NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty-Two: The Division of Labor
Divide the lines with careful thought,
Each sector priced and dearly bought.
Watch the numbers tell their tale,
As different tactics must prevail.
Tanya reviewed her latest efficiency analysis with particular satisfaction. The Allied command's decision to segment their beachhead into distinct national operational zones had proven to be a magnificent gift to her mathematical models.
"The Americans insisted on the largest sector," she noted, updating her calculations. "Their industrial capacity made them mathematically optimal for our resource depletion protocols. The other Allied forces..." she smiled at the elegant simplicity, "they're all engaged further down the coast, beyond our current sphere of optimization."
Her initial models had focused exclusively on the American sector for precisely this reason. Their zone contained the highest concentration of industrial and logistical targets, making them the most efficient focus for her systematic approaches.
"Pure mathematical optimization," she explained to her officers. "The British Commonwealth forces are testing different offensive concepts near Calais. The French are employing their own tactical doctrine around Dunkirk. But here..." she gestured to her charts, "here we have a perfect laboratory for studying American operational patterns in isolation."
Watch them work in measured space,
Each army in its chosen place.
Every sector tells its tale,
As different methods rise and fail.
The segregation of Allied forces into distinct tactical zones had exceeded her optimization projections. Each nation was essentially running its own tactical experiments, providing clean data sets unmarred by doctrinal cross-contamination.
"The Americans are particularly valuable research subjects," she noted with professional warmth. "Their operational patterns are uncontaminated by British caution or French tactical philosophy. Every response, every procedure, every moral imperative is purely American. The data clarity is beautiful."
Her latest computations suggested this segregation of forces would compound the effectiveness of her efficiency systems. The Americans couldn't easily draw reinforcements from other Allied sectors without disrupting the entire command structure. They were mathematically isolated in their own optimization chamber.
"We couldn't have designed a better experimental setup," she observed. "One nation's doctrine, one nation's procedures, one nation's psychological patterns... all arranged for perfect systematic analysis."
The Gods of Efficiency, it seemed, understood the true value of segregation. There was only the eternal calculation of operational boundaries, processed through perfect mathematical precision until even Allied cooperation became a weapon of war.