Volume 4: The Fall of the Dragon Chapter 224: Five-Way Encirclement/Decapitation Tactics
"No need to be so troublesome, Mengmeng, you tell it." Wang Haotian waved his hand, and Lin Meng began to talk about the strategic arrangements of the night elves.
As a sentinel general of the night elves, Lin Meng knew the strategic layout of the night elves very well. He immediately described it in detail and marked it on the map with flags while he was talking.
"This is the Feather Moon Legion, this is the Whisperwind Legion, this is the Dryad settlement, this is the Timbermaw Bear Monster camp, this is the Black Claw Bear Monster camp, and here are many mountain giants dormant...
The night elves’ strategic plan this time is this: they plan to plant ancient war trees outside Astranaar, using the Feather Moon Legion as bait to lure the enemy deeper…”
Strategic personnel also began to record and analyze data.
For this game, Wang Haotian specially recruited and formed an advisory team. The members of this team are diverse, including ancient military enthusiasts, strategic game masters, sociologists, biologists, mathematicians, civil engineering designers, and even retired officers.
It was with the help of this advisory group that Wang Haotian was able to grow from a tribal chief of a Centaur clan to the emperor (self-proclaimed) of the Centaur Empire, which now dominates one-third of the Kalimdor continent.
These consultants have played a lot of roles in the previous conquest. They have provided a lot of data and help in the research and implementation of cavalry tactics, the strategies of winning over and suppressing various monster tribes, and the resource development plans for the barren lands.
Faced with the impending war, the members of the advisory group were naturally called together again.
At this time, the advisory groups were listening to Lin Meng's report together. When they heard that the night elves were planning to use the tactic of luring the enemy deep into their territory and launch an ambush in Astranaar, the advisors suddenly began to whisper.
Wang Haotian listened to Lin Meng's report calmly and nodded: "Mengmeng, you did a good job. The public relations department is still short of a deputy manager. I think you are a good fit. Report to the human resources department tomorrow."
"Thank you, Chairman." Lin Meng said excitedly. It was worth it that he led the Sentinel troops to fight those Satyr demons for such a long time, and finally there was a reward.
Wang Haotian did not think that his method of using games to select talents was ridiculous. He had been playing games for so long that he knew very well that it took real strength to make a name for himself in this game. The fact that Lin Meng was able to get the position of Sentinel General showed that she at least had certain leadership skills.
"So everyone, do you have any opinions on this strategic plan deployment?"
Someone immediately raised his hand.
He is the 'military expert' Yi Xuefei, who is proficient in ancient military affairs and likes to study the history of various ancient wars and the application of ancient military development. He is also a fan of real-time strategy games.
He is also the one who is most looking forward to and excited about this war.
At this time, the first one came up with his own plan.
"According to the information provided by Deputy Manager Lin, the current size of the Night Elves' troop in Ashenvale will not exceed 50,000. Even if all the allied races are included, it will not exceed 100,000. We have an absolute advantage in military strength.
Of course, the enemies also have their advantages, that is, they have a large number of advanced soldiers and many strange abilities that will pose a great threat to us.
If we engage in a fierce battle in a small area, it will be difficult for us to gain an advantage. Moreover, Centaurs are natural cavalry, and cavalry do not have much advantage in forest areas. And if we attack the enemy's city by force, it will be a taboo in military strategy.
'So the rule of using troops is to surround them if you have ten of them, attack them if you have five of them, divide them if you have twice as many of them, fight them if you are the enemy, flee if you are fewer, and avoid them if you are inferior. Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is the capture of a large enemy.'
We now have ten times the number of troops as the enemy, so I personally suggest dispersing the troops to form a multi-pronged siege situation, diluting the enemy's strength and ultimately achieving a strategy of encirclement."
Yi Xuefei said this and picked up the small flag and stuck it on the map.
"The first route is to take Stoneclaw Trail as one route, and use the Cloudwind Clan as a surprise force to break into Ashenvale, destroy the bear monster tribe in the area of Falling Star Lake, disturb the enemy's rear, and attract the enemy to fight.
The second route, taking the Stoneclaw Peak Road as one of the routes, was to have the main forces of the empire march heavily across the border, use goblin logging machines to clear the forest, pave the way for the main force to pass through, and force the enemy to fight a frontal war of attrition.
The third route, the Silt Swamp Route, is mainly composed of Wild Boarmen and the Wind Clan. They cross the swamp to invade the enemy's eastern border and attack the Ringo Temple.
The fourth route, all the way to Greywind Canyon, with the Thunder Clan and the Sky Clan as the main force, crossed the canyon, swept the few Dark Night Outposts in the Broken Woodland, and then attacked Satynar and seized the upper reaches of the Fren River.
The fifth route is to the upper reaches of the Wrath of the River. The Imperial Fleet will carry the Green Mountain Clan and the Stonebreaker Clan up the river. As long as there is a place suitable for landing, some cavalry will be sent ashore to bluff and disturb the enemy. At the same time, the connection between Astranaar and Celtlanar in the east of Grey Valley will be cut off.
A total of five armies are launched at the same time. In this way, the entire Grey Valley will enter a state of war. The enemy has few soldiers and only has two choices: either divide the troops to defend or concentrate the troops to fight a battle with our army. If we divide the troops to resist, we can use our military advantage to eat up the enemy one by one.
If the enemy concentrates its forces, that's fine. We can send one or two armies to confront the enemy, and the rest to seize strategic points, oppress the enemy's strategic space, and eventually trap the enemy and complete the encirclement."
Wang Haotian listened thoughtfully. It did sound like the truth, but he had also read a lot of history books. "Wasn't it taboo to divide the troops in ancient wars? What if the enemy learns Nurhaci's tactic of 'I will only go one way, no matter how many routes you come from'? If we leave the main route, I'm afraid the other routes will not be a match for us."
Yi Xuefei shook his head and said, "Impossible. Nurhaci could do that because his army had the advantages of mobility and intelligence, and could play inside operations. But now the intelligence advantage and mobility advantage are on our side. Most of the night elves are infantry, and the ancients of war move slowly. They can't fight mobile warfare at all. The only mobile forces are the moon blade leopard female hunters and horned hippogryph knights, but the number of these two types of soldiers is not large, less than 10,000 in total.
If they really dare to do this, we only need to mobilize several troops to quickly encircle them and wipe out the enemy completely.
Tyrande would not have done this if she were not a military idiot."
Wang Haotian thought it made sense. The best thing about him was that he knew how to use people well. As the chairman/Khan of the empire, he did not need to be proficient in all aspects, but he had to put the right people in the right positions.
The business world is like a battlefield. After nearly twenty years of ups and downs in the business world, Wang Haotian knows very well how to employ people.
However, in order to avoid listening to one side only, he looked at Lei Wu again.
Lei Wu is a retired soldier with the rank , and also his good friend. This time he insisted on asking him to be a consultant, so they could actually play together.
Lei Wu thought about it for a longer time and finally came to a conclusion.
“I have a slightly different opinion.
It looks like the war we are fighting is an ancient war, with infantry, cavalry, archers and so on, it seems very primitive.
However, due to the various magic, divine arts, supernatural creatures, and flying units in the game, it can actually be fought as a modern war.
We now have an intelligence advantage almost equivalent to that of modern spy satellites.
We also have a large number of air units that can deploy troops over long distances.
Moreover, there are a large number of BOSS players in our empire, so we can fully adopt modern decapitation tactics to fight this battle. We can concentrate one hundred BOSS players, match them with air force transport, and use the intelligence provided by Ms. Lin Meng to launch a decapitation attack and directly attack the enemy's command center.
As long as we destroy the night elves' command center, we can throw the enemy into complete chaos, and then we can just push forward without having to go through all five directions."
Oh, this is possible.
Wang Haotian was immediately moved after hearing this.
The five-way encirclement looks massive, earth-shattering, lively and exciting. For players who like war games, of course the bigger the scene, the more exciting it is.
But Wang Haotian is not just a player, he is also a businessman, and businessmen naturally pursue efficiency.
It would take at least ten days or half a month to complete the strategic deployment of the five-pronged encirclement .
If the decapitation tactics were used well, it might take three days to reach the city of Astranaar. The longer the time, the more unexpected factors there would be, so he had to consider this.
He looked at Yi Xuefei inquiringly, but Yi Xuefei quickly shook his head.
“Your plan will definitely not work.
The reason why decapitation tactics can be used in modern warfare is that the army is deployed in a very dispersed manner. Although I am not an expert in modern military affairs, according to my understanding, in order to avoid attacks from weapons of mass destruction, modern armies often disperse into small units and rarely gather large numbers of troops in a small area.
Moreover, for the sake of concealment, the command center will not gather too many troops around, unless it is an unequal war.
This allows the decapitation tactic to be implemented, but in the ancient warfare model, the density of the army was very high, especially where the leader of an army was located, there would often be a large number of elite troops concentrated, and the decapitation tactic was simply not feasible. I think it would be better to say that it was a delivery of food.
With more than a hundred BOSSes, it would be better for us to disperse and lead the Centaur army to fight a war of attrition with the enemy. With so many BOSSes, our chances of winning will be higher."
Lei Wu did not admit defeat: "Haha, that may not be the case. The enemy is large in number and we can mobilize them. We have the advantage in manpower. As long as we launch a few powerful attacks, the enemy will definitely send a large number of troops to fight. As long as battles break out on various battlefields, the enemy's troops will definitely be withdrawn in large numbers.
Then this is our chance. A hundred bosses will drop from the sky and directly attack the center. The war can be over in two or three days."
Before the two people here could come to an end of their argument, someone else raised his hand over there.
"I decided that there is no need to go through so much trouble. The two most commonly used tactics in ancient wars are water attack and fire attack. If we can successfully capture Grey Wind Canyon and seize the upper reaches of the Fren River, we can build a dam to store water, and then dig up the dam to flood the Seven Armies.
Besides, there are forests everywhere in Ashenvale , and we can also attack with fire... Astranaar itself is a forest city, so a fire attack will definitely break it."
Biologists on the advisory group objected.
"Although the Ashenvale Forest is a fictional natural environment, based on my observations, its woodland environment is closer to a rainforest, with heavy moisture. In addition, Astranaar is surrounded by rivers, so a fire attack will never succeed. As for a water attack... Night elves can climb trees, and when a flood comes, they can directly climb up the trees. Druids can also turn into seals..."
"Why not order tens of thousands of bombs from the goblins, and then send the air force to conduct strategic bombing..."
"We are unable to gain air superiority at the moment. The air combat capability of the Horned Eagle Knights is obviously stronger than that of the Harpies, unless we can get the Red Dragon Legion to join the battle."
"That studio is asking for too much, and we haven't reached an agreement yet. Besides, there are only a dozen red dragons, most of which are young dragons. I'm afraid they won't be of much use, right?"
Listening to the consultants speaking one after another, Wang Haotian kept thinking in his mind, and he quickly made a decision.
"Both Yi Xuefei and Lei Wu's plans are feasible. I think we can carry them out simultaneously. We can send out five armies to launch a siege and mobilize the enemy's forces, while forming an elite decapitation unit. The decapitation unit will follow the main army and, if necessary, send it out to launch a decapitation operation. If the enemy is not fooled, we can fight a positional battle with the main army."
“Water attack and fire attack are not a priority. After you take over Sarantir, let the geographers study the local geographical environment and then write a feasibility report for me. I will take a look at it and make a decision.
The Red Dragon Lord stepped up negotiations. Money was not a problem. As long as it was not too excessive, he would agree to it. With the participation of the dragon clan, at least the momentum would be strengthened.
The Red Dragon's aerial combat capability is average, but its ground licking ability is very strong, so it can be used as a bomber.
You can buy goblin bombs and the like first. Don't be afraid to spend money. We still have to attack Felwood and Darkshore. If you don't need them now, you will need them later."
Wang Haotian gave the order very quickly. His plan took into account the opinions of all parties. After discussing it, everyone thought it was a good plan.
"That's settled then. Computer Team, make a war game and see what happens."
"Communications team, have the gaming teams from each branch enter the game and prepare for battle."
"Tell the company's employees that gaming time will be paid according to normal working hours, and any time spent beyond working hours will be considered overtime. Anyone who performs well will receive double their year-end bonus this year. Anyone who can demonstrate their prowess in the war and become a famous general will be given priority for promotion and salary increase after the new year."
After giving the order, his men immediately took action.
Wang Haotian also left the strategy room directly and walked towards his game room.
As chairman, he has a special room for installing gaming equipment.
A consultant caught up with him. This consultant was a stay-at-home guy who had not had the opportunity to speak before, but now he couldn't help but express his concerns.
"Your Majesty, have you overlooked one thing? What if Cenarius joins the war?"
As a demigod, Cenarius is not only a powerful ally of the night elves, but also the ancestor of the centaurs. He has a very transcendent status and is extremely powerful.
His identity as an ancestor is not a big deal. When the Centaurs went crazy, they even killed their direct ancestors (Zaetar, the son of Cenarius, and Princess Therades gave birth to the Centaur race). However, Cenarius's strength is still very intimidating.
In this world, extraordinary powers are often decisive, just like modern weapons of mass destruction, which are deterrent forces.
Wang Haotian smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I have prepared a way to deal with Cenarius, you can also enter the game."
Wang Haotian’s method is Hellscream and Gul’dan.
In the original history, it was Hellscream who drank the demon's blood for the second time and killed Cenarius. Now Hellscream has also joined the Centaur Empire, so there is no need to be afraid even if Cenarius comes.
Of course, he also considered the possibility that Hellscream could not defeat Cenarius. After all, in the original history, Hellscream was first beaten up by Cenarius, and then he drank the demon's blood in order to win, and then he successfully fought back.
But I don't know if it's because I'm too lucky, but I unexpectedly recruited Gul'dan some time ago. With Gul'dan's fel magic and Hellscream's powerful killing ability, it's definitely not a problem.
