Continental Hero Senki

It was not until October 5 that the fall of Salonica and reports of defeat in the Eastern Wars were brought to the central government of the Second Reich of Christ.

When we received this report, the shock of the Central Army Command and the government cabinet was not insignificant.

Reinforcements against the Glycos region were dispatched on 22 September by the decree of Emperor Basileios IV. Because he was trying to regroup his forces to guard the Anatolicon area and unleash exactly the arrow to fight back.

In Micragald, where the Command of the Front against the Ostomark Empire is set up, there was a heated debate about what to do in response to this situation.

"So how many soldiers are gathering?

"As of Oct. 1, 3 divisions in Micragard, 1 division each in Keppets and Izmir. A total of 5 more divisions from other regions will be organized. I was wondering if they would be completed by the end of October."

"... Then Miklagard will flesh you out. I can't make it to anything, no matter how much."

The only thing they had the biggest problem with was that the formation of the Central Army of Christ couldn't make it to the speed of the advance of the Imperial Army of Ostmarc.

But that was serious, because it was also said that the loss of Miklagard, the big city over Christ, the Second Reich capital of Christ, would result in more losses than the loss of the entire Glycos region.

"There is also information that the division under Tiberius has waged a rebellion. It would be troublesome if they raised the flag of justice and the entire Glicos region became a common realm of traitors. Politically, militarily."

"The recapture of Wallachia, Moldavia and the Balkans, taken in the last six wars, will not be possible for a hundred years."

The failure and independence of the Glycos region will not remain mere territorial loss for them.

Because it means semi-permanently losing their foothold in the regions they occupied until the rise of the Ostmarc Empire.

Plus in this case, there's more trouble.

"The problem is that the Tyrrhenian Navy is playing in the Aegean with our faces. Thanks to that, the supply must not remain. The failure of Acropolis and Salonica is also due to the array."

As an ally of the Ostomark Empire, Tirrenia sent a navy to take control of the sea in its hands. Having dominated the entrance to the Aegean Sea, the island of Crete, the bridge of Eastern South Sea interests, they can undoubtedly be considered the most successful country in this war.

"It is impossible to roll it back once it becomes a system of maritime disadvantage. The construction of battleships is time-consuming, and cruisers do not become a force of war."

"Then the next offensive operation will come from Micragard, right? We can't land anyway."

"But even it's a narrow area. Defense is easy, but going on offense is too terrain restrictive. Just half a siege of our army, which has become a longitudinal line, and they will gain nature and victory."

The debate stops there.

There are few tactical options for the central army that have lost control of the sea.

Although the fleet remaining in Izmir had healed all the wounds sustained in the naval battle off the coast of Crete, it had in any case lost to the Imperial Army/Pontifical Army Coalition Fleet in numbers and was further sealed off near the port entrance and exit, making the breakthrough not easy.

The view of the Command Staff that the mere force gathered in Miklagard could withstand counter-attack operations by land was a common understanding, so it had to take the form of a caged castle in "Miklagard" as it stands.

Eventually, the meeting held at the Micragard Front Line Command was unable to plan an operation that would be effective for a long time, and set up an ultra-scrupulous operation to "cage in Micragard and strain the enemy's barracks, and launch counter-attack operations when it was at its limit".

But I can say that it is not the enemy that is at issue in the "cage castle" thing, but rather on the side.

On October 8, when a specific draft plan for Operation Cage Castle was being drawn up at the Micragard Front Command, I was contacted by the central part of the Second Reich of Christ, namely the Zhigu Palace (Hagia Sofia).

"'His Majesty the Emperor wants things to open as soon as possible' … yes, it is"

Letter by Emperor Basileios IV, seeking results. No, it would be more appropriate to say "ordinance".

The repeated defeats are endangering the ground of Basileios IV, who also seek "victory" in order to maintain the support of the country and of each nobleman.

But it was Cage Castle that Front Line Command decided. The Battle of Cage Castle takes time anyway. Naturally, the result is as little as you want. If you do poorly, you can also have a negative image of being "pushed into Micragard".

Command's troubles were endless.

"... what an easy thing to say"

Receiving a decree from His Majesty the Emperor does not make it that easy for the hips of those who are on the front line to rise. It is dissatisfaction or discontent to go up instead.

And they would not speak, but they thought,

"Wouldn't it be easier to get to Tiberius for poking at Christ?"

and.

But they're not so flirtatious as to betray you for that reason.

The staff exchange arguments again.

The issue at hand is maritime control. If we can take this away again, we should be able to take advantage of the Army, which remains many in the country.

"Why not put the Black Sea fleet and the Southern continent fleet into the Aegean Sea"

Second, that's what someone said as if they remembered. It was a casual thing, but that was definitely the turning point in the meeting.

However, the proposal was not immediately adopted either.

"… there are three problems. One is that those fleets are smaller than the Aegean fleet. The other is how to break through the Tyrrhenian naval cordon. And finally, if we pull through the Black Sea fleet, the Ostmarc Black Sea fleet will gain freedom of movement."

If the Southern Continental fleet goes north, it will hit Crete, and if the Black Sea fleet goes south, it will hit the narrow Armara Sea.

If you encounter the dominant Tyrrhenian navy there, total annihilation should be inevitable.

Even if we can vertically put the Black Sea fleet into the Aegean, this time they will deprive us of control of the Black Sea.

But it's also true that it was a suggestion to consider for them that they want a little fleet combat power on the Aegean side. Depending on the operation, is it possible to break through?

After a chaotic discussion, the counter-attack operation plan is finally completed.