The black fox stood at the door of the conference room and looked down at the dust on his body, he had just returned from carrying fertilizer, and his whole body was dirty.

When one of the combat staff officers approached him and told him that Officer P5092 had asked him to go to the conference room, he already knew what he was going to face again.

The most brutal war.

However, the black fox was not worried at all in his heart, but suddenly became a little excited.

He studied at the Tinder Military Academy for 4 years, and served in the 3rd Division for so many years, and everything he learned and saw was all for the war effort.

A while ago, P5092 found him and said that from now on, everyone may be transferred to the logistics class, and the black fox still has a regret in his heart.

But it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and he does what the commander says.

But if he still has a chance to pick up arms again, in fact, the black fox is happy in his heart.

Moreover, he believed that the other soldiers of the original Tinder unit would be as happy as he was, because everyone had been waiting for this moment.

The black fox knew that it might be wrong for him to think so, after all, war is war, and there is a price to pay.

But that's what they do best, and it's what they're willing to give everything for.

P5092 sat in the conference room and looked at the black fox calmly: "Don't be happy so early, when you know what kind of enemy you are going to face, you will start to suffer." ”

"No," the black fox smiled, "I was mentally prepared for a long time, and I did it ten years ago." ”

"Go groom, and then take someone to the armory to pick up your gear," P5092 said.

"Okay," the black fox turned around and ran away like a recruit when he had just entered the military academy, full of vitality.

P5092 continued in the quiet conference room: "This time the 3rd Field Division is no longer constructing new defensive positions, and in the face of such a large enemy, the plain positions simply cannot stop them, so it is necessary to delay them by guerrilla warfare. ”

In fact, the 3rd Field Division was really unable to stop the enemy, all they could do was to delay for some time to ensure that as many residents of the northwest retreated to the rear as possible.

So, they don't need to beat anyone, they just need to buy time.

"What support do you need," Ren Xiaosu asked, "I will fight with the Sixth Field Division, so that I can buy more time." ”

"No," P5092 said, shaking his head, "Young Marshal, you have to understand that the greatest significance lies in keeping you alive and letting everyone know that you are alive." You and Commander Zhang are both spiritual pillars in the northwest, so neither of you can fall. If an accident happens to one of you, how much damage will it do to the morale of the entire Northwest Army? Do you know?"

Of course Ren Xiaosu knows this truth.

P5092 continued: "It has nothing to do with the greed for life and fear of death, and the same goes for me, and the dead commander will be worthless. This world never needs senseless blood, you and I need to live calmly to the end, not that we want to live, but this war needs us to live. ”

Ren Xiaosu took a deep breath and said, "Then what support do you need?" ”

"Vehicles are needed, as well as diesel and gasoline supplies," P5092 said, "Only in this way can the mobility of guerrilla warfare be supported, and you also mentioned that the other side can directly control Wang's mechanized troops." ”

The situation faced by the northwest is somewhat different from that of the Qing clan.

There was no road between the Qing and the Wang, so there was no possibility for the mechanized troops to pass through the southwestern forest.

But the northwest is different, the Wang clan has long been stationed on the border, there are roads, and there is also the Wang clan's forward base near the border, even if the other party's supply line is not enough to support the advance of large-scale mechanized troops, there will definitely be a small number of armored vehicles and tanks to reach the northwest.

Therefore, if you want to fight guerrilla warfare with such a force, you must also keep up with your mobility.

However, at this time, Wang Yuexi, who was attending the meeting, hesitated for a moment and said: "But the problem is that diesel, gasoline, and vehicles are all things that the residents urgently need when they retreat, and the vehicles of the entire barrier must be fully operational, so that the residents can be transported away as soon as possible." ”

The conference room fell silent, resources are limited, and who to allocate is the question that Ren Xiaosu must decide.

For Wang Yuexi to evacuate residents, then P5092 will inevitably not be able to ensure high mobility.

You can't have both.

Ren Xiaosu frowned, he got up and said to Wang Yuexi: "You go and arrange the retreat first, you don't have to hide it from the residents of the barrier, this kind of thing can't be hidden." Zhang Xiaoman, you take a brigade into the barrier to maintain order, and if anyone instigates civilians to riot, arrest them all. As for how to evacuate, I'll think about it. ”

At this time, P5092 suddenly said: "Wang Yun, you select 10 soldiers from the army who used to live in Fortress 178 to come out, let us come to see me." Remember, I want soldiers who still have families in Fortress 178 but are not only children. You give me all the true eyes that the young marshal gave you, and I want all those who have not opened the door of the key. ”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment, and he immediately guessed what P5092 wanted these 10 soldiers for.

P5092 thought for a moment and added, "It's better to be voluntary." ”

In the Sixth Field Division, there were more than 1,000 people who followed Zhang Xiaoman to Barrier 144 at the beginning, so these 10 soldiers were not difficult to find.

In the afternoon, P5092 retrieved all the True Vision Eyes that Ren Xiaosu had sent out, including each True Vision Eye above the red level, a total of 10 pieces.

Originally, there were more than 20 of them, but a large number of them have recently opened the door to the key. In order to open it, the previous owner of the True Eye must die.

A True Eye corresponds to a soldier, such as the red stone in Zhang Xiaoman's hand that has not yet opened the Key Gate, all of which can be the key to this evacuation plan.

Home in Fortress 178 is a very important matter, although the key door is uncontrollable, if it is too far away, then this door has a high probability of opening to their respective homes.

This is the rule of Ren Xiaosu's selection of soldiers.

The width of the red key door can pass through one person at a time, and the gold can pass through two.

Of course, civilians can't pass through as quickly as a soldier in an orderly manner, maybe it takes two or three seconds to pass a person, and this time is not accurate, and it needs to be counted again.

But once a soldier opens the end of the Key Gate at Fortress 178, then the entire civilian retreat plan can reduce a lot of burden, at least children, women, and the elderly, who are not suitable for long journeys, can leave through the Key Gate.

There are a total of four barriers that need to be retreated, and Ren Xiaosu must try to find a shortcut.

But the soldiers who opened the Key Gate were not spared, and they had to wait for everyone to pass through, and then turn the Eye of True Vision counterclockwise ten times to close the Key Gate.

This way everyone who passes through the door will not fall back to the other end of the door after it is destroyed.

These soldiers, judging from the countdown to retreat, there is a high probability that these soldiers will not be able to leave Barrier 144.

That's why Ren Xiaosu explained that the soldiers who do these things can't be only children.

To be honest, Ren Xiaosu was very reluctant to make such a choice, because this matter was very unfair to any soldier.

P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu and asked, "Young marshal, do you feel unbearable?"

Ren Xiaosu glanced at P5092: "Yes." ”

P5092 said: "This is what each of us must experience, do you remember the little story of that train, there are 10 people on one side of the track, and hundreds of thousands of people on the other side of the track, originally this train was going to crash into hundreds of thousands of people, and the turn is in your hands, how would you choose?"

Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "No, this analogy is not right. These 10 people didn't do anything wrong, they weren't standing at another intersection in the first place. But now just because they are soldiers, they have to be sacrificed, and they have to take the initiative to stand on another fork in the road, exchanging their own lives for the lives of others?"

P5092 said, "Yes, just because he is a soldier, and every one of us is ready to die for hundreds of thousands of civilians." ”

Ren Xiaosu shook his head again: "I have other ways." ”

P5092 said, "It's okay young marshal, if you can't bear it, I'll tell them." ”

"I'll tell you," Ren Xiaosu said firmly.

When the 10 soldiers came to Ren Xiaosu, Ren Xiaosu looked at the faces of the soldiers, everyone was looking at him with expectant eyes, they all knew that the young marshal had something very important for them to do.

"What's your name and how old are you?" Ren Xiaosu asked softly.

"Zhao Wankun, 40 years old!"

"Jiang Feifei, 31 years old!"

"Zhang Hao, 31 years old!"

"Liu Daixu, 25 years old!"

"Fortunately, 23 years old!"

"Cheng Fangwei, 24 years old!"

"Xu Penglong, 21 years old!"

"Wang Fojun, 21 years old!"

"Dai Jinkai, 26 years old!"

"Tang Boying, 28 years old!"

Of the 10 Northwest Army soldiers, the oldest is 40 years old and the youngest is 21 years old.

Ren Xiaosu was silent thinking about how to speak, but Zhao Wankun smiled and said, "Young marshal, it's okay, you can say it, we are mentally prepared, we came voluntarily." ”

Actually, they knew what was going on, and they knew it when P5092 asked them if they were only children.

Jiang Feifei said with a smile: "Young Marshal, the P5 chief has already told us what is going on, we are willing to stay here and wait for everyone to close it after passing through the Key Gate." In fact, compared to those comrades who need to fight the enemy, we are happy enough, they are the most dangerous. ”

Ren Xiaosu was silent for a moment, and then said: "I will accompany you to the front line until the last moment, and then take you away by steam train." ”

This is Ren Xiaosu's method, maybe P5092 is used to sacrifice as an excellent commander, and is used to dying for his ideals one after another lives around him, but he still can't get used to it.

So, he will wait with these soldiers until the last moment.

"Let's start," Ren Xiaosu said, "just take the stone issued to you, drip blood, and then rotate it ten times clockwise on this wall behind me, and the key door will open." The candidates for Barrier 144, Zhao Wankun, Jiang Feifei, and Zhang Hao. ”

A total of 4 inhabitants of the walls had to be evacuated, so 10 soldiers were evenly divided between the two or three men in each wall.

As for whether they will be able to open the Keygate to Fortress 178, no one knows.

"Young Marshal," one of them hesitated, "what if the door we open is not in Fortress 178?"

Ren Xiaosu said: "Don't have too much pressure, this is something that can't be determined, it may be open next to you, or it may be opened in a place where you have never been at all, even I am gambling, so even if you fail, no one will blame you." Don't worry, I'll find others to try it later, you're just the first batch. ”

The first Zhao Wankun, when he dripped blood and rotated ten times, a circle of ripples rippled on the wall.

He stepped into the key gate, and the next second he returned to the No. 144 barrier in disappointment, and then said with difficulty: "Young marshal, behind this gate is a snow-capped mountain, and the temperature may be more than ten degrees below zero......

Ren Xiaosu helped him pat the snow foam off his shoulder: "It's okay, you go back and rest." ”

Zhao Wankun lowered his head and walked outside the house, Ren Xiaosu felt that his expression was a little wrong, so he quietly followed behind him.

At the moment when Zhao Wankun just went out, the veteran suddenly pulled out the gun on his waist and wanted to shoot himself.

Fortunately, Ren Xiaosu found out in time and kicked Zhao Wankun's matching gun away.

"What are you doing?" Ren Xiaosu asked in a cold voice.

"Young marshal, the P5092 chief told us that this key door can only be opened once, and if the host that opened it is still alive, no one can open it a second time," Zhao Wankun said in a low voice: "So young marshal, don't lie to us, we know what to do." ”

Ren Xiaosu's chest suddenly seemed to be blocked by something, and he was a little depressed.

He had said a few minutes earlier that he would find someone to try Keygate, but he wanted to comfort them.

In this way, I was worried that these people would do stupid things.

As a result, P5092 actually thought things ahead of him, suggesting that the soldiers would kill themselves if they failed to open the door at Fortress 178.

P5092 does this by using human life to keep trial and error until the 10 key doors corresponding to the Eye of True Vision are all opened in Fortress 178!

In this way, there are 2 or 3 key doors per barrier, and the evacuation plan will be much more efficient.

It may only take 10 days for the entire inhabitants of the fortress to retreat to Fortress 178.

Ren Xiaosu dragged Zhao Wankun to find P5092, and he said coldly, "You hinted at their suicide?"

P5092 glanced at Zhao Wankun, and then said calmly: "That's right. ”

"Just because this is the most correct choice?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"Yes," P5092 nodded and said, "The key gate is too unstable, and the young marshal, the civilians can't pass through a person in a few seconds, they are not the trained soldiers of the Sixth Field Division, they will be crowded, and there will also be crowding on the opposite side of the door, the first to pass are children, old people, women, you overestimate the speed of their passage, especially the old people." ”

P5092 continued, "A key door for two people can pass through about 10 to 150,000 people in three days, and even less if there is only one key door for one person to pass through. Barrier 144 had 1.1 million people, and there was no time for a key door to retreat. If these civilians fall into the hands of artificial intelligence, how much of a threat will it pose to the rear front? How many soldiers will die when the time comes?"

Ren Xiaosu listened silently, in fact, he knew very well that what P5092 did was the optimal solution at the moment.

Ignoring human nature, emotion, and morality, constantly using human life to try and make mistakes and then open the door of 10 keys is indeed the most efficient plan.

P5092 said calmly: "Young marshal, I don't tell you just because I don't want your conscience to be condemned, you just don't know about this matter, and I will bear it alone...... I'm cold-blooded anyway. ”

Ren Xiaosu glanced at P5092 coldly and said, "The problem is that you are not as cold-blooded as you say. It's okay if you think I'm righteous and angry, or if you think I'm not mature enough, but the Northwest Army has never needed this kind of sacrifice, if you really want to die, then die together. ”

After speaking, Ren Xiaosu explained that Wang Yun sent people to take care of the soldiers who failed to open the door of the key, and then returned to the room where the door of the key was opened.

Wang Yun on the side said to P5092: "The young marshal also knows that you are for the good of the northwest, he understands, but this is not his style of doing things." ”

P5092 said calmly, "I understand that this is why the leader is the leader, and I can only be a commander. ”

In the end, Barrier 144 tried three times, but only opened a key door that only allowed one person to pass through.

The other soldiers got into their cars and drove to the other ramparts with their respective True Eyes.

In the evening, Ren Xiaosu found P5092 again, and said seriously: "I know very well what kind of person you are, if you are really cold-blooded enough, then when guarding the Great Wall of Tinder, when there are soldiers sacrificed, you don't need to sit alone in the tent until dawn." So next time you make this kind of decision, remember to tell me in advance, the northwest is everyone's northwest, and you don't need to carry anything alone. ”

P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu silently, and after a long time he said, "But war always requires sacrifice, and they are also prepared. ”

Ren Xiaosu said: "You are right, but there are not only rights and wrongs in this world, but also the choices of our hearts." ”

Forts 143, 144, 145, and 146 sounded at the same time on the same day, and the announcers of the various ramparts announced the decision to retreat on the radio.

The officials did not hide the situation of the battle, and frankly admitted that everyone had to retreat back to favorable terrain in order to achieve victory.

For a time, the four barriers were in an uproar.

Originally, the Northwest Army had prepared to maintain order, but the imaginary chaos did not happen.