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Chapter 582: Military Strategy

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Once the war order was issued, Neverwinter is of wheat plundered froranaries A portion of these would be shelled and powdered into rations for the soldiers participating in the war

Other than food, there were also firear the Months of De, and the outstanding cadets were hastily incorporated into the ranks of the First Ariven neeapons and unifore were placed in the reserve force and assigned to one of Roland's cities, where they replaced the veterans stationed there

By doing so, Neverwinter's available th was rapidly increased to 5,000 ement Army's numbers However, due to limitations on transportation capacity, the further the battlefield was froion, the fewer the number of soldiers who could enter battle would be

Because Roland assessed that the Tooth Extraction Can would not be too difficult, he eventually decided to send out 1,500as the commander In this expedition, the Adviser Department was absorbed into the First Arhts and co Area This included Sir Eltek, as Morning Light's father, and Trevor, Chief Bodyguard of the Honeysuckle Family The criteria was that they had to have experience in artillery warfare, or had served in the Second Arh the people Roland selected were not professionals in this field, Roland trusted that they could learn on the job, and in any case, it was good to have a few more people to provide counsel to the commander They did not possess any actual power to command It was entirely up to Iron Axe whether to adopt their plans and advice

After considering that the First Ar the expedition, Roland decided that "Eye of Magic" Sylvie and "Confine theic power and alert the army to the enemies' positions, while the latter could capture Pure Witch under the right circu so that she could contact Neverwinter at any time As a result of these preparations, an army with modern military structures, firepower, and coan to take shape

The Tooth Extraction Caeted at Redwater City, Silver City and Impassable Castle, the three cities which were closest in distance to Western Region The preparation for the expedition required four days of tiuards to send towards the old holy city, Roland spent the rest of the tiether with the commander and the Adviser Department

One such detail, which Roland found difficult to resolve, was the location where they would intercept the enemy

Everyone had their own views on this issue, and nobody could convince anyone else that they were right

The coun battalion, Brian, was adamant that the arion His reasoning was very substantial "The battle has to be carried out in Western Region for the First Are in firepower With our paddle steaistical support, we'll be able to replenish a the battle drags on, we can be assured of victory This distance froeous to the church If they cannot break through within a month, they won't even have any food left"

Conversely, Edith was the ion "Do you really think that they'll have no food? Do you kno dom of Graycastle? Even if all of the churches are burned to the ground, the Pope si all the food they have to the Judge season of wheat As long as the enemy occupies one or two cities, they'll surely have a continuous supply of food And this is not the scariest thing Don't we already know that the church possesses Pills of Madness which can turn ordinary people into enchanted monsters? If the war situation turns bad for them, they may willfully force the commoners in these places to consuainst our army so as to wear us down What e do then?"

"You don't understand anything about gunpoeapons" Van'er was on Brian's side regarding this issue "Transporting cannons and ammunition is very costly and difficult They aren't like swords, which can be used le battle will require many ships to replenish the supplies that are expended If we do as you say and intercept the enedom, e do e run out of aunpoeapons, nor the specific ht What I do know is that the objective is thein a battle If we cannot achieve our intended objective, even victory will be a failure" Edith re "His Majesty needs every one of his citizens How can you allow the church to enter our kingdom and wantonly destroy the populace?"

"If we cannot win the battle, everything else is less"