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Chapter 203 Dealing with Possible Enemies

The two old foxes, the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Bayern, had seen too many plots and tricks, and felt that Frederick's analysis made sense, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he was assassinated for no reason.

Be careful about things on the battlefield, the three of them discussed for a while and decided to make preparations early.

For some things, it is better to complain about the previous work for nothing after the fact, than to regret why you didn't prepare for it when you are about to die.

At this time, the disadvantage of the king's blind operation appeared. The entire Elbe defense line of the Rhine Alliance did not have a unified command organization. Everyone was optimistic about their own one-acre three-point land. .

They can only do their own part in this matter, and others should remind them to listen to the arrangement of the God of Light.

Frederick thought for a while after seeing off the two big men, and immediately sent a report back to the city of Wessenburg, unpacked and packed the triple-mounted pea guns on the walls of several cities, and sent them over with a large amount of ammunition.

Now there are two roads to go from Wessen State to Hanma City.

One is the road taken by large troops, taking a boat across the Main River and then entering the Rhine River, changing sea boats in Amstel City to Hanma City, the journey is more than 500 kilometers.

The other road is a recently opened commercial road. The carriage enters the Principality of Franken from the north of Nuremberg, and then comes to a small town in the mountains. After boarding a boat there, you can go straight down the river to Hanma City. The distance is about [-] kilometers. , which is half of the previous path.

The lord of the road from Nuremberg to the small town in the mountains originally had little income, but now he has collected a lot of customs taxes, bought a house in Nuremberg City, and spent a lot of time.

But this is still the first hurdle. There are many checkpoints on the river along the way, and many territories have laws that force merchants to sell one-tenth of their goods.

The staff at Wessenburg City calculated that they would have to stop and go along the way to take a short cut, and they could step on the gas pedal to the end on a long detour, and only need to change ships once in Amstel.

Recently, there have been several heavy rains in the upper reaches of the river. The river has plenty of water and the flow is fast. The fleet can go down the river for more than 100 to 10 kilometers a day without stopping, and the goods can be delivered to Hanma City in about [-] days.

Frederick thought about the plan sent by the General Staff for half an hour. In addition to the plan for material transportation, they also suggested increasing the number of troops, deploying the city defense army to replenish the regular army, recruiting new recruits in the fall to replenish the city defense army, and sending two regiments to reinforce There is no problem with the defense of the territory behind Hanma City.

In the end, the plan to increase troops was rejected by him, and he ordered two regiments to be deployed near the borders of the Franken Principality in the north and the Legens Union in the east.

When he was looking at the map, he had a premonition that after the Kingdom of Piast captured the city of Hanma, they would probably go down the Elbe River and bypass the mountains around Bohemia from the west. Block the back route of the main force of the Osmarga Empire.

Such a large-scale maneuver in this era can only be solved by looting along the way to solve the logistical supply problem, and Wessen State happens to be near the marching route.

At this time Helmut rushed back from the front to report the latest situation to Frederick.

Now the Wesson army has built [-] small wooden forts along the river, each with a small team, once the enemy is found crossing the river, immediately report and retreat, and the main force deployed on the second line counterattacks the enemy according to the situation.

Frederick nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Very well done. Now I have a question, if tens of thousands of enemies cross the river from our defense zone to the west of Hanma City, what plan do you have?"

Helmut thought that the commander was testing himself, so he said: "The surrounding areas are plains, and the only things that can hinder the enemy's actions are rivers and forests."

"There are three crossings that can cross the river on a large scale in our defense area, but no matter where the river is crossed, there is only one place where we can camp that night."

"It's a ranch out there with water, pasture and cattle to support so many people."

"We can launch a night attack and eventually defeat the enemy."

Frederick didn't nod, and continued to ask: "We had a night attack during the six-day defense battle. What if the enemy took precautions against it?"

Helmut replied: "The enemy will take turns to be on night shift, and when there is a night attack, they will buy time for others. As long as our assault is fast enough, we don't give the enemy enough time to prepare."

Frederick nodded, and ordered solemnly: "Order, you quickly formulate a plan based on the annihilation battle. The initial estimate of the number of enemies is between 6 and [-]."

Helmut's eyes lit up, and he saluted excitedly to accept the order.

Frederick let him sit down, and asked again: "Your hometown is on the other side of the river, have you visited it?"

Helmut replied: "My family is in the Danma Kingdom. I want to write to my family and ask my parents and younger brother to come."

Frederick smiled and said he wanted to, but he was actually asking if he agreed, and if he didn't agree, he didn't want to.

"Hurry up and write." Frederick said, "They can go to Wessen State. If they don't want to go, they can help me manage this mansion and other properties in Hanma City."

He currently owns this mansion in Hanma City, but there are many Danma Kingdom businessmen's properties in the city. If the Danma Kingdom really attacks Hanma City, the properties of these people will definitely be confiscated, and then everyone will line up together. Sitting fruit.

Helmut left happily, when it was getting dark and it was time to prepare dinner.

A guest arrived today during tea time. Frederick was busy with military affairs and couldn't meet him, so he could only invite him to dinner.

To the north of Hanma City is the ocean, surrounded by plains, rich in products and a wide variety of ingredients.

At the dinner table, Frederick smiled and said to Baron Adiken: "The seafood in Hanma City is very famous in the south, but I heard that people who live on the sea eat fish from the sea every day. It's rare to get it, so I'll treat you to a roast calf today."

Adiken didn't care about what to have for dinner today, but he didn't expect Duke Wesson to be a little moved for a while because of this consideration.

Frederick was looking at Adiken carefully. He was about 30 years old, with a burly figure. He looked as serious and upright as a soldier, and as vicious as those pirates in Hayreddin.

The wine glass was raised, and Frederick said to Adiken: "Thank you for tipping off in Amstel that day, otherwise I would be in a lot of trouble."

Adiken replied: "This is what I should do. I am very happy to hear that your lord is safe and sound."

Frederick did not ask him where the news came from, but asked: "Is there any progress in your fleet?"

Adiken replied: "I have already ordered five three-masted sailboats at the shipyard, and it will take two years to complete them. The down payment is borrowed money, and the money and investment for buying a house are first used as capital to sell goods."

Frederick asked curiously how much money he made, but he shut himself up after getting the answer.

(End of this chapter)