Chapter 1770: Chapter 130: Escape
The Kingdom’s Army is massing; the Orcs, too, are not idle.
Each race is both suppressing internal unrest and organizing large armies to prepare for the enemy.
To increase their chances of victory, the Orc Empire adopted a strategic contraction, not directly defending the borders but instead relocating the tribes from the border areas inward.
To be precise, as the situation became tense, the tribes in the border areas spontaneously began to migrate.
The tribes that were massacred by the Human Army were simply slower to react.
Inside the command center.
Examining the simulation map, Chief Strategy Officer Count Guren pointed to a small flag and calmly explained:
“The main forces of the enemy are assembling 800 miles away, and their intention is very clear— to lengthen our logistics line.
And this is only the beginning; as the battle commences, they are likely to retreat even further.
A typical space-for-time tactic. The last time the Alliance besieged the Orc Empire, they used this very strategy to escape disaster.
By now resorting to the same old trick, the enemy indicates they have no better options left, only this final choice.
In the upcoming war, we must not only annihilate the main forces of the enemy but also ensure the smooth operation of our logistics lines.
The strategic goal is simple: drive the enemy out of the grasslands, trap them, and starve them to death in the barren regions of the east!
Tactics require skillful maneuvers, but strategy is open knowledge.
The Orcs’ strategic plans and the Kingdom’s strategic objectives are no secrets.
A clear strategic objective is a direction worth striving towards, while the final outcome is purely speculative.
Starving the enemy to death, trapping them in barren lands, is merely an ideal scenario.
Resource scarcity does not mean the absence of resources, just more austere living conditions with limited tribal growth.
The Orcs’ stomachs have long evolved; on the grasslands, they can eat meat, while in the forests, they can only eat grass, bark, and leaves.
In the natural world, turning from carnivores into vegetarians is inevitably accompanied by a decline in individual combat ability.
It would take less than five years for the fierce Orc warriors to become wilderness people struggling for livelihood.
Poor living conditions will undoubtedly affect reproduction rates.
For Orcs, losing the grasslands sets them on an irreversible path of constant decline.
With the hatred between the Alpha Kingdom and the Orcs, there will be absolutely no opportunity left for them.
Retreating into the forests offers only temporary respite.
Even with nothing else to covet, the war between the two nations cannot cease.
In the world, aside from interests, there is something called enmity.
“Everyone now knows the basic situation.
The Kingdom has decided to go to war with the Orc Empire, and barring unexpected changes, this will be the start of a new continental war.
To tell you the truth, the Kingdom needs to fight on three fronts this time.
The eastern line is the main battlefield; our task is to attack, attack, and attack again until the Orc Empire is crippled.
The pressure on the western and southern lines is enormous, leaving us with less than two years.
If conditions permit, we must aim for a swift and decisive victory this time.
Now, pass on my orders; the army will be divided into four routes along…”
While issuing the orders, Hudson marked four lines on the map.
Apart from one sea offensive, the other three routes flank both sides and the middle of the grasslands, much like octopus tentacles set to engulf the entire Orc Empire.
“Now, I announce the personnel appointments:
Chief Commander of the Northern Route Army will be Count Albert, commanding three Cavalry Corps, fifteen Infantry Legions, one Crossbow Corps, one Artillery Corps, and twenty-five Auxiliary Corps.
The Southern Route Army’s Chief Commander will be Duke Medel with the same troop configuration as the Northern Route Army.
Duke Gaspar will command at sea, overseeing three Cavalry Corps, five Infantry Legions, one Crossbow Corps, seven Auxiliary Corps, as well as the First and Second Fleet of the Kingdom’s Navy.
I will personally command the Central Route Army, commanding ten Cavalry Corps, thirty Infantry Legions, two Magical Beast Legions, three Crossbow Corps, three Artillery Corps, and fifty Auxiliary Corps.
A flurry of personnel appointments was released, and the eyes of countless people within the command center burned with intensity.
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No general does not wish to command thousands of men, and this great war fulfills the wishes of many.
What is feared is not lacking armies to command, but that one’s abilities are insufficient to effectively command large military formations.
The Alpha Kingdom’s legion structure is very consistent, consisting entirely of ten-thousand-strong legions.
Especially after Hudson took office, he further standardized the legion organization and established a three-tier legion system.
To enhance wartime mobilization capabilities, these legions are usually not fully staffed during peacetime, but officers are overstaffed.
Once war erupts, as long as enough soldiers are supplemented, a legion can quickly split into multiple legions.
This system not only works within the Kingdom’s standing army but is also emulated by noble lords across the land.
Being able to muster over two hundred legions at once is largely due to the Kingdom’s standing army expansion and the noble lords’ significant contribution.
The main warfare army is composed of the Kingdom’s standing army and elite noble private armies, while the remaining Auxiliary Corps are primarily Tuntian Soldiers.
Undoubtedly, deploying so many troops for war clearly aims at the conquest of the entire nation.
To guard against an Orc counterattack, there is a massive reserve force in the border regions.
After the excitement, everyone keenly observed that the Kingdom’s troop configuration had undergone dramatic changes compared to before.