On October 21, the 110th year of the Holy Gu calendar, this year's stellar sunspots are much less than in previous years.

Forty kilometers outside the beach of Trade Winds, Sea Fortress No. 034 and seven other fortresses stand on this ocean. The smoky concrete mountains on these chimneys are like mountain giants lying prone on the sea.

On the central observation tower of the concrete fortress, Zeuyou leans against the glass of the platform, looking down on the coral reef seabed ahead, and mechanical dolphins are happily patrolling.

On the desk, the TV screen played many victorious pictures of the Northeast Battlefield made Zhou You feel happy.

For example, the armored ox tank smashed through the collapsed tower nest and crushed pieces of glass crystal tissue; Another example is that a host is sprinkled with incendiary bombs, and the electric mosquitoes that pop out of a large number of pus pockets are burned out of their wings before they can rise into the air, and they fall to the ground and roll and smoke; For another example, the scaly ox excavators bulldozed those castles as if they overturned illegal buildings, and the cuckoo robot used hooks to hook out the Gu worm eggs inside.

It is the insects that destroy and destroy, so that as a human being, the sea tour does not have the discomfort of facing the tragic death of the same kind, but on the contrary, there is a kind of refreshing "removal and cleanness".

On the strategic map, the landing corps of the burning wheel, penetrating into the 70-kilometer range of the coastline, has gained a firm foothold, which is just the best position. Both perfectly completed the defeat of the enemy, and at the same time prepared to continue the offensive force of twenty kilometers of advance.

At present, the follow-up ship transportation troops have transported more powerful mammoth self-propelled guns and Tianqi heavy tanks to the front line, and began to deploy in the corps system. And then -

Zeuyou's fingers moved south along his gaze, unconsciously buttoning the back of the Blue Gu Worm North Coastline Group.

On the strategic map, '??' Upstream of the Northeast River region, Zeyou pushed the wargame to four mountain passes, and then a flash of light on his fingers and a fortress icon was "printed" on it.

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The huge river valley washed by the planet's torrential rain is a natural dividing line. As long as a circle of dirt slopes is piled up on the high ground of the river valley, and a bunker can be dug in the soil slope that allows tanks to enter and exit, so that the air force can retreat to the bunker when it comes, and the air force will rely on the dirt slope to shoot at the opposite side when it leaves. This is similar to the card terrain in real-time strategy games.

After the first attack on the fireship in the landing battle, it had to quickly switch to defense, because the northern roads were so bad that maintaining the supply lines was quite problematic. Only after three months that the relevant gravel road has been paved can the next step be planned. However, not taking the initiative to attack does not mean being passive. The legion of the Burning Wheel on the Northern Front is a threat to the Blue Golden Gu. The giant cannon, in cooperation with the HNA (carrier-based aircraft) pressed forward, giving the whole fire a careless look.

……

When the electronic pen in Zhouyou's hand turned on his fingertips, the communicator on the side rang, and Yu Qian's face appeared on the screen. The young lady was now wearing a beret and was getting more and more uniform. (In this regard, Lu Boya is the initiator)

Yu Qian: "Commander, the people of Number Six are here. ”

The corners of Zhou You's mouth curved slightly: "Well, it's arranged, by the way, don't intimidate them." ”

Yu Qian said, "Mentor, they are very well-behaved. ”

Fourteen kilometers away, the golden beetle steamer that had already entered the port of Xiahong Island. The female radio voice of the pier tower is announcing: "Welcome to Xiahong Island, Xiahong Island has a long history and rich cultural ......" (similar to the broadcast flavor when the earth's high-speed rail enters the provincial border. ）

The envoy from the north was also looking back at the row of sea fortresses, and it was difficult to take his eyes off. Batch after batch of ships at sea hoisted their gun barrels and missiles onto the sea fortresses, reflecting the luster of metal under the sunlight.

Sea fortress cannon, this is the largest and strongest firepower that can be made in the human world today! And the Burning Wheel with such a sharp weapon is the only force in the current 'Boom' coastline that can balance the blue-gold Gu swarm in the north.

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People always like to say that the king is the king and the loser, standing on the result of history, deducing the cause from the result, and always being able to draw: "As long as the power is strong enough, everything is just!" ”

However, in the course of the times, justice is necessary if we want to seek a victorious result.

The Centrist are often a force that is overlooked, and they are like loaches in the soil, which they cannot find when they are drained. But they can't ignore the waves they set up in the mud pond during the storm.

Although the firefly looks invincible in the north, it is gradually accused of being the greatest evil under the repeated propaganda of the burning wheel.

This is not only due to the propaganda machine of the burning wheel, but also because of the benefits created by the blue Gu tide now, and the chain that the interest network can cover is very narrow.

On the other hand, since the signing of the agreement, the interests of the industrial chain have almost included all people and all forces.

[With a gun in one hand and a benefit to those who listen to you with the other, then you are the messenger of justice for these people.] If the world can pursue profits, that is the justice of the world. 】

His Royal Highness the regent who started from speculation in the Holy Horn Capital, that is, the sixth of the celestial tour marker, is now very wise to make the wall.

Ranlun did not refuse the initiative of the sixth prince's side to communicate, but he would not give special treatment.

Because the political credibility of the sixth child needs to be examined, it is better to have a package of military deterrence first.

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Fifteen days later, the Burning Wheel Alliance held a maritime exercise at sea.

In that exercise, the fuel ship focused on showing off its big toy - an aircraft carrier with a displacement of 40,000 tons, which can dispatch 27 Fire Eagle unmanned bombers at one time.

And the one who controls these Fire Eagle unmanned bombers is the Valkyrie Mechanical Wyvern.

This is a Golden Armor Gu Dragon class modeled after the Golden Beetle family. Linlong's flying Gu worm provides flight control, while humans make skeletons out of empty aluminum alloy pipes, this large aircraft can spread its wings to different degrees as needed, and the engine can support Kia's sonic cruise. The control systems of the twenty-seven Fire Eagle bombers are all the sons of the Valkyrie Mechanical Wyvern.

During the naval exercise, Yu Qian, who was in charge of the battleship's control tower, commanded two Valkyrie mechanical wyverns to take off on the deck, and remotely controlled air combat units to deliver a devastating blow to an island. More than 20 500-kilogram cloudburst bombs fell at the target area at the same time, spraying clouds and mist, and then slamming into flames. The fire cloud qi wave expanded instantly, and the coverage area was equivalent to the strike range of a neutron bomb.

The envoy of the six princes on the viewing platform looked at the flames rising from the distant island, and was speechless for a long time.

The main idea of the design of this aviation warship is correct, but what about the slots?

There is no large-scale high-speed wind movement in the Burning Wheel Alliance, and the Celestial Tour can only design a design that can't be broken.

The Fire Eagle with its distinct plates looks like a mechanical brick, and the Valkyrie Mechawyvern looks more like a mechanical pterodactyl.

Handsome is handsome enough, but the combat effectiveness is well known.

The combat radius is only five hundred kilometers, and the strike efficiency is low. If this thing is seen by the students who specialize in this part of the Wind Star, it is estimated that it will become a stain on themselves that has been ridiculed for hundreds of years. But here, just enough to fight the rookie chicken.

After the military deterrence, the all-time 'busy' Zhou You finally found time to meet with this envoy.

This human from the golden beetle couldn't help but be sucked in when he saw Zeyu. The pure human form of the celestial body is a standard proportion, and this envoy can't help but think of the star messenger recorded on the antique sculpture of the Fenglong Empire.

As the host, the tour was in a hurry, so I immediately got to the point.

Zhou You: "Alright, Lord Zeli, I'm glad to see you." ”

The messenger named Zeli said respectfully: "Eh, His Royal Highness the Duke of Zeyou, hello, I ......"

Before the words fell, Zhou You first cut off the direction of a topic he wanted to talk about.

Zhou You: "Let me mention one thing first, the students you sent to me are all very good. Now I don't want you to bother them. ”

The first card that the envoy sent by the six princes was originally going to play was to sell the dark line inside the burning wheel that he had mastered.

The words of Zhou You's preemptive move made Ze immediately stunned.

Zhou You was very serious, and once again emphasized: "I don't want some extra factors to interfere with my students. Now that they are learning, they are competing, and their future is important. "The performance of the tour this time is like the parents who protect their calves in the college entrance examination.

The envoy couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, and after a few seconds, he nodded and said, "My lord, I know why the people we sent are willing to turn to you. ”

The corners of Zhouyou's mouth raised, which can be regarded as a response. Then he knocked on the table and motioned for him to take out the next chip.

……

After a few hours of meeting, the forces of the Six Princes, who had been regents, and the Burning Wheel Alliance reached a number of agreements.

Zeus's attitude is very cold, so these agreements, Ranlun resolutely does not pay any benefits first. It's about looking at how the other side slips away.

Terms: In the next attack, the Six Princes will provide intelligence assistance to Ranlun, and Ranlun will make political endorsements to ensure the fiefdom of the Six Princes after the war.

The envoy tried to fight for more, but was vetoed by a yawn.

When this meeting is over.

Zhou You couldn't help but touch his chin with a little fluff, and couldn't help but ask himself: "Am I too imperialist?" ”

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November 1, 110.

Holy Horn Dus. The flying dragon in the sky swept over the golden hall, its wings spreading and glowing eerily green in the sunlight. On either side of the golden steps welded by the beetle carapace, groups of war bee knights stood opposite each other with sharp blades.

In the main hall of the palace, the young emperor sits on the throne of the golden beetle, and behind him is the insect guard. At this time, the regent no longer sat on the main hall, but returned to his fiefdom with his troops. In the face of the strength of the firefly, the regent didn't have the heart to sit back and become a puppet, so the giant horn city was the firefly.

The little emperor soon realized that his aunt didn't seem to be much better than the sixth uncle. He himself remains the fate of a rubber stamp.

[Actually, Jue Ying is much better than the sixth prince, at least he won't stay in the palace overnight and vent his depression at the little emperor's mother. Jue Hotaru wants to vent, but also after the victory of the war, in the ......]

Now, Jue Hotaru has crowned himself as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and has also added a holy name. Oh, after the fall of the Hong Leong Empire, the first emperor of the golden beetle first added the holy name, then held a ceremony to communicate with the sky, and the last step, he became the emperor of the empire. Now it's another process.

In the palace, the emperor, who had just been punished for kneeling for an hour in the apse, now sat honestly in his chair and looked blankly at the bottom of the main hall.

In the curtain on the side, a chapter of important documents, after being processed by the clerk, was handed over to the firefly inside.

The big event at the moment is that the burning wheel attacked the two subordinates of the Northeast Continent Region. The leaflets carried out by Ranlun on the mainland are such high-sounding excuses as "undermining regional stability and harmony", "going against the general trend of world peace and development", and "going against the grain".

And these propaganda made Jue Ying's eyes constantly flicker with cold light, obviously very angry.

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And in the main hall, there are also two factions about whether to start an all-out war against the Burning Wheel Alliance.

One faction advocated the need for an all-out engagement, the organization of a fleet, and the breakthrough of the sea defense line of the sea tour, and at the same time the southward attack on the southern base area of the sea tour.

On the other hand, the other faction believes that it is necessary to take a long-term view and deploy defenses on the northern continent, but the direction of military use should still be based on the 'Ao' coastline.

The difference of opinion between the two factions is not really a discussion for better tactics, but involves an internal power struggle.

The one who advocated all-out confrontation was the old man brought by Jue Ying from the north.

Although the two guys who were beaten up in the Northern Campaign were very incompetent, they were indeed the first military personnel to follow the firefly. They were beaten by the Celestial Tour, and the old school of the Absolute Firefly political system can no longer lose the right to speak in the moment, and must retaliate back, and even those newcomers who expect to climb up have also been defeated by the Burning Wheel.

The new faction who has newly joined the Absolute Firefly system feels that the bitter cold land in the north cannot represent the absolute interests of their own group, and advocates the defeat of the Flying Locust Family, which is now more certain. As for the north, it's old-school man-made pots, let them deal with it themselves. - that is, let the old school continue to be beaten and resist the line at the defensive point, and then be scolded.

The two factions are now quite antagonistic and have a limited place in the northern royal court. Sometimes the other faction is opposed, and the own faction must support it.

In addition to the above two factions, there are also some guys with evil intentions who are calculating.

After all, the regent is the court that has been in control for several years. Now in the northern system, although everyone knows that Jue Hotaru is in control of everyone's life and death. But it doesn't mean that everyone absolutely believes that Jue Hotaru can't fall.

The first time you attacked the locust family, wasn't it bombarded back by the artillery of the burning wheel?

The regent quickly got out of the north and began to stand on the sidelines, but some people began to pay attention to the line of the regent, preparing to leave a way back.

In this troubled world, everyone's loyalty is like the shares in a joint-stock company.

The largest of them is for the master who can now give him dividends, while the other shares are self-reserved and ready to vote for other companies at any time.

No, just when the quarrel in the main hall was getting more and more lively, one of the lords gave Ju Hotaru an idea!

If you want to conquer the world, first conquer the "匚" coastline, and if you want to conquer the "匚" coastline, first conquer the "??" Land bridge. Yes, if you can't fight the northeast coastline, then hit the south.

The territory on the land bridge is now the territory of the generals of the Second Army. The army marched south to inherit the legacy of the first emperor to crusade against the thieves, and could forcibly subdue those generals.

There was silence in the main hall, and it was rare that there was no controversy, obviously this was the best direction for the blue Gu group to divert internal contradictions.

But there was no movement behind the curtain.

Therefore, the lord further cleverly said: "It is said that the anti-king (the second prince) has already turned away from the empire and colluded with the rebels of the burning wheel, so please ask the king to cut him down." ”

Then more people began to stand up and speak. And some rival factions are vying to be the first to take a stand, and at the same time they are running out of political opponents.

For example, the Imperial Capital faction began to squeeze on the conservatives, 'If you lose people in the northern continent, don't go to the south to continue'. The conservative officers who were the first to follow Jue Ying gritted their teeth and rebuked the emerging faction in the imperial capital for 'sitting on a heavy army and not daring to advance' on the coastline.

"Crooked, crooked, blah"

Just now, Jue Hotaru was a little bit of a headache from the noise in the hall, and he couldn't wait to implant these bastards in front of him into brain control worms, and now these bastards are arguing again.

[Of course this is impossible.] The reason why the decision-making layer is set up shows that the top layer of the swarm also needs some people with brains to make decisions. However, as long as you have brains, intrigue is indispensable. 】

She wet her forehead with water, calming her mood with coolness, and then lifted the curtain and looked coldly at His Highness, the guys who were kneeling on their knees.

The golden execution centipede clicked up to the main hall, like a python S-shaped circle between the two factions, and the hall was quiet all of a sudden.

Jue Ying glanced at the main hall and looked at the admiral in the corner, who had been silent-Bu Yu. Raised his finger and said: "That, that ,......" Jue Ying didn't remember for a while, the civilian general he was promoted a year ago. At this time, the waiter on the side willingly handed over the list.

And Bu Yu squeezed out of the crowd and saluted the firefly.

The hall was very wide, but he still staggered out,—— to show that he was not the protagonist, and no one would slowly make way for him to express his opinions. The nobles in the main hall have a natural look down on Buyu, who was born from fishing.

After reading the golden paper roster, Jue Ying looked up and asked, "Bu Yu, tell me what you think." What are the plans of the Imperial Navy now"

Bu Yu raised his head slightly, but was 'pressed' by the eyes around him, and sang praises and said: "Your Royal Highness, you will be invincible when you lead your army south." Our sailors are partial to the army, and we must obey the military orders and admire the prestige of the holy army. The meaning of this speech is very artistic. It seems to be echoing the southward movement, but in fact it is an explanation that the sea power is very weak and does not have the strength to conduct large-scale operations.

At this moment, a contemptuous sneer sounded in the hall. It was natural for a group of nobles to express contempt for the cowardice of the hillbilly.

However, Jue Ying looked at Bu Yu, who was bowing his head, and obviously understood the meaning of this humble man's words.

Hearing a different opinion, she frowned and began to think. After a few seconds, she turned to the main hall and asked, "When you go south, can the Imperial Navy guard the Kiming Bay?" ”

This bay is the "Boom" shaped coastline, and the point on the upper left is also the area where the great river near the Saint-Point Metropolitan flows into the sea. Strategic significance is like the heart of an empire.

Bu Yu didn't say a word.

At this time, the other nobles were all smart people, and at this time they understood that Buyu did not support going south. Then, one by one, they began to reprimand Bu Yu with righteous words.

With the intimidating sound of the insect attendant in front of the firefly, the hall was quiet again. Jue Ying asked Bu Yu to retreat. - Although she listened to Bu Yu's meaning, ten minutes later, she still announced the decision of the southern expedition.

The nobles of the old and new factions in the main hall shouted in unison this time: "Shengming." "I am afraid that I will shout slower than my political enemies.