Mage Veigar

Chapter 159 Tactical Theory
A plan to retake Kareni?

As a battle-hardened commander, he naturally had his own battle plan, otherwise there would be no need for him to go through so much trouble and even sacrifice the entire shadow mage squadron in exchange for the lives of Bruno and the superior mage.

A mature battle plan should include two aspects.

The first aspect is to defeat the enemy, and the second aspect is to protect oneself.

In short, it means to make preparations for both situations. If you can win, fight to the death according to the original plan. If you can't win, immediately stop losses and retreat according to the second plan. Always leave yourself a way out.

Foster's initial idea was to use the terrain to ambush the Royal Army.

Even if we cannot successfully counterattack with the current strength, we can at least take advantage of the terrain to deal with the enemy, and then send a small force to break out of the city of Kareni, so that the front-line troops will return to support immediately even if they have to sacrifice the first two lines of defense.

By then, with the help of internal and external forces, we can naturally recapture Kareni.

The worst outcome of doing this would be the total collapse of the front line of defense, and even the loss of most of the cities in the north. But as long as the important city of Kareni is preserved, there will always be an opportunity to counterattack.

On the contrary, if the city of Kareni is lost, the North will be truly finished.

Therefore, in Foster's plan, even if it means drastic measures, he must take back control of Kalini.

Since the victory of this ambush, Foster has begun to take advantage of the terrain and formulate a new ambush plan. This ambush plan does not seek to cripple the Kingdom Army, but it must be able to scare the Kingdom Army, otherwise it will be difficult to hold out for more than 10 days.

But just as he was thinking about new ambush tactics, one of Vega's "guerrilla" tactics successfully attracted his attention. He was sure that this was a new tactic because he had never heard of these two words in his war career.

In other words.

This so-called guerrilla tactic was independently thought out by this teenage officer in front of him?

For the first time, Foster felt a little angry. How could a mere lieutenant be qualified to label an immature idea as a tactic?

Tactics are no joke.

True tactics must have been deduced countless times by the wise generals of the General Staff, and then put into actual combat for testing while ensuring that there are no theoretical errors. Only after they have been confirmed to be correct can they be called tactics.

Foster acknowledged that Vega was a bit different.

But no matter how different he is, he is still just a child with a little more talent.

Although he is young enough to be proud of himself, it does not mean that he can be arrogant and casually label his personal ideas as "tactics", which puts the results of the hard work of the generals of the General Staff into disregard.

At this moment, Foster's accumulated good impression of Vega collapsed instantly.

However, due to his status as the commander-in-chief, he couldn't reject Vega immediately, so he patiently motioned for Vega to continue. He had even thought of lines such as "good idea", "the theory is feasible", "unique perspective", "I'll consider it"... which were obviously compliments but actually perfunctory.

A wise commander would naturally not directly deny the ideas of his subordinates.

So Foster straightened his sitting posture and motioned for Vega to continue: "Second Lieutenant Vega is indeed a genius. This guerrilla tactic must be a theoretical tactic that you thought of independently. I would like to hear more about it."

"I am so bold."

Vega coughed twice, then said in a resounding voice: "This guerrilla tactic can be summarized in the following 16 words: 'When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy stays, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue'. It is to fight independently in flexible squads, using crossbows and other long-range weapons, to achieve the main goals of tiring the enemy, annihilating the enemy, and establishing an advantage." "When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy stays, we harass?"

"When the enemy is stationed, we harass him; when the enemy is tired, we attack him?"

These sixteen words went down Foster's ears and lingered in his brain for a long time. As an outstanding general, he immediately realized the power of these sixteen words, especially the team combat method explained by Vega.

Just imagine.

If a troop of a thousand people wants to move in an unfamiliar city with complex terrain, its speed and flexibility will be reduced, but a team of 10 people has no such concerns at all.

Whether attacking or retreating.

In this complex terrain, they are like fish in water, and it is basically impossible for the enemy to catch their tracks, not to mention that they have the advantage of geographical location. This tactic is simply tailor-made for the Imperial Army, which is weaker than the enemy.

Foster looked at Vega with a complicated look, and the word "war genius" emerged in his mind uncontrollably.

Even the senior generals of the General Staff could not think of this tactic of turning decay into magic. However, Foster could not help but be shocked that the young officer in his teens in front of him had thought of this miraculous tactic.

A qualified general can win when the two sides are evenly matched.

However, to become an excellent general, one needs to have the ability to turn defeat into victory and defeat the strong with the weak.

Foster considered himself an excellent general.

But there is indeed a kind of commander in this world who surpasses excellent generals. They are better at turning decay into magic and the impossible into the possible. The title of this kind of person is called - God of War.

He didn't know whether Vega was the god of war.

But Foster knew that this tactic was, in theory, so advanced that it far surpassed all the so-called tactics in textbooks, and reached the highest peak that all other tactics could only look up to.

Foster looked at Vega with a complicated look: "Lieutenant Vega, I can't comment on your tactics, but theoretically speaking, as long as it is used properly, it is almost easy to delay time, even..."

Foster said nothing further.

Because his goal was just to use the terrain to delay time and teach the Kingdom Army a lesson, and he mainly relied on the reinforcements from the front-line troops. However, if he continued to implement this tactic, he even had an illusion - I can win!

Defeat the Kingdom’s army with five times the strength with only 3000 soldiers?
Any normal general would not have thought of such a crazy idea, but Foster was obviously not a normal person. He was a complete lunatic: "Lieutenant Vega, I will give you one day to summarize your tactical theory into a report, and use your troops to verify your tactical theory in actual combat within two days."

“Commander, how do you think I escaped from the central area?” Vega did not accept the order, but asked back.

This time, Foster opened his half-closed eyes directly: "Could it be?! Lieutenant, what you mean is... this tactical theory has been verified in actual combat?"

Take a step forward.

Vega took out a video crystal and said, "I am an incompetent official. I once defeated a regiment and a battalion of the Kingdom Army with only 800 remnants in the central area, annihilating more than a thousand elite troops of the enemy, forcing the Kingdom Army to switch from offense to defense."

(End of this chapter)