At this time, Kapok was practicing driving a chariot on the grasslands and hills around the munitions factory with three apprentices, who were the soldiers who had recently accompanied Yagu to save people on Gran Island. On their way back to the savannah from Gran Island, they begged Kapok to take them in as apprentices to learn how to drive a chariot and how to control the chariot's weapon system, and Kapok readily agreed.

Kapok is a coarse and fine man, and he knows very well that after returning to the steppe, his mission is not only to fight in this chariot, he will be one of the supreme commanders of the steppe expeditionary force. Moreover, this chariot will be a killer weapon on the battlefield against the mechanized army of genetic people, and more people must know how to drive and use it.

On that day, when they drove the chariot and brought the king of Gran back triumphantly to the dock outside the princess city, the soldiers who had been waiting anxiously at the head of the city suddenly cheered in unison, they thought that one of the chariots of the two princes could be invincible, and the people at the bottom of the sea wanted to invade the prairie and seek their own death!

In order not to disappoint the soldiers of the city, Shanglin and Kapok's chariot drove into Princess City for a short stay, in order not to affect morale, they did not make the letter from the seaman public, but told the soldiers that the focus of the seaman's attack is Xizhou, for the long-term peace and stability of the steppe people, the steppe people must support the Xizhou people to defeat the seaman, so the steppe people will soon establish an expeditionary force, and the soldiers who are willing to go to the Xizhou seabed can sign up with the head of their own corps.

Then, the chariot drove at full speed towards Jiuxian City.

The King of Songs and the King of Miyu were shocked when they learned from Zhen'er that Shanglin and Kapok had gone to Gran Island to save people. Although the King of Songs already knew something about the performance of this assembled vehicle, after all, they had no idea about the current military power of the Undersea People, so they were very worried in their hearts.

Fidgeting in the palace, the two kings simply led the ministers of civil and military affairs to wait outside the west gate of Jiuxian City early, and the residents of Jiuxian City heard the news that the two princes had returned from outside the world and almost poured out, and they scattered in groups of three or five with wine and food on both sides of the road outside the west gate of Jiuxian City, and people were waiting for the return of the two princes while eating meat and drinking.

As dusk fell, the soldiers and civilians of Jiuxian City finally saw the speeding chariot, and when it entered the array of welcoming crowds, the chariot drove slowly, and when it reached the guard of honor of the two kings at the gate of the city, the chariot stopped.

When the doors opened, and the two princes and King Gran stepped out of their chariots and waved to the welcoming people, cheers inside and outside the city were deafening, and the whole city entered into an all-night party.

The legend that the young kapok left in the soldiers and civilians of Jiuxian City is that he loves to drink and play and can shoot arrows, and the impression left by the prince of Jiuxian City at this moment is not inferior to that of the prince of Princess City.

That night, the King of Misty Soup held a grand dinner, at which the three princes and princesses who had returned from the world gave impromptu speeches. Kabayashi and Zhen'er performed well to everyone's expectations, but Kapok's performance was impressive, and his impromptu speech was not only informative but also very humorous, making the audience laugh from time to time.

The singer praised the mature wit of Kapok in front of the King of Soup, and the King of Soup was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Kabayashi, Zhen'er, and Kapok soon threw themselves into intense work.

Kapok focused on the manufacture of traditional military weapons at Russtar, where he was proficient in gunpowder and gunpowder weapons. However, the gunpowder guns made by the King of Songs have reached a very high level, and the development of a new generation of weapons such as artillery or torpedoes requires further development in several industries.

Although the steppe people reached a peace agreement with the Eastern Alliance of the Underwater World, the most urgent task to form a mechanized army to go to the West Continent was to build more advanced engines as soon as possible, and only with good engines could they create chariots that could gallop across the battlefield, and this heavy task fell on Shanglin and Zhen'er.

Kapok's main job was to prepare for an expeditionary force with Yagu, and they planned to select well-trained corps from the five countries of the steppe to form an expeditionary force of 5,000 men in the first phase.

When Kapok walked into Uebayashi's office with Yagu, Uebayashi was the only one in the office, and Zhen'er had already gone to the workshop to guide the work.

As soon as Kapok Zi entered the door, he said bluntly: "Shanglin, let me and my eldest cousin go to Xizhou first, it is not difficult to select five thousand well-trained soldiers, but the five steamships we built have not yet been completed, the internal combustion engine designed by you and Zhen'er has not yet been put into mass production, and our expeditionary force is currently the only one that can go to Xizhou."

Shanglin said helplessly: "Yes, the most feasible plan now is only for you and your eldest cousin to take a few warriors to Xizhou to contact the kings of Xizhou first, and urge them to immediately unite to fight against the gene people." The land of Xizhou is vast, and the population is more than twice that of our prairie, and to defeat the genetic people, it is ultimately necessary to rely on the unity of the Xizhou people to fight the enemy together. ”

This time, Yagu immediately agreed with the suggestion of the two princes: "I completely agree with the idea of the two of you! If we don't know anything about Xizhou, how will we send troops to fight in Xizhou in the future? ”

Thinking that he was about to go to Xizhou, Kapok Zi was in high spirits, "Shanglin, when we arrived in Xizhou, in addition to calling on the Xizhou people to resist the enemy, I can also find a suitable factory to teach the Xizhou people to make better gunpowder guns, which can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Xizhou people in a short period of time." ”

Shanglin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Hey, I almost forgot that you are a gunpowder expert!" Your idea is more than the combat effectiveness of two corps! If the weapons of the Xizhou people can have the current level of our steppe, and they can unite to resist foreign invasions, it is impossible for the 50,000 genetic people to conquer the 10 million people in the Xizhou. However," Shang Lin's eyes darkened when he said this, "Time is already very short, even if the genetic people need half a year to prepare for the big war, it may be difficult to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Xizhou people in half a year."

Moreover, the Gene People will not wait for your military factories in Xizhou to mass-produce advanced gunpowder guns, and they may launch an attack on the Xizhou continent at any time once they get the information that you have entered the Xizhou Continent. Therefore, our military factory must work day and night to build a batch of new engines as soon as possible, and then upgrade all our existing combat vehicles to equip the expeditionary force. ”

Yagu said: "I'm worried that there will be no time, even if everything goes well for you and Zhen'er, it will take at least a month to mass-produce hundreds of new engines, and then equip them on hundreds of chariots, which will take a lot of time, even if our five steam turbine ships have all been completed by then, and it will take another month to load the ships and cross the sea to Xizhou." However, the genetic people may launch a full-scale war against the West Continent at any time. ”

Kapok's excited emotions also calmed down, "The situation in Xizhou is likely to be worse than we imagined, maybe we can't even find a decent military factory." A few days ago, I was talking to my father about the future war in Xizhou, and my father had an idea, he said that if we were not sure that we would win the battle against the seamen in Xizhou, our expeditionary force could first assemble in Qizhou in batches. Then, according to the situation of the Xizhou war, we will consider whether to enter the Xizhou to fight.

If we find that the enemy's combat effectiveness far exceeds that of our expeditionary force, we can only hold on to Chizhou. Qizhou is a mountainous area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and no matter how good the genetic people's weapons and equipment are, the mechanized army cannot play a role in the mountainous area. And as long as we resist in Chizhou long enough, we can get more and more support from the savannah, and we will definitely be able to defeat the genetic people in the end. ”

Shanglin pondered for a moment and said, "Giving up Xizhou will be our last and most helpless choice. As the Governor of the Eastern Seabed Man said in the previous letter, once the Gene People occupy Xizhou, they will use the huge resources of the West Continent to quickly become stronger, and then we may not be their opponents even if we stay in the West Continent, after all, our steppe is far away from the West Continent, the logistics supply line is too long, and the worse situation is that in case the two alliances of the Underwater World also fight, the risk of our fleet sailing across the sea is very high, and the Gene People will get timely support from the Underwater World and the West Continent.

Therefore, we must do our best to unite the people of Xizhou to fight to the death against the genetic people on the Xizhou continent, and your mission when you arrive in the Xizhou is to try to convince all the countries of the Western continent that they must work together to fight against the genetic people, otherwise, even if we send 5,000 expeditionary troops to the Xizhou before the war, it will still be useless.

However, Uncle Mi Tang's words gave me a very important hint, after the full-scale war in Xizhou, Qizhou will be our big rear, and we will need a lot of medicine to treat the wounded at that time. Therefore, when you go to Xizhou, you must first visit..."

"Blue Misty Mountain!" Kapok smiled and took Uebayashi's words, "My eldest cousin and I have already thought of this!" When we arrive in Qizhou, we must visit the Medicine Immortal first!"

Yagu smiled: "Kapok, this time you have to be thick-skinned, find the medicine fairy to ask for as many magic medicines as possible, you can save the lives of many soldiers." Of course, we can't ask for it in vain, we can bring more gold to the Blue Fog Mountain. ”

"But the Medicine Immortal and his big apprentices are not interested in gold!" Kapok said embarrassedly.

"Maybe the Medicine Immortal is interested in our gunpowder guns, and you tell the Medicine Immortal and his disciples that the Gene Man will also attack the Blue Misty Mountain in order to obtain the magic medicine, so the Medicine Immortal must also be ready for battle!" Yagu is a serious road.

Kapok suddenly realized and said, "The eldest cousin is really worthy of being a general!" There is really such a possibility, the magic medicine of the Blue Misty Mountain has spread all over Qizhou and Xizhou, and the people under the sea must also dream of it, we can exchange guns and medicines for medicines, so that I don't have to be cheeky and beg for people. ”

Shanglin said with a smile: "As long as the medicine fairy is willing, we can do some arms business with him, however, this time you still have to bring more gold when you go to Xizhou, because in addition to medicine, you must reserve enough food during the war, and Blue Misty Mountain is the most reliable granary, if the medicine fairy can help us store more food, our fleet can decorate more weapons and equipment in the future." ”

"In addition to food and medicine, there is one other thing that is also important for fighting a war, and that is communication. I don't think the people of Xizhou may have telegraphs, so we have to bring a few more telegraphs with us to Xizhou this time. We have to join forces with several kingdoms in the West Continent to deal with the genetic people, if there is no means of communication, how will we coordinate the battle in the future? ”