Chapter 80: The Baron's Invasion
A few days later, the construction of the base wall was completed, and after giving the migrant workers two days off, they were fully engaged in the construction of the military zone. The construction of the residential area was also on the right track under the command of Siddock, and the young men and women of the refugees were all full of energy, and Qi Mi also ordered the logistics of the base, giving the refugees enough meals a day for three meals, and often putting some meat and eggs on them to supplement their nutrition.
Now the supply of ten tons of cement per day is far from meeting the needs of the base, so Cheng Lei decided to take ten tons from Xing Chenghui and the shops to support the construction of the base. And explained to Xing Chenghui and the shop owners that they would restore their share as soon as the construction of the base was completed, and it was very likely that there would be a larger production line at that time, and they would be able to get more shares of cement.
After the sharp rise in cement prices some time ago, although the price has fallen somewhat, it has also stabilized at the price of 100 gold coins per ton. If Cheng Lei can do what he says, he can put on another production line with a daily output of hundreds of tons, then a little loss now is nothing.
Xing Chenghui and the shop owners also agreed, and promised Cheng Lei that if they needed help in the construction of the base, they would definitely be duty-bound. Those shop owners can say that in fact, Cheng Lei doesn't have much friendship with them, but Xing Chenghui is different, he helps Cheng Lei too much, so Cheng Lei took the initiative to reduce the price of cement to Xing Chenghui to sixty gold victor, so Xing Chenghui will have no loss.
Xing Chenghui was grateful to Cheng Lei for his affection, and specially sent Xing Junjie to send a lot of gasoline and diesel over. And said to Cheng Lei that the generator and welding machine will be given to Cheng Lei in the future, Cheng Lei is also very happy, and it is very pleasant to cooperate with people like Xing Chenghui.
The transformation of the first tank armored car has begun to take shape, thanks to everything that Zheng Bin led the craftsmen to do. Maybe this tank armored car can be said to be the first tank in this world in a sense, and Cheng Lei's drawings have also made very big changes to its entire appearance. After everything is completed, I'm afraid even Xing Chenghui won't recognize that this hideous killing weapon was transformed from the truck he brought back to Cheng Lei.
If this tank is fully staffed, plus a commander, it will take eleven people, a total of thirteen trucks will be transported back, and after all the modifications are completed, more than 100 people will be needed to form this armored force.
Cheng Lei decided to directly set up an armored company from these tanks, and Cheng Lei personally commanded it. They also have a spare set of intercom abutments on their vehicles, which are just right for these tanks and armored vehicles. In this way, Cheng Lei can get in touch with the soldiers in each vehicle in time, and then accurately hit the enemy anywhere.
At that time, the armored company charged ahead, the infantry company followed, and then the artillery fire support. Such a strong coordinated attack is simply not something that those armies in this world can resist, because the strongest impact of those armies is the cavalry, how can it be compared to tanks!
As for the candidates for the formation of this armored company, Cheng Lei's ideal in his heart is, of course, the eighty cavalry given to him by his father-in-law, Dun Leha. Those people are brave veterans, and they are strong in all aspects. If they are systematically trained, it is believed that these cavalrymen do much better than the recruits, and the most important thing is that their loyalty is definitely much higher than that of the recruits.
It's just that Cheng Lei's previous plan was to form a cavalry unit, and the existing cavalry team can be used as the backbone. When the time comes, the recruits will be directly filled into the current cavalry team, and then it won't be long before these cavalrymen can be brought out.
When he was hesitating, Zheng Bin stepped in: "Old Cheng, I knew that your kid must be hiding in the headquarters." Can't you just go over there and keep an eye on it, I don't arrange for you to work, I just want you to go over and see how you are doing, if you meet the requirements! ”
Cheng Lei came back to his senses at this time: "Lao Zheng, you are more proficient than me in this regard, as long as the general direction is according to the drawings, it will be fine, and you can do other things yourself!" ”
"What's wrong with you, why do you look listless, is there something wrong with you?" Zheng Bin saw that something was wrong with Cheng Lei at this time.
Cheng Lei stretched his waist and said, "It's okay, maybe I'm too tired during this time!" ”
"Are you too embarrassed to shout tired? I've been busy these days, are you more tired than me? As soon as Zheng Bin heard Cheng Lei say that he was tired, he became angry.
Cheng Lei took out a gold coin, held it in his hand, and said, "Lao Zheng, I'm not the tired you said." I'm tired, and now there are so many things to think about that I'm tired. You look at this gold coin, if the front side is a fish and the back is a bear's paw, and you can only have one side, you can't have both, what will you do? ”
"Did you find something wrong again, or is there something going on again? Tell me and I'll see if there's anything I can do! ”
"Okay!" Cheng Lei put the gold coin on the table, took out a flue-cured cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath before telling Zheng Bin about the problem of the cavalry team in detail. Of course, the cavalry team is not as important as the armored company, but although the current cavalry team is the best candidate to form an armored company, what should you do when you want to organize a cavalry team in the future?
Moreover, after the cavalry team enters the armored company, it may not do a better job than those young recruits, and Cheng Lei is particularly uneasy about those stunned young recruits, after all, the armored company will become their main force in the future.
Zheng Bin said categorically: "Let all the cavalry team enter the armored company, and loyalty is the most important thing in the current situation." Besides, this armored company will become our trump card unit against the enemy in the future, so we must use the most loyal people! Lao Cheng, think about it, even if we don't have cavalry troops, what is there, with an armored company, who dares to charge us with cavalry troops, it will be equivalent to an egg hitting a stone, what are you afraid of? ”
Cheng Lei was stunned by one sentence, and immediately made a decision to let Yin Kaicheng, the captain of the War Eagle squad who was guarding the cement factory, come back, he is the most proficient in all kinds of ordnance and chariots, and he can train the cavalry team, which is now the armored company. Cheng Lei also asked Li Changcheng to select fifty nimble recruits from the recruit training camp and replenish all of them, so that an armored company would take shape.
Why did Cheng Lei modify trucks instead of directly using their combat vehicles as vehicles for armored companies? Because in his mind, the chariots they brought with them were too precious, and their chariots were just wheeled armored personnel carriers. After all, Cheng Lei and his team members used to be special forces, and what they valued most was not mechanized confrontation, but individual combat ability and the ability to cooperate between groups.
The armored vehicles they drove were not vehicles of mechanized armored forces, they were just ordinary bulletproof vehicles. Besides, how can the armored car compare to the power of the tank armored vehicle they have transformed with trucks now, according to Cheng Lei's observation, the two are not at the same level at all, it can be said that it is the difference between the earth dog and the Tibetan mastiff.
After solving the staffing problem of the armored company, Cheng Lei can be regarded as relieved. Now there are only two things in front of us, one is the construction of the base, and all the migrant workers are now pounced on the construction of the building and the leveling of all the sites. Qi Mi sent someone to spread the word, reassuring Cheng Lei, giving him three to five months, he can build all the houses and training grounds urgently needed in the military area, and by that time, the people in the Yinta City camp will be able to enter the base.
The other thing is the problem of tank modification, at the speed of Zheng Bin and them, when all the trucks are modified, it will have to wait at least a month or two. However, since the base is not so fast, the problem of transformation is not so urgent.
The Duke of Dozan began to convene a meeting again, this time with all the powerful people in the city to attend. Jackie Chan subconsciously thought, is there really something big happening this time?
When Cheng Lei entered the Yinta meeting room, the atmosphere inside was particularly solemn, and the air seemed to be frozen. When everyone saw Cheng Lei coming in, they all got up to say hello, which enlivened the heavy atmosphere a little. However, the expressions on the faces of those people, including Duke Duozan, were not very good-looking, and Cheng Lei just sat in his seat and did not speak much. Xing Chenghui also came this time, he and Cheng Lei's seats were next to each other, the two of them exchanged cigarettes, and then Xing Chenghui whispered to Cheng Lei: "Balunou sent troops to invade and occupy the two cities northwest of Sun City, and now the Scorching Sun Federal Government is actively mobilizing the Western Empire to impose sanctions on Balunou, and issued an ultimatum to ask them to stop the invasion immediately." ”
Cheng Lei heard a lot of different information from Xing Chenghui's words, Balun'o had already begun to act and occupied two cities of the Scorching Sun Federation. However, the federal government of the scorching sun only launched Western sanctions against Balen'ou, without any actual action. If the government of a country has only this attitude towards the aggression of its neighbors, then it can be said that it has completely abandoned these two city-states.
Because since Baron'o had made up his mind to invade the Scorching Sun Federation, how could he be easily frightened by its few words? It seems that Duke Dozan's previous analysis was completely correct, and the Scorching Sun Federal Government would not help other city-states at all, except for Sun City and the few surrounding cities that they could fully control.
In this way, a highly autonomous state city like Silver Tower City can be said to have become a fish on the chopping block of the Balun European country, and there is no resistance at all. Xing Chenghui also said that Balunou sent more than 10,000 troops to invade the two cities in the northwest this time, and the invasion was as smooth as destroying the withering and decaying. Because those two city-states are like Silver Tower City, they only have a city guard of about 1,000 people, how can they fight against an army of tens of thousands.