Su Ping lay motionless on the snow, murmuring softly against his sniper scope.
Immediately, he turned to Zhou and Du, who were aiming at something at the same time: "Have we scouted this place before?"
he asked softly.
"No."
Zhou Yibin also put down his gun and shook his head: "Company Commander, this is already a position infinitely close to the sea in the far north. If we hadn't searched for the traces left by His Highness Ning along the way, we wouldn't have passed by when we returned to the front line.
Here - not to mention others, apart from some grazing camps, there won't be any reconnaissance value here."
"But the weird thing is...how did such a heavily guarded place appear here?"
He also said doubtfully.
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"Yeah...it's so weird. The security is so tight? What's hidden inside? A small valley surrounded by mountains? Even the mountains are covered with guard posts? It's completely impossible to conduct reconnaissance? It feels like they are just on guard.
Just like us scouts..."
Su Ping leaned toward the sniper scope again and murmured.
"I think it looks like a large storage and transfer station for grains, but this one seems bigger than what we have seen before."
Du Wanqing beside them said in a low voice.
"You have noticed that there is no gate at the entrance of their valley. Like the ones we have seen before, there are grain trucks constantly coming in and out. Most of the food coming in is from the west and the far north forest, but most of the food coming out is coming from all over.
It is sent to the Far North Fortress and Far North Port in the south, and more towards the Far North Port."
"Then these secrecy and vigilance have also been explained. For barbarians who do not rely on magic equipment, military rations are a top priority, their only logistics. Maybe they are guarding our scouts to prevent us from infiltrating and causing damage?
After all, this place seems to be much larger than the transfer stations we have seen - in such a large place, I don’t know how much food is stored. Setting a fire can be enough for them to extinguish it."
He said speculatively.
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"It's possible..."
Su Ping continued to murmur: "But I always feel a little strange. Their food transfer station is not located in the Far North Fortress, but is located in the Far North Forest where the magic equipment has failed. I understand it well. They are afraid of being raided and bombed by the air force - after all
, if you can use some air force in exchange for the barbarians not having food, then the deal will be a very good deal."
"But what's strange to me is that the geographical location of this place is not very good... I can only say that the terrain here is the most conducive to defense and anti-penetration reconnaissance. But the barbarians set up a large transfer station like this with great fanfare
What are you doing with the terrain? Are you so afraid of us causing damage?"
"I remember that we didn't cause any damage to their military supplies and logistics. On the one hand, they have always been very tight on guard, and on the other hand, this is not the other side of the Western Continent. There are puppet troops and surrenders. We are familiar with the terrain and can easily infiltrate -
—Besides barbarians, there are barbarians here, and it’s also a magic equipment failure zone. Who is so powerful that they can sneak in and cause damage? Then, why are they taking such precautions?”
Su Ping asked in surprise.
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"I don't know... but you, company commander, are too suspicious... maybe the barbarians are frightened by the destruction on the Western Continent, so they might as well order this side to guard against us, or formulate regulations or other regulations directly.
.”
"Company Commander, you have to know that even if our emperor is marching and camping during non-war times, we must abide by the regulations. According to what you said, what should we be careful about?"
Zhou Yibin was a little disapproving.
"It's possible...but I always feel a little weird."
Su Ping whispered, and then he shook his head with a smile.
"Forget it, don't think about it anymore. I'm worried about how to tell my sister about my brother-in-law... in a tactful way. Let's just go back and report. Let's go around and return to camp as quickly as possible."
"Yes!" After hearing the sound, Zhou and Du put away their sniper rifles, but quietly left their observation position.
Su Ping did the same thing and moved away from the observation position.
"I don't know how the war in the empire is going now...Why do I always feel like there's something weird about this place?"
He murmured lowly, took another deep look at the hazy barbarian camp in the distance, and disappeared into the vast forest with Zhou and Du.
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"It's a pity that the full success was not achieved... What could have been a battle of annihilation to determine the victory was dragged into a pursuit battle by those damn wolf riders."
Yang Qi stood in a large tent in a camp in the far northern snowfield, staring at the sand table and sighing softly.
In his eyes, the small green barbarian flags on the north bank of the Daling River on the sand table had disappeared one after another, but appeared in large numbers further north - to the north of the dense red flags. To the west of the red flags
, but some sporadic green flags are still stuck there stubbornly, and there is also a green channel there.
"It's all my fault..."
Xia Tian beside him said sadly: "I care too much about the gains and losses of a moment and a place. Maybe if I spend more energy thinking about how to break through, there will be better ways and faster speeds - I thought I fought back several times.
After the siege, the barbarians will not dare to be so bold in setting up a siege."
"Who knew that it wasn't enough for them to be severely punished several times? They seemed to be addicted to playing, and ended up fighting a bad battle with me there! Wait until I react with the triumph of several victories.
When they came over, they were actually trading small losses for a major retreat, only to find that the fighter plane had passed and it was too late."
He slapped the whip on the ground with hatred, but said depressedly.
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"I can't blame you for this."
Yang Qi looked at him warmly: "You have done well enough. If it had been someone else, you might have been fooled around. At least you could have won the game - the opponent who suddenly appeared on the opposite side was indeed very cunning.
"
"Although we haven't accomplished all the work now, we have already caused huge losses to them. After all, even if they ran out, they would be beaten hard by us, and it would be impossible to get them all back."
"What's more important is that they also lost the excellent defensive terrain of Daling River. Now, we can advance, attack, retreat and defend. Although there is no decisive battle, it is only the most perfect result in the idea after all -
In this battle, we have at least achieved most of our strategic plan. The barbarians' natural dangers along the river are finally gone."
He looked at Xia Tian and said comfortingly.
…
"It's just that we also suffered a lot of losses...even the heavy-armed cluster lost a lot of money against the barbarian wolf cavalry."
Xia Tian's expression is still a little gloomy.
"There is no way, after all, we are attacking against defense - if this desperate Saburo hadn't risked his life to open a gap in Mapo Ridge, we don't know how much blood we would have lost to achieve the results we have now. And, at least, at least
This time, the blood loss of the barbarians on the opposite side was no less than ours. Although most of them fled back, they were bitten off by us during the pursuit."
Yang Qi still said with a smile.
"only--"
Xia Tian hesitated and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Yang Qi.
"Don't be just, and don't blame yourself. A plan is a plan. The result is the result. It is impossible for the results of every battle to be consistent with the original strategic plan - you know, our navy is also trying to break through to the Far North.
sea area, threatening the strategic plan of the Far North Port, but they are still at the junction of the Far North Sea and the East China Sea, and are inextricably entangled with the barbarian navy."
…
"So, in summer, in fact, the results we achieved have exceeded our imagination. What we should consider now is that our entire army has broken through to the extreme northern snowfield. So, what should we do next?
Continue to attack? Or stop when you see a good time?"
"If we continue to attack, we must strengthen the pursuit and try to make the barbarians lose more blood during the retreat, so that we can conquer the Far North Fortress in the future. And if we stop when we see a good time, we can take advantage of the time when the barbarians are fleeing in panic. It turns out that
We have to build a defensive line on the north bank of the Daling River - at least this time, we can no longer allow the barbarians to have the advantage of the Daling River where they can advance and retreat."
"And this has perfectly achieved our purpose of containment - it is impossible for the barbarians to dare to increase their troops to the west after losing the advantage of the Daling River and suffering a lot of losses. The current situation is that we have taken the initiative
Quan, they can fight if they want, and they can't fight if they don't want to, but their Eastern Army Regiment only dares to confront us on the front line of the Far North Fortress, and they don't even dare to go out of the Far North Snowfield easily."
He looked at Xia Tian seriously and said slowly.
…
Xia Tian also cheered up a little bit.
He looked at the sand table and pondered for a long time before he said: "Sir, I prefer to continue the attack - although we have achieved our minimum strategy, after a small victory, we did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and began to hesitate.
This is not in line with the aggressive and competitive spirit of our imperial team."
"And, as you said, we have now completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield. Then, it is not a bad thing to try our luck at the Far North Fortress first. After all, if we feel that it is difficult to conquer in a hurry, we can just turn around and leave.
Sorry, the barbarians don't dare to come out to chase us."
"We still don't know what the situation is like on the Western Continent. We can only use carrier pigeons to convey news to the rear inland. The magic field is too annoying. Therefore, before I got the news of the victory in the Western Continent, I was still a little bit
I can’t trust the Xilu people and their plans.”
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"If possible, I still want to go to the Far North Fortress to see the situation. Although the barbarians were not defeated this time, they were still injured. And what we will attack this time is much inferior to the Daling River Skyline.
The northernmost fortress line - the fortress is very useful to us, but the barbarians don't have those permanent artillery groups. For them, it is not as good as the Daling River."
"So, I think we still have the ability and great hope to break through the front line of the barbarian extreme northern fortress again - at that time, it will not be the result of us just containing the barbarian Eastern Army Regiment. It will be either a decisive victory or a decisive victory.
We also want to drag away a lot of barbarian troops from the west."
"In that case, even if we can't win a big victory, since we have dragged away many barbarians in the west, with superior forces against even smaller inferior forces, we should be able to make some progress..."
He murmured lowly.
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"Well, that's what I think too. It's the last battle. If we can share more with the West, we should share more - even if we can't win completely, we still have to use our last bit of strength and try our best."
Yang Qi nodded and said with approval.
"Go, order the troops, advance across the board, and reach the front line of the Far North Fortress!"
Immediately, he shouted an order to a staff officer beside him. (To be continued...)