Chapter 1804: Commander

Li He sneered, "Just how muddled has Xie Fang become? So much time has passed; even a fool could tell that something is wrong."

His gaze turned cold, and murderous intent was fully revealed on his face: "Fine, I will take the position of Commander and drive all those French out!"

Seeing that Li He had agreed, Ge Dazhuang nodded heavily.

Li He pondered for a moment and then said, "I need a command room. Call all the officers currently in your hands who are at the rank of captain or above into the command room."

"We have several battles to fight next!"

"Yes!" Ge Dazhuang gave a military salute and immediately acted according to Li He's orders.

Li He arrived at the command room and looked at the map of Tasmania; the thought that this island was now occupied by the French...

... made his expression extremely gloomy. As a Longyan, he did not have much emotional attachment to this island.

But this was, after all, land conquered by the Longyan, and furthermore, those French had actually provoked them openly and killed his brothers.

Even he had almost died at the hands of the French.

The hatred for the country and the grudge for his family were irreconcilable!

Before long, Ge Dazhuang had called all the Longyan Army officers of captain rank and above to the command room.

They had all heard of Li He's great name.

Although there were great differences among these officers, they all set aside their conflicts in front of Li He.

Li He swept his gaze over everyone.

Ge Dazhuang walked in, gave a military salute, glanced at the small notebook in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Reporting to the General, of the Longyan Army officers at captain rank and above, there are fifteen in total, fifteen are present, and not a single person is absent!"

Li He nodded and said, "How much military strength do we have now?"

"The Longyan Army we have left that can still fight is only one thousand men, but the quantity of Weaponry and Equipment is limited, and there are no War Horse."

With Ge Dazhuang's report, he quickly had a clear grasp of the current situation of the Longyan Army.

Li He took a deep breath. According to his previous intelligence, the French troops had at least thirty thousand men. He did not know how many troops they had now, but what was certain was that the Longyan Army absolutely did not have the strength to contend with the French troops at present.

There was not even a possibility of direct combat.

"The situation is critical..." Li He frowned tightly and paced back and forth.

"In the current war situation, the French troops have already occupied the entire Tasmania, and they must have even greater schemes. What we can do now..."

"... is to try our best to hold back the French troops and protect the safety of the people on the island."

Li He looked at everyone: "Regarding this battle, do you have any good combat ideas?"

Everyone immediately began to speak all at once.

"I think we should hide the troops in the mountains and engage in Guerrilla Warfare everywhere to interfere with the enemy's operational plans, so as to achieve the effect of delaying their operational plans."

"That's wrong. We only have a thousand people. Even if we use this Guerrilla Warfare, we are still on Tasmania. As long as there is the slightest mistake, we will definitely die."

"Tasmania does not have vast land for us to hide in."

"We should concentrate our forces to attack the port, seize a ship, and head to Australia to seek reinforcements."

Everyone spoke their own operational plans all at once.

But they each held their own views, and not a single person agreed with the other's operational plan.

Seeing this, Li He tapped the table lightly, and the crisp sound stopped their Bitter Remonstrance.

Li He looked at them and said indifferently, "The combat plans you all mentioned have their merits."

"But do not ignore our current situation. We only have a force of one thousand men, no Weaponry and Equipment, and even our food and fodder won't last long."

"Moreover, a large portion of the masses on the island have not yet evacuated; they are very likely to encounter slaughter by the French troops."

Someone looked at the General and asked, "Then General, what is your meaning?"

Li He took the opportunity to sweep his gaze over everyone and said in a deep voice, "I believe that we should now establish a vast intelligence network and unite everyone who can be united."

"Win over those who possess knowledge."

"Gentlemen, on the island where we are, there are two main types of people: one is the Longyan, and the other is the local residents."

"These people should all be targets of slaughter by the French now; we should unite them to expand our military strength."

"This is to solve our current predicament: a lack of soldiers."

"Second, on Tasmania, besides the indigenous people, only we Longyan are familiar with and have mastered the terrain. Neither guerrilla raids nor anything else can allow us to protect the people on the island."

"We need to have more of the masses break up into smaller groups so that the French cannot find them and thus have no way to slaughter them."

"We need troops to coordinate the evacuation of the masses."

"Third, which Weapon Depot belongs to us? Perhaps we can research more detailed combat plans targeting these Weapon Depot."

"Fourth, the enemy has now cut off our communication capabilities. We need to establish independent combat plans for small squads to prevent Longyan Army squads from being unable to form combat groups after losing contact with the main force."

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

Applause resounded through the command room. Everyone expressed a high degree of approval for the series of combat plans proposed by Li He.

"General, welcome back."

"Welcome to lead the Longyan Army once again."

Li He nodded slightly: "Since everyone knows our operational plan, then let's start acting."

"Do not wait for any reinforcements; it is very likely that only we are on this battlefield!"

"Yes!"

The various captains of the Longyan Army immediately acted according to Li He's instructions.

And at this time, General Huo En was looking at the map.

Now the entire Tasmania had fallen into the jurisdiction of the French troops, and only a very small portion of the Longyan Army was still struggling on the verge of death.

But these were all trivial matters.

France had long ago deployed forces in the Indonesian archipelago region to intercept the Longyan Navy from supporting Australia.

Although the Longyan Navy does not yet know any of this news, they must take precautions.

The only thing that worries General Huo En is one matter: they are acting ahead of schedule now, and France's supply troops and subsequent assault forces have not yet arrived.

This will put them in a very passive position.

Although Tasmania is already under their control, Xie Fang still has a powerful Longyan Navy in his hands.

If Xie Fang were to launch an attack at this time, it would be a challenge for Huo En.

If Xie Fang's navy were to land on the island, he would only have a force of thirty thousand men at his disposal.

Fighting against the Longyan army on the island would become extremely difficult.

Huo En pondered over and over; the only force that can support them in a short time now is France's fleet in Africa, and if they could obtain support from the fleet in Africa, it would greatly alleviate their pressure!