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611: Chapter 147, Alternative Thinking_1 611: Chapter 147, Alternative Thinking_1 “Earl Hudson, when can the army’s logistics be in place?”

Hudson, who had been in charge of military logistics for many days, was questioned about logistics at a coalition meeting for the first time.

“I apologize, Captain Blake!

The issue of logistics depends on many factors.

I can’t give you an accurate answer now, I can only tell you that the logistics department has done its best.

Even the nearest Moonwind Port is over fifteen hundred miles away from the front line.

It would’ve been alright if it was a plain area, but we’ve now entered the mountainous region.

The terrible natural environment and muddy roads, coupled with the destruction by the Orcs, are all significant factors affecting logistics transportation.

Especially now with the continuous rainfall, it has added to the transport difficulties.

Once the weather improves, the speed of transportation should be able to pick up.”

Hudson answered calmly.

Since the significant change in the terrain, logistics of the allied forces started running into problems.

Delays in the delivery of strategic supplies have been commonplace.

What used to be a fortnightly supply, has now turned into a monthly one.

Even for the application of supplies, it has changed from door-to-door delivery to each troop having to send out people to collect them from the transfer station.

The war has mobilized everything that the Alpha Kingdom could mobilize.

Unfortunately, Hudson was still short of manpower.

To ensure the timely supply of logistic materials, he even proposed outsourcing some of it to merchant teams.

The merchant associations that are currently active in the Orc Empire come with full strategic supplies, but they are still unable to meet the demand of the front line.

“Earl Hudson, what measures are you going to take to speed up the transportation of the supplies?”

Blake asked again.

Although he didn’t intentionally target logisitc supplies, the Church, unfortunately, suffered a significant loss.

The logistics transit station is always relatively far from their position.

Each time they pick up the supplies, the nearest distance is a hundred miles away.

There’s no dispute, it’s all a matter of luck.

With the Church’s distrust in the logistics department, they’re unwilling to provide their attack routes ahead of time.

Since the Church refuses to provide them, Hudson can only play ignorant.

Other troops are generally only tens of miles away from the transfer station, and the farthest ones won’t exceed two hundred miles.

The Church Army is the only exception, often making long-distance transits.

While the logistics supplies were smooth, this distance didn’t matter.

But now that the logistics can’t keep up with the army’s marching speed, it’s bad.

Accidents often occur during transportation, and it’s not guaranteed that all supplies will reach according to the quota.

Some supplies are heavily damaged, while others are less so, and it’s beyond human control.

Neighboring troops have already claimed the supplies.

What’s left for the Church Army to take depends on what’s left in the warehouse.

If you’re lucky, you get the meat.

If you’re unlucky, you get the chaff.

The flaw is something they brought on themselves.

Blake couldn’t allow himself to submit the marching route, so he could only bitterly criticize for the lack of logistic support.

“Of course we have solutions, it’s just that the costs are high.

Captain Blake, you know, the Kingdom is exhausted from the war going on till now.

If the Church can provide more support, we can immediately increase the number of mercenaries to ensure the supply of materials to the frontline.

In fact, the Kingdom is very prepared, and the army will not be short of supplies in the short term.

On the Orc Prairie, we have stockpiled enough materials for the army to consume for half a year.

The problem now is that we can’t transport it.

People might think that it’s only a few hundred miles from the Orc Prairie, but just for this part of the journey, the food we transport would consume thirty-five percent.

This is just the beginning, with the advancement of the battle front, the supplies consumed on the way will get more and more.

The logistics department is short of manpower, and back in the Kingdom, everyone, young and old, is on board, so they can’t provide more civilians for the front line.

We’re relying on you now!”

With that, Hudson seriously saluted everyone.

In his heart, Hudson was conflicted.

He wanted to resolve the threat of the Orcs once and for all, and he also wanted to end this endless war as soon as possible.

Insisting until now, and only then putting the plight on the table, that’s because the Kingdom didn’t want to miss this opportunity to severely injure or even annihilate the Orc Empire.

The best choice now is to drag the Human Alliance into the water completely.

Mobilize the whole human race to wipe out the Orcs from the continent.

Unfortunately, Hudson’s art of persuasion was not good enough to convince all the old foxes.

Mainly, the leftover Orc Empire land was wasteland, which was not attractive at all.

Even the relatively fertile Orc Prairie, being auctioned off, nobody is buying it, let alone these badlands.

Since occupying the Orc Prairie and entering the Northwest region, the combat desire of the allied forces has rapidly declined.

Unlike the richness of the prairie, the Orc tribes in the Northwest region are poorer than one another.

Limited by the lack of resources, once the development of the local tribes reaches a certain level, it will automatically split.

Most of them exist as small tribes, with few tribes having more than three thousand people.

If the enemy is this poor, naturally there’s no hope for spoils of war.

If they want to make a fortune now, they can only fight the main Ork forces of the Five Royal Clans.

On the prairie, the Human Alliance was chasing and fighting the Orcs effortlessly.

But once they entered the mountainous region, the situation changed.

With the natural cover provided by nature, aerial reconnaissance is no longer omnipotent, and the Orcs also have the ability to fight back.

Not only did they get few spoils of war, but in some local battlefields, the Human Alliance was ambushed by the Orcs using the terrain advantage several times, suffering significant losses.