Bareno's hawks have indeed taken the throne, and this is the news sent by the Duke of Dozan. Moreover, the people sent by Xing Chenghui inquired that Balun Ou was now trying every means to recruit and train soldiers, and offered very favorable conditions to the soldiers who enlisted, and countless people broke their heads and competed to become soldiers. Their arsenals are also working day and night to produce guns and bullets, and the daily production is staggeringly high.

Their arsenals were all imported from the production lines of the Western Empire, and all weapons were modeled after those of the Western Empire. The most shocking thing is that Baron'ou spent a lot of money to hire a large multinational company in the Western Empire to build them the most advanced coal power plant, so that their weapons production is not at all semi-mechanized workshop production as before, but has been completely mechanized large-scale assembly line production.

The Duke of Dozan's Nancheng Foundry uses a small power station to provide electricity for semi-mechanized production. Their efficiency is of course low compared to the assembly line of a large arsenal, but now they can still fully meet the bullet needs of the Silver Tower City Guard. Cheng Lei has been slow to bring back the half of the craftsmen that Duke Duozan promised him, and the reason is that the stalls are too big now, and there is no energy to be dispersed to the weapon workshop.

So Cheng Lei let them stay in the Nancheng Foundry for the time being, and every time Cheng Lei asked Duke Duozan to make him bullets, Duke Duozan would not refuse. Moreover, Cheng Lei's bullets require high precision, and the manufacturing efficiency is also very slow, usually it takes three times as long to make such a high-precision bullet as an ordinary bullet.

Cheng Lei used to tell Zheng Bin and the three squad leaders not to waste bullets, because it is too difficult to make a bullet in this world, and it is even more difficult to make a high-precision bullet they need.

Now the head of the Baren'ou hawks has also called on every citizen of Balun'ou to donate military funds and supplies to the government and the army, and if the war is won, the government will give back to the citizens with money several times the amount of the donation. This move shook the hearts of everyone in the Balun European country, which is now in a moment of frenzy of donating for the country, and the people donate an astonishing amount of money and goods every day.

If this situation continues, if there is no real great power to stop Balen'ou's fanatical armament operations, Ballen'ou will wage war against the surrounding countries within a year. The most likely first target of war is the Scorching Sun Federation, which is the weakest of all the surrounding countries and still implements the ancient policy of state and city autonomy.

The only things that the Scorching Sun Federal Government can really control are the capital Sun City and a few state cities near Sun City, and the other state cities are just a mess of sand. If Balono really wants to use troops against the Scorching Sun Federation, the strength of the Scorching Sun Federation army is not an opponent at all.

All the information is placed here, and Duke Duozan also specially brought a map to Cheng Lei, which lists in detail the various forces and the situation of the Scorching Sun Federation. The most important thing is to analyze the situation of Silver Tower City in detail after the war.

Cheng Lei personally went to the Silver Tower and had various discussions with Duke Dozan about the upcoming war. Cheng Lei made a careful analysis of the current situation and Yinta City, and after this analysis, Cheng Lei found that if there was really a war, the geographical location of Yinta City would not be bad. Because assuming that Cheng Lei's own thinking of using troops is concerned, if he is the supreme commander of the Balen'ou army and wants to take the Scorching Sun Federation, the bridgehead to the southern continent, then the troops must be divided into two or three ways to echo each other. This would allow the forces of the Burning Sun Federation to be dispersed in large numbers, and it would also allow the states and cities to take care of themselves and not concentrate on confronting Balono's army.

This is the best way to strike militarily against the Scorching Sun Federation, but whether the Balon's troops are divided into two or three ways, or they only use one army to attack, they will not be able to look down on Silver Tower City, which is close to the desert in the northeast corner of the Scorching Sun Federation. Because Silver Tower City is so remote and geographically unimportant, it is a type of optional, and it is likely that they will not be left to fend for themselves at all.

But now the position of the chicken rib of Silver Tower City has become a blessing for the Duke of Dozan and the people of Silver Tower City, if they really don't have to bear the crush of the powerful army of the Balon's European country, they would rather be called chicken ribs. Although Cheng Lei was a little disdainful of their ideas, he thought that if they could really avoid this war, after successive development, the Lion King Squadron would definitely develop to an astonishing extent, and by that time......

Just when Cheng Lei and Duke Duozan were still chatting while drinking tea, they suddenly heard dense gunfire in the distance, and there was a faint sound of cannons that were not loud. The expressions of the two of them suddenly became serious, but if there was a war in Silver Tower City, it wouldn't be long before someone reported it.

Cheng Lei and Duke Duozan both put a cigarette in their mouths and lit it, and then quietly waited for the person who came to report. A few minutes later, sure enough, a guard hurriedly ran in: "Report to Your Excellency the Duke, there are hundreds of horse bandits from the west gate of the city, who claim to be from the west side of the Basket Mountain, and say that they want to borrow money and guns from us." After the west gate was closed, we also fired guns and cannons at the guards on the city gate......"

Duke Duozan smiled and said: "There has not been such a thing for many years, how can I say that Yinta City is also a state city, even if it is not good, it will not be the turn of these horse bandits in the mountains to come here arrogantly!" So, the villages outside the city must have been plagued by them, right? ”

The guard said with some sadness: "The eighteen villages outside the city are already full of gunsmoke, but most of the young people are working in Mr. Cheng's base, or have come to the city to apply. The rest of the old and weak women and children may have already encountered accidents...... My home is there...... Your Excellency, I beg you, open the gates and let me go out and fight them to the death! ”

Duke Dozan suddenly thought of something, was stunned for a moment and said, "You go out to fight them to the death by yourself, isn't that a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?" When the time comes, you don't know who killed you, so you should step back and wait for your orders, and call me Xilin! ”

"Yes!" The guards retreated with a heavy heart.

"Mr. Cheng, you have thousands of young and strong bachelors out of thin air...... Duke Duozan said thoughtfully.

Of course Cheng Lei understood what he meant, if these thousands of bachelors joined Cheng Lei's army, then the current balance of Silver Tower City would be completely broken. Cheng Lei will become the biggest force in Yinta City, and no one else can compete with him.

Cheng Lei said with a smile: "Your Excellency Duke, don't be careful, we will always be the most reliable ally!" Don't you know my Cheng Lei's character, so you can rest assured. It's already the limit for me to keep a third of these young people, and I can't afford to raise them any more. When the time comes, the rest of the people will be His Excellency's, and you can use it however you want! ”

Duke Duozan breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his thumb and said, "Mr. Cheng, Mr. Cheng, the greatest wealth in my life is to gain your friendship and trust. You have never let me down, and I will definitely not disappoint Mr. Cheng! With that, the Duke of Dozan stood up and walked towards the gate of the Silver Tower.

After a while, Xilin rode back from the west gate of the city. When he arrived at the gate of the Silver Tower, he quickly dismounted, walked up to the Duke of Dozan, saluted, and said, "Report to Your Excellency the Duke, I am back." Outside the west gate of the city, there were 314 horse bandits, more than 100 horses, about 200 guns, and the others were holding some cold weapons. The cannons we heard were three sentries on the wagons, but the sentries were limited in range and only hit our walls. ”

Duke Dozan asked a little irritably: "We haven't offended any bandits before at all, how could a bandit suddenly appear and make trouble in our Silver Tower City?" It's an eventful time, we don't have much energy to deal with these bandits, and now it's imperative to find out what these bandits really are for, and if they really just want money, then give them some money and send them away! The strength of our guards cannot be consumed on these bandits. ”

After listening to Duke Duozan's words, Sirin said, "Your Excellency, as far as I can see, they are not just asking for money, as you think. The bandits were located just outside the city, a little out of range of our cannons, and I could see through my lookout glass that there were several familiar faces among them. ”

"What familiar face, who is it?" Duke Dozan immediately asked.

"Sikong's old subordinates, the men of the Second Guard." Xilin said word by word.

Duke Dozan's body shook violently: "You mean...... Skun he's back? ”

Xilin nodded and said, "Although I didn't see Sikong's shadow, I recognized him under his heart. Moreover, his former henchmen and subordinates seem to have a high status among these horse bandits, so it can be concluded that Sikong controls these horse bandits! ”

For the first time, Cheng Lei discovered that Xilin's battlefield observation ability and combat awareness were so strong, and Xilin was able to observe all enemy troops in such a short period of time, so as to achieve the purpose of analyzing the enemy's motives. This is simply a natural scout, Cheng Lei really wants to pull him into the Lion King squadron now, but because of Duke Duozan, he has no choice but to give up.

A rare look of tenderness appeared on Duke Dozan's face at this time, and he slowly said to himself, "Sikong, you are back in such a short time. Don't you know that it is a fool's dream to take away Silver Tower City just by relying on your current strength? ”

"But I'm glad that you've finally grown up, and you're no longer the little kid who cries after your brother. Being able to assemble a team that can threaten the safety of Silver Tower City in such a short period of time is also considered your ability! Sikong, then let's have fun......"