The extermination of the Shanshuo tribe did not cause much of a sensation in the territory of the alien race, and even among those who witnessed it in the eastern race. This is just a battle to kill chickens and set an example to monkeys, there are so many fools in the alien race, and the Shanshuo tribe is the stupidest, and the one who rushes to the top of the ground.

By dawn the next day, nearly two million people of the Shanshuo tribe had been slaughtered. The profession represents the attitude of mankind, and shows all races that humanity is not blind and does not blindly compromise, but stands on a very firm position on war.

Now is the time of war, and in the face of foreign races who are willing to compromise, the empire can show the greatest goodwill, take them into the empire, and provide them with good living space and living conditions; In the face of the races willing to cooperate, the empire can sign a contract, and strictly abide by the content of the contract, without violating morality in the slightest.

However, as long as any ill will towards the Empire is shown and acted upon, no matter what the premise, it will become an enemy of the Empire. As long as it is an enemy, it will be ruthlessly attacked by the Empire, no matter what race it is, no matter how strong it is, the Empire will stand to the end.

"To be honest, there are not a few people in the entire eastern race who watch the excitement, at least the Veil Ghost Clan is the best spectator, I don't know how happy it is to watch." Guan Jue said helplessly: "After all, the primeval races are ten thousand races, if there are no human beings, aren't they looking for a common enemy from within?" ”

Zhu He did not object to this: "Now, the Shanshuo clan has stopped exterminating the clan, and it is estimated that they should be honest." ”

The staff officer on the other side said: "The news came back this morning, and several other races that had previously held the negotiating team have now released the hostages and are willing to sign a contract. Two races were even scared and added some other terms to the contract. ”

Guan Jue sneered: "Heh! Alien! ”

Zhu He also smiled and asked, "What about the other races?" ”

"The other races that hesitated yesterday had already made a decision and signed a treaty with us by noon today. None of the other races, except for the two top races, have questioned our terms in any way. Even the top races have only fought for the minutiae, but those are the places that we have designed for them to make concessions. ”

"It seems that the eastern races are really acquainted, and the top races just want to retain a little bit of their own superiority and dignity." After Zhu He nodded and finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing twice, and ordered: "Go according to the plan immediately!" It's the end of the year soon, let's go to the alien border for the New Year! ”

The great armies of the empire mobilized and marched from various bases towards the edge of the northern border. The eastern races on the northern border had compromised, and even the eastern races on the southern front began to take the initiative to seek the cooperation of the empire, but Zhu He did not show any intention of continuing to cooperate.

Dong Xiaoguan was a little puzzled: "If you can occupy no man's land and seize the advantage on the front in advance by cooperating with the eastern race, why not continue to cooperate with the eastern race and occupy the southern front?" Wouldn't that be better for us? In the spring of the next year, the alien race will be crushed by all of us! ”

Leng Yan said: "Logically speaking, this is true, but you have overlooked a lot of things. The commander-in-chief must have his own reasons for doing this. At the moment, all I can think about is the issue of economic capacity and capacity-building. ”

"Economic capacity and building capacity?" Dong Xiaoguan pondered.

"Yes, economically, the empire built the Great Wall, which was regulated by satellite technology, but was still in a state of economic instability. Truth be told, if it weren't for the more disordered intra-alien trade system, the empire would now have much less advantage. With so many corps operations, food, medicine, and equipment for soldiers, and energy and maintenance for mecha and armored vehicles all cost a lot of money. Since the empire has only determined the occupation strategy of half of the border, it means that such a strategic arrangement is the current state of economic saturation, and any more may cause economic turmoil in the country. ”

"What about building capacity?"

"Building capacity refers to labor." Leng Yan continued, "We have occupied the northern border, and we have actually not just pushed the front to the edge of the alien territory. You should know that it is impossible to form an advantage just by blindly advancing, without a sufficiently stable rear and an absolute degree of occupation. It's like the front we occupied before, but in fact it's an empty, groundless occupation. When we transfer border races, we are often attacked by foreign races, which is actually a manifestation of emptiness. It is not reliable to rely on internal scattered patrols and fringe road blockades. We need to build our own war fortresses, build roads and railways, and build checkpoints along the way, so that we can ensure maximum marching speed and sufficient communication to achieve the goal of truly occupying the entire no-man's land. And the construction of these things requires a lot of manpower, money and machinery to assist. You know, although the entire uninhabited area is long and narrow, but it is hundreds of thousands of kilometers long, plus the width of the uninhabited area, how high is the building capacity required? If we continue to expand to the south, we may not only not be able to occupy half of the no-man's land, but by next spring, we will have to retreat on all fronts. ”

Dong Xiaoguan nodded: "That is to say, with our current ability, and in the three months until spring, we can only occupy half of the no-man's land, and any more will cause the occupation to be incomplete, and it will be easy to be recaptured." In this way, our efforts will not only be in vain, but also a lot of money and time will be wasted. ”

"And more than that." Leng Yan said: "During this time, the alien race will never let us occupy no man's land in peace. The western races will definitely send out teams to constantly harass the troubles, and you think they will completely shrink away? There are also eastern races, maybe some races are actually not willing at all in their hearts. During this time, we will even sacrifice a large number of comrades-in-arms, maybe it is you or me. ”

Qiu Shao interjected in the communication channel at this time: "Needless to say, if you are not ready to sacrifice, then I will give you a good time now." ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire communication channel fell silent. These days, Qiu Shao has established his prestige in the squadron, and the strategies he is in and the combat deployments he makes can often have the best results. This made all the soldiers very convinced of Qiu Shao, and coupled with Qiu Shao's cold character and decisiveness, they were all convinced and maintained enough awe for him.

However, next, Qiu Shao still added some of his own introductions: "What Leng Yan said just now is good, although the empire did not make it clear, but I estimate that under the premise of retaining a certain amount of security, the empire can indeed only occupy half of the border." But for now, occupying the north is indeed our best option, and the reason is not only because of the economic level and the ability to build. ”

"The analysis of the cold death is very accurate, the domestic economic state is indeed unstable, and the construction capacity does need to be concentrated. But after all, this is a case of speculation, and reasonable speculation can be used as a factual basis, but we must continue to dig into the importance of it, which is the key point of the strategy. ”

"The empire is huge, even if there are some small problems inside, even if the strength still does not allow it, but if it is done with all its might, according to my speculation, the empire can completely occupy the entire border. But that's not necessary, especially given the current situation. ”

"Why? Because this point in time is actually very delicate. Normally, the whole war should have started next summer, and the aliens might have wanted to bring it forward until next spring. But the empire was forced to advance by a few months, and this situation was actually unexpected by both sides. ”

"Today's war is nothing but a warm-up and a mutual test. What the empire wants is to show its strength and test the level of the alien race. What the Aliens want to do is take advantage of some abandonment, buy time to recuperate, and find ways to deal with the Empire's new strategy. ”

"It's all on the bright side, and I'm sure you'll be able to see it. But without thinking on the surface, we need to dig for ourselves. So why is the empire tempting, rather than completely turning against the other? Why should the aliens recuperate? ”

"It sounds like either side can fight a battle if either side wants to take a desperate gamble. Either the alien race chose to take us by surprise when the empire was tempted, or the empire took advantage of the fact that the alien race had not yet recovered and hit the east. Why not? ”

Xu Hewei said: "Since we can think of it, then both the Hong clan and the empire should be able to think of such a possibility. Therefore, both sides are retaining their strength and preparing to deal with this possible ruin, and they are not rash. ”

Qiu Shao agreed: "That's right. As I said, my assumption is that the empire can retain some security. So how much security is there? That's not something we can guess. There is no doubt that this guarantee, what needs to be guaranteed is such a big scene that may appear. ”

"In other words, it's not that the empire can't fight, but it's guarding against alien races, and it may also retain a certain amount of strength?" Someone asked, "Then what we are testing is also these strengths of foreign races?" ”

"You're right, what the empire is constantly testing is the bottom line of alien races. The western race allows the eastern race to cooperate with humans, but they don't want to be completely opposed to the eastern race, so they have to give up part of their hole cards and let the empire test their bottom line. At the same time, the eastern races, as part of the alien race, may also provide a lot of useful information if they completely fall to the empire. Qiu Shao said: "The current situation of the alien race is not good, what they want is not a temporary victory, but to wait until the internal situation is sorted out, and use these hole cards to completely turn the situation around." ”

"But if that's the case, why can't we continue to occupy the southern border? If that's the case, the empire should have more heritage, and even if it occupies the southern border, it should be somewhat rich. Even if you lose the power to start a big war on your own initiative, you should keep the power to defend, right? Leng Yan asked.

Qiu Shao said: "Indeed, according to our current speculation, the power retained by the empire is likely to be quite large, and even if it occupies the southern border, it will be able to retain enough defensive forces. But you must know that spring is not far away, and even if the entire no-man's land becomes ours in three months, do we have to wait until the aliens start a war before we counterattack? Don't forget, this war was initiated by us on our own initiative, and the fact that a large number of soldiers can move forward depends largely on our initiative. The qualifications to wage war must not fall into the hands of the other side. Whether it is in terms of morale or the initiative in the war, it should be like this, even if we give up half of the border, we will hold on to this qualification. ”

Leng Yan was also silent, and none of the soldiers spoke.

Qiu Shao continued: "I find that you guys are a little greedy, in such a situation, we can occupy half of the border, isn't it a result that we have never thought of before? Now that you have occupied half of no man's land, you want to occupy more? If you keep this in mind, you will never be a successful commander. Don't you understand the truth of thinking about defeat before you think about victory? ”

"Let's not talk about the possible preconditions that we speculated, let's talk about the alien race today. The eastern race has indeed compromised with us, but how many are as unconvinced as the Shanshuo tribe? We didn't control the eastern races, in a way, we compromised. ”

"The reason why the western races acquiesced to the current state of affairs was because they knew very well that even if the eastern races had some cooperation with the empire, the eastern races would still be alien. If the Empire wants to occupy the east, or pass through it, the eastern races will still be on the side of the aliens. ”

"But what if we continue to occupy the south? The means are nothing more than cooperation with the eastern races, which is our only option. Half of the eastern races, the western races may not be taken seriously. If the entire eastern race cooperated with the Empire, what would the western race think? ”

"This kind of occupation on all fronts is not only for the advantage of the empire, but also for the pressure on the western races. When analyzing a strategy, how can you forget to translate your own strengths into the weaknesses of the other party? What will the western race do then? No one can tell. ”

"When the time comes, those races like the Shanshuo in the eastern races will come into play. Trick us, trap us, harass us, break the contract? Such situations emerge one after another, how can we build a no-man's land? How to occupy the entire front? ”

"Therefore, don't be insatiable, and the same is true for war. Until the end, you always have to give the other party some leeway, because this is to leave room for yourself. Why did the empire just destroy the Shanshuo tribe? Didn't the other seven or eight races also withhold the negotiating team? It's just because the Shanshuo tribe is easier to fight. ”

This sentence is really too cruel. Why did the empire only destroy the Shanshuo tribe? It's just because the Shanshuo people are easier to fight. Is that so? That's true. The Shanshuo are the only ones among these races that can be easily destroyed, and in the eyes of the aliens, their core bloodline is not important, which is why.

Therefore, whether it is for deterrence or cooperation, we must choose the right target, so as to ensure the most prudent progress. This is a race war, and both sides are fighting with the goal of completely destroying their opponents, so this battle is far more conservative than all previous all-out wars, and even more conservative than the first war of all races.

Dong Xiaoguan shrugged his shoulders, saying that he didn't understand it at a deeper level, and even if it was these, he couldn't understand it a little. Their task now is to go to the next garrison point, to occupy the key points in the no-man's land, and to build a strong enough defensive line to ensure the smooth occupation of the front line.

An Xiaoyu was also very satisfied with the empire's choice and decision, she was ready to support eight battlefields at the same time last night. However, the empire wisely chose several other races of Chen Bing, and specifically picked the Shanshuo tribe to fight. Are the Shanshuo people weak? Not.

Indeed, the most important combat effectiveness of the Shanshuo clan is reflected in the night charge, but it does not mean that the strength of the Shanshuo clan is very weak. In fact, they fought hard yesterday, and the empire lost a lot of soldiers and mechs, but they were still destroyed in just a few hours before dawn.

However, more of the people they are scattered elsewhere are still alive, and this important means of alien races will not disappear in the future. Even because of the disappearance of the core bloodline, those low-level bloodlines are easier to control, and they are more fearless of death when they fight.

The most important of these is the terrible methods that the Empire has shown. After destroying the Shanshuo tribe, can you still rescue the hostages from inside? The formation established by the arcane mage completely collapsed as soon as the guide and bullet were fired? Fight deep into alien territory and settle the battle in a matter of hours?

No race cares how many people die in the Empire, they only see the Empire's terrifying ranged combat capabilities. Without adequate support, they are all weighing what will happen to them to the Council of God. The result of weighing is never pretty, and that is deterrence.

Deterrence is not a threat, but proportionality.

An Xiaoyu looked at the ruins of the cave below, a large number of Shanshuo corpses were lying on the ground, and the gray blood had been frozen into cement-like gelatin. An Xiaoyu nodded and said, "This situation is the best, I can do my business with confidence." ”