Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 76 Rebuilding Shinra!

"A seesaw battle?"

"Two lines?"

Ryan's speech completely changed the demeanor of an imperial soldier he had shown in front of Schubert and Hellingen. His conservative attitude made Hellingen feel a faint sense of oppression in the air.

"Yes."

Ryan nodded and continued, "Considering the enormous pressure on logistics and supplies from a two-front war, I believe that if the Empire is truly trapped in the quagmire of having to fight on two fronts, it may face attacks from the United Kingdom across the ocean, and even from all surrounding non-allied countries!"

"As a country that relies on a continental army as its main development strategy, the Empire, which is already short of troops and has no strategic defenses, absolutely cannot hold out when almost all of its borders become frontiers..."

"All nations will wish to tear the empire apart and annex it to become part of themselves. Farlan's attack is only the beginning. The hammer that will determine the fate of the empire will strike on the tenth day of next month."

After a series of speeches, Hellingen, who had been a little confused about Ryan's speech, immediately relaxed his frown.

Ryan saw the changes in Hellingen, which made him a little confused. He wondered what was wrong with Old Deng. Did he understand what I said?

Then he heard Hellingen say, "I have to say, Captain Flig, you are truly a rare genius."

Hellingen took a deep breath, as if he wanted to spit out everything in his heart. "Last night, Marshal Schlieffen of the Imperial Capital Headquarters read your paper and gave it a high evaluation."

"I was on the phone with His Excellency the Marshal, and I heard an analysis and judgment that was almost identical to your Excellency's. The Russian Empire would declare war shortly after the Empire fell into the quagmire of war. And if they completed the construction of the front line in the eastern part of the Empire, then the United Kingdom would follow suit and declare war on the Empire."

His words made Ryan feel relieved immediately. It turned out that Hellingen already knew the correct answer.

But this also made Ryan nervous, because he knew very well that Hellingen would definitely ask him about his opinion on this war that had not yet happened.

as predicted.

Hellingen asked, "However, there is one thing I want to confirm."

He tapped the papers on the table with his hand and cast his eyes on the continental map hanging on the wall. "How did you come to the same conclusion as Marshal Schlieffen?"

"I mean, your views are surprisingly consistent, which I understand, but Marshal Schlieffen's statement contains some very important additional information compared to your Excellency."

This is testing myself.

Ryan knew it well.

However, this was not a warning test, but a confirmation of Ryan's thoughts.

As mentioned before, the Empire is a country that extremely advocates offense. The Empire relies on a strong army to build the country and also relies on a strong army to protect the country. Although the plan proposed by Ryan is all offensive theory, its core lies in how to protect the empire rather than destroy the enemy.

But Ryan already had the answer.

"Because of the Empire's war strategy."

He replied in a deep voice.

"Even the offensive plan proposed by Field Marshal Schlieffen still centered on [forcing hostile nations to negotiate] rather than [completely defeating the Reich's enemies]."

"Perhaps the two events manifest themselves in very similar ways, but I must point out that the Empire's plan to capture Farland's capital and force it to negotiate will completely fail 40 days later, the moment Tsarist Russia declares war."

"The people of Farlan will fight the Empire to the bitter end at all costs, because every country on the continent knows that the Empire cannot defeat both Farlan and the Empire at the same time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Schubert, who was sitting next to him, immediately applauded. Ryan didn't understand Schubert's purpose for doing this. He looked at him and heard Hellingen's hearty laughter.

"Captain, do you know how devastating a blow your words will be to the Imperial Capital's General Staff?" Heilingen made no effort to control his laughter, his voice practically breaking as he spoke. "Until now, not a single one of those staff officers has been able to see through this war to this degree."

"Everyone thought this war would only last a month, three months at most."

"Even Field Marshal Schlieffen's personal warnings were of no use."

Hellingen's voice immediately turned cold when he mentioned Schlieffen.

Schubert also stopped and said, "So, Captain, what do you think of this war?"

He stared at Ryan with his blue eyes, his gaze so sharp that it seemed to pierce into his soul.

"It's very simple."

Ryan said.

"We need to move with absolute speed to directly break through the enemy's psychological defenses, force them to formally surrender, and completely capture their capital. If necessary, we can even force them to completely withdraw all troops stationed in Palu and declare Palu permanently undefended."

"In this way, the Empire can completely eliminate the possibility of facing war on its western border again, which will also bring lasting peace to the Empire."

"Are you going to annex Farland? Not defeat Farland?" Even Hellingen was a little confused after hearing what Ryan said.

Ryan disagreed.

He looked at Hellingen.

"Once there was an empire called Loman."

"Its territory stretches from the Pole in the north to Aegit in the south. Whether it's Farland or the United Kingdom across the Channel, they're just provinces of the Roman Empire."

"Perhaps some people believe that a country capable of annexing an entire continent like the Roman Empire will never appear again."

"But for us now, the current imperial soldiers."

"Now that Farlan has launched a war of aggression against the Empire, if we want peace, we must completely eliminate all enemies hiding in the corners and eyeing the Empire."

"It's not that we don't love peace, but for the sake of peace, we have to eliminate them."

After Ryan finished speaking, he stood there without saying another word.

On the other hand, after hearing his speech, the two generals, Heringen and Schubert, were almost immediately shocked by what Ryan said.

Perhaps Schubert had already prepared for what Ryan would say. After all, not everyone would dare to brag in front of him about sending a country's troops to the outskirts of the Farland capital overnight.

But for Hellingen, he was indeed shocked by Ryan's speech.

the reason is simple.

The glory of the Roman Empire is known to everyone in the entire Aurora continent.

But Ryan is the only one in the entire continent who wants to restore the glory of the Roman Empire.

(End of this chapter)