Thousands of sparks

Chapter 169
After breakfast, Dusand was not in a hurry to go to the office to start a new job.Today is different from usual, Newsail's navy has just completed a large-scale build-up, and the fleet is about to set off.

As the current supreme ruler of Newsail, Dusand is obliged to say something to the soldiers who are about to set off before the fleet departs. After all, the nature of this expedition is completely different from the previous combat readiness patrols.

Niusal's navy will dispatch more than [-]% of its ships, and carry more than [-] newly-trained Niusal National Army and more than [-] tanks to Saxony, which is also isolated by the empire, to perform landing missions.

This time the operation will be a thorough offensive mission. The expeditionary force will first use the traditional method to send a transportation ship carrying the agent of Newsail Aika and the personal representative of Dusand, that is, Dusand. Docked at the interstellar landing field in Dresden, the capital of Saxony.Then seek to contact Saxony through peaceful means.

If the Saxon side refuses to communicate peacefully, or if they try to attack.Then the expeditionary force will conduct a landing operation on Dresden in the shortest possible time.According to Dusand's order, the primary target of the expeditionary force will be the current supreme ruler and ruling institution of Dresden.

In other words, Dusand needs the expeditionary force to use the level of communication during the first industrial revolution and the level of artillery in the early days of World War I to perform a special operations mission close to a beheading operation.

When and how to execute this battle... Dusand entrusted all the decision-making power to his father Duchamp.This is not how confident Dusand is in his father, but the joint suggestion of the suspended Scharnhorst and Lieutenant General Horn, who is leading all the military forces in Newsail.

Some of Scharnhorst's recommendations were probably to please Duchamp, and hoped that his old superior would get him back.But Lieutenant General Horn's recommendation was somewhat different.

Dusand started planning this military operation a few days ago. After hearing the effect Dusand hoped to achieve, and once again understanding the rules of engagement of "before the war", Lieutenant General Horn quickly recommended Dusan as the target of this operation. commander of the operation.

"Duchan is a naval officer with very rich combat experience, and his identity is relatively easy to be recognized by the other party." Regarding his suggestion, Lieutenant General Horn explained, "It is not difficult to see from your arrangement, Your fundamental purpose is to bring Saxony under the rule of Newsail as peacefully as possible with the least loss."

"Strictly speaking, my goal has never been to rule Saxony...but you continue." Dusande justified his behavior a little, and then signaled Lieutenant General Horn to continue.

"No matter what your ultimate goal is, avoiding engagement as much as possible is the best way to achieve your goal at low cost." Will suddenly start to get serious.But now, the out-of-shape old man hidden under the seriousness showed a little trace—Lieutenant General Horn said with a "playful" smile on his face, "The discord between Mr. Duchamp and you is no secret. Many naval soldiers and officers will definitely disclose some intentionally or unintentionally."

Horn's plan was simple: Grand Consul Duchamp, who had been at odds with his son and was once under house arrest, went to Saxony--for any qualified politician, this arrangement itself contained a lot of meaning.The simplest meaning is probably to borrow a knife to kill people and use this as an excuse to officially go to war.

In the past, there were similar arrangements in the conflicts between nobles - a certain big noble sent a member of his collateral line into the target territory to act as a dominance, deliberately provoking the other party to take the lead.Then, in the name of "righteousness", attack the target and seize the territory.

And this trick was later gradually evolved into a routine routine for some big aristocratic families to fight for power and profit, and finally use outsiders to execute family members.

In short, Duchamp is now a typical image of a "loser in the struggle for power".He was sent to Saxony to engage in this kind of "conquest" that was obviously intended to offend people. If the Duke of Saxony was not mentally handicapped, he would definitely think in the direction of "this man was sent to die by his own son".

Of course, Duchamp personally would not have such an idea at all.After all, he has regained control of the Newsea Navy now, and it is impossible for Duchamp to have any other views on this action, whether public or private.As an experienced naval officer, Duchamp would first prepare for such a mission as a military operation—a common feature of all soldiers.

And when performing military missions, Duchamp himself will be very tough-this also confirms the judgment of Mr. Duke of Saxony from another aspect.

Saxony is a colonial planet with very rich mineral resources. It has rich mineral deposits and extremely low mining difficulty.There are also very large open-pit coal mines and iron mines.However, due to the very small population and the relatively close proximity of the planet to Newsaal, the size of the Saxony Garrison Navy is pitifully small—they have no capital ships, only two large cruisers and twelve destroyers.

Usually Saxon's defense work is mainly to expel the Star Pirates. If you encounter a relatively large-scale ship group, you need to ask Niusal for help.

With such a disparity in power balance, the Duke of Saxony will definitely not immediately choose military confrontation.He also doesn't have the capital to fight.He would not even choose to capture and execute Duchamp "according to tradition", because that kind of "tradition" can only be carried out by communicating with each other in advance.What's more, Duchamp's own fleet is enough to crush all the armed forces of Saxony to death three or five times.

The "smart" Duke of Saxony has only one way to go, he will choose to surrender temporarily, and then begin to actively move closer to Duchamp.If Duchamp can be made the ruler of Newsail again, it is naturally possible for Mr. Duke to regain control of Saxony in the name of "reward".

Lieutenant General Horn's plan is very simple, but also very "elegant".His goal is to use the "family knowledge" of these aristocratic families who have controlled the colony for a long time to mislead the other party and make the Duke of Saxony give up his resistance.After the other party promises to submit to Newsail's control, whether it is overhead or direct execution, this will not be a big problem.

Dusand agreed to the plan.

Of course, he made some small adjustments to the content of the plan-he told Duchamp the whole plan and asked for Duchamp's opinion.

After thinking for a while, Duchamp said, "If I die, let Horn choose someone to take my place. Scharnhorst is more suitable as the commander of the squadron—but be careful, this person is ambitious of."

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"Everyone, you are about to leave the place where you were born and grew up, and set off for Saxony on a battleship." Standing at the Nusaar Interplanetary Landing Field, Dusand delivered a speech to many National Army soldiers in the audience, "Although you take There is a battleship, but I want each of you to understand one thing - you did not set out to fight."

"Five months ago, five empire colonies were massacred by Olin at the same time. Apart from us, Saxony was also massacred." Dusand's voice sounded a little heavy, "Your action this time The purpose is to save ordinary people who have been severely injured in the massacre - they are also victims of this atrocity just like your family members."

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit heavy, and there were some small discussions among the soldiers.

"But unlike us, the people of Saxony are not so lucky—they don't have a strong army willing to protect civilians." Dusand suddenly raised his voice and said, "After seeing you, the local people may be very nervous. Even hostile to you. Comrades, this is normal - if it were you, five months after being attacked, you suddenly saw a group of unfamiliar armed men, and you would be vigilant."

After seeing the soldiers below begin to nod their heads, Dusande continued, "So, I ask you to follow the command of the officer with the greatest degree of restraint and the most thorough attitude of obedience. I order you to remember one thing—this This time, our purpose is to save those Saxon compatriots who are struggling, and our goal is to enable Saxony to successfully receive support from Newsail and complete the reconstruction... Do you understand?!"

"Understood!" The soldiers in the audience shouted in unison to answer.

"Go!" Under Duchamp's order, these national army soldiers who had just completed training turned their heads and marched towards the landing ship, while Brigadier General Philip looked a little nervous.

Du Sande looked at Brigadier General Philip and asked, "What are you nervous about? Saxony doesn't have any systematic army or navy organization. Although the soldiers of the National Army have just completed recruit training, they must be used to deter the opponent. enough."

After being silent for a long time, Brigadier General Philip said, "We don't know much about the situation in Saxony, but one thing is certain..." He looked at Dusand and said, "The population of Saxony is very small, and recently, Saxony There has been no movement to contact us."

Dusande didn't understand what Brigadier General Philip meant. He hesitated for a while and said, "Maybe it's just because they are busy with the current affairs? We have been struggling for five months before we have time to contact them."

"It will take us five months to roughly deal with the difficulties we are facing." Brigadier General Philip's expression became more serious. "Then Saxony, which only has a population of 5200 million... How many people can it have now? I don't even know I'm too worried that the population on it will all die—if that's the case, it's just like we've got a mining colony planet with a pleasant climate. But if the population on it drops sharply, and the entire social system is on the verge of collapse...then we may just give Get yourself into big trouble."

(End of this chapter)