Consolidation

General: How are our defenses?

Advisor: Fully operational for the time being sir, but…

General: But what?

Advisor: At this current rate, our defenses can only repel attacks for another 2-3 years before they fail.

General: Give me a visual

Advisor: This is a satellite photo of our current position. Currently the enemy is attacking from the east. Our positions are in black.

General: Our defenses do seem a bit weaker here.

Advisor: That is correct sir. Computer, magnify the image 100 times.

General: I see we still have pockets of defense along the border.

Advisor: True, but as you can see, the pockets are weakening.

General: It’s clear that we will have to adapt our defenses. Do you have any suggestions?

Advisor: Computer, load the computer simulations.

We can stretch our defenses out, but…..

General: That ultimately weakens our position.

Advisor: Correct, sir. I don’t think this defense would last, so we shall look at our other alternative.

General: I see. We give up our positions in order to consolidate our defenses. Perhaps this is our only realistic course of action.

Our objective is now clear: hold out as long as possible, but we shall drop back and consolidate when the time comes.