Chapter 27 Planning
After breakfast, Dusand was not in a hurry to go to the office to start a new job. Today, unlike usual, the Navy of Newar had just completed a large-scale assembly and the fleet was about to set off.
As the current supreme ruler of Neussal, Dusand is obliged to say something to the soldiers who are about to go out before the fleet sets off. After all, this expedition is completely different from the previous combat readiness patrol.
The Navy of Newar will dispatch more than 80% of its ships, and carry more than 3,000 Newar National Army, which have just completed training, and more than twenty tanks to Saxony, which is also isolated by the empire, for landing missions.
This operation will be a thorough offensive mission, and the Expeditionary Force will first dock a traffic ship carrying Agent Nussal Aika and Dusand, a private representative of Dusande, on the interstellar landing ground in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Then seek to contact Saxony through peaceful means.
If Saxony refuses peaceful communication, or they try to attack, then the Expeditionary Force will land on Dresden in the shortest 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 needed the Expeditionary Force to use the communication level of the First Industrial Revolution and the artillery level of the early stages of World War I to perform a special combat mission close to beheading operations.
When and how to execute this battle... all of its decision was entrusted to his father Duchamp. This was not how confident Duchamp was in his father, but the joint suggestion of the suspended Scharnhorst and Lieutenant General Horn, who was commanding all military forces in Newar.
Some of Sharnhorst's recommendations were probably to please Duchamp and to expect his old superior to make a comeback. However, Lieutenant General Horn's recommendations were a bit different.
Dusand began planning this military operation a few days ago. After hearing the results that Dusand hoped to achieve and once again understood the rules of "being politely and then troop" in combat, Lieutenant General Horn quickly recommended Dusand as the commander of the operation.
"Duchamp is a naval officer with very rich combat experience, and his identity is easier to be recognized by the other party." Lieutenant General Horn explained his advice, "It is not difficult to see from your arrangement that your fundamental purpose is to bring Saxony under the rule of Newar with the minimum loss and peaceful means as much as possible."
"Strictly speaking, my goal has never been to rule Saxony...but you continue." Dusander defended his actions slightly, and then signaled Lieutenant General Horn to continue.
"No matter what your ultimate goal is, avoiding war as much as possible is the best way to achieve your goals at a low cost." Since becoming the actual supreme commander of the military force of Nuozal, a lieutenant general, who had no shape, suddenly became serious. But now, the old man who was not in a serious smile showed a little trace - Lieutenant General Horn said with a "playful" smile, "It is no secret that Mr. Duchamp had a disagreement with you before. The naval soldiers and officers who accompanied him will definitely reveal some intentional or unintentional."
Horn's plan was very simple: Duchamp, the great consul who was disagreeing with his son and had been under house arrest, went to Saxony - in any qualified politician, this arrangement itself contains many meanings. The simplest meaning is probably to kill people with a knife and use it to get the excuse of formal war.
In the past, there were also similar arrangements for conflicts between nobles - a great noble sent a member of his side to enter the target territory to act as a mighty man, deliberately provoking the other party to take the lead in taking action. Then, in the name of "big righteousness", attack the target and seize the territory.
This trick was later gradually evolved into a routine routine of fighting for power and profit among some large noble families, and eventually using outsiders to execute family members.
In short, Duchamp is now a typical "power loser". He was sent to Saxony to engage in this kind of "submission" that obviously offends people. If the Duke of Saxony is not a mentally retarded, he would definitely think about it in the direction of "this man was sent to death by his son."
Of course, Duchamp personally would not have such an idea. After all, he has regained the Nuesar Navy, and it is impossible for Duchamp to have any other views on this operation in public or private manner. As an experienced naval officer, Duchamp will first prepare it as a military operation when performing this mission - this is a common characteristic of all soldiers.
When performing military missions, Duchamp himself would be very tough - this also confirms the Duke of Saxony's judgment in another aspect.
Saxony is a colonial star with very developed minerals. It has abundant mineral resources and extremely low mining difficulty. It also has very large open-pit coal and iron ore. However, due to its sparse population and relatively close to Newell, the Saxony garrison's navy was pitiful - they did not have main ships, only two large cruisers and twelve destroyers.
Saxony's defense work is mainly about expelling star pirates. If you encounter a relatively large fleet, you need to ask Newell for help.
Under such a huge gap in power, the Duke of Saxony will definitely not choose military confrontation immediately. He does not have such capital to fight. He will not even choose to "according to tradition" and execute Duchamp, because the "tradition" must be communicated with each other in advance to implement it. What's more, the fleet Duchamp himself led is enough to crush all the armed forces of Saxony three or five times.
The "smart" Duke of Saxony has only one way to go. He will choose to surrender temporarily and then start to actively move towards Duchamp. If Duchamp can be re-ruled by Nuozar, then the Duke will naturally be able to regain control of Saxony in the name of "rewarding rewards".
Lieutenant General Horn's plan is very simple, but also very "exquisite". His goal is to use these "homeschool" of the aristocratic families who have long grasped the colonial areas to mislead the other party and make the Duke of Saxony give up resistance by himself. After the other party promises to obey the Newell control, this will not be a big problem whether it is to undermine the other party or directly execute it.
Dusand agreed to the plan.
Of course, he made some minor adjustments to the content of this plan - he told Duchamp all the plan and sought Duchamp's opinions.
Duchamp thought for a moment and said, "If I die, let Horn choose someone to take over my position. Scharnhorst is more suitable as the commander of the squadron - but be careful, this man is ambitious."
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"Everyone, you are about to leave the place where you were born and raised and set out on a warship to Saxony." Standing at the Nussal interstellar rise and fall, Dusand spoke to the many National Army soldiers below. "Although you are riding on a warship, I hope each of you must understand that you did not set out for the sake of fighting."
"Five months ago, five imperial colonists were massacred by Olin at the same time. In addition to us, Saxony was also massacred." Dusand's voice sounded a little heavy, "The purpose of your action this time is to save the ordinary people who were severely damaged in the massacre - like your family, they are also victims of this atrocity."
The atmosphere at the scene was a bit heavy, and some low-key discussion began to occur among the soldiers.
"But unlike us, the people of Saxony are not so lucky - they do not have a strong army willing to protect civilians." Dusand suddenly raised his voice and said, "After seeing you, the locals will probably be very nervous and even hostile to you. Comrades, this is normal - if you were you, you suddenly saw a group of strange armed personnel five months after the attack, you would be alert."
After seeing the soldiers below nodding, Dusand continued, "So, I ask you to act with the greatest restraint and the most thorough obedience, and follow the command of the officers. I order you to remember one thing--this departure is our purpose to save those struggling fellow Saxons. Our goal is to enable Saxon to successfully receive support from Newar and complete reconstruction... Do you understand?!"
"I understand!" The soldiers below answered in unison with shouts.
"Start!" Under Duchamp's order, these National Army soldiers who had just completed training turned to line up towards the landing ship, while Brigadier Philip looked a little nervous.
Dusand looked at Brigadier Philip and asked, "What are you nervous about? There is no systematic army or naval organization in Saxony. Although the soldiers of the National Army have just completed the training of recruits, it is definitely enough to use them to deter the other party."
Brigadier Philip said after a long silence, "We know very little about Saxony, but one thing is certain..." He looked at Dusand and said, "Saxony has a small population, and Saxony has not had any movement to contact us recently."
Dusand did not understand what brigadier Philip meant. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe they are busy dealing with the existing things? We have been struggling for five months before we have time to get in touch with them."
Chapter completed!