CHAPTER 1459: CHAPTER 1376: CAPABLE, BUT NOT BY MUCH

Once the Tang Army crossed the barrier of landing, Sun Guang would have no means to stop them: Just kidding, if the main forces of the Qin Army couldn’t withstand the Tang Army’s attack, how could his second and third line of cannon fodder hold?

Sun Guang’s adjutant expressed Sun Guang’s concern: "But if we exclude Qingluan Port, then there will be many more places we need to defend. Apart from areas covered in reefs, the rest will easily become landing spots for the Tang Army."

Sun Guang pointed to both sides of Qingluan Port on the map: "Approximately within 100 kilometers around Qingluan Port, because I analyzed the landing habits of the Tang Army, they are still very inclined to choose places closer to the port for landing."

As he spoke, he gestured about the approximate range: "This can allow them to land relatively easily, then spread out and use their advantage to annihilate the nearby defending forces. Subsequently, they would immediately attack in the direction of the port... This could help them resolve the issue of subsequent troop landings."

To be honest, the Tang Army had conducted landing operations more than once, even if guessing, many generals had already deduced some key points while studying the Tang Army’s tactics.

The latest landing technology the Tang Army relied on, namely floating docks, everyone had actually thought of this when such docks were massively used in the Mirage Country’s landing war. It also played a role when supporting the Orc operations, and it could no longer be completely kept secret.

Moreover, the Tang Army did not prioritize attacking the port in multiple landings, which also made everyone no longer focus their attention on port cities when preventing the Tang Army’s landing.

But the problem is, what good does guessing do? Because there will always be many suitable landing spots along the long coastline, deploying solid defenses in all these places is impossible, so no matter how it is arranged, there will be loopholes.

Originally, a powerful Navy and a powerful Air Force could make the landing fleet very fearful. But since the Tang Army’s naval and air forces are powerful enough, these problems are not problems for the Tang Army.

The joint fleet of Dorne and the Qin Country has already been destroyed, the Qin Country Air Force deployed on the shore is also unable to counterattack the Tang Country’s fleet... This situation doomed the passive defense of the Qin Country’s coastline.

Looking at the long coastline within the range Sun Guang had outlined, Mike Ravel, feeling a bit overwhelmed, asked: "But which side would that be? And how many troops, exactly?"

"If I could guess even this, wouldn’t I be a god? The rest of the matters, we can only guess after the Tang People’s actions occur." Sun Guang shook his head, disappointingly throwing a cold blanket over everyone. He indeed had some ability, but not much.

His recent conversation was so strategic that everyone thought Sun Guang had guessed the Tang Army’s landing position. As a result, everyone was happily cheering in vain, and the Tang Army’s landing spot was still a mystery.

But Sun Guang also had his own judgment. He believed that no matter what, the opponent would make preparations in advance before landing, which would be an accurate signal. Therefore, he continued: "For instance, they would conduct large-scale bombardment before the landing, they would conduct radio signal suppression on the landing area, and also..."

But before he could finish speaking, an officer hurriedly pushed open the door and handed a telegram to Sun Guang: "General, just received intelligence, two days ago, an intelligence station inside Nanshan Port took great risks to send a report... Before being captured, they sent a telegram to General Zhang Xuan... The Tang Army has amassed a large number of ships in Nanshan Port, and a newly numbered unit has already boarded the ships..."

Upon hearing the officer’s words, Sun Guang’s head began to ache: He hadn’t made any preparations on his side, but the Tang Army had likely already set sail south.

So he angrily questioned the officer who delivered the telegram: "It’s all over... Why did such important intelligence arrive only now?"

The officer awkwardly explained: "The Tang Army conducted a lot of radio interference on General Zhang Xuan’s defensive area, and the final intelligence was sent out by car..."

Since the Tang Army in Nanshan Port knew about the intelligence leak, they would certainly take some remedial actions. The other party conducted more extensive and stronger electromagnetic interference, severely affecting the intelligence delivery speed of Zhang Xuan’s area.

Sun Guang calculated in his mind carefully, the situation was already quite critical: "Calculating, we have at most about 7 to 10 days of preparation time left."

The Tang Army’s transport ships are faster than those of other countries; their landing ships are also specialized, compared to the patchwork civilian vessel fleets of other countries, the speed of Tang Country’s transport fleet is unimaginably fast.

The adjutant became somewhat nervous and immediately asked Sun Guang: "General, should we have the troops enter their positions in advance?"

Sun Guang frowned as he looked at the other, shook his head, and explained: "If we move the troops in advance, do you think the Tang Army would not immediately know? Even our Dingzi in Chu Country can deliver information to our hands, what about their own men? They have advanced equipment that we have no way to monitor or locate, they have more formidable intelligence personnel, and... countless pairs of eyes among the Shu Territory civilians..."

The operations of the Qin Army in the Shu Territory were almost completely without secrecy. The Tang Army had informants deployed here, and the antipathy of the Shu Territory civilians toward the Qin Country would make maintaining secrecy even tougher.

Even the Chu Yangren of Chu Country had their own forces here, these damn lunatics were pervasive and after years of operations, were impossible to guard against.

As long as the Qin Army moved in advance, the information would be transmitted back to the Tang Army. The fleet on their side is so flexible that wanting to avoid the assembled Qin Army’s main forces would be simply a cakewalk.

Of course, the actual situation could be a bit more complicated than Sun Guang estimated, but Sun Guang could be sure that if he mobilized forces in advance, the Tang Army would definitely make the Qin Army more passive.

So he could only grit his teeth and stick to inaction: "We can only quietly wait... wait for death."

Mike Ravel, feeling a bit anxious, spoke up wanting to say something: "But General..."

But Sun Guang interrupted him, looking at his adjutant, he gave his suggestion: "Let General Zhang Xuan evacuate immediately; if he runs fast enough, he can still withdraw a hundred thousand men back to the Shu Mountain defense line."

In his view, the coastline of the Shu Territory was utterly undefendable, so whether Zhang Xuan could safely shrink back, retreat to the Shu Territory to continue fighting, was key for the Qin Country in coping with the Tang Army’s offensive.

If the nearly one million troops under Zhang Xuan’s command could safely retreat to the Shu Territory and hunker down in the mountain ranges, then the Qin Country could still survive.

"If he is too slow, then the Qin Country... is done for." Lastly, Sun Guang uttered a disheartening hypothesis.