blackstone code

Chapter 1861 face to face

Soldiers are always the busiest group of people in war.

Had it not been for Mr. Truman's visit, Peleus might still be at the command.

Even if he is back now, he still has to go back after dinner.

He had only one time for Mr. Truman to eat, no more.

The dinner was rich and meat-based, mainly to deal with hunger, and the commanders on the battlefield thought that the ensuing battle would break out in the night.

The Federation has a certain lead in military equipment, coupled with the support of the gunboats on the shore, if the fighting time is during the day, Penteo's side will be relatively at a disadvantage.

Even if they have a geographical advantage, they can only say that they try not to lose more space, but it is very difficult to drive the Federals into the sea or inflict heavy damage on them!

So they are likely to use the night as a cover to launch an attack, not giving the federal people too much time to prepare for the next battle.

The battle tonight is very important. Once he fails to defend and is driven off the sea, the difficulty of landing again will increase exponentially.

Some scholars and experts believe that the biggest difference between modern warfare and ancient warfare is that the core factors that determine the direction of war are different.

The core factor in ancient warfare was morale. As long as the morale was high enough, even a small group of people could perform miracles against an enemy that was twice as powerful as their own and well-equipped!

After all, ancient wars were mostly cold weapon wars, requiring soldiers to slash and kill face to face. Once someone died on both sides of the front soldiers, morale would drop rapidly.

The death of friendly troops on both sides of the soldier may cause the soldier to lose his will to fight, resulting in timidity, retreat, and escape.

So in ancient times, morale came first.

But in the era of modern warfare, because of the emergence of thermal weapons, whether it is killing or being killed, it is often very far away.

The enemy can rarely get too close, and it will not cause too much psychological pressure on the soldiers on the front line. Therefore, for modern warfare, the core factor that can affect warfare is the degree of training.

To put it simply, raise the gun, aim, shoot, reload, and then get more complicated to calculate the drop point of the shell, then align the coordinates, fill in the form, and launch...

The feedback of all behaviors is not timely. Without too much psychological pressure, whoever trains more, moves faster, and aims more accurately will be able to win the final victory.

But in fact, these experts are right and wrong, because war is always complicated. How many experts from the Federation have been on the battlefield?

Their understanding of war is limited to certain "reference only" materials, and morale is still very important in modern warfare.

Just like this landing battle, well-trained training is indeed very important. How to run, how to rush, and how to use the terrain to establish a counterattack position after the soldiers disembark, all these must go through many times of training.

But morale is also indispensable. The corpses of those companions kept falling beside them. They stepped on the bloody sand with every step, and even stepped forward on the corpses of their companions.

Without strong psychological endurance and strong morale, it is impossible to support them to rush to the beach.

If they are repulsed tonight and return to the sea, they will lose their morale, and it will be even more difficult to land again next time!
There must be absolutely no problems in tonight's battle!
Dinner was eaten at the Federal Naval Headquarters. Like Gefra, the federal military is still mainly based on the navy.

Of course, the air force has now become a core force that cannot be ignored, but the overall structure of the military is built around the navy.

In Peleus' room, the two sat at a table.

There was only one plate with a diameter of about fifty centimeters and a depth of ten centimeters on the dining table.

The plate is full of beef cubes, big ones, with many tendons visible.

There is a basket outside the plate, half of which is lettuce leaves, and half is fist-sized lunch bag.

Other than that, there are some simple condiments.

Peleus took a fork and casually inserted a piece of fist-sized beef and took a bite, then grabbed a few lettuce leaves with water droplets in them, stuffed them into his mouth, and chewed them crunchily.

These beef are actually not particularly delicious, they are simply boiled in water with spices, and taste a bit salty and spiced.

From a gourmet taste point of view, these beef cubes are not tasty at all.

But Peleus ate quickly and with great mouthfuls.

"Aren't you hungry?" He looked at Mr. Truman sitting opposite and asked casually.

The soldier poured him a glass of wine, which he drank in one gulp.

Mr. Truman didn't answer him immediately, and sat in a daze for a while, then took off his coat, and began to eat big mouthfuls.

He hasn't eaten like this for many years, since he left the army.

Peleus has been able to eat since he was a child. Some people say that his strength has something to do with eating these tendon beef.

In the selection of beef by the federal people, the fat beef is the first choice. Before cooking, if they are a little particular about cooking, they will also repair the film and tendons in the beef.

It is then beaten to loosen the gravy before it is finally fried.

They don't like beef that can't be chewed, but Peleus likes it very much.

It's not just him, he has a very elite army under his command, just like him.

Everyone's daily food is a few pounds of large pieces of beef that no one would choose for free in high-end supermarkets.

Tasting this strange beef again, Mr. Truman has a very special emotion, nostalgia for the past, and expectation for the present and the future.

The beef is very chewy, the lettuce is very fresh, and the meal bun is a little hard, but it is much softer when it touches the beef soup under the beef plate.

He ate a large piece and a small piece and was a bit full, he figured it should weigh about a pound and a half.

In the process, Peleus had eaten more than two pounds of beef and was still eating.

He eats about five to six pounds, not including lettuce and meal wraps.

"Your appetite has decreased." Peleus glanced at Mr. Truman who put down his knife and fork to indicate that he was full.

Mr. Truman sighed, "I sit and work every day, and I don't consume much. These are enough."

Peleus fell silent and continued to enjoy his dinner, while Mr. Truman said, "I heard that thousands of people died today?"

Peleus nodded as he ate.

After he swallowed the chewed beef and lettuce, he had time to reply, "The casualties are actually more serious than what you saw..."

"Why is it so serious?" Mr. Truman didn't understand this very well. "The Ministry of Defense said before that there will be no more than 5000 people, and we will be able to gain a firm foothold."

Peleus smiled, "Because we didn't expect them to find a way to hide their arrangement before, and the series of victories before made us a little careless."

"But it doesn't matter. The Peng Jieao people taught us a lesson today. If they want to do something so simple, it is impossible!"

The Federation's high-altitude reconnaissance planes fly over the coastal areas of the Penteio Empire every day, even a pig knows that it has to find a way.

They adopted the most commonly used and best method in world wars before the Air Force was brought out by Lynch-digging trenches.

These deep pit trenches are said to be trenches, but they are actually wider and larger than trenches.

Cover it with a dichromatic fabric to make some camouflage.

These are all carried out at night, and high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft are not very useful at night, so there are relatively few night reconnaissance missions.

Moreover, once a small area is dug out by this method of digging, the rest can be dug under the nose of the reconnaissance plane.

In fact, in the final analysis, I still suffered from lack of experience.

The military has also summed up a lot of experience, which is actually a good thing, at least they will not stumble in the same place in the future.

Mr. Treman asked about some things during the day, "I heard that there will be a lot of casualties in the future, and they told me that there may be 10,000+ people."

In fact, the officer's original words at that time were two to three hundred thousand, maybe more, but now he lowered the number a little, and he hoped it was false.

But unfortunately, Peleus still nodded and said yes, and said something that made his scalp itchy.

"This is a relatively conservative estimate. We will invest about 250 million to 300 million troops in the Eastern Continent. We calculated it based on the battle damage ratio of our battle with them in the Nagalil area."

"About 30 people, but that's a conservative, optimistic rough estimate."

When Peleus spoke, he ate two more chunks of beef. He picked up the lunch bag that had been cut a slit, cut it off in the middle, dipped half of it into the plate with some broth, and stuffed it into his mouth.

While chewing, he said, "If you don't estimate optimistically, there may be 50 to 60 people who will stay there forever."

"After all, that is their territory, and they have more advantages than us in such a war."

"We can make up for some advantages through some strategies and tactics, and some can't!"

He stuffed the other half of the meal bag full of broth into his mouth, then wiped his hands, and temporarily stopped eating.

He needs a little rest.

Listening to such a large number, Mr. Truman felt a stone pressing on his chest. Before, he always felt that the president of the Federation was too weak.

Including the former president, small-scale armed conflicts that are not even wars need to be ordered by him.

And now, he finally felt a kind of pressure.

With one decision, many people may die for his decision. Except for tyrants and perverts, not everyone can enjoy it.

"There are some things we can get at the negotiating table, and we don't necessarily need to spend the lives of young people!", He stared at Peleus and said this from his heart.

He believes that the current federation already has the strength to speak loudly at the negotiating table, and it is not cowardly to maintain relative restraint!
(End of this chapter)