#359 - Tactical deployment (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

After Moody relayed the message and all the Aurors were in position, they Apparated in batches to the location on the Irish coast where they had previously pursued the smugglers.

Once there, Anduin tracked the communication signal on the mask again and finally confirmed that the target was only about thirty kilometers away from them.

Seeing the target so close, Moody was also very excited and immediately gathered everyone to lay out a battle plan.

“Mevis, take four people and deploy anti-Apparition jammers as soon as you arrive at the scene. The remaining ten, including Anduin, will follow me. The people who arrived today are the same group as the smugglers from the other day. Don't let any of them go after arriving at the scene, and at the same time, try to avoid harming the magical creatures they're escorting!”

Moody's face was contorted at this time, and he shouted fiercely at everyone.

“Yes!”

The Aurors also realized at this time that there was a combat mission, and they were chasing smugglers. Each of them was eager to try. There were not many Aurors who were afraid of trouble.

“Wait!”

After hearing Moody's deployment, Anduin felt that his worldview had been impacted. “According to your idea, we're just going to rush into the crowd? And start fighting right away?”

He was shocked by the simplicity of Moody's tactical arrangement. Was this how the Ministry of Magic usually fought battles?

“What's wrong? Is there a problem?” Moody glanced at Anduin strangely, and even the Aurors beside him looked at the young man.

“Haha, this kid may not have seen a large-scale battle between wizards, maybe he's scared. Young Mr. Wilson, we're here to catch criminals, not to duel, there's no rule to salute in advance.” An older male Auror grinned and joked, thinking that Anduin was not used to this kind of fighting without warning.

Many Aurors around couldn't help but cover their mouths when they saw this. Yes, young people are still young, and they don't know enough about the adult world.

After seeing everyone's reaction, Moody couldn't help but glare at them fiercely, and then looked at Anduin with a probing look. He knew the level of the young wizard in front of him, this was a ruthless character who didn't blink an eye when killing.

“The number of targets, terrain, and configuration are not clear right now. Are you not afraid of making mistakes if you rush up like this?” Anduin ignored the teasing eyes of others and just looked at Moody seriously.

“I understand your concerns, but isn't time tight now? Who knows how far their smuggling activities have progressed, and we've already fought these guys once before, we know their level, and there won't be too many of them.”

“As for reconnaissance, our current method is just to send people to observe using Disillusionment Charms and jamming devices, and then withdraw to report. Although the effect is good, the efficiency is too slow, mainly because it happened suddenly, we must seize the time.”

“Don't worry, we usually act like this. Although these guys next to you are usually unreliable, they won't back down in battle, they are all reliable comrades.”

Seeing that their boss, Moody, was explaining so meticulously to a young wizard, everyone suddenly felt a little incredible. They knew that Moody usually spoke to them without any politeness, and came up to criticize them.

Anduin nodded slightly after listening to Moody's explanation, but then immediately shook his head, “I know what you mean, but this deployment is obviously too hasty.”

After saying that, Anduin stretched out his right hand, and then opened his fingers one by one, “Before carrying out any battle, you must first determine the following elements, including weather, terrain, number of people, firepower configuration, and other interference items.”

Anduin spread out his five fingers one by one as he spoke, then retracted the remaining fingers, and stood up his thumb, which represented the weather, and said:

“The first item is the weather. It is night now, the visibility is low, and rushing into the enemy's formation blindly can easily overlook or lose the target, which can easily cause unnecessary casualties.”

“Second, the terrain.” Anduin stretched out his index finger again, “We don't know what kind of terrain the other party is in now. Ireland is mostly mountainous. If the other party is located in a forest or highland, it is easy to have high and low terrain or terrain with many obstacles, which can easily make our firing range disadvantageous, and what if they are hiding in underground tunnels or something.”

“Third, the number of people. We have only locked onto one Silver Spear personnel, and we don't know if there are any other Silver Spears on the scene. At the same time, after the last defeat, we don't know if they will increase their manpower. What if our number is at a disadvantage?”

“Fourth, firepower configuration. We don't know if the other party has any other combat forces besides wizards, such as alchemical equipment or high-risk magical creatures. You must know that you used alchemical equipment to trick them last time, what if they are also prepared? And they are smugglers, it is also possible to tame magical creatures for assistance.”

“Fifth.” Anduin stretched out his last finger, “Other interference items also need to be considered. For example, if the other party is holding hostages, or there are other intelligent creatures in the goods being sold, what if they use this as a threat if we rush up rashly?”

Anduin explained the tactical points to them one by one with his fingers, and everyone around, including Moody, was stunned. They didn't really understand much, but they just felt like it was very powerful.

“Then what do you say we should do? Do we really have to sneak over to investigate, but it's easy to startle the snake.” Moody was, after all, an experienced hitter, and knew that Anduin's consideration was not unreasonable, but he still raised his own doubts.

“Don't worry, I have a way.” Anduin smiled slightly, “First of all, we must determine the current location and the enemy's location and terrain.”

After saying that, Anduin began to take things out of his space ring. Everyone found that these were all folded papers. After Anduin spread them out, everyone realized that these were actually maps, and they were not only of Ireland, but also of other regions of the United Kingdom. At the same time, these were also topographic maps marked with latitude, longitude, and terrain contour lines.

Anduin found the northern map of Ireland, and then carefully checked it for a while, pointing to one of the points and said to everyone:

“We are here now. According to my tracking display, the other party's location is near Erris Head, thirty kilometers due north of us. Let's first gather at this high ground three kilometers away from the target.”