One Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three, for Tomorrow

Just as the crowd slowly broke through the southwest forest, the Qing clan's main force also began to build a line of defense at the edge of the forest.

The Xuanen Mountain, Laifeng Mountain, and Yongshun Mountain line have been built into a monolithic structure.

Behind the front line, hundreds of forward bases are connected to form a huge logistics supply network.

After the unification of the Southwest, the Qing family reorganized all the troops and reorganized all the troops into two Group A armies and one Group B army, with a total number of 230,000.

The so-called Type A group army refers to the full number of personnel, sufficient ammunition, and can go to the battlefield to prepare for battle at any time.

As for the B-type group army, it is not full of personnel and needs to be supplemented.

But now, whether it is Class A or Class B, whether you are full or not, the cruelest battle will begin.

There are forty-six fortresses in the entire southwest. The total number of people is 9.6 million after the first census, including refugees.

In fact, there were more people in the Southwest, but the situation in the Southwest is similar to that of the Central Plains, and they have also experienced intense wars.

When barriers 112 and 113 collapsed, they were attacked by experimental subjects, and the death rate exceeded 80%.

Although the barriers are rebuilt now, the total number of people in these two rebuilt new barriers is only more than 100,000.

In the first battle between the Li family, the Yang family, and the Qing family, it was difficult to count the number of casualties, and a large number of civilian refugees fled to the Central Plains and Northwest, resulting in a large population loss.

So this led to the fact that there were only tens of thousands of people in some of Li's original barriers.

Qing Yi had already returned to the front line at this time. As the highest military commander, the commanders of the three armies had to report directly to him.

Maybe the soldiers and officers below didn't know what they were going to face, but Qing Yi knew it very well.

Fortunately, Qing Zhen had told him that the missile force had to separate the missiles from the vehicles. Otherwise, after the artificial intelligence invaded the military base of the missile force, the Qing's missiles would have fallen on him long ago.

These days, Qing's troops tried to send more than a dozen scouting teams to go deeper into the forest, trying to count the number of enemies and their speed as much as possible.

However, all the reconnaissance troops all fell into the sea.

After Qing Yi confirmed at the rear headquarters that all investigation teams had lost contact,

Stop this meaningless move.

Just like when the No. 012 military base was invaded, the enemies they faced were not only humans, but also sparrows in the sky.

The usual investigation plan is no longer effective. No matter how many people are sent to investigate, it may be a meaningless sacrifice.

In the rear general headquarters, the voices of all the generals and the combat staff were lowered a bit, as if a low pressure suddenly enveloped the place.

Qing Yi stood in front of the huge sand table model, watching silently.

Qing Zhen put him in this position not only because of his close relationship with him, but also because of his uncle's kindness in helping him back then.

It is that Qing Yi himself has the quality of an excellent commander. He may not be able to see as far as Qing Zhen can, but when commanding on the spot, few people can control the details.

Suddenly, Qing Yi said: "Use the company as a unit, 45 kilometers deep, establish a reactive outpost outside the defense line, and convey the order."

When the chief of staff in the headquarters heard this sentence, he knew the role of these outposts.

After all detection 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 station they carry to serve as an early warning for the main line of defense in the rear when the enemy really comes.

In a war, if the enemy's intelligence can be known an hour or two hours in advance, it will be a completely different result.

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 tense all the time, the soldiers will collapse before the enemy arrives.

Therefore, the time of one or two hours is the biggest buffer zone.

However, this also means that the soldiers in those outposts will become the first casualties of the war, and no one will survive.

These two hours were exchanged for the lives of all the soldiers in the outpost.

There will always be sacrifices in war, 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 something we need to consider now."

The chief of staff was obviously stunned for a moment. In fact, this sentence itself shows that Qing Yi is 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, apart from being busy coordinating with the military dispatch, the various key departments of the Qing Clan in the rear were busy burning confidential documents.

Everything is kept secret, and all secret-related units are supervised and blocked by Xu Man's secret troops.

Many people with a good sense of smell perceive this as a harbinger of withdrawal.

Some people tried every means to pass on the information, but the secret troops under Xu Mang's command were more elite than they imagined, and they were also better at doing such secret tasks.

...

At the junction of the Northwest and the Central Plains, the soldiers of the 218 outpost are standing on the hillside at the gate of the outpost, urinating in a long line, preparing to urinate farther.

The farthest is the winner, the closest is the loser.

The team leader looked at the soldiers around him, and couldn't help feeling that he was indeed a bit old...

A soldier next to him who urinated the furthest asked, "Squad leader, you are about to lose. If you are willing to bet, you have to admit it."

The team leader said bad luck: "Tell me what you want, I can't give you the gun."

"I want your medal," the soldier said with a smile, "I heard that you got it when you fought against the Zong family?"

"No!" The team leader denied it straight away: "You really dare to speak, it was my life in exchange for it, someone offered 50,000 yuan back then, I didn't even sell it, you change it!"

"Then give me your sister's picture," the soldier said.

The team leader immediately became angry: "You deserve it too!"

The soldiers on the side laughed and lifted up their trousers: "You must want to take the photo of the squad leader's sister again..."

The team leader said unhappily: "Get out and practice physical fitness!"

"By the way, squad leader, have you met the young marshal? I heard that the young marshal also participated in the Zong's battle," the soldier asked.

Although the outpost is not particularly far from the No. 144 barrier, they sometimes go to the No. 144 barrier during their shifts, but they do not belong to the Sixth Field Division, but belong to Zhou Yinglong's troop number, so they have no relationship with Ren Xiaosu. intersection.

Originally, Ren Xiaosu's reputation as the Northwest Marshal was already very high. After the Sixth Field Division defeated the Wizarding Kingdom, Ren Xiaosu's reputation reached its peak.

Therefore, anyone who might have had an encounter with Ren Xiaosu will be surrounded by others asking gossip about Ren Xiaosu.

When the team leader at the outpost heard this, he immediately regained his spirits: "When we were fighting the Zong family, the young commander and I were both in the vanguard battalion under Mr. Zhou, he was in the sharp knife company, and I was in the second company. At that time, on the first day when the young marshal came to the forward camp, he made a fuss about the forward camp..."

A soldier asked curiously: "Squad leader, you said the young marshal is so strong, how far can he pee? Have you ever compared with him?"

The squad leader looked at his soldiers angrily: "How dare I compare this with him, wouldn't that be self-defeating?"

"Too……"

"We are so close to the No. 144 barrier, and I don't know if we will have the opportunity to meet the young marshal in the future."

"What are you thinking, we are border guards here, how can we have a chance to meet a big man like the young commander?"

This outpost facing the Central Plains is different from the outpost facing the wizarding country in that the environment here is not so harsh, and you can also grow vegetables such as Chinese cabbage and green onions near the outpost.

There are usually 30 people in a post, which has complete infrastructure: physical training equipment, small canteen, book and newspaper area, dormitory barracks, toilets, and excrement incineration pool.

At this time, a soldier suddenly saw a person running up the mountain at a fast speed: "There is someone here, not wearing a military uniform, only one person."

"Prepare," said the team leader, "Be careful it's an attack by an extraordinary person!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the team leader felt that something was wrong, because the more he looked at the figure, the more familiar it became: "Wait, it's the young commander!"

Ren Xiaosu climbed all the way to the sentry post, and it took only a few minutes from the time the sentry found him to when he climbed up.

In front of the gate of the post, all the soldiers looked at him excitedly.

However, Ren Xiaosu didn't care about these, but said to the team leader: "Which unit is it?"

"Zhao Shuai, the 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 outposts still open?"

"Smooth," the team leader nodded crazily: "The border posts are all connected to telephone lines and will not be affected."

"Get me through the headquarters of Fortress 178," Ren Xiaosu said.

The team leader hurried back to the outpost to make a call, and then the operator transferred the line to Fort 178.

After the call was connected, Ren Xiaosu went into the room and picked up the phone, while the others all left the room and consciously waited outside the door.

This kind of direct call to the headquarters has a confidentiality level, 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, and I preliminarily judge that the entire Central Plains has fallen into the hands of Wang's artificial intelligence, and their troops are slowly advancing northwest. The same should be true for the Southwest."

On the phone, Zhang Jinglin was silent for a while and said, "Understood."

"I will wait another day at this outpost to observe the enemy's movements. If there is anything to do, I can call here," Ren Xiaosu said.

"Well," Zhang Jinglin said, "call again in 8 hours, you should take a rest first."

After speaking, Zhang Jinglin hung up the phone.

There was not much communication between them, Zhang Jinglin didn't doubt whether Ren Xiaosu's judgment was accurate, and Ren Xiaosu didn't ask Zhang Jinglin how he planned to react.

Over the years, the two sides have known the basics. Ren Xiaosu believes that as long as this news is passed back, Zhang Jinglin will definitely make the most correct decision.

Ren Xiaosu came out from the outpost, and now he had time to look at the team leader: "Hey, have we met?"

The squad leader immediately became excited, and the soldiers on the side were sure that the squad leader didn't brag to them before.

The squad leader stood at attention and said: "When you were in the Sharp Knife Company, Young Marshal, I was a third-class soldier in the Second Company."

"I see," Ren Xiaosu smiled, "Where is the dormitory, I need to rest."

Ren Xiaosu has not closed his eyes for nearly 48 hours since he rushed to help Luo Lan. He needs to get a good sleep before facing this more dangerous world.