaged."

Seeing that Henry Claflyn didn't speak, Chief of Staff Samuel Oldman continued to provide intelligence, "From the news we have received, Gastens has invested more than 80,000 troops in the offensive these days. What they use to defend is the second-line combat force of the Military Reclamation Corps. It is said that they are still mobilizing militias, and the overall mobilization force may be close to 300,000..."

"Not so much," Henry Claflyn shook his head, looking at the sand table and muttering to himself.

"Where do you think they will go?"

"The latest information, they did not meet the 7th and 8th Legions who turned around, and the First to Fifth Legions who followed them did not meet them either."

"The logistics are broken, they should rely on their own supplies, so..."

Henry Claflyn gestured on the sand table with a long pole, "They will definitely return to the Enspan Province for supplies. If they want to go to the Enspan Province for supplies, they will inevitably attack the six legions we assisted. The six legions have a little weaker combat power, and the offensive damage these days is quite large. If they are surrounded by them, it may be difficult to deal with."

"Why should we let the First to Fifth Legion go south and drive them from Siloa to Enspan to solve the problem of Siloa first?"

"It's OK, if their main force is here, then our plan to split Siloa and Enspan should be able to be completed smoothly. The problem I'm worried about now is that no one can stop their monster chariots and infantry from attacking together."

After Henry Claflyn finished speaking, he put down the long pole in his hand. The command of the large-scale battle was limited by time lag, and the orders and intelligence often took about a day. Therefore, he could only formulate future combat policies based on past intelligence, which was not a very safe way. Unless he was willing to risk his life to follow the legion.

"No matter whether it is a magic weapon or a chariot, he cannot fly. The river cannot pass through, and there is no obstacle that can be too big. We can notify the Assisted Legion to dig large trenches in the rear, stop them, and cut off their access to Elena."

"They move too fast, probably too late, but you can try it."

Henry Claflyn reached out and pinched his nose, "Although we can't stop the enemy, our grand strategy can still be implemented. After the main attacking legion arrived at the border of the Duchy of Lailin, he began to plan to go south. The first, second and third legions suffered a greater loss of combat power and limited fighting will. Stay behind to clear the remaining enemy forces in Siloa Province. Let the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh and Eighth Legions drive Elena's main force to Enspan Province. At the same time, inform the assist legion group to find ways to create obstacles and prevent their main force from connecting with Elena. This is the current main task. As long as we can cut off their logistics and wait until their ammunition is used up, it will be the day of our counterattack."

"I think it's OK, go and notify."

Samuel Oldman rushed to the messenger beside him, nodded, and looked at the sand table again. After the battle over the past four days, their personnel losses were nearly 70,000, and a whole army was killed and killed. According to incomplete statistics, there were less than 2,000 people. With such a huge war loss ratio, even if they had 800,000, they could not withstand such a battle.

I just hope that Claflyn's tactics will succeed.

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"Boss, the intelligence sent by Sinke, only one legion left of the enemy's main attacking army continued to attack. The remaining first to third legions no longer advance and began to control the city in Siloa Province. The remaining fourth, fifth, seventh and eighty legions were all behind our butts. In addition, the assisted legions in Enspan Province began to build defense facilities. The news from the militia and peasants that they dug trenches behind the positions, and even the attack was basically stopped."

When Becken Warren found Gastens, he was having a meal. Canned meat and rye bread were served with vegetable soup. The ingredients were average but the supply was sufficient. Gastens was delicious. He saw Becken Warren coming and signaled him to sit down.

"Eat the meal first."

Gastens looked calm and Becken Warren looked at Ivan and signaled with his eyes. Ivan smiled and said nothing.

"Boss, it's not easy to deal with now. Although we move fast, the roads that can go south are limited. If the enemy sets up a large number of roadblocks on the road to south, the giant beast may not pass, and it will be difficult to deal with."

Gastens handed Becken a piece of bread, snooze and drank two sips of soup before speaking.

"Have the location of the enemy command confirmed?"

"This has been confirmed again, indeed in Flosiva, boss, do you want to?"

Becken has been following Gastens for a while, and when he heard the boss’s question, he guessed what he wanted to do, "Boss, do you want to go straight to Huanglong?"

"It's not necessarily true whether to pound or not. It's always okay to scare him," Gastens wiped his mouth. "We have successfully attracted the enemy's main attacking legion to the back of the butt. Now the enemy has only one legion to attack from the northern line, and the northern line can definitely be defended. Next, we must take advantage of our fast speed and take the enemy around in circles, so that they can run away."

"But, boss," Ivan frowned, "It's been a week since we came out, and the remaining supplies are only a week. If we attack the enemy's command center, we will be nervous when we turn around and return. I don't want to make the last mistake, because of insufficient ammunition, I will beat a good hand of cards."

"I know this," Gastens gave Ivan a reassuring look. "This time attacking the enemy's command was a feint. When the enemy followed the large army behind our butts rushed over, we turned around and charged, drilled them through again, and then directly inserted it back to Elena. How about it?"

"But the enemy must also know our situation. They can definitely think that we have to go back when we go out. What should we do if we set up a line of defense behind our butts so that we can't go back?"

Ivan was still a little worried. He thought Gastens's idea was too natural, and it was a very risky decision to invest the entire main force outside the province of Enspan.

"Yes, boss, it's too risky to fight like this. Our current BTT coordinated tactics require a lot of ammunition. If you rush out and have no ammunition, it will be difficult to fight later."

Gastens was silent. Seeing that both of his subordinates were opposed, he began to reflect on his tactics. After all, the battle of Elena's defense had taught him a lesson, and war was never transferred by human will.

"Then let's do it. We take advantage of our speed and turn westward and go back to Elena. The enemy's offensive on the northern line has not yet been in place. There is a gap there and we can go back. Tell the mechanized combat brigade hidden in Siloa Province to prepare them. After we complete the supply and attack again, we will directly raid Flosiva with the fastest speed."

"Boss, can we kill their lonely legion after we go back?" Ivan was inspired by Gastens's idea and made new suggestions. "They are only left with a Sixth Legion marching westward. We turn around and surround the south side, and cooperate with the Second Army Reclamation Army. Is there any hope of killing their Sixth Legion?"

"Yes, boss, according to our information, their Sixth Corps will be at the Lailin border in the past two days, and then attack south. If we join forces with the Military Reclamation Corps and stab them from the flank when they attack south, it should be good."

"I just don't know how the Niglu Republic's Republic reacts. What if the Sixth Legion fled to the Principality of Lailin?" Ivan raised a new question, "Boss, I didn't think about it. Is it a bit risky to do this?"
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