Continental Hero Senki

It was on the 27th of May, the day after they enjoyed the bath, that Princess Emilia saw signs of resolution in the troubles she had.

On this day, there were two visitors to the Provisional Office of the High Counsellor of the Provisional Command, which was set up at the elementary school in Leguille.

One is Captain Sarah Marinovska of the Kingsguard Division, who has uncovered the troubles.

The other should not be aware of the circumstances, is Lieutenant Rasdwav Novak, Supplementary Staff Assistant to the Royal Army.

They visited under Emilia in lavish disregard of the "don't run down the hallway" rule that is common in elementary schools.

"Emilia!

"... Um, Sarah. You can't run in the hallway, can you?

"There's no such thing as military discipline!

As Sarah put it, there is no military discipline in the Royal Army that says, "Follow the precautions posted in elementary schools".

Leaving aside social common sense issues at this time.

"Ha, so. What's wrong, sir? In such a hurry."

"I have a good idea!

"... Yes?

Emilia didn't know what she was told for a moment. But when I saw the paper I received from Sarah at that time, I realized that it was the solution to yesterday's problem, and I was very good at it.

And a few seconds later, again, I couldn't understand what Sarah had said.

"............... Sarah did?

Thinking is throwing at Yuzef and Emilia, something she had no idea or thought she was going to plan the operation. This was the same for the others, and Radek and Maya had eyes that looked at the inexplicable phenomenon.

"Lord Sarah did the operation?

"That Miss Marinovska?

"... that's surprising"

"Guys, what's that reaction..."

Sarah gave me a moment to see this rude reaction around me, but I immediately got my mind back on it and talked about the "good proposal".

"I know how everyone feels. I asked Radek to come and ask me a lot about this operation."

"Is that what this is about?

"You didn't teach..."

"Oh, they suddenly pulled my arm and brought me here."

"Anyway!

Sarah changed the course of the conversation by tapping Emilia's desk thoughtfully. The face of the person I slapped was slightly distorted because I put my emotions on that arm too much.

"Just read the operation book! We'll talk later!

Sarah's manoeuvres were not what could be described as very manoeuvres. Anyway, it's a piece of paper, and the contents are terribly simple.

Staffing, operational dates and times, replenishment plans, and various other plans were all omitted. All there is is is the abstract manoeuvre of the troops and their purpose.

It was a crude book of operations that would have been thrown away without reading if it had been, but Emilia didn't do that. He carefully read each letter, and made her own interpretation and modification.

Sarah's planned operation is as follows:

"A large detour around the battlefield (in this case the entire Lake Atheni water region) using a handful of elite cavalry with excellent mobility. Raid, disrupt, and block the supply line behind the enemy. In doing so, destroy the enemy's rear base if possible"

It is an operation called

There are two advantages if this operation is carried out.

One is that 25 Imperial Army divisions with uninterrupted supplies will starve to death in the worst case scenario. You don't have to go that far, you can drastically cut the morale and strength of a general. In the Atheni Lakes region, which is also small in population and cannot be described as economically wealthy, it is impossible to procure food locally.

If the Royal Army goes on offense at once where it starves, the Imperial Army is likely to disintegrate.

The other thing is that it could be used as an important material in peace negotiations.

If you want to save the lives of more than 200,000 generals whose supplies are breaking and starving, you might say, abandon the occupied territories and make peace now.

There is no way that the Empire will not help as a prefect in an attempt to rule viciously and outrageously against the serfs. As an empire, it would be troubling.

In carrying out this operation, Sarah assumed to use a "minority elite cavalry".

This was suitable for war. We can't move a large unit in relation to saying we're going to carry out an ambush. Moving a large unit also increases the chance of being perceived by the enemy. 300 horsemen per squadron at most would be the upper limit.

I can also understand the point of cavalry. If a cavalry excelled in a single strike exit, the consequences of a successful ambush would be immeasurable. This is a good example of how, during the earlier Leguille match, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the Kingsguard Division struck the left back of the Imperial Army left-wing unit, citing enormous results.

Emilia had to recognise that a female officer named Sarah Marinovska was the only one whose head taught tactics from the brilliant Yuzef Waresa.

But Emilia was also taught tactics by Yuzef, so she immediately noticed the shortcomings of the operation.

"Sarah. You know how fast the cavalry is strategically?

"... yeah. Of course."

What Emilia was trying to say was also understandable to Sarah, a deputy cavalry graduate.

There are two types of speeds in the military.

It is "tactical speed", which is speed in the battlefield, and "strategic speed", which is speed when moving from base to battlefield.

Sure, horses are fast. Its mobility is treasured because it runs the battlefield several times faster than humans.

However, when it comes to long-distance travel, the story is different. No matter how fast the horse is, the horse has something called "strength". If I'm tired, I can't run, and I want to rest. And if you feed the grass, fill your belly, and you haven't digested enough, your strength won't recover.

And people riding, naturally, have physical strength. Humans also want to rest when they're tired, and they have to eat bread and fill their bellies.

Normally, there are methods such as supply units transporting supplies or enforcing troops with minimal hand holdings.

But if the cavalry travels independently and over long distances, like Sarah's operation, and passes through enemy land where supplies cannot be reached, it must carry the food that horses and people mouth. And there's no way a horse loaded with such supplies can travel fast.

The strategic speed of the cavalry at this time will only be a little faster than infantry at best.

This proposed operation to attack enemy supply bases is plagued by supply. Maybe this is why Sarah didn't write a replenishment plan in the operation letter, and brought in Radek Replenishment Staff Replenishment when submitting the draft operation.

"There's one more problem. We don't know where the enemy's rear base is."

"... right"

It's an Imperial Army stronghold on the Atheni side, and there are only two places we know what's going on.

One is the faulty Fort Tartak. However, this one has strong implications as a bridge headquarter and front-line base, and is ineligible as a supply base. Even when attacking, it is difficult to ambush the Imperial Army because of its strict vigilance.

The other was Lyda, where a division of five Imperial Army reserves was stationed. But Lyda was too far from the battlefield to be a supply base. Whether ambushing Lyda or not will have some effect, it is nevertheless too long a travel distance, thus posing a high risk of being discovered along the way.

Emilia politely explained it to Sarah, the ops planner. Sarah's expression grew darker and darker with each overlap of explanations, but Emilia did not condone it.

Because if I had approved this operation, I knew Sarah would have decided to say "I will carry out this operation". I had a selfish reason not to want to lose one of Emilia's few best friends.

"There's something to see in this operation. But there are more problems than that."

"... yes,"

Sarah was completely depressed. It wasn't until Emilia advanced to second grade at the cadet school that she saw the look on her face.

Emilia prepared for her head words of disapproval of the operation and of consolation for Sarah, but the words disappeared in the statements of those who stood next to Emilia.

"His Highness Emilia. No, Major Emilia. This operation, we might be able to go."