The second phase of the construction of Jixiang City has been completed, and manpower has been transferred to the lake to support the construction of the lake embankment, and the supply of stones, cement, and steel bars is also in full swing, and the construction speed has suddenly accelerated.

The top of the embankment will be built into a wall structure conducive to protection and attack, and there will be watchtowers every kilometer, which can be used for combat meetings, treatment of the wounded, hiding troops, guarding and other places. The embankment of the lake is nearly a zhang beyond the two avenues of the east and west of Hunan, and there are steps to connect it, and some catapults and grenadiers are transported to the city wall for installation through steps or tower cranes.

The south side of the embankment is hollow and has many functional houses, including warehouses, armories, field hospitals, barracks, etc. Wang Yu's office is located on the west embankment at the entrance of the Xingyao River, and he is already a veritable commander of a front nearly 50 kilometers wide from east to west, with full responsibility for the lake embankment defense line.

After the exercise, the military training of the troops did not relax, and Wang Xuan discussed the details of the first aid measures with Dr. Liu and the others, and designed the sergeant protective gear at the same time.

The auspicious strategy of war is to open the way with hot weapons, and only after the defeat of the opponent will they catch up with close combat, and it is almost impossible to have hand-to-hand combat scenes. Nowadays, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and we are mainly defensive, so the sergeants wear half-body armor, and there is no body armor below the waist, these protective gear is made of bamboo as the main material, called bamboo armor.

The defense of bamboo armor is not high, and the elasticity of dry bamboo pieces is low, and wet bamboo pieces are not only heavy but also prone to mold. The main reason for choosing bamboo armor is because of the auspicious lack of iron, considering that it is only used to resist arrows shot from a hundred steps away, the defense is sufficient, once it is necessary to fight in close combat, it is possible to occur when the enemy is defeated by our army's pursuit, and there is no difference between whether there is armor or not.

In order to reduce the damage of the soldiers defending the city, Wang Xuan proposed to make many bamboo weapons, the most typical of which was the wolf whire, Qi Jiguang's anti-Japanese artifact. It is six feet long, made of moso bamboo, with a special sharp spear head mounted on the top and many appendages around it. At the same time, in order to achieve greater lethality, the head and appendages of the wolf wreak are coated with poison. Although the knife is sharp, it cuts through the soft branches of the bamboo that have been constantly treated.

If the enemy is lucky enough to climb the city wall, the defending sergeant only needs to hide outside the six miles of Zhang and keep swinging and assassinating, completely avoiding the possibility of hand-to-hand combat, thereby reducing battle losses.

Half a month after the old king's burial, the embankment of Jixiang Lake was finally completed, and Wang Xuan was planning the building and layout of the lord's palace for several days in early August, and occasionally discussed the opening of Jixiang Technical College in September with the people of the Education Research Institute, and also discussed the construction plan of Jixiang's first normal college.

On the evening of August 7, Wang Xuan boiled some ginger tea in the kitchen for Hua'er to take, and recently contracted a cold and needed to exorcise evil spirits. At this time, the captain of the guard team in the front yard hurriedly came to the backyard, and said in a hurry: "Lord, the Red Flame People have invaded!"

Sure enough, it still came, and the sergeant who came to report the news was waiting for a report in the front yard, and when he saw Wang Xuan's arrival, he didn't care about saluting, and said hurriedly: "Your lord, the Dongshan Pass is stationed at the Jichi border sentinel, this morning Chiyan suddenly sent troops to attack the border outpost, more than 40 people were killed, and the warehouse materials were also looted. ”

More than forty people were killed, which was completely beyond Wang Xuan's estimate, even if the people on these borders were captured at most in the war, who would have thought that Chiyan was so desperate to slaughter people and completely put down his face, this battle of Jichi will be more cruel and bloody than the last time.

It takes three to four days to walk from Dongshan Pass to the Jichi border, and half a day on horseback, and Chiyan's army can be under the city as soon as the day after tomorrow.

On August 8, the news of the Red Flame invasion spread, but there was no panic in the territory, and all kinds of measures in the past two months were preparing for war, and everyone already knew about it.

Wang Xuan informed everyone of the incident in the conference room on the third floor of the Government Council, and Wang Yu, who was guarding the embankment, also rushed back to attend the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chi Yan has gone crazy and disdains even the most superficial articles, and the hardships of this war will be far beyond our imagination. Wang Xuan expressed his concerns.

"Lord, all the arrangements we can do are complete, even if Red Flame attacks with all his strength, I'm afraid it won't be pleased. The Qin Dynasty of the Logistics Department has deduced several supply and supply plans, and no obvious loopholes have been found. Wang Yu said.

In the short term, Wang Xuan is not worried about the supply of ordnance materials, but is worried that once it becomes a protracted war, it will be troublesome, and the auspicious war potential is far less than that of the other party, especially in terms of population. The other party can get the necessary materials from the surrounding territories, but auspicious is not good, although the merchant can also provide help within his ability, but after all, it is limited, and they will not be in a hurry to bet before the situation is clear.

The supply of iron ore has been interrupted, and the only way out is to buy it from the Sun clan territory in Xishan as soon as possible, so Wang Xuan said: "Is the evaluation result of the technicians who went to Xishan for field investigation come out?"

"On the other hand, the construction of the six bridges was not easy, especially at a construction site upstream, where the water flow was strong and the width of the river was more than 10 zhang, and the workers had to build at least two piers in the turbulent river water as deep as one zhang. The hoisting of the bridge deck in sections is also a troublesome matter, and it is very difficult to fix the ship tower crane in such a flowing river. Zhao Xiaoshan, who was in charge of construction, was embarrassed.

"It's because it's difficult that we should try, take 10,000 steps back, just for iron ore we have to try. Wang Xuan's tone was affirmative, "Besides, how can you break through all kinds of limitations and accelerate the progress of technology by repeating simple things all the time?"

"Yes, we'll start with the downstream bridges and gradually increase the difficulty, but also have plenty of time to refine the details. Zhao Xiaoshan also understood what Wang Xuan said, so he responded recklessly.

"The Propaganda Department must immediately formulate a propaganda plan to inform the people of the nature of the Red Flame invasion and the trauma we may suffer, neither exaggerate nor minimise, and they have the right to know. Wang Xuan said to Zhang Yun, the power of public opinion Wang Xuan knows best, this is the time to play a role, and if handled properly, it can be worth an army of thousands of people.

"The construction in the territory is still the same, and the retired sergeants are called back to form a reserve force to support the front line at any time. The factories gave priority to the supply of military orders, and I had a hunch that this war would be very long. ”

The meeting lasted for half a day, and everyone was responsible for one or more wartime tasks, and the results of the two years of rapid development were tilted as much as possible towards the war.

In the afternoon of the same day, various propaganda points were occupied by the news of the Red Flame's invasion.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me, the Lord said that Chiyan killed more than 40 of our border officers and robbed the coal mines in our warehouse, and they are doing this to invade us on a large scale. Everyone also knows that we have lived a fairy-like life in the past two years, and the red flame people are red-eyed, last time they robbed the coal mine, and this time they directly wanted to rob our lives. What should the Lord do for us, the auspicious development cannot be stopped, and the soldiers defending the city are still waiting for us to produce equipment. The Lord intends to personally sit in the Dongshan Pass and fight the enemy with the defenders, this time auspiciousness will not succumb to the hegemony again, and the suffering imposed on us by Chiyan will be repaid even with interest, and the blood debt will be repaid with blood after all!"

"Yes, the blood debt must be repaid with blood after all, if there is a shortage of manpower, I can participate in the defense of the city, the Red Flame gang of beasts have the seeds of greed hidden in their bones, if they don't give them a hard time, they don't know what pain is. At this time, the crowd was indignant, and everyone also expressed their opinions.

"Chiyan, when we are leeks, we will harvest a stubble when we grow a stubble, and I will sign up to join the army. ”

"I'll go too, and when we were auspicious, it was two years ago, and I want to avenge my brother. ”

"I'd rather die standing than live in humiliation!"

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the official in charge of the propaganda direction had to walk to the front of the stage from behind the scenes, and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, quiet, I understand your feelings, and the Lord also understands, just now the brother has conveyed the meaning of the Lord to everyone, doing what he should do is the greatest support for the current situation, and when it really comes to the need for everyone to go to the battlefield, there will be a notice to come down, auspicious hard work has a current atmosphere, this momentum can not fall, please believe in our soldiers, believe in the Lord... ...”

The grief-stricken people gradually calmed down, and the meaningless shouts could only expose the panic and uneasiness in their hearts, and had no substantive effect. Wang Xuan has always been a mysterious existence in everyone's hearts, people have blind trust and dependence on him, since he has an arrangement, then everyone can do things according to the requirements, and they must not do bad things with good intentions and mess up the layout.

Another news of the recruitment of female nurses in field hospitals also spread, which is a declaration of war against traditional conservative thinking, but the timing is just right.

Liu Yao's family in the sixth group of a village in Hedong.

"Mother, I want to be called to the field hospital, there should be a shortage of people. ”

"Things, I don't object, I can still deal with the children when they are older, but men and women are different after all, how can I marry again in the future." Mother-in-law's words are not unreasonable.

"If you miss the pass, you won't have to worry about marrying or not. Liu Yao saw clearly, the war between the territories has its own set of rules, and Chiyan slaughtered more than 40 auspicious soldiers and civilians without declaring the war, which is completely a jackal behavior that does not care about identity, does not ask for reasons, does not care about righteousness, and does not have a faceless appearance, and it is difficult to be good.

"My Chen family has met two nobles in this life, the first is you, and the second is the current young master lord, since you have decided that your mother can't hold you back, you only hate the rest of your life and can't repay it. With that, the old woman staggered to the kitchen on crutches.