Just as the crowd slowly broke through the southwest forest, Qing's main force also began to build a defense line on the edge of the forest.
The line of Xuanen Mountain, Laifeng Mountain, and Yongshun Mountain has been built into a monolithic structure.
Behind the front, hundreds of forward bases are connected to form a huge logistics supply network.
After the unification of southwest China, the Qing family reorganized all troops and reorganized them into two Category A group armies and one Category B group army, with a total number of 230,000.
The so-called Category A group army means that it is fully staffed, has sufficient ammunition, and is ready to go to the battlefield at any time to prepare for battle.
As for the Category B Army, its personnel are not fully staffed and need to be supplemented.
But now, whether you are Category A or Category B, whether you are fully staffed or not, the most brutal battle will begin.
There are forty-six fortresses in the entire southwest. According to the first census, the total number of people, including refugees, totals 9.6 million.
In fact, the number of people in the southwest was originally larger, but the situation in the southwest was similar to that of the Central Plains, and it had also experienced heavy wars.
When Walls 112 and 113 collapsed, they were attacked by experimental subjects, with a mortality rate of over 80%.
Although the barrier has been rebuilt now, the total number of people in the two rebuilt new barriers is only more than 100,000.
When the Li family, Yang family, and Qing family fought, it was difficult to count the number of casualties. There were also a large number of civilian refugees who fled to the Central Plains and the northwest, causing a large number of population losses.
So this led to the fact that there were only tens of thousands of people in some of Li's barriers.
Qing Yi has returned to the front line at this time. As the highest military commander, the commanders of the three group armies need to report directly to him.
Maybe the soldiers and officers below don't know what they are facing yet, but Qing Yi knows it very well.
Fortunately, Qing Zhen had told him that the missile force must separate missiles and vehicles. Otherwise, after the artificial intelligence invaded the missile force military base, Qing's missiles would have fallen on it long ago. On his own head.
These days, Qing's troops tried to send more than ten reconnaissance teams deeper into the forest, trying to count the number of enemies and their traveling speed.
However, all the reconnaissance troops were lost.
Qing Yi stopped this meaningless move after confirming from the rear headquarters that all reconnaissance teams had lost contact.
Just like when Military Base 012 was invaded, the enemies they faced were not only humans, but also sparrows in the sky.
The ordinary investigation plan is no longer effective. No matter how many people are sent in for investigation, it may be a meaningless sacrifice.
In the rear headquarters, the voices of all the generals and combat staff members were lowered, as if a low pressure suddenly enveloped the place.
Qing Yi stood in front of the huge sand table model and watched silently.
Qing ZhenPutting him in this position was not just because of the close relationship with him, or because of gratitude for his uncle's help back then.
But Qingyi himself has the quality of an excellent commander. He may not be able to see as far-term as Qingzhen, but when commanding on the spot, few people have the ability to control details. Achievable.
Suddenly, Qing Yi said: "Use the company as a unit, with a depth of 45 kilometers, establish a stress-type outpost outside the defense line, and convey the order."
The staff officer in the headquarters If you hear this sentence for a long time, you will know the role of these outposts.
After all reconnaissance methods failed, these temporary and crude outposts were like nails stuck in the mountains outside the defense line.
Their role is to use the radio stations they carry to provide early warning for the main defense line in the rear when the enemy actually arrives.
In a war, if the enemy's intelligence can be known an hour or two hours in advance, the result will be completely different.
Even if the defensive position is at the first level of combat readiness, most of the soldiers will still be in a state of rest. If everyone is kept tense at all times, the soldiers will collapse before the enemy arrives.
So, these two hours are the largest buffer zone.
However, this also means that the soldiers at those outposts will become the first victims of the war, and no one will survive.
These two hours were purchased with the lives of all the soldiers in the outpost.
There will always be sacrifices in war, and what Qingyi has to do is to ensure that every sacrifice is meaningful.
The chief of staff asked in a low voice: "Sir, can we win this war?"
Qing Yi glanced at the chief of staff and said: "This is not what we have to consider now. "
The chief of staff was obviously stunned. In fact, this sentence itself showed that Qing Yi was not sure about this battle: "Sir, what should we consider?"
"We need to consider how much time we can buy for the rear," Qing Yi said.
At this time, in addition to busy cooperating with the army's dispatch, the various key departments of the Qing family in the rear were doing most of the work of burning confidential documents.
Everything is carried out in secrecy, and all secret-related units are supervised and blocked by the secret troops under Xu Huo's command.
Many people with a sensitive sense of smell sense that this is like a precursor to retreat.
Some people are trying their best to pass on the information. Perhaps the secret troops under their command are more elite than they imagined and are better at doing such secret-related tasks.
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At the junction of the northwest and the Central Plains, the soldiers of Post 218 are standing on the hillside at the entrance of the post, urinating in a long line, preparing to compete with who can urinate more. Far.
The furthest one is the winner, the closest one is the loser.
The team leader looked at the soldiers around him and couldn’t help but sigh that he was indeedI'm really a bit old...
A soldier next to him who had peed the furthest away asked in a cunning manner: "Squad leader, you are going to lose. If you are willing to admit defeat, you have to admit it."
The squad leader said something bad: "Tell me what you want, I can't give you my pistol."
"I want your medal," the soldier said with a sly smile: "I heard that you got it when you were fighting with the Zong family?"
"No!" The team leader denied: "You really dare to speak, I got it in exchange for my life. Someone was there at the time I paid fifty thousand yuan, but I didn’t sell it. You can exchange it for another one!”
“Then give me your sister’s photo,” the soldier said.
The squad leader immediately became angry: "You deserve it!"
The soldiers on the side laughed and lifted up their pants: "You kid must want to take the squad leader again!" Photos of my sister..."
The team leader said angrily: "Get out of here and practice your physical fitness!"
"By the way, squad leader, have you seen the young commander? I heard that the young commander also participated in Zong’s battle,” the soldier asked.
Although the outpost is not particularly far from the 144th Barrier, they sometimes go to the 144th Barrier during their breaks, but they do not belong to the Sixth Field Division, but belong to Zhou Yinglong's unit number. , so there is no intersection with Ren Xiaosu.
Ren Xiaosu's reputation as a young marshal in the northwest was already very high. After the Sixth Field Division defeated the Wizarding Kingdom, Ren Xiaosu's reputation reached its peak.
Therefore, anyone who may have interacted with Ren Xiaosu will be surrounded by others asking for gossip about Ren Xiaosu.
As soon as the team leader at the outpost heard this, he immediately became energetic: "When we fought against the Zong clan, the young marshal and I were both in the forward camp under Master Zhou. He was in the sharp knife Company, I am in the second company. On the first day when the young marshal came to the forward battalion, he made the forward battalion go crazy..."
A soldier asked curiously: "Squad leader, you You said the young marshal is so strong, how far can he pee?"
The team leader looked at his soldiers angrily: "How dare I compare with him? Isn't it self-inflicted?"
"That's right..."
"We are so close to Barrier 144, and I don't know if we will have a chance to see the young commander in the future."< /p>
"What are you thinking about? We are on the border here. How can we have the chance to meet a big shot like the Young Marshal."
The difference between this post facing the Central Plains and the post facing the Wizarding Country The reason is that the environment here is not that harsh, and you can grow your own vegetables such as cabbage and green onions near the outpost.
There are usually 30 people in a sentry post, which has complete infrastructure: physical training equipment, a small canteen, a book and newspaper area, dormitories and barracks, toilets, and excrement incineration tanks.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly saw a person running up the mountain quickly: "Someone is coming, not wearing a military uniform, only one person."
"War."Be prepared," the team leader said, "Be careful, it's a supernatural attack!" "
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the team leader felt something was wrong, because the more he looked at that figure, the more familiar he felt: "Wait a minute, it's the young marshal! "
Ren Xiaosu climbed all the way to the post. It only took a few minutes from the time the sentry spotted him to when he climbed up.
In front of the post, all the soldiers looked at him with excitement. Looking at him.
However, Ren Xiaosu ignored this and said to the team leader: "Which army are you from? "
"Shuai Zhao, forward battalion of the 173rd Regiment of the Third Field Division! "The team leader stood up straight and replied.
Ren Xiaosu nodded: "I am Ren Xiaosu of the Sixth Field Division. Is the communication at your post open? "
"Smooth," the team leader nodded crazily: "The border posts are all connected to telephone lines and will not be affected. "
"Put me through the 178th Fortress headquarters," Ren Xiaosu said.
The team leader hurried back to the post to dial the phone, and then the operator transferred the line to the 178th Fortress Over there.
After the call was connected, Ren Xiaosu went into the room and picked up the phone. Everyone else left the room and consciously waited outside the door.
This kind of direct call to the commander. The department's phone calls are classified as classified, and ordinary soldiers naturally have no right to listen in.
Ren Xiaosu listened to Zhang Jinglin's familiar voice on the phone and said briefly: "The Central Plains has fallen. I have made a preliminary judgment that the whole country has fallen. The Central Plains has fallen into the hands of Wang's artificial intelligence, and their troops are slowly advancing to the northwest. I believe the same should be true for the southwest. "
Zhang Jinglin was silent for a moment on the phone and said: "I know. "
"I will wait at this post for another day to observe the enemy's movements. If anything happens, I can call here," Ren Xiaosu said.
"Yes," Zhang Jinglin Said: "We will talk again later, please take a rest first. ”
After saying that, Zhang Jinglin hung up the phone.
There was not much communication between them. Zhang Jinglin did not doubt whether Ren Xiaosu’s judgment was accurate, and Ren Xiaosu did not ask Zhang Jinglin how he planned to react. .
Over the years, both parties have known each other. Ren Xiaosu believed that Zhang Jinglin would make the most correct decision as long as this news was passed back.
Ren Xiaosu walked out of the post. Only then did he have time to look at the team leader: "Hey, have we met before? "
The squad leader immediately became excited, and the soldiers on the side were sure that the squad leader had not bragged to them before.
The squad leader stood at attention and said: "You used to be in the Sharp Knife Company, Marshal. At that time, I was a third-class private in the second company. "
"I see," Ren Xiaosu smiled: "Where is the dormitory, I need to take a rest. ”
From the time he rushed to Luo Lan’s aid to now, Ren Xiaosu has not closed his eyes for nearly 48 hours. He needs to have a good sleep before facing this more dangerous world.