Chapter 371: Mobilization Assembly

Because he had already faced countless fleet commanders of junior and senior officers in the Grand Lecture Hall, when Qin Ge and Qinglong walked up onto the mobilization assembly stage together, he felt little nervousness.

Moreover, he had already seen most of the fleet commanders in the audience, and there were many familiar faces among them, so Qin Ge felt a bit more confident about the mobile warfare plan he had just presented.

After the two went on stage, Qinglong first had Qin Ge stand at the side of the stage, then she herself walked alone to the center of the stage.

"Commanders of the Grand Fleets, I'm very pleased that you could all attend this pre-battle mobilization."

It is once again the time of year when the Siren Tide is at its most violent; I hope everyone can also perform excellently in this Siren Tide.

I won't say anything else, since I've said it every year and repeated it many times. This year, there are some different things I need to explain to everyone.

First, let me introduce someone who is not entirely unfamiliar to you; I'm sure many of you know him. He is Qin Ge, the tactics course instructor from the Commander Academy. Moreover, he is also the fleet commander of the Star Sea Grand Fleet and is participating in this Siren Tide.

"Because he has been entrusted by the General Staff Department, he has come to our Shenhua City defense line this time as an operations staff officer. Please welcome him."

When Qinglong said this, she lightly clapped her hands, and the audience below responded with warm applause.

Qin Ge walked to the front of the stage under everyone's gaze; then everyone gave a standard military salute. After lowering his hand, he said, "Hello everyone, Director Qinglong has just introduced me, so I won't repeat it."

"I hope that in this Siren Tide we can cooperate with each other and jointly resist this Siren attack."

Qin Ge finished speaking with a smile, then stepped back one step, returning the stage to Qinglong.

Qinglong nodded and said to everyone, "Due to the change in the operations staff officer's position, and because this year's Siren Tide differs from previous years, I consulted with the operations staff officer and decided on this year's combat tactic selection."

"This time, we will weaken defenses and take the initiative to sortie."

When Qinglong's words were spoken, a murmur of discussion rose from below. However, some people wore an expression of sudden understanding, smiling as they looked toward Qin Ge's position.

Moreover, some of them are the Grand Fleet commanders who have long listened to Qin Ge's lectures in the Grand Lecture Hall. They know Qin Ge's personality: if given a chance to sortie, he will usually choose to sortie and never adopt passive defense.

Naturally, Qinglong also saw the reaction of this group; she smiled and nodded, then said to the group of commanders discussing below, "As for the specific operational tactics, please Commander Qin Ge explain them in detail."

Thus, under everyone's gaze, Qinglong stepped down from the stage and handed the stage over to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge stood at the center of the stage; at this moment his expression was sharp, as if he had returned to the podium of the Grand Lecture Hall.

"Our combat tactic this time is mobile warfare. I suppose many of the commanders present have already heard of this tactic in my class, but this is probably the first time actually using it, right?"

"So I will re-explain it to everyone again and issue some combat preparations. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand after I finish speaking."

As Qin Ge finished speaking, silence fell below; everyone awaited his explanation.

"Mobile warfare relies on the distance between the front line and the nearshore defense line, using spatial pulling to divide the massively attacking Siren Fleet into countless small fragments. Then, with superior forces, we crush firepower on those small Siren Fleet segments, aiming to wear down the enemy's offensive strength until they are destroyed."

"In executing this tactic, the most crucial part is obtaining intelligence on the Siren Fleet and updating the intelligence you hold."

"Thus we can know the enemy and know ourselves, and then be victorious in a hundred battles."

"Therefore, I will requisition all carrier shipgirls from the Grand Fleets; each Grand Fleet may retain at most one or two carrier shipgirls to conduct airstrikes, while the remaining carrier shipgirls will be placed under the unified dispatch of the Maritime Affairs Bureau to secure air supremacy and absolutely suppress information control."

"Furthermore, the staff of the Maritime Affairs Bureau will be fully mobilized to ensure that the information brought back by the carrier aircraft battalions is promptly delivered to each Grand Fleet commander."

"Thus, we can promptly await orders, carrying out plans for attack, luring the enemy, and annihilation. While executing these plans, we must remember: if we can win, we fight; if we cannot win, we retreat, and during retreat we contact nearby Grand Fleets to assist in elimination."

"In short, you must become like ants, bite by bite eating up that Siren Fleet, this green worm."

Qin Ge's words were very simple and clear; even some commanders who had never attended his class understood what he was talking about.

However, there will always be those who question novel tactics and logic that defies common sense; indeed, as soon as Qin Ge finished speaking, someone raised a hand.

"Hello, Commander Qin Ge, I am Chen Xun, commander of the Yongyi Grand Fleet. I want to ask: how can you guarantee that within this long distance we will definitely be able to crush the Siren Tide?"

"Moreover, if we fail to crush the Siren Fleet and they draw near the coast, then the safety of all citizens within Shenhua City's coastline will be immediately threatened."

"Furthermore, if we withdraw the carrier shipgirls from our Grand Fleets, and we encounter the enemy's carrier aircraft, would we not lose our ability to resist?" Chen Xun asked Qin Ge.

Qin Ge smiled and said, "That's a good question. If in mobile warfare we have no opportunity to engage the Siren main force, what should we do?"

"You all surely know that this Siren Tide is not like those of previous years; at its onset, the danger level of all eroded sea areas increased by one grade."

"I can responsibly tell everyone that, up to now, the danger level of all eroded sea areas has risen another grade, reaching twice the original level."

"Therefore, in our nearshore defense line we will encounter Siren Fleets with training levels of seventy-plus, even eighty-plus. Commander Chen Xun, tell me: if we were to defend using the original method, how many Grand Fleets would we need to construct an effective defense line?"

"Furthermore, when facing such Siren Fleets head‑on, how many commanders and shipgirls would have to be sacrificed to guarantee the defense line would not be torn apart?"

Chen Xun was instantly speechless; he had not anticipated the situation would become this dire.

"Even before he could react, Qin Ge continued, 'That's precisely why we need mobile warfare: while the Siren Fleet is on its way, we will destroy most of it, even all of it.'"

"And even if we cannot destroy them all, we can lure them to attack elsewhere instead of our coastline."