After following the Qianjiang River into the outer city of the Han Science and Technology Empire, the sides of the river gradually turned brownish-yellow, which was the color of the harvested wheat straw mixed with the soil.

Judging by the thickness of the straw, this year is a bumper year.

Momiji stood on the bow of the boat, taking a deep breath against the cool autumn breeze, and the farmland baked by the sun exuded a unique flavor that made people feel inexplicably relaxed and satisfied.

She didn't know if it was the afterglow of a good harvest or the anticipation of going home.

Maybe it's both.

"They...... Why do you burn all this straw dry? A curious voice suddenly came from behind him, "You can stay and wait for warmth when you need it." ”.

Momiji turned around and found that it was Qingling who was talking.

"You still know this?" When she was a child, she asked her father similar questions, such as why the farmer collected the cut straws and tied them into a hill-like shape, and his father's answer at the time was to live.

"They don't have enough money to buy firewood, so in order to survive the winter, they have to collect everything they can to heat themselves, and straw is an excellent fuel. It is flammable and readily available, and many wealthy people will buy some to start fires, and people can use it as bedding when they lack clothing. Although it burns and chokes on smoke and stings when you sleep, it is better than freezing to death. In your eyes, these straws may be useless, but to those who need them, they are as important as ears of wheat and are an indispensable part of life."

That's my father's answer at the time, but the situation is different now.

"If you don't burn all of these, there will be enemies lurking here and setting fire to them directly, and at that time, the entire city will be burned." Momiji sighed, "Do you know why we were temporarily recalled?" ”.

"Why?" Qing Ling blinked his smart eyes.

"A great war is coming.".

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After the plan was finalized, everyone in the base was busy preparing for a big battle.

After advancing to a certain extent, the fish-man army stopped the invasion and turned around and left, leaving only a few hundred fish-man elites to set up watchtowers and strongholds in front of the battle line.

This also confirms even more that what the Fishman army did before was completely provocative.

As for what to do after the provocation, Huang Shang believes that they are trying to provoke the anger of the Han Science and Technology Empire and launch a pursuit, but the other party should have prepared a long time ago and set up an ambush in advance, even if the whole army attacks, the outcome may be quite heroic.

In addition to setting up an ambush, the Fishman army is also likely to implement a delaying strategy, ostensibly to retreat, but in fact secretly intends to gradually advance the front line, relying on the establishment of watchtowers, gradually encroaching on the territory of the empire, until launching an attack on the general base.

Huang Shang doesn't intend to sit still.

In fact, the morale of the people in the entire base is high, and he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to do the most things in the least amount of time.

The White Shark-class nuclear submarine has successfully arrived at the mouth of Shangjing, and this nuclear submarine was originally patrolling the southern coast of the Pacific Ocean and did not take much time.

In the past few days, a large number of materials have been sent to the White Shark-class nuclear submarine along the road from the base that has been built long ago to the capital, and hundreds of tons of materials look very amazing, but they cannot satisfy the appetite of the White Shark-class nuclear submarine.

Tens of millions of ammunition have been sent to storage silos, and batches of instant compressed food are being produced to prepare for the soldiers who are about to start the war.

And Huang Shang's direct subordinates were not idle, he recalled all the elite personnel stationed in Africa, and planned to establish a former special operations unit, the purpose of which was to destroy the watchtower set up by the fish-man army in front of the battle line.

Even if it is to cushion the anger of the people of the empire, it can also be extremely inspiring.

Huang Shang, the core member of the entire team, has already been selected.

Su Lan, as a superlimiter with the Vision of God, has the ability to kill from a distance, and she will be the core of the team as a ranged shooter.

Huerter and Dean are scouts in the party, reduced to a thick fog and able to pick up intel from any enemy tower in front of them.

The Wandering Warbler and her squad can perform mind control and, in case of emergency, delay the enemy and make the squad retreat.

There are a total of 12 people in the team, which does not look bloated, and everyone can play the best role when employing people.

"I need you to sneak near the enemy's watchtower, defeat him, and bring back a few fishmen, our researchers are waiting to study it, this is a very simple task, but it is very dangerous, of course, everything is in order, if necessary, you can abandon the mission and leave the battlefield directly." Huang Shang instructed.

"I see." Su Lan tied up her long silky hair, "Your sniper rifle, I need to use it." ”.

"No problem." Huang Shangying said, "Come back early." ”.

"Hmm." Su Lan glanced at Huang Shang deeply and led the team to start preparing.

The rest of them didn't have any concerns, but for safety reasons, Huang Shang sent Red Leaf, Lan Feng, and Qing Ling to lurk behind the team to prevent the team from being flanked from front and back, and they were responsible for killing the surrounding xenomorphs, and the fish-man scouts who tried to take a long detour to annihilate the team.

On the eve of the Great War, it was a contest between the intelligence department and the assassination department, and the characteristic of the Dahan Technology Empire was that there were many assassin-type overrunners.

"Fang Li, come to my office." Seeing everyone leaving, Huang Shang dialed the phone in the base.

"Chief, you called me?" Pushed open the door and walked in with dark eyes.

"You didn't sleep last night?" Huang Shang wondered.

"The foreign envoy of the Antarctic Empire came, and I invaded the other party's spirit overnight according to your instructions, and for the sake of safety, I did not do anything and instructed to make sure in advance whether the other party had any other dissenting intentions.".

"How did it turn out?" Huang Shang pointed to the chair in front of the table and asked.

"The other party really intends to cooperate with us, and the situation in their empire is not too good, or even worse than ours, so it is quite urgent for them to find allies.".

"That's a good thing." Huang Shang showed a reassuring expression, if the other party planned to plot against him at this time, he didn't have so much energy to deal with it, and Huang Shang also thought deeply about the alliance.

"Chief, why did you call me this time?".

"Of course, for the sake of negotiation, with you, we can always know in advance what is in the other side's mind, so you go to sleep first, and when it is time for dinner, we will go to receive the diplomatic ambassador together.".