December 18th.

A rare little rainy night.

The water level of the Bianhe River rises slightly, and the river surface is slightly wider.

The warships of the Combined Fleet are getting ready to go,

The generals of the joint command were making the final arrangements, and the venue was a little noisy.

General Tang Zhixin sat on the main seat, looking at the fleet commanders who were arguing below, and had an incomparably headache.

Interests are like the devil, driving people to stride forward fearlessly, even self-consciously.

Now, even Mingxiao of the transport fleet has taken the initiative to apply for combat missions, what is wrong with this world?

As the commander-in-chief, Tang Zhixin had to make up a lot of auspicious information, especially armaments.

Perhaps, he is the one who knows auspiciousness the most in this group.

However, the sad thing is that in the face of this group of subordinates, the more he understands auspiciousness, the more bottomless his heart becomes.

Sometimes he even thinks viciously, go, you all go, let the mascot teach you how to behave.

But the reality is that he must command the coalition forces to achieve the ultimate victory, not for himself, but also for the sake of his family.

More than half a year ago, the fall of the Red Flame failed to give the representatives of the various leaders a preventive shot, and in their eyes, auspiciousness is gold everywhere.

Combat power? When the hand is captured, does the auspicious person who went down in a battle have the combat power?

In order to reverse the wind of arrogance and arrogance, Tang Zhixin has done a lot of work, and even turned his head white.

However, the reality educated him fiercely first.

The intervention of administrative means has been to no avail, and the coercive requirements of military orders have also become a face-saving project, and everyone continues to go their own way, at most to put on a show in person.

Coalition troops, morale is high, everyone is vying to be the first.

In their eyes, auspiciousness is meat on the chopping board, waiting for them to take what they want.

Some captains even thought of the lines when they were surrendered, which attracted everyone to follow suit.

In the headquarters of the coalition army, there are gloomy clouds, this is the coalition army!

"General, our army has strong morale and high fighting spirit, although it is a little arrogant, but against the small territory of Shangjixiang, the odds of victory are very great, and I ask the general to be relieved. ”

Deputy Guan Zuo comforted Tang Zhixin from the side, he was one of the few sober people.

His opinion is also the opinion of the coalition forces, and in this point they are rarely unified.

"Maybe you're right, but, after all, you haven't won yet, and such a mentality is not good for war. ”

Guan Zuo stroked the beard on his chin, and said with some playfulness: "War, there are always sacrifices, as long as the final victory is obtained, who cares about the process." ”

Tang Zhixin said, his body couldn't help but tremble, stared at Guan Zuo for a long time, and finally turned into silent support.

No matter how auspicious it is, it can't compete with many children!

"I hope that, except for the original battle of national fortune, Great Xia has never had a war of this scale in the past ten years, I just hope that Jixiang can be a qualified opponent. ”

"We're going to be a good opponent. ”

Wang Xuan slapped the table at the meeting of the military department, and his voice was hoarse.

"They're coming, no matter whether the number of warships is two hundred or three, it's a decisive battle for us. ”

"We have thirteen gunboats, and we can add two more by the end of the month. There were 60 wooden ships, of which the Guo family provided 40 large and small fireships. Qin Chao said.

Everyone knows that the Guo family, at this time, there are no medium-sized cargo ships or more.

Wang Xuan knocked on the table, "How are the 10,000 people trained with the reserves?"

Those who know him know that the question is about the army, and if it is a navy, Mao will not be able to train for more than half a month.

"Halfway through the training, we selected the best of the best and selected 2,000 men to form a combat army, and we are currently training in the use of artillery. ”

It was Han Zhigang who spoke, and whenever he was in danger, he played the role of a nanny for the air force, and over time, he became the commander with the most comprehensive skills in the navy, land and air force.

Wang Xuan's expression softened slightly, "How about the supply of gunpowder and shells?"

"There are still more than 100,000 catties of gunpowder, and now the manpower has been increased, and the daily output is 5,000 catties. ”

Five thousand per day?

Wang Xuan's expression slowed down slightly, and he tensed up again.

The standard charge of naval guns is four and a half catties, and five thousand catties are only enough for the fleet to fire four rounds of salvos, which is too little.

"Has the production capacity of the gunball been increased?"

"The output of cannon pellets is more than gunpowder, and it is currently two to one, and the people have donated a lot of iron tools, which can be used directly after melting. ”

It is very difficult to be auspicious now, and foreign trade has stopped.

It's not that Jixiang wants to stop, but the coalition forces have blocked commerce.

"What is the amount of baking soda?"

"There are still more than 100,000 catties. ”

It sounds like a lot, but it's actually too little, and these stocks are only enough for a month's consumption.

Steelmakers need to use it for desulfurization, glass factories need to use it to lower the melting point, tanneries need to use it for degreasing, it is the salt of industry, and it is indispensable.

Not to mention the needs of research institutes, which may use a lot of baking soda in any research.

"Zhao Qiang, tomorrow the fleet will set off and go to Xishan Ling, where you can supply and prepare to meet each other. ”

"Yes, resolutely complete the task. ”

This was the result of deliberation, and after the coalition forces cut off supplies, meat, salt, cloth, rice, iron, and other supplies began to be scarce, and if it had not been for the earlier stockpile, it would have been even more difficult now.

In the battle plan of the General Staff, the combat strength of the defenders of the lake embankment is a key link.

In order to train the gunners, they fired their guns towards the landing land, which facilitated the recovery of the projectiles.

Now that the war is about to start, it is unknown whether the transportation of iron ore and pig iron can be carried out smoothly and cannot be consumed.

Sun politely rejected auspiciousness, which everyone can understand, but he will not choose to forgive.

Zhao Qiang and the others supplied the first batch of supplies from Xishan, which was a robbery to put it bluntly.

Of course, the symbolic gold coin still has to be given, although the West Mountain is big, but the combat power is not good, although Jixiang is facing such a predicament, he does not take it seriously.

Wang Xuan expected that the Sun family would not dare to turn his face with Jixiang now, and the biggest reason was that it was not worth it.

"Now everyone thinks the gold is useless. Wang Xuan said, "Now, who dares to accept our gold coins." ”

This is a stalk, when Wang Xuan was engaged in construction, many people arranged him, and now I look at it, and it is really the gold coins that were spent, which are their own.

"What the Lord said is that now it is all used to buy supplies from the self-government. ”

Qin Chao replied that he was more sensitive to money, and he really couldn't afford to fight without money.

"It's not optimistic now. Wang Xuan asked again.

"Yes, the Crystal Collar, the Silver Pine Collar, the Talon Plains and others are no longer willing to sell their materials, so they have to smuggle a lot of money privately. ”

These are all scenes that can be seen in the plan, and it is not possible to go to Xishan to supply supplies.

Jixiang lacks meat, and if there is no meat to eat, the soldiers have no strength.

The Navy needs it, and the Army needs it even more.

Under today's general trend, Jixiang is too busy to take care of himself, and he can't take care of other people's feelings, and living is the last word.

"I'm in a very conflicted mood right now, I hope the other party will come sooner, and I hope they will come later, tangled. ”

Wang Xuan's words expressed everyone's mood at this time.

The so-called early death and early rebirth, the other party came earlier, and the auspicious materials could still be supported, and they could fight with all their might.

The other party comes later, the auspicious armament will be more sufficient, so that the chance of victory will be greater.

auspicious, can't afford to consume.

"It's a pity, we don't count, look at the great white shark. ”

The great white sharks have arrived in the Jing area, and according to the old establishment, a squad has been dispatched this time, and according to the new establishment, one squad.

"Repeat the mission again, blow up the enemy headquarters, and keep yourself safe as much as possible. ”

"Yes. The crowd nodded.

One group reconfirmed the target and figured out the time and place of the meeting before the other party's action. ”

Squad leader Qiao San carried out the deployment before the operation.

"The second group checked and sorted out the explosives bag and fuse again. ”

"Three groups confirmed the retreat route, four groups of logistical support. ”

This is a simple division of labor in the special operation, there is intelligence, there is offense, there is defense, there is logistics.

It's December 22, and the Combined Fleet is about to depart.

At this time, Zhao Qiang was already in Hubei Military Port and met with Zou Qiao, Minister of State of Xishan.

"We will replenish two batches of supplies in your collar, including salt, rice, vegetables, meat, medicine, and ironware. ”

Zou Qiao was very indifferent, this was not pretending.

The auspicious man leased twenty transport ships from Xishan, but Sun refused, the fundamental reason was that he thought that auspiciousness was in danger.

As a courtier, he naturally cannot deny the judgment of the Lord to his face.

But, he had a different idea.

The battle of Dongshan Pass happened a year ago, when auspiciousness had just recovered, and the weak still defeated the strong.

Now, a year later, the enemy is much stronger than Red Flame, but Jixiang is also much, much stronger than it was at the beginning.

The most important point is that he and Sun both know about the existence of the Institute.

At the beginning, auspiciousness was one when twenty, and after a few days, the 20,000 red flame elites who attacked were wiped out.

Now, the mascot is coming to Xishan to replenish, and Zou Qiao is secretly happy in his heart.

This is the perfect time to mend the relationship between the two parties!

Regardless of auspicious victory or defeat, Xishan will not suffer.

A few supplies may be a little difficult for Jixiang, but for Xishan, saving a grain of rice per person is enough.

There is nothing else in Xishan, but there are many people in the land.

"Yes, please give me the list of required materials, and I will arrange it, and it will be very fast to take the road of happiness. ”

Happiness Avenue, a cement avenue connecting the commercial center and the Sun Lord's Mansion, has been completed for half a year.

It can be said that this avenue has directly increased the tax revenue of Xishan by half.

Otherwise, the Sun family would not have put much thought into developing the barren land by the West River.

Zou Qiao has always had a good impression of auspiciousness, not because of the mystery of auspiciousness, but because of the auspicious lord, Wang Xuan.

Before auspiciousness became famous, the people of Xishan Territory had the highest happiness index, and this term also came from auspiciousness.

At that time, Sun was often proud of it.

When Jixiang became famous, Sun's aura disappeared, and he was depressed.

As a minister of state who is in charge of more than a dozen auspicious areas of land with a population of nearly 10 million, it is a crime to do not study auspiciousness.

Wang Xuan, the young rising star, was at the peak as soon as he debuted.

The First Ji-Chi War lasted for several years, and as soon as he came to power, he reconciled, so there was a two-year period of rapid development.

Not to mention all the deeds in the meantime, emphasizing education is one of Zou Qiao's most appreciative.

In the Second Jichi War, when everyone was not optimistic, the mascot completed an epic turnaround, and even captured and tried and killed the lord of the first leader.

Today, Zou Qiao still believes that although Jixiang cannot win, it will not perish.

Thaksin in the young man who can bring miracles.

Zhao Qiang originally thought that he was going to loot this time, but he didn't expect things to be surprisingly smooth, and for a while, he didn't know how to proceed with this topic.

"The general can rest assured, the supplies will arrive in two days at most. Zou Qiao added.

Gu Yongnian was also a little puzzled, he planned to leave with the army, so it seemed that things had taken a turn for the better.

"In addition, the second batch of supplies will also be prepared within ten days and temporarily stored in the military port warehouse, please rest assured. ”

On the evening of December 24, the river flotilla was replenished with supplies and set off.

And the Combined Fleet, which was originally scheduled to depart on the 20th, was delayed.

A few earth-shattering loud noises shocked the entire royal capital circle, and the new captains who were full of ambition changed again, not to mention these lucky people.

The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven, and this is probably the case.

In the early morning of the 27th, the Jixiang River Fleet blocked the mouth of the North Xingyao River.

At the same time, the Northern Combined Fleet regained its confidence and headed north for the mouth of the Xingyao River.

Jaws, seven days for the river fleet, is enough.