"It was clear that the people of Albion had done quite a bit of homework, but to Brynhild, it was merely armchair strategizing and gambling.
Not to mention the 3000 sea mines which had already been handed over to the Duchy Navy, breaking through numerous blockades, arranging the fleet into an appropriate formation under the fierce shore fire in the narrow Lapland Bay, and bombarding the opposite shore, were no easy tasks. And that's without mentioning the last major trick the bears had – scorched earth tactics and strategic depth. Once the Duchy Army set Saint Petersburg and surrounding villages ablaze, poisoned all the water sources, and then started retreating in large strides, every grain of food, every drop of freshwater, and each piece of military gear, and every bullet would have to be transported from thousands of miles away; the Albion expeditionary army would be stuck in a challenging spot.
