Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1170: Did you actually discover it?

The power of intelligence needs no further explanation. In modern warfare, the party with more intelligence often has a greater advantage on the battlefield, and sometimes this advantage can even be expanded from the battlefield to other aspects. The Ash Guerrillas obviously do not have the ability to establish their own intelligence channels. They are able to get in touch with the Suarez people who sympathize with the rebels' situation and secretly establish a channel for smuggling supplies, which is already a great thing. All their previous intelligence on the Axis forces also came from this, but most of it was incomplete and difficult to provide effective help.

But Olvera is different. The power of the kingship that Olvera possesses can ensure that she can obtain the information she wants at any time, and the authenticity and integrity of this information mostly do not need to be verified. No one could have imagined that there is such a way to steal intelligence in the world, and there is no need to go deep into the enemy. Thousands of miles away, in a seemingly ordinary book, all the mysteries of the world are recorded.

The Witch Society is an exception. If Tiantis foresaw Ling's idea and warned the Axis forces in advance, asking them to change their usual practice and no longer record intelligence in paper documents, then this approach would naturally not work. However, Ling felt that this possibility was very low. First, although the Witch Society's influence in the Western Continent was deeply rooted, it was not to the point of being decisive. Its influence on the countries in the Western Continent was more reflected in politics, culture and technology, and it was difficult to extend to the military field. Therefore, a Crusader Army was needed as its direct force. This was also easy to understand. The army was the lifeblood of a country. Even if countries cooperated with the Witch Society, they could not completely hand over the leadership of the army. The complex division of power within the Axis provided an opportunity for Ling's plan.

On the other hand, even if Tiantis's warning was taken seriously by the Axis, how would they change? All information recorded in text will eventually be presented in the [Library of Truth]. Apart from text, there is no simpler and more efficient way to store information in this world. Technological creations from other worlds may be able to do this, such as the machines that everyone has seen in the data center of the Temple of Heaven. They store a huge amount of information covering both worlds. Although they are expressed in text, they are essentially a data stream composed of 0 and 1, so they will not be included in the search range of the [Library of Truth].

Unfortunately, or fortunately, the technological level of the Mirror Star World is not enough to create similar creations. Therefore, even if the Axis Powers intend to keep it secret, they are probably powerless. They may use mystical means to keep the most critical confidential information in the minds of trustworthy people in the form of forced memory, but Ling Ge does not need such confidential information. He only needs the most basic information: personnel composition, troop deployment, stronghold location, logistics channels, action time... On the battlefield, the most basic is often the most deadly.

The only problem is-

“What a huge workload.”

Olvera opened the Library of Truth, the heavy book, and placed it on the desk. She watched as lines of text flowed down the paper like a waterfall. Soon all the blank areas were filled up, and the number was still increasing. She couldn't help but frowned, "It's probably a very difficult process to filter out useful information from so much intelligence."

A large army with a total strength of about 70,000 people - this only counts combatants, not logistics personnel - its management method must be very sophisticated. The amount of paper consumed daily for paperwork alone is roughly estimated to be measured in tons. Even though the Library of Truth provided Avra ​​with three keyword screening conditions, the final search results were still not optimistic. Moreover, Avra ​​was not a professional manager. Her sensitivity to words came more from literary genres such as novels and poems. As for the professional terms, calculation methods and data circulation in management, she would faint at the first glance.

"Wow." Olvera deliberately said in an exaggerated tone: "I feel like I'm going to be exhausted to death."

"This..." Ling Ge judged cautiously: "It shouldn't be the case, right?"

"If you give me three months, then of course that won't happen; but I feel like you can't wait that long. You don't expect me to finish it for you within three days, do you?" Ovella snorted.

Lingge looked away guiltily.

The girl looked at the young man with contempt and accusation, as if she saw a black-hearted boss who didn't care about the lives of the workers and only cared about work efficiency. There are many such people in literary works, and even more in real life. They should all be hung on street lamps. Of course, considering that Ling Ge still has a sense of shame and has not completely lost his conscience, the beautiful and kind-hearted princess can give him a chance to repent.

"Well, I have one condition. If you agree, I will give you the information within three days."

She folded her arms across her chest and leaned back in her chair leisurely, looking fearless and not afraid that Lingge would not agree.

This sentence sounded a little familiar. Ling Ge felt that he had heard it many times today. He thought to himself, is he a wish-granting machine? Everyone said this to him, but if I have this ability, do I still need to look at your face, Princess of Beman?

"I understand." He agreed reluctantly: "What are the conditions?"

"Hehe, it's very simple."

The young man's surrender did not surprise Avra. A smug smile appeared on her face, and then she stated her conditions in an unquestionable tone: "That is - you are not allowed to leave tonight, you must stay!"

Ah this?

Lingge was obviously hesitant, his face was uncertain, as if he was worried about something. Seeing this, Avella, who was determined to win at the beginning, became anxious and urged: "What is there to hesitate? This condition is already very simple. You can't even agree to this, Lingge?"

"Ugh."

Taking advantage of someone's misfortune, despicable Avella. But now he really needs help, no matter how reluctant he is, he can only give in temporarily. Fortunately, it is not the first time that Ling Ge has stayed overnight in Avella's room. This is a very familiar experience for him. The young man felt much better after thinking about it: "Okay, I promise you."

"Great!"

Avella raised her hands and cheered happily, but soon covered her mouth again, with a vigilant light in her eyes. She quickly looked around and confirmed that no one was hiding nearby and eavesdropping, then she quietly breathed a sigh of relief - for some reason, she always had an uneasy feeling, as if Sister Xiaoxia would suddenly jump out from a corner and stare at her coldly. Just imagining her expression and eyes, Avella shuddered, and always felt that she would have a nightmare tonight.

Fortunately, I don’t sleep, haha.

She secretly wiped the sweat from her forehead. At this time, Lingge had already taken action. He walked to the side of Avra's bed, bent down, fumbled under the bed for a while, and dragged out a set of bedding and pillows from somewhere, and began to make a bed on the floor, which made the princess stunned and puzzled: "Lingge, what are you doing?"

"Prepare a place to sleep." Ling Ge replied in a matter-of-fact tone: "Didn't you ask me to stay? But I didn't expect that you still had this set of bedding hidden. It's been so long, could it be that it has never been washed?"

"I have washed it, I washed it by hand... No!"

Aoweila replied subconsciously, and was half a beat late to react that this was not right. She quickly slammed the table and stood up, pressing her hands on the table, leaning forward, staring at Lingge with shame and annoyance, her face already flushed like she was drunk, making people worry that she might burn up in the next second: "I, I, I, I, I didn't mean that! I was asking you to stay and help me sort out the information! Don't make any messy associations, Lingge! Do you think I'm the kind of kid who needs someone to accompany me to sleep!?"

Is not it?
Lingge thought, however, Ovella was already extremely ashamed. Once this was said, Her Royal Highness would definitely come after him, so it would be better not to continue to provoke her. So he rolled up the quilt again and stuffed it under the bed: "It seems that I misunderstood. In this case, there is no need for this thing..."

"wait wait wait!"

Avella's heart tightened and she blurted out the words. When Ling Ge turned around and looked at the girl in confusion, she realized how embarrassing her words were. But now, she couldn't swallow it back. After being forced into such a desperate situation, Her Royal Highness calmed down instead. The suspicious blush on her cheeks faded away, and only her earlobes still felt hot from time to time. She suppressed her tone and pretended to be calm, "It's all taken out, so don't waste it. What if, uh, I mean what if, don't take it too seriously - what if it can be used later?"

Linger looked at her thoughtfully, which made the girl a little flustered, but she still had to pretend to be calm on the surface. Then he nodded and said, "That makes sense."

He did not tuck the bedding back, but made a bed on the floor near the fireplace, some distance away from Ovilla's bed. Seeing this, Princess Berman curled her lips slightly, thinking that the young man was too cautious. I am not a vampire, would I stay up late at night and attack you?

After completing all the preparations—although Ling Ge didn't know what they were for—the young man returned to the desk and said to Avra, "Okay, let's get started."

"Ah?" Olvera blinked: "Start what?"

"..." Lingge was speechless.

"Ha, ha, just kidding, of course I know what it is! Should we start compiling the information? Ahaha, actually I've already prepared it, I'm just kidding you, Lingge really has no sense of humor." Avella laughed dryly twice, and seeing Lingge's expression of disbelief, she quickly changed the subject: "Where should we start first?"

Linger thought for a moment and said, "The main activity of civilian resistance organizations such as the Ash Guerrillas is in the vast rural areas outside the Ash Hill City of Suare. In these places, although the 17th Legion has also built various fortresses and outposts as surveillance bases, in general, they are still relatively loose and have not received the support of the Ash Hill people. Therefore, as long as we find a way to cut off the connection between Suare City and the bases outside the city, such as attacking their logistics supply lines, conquering bases and looting supplies, or constantly distracting the enemy's attention through guerrilla warfare in the wild, the 17th Legion will be isolated. If we want to open up the situation, we can start from this direction."

Olvera nodded and followed Ling's advice to search for information about the location of the 17th Legion's base outside Suare City, its garrison and logistics channels. She asked casually, "But the enemy is not stupid, right? What if they notice your intentions and launch a counterattack?"

"Counterattack is natural. After all, this is a war, and there is no unilateral attack. The key is how to fight back. The intelligence we finally sort out will not only be provided to the Ash Guerrillas, but also provided to other resistance organizations in the Ash Hill area with the help of the Ash Guerrillas, so that they can participate in this operation. When multiple directions are attacked by the enemy at the same time, and it is uncertain whether there is a unified command behind them, I estimate that the commander of the 17th Legion will focus on maintaining stability, which is also in line with the needs of Suare City as a rear supply base. If the rear base is unstable, how can it provide sufficient support for the front line? Therefore, he has only two choices, either shrink the defense, concentrate the forces in Suare City, and abandon other areas in the Gray Hill region, which is what we are happy to see. Or, as you said, send out the army to wipe them out one by one, but the consequence of doing so is that on the one hand, it disperses the troops, and may not be able to get good results in the hands of the Gray Hill resistance organization that is good at guerrilla warfare; on the other hand, it can also bring certain pressure to those resistance organizations, so that later we propose joint operations in the name of the Ash Guerrillas, and they will be forced to agree to it. Otherwise, due to the difference in concepts and styles, I am afraid that they will have to fight on their own. "

"Lingge... Although I don't quite understand what you said, I feel that you have known a lot of things since the beginning... How come you even know about military affairs now?"

"I just learned about the current situation from Mr. Carson and came to this conclusion after combining it with logical analysis. It is far from being a strategy, and it is also far from real military science."

"Oh, but a decision that contains so many truths, isn't it a strategy? Lingge, even I feel that you are too modest... despicable."

"kindness?"

"Ah, nothing! I mean... you're so awesome! Hehehe."

"Your smile is disgusting."

"What did you say!!?"

……

The sound of conversation in the room continued to come. In the corridor, a gentle and slender figure stood outside the door. After listening quietly for a while, she turned around and left quietly.

Give me some meow