Moltke smiled awkwardly, in fact, the Yaman Empire attached great importance to the arrival of the Iron Blood Army this time, and Wilhelm II also sent a special car, but the vehicles of the Yaman Empire were all imported from the Chinese Empire before the war, and in preparation for the war, they were naturally all trucks.

The officers who were supposed to greet the Iron Blooded Army sent several trucks, and in order to make people comfortable, they also specially covered the rear compartment with a canvas canopy with fixed seats, but at the moment he could not say the words of invitation.

In front of the beautiful military jeep of the Iron Army, the truck fleet prepared by his own side was so rustic that General Moltke was embarrassed to take it out, and when he saw Xu Xiangnan inviting him to ride with him, he could only agree.

The follow-up transport planes unloaded a batch of jeeps and wheeled reconnaissance vehicles one after another, enough for the officers of the Iron Army and the immediate guard company to ride, and as for the officers who came to meet them from the Yaman Empire, they could only board the trucks with shame on their faces.

Everyone drove to the barracks, Xu Xiangnan, who got out of the car, nodded again and again, the character of the Yaman people is very rigorous, their attitude towards doing things is almost harsh, look at this barracks and you can find that all the places are clean, and all kinds of items are neatly stacked, so that the iron-blooded officers and soldiers who have arrived one after another are very satisfied.

"General Moltke, I am very satisfied with the arrangement of your army, from this barracks I can see your country's hospitality to us, and I hope that the general will express his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor of your country on my behalf." Now it is the handover of official business in the barracks, and what he said naturally has to be in line with this occasion, but fortunately, Xu Xiangnan's diplomatic rhetoric is also quite familiar.

General Moltke nodded and said: "I will definitely convey it, we are also very grateful for the arrival of your army, if there is any difficulty at any time to raise it with the liaison officer, we will solve it as soon as possible, as for food, our country really does not have a chef who understands Chinese cuisine, if you need any ingredients, please try to bring it up, we will try to meet it." ”

Xu Xiangnan said: "We have a military cook, and they will contact the liaison officer for the ingredients, but I want to know when my subordinates will be able to enter the position and fight against the invasion of the Entente group together with the warriors of your country." ”

Hearing Xu Xiangnan's request for battle, General Moltke looked at several high-ranking officials on the side, and said with a little embarrassment: "Is it busy to go to the front line, we have a very tricky matter and hope to use the strength of your department, and now except for your department, we have no troops that can go deep into such a task." ”

"Oh? Have a tricky task? Xu Xiangnan looked at General Moltke suspiciously.

General Moltke raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "This is not the place to talk about military plans, let's go to the war room and talk about it." ”

The construction of the military camp in the Yaman Empire was very formal, and there was a special war room in this military camp. The Yamans were apparently prepared, and a military map of the vicinity of the port of Sturdam hung on the wall of the war room.

Coming to the map, General Moltke personally picked up a wooden stick and pointed at the map and said: "There was an emergency at noon yesterday, and the Boston Empire launched a landing operation in the port of Steddam in order to support the Western Continent battlefield. Unfortunately, the Thar Empire discovered in advance that Boston was ambushed, and now the Boston fleet was forced to retreat, and more than 50,000 Boston troops were surrounded in the port of Sturdam. ”

Speaking of this, General Moltke sighed, not knowing whether he sighed for the defeat of the Bostonians or for the fact that the Bostonians did not relieve the siege of the Yaman Empire.

General Moltke put down his wooden stick and walked to the table and sat down, facing Xu Xiangnan and said: "Last night and this morning, we launched five attacks on the defense line of the Saar people, but with little success, with the current strength and combat effectiveness of our army, we will not be able to break through the opponent's defense line at all, and we will pick up the Boston Army trapped in the port of Steddam." ”

As if thinking of the sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of his own army, General Moltke sighed again, his face gloomy.

Xu Xiangnan kept frowning and listening to Moltke's narration until Moltke sighed again, and he spoke: "General Moltke means to let our army break through the defense line of the Saar people and bring the Boston people back?" Knowing that General Moltke was difficult to speak, Xu Xiangnan directly stated the other party's purpose.

General Moltke's old face turned red, and he said with some squeak: "I know this is very embarrassing for your army, but if we don't lend a helping hand in the face of our allies, it will make the allies feel cold." ”

Xu Xiangnan also knew that he should be rescued, but he was also very aware of Fang Xiaoyu's fear of the Boston Empire, and within the imperial military, Fang Xiaoyu's antipathy to the Boston Empire was already an open secret, so when it came to the rescue operation of the Boston people, he did not dare to call the shots.

"We are only in the vanguard now, the number is still too small, we need to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops and equipment before we can act, not to mention that my staff office needs to develop an action plan, which will take time." Xu Xiangnan decided to delay for a few days and asked the domestic joint command for instructions.

"How many days will it take?" Hearing that Xu Xiangnan had the intention of taking over the task, General Moltke immediately asked.

"About a week." Xu Xiangnan gave a more relaxed time. Hearing Xu Xiangnan's reply, General Mao Qi nodded, this time is still acceptable, after all, people are transporting troops from thousands of kilometers away, and such a short preparation time is already very fast. What's more, the Bostonians have enough men and ammunition, and they can hold out in the port of Sturdam for a while, and they still have plenty of time to prepare.

"Okay, if you have any requirements, you can put them forward first, and we will try our best to meet them." General Moltke nodded.

"I need the details of the number and equipment of the Saar army besieging the port of Sturdam, a detailed map of the surrounding area, and the assistance of your army that may be needed when the time comes." Xu Xiangnan unceremoniously put forward three requirements.

Moltke nodded and agreed: "There is no problem, if there are any requirements in other aspects, we will try our best to meet them, and the equipment can also be satisfied." ”

Xu Xiangnan shook his head and said: "No, our equipment will be sent by transport plane, and there is no need for your country to transfer it." "Thinking about the jeeps that people brought in, people really don't look down on their own equipment, General Moltke nodded and didn't say anything.

"Lao Feng's moves are really vicious, and the Saar people did a good job, look at how much the Boston people have lost. Obediently, more than one million tons of ships have been lost, including more than 60,000 tons of warships, 50,000 troops have been killed, more than 50,000 people have been trapped, and the losses of equipment and materials are even more incalculable. Looking at the detailed report sent by the Intelligence Bureau in his hand, Liu Junguo exclaimed.

Chen Yu also smiled: "Indeed, this time Lao Feng has made the Boston people miserable, and now the commander of the army has always been vacant?" I think Lao Feng's despicability and shamelessness are enough to be the commander of the army. ”

Feng Shichang glared at Chen Yu and said, "Are you praising me?" Can't you see that both branches of the military have commanders, why the army alone doesn't, this is what the young master tells us about the importance he attaches to the army. The young master once said that no matter how powerful the navy's warships are and how advanced the air force planes are, the final solution to the problem still depends on the army, this is the young master's bottom line, don't make a taboo. ”

"What taboos do I have? Let's talk about it. Feng Shichang was dancing and discussing, Fang Xiaoyu had already walked into the door of the joint command, as soon as his words came out, Feng Shichang immediately shut up, looking at everyone with an embarrassed face, and the others were secretly snickering.

Seeing Feng Shichang's embarrassed expression, Fang Xiaoyu didn't want to tease him anymore. Fang Xiaoyu walked up to Feng Shichang, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "This thing is done beautifully, borrowing a knife to kill people." Not only did he use the Saar people to weaken the Boston people, but he also made the Boston people suspicious of the Yaman Empire, killing two birds with one stone, okay, good. ”

Feng Shichang said: "The young master is too complimentary, I deserve it, I don't know what happened to the young master coming over today?" "Since the war, there have been no major events, and he has rarely come here.

Fang Xiaoyu took out a telegram report: "Xu Xiangnan reported to me that the Yaman Imperial military hopes that the Iron Blood Army can take action and let us rescue the besieged troops of the Boston people. "Xu Xiangnan does not belong to the national army sequence, so he reported it directly to Fang Xiaoyu.

Fang Xiaoyu put the telegram on the table and said, "Let's analyze it and see how much benefit we can gain if we carry out this operation, and how much risk we need to take." ”

Feng Shichang was the first to pick up the telegram and looked at it: "I think we can refuse this task, the third army of the iron-blooded army has only 50,000 people when it arrives, and there is no heavy weapon configuration, and the Thar army surrounding the port of Sturdam is more than 200,000, not counting the reinforcements on the opponent's defense line and the possible reinforcements, the difference in strength is too great." ”

Hearing Feng Shichang's analysis, Chen Yu also nodded and said: "Yes, the disparity in strength is too great, we can't get too many benefits, and the risks are great." Even Zhang Haiyang nodded in agreement.

Fang Xiaoyu sat at the table and sighed: "It is indeed very cost-effective militarily, but have you thought about the political factors. What was the reason why the Boston Empire was thousands of miles away, and what was the purpose of such a risky landing operation? Nor is it to increase the bargaining chips for the distribution of benefits after the war. ”

Seeing that several senior officers were deep in thought, Fang Xiaoyu said again: "The current situation is very delicate, the defeat of the Entente is certain, and this is the time to earn bargaining chips for the distribution of benefits after the war. The reason why I say that Brother Feng did a good job is because he disrupted the plan of the Bostonians to take credit. But there are two sides to everything, and although the Bostonians have failed this time, once their landing force is completely annihilated, they can play the sad card and take advantage of it under the pretext of paying great sacrifices for the victory of the war at any cost. ”

Chen Yu said: "But even if we rescue these Bostonians, their losses are already very large, and they can also use this as an excuse to play the sad card, and we can't get any benefits." ”

"Not necessarily." Fang Xiaoyu's eyebrows raised and he said confidently: "As long as we rescue part of the Boston army, the Chinese Empire can claim to be the savior, as long as we hype it up afterwards, the Boston Empire will be a head shorter than us, and we will be able to suppress the other party after the war." ”