Just as the crowd slowly broke through the southwestern forest, the main force of the Qing clan also began to build a defensive line at the edge of this forest.

The line of Xuan'en Mountain, Laifeng Mountain, and Yongshun Mountain has been built into an iron plate.

Behind the battle line, hundreds of forward bases are connected into a huge logistical supply network.

After the reunification of the southwest, the Qing clan reorganized all the troops and reorganized all the troops into two Category A and one Category B group army, with a total number of 230,000 troops.

The so-called Category A group army refers to a fully staffed army, sufficient ammunition, and ready to go to the battlefield at any time to prepare for battle.

As for the Category B group army, the personnel are not full and need to be supplemented.

But now, whether it is Class A or Class B, whether you are fully formed or not, the most brutal battle will begin.

There are 46 walls in the whole southwest, and the total number of people counted by the first census is 9.6 million.

In fact, there were originally more people in the southwest, but the situation in the southwest and the Central Plains was similar, and they also experienced heavy wars.

Walls 112 and 113 collapsed when they were attacked by test subjects, with a mortality rate of over 80%.

Although the walls have been rebuilt now, the total number of people in the two new walls is just over 100,000.

At the beginning of the first battle of the Li family, the Yang family, and the Qing family, it was difficult to count the number of dead and wounded, and a large number of civilians fled to the Central Plains and Northwest China, resulting in a large number of population losses.

So as a result, there were even only tens of thousands of people in some of the Li clan's barriers.

Qing Yi had already returned to the front line at this time, and as the supreme military commander, the commanders of the three group armies needed to report directly to him.

Maybe the soldiers and officers below don't know what they have to face, but Qing Yi knows it very well.

Fortunately, fortunately, Qing Zhen explained to him at the beginning that the missile unit must separate the missile and the vehicle, otherwise after the artificial intelligence invades the military base of the missile force, I am afraid that Qing's missiles would have fallen on his head long ago.

These days, the Qing troops have tried to send more than a dozen reconnaissance teams to the deeper part of the forest, trying to count the number of enemies as much as possible, as well as the speed of travel.

However, all the reconnaissance units were lost.

Qingyi stopped this meaningless move after the rear command confirmed that all the reconnaissance teams were missing.

Just like when the 012 military base was invaded, they faced not only people, but also sparrows in the sky.

Ordinary reconnaissance plans are no longer effective, and 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 operational staff officers were lowered a little, as if a low air pressure had suddenly enveloped the place.

Qing Yi stood in front of the huge sand table model and watched silently.

Qing Zhen put him in this position, not only because of his close relationship with him, but also because he thanked his uncle for his relief back then.

It's that Qing Yi himself has the quality of an excellent commander, and he may not be able to see as far as Qing Jin, but when commanding on the spot, the control of details is something that few people can achieve.

Suddenly, Qing Yi said: "Take the company as a unit, 45 kilometers in depth, set up a stress outpost outside the defense line, and convey the order." ”

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

After all reconnaissance methods were ineffective, these improvised and rudimentary outposts were like nails, stuck in the mountains beyond the defensive line.

Their role is to use the radio stations they carry to serve as an early warning for the main line of defense in the rear when the enemy really arrives.

In a war, if you can get the enemy's information an hour or two in advance, it will be a completely different result.

Even if the defensive position is a first-level combat readiness, most of the soldiers will still be in a state of rotation, and if everyone is kept tense all the time, the soldiers will collapse before the enemy arrives.

So, this hour or two is the biggest buffer.

However, this also means that the soldiers at the outpost will be the first to fall victim to 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, 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 something we have to think about now. ”

The chief of staff was obviously stunned for a moment, in fact, this sentence itself is to show that Qing Yi is not sure about this battle: "Sir, then what do we have to consider?"

"Think about how much time we can buy for the rear," Qingyi said.

At this time, in addition to being busy cooperating with the dispatch of the army, the most important thing the various key departments of the Qing clan in the rear did was to burn confidential documents.

Everything was carried out in secrecy, and all secret-related units were supervised and sealed off by the secret forces under the command of Xu Wei.

Many people with a sensitive sense of smell perceive that this is like a precursor to retreat.

Some people try their best to pass on information, but the secret troops under Xu Wei's command are more elite than they imagined, and they are better at doing this kind of secret mission.

......

At the junction of the northwest and the Central Plains, the soldiers of the 218 outpost were standing on the hillside at the entrance of the outpost, lining up to pee in a long row, ready to pee farther than anyone else.

The farthest are the winners, and the closest are the losers.

The team leader looked at the soldiers around him and couldn't help but feel that he was indeed a little old......

A soldier next to him who urinated the farthest asked: "Squad leader, you are going to lose, you are willing to gamble and lose, you have to admit it." ”

The team leader said with a bad breath: "Tell me what you want, I can't give you a gun." ”

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

"No!" The team leader denied: "You really dare to speak, that is Lao Tzu exchanged his life for it, someone gave 50,000 yuan, Lao Tzu didn't sell it, you change one!"

"Then give me a picture of your sister," said the soldier.

The team leader suddenly became angry: "You are also worthy!"

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

The team leader said angrily: "Let me go and practice physical fitness!"

"By the way, squad leader, have you ever seen the young marshal?" I heard that the young marshal also participated in the battle of the Zong clan," the soldier asked.

Although the outpost is not particularly far from Barrier 144, and they sometimes go to Barrier 144 when they are on rest, they do not belong to the Sixth Field Division, but belong to Zhou Yinglong's unit number, so they have no intersection with Ren Xiaosu.

Originally, Ren Xiaosu's reputation as a young marshal in the northwest was already very high, and after the Sixth Field Division won the wizard country, Ren Xiaosu's reputation reached its peak.

Therefore, all people who may have intersected with Ren Xiaosu will be surrounded by others to ask about Ren Xiaosu's gossip.

As soon as the squad leader in the outpost heard this, he immediately came to his senses: "When I fought the Zong clan, the young marshal and I were both in the forward battalion under Division Commander Zhou, he was in the sharp knife company, and I was in the second company. At that time, on the first day of the young marshal's arrival in the forward battalion, he jumped the forward battalion into a noisy ......"

A soldier was curious: "Squad leader, you said that the young marshal is so strong, how far can he pee?

The team leader looked at his soldiers angrily: "How dare I compare this with him, isn't that self-inflicted." ”

"It's also ......"

"We're so close to Barrier 144, and I don't know if we'll have a chance to meet the young marshal in the future. ”

"What do you think, we are border guards here, how can we have a chance to meet a big man like the young marshal. ”

The difference between this outpost facing the Central Plains and the outpost facing the wizard country is that the environment here is not so harsh, and you can also grow cabbage, green onions and other vegetables near the outpost.

A post usually has 30 people and has a complete infrastructure inside: physical training equipment, a small canteen, a newspaper area, dormitory barracks, toilets, a fecal incineration tank.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly saw a person running up the mountain at the foot of the mountain: "Someone came, not wearing a military uniform, only one person. ”

"Combat readiness," said the squad leader, "be careful if it's an attack by the transcendents!"

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 he felt: "Wait, it's the young marshal!"

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

In front of the outpost, all the soldiers looked at him with excitement on their faces.

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

"Zhao Shuai, the forward battalion of the 173rd Regiment of the Third Field Division!" the team leader replied straight.

Ren Xiaosu nodded: "I'm Ren Xiaosu of the Sixth Field Division, do you keep the communication of your outpost unimpeded?"

"Unblocked," the team leader nodded frantically: "The border posts are all telephone lines, and they will not be affected." ”

"Connect me to the 178 Fortress Headquarters," Ren Xiaosu said.

The team leader hurriedly ran back to the outpost to dial the phone, and then the operator transferred the line to Fortress 178.

After being connected, Ren Xiaosu went into the house and picked up the phone, while the others all exited the room and consciously waited outside the door.

This kind of direct phone call to the headquarters has a classified level, and ordinary soldiers naturally have no right to listen to it.

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 to the northwest, and I believe that the southwest should be the same." ”

On the phone, Zhang Jinglin was silent for a while and said, "Got it." ”

"I will wait in this post for another day to observe the movement of enemy troops, and if there is anything, I can call here," Mr. Ren said.

"Well," Zhang Jinglin said, "Let's talk again later, you can rest first." ”

After speaking, Zhang Jinglin hung up the phone.

There was not much communication between them, Zhang Jinglin did not suspect whether Ren Xiaosu's judgment was accurate, and Ren Xiaosu did not ask Zhang Jinglin how he was going to react.

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

Ren Xiaosu walked out of the outpost, and only then did he have 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 hadn't bragged to them before.

The team leader stood up and said: "In the past, when the young marshal was in the sharp knife company, I was a third-class soldier in the second company. ”

"I see," Ren Xiaosu smiled: "Where is the dormitory, I need to take a break." ”

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 get a good night's sleep, and then face this more dangerous world.