173. Group meetings

Zhao Li waited for almost ten hours for this news. During this time, Zhao Lijing received three reports from Li Mengdie, each time reporting the whereabouts of the rebels.

According to the report, the rebels are indeed retreating all the way, and the purpose should be their transport ships. Of course, they will not expect the transport ship to take off, it should be that there are still some things and equipment on it that can be transported.

"General!" Zhao Li received the general's communication again, and it was already ten hours later. Basically, all the lines of defense have been rested, and judging from the current situation, even if the enemy turns around and continues to pounce, the problem is not very big.

"Zhao Li, the reinforcements you want, we have already had a meeting to discuss them." The general's face looked very good, but when he spoke to Zhao Li, he looked a little embarrassed that he couldn't see it: "After the study of the theater command, the command staff will not send reinforcements to you for the time being." ”

As he spoke, he seemed to have expected Zhao Li's reaction, and directly signaled Zhao Li on the screen not to be impatient. Zhao Liben was already anxious to jump up here, and when he saw the general's gesture, he had to forcibly sit down and face it.

"The rebels will not rest on their laurels." Zhao Li anxiously reminded the general: "They still have more than 2,000 people, and if they come again, these armed forces of Jin Wuxing will never be able to stop them." "Zhao Li is telling the truth, this time he has a geographical advantage, and he has a dangerous pass, so he has such a result, and the enemy will never repeat the mistake next time.

"These commands have thought it through." General Lucas waved his hand lightly: "If you are given direct reinforcements, it will make the other party feel that it is no longer possible here." A force of more than 2,000 people, if reduced to a guerrilla force, would have a great destructive effect on the local area. In order to be able to attract the enemy to take the bait and annihilate the enemy, I will not consider the plan to increase the number of troops on your side for the time being. But ......"

The general explained the reason first, and then said it, but Zhao Li immediately felt that there should be some solution on the general's side, so he didn't say anything, and listened quietly.

"The assistance to your side is mainly two-point." Seeing that Zhao Li quickly calmed down, the general stopped selling Guanzi: "First, I can airdrop some weapons and equipment and other reserve materials for you." Second, Lieutenant Zhao Li ......" The general suddenly raised his voice, which made Zhao Li suddenly a little frightened, and instinctively stood upright, waiting for the order.

On the screen, General Lucas looked at Zhao Li's reaction and nodded slightly: "Lieutenant Zhao Li, after research, the command has specially granted you the right to temporarily recruit soldiers on the spot. The specific scale is temporarily controlled at 2,000 people, however, the establishment of these people cannot be incorporated into the sequence of the regular army of the Federation at present, and can only be used as a unit for reading operations in the marginal areas for the time being. ”

"The question of your rank, as well as the meritorious awards of other soldiers, has been submitted to the High Command, and a new appointment will be made soon." The general looked at the surprised expression on Zhao Li's face that appeared little by little with his order, and seemed to be very happy: "Your soldiers will all serve as officers of the First Reading Regiment, congratulations, boy, you are now the youngest regimental commander in the military history of the Federation." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Although Zhao Li was still a little uneasy in his heart, he was still very happy. If nothing else, at least the brothers who survived under his command all became officers this time. This is very important for their future prospects.

"Also, you have to keep in mind that the compilation of the Reading Power Group can only be supernumerary for the time being. The rebels must not be let know that you have a regiment of troops here, which will scare them away. General Lucas told Zhao Li very solemnly: "This is the overall military plan, we will airdrop about two regiments of troops behind the rebels, cooperate with your side to attack back and forth, and completely eradicate all the military forces of the rebels on the edge planet." All of this depends on how long you can stay here, you know? ”

"Yes, General!" This time Zhao Li was really excited, the general's few words had already made him understand that there was already a comprehensive plan to annihilate the enemy, just to show weakness here and attract the enemy to attack Jin Wuxing from other directions. The reason why the regular military is not established is to keep him in this seemingly small number of people, and it seems that this time the military wants to make a big move on the edge planet.

This vague information also reveals that everything that Zhao Li and Kang Hongyuan planned here at that time is now in the process of being slowly realized. The military is paying more and more attention to this place, and it will also relatively affect the political axe's attention to this place. Coupled with the unique military and civilian additive materials here, everyone's future seems to be no longer a dream.

After ending the communication, Zhao Li looked at the soldiers who were still sticking to their posts not far away, and while he was happy for them, he also had a lot of worries. Happily, they will no longer be the kind of ruffians who eat and wait for death, and they will become officers, and their future will only become brighter and brighter in the future. The worry is that the above asked him to recruit people locally, although he is guaranteed to provide equipment and everything else, but even if the source of soldiers can be solved from the enthusiastic Golden Five-Star citizens, can the training of those people be completed and form combat effectiveness in a short period of time?

At the small group summit, except for the lack of Li Mengdie, everyone else was there. Sanders, James, Night Lin, and most importantly, Kang Hongyuan. Everyone sat down in a relatively safe place and started the discussion.

Zhao Li informed them of the above order, and then he didn't say anything, waiting for everyone to speak. This posture has been vaguely a bit of the style of the leader presiding over the meeting, first throwing out questions, and then waiting for everyone's opinions to synthesize, and finally making a decision.

"Good!" Kang Hongyuan was the first to applaud: "This shows that the marginal areas are no longer the dispensable marginal planets they used to be, and we will not be abandoned as war outcasts." The more attention the military has, the better it will be for our future plans. Zhao Li, this time, you must fill all the quotas of 2,000 people, and I am responsible for mobilizing the people, and this force must be firmly controlled. ”

"It's not that simple." James and Sanders are both military backgrounds and have served as commanders, and they are very clear about the problems here, and Sanders directly raised objections: "Not to mention the training of these 2,000 people and when they will be able to form combat effectiveness, it is not a simple matter to provide logistical support for so many people." What's more, you forgot that what it says is to ensure that this force is classified, and that you are mobilizing the people with great fanfare, isn't this a direct signal to the rebels? ”

"I don't think it matters." Although James also disagreed with Kang Hongyuan's simple ideas in military affairs, he also did not agree with Sanders's words: "Publicity is big, and the more noise the better." We know that it is troublesome to form combat effectiveness, and the rebels know the same. As long as the other side has a qualified commander, they will definitely take this as a joke, and this is our chance. ”

It seems that James has been involved in more business management things lately, and he has begun to think about things in a holistic way, rather than just from his own perspective.

"What chances? Can we allow these 2,000 men, who do not yet exist, to form a fighting force in a short period of time? Sanders still disagreed: "Let's not talk about how well these soldiers have learned folk martial arts, and whether they can pass the assessment of military combat techniques." Just letting them cultivate the habit of ordering and prohibiting them into soldiers is not a matter of a few days and months, where is it so simple. By that time, we'd have been killed long ago! ”

Ye Lin has not spoken, although he is a military master, but the focus is on the research of biochemical technology, leading the troops to command, and not participating much. Being able to participate in this small group summit is more about attendance than participation. In this regard, he is very clear about his positioning, when to speak and when not to speak, and he is very clear.

Zhao Li didn't speak, Sanders and James considered the things, he had considered at the beginning, but there was no better solution for the time being. Listen carefully to the discussion between the two of them, and maybe you can get some ideas to solve the problem.

Kang Hongyuan also listened, but his brows kept frowning, and soon, Zhao Li noticed this, clapped his hands, and focused everyone's attention on himself, and then turned to Kang Hongyuan: "Old Kang, what's wrong?" Any questions? ”

"I think there's something wrong with that." Kang Hongyuan was still frowning: "I have always said that the battle is fierce, and the rebels have blocked the supply lines of the edge planets, and the reinforcements have not been able to come. How could it be that all of a sudden, it would be possible to airdrop supplies again, and to empty the strength of the first two regiments? As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone immediately felt that there was something strange in it, and they all began to frown and think about it.

"And it's strange that the rebels haven't had more air support, which is very unusual." Although Kang Hongyuan is not a military personnel, what he said at this time was directly to the point: "I don't understand war, but I understand politics." Now that the rebels control the supply lines, how could they not even send a small attack ship? As long as a few ships come at random, we will not be able to hold this fortification at all. What's wrong with this? Although I don't understand war, is it necessary to fill in the lives of thousands of soldiers for something that can be solved by a few bombs? ”

Although Kang Hongyuan did not understand war at all, none of the people present could answer the questions he raised. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, they all look puzzled.

"Damn, it would be nice if Lao Song was here, we don't have to bother so much." Seeing that everyone was staring at each other, Sanders couldn't help but mutter.

"Old Song?" Zhao Li asked strangely.

"Song Juming, you know." James took Sanders' words and explained to Zhao Li: "That guy is a natural military staff officer, big and small things are in his hands, I dare not say that he can compare with Zhuge Liang, but he can also analyze the best of ten." ”

"Oh!" Zhao Liden was stunned. Song Juming, who is also a member of the prison, is usually inconspicuous, but when he was training and tossing Zhao Li, he also made a lot of efforts. Among the people who often told Zhao Li some war examples, he was one. I didn't expect him to be so highly rated in the eyes of Sanders and James.

"Don't talk about the useless ones." Sanders said: "By the way, Zhao Li, have you been concerned about the battle report ahead?" ”

"Nope!" Since the rebels landed, Zhao Li has always been worried about sniping the rebels, most of them are disturbed in the front, and later he arranged a sniper position here to repel the attacks of the Black Dragon Society and the rebels, and there is no more room for his life and death, where is there time to care about the entire battle situation. Even after the war, they have been reinforcing fortifications, pacifying the wounded, and deploying people, and it is impossible to read the battle reports in front of them without touching the ground with their busy feet.

"If you dig it out, you might be able to find some clues." James made this suggestion, and no one objected.

General Lucas promised to keep the communication line normal and promised to report to Zhao Lizhan in time, but he did not break his promise, and he did all of it. From the day Zhao Li began to arrange to the latest battle situation an hour ago, Zhao Li could find it from it.

Several people, including Kang Hongyuan, who claimed to be ignorant of military affairs, were burying their heads in carefully reading the detailed battle reports. In particular, pay attention to the battle situation on the planet of the journey.

For two hours, no one spoke, all scrolling through the screens in front of them. There are too many battle reports, and it is obviously unrealistic to read them one by one. Everyone saw that they suspected that it might have something to do with it, and they made a mark, and then everyone discussed it collectively.

"How, what's the conclusion?" The battle reports that everyone selected separately and then sorted out collectively were displayed in front of everyone. Zhao Li looked at them carefully one by one and asked casually.

"It seems that the rebels have been advancing a little too fast lately." James looked at the screen and called up a star map: "You see, in just a few months, so many places have been occupied. This was normal when there was that incapacitating virus in the past, but now that the political axe army also has an anti-epidemic vaccine, it shouldn't be so simple. ”

When talking about this disabling virus, James looked at Yelin intentionally or unintentionally. There was no emotional change over there, and seeing all this, James also relaxed a little.

"When did the rebels attack the Planet of Journey?" Kang Hongyuan still frowned and asked a question.

"A few months before we started mining." James looked very carefully: "Because there are real strategic resources on the planet of the journey, a large number of metal deposits. That's a strategic resource that is directly left and right, and it's much more important than our additives that can't be shipped yet. As he spoke, James himself smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Are we going to look too high on our prospects?" Kang Hongyuan was still frowning: "Could it be that we are still war outcasts until now?" ”

As soon as his words came out, everyone's faces changed.

174. Or an outcast

Or is it an outcast of war? How is this possible? Will the war founders deploy a reading force here, will they drop supplies here, will they drop soldiers here?

"Won't it?" Zhao Li smiled a little bitterly, Kang Hongyuan, the old guy, either didn't open his mouth and directly said that he didn't understand, or as soon as he opened his mouth, he was going to be harmful: "We have now won the victory of the stage surname, why should we give up above?" Don't they want energy additives? ”

"If they want to, why is it that your financier has always paid a lot of money to hire a fleet to come over, instead of the military picking up the goods directly from you?" Kang Hongyuan said a current fact: "Don't say that their warships can't get through, they can airdrop supplies and soldiers, which shows that their transportation capacity is not tight, and the battle situation shouldn't be so tense that one or two warships can't be dispatched?" ”

Kang Hongyuan's question is very acute, but it is worth pondering. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and it's back to the point where no one speaks.

"If, I mean if." Kang Hongyuan saw that everyone's interest was not high, and took the initiative to ask a question: "If the real energy weapon comes out, how long will it take from the design to the production, and then to equip the troops to form combat effectiveness?" You're all military experts, so give you a rough estimate, right? ”

Zhao Li has never thought about this problem, and it is estimated that James and Sanders are the same. When Kang Hongyuan mentioned this, everyone began to use their brains. In the past, it was simply thought that energy additives could greatly improve the surname energy of the battery, and thus make the use of energy weapons possible, but it was never considered from the actual situation.

"Yelin, you have participated in the process of developing this weapon, roughly estimate." Only Ye Lin has participated in the development of weapons here, and although he is a biological weapon, he should also be able to provide some reference.

"The design process should be a little bit longer than the other processes." Yelin thought for a while and began to answer: "After all, this is a new type of weapon, in order to avoid the trouble of upgrading the weapons of the whole army in the future, so at the beginning, the high-energy battery will be standardized as much as possible." This includes designing energy outputs, standard interfaces, etc., as well as testing applications under various conditions, which is also a very troublesome task. ”

"This is just the design of high-energy batteries, after the standardized high-energy batteries are finalized, the gun family should be designed for this standardized interface. Of course, this can be done at the same time as the battery, but it is not so easy to carry out the design of a gun family. Thinking of this, Yelin looked at everyone a little surprised: "You are all experts, don't you need me to say more?" ”

"Tell me about it." It was Kang Hongyuan who spoke, and he was not very good at these, so of course he had to listen carefully and thoroughly. Any clue could determine his judgment, so he made a request when the soldiers didn't need to say much.

Ye Lin was a little surprised, and suddenly turned his gaze to Zhao Li. Zhao Li looked at Yelin's inquiring gaze and nodded slightly. But there was also a little surprise in my heart, Ye Lin would actually ask for his opinion, did he really see himself as the leader of the organization?

"Different firearms have different functions, for example, according to the different firepower, they should be designed for light firepower and heavy firepower, so as to achieve individual use, as well as fire suppression and other different functions. It is impossible for all soldiers to use the same weapons, there is always a need to distinguish. Understand? After saying so much, Yelin asked Kang Hongyuan.

Kang Hongyuan nodded, signaling that he understood, and the specific troop deployment generals did not understand, but at least he knew the difference between pistols, rifles, machine guns, heavy machine guns, and sniper rifles.

"To design, to design all." Seeing Kang Hongyuan nodded, Ye Lin began to continue: "It is impossible for some soldiers to use energy weapons, and other soldiers to use gunpowder weapons, which is not only uncoordinated in battle, but also a big trouble in logistics. ”

"Understand that chaotic weapons can have catastrophic consequences for the logistics of the troops. I understand this. Kang Hongyuan took the initiative to say that he understood this, and there was no need to ask again at night.

"The cycle of design and testing of firearms is about a year." Kang Hongyuan motioned to continue, and Yelin continued: "Coupled with the previous standardized design and battery testing, it should take a year to a year and a half. And then there's production. ”

"In terms of production, it is relatively simple, as long as the production line is adjusted according to the type of production, this is not a problem for those old arms manufacturers, at most a few months." Ye Lin went on to describe the time of production: "From the start of production to the large-scale assembly, it should be about half a year. ”

"The training of soldiers, recruits will take about a year, and veterans should be able to solve it in about two months." In the description of Night Arrival, on the contrary, personnel training is the easiest. After all, once the design is finalized, the rest is simple. And it doesn't take too long for a veteran to master a new weapon.

"If you calculate it in this way, it should take about two years for the political axe army to be equipped with energy weapons as a whole, right?" Kang Hongyuan listened to Yelin's description and came to the above conclusion.

"More than that!" Zhao Li raised objections at this time, and under James's signal, Zhao Li began to explain: "The replacement of new and old weapons will cause huge pressure on the logistics of the theater, and this pressure also needs to be gradually relieved until all weapons are replaced." During this time, it depends on the number of troops and the intensity of the war in the theater. ”

"In addition, because of the new concept of weapons, the entire battlefield command concept will also change accordingly. Perhaps the tactics that are now adapted to gunpowder weapons will no longer be able to adapt to energy weapons, and perhaps not only will they not bring victory, but they may also affect the outcome of the war. Of course, this is only a local war. From this point of view, it will take about eight to ten years for the overall change in tactical thinking, the change in tactical theory and command style, and the adaptation of the overall soldiers to this system. (I don't know how long the overuse of cold weapons to hot weapons was, this time here is nonsense, there is no basis, everyone should read the novel.) "Yes. After Kang Hongyuan heard this time, he sighed and began to ponder. After pondering for a while, he raised his head: "That is, equipped with new weapons, it is impossible to win in a short time?" ”

"It's hard to say." Zhao Li was also not sure: "After all, if you use energy weapons, it will greatly improve the weight of the soldiers, and the original protection methods will not be able to be upgraded in time, so it is still possible to achieve victory in a short time." Of course, if one side is equipped with energy weapons and the other side is not, the balance of victory will definitely tilt. ”

"We can ignore the rest for now." Kang Hongyuan didn't think about such a complicated military tug-of-war: "We only start from the time when the military needs our additives. Turning his head to face Yelin: "Just now you said that it will take about a year to a year and a half from design to finalization, right?" "When you talk to whom, you face whom, this is Kang Hongyuan's way of communicating and respecting Zhao Li, and he uses it himself.

Nightfall nodded. Kang Hongyuan turned his head again: "So, that is to say, the military will not need our products until at least a year later, and you have no objection to this, right?" ”

Although Ye Lin has not participated in the design process of conventional weapons, Zhao Li and the others also have a certain understanding of this, and even if there is a discrepancy, it will not be too big. And in the design process, the research institutes of the military do not need a large number of additives, after all, this thing is just an additive, and a small number of samples are enough. The two batches of goods sent out earlier are absolutely sufficient. Hearing Kang Hongyuan's confirmation, everyone nodded.

"And for such a long time, the military has not sent heavy troops to protect our monopoly resource production area, what does this mean?" After analyzing all this, Kang Hongyuan directly threw out a question for everyone to answer.

According to the general rules of logic, this is very abnormal. Now that the military has the ability to airdrop supplies and personnel, but instead of sending heavy troops, just to wipe out the rebel infantry on the edge planet that can take out most of the rebels with just a few rounds of bombardment? This is really unreasonable.

"Draw the line of actual control of the rebels recently!" Zhao Li's mind moved, and he directly said this opinion.

Sanders and James began to follow Zhao Li's request, and soon everyone saw the current distribution of the rebels' forces on the central screen.

"The rebels' front, isn't it a little too long?" As soon as such a clear picture came out, everyone quickly saw the problem. Sanders pointed to the narrow area on the interstellar map, and couldn't help but frown.

"Is this a deliberate posture created by High Command?" Everyone knows that the longer the battle line, the more difficult it is in terms of logistical supply. Once the supply lines are cut off, the rebels will tend to rout over a long area.

"We are now the bait to attract the rebels to continue to stretch the front." James looked at such a clear map of the situation in the war zone, and couldn't help but slam his fist on the wall next to him: "What kind of fierce battles, what can't pass at all, it's all a disguise." The more we fight here, the happier we will be, and the more we will be able to attract the attention of the rebels. Damn, there are important strategic materials, there are garrison soldiers who are desperately resisting, if the political axe army doesn't care about here, who will believe it? ”

"Perhaps, the High Command is even willing to provide energy additives to the rebels as a last resort." Sanders took James' words: "In this case, the rebels will inevitably feel that energy weapons are a huge temptation, and begin to invest huge manpower and material resources to start research and development." The overall power of the rebels is not as strong as the federal political axe, and if it is distracted in this way, it will definitely drag down the entire war industrial base. At that time, it was the opportunity for the political axe army to counterattack and even win in one fell swoop. ”

Sanders's speculation, the faster he spoke, seemed to have understood the problem. The more you think about it, the clearer your positioning will be. Speaking of which, this is by no means good news.

"It's more than that." Kang Hongyuan sighed: "In this situation, no matter whether the rebels swallow this bait or not, there is only one ending. Seeing that everyone's attention was concentrated, Kang Hongyuan smiled bitterly: "The rebels are hooked, so distracted, stretching the battle line, and becoming more and more dangerous." If the rebels don't take the bait, then the Federation can justifiably take out energy weapons, and gradually widen the gap between the two sides' weapons, and finally win. is a clever conspiracy, it's not right to deal with it, it's even more wrong not to deal with it, a powerful character. When he spoke, Kang Hongyuan's tone was full of sincere admiration for the designer of this bureau: "If this guy is in politics, he is definitely a master among masters." ”

If Sanders's inference before gave everyone a clear understanding of their current situation, they were also slightly dissatisfied with the design of the rebels with their own surnames, but when they heard Kang Hongyuan's later inference, everyone's dissatisfaction rose to admiration. Such a clever method is worthy of the handiwork of the High Command.

If you think about it from the perspective of the federal soldiers, the means that can achieve victory are the best means. However, when you become the outcast who must be sacrificed, then it feels a different matter entirely.

"Okay!" Zhao Li coughed lightly, pulling everyone back from the various emotions just now: "Now we are still outcasts, and we need to lure the rebels to take the bait." The question is, we not only have to ensure our safety, but also take the opportunity to grow and develop, of course, but also try not to destroy the layout above, what can you do now? ”

"Or has the rebel commander seen it?" Ye Lin asked a stupid question: "If they don't take the bait, they can't blame us, right?" ”

"Lao Kang has already said just now, this is a conspiracy, no matter how the rebels respond, they need to face it." Zhao Li didn't know what Yelin wanted to say, so he answered him first.

"I mean, if the rebels find out about this after a while, and they just bomb our production base, won't the Axe's wishful thinking be in vain?" Nightfall finally spoke his words.

Everyone was thinking about how to protect themselves and fight the enemy to strengthen themselves, but they never thought that there would be such a trick from the bottom of the kettle. As soon as the words of the night came, everyone woke up.

"Maybe, this is our chance!" Kang Hongyuan's eyes lit up, and in an instant, it seemed to be a light, and everyone paid attention to him.

"The rebels have now set up this bureau above, and it is obvious that the rebels have not seen through it, otherwise they would not have sent people to seize the rainforest mining." Kang Hongyuan's interest rose: "The problem is, if the rebels suddenly see through it after a period of time and take action to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, the advantage of the political axe army will no longer exist. This is intolerable from above, and will definitely send heavy troops to protect it before this happens. ”

"Here's your chance!" Kang Hongyuan raised his fist excitedly: "In other words, as long as we can support the arrival of that time, we can be protected by the federal military, isn't that so?" After looking around, he said: "And all this is based on the fact that the rebels can have a smart person to see through this situation." Otherwise, the higher authorities will sacrifice us and hand over the rainforest mining to the rebels. All our hope is in the enemy right now, do you think, this is funny? ”

(To be continued)