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Chapter 250 Plan Change
"Wow! Reeds all around!"

Lilu shouted in surprise from the watchtower.

Frederick looked around with a telescope beside her. His eyes were full of green reeds, and he could see beautiful birds flying by from time to time.

At this time, Frederick was a little thankful that he didn't have the brains to agree to transform the swamp. This is not a swamp but a large wetland with an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers, and there are countless tributaries from the Danube.

So Frederick handed over the locals to Dragaces to fool, how many people he can fool will see his ability.

At this time, Dawn on the deck shouted twice, and Frederick waved to it.

Behind dawn, two guys were punished to shovel feces, one of them was Eugene who had just arrived, and the other was Metzger, who had made a lot of military exploits.

When Eugene was in Buda before, he went shopping with Metzger, who was a trainee staff officer together, and saw a few men chasing two disheveled women with bloody daggers in their hands on the street, so The two of them stepped forward to save the beauty without saying a word.

It turned out that the two groups belonged to local gangs, and the two women were killers, who had just killed each other's leader by sex.

The two gangs have recently been in full-scale war due to a dispute over the territory. One side saw that someone from the Wesson Army rescued the person on the other side, so they decided that they had colluded with the Wesson Army.

Ever since, the Wessen army got involved in the gang war for no reason.

In the afternoon, Frederick was wearing a military uniform, went to collect local delicacies with Lilu and Mary, without guards, and was surrounded by more than a dozen gang members.

The other Wessen soldiers who disembarked were similar, and many people with weapons and malicious intentions surrounded them.

Later... nothing later.

The lord of this city is Mary's Uncle Yao, and those gangs are his dogs. It is not so fun to challenge the royal authority. After figuring out the situation, all the middle and high-level members of the gang who were not killed on the spot by the Wessen army in the afternoon tied stones and threw them into the Danube overnight. up.

After Frederick figured out the situation, he called Eugene and Metzger to scold him. Most people use a small knife to cut things with the blade in the direction of the tiger's mouth. When they get a sharp weapon, they will subconsciously hold it like this. In the direction of the little finger, is the woman who knows how to hold the blood-dripping dagger a good family woman?
So the work of cleaning up the horses and dawn excrement on the boat was contracted by the two of them.

Frederick watched for a while on the observation deck. When the latest information arrived, he returned to his room and began to study the information sent by the general staff.

Before soldiers and horses moved, intelligence came first. Frederick sent intelligence personnel to various key points to set up radio stations early in the morning, and relayed the latest information on the future battlefield to the headquarters on the Flying Tulip as quickly as possible.

The spread of news in this era is limited. The destination of Frederick's expedition is only known to the high-level neighbors. When the whole army boarded the ship and went down the river, many people thought that they were going to the Kush Kingdom with a good relationship in the south. Help Madame Sophie in return for her kindness in bringing oriental crops such as Elizabeth potatoes and pumpkins.

There are many similar false news, and some people believe that the wife of Duke Wesson's master Richard Nall was bullied, and Master Wesson took someone to help his wife get back.

It was hard to distinguish the true from the false news. Frederick even sent diplomats to contact the port along the way to purchase supplies. It seemed that he was going all the way to the Kingdom of Kush.

As for Dragases and his men, they are now publicly identified as a mercenary army.

When the Flying Tulip arrived at the mouth of the Danube, there was no movement at the place that was about to become a battlefield three or four hundred kilometers away.

It's just that the current weather conditions are very bad. The rainy season in the theater this year has been heavier than previous years for a long time.

At this time in previous years, the sky has cleared up, and the weather will be just right when the army arrives in two days.

But this year is different. The rain has not stopped, many bridges have been destroyed, and the roads are muddy and difficult to pass.

Frederick prepared the map, turned on the radio on the table, and called Helmut who was in another cabin, and Dragases and Franz Jr. on other ships.

After confirming that everyone has received the weather information, Frederick said: "I suggest using option [-], revealing to Phokas that we will land directly at the port of Constantbul to attack the city, and ask him to shrink his troops. around the city."

"The road is difficult now, and it is the same for the enemy, so let them make another trip."

"I have an idea. If the waterway is unblocked, after capturing the mouth of the river, part of the army will go upstream by boat to capture the key points along the river."

Their battle is not just about recovering Constantbul. There is no food in the city. If they can't control the surrounding land and only occupy one city, they will starve to death sooner or later.

More than 200 kilometers northwest of Constantbul, there is a Mahe Valley lowland, which is nearly [-] kilometers long from east to west and about [-] kilometers wide from north to south.

In the lowlands of the valley, countless small rivers flowing from the north and south mountains flow into the Mahe River, and the land is flat and fertile.

This is the only granary in the East Pulan Empire, and the land was divided by Phokas to his hard-core confidants.

The Ma River flows into the inland sea from west to east, and there is a port city, Majiapu City, next to the mouth of the sea, which is the first target of this battle.

According to the plan, Frederick and the others quickly divided their troops after occupying Majiabao City, and went upstream along both sides of the Mahe River to eradicate Phocas’s hard-core confidantes in the shortest time. Advance all the way to the city of Constantbul.

This battle is not only about military accounts, but also economic and political accounts.

First of all, take the Ma River Basin area, on the one hand, eliminate the party members of the puppet emperor Phocas one by one; Garces' loyal subjects, they also need land to reward.

According to the plan, occupying this granary is the primary goal. Even if Constantbul is a year or two late, it doesn't matter. It can gradually erode the surrounding land and turn the city into an isolated city.

Soon after, Franz Jr. said on the radio: "The Ministry of Military Affairs asked Hayreddin. Small sea boats can go upstream, but the river is too high and the mast of the boat will hit the bridge."

Then Helmut also said: "The staff believes that it is necessary to send people to monitor the water level at the bridge position on the river in real time, so as to adjust the personnel transportation plan."

Then it was Dragaces' turn: "In Constantbul, someone from us can send information to the false emperor as a traitor, but it will take time."

After hearing this, Frederick thought for a while and said, "In terms of intelligence, I can arrange for Richard Nall to go around Constantbul or even in the city to create the illusion that he is attacking the city gate or the palace."

"Staff, arrange for the black cat to settle near the main bridge. I will conduct aerial reconnaissance when the weather is good."

At this time, Dragases said: "I suggest that His Excellency Richard Nall can sneak attack the Griffin Knights station in the east of Constantbul, so that the enemy will be more convinced that we will attack Constantbul."

"It takes time for the enemy to be fooled, we need to go ashore and wait."

Franz Jr. said after a while: "The Ministry of Military Affairs agrees, and at the same time suggests using the opportunity of waiting at Safe Harbor No. [-] to organize a landing exercise."

Frederick immediately agreed: "I agree with this proposal of the Ministry of Military Affairs in principle. The Staff Department asks about the local weather and calculates the loss of materials."

Although the sea route is not long, the staff still selected a few safe havens along the way, and no one can tell what the weather will be like at sea.

Among them, the No. [-] safe haven is located not far from the north of Laoshan. If necessary, it can go south along the seaside and cross the Laoshan mountain range to reach the lowland of the Mahe Valley. According to the plan, the army landed here to rest for three to five days after the long-distance shipping.

After a discussion between the four of them, Frederick and the others decided to conduct a landing exercise at Safe Harbor No. [-], and then set up camp, waiting for the enemy to be fooled or the weather to improve.

(End of this chapter)