I Became a Witch and Started an Industrial Revolution

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Then ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍they used leapfrog tactics to airdrop mobile forces ahead of him to block the road，leaving him without even a chance to hide。

Ashadron ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍could run，but that was only under the premise of relying on himself。

And ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍with Marshal Ashadron，the Overall Commander of the Allied Nations Army，fleeing for his life，the most immediate impact was the collapse of the Allied Army command system。

Logistical ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍supply distribution，frontline military deployment all fell within the jurisdiction of the headquarters where Ashadron was stationed，once this Overall Commander lost contact the rear headquarters lost its most important signatory，and many operational plans simply could not be implemented。

Because ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the Allied Army was an enormous coalition composed of various nations，if one truly compared military ranks the overwhelming majority of generals were basically at similar levels，and they had no obligation to obey your orders。

As long as there was no official seal from the Overall Commander then it did not count as a formal order，and fell into the category of something they could obey or ignore，or selectively obey，directly turning a perfectly good national coalition into dozens of separate warlord factions。

Before this they had still been able to rely on their large population and vast territory to gain enough reaction time，strengthening the defensive forces around the rear supply lines，while simultaneously establishing various defensive lines to obstruct the advances of armored groups and airborne troops。

Now that they had become a loose coalition，the possibility of units coordinating with and covering one another disappeared completely，and the advance speed of the Alliance Western Army Group suddenly began accelerating。

What mobile assault warfare feared most was having its supply corridor cut in half by concentrated forces，and the chaotic Allied Nations Army was clearly incapable of doing that，which was equivalent to letting the Alliance frontline forces operate without restraint。

In less than a week the westernmost First Army Group completely punched through the main forces of the Allied Nations Army，advanced to Torweta and successfully rendezvoused with the Second Army Group。

As for the Third Corps，because of the self-destruction most of its equipment had lost effectiveness，temporarily depriving it of combat capability，and it was still waiting for equipment replenishment from the rear，so it could not keep pace with the two Army Groups。

But that was already enough，within the encirclement formed by the two Army Groups were nearly three million Allied Nations troops fighting separately on their own。

Added to the roughly one million troops that had been gradually cut off and captured earlier as well as the more than three hundred thousand elite vanguard troops that had been completely annihilated，most of the coalition forces dispatched by the Allied Nations this time had been trapped by the Alliance Army。

As for these Allied Nations troops whose retreat routes had been blocked，the Alliance Army Groups did not attack them at all，Mechanized and Motorized Infantry together with artillery units simply constructed defensive lines in place to prevent the Allied Nations Army from breaking out。

In the middle of winter supplies could not be sent in，the retreat route had also been cut off，the Allied Nations had been severed from one another and could no longer provide mutual support，and with the rear command system in complete chaos，everyone felt that something disastrous was about to happen to the Allied Nations。

Without their most important assault forces，the Alliance troops stationed at Hosas and Torweta firmly held their positions and blocked the remaining Allied Army from counterattacking to conduct relief operations。

At the same time they continuously compressed the living space of the encircled Allied Army within the inner ring，forcing them to launch counterattacks and breakout attempts，then beating them back again。

What modern forces feared most was falling behind on ammunition and material supplies，once separated from logistical support，even the most powerful firearms would not be much better than fire pokers。

The calculation of the Alliance General Staff was attrition and torment，every counterattack would consume large quantities of ammunition reserves，the more they fought the weaker the Allied Army inside these encirclements would become，and the less capable they would be of breaking through the blockade。

At the same time it would buy time for the reorganization of the Third Army Group。

In any case the Alliance’s rear supply lines expanded along with its mechanized formations，and could quickly connect the various lines to satisfy troop requirements，so dragging things out was not exactly a bad thing for the Alliance。

The rapid deterioration and loss of control of the war situation also made the Allied Army high command unable to sit still，especially the Britian Empire，they were now seeing the bad outcome they had feared most before，namely total encirclement。

The current Britian Empire had been caught between Ernesto、former Dmitria、Suria and the Seris Alliance as well as the Western Liberation Alliance behind them，looking around every border was filled with hostile neighboring nations，who could possibly endure that。

The missing Ashadron was directly dismissed from office，and the new Overall Commander Ardashir quickly took office and once again conscripted troops from the various nations belonging to the Allied Nations Army，seeking to organize a new Allied Nations Army。

According to him，the present situation was not entirely bad，the closer they were to their homelands，the lower the cost of conscripting soldiers and sending them to the battlefield，after all they no longer needed to maintain those extremely long supply lines。

As long as they could punch through the border defensive lines currently constructed by the Alliance Army and resolve the crisis of the encircled army，then the combined strength of the new and old forces would swell to a terrifying scale，enough to steamroll the overwhelming majority of nations。

And when faced with doubts from the joint representatives of the various nations about how it could possibly punch through reinforced Army Group formations composed of two forces concentrating most of the Alliance’s armored strength，Ardashir smiled slightly：“Who said we had to gnaw through this hard bone from the front？”

Seeing everyone’s puzzled expressions，he pointed at the Mosseradel Port District on the map：

“Although the destruction of Mosseradel Port dealt us a heavy blow，the Alliance Third Army Group likewise lost a large amount of equipment，and much of this heavy equipment had been transferred over from their homeland。”

“The other two Alliance main forces have encircled our main army，but in order to maintain this situation，they can only remain on the defensive and cannot continue dispersing their strength，so those two Alliance formations have in effect also been trapped there，and they absolutely do not dare redeploy them。”

“In other words，the Alliance is actually not as powerful right now as we imagined，they have lost large quantities of weapons and equipment and need time to replenish them，so we cannot simply sit and wait for death，this gap in time is our opportunity！”

Ardashir then pointed at Bared Port，whose docks had once been blown into the sky：

“Although this place was bombed and lost most of its function，before that we had deployed roughly 400000 border troops throughout this region to defend it，and around one million Allied Army troops had also reached this location to await supplies。”

“So I have a relatively risky idea，ask the secluded Half-God Powerhouses of the various nations to help us transport this army into the Alliance homeland，we cannot sit back and watch the Alliance continue exerting its logistical supply capability！”

One representative asked：‘Then we are not rescuing the encircled main force？’

Hearing this Ardashir shrugged：“That is why I said this idea is relatively bold，if we can achieve results in the Alliance homeland，the Alliance will have to abandon continuing the encirclement and redeploy troops back for reinforcement，then the crisis will resolve itself。”

“By comparison，using newly conscripted second-line forces to punch through the defensive lines formed by those two Alliance ace formations in order to resolve the crisis，to be frank I am not particularly optimistic~”

He was not actually being pessimistic，the logic was in fact sound。

Their first-line regular forces had already been wrapped up like dumplings by the enemy，and asking mobilized second-line troops to break through the encirclement was itself a rather fanciful idea。

If they truly could break through they would have done so long ago，there would have been no need to wait until now。

But conversely，if the newly conscripted troops did not take the initiative to attack，and instead gathered in large numbers to form a high-pressure posture，then with the enemy wary of being attacked from both sides they likewise would not dare act rashly。

Once those two Alliance Armored Army Groups that could not move were excluded，the only obstacle remaining before them was a half-crippled Third Army Group waiting to be rearmed。

If they continuously transported troops into the Alliance homeland，then most of the Alliance’s external material transportation would have to prioritize supplying the homeland，and the rearmament progress of this Third Army Group would be delayed indefinitely，perhaps it would even be transferred back to the Subcontinent，would that not reverse the previous unfavorable situation。

However all of this was built upon several hidden premises that Ardashir did not state explicitly。

Exactly how long could the encircled main forces of the Allied Nations Army hold out？One month？Half a month？Or one week？

To what extent could their advance within the Alliance homeland reach？Would it proceed smoothly？

What degree of destruction would they need to achieve in order to force the Alliance to abandon the encirclement of the main force？

All of these were unknown。