Mage Veigar

Chapter 168 All the people are soldiers
Hide troops among the people?

All the people are soldiers!

The first sentence was written on Foster's blank paper, and the second sentence was written by Vega.

From a tactical theory perspective, it is obvious which of these two sentences is superior.

The former only thought of hiding the imperial army among the people and then launching real guerrilla tactics, while the latter directly transformed the masses into soldiers to achieve the goal of mobilizing all the people into soldiers.

That’s right, the so-called guerrilla warfare now is just the tip of the iceberg.

It's not even guerrilla warfare.

The essence of true guerrilla warfare must be to mobilize the power of the people to fight the enemy. After all, it is impossible for the enemy to slaughter all the civilians. As long as the civilians return to the city, the hatred of Kareni invaded by the kingdom will be used by the imperial army.

As long as we do a little ideological work, the inevitable result is that everyone will be a soldier.

And the Kingdom Army wants to defeat the Imperial Army, which is supported by the people, in Kareni?
So the first thing to do is to kill all 500 million people in Kareni City!

Is it possible to massacre 500 million people?

This is of course impossible. Once the kingdom does such a dehumanizing thing, it will probably immediately become the public enemy of the continent. Moreover, 500 million people are not animals to be slaughtered at will. Even animals will struggle before death.

This was a tactical plan that Vega came up with when Foster ordered the retake of control of the air-raid shelter. He combined the guerrilla tactics of his previous life with a flash of inspiration. At that time, he was even shocked that Foster saw through the essence of guerrilla warfare at a glance.

Although Foster's thinking is still stuck in hiding troops among the people, even so, Vega admires Foster very much.

A native of another world.

An officer who had never been exposed to guerrilla warfare could tell at a glance from his 16 words that the essence of guerrilla warfare was to exploit the people's hearts. This sense of war alone was beyond the reach of ordinary officers.

In Vega's opinion.

When the Kingdom Army gave up garrisoning in the air-raid shelters and gave up controlling civilians, it meant that the balance of victory had tilted towards the Imperial Army. Next, the Kingdom Army would either withdraw from Kareni early or stay and experience real hell.

"As expected of the creator of tactics."

"Both in terms of practicality and strategy, he is several levels ahead of me."

Foster's eyes were shining, completely different from the dull look they had been in a while ago: "Your Excellency's four words have made me see the outcome of victory. Although it is somewhat inappropriate given my status, please allow me to mourn for the Kingdom Army."

"Victory will belong to the Empire." Veigar saluted with a smile.

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Wang Guojun, 1st Airborne Division Command.

The 45-year-old division commander Ingliel, who had a pair of eagle eyes, sat behind his desk. In the conference room besides him was the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Thor, who was also one of his most proud subordinates.

"Thor, is everything going according to plan?"

"Report to the division commander."

"The troops stationed in the air-raid shelters throughout the city of Kareni have been withdrawn."

"Under the organization of the new chief, the Kareni spy system has been restarted."

Division Commander Ingrir nodded with satisfaction and said decisively: "Thanks to your suggestions this time, the General Staff was able to come up with a plan to defeat the enemy's new tactics so quickly. After this is done, you should be credited with the greatest achievement." "After all, I have lost half of the troops. I dare not take credit for it," Thor quickly refused.

Division Commander Ingrier waved his hand and said, "Victory and defeat are common in the military. There is no such thing as an ever-victorious general on the mainland. I am glad that you were able to draw lessons from your failures. I am actually quite curious about the process of how you came up with this plan."

“It’s not something to brag about.”

Thor smiled awkwardly and said, "I just learned from my mistakes and studied in depth the various fighting methods of the Imperial Army from ancient times to the present. Finally, I came to a surprising discovery, that is, the Imperial Army is not as good at direct confrontation as the mainland knows."

"Oh?"

Ingrid's interest was piqued. "The Kingdom and the Empire have been fighting for hundreds of years. Your statement indirectly denies the conclusions reached by our think tanks of all generations. Even our Commander-in-Chief would not dare to do such a thing."

"It's not a denial, but successive think tanks have only seen the tip of the imperial iceberg."

Thor said confidently: "After this failure, I finally realized that the Imperial Army is not good at frontal combat, nor is it this kind of urban combat where the few can defeat the many, but at playing to their strengths!"

Ingrid waited for Thor's next words.

Thor's expression was very solemn. "The Imperial Army is strong and powerful. If we encounter them head-on, they will use their numbers and firepower to defeat us head-on. But this time, when they were short of manpower, they immediately used their flexibility to play hide-and-seek with us, waiting for us to become careless before defeating us with one move."

"That is to say——"

Division Commander Ingril continued what Thor had not finished saying: "In other words, the most successful aspect of the Imperial Army is that it is good at avoiding its own weaknesses and making good use of its own strengths?"

"Yes."

Thor replied, "So in my opinion, there is absolutely no need for us to find ways to target the Imperial Army's tactics, because if we crack one tactic, it is possible that the Imperial Army has already developed a new tactic. This is why I suggest that we play to our unique advantages and fight an intelligence war with the Imperial Army."

The spy system is an advantage that the kingdom is proud of.

This advantage is also absolutely irreplaceable by the Empire and other countries, because the kingdom's intelligence system is the result of hundreds of years of operation. After all, it is hard to imagine that a family with a clean background and generations of loyalty would be composed entirely of spies.

So just let the civilians return to the city.

Then even if the Imperial Army hid in the sewers, they would definitely be discovered by the Kingdom's powerful spy system. This is why Thor suggested that the Kingdom's garrison troops withdraw from the air-raid shelter.

So on that day.

Civilians in the air-raid shelters and spies hiding among the people also returned to the city of Kareni.

The originally quiet, deserted and bleak city regained some warmth, civilians began to rebuild their homes, and the Kingdom Army troops began to patrol the streets in place of the original law enforcement teams.

only……

All the civilians in Kareni City looked at the Kingdom Army with eyes filled with bloodthirsty anger. It was these scum of the Kingdom who destroyed everything they had, but they dared not speak out due to the powerful military force of the Kingdom Army.

Anger will accumulate.

Once anger breaks through the zero point and buries reason, it will inevitably erupt with terrible power that can destroy everything in its path.

The Kingdom Army, unaware of this, actively launched an intelligence war, while the Imperial Army also began to act secretly according to Vega's plan. Both sides intended to use the power of the people to decide the outcome.

Therefore, a game centered around civilians officially began.

(End of this chapter)