Mountaintop.

Next to a raised taxi pile, Flesh stuck a crooked wooden sign on the ground.

This line is written on it.

It's in the language of the world.

[He stood up for his partner and wrote a legend of courage with his life] [1-Teddy] In addition to this name, there are also the signatures of all the members of the White Bear Knights.

There are many memories of it, but she can't write too many flowery words, let alone summarize it in a few words.

"I hope that in the next life, you can go to our world and see..."

"By the way, if you can choose, try to choose the one with dark circles under your eyes that is the most comfortable."

Stretched out the bear's paw and gently touched the bulging mound, the flesh muttered a few words, and slowly stood up from the tombstone with his heavy body.

The wind blew softly, shaking her white hair and the grass on the ground beside her.

The morning sun has risen in the distance, sprinkling a sparkling golden yellow in the forest.

She wanted to sing a song before leaving, but she couldn't remember which one to sing.

Staring at the epitaph on the wooden plaque, I touched the tail of my chin and pondered for a while, and suddenly found a blind spot.

"Wait."

"Write our names on it, will it make others misunderstand that we are buried underneath?"

"Oh, don't tell ghost stories at this time." The flesh that was still sad and sad just now couldn't cry or laugh.

"Hmm...... It's a bit weird indeed. The sesame paste expression is also a little subtle, with the index finger against the lips, "It's like... A big flag was set. "

The tail suddenly had a netherworld expression, and lowered his voice to worship the ghost.

"Speaking of ghost stories, I don't know if you've heard of that... One day, a girl attended a friend's funeral and suddenly found her name written on the tombstone.

"Okay, okay, please stop talking!"

The flesh covered the tail's mouth, and the latter let out a strange croak.

The sound of joy diluted some sadness.

Glancing back at the scribbled tombstone, Sesame Paste squatted down and planted a small flower brought from the bottom of the mountain.

Since it is a completely real virtual reality game.

Presumably, in a few years, the colorful flowers should bloom all over the hillside.

As long as the server doesn't roll back......

Standing up from the ground, she looked at her companions with a smile on her face.

"It's time to go."

As if he was always full of energy, the tail that broke free from the arms of the flesh waved his fist energetically.

"Oh! Rush!

Because of a newspaper, the entire Boulder City was panicked.

And Hal, the initiator of all this, is now in high spirits—or triumphant.

"Print! Yesterday's issue was printed with 20,000 copies! Now our readers are not only idlers in taverns, unemployed people wandering the streets, but also well-dressed burghers, nobles living in the inner city! ”

He sat on the windowsill of the newspaper office, a bottle of champagne in his hand, drunk a little early in the morning, and gave orders to the editors in the editorial office.

Yes, a bottle.

And it's a big bottle.

But it's worth it.

Just the day before yesterday, the number of publications of the "Survivor Daily" was hovering around 6,000, and as soon as yesterday's headline came out, the newspapers on the market were instantly bought out.

Not only that, but the number of subscriptions has also doubled, and now the whole city is listening to him.

As for House?

It's just a defeated dog who can only be weird on the radio, and he doesn't care about it at all!

Looking away from the staff, Hal looked at Fang Chang, who was standing in the editorial office, with a big smile on his face.

"My dear friend, those two pictures you brought are just perfect! Why don't you just come to our newspaper as a reporter? In my years of experience, you're a genius! “

It's okay to be in the industry for many years......

Fang Chang remembered that a month ago, this guy was still a polite member of the royal family.

In just a few weeks, it was corrupted into this unruly, mouth-full train appearance.

For a while, he didn't know whether it was the newspaper office or the city that was full of copper stench to complain about the destruction of people.

Coughing lightly, Fang Chang said.

"Why don't you thank our manager...... At best, I'm a tool man. “

"Haha, of course, thank you—allow me to pay the highest respect to the Lord Administrator, second only to the Spirit of the Sand Sea!"

As he said this, Hal blew on the bottle again.

Fang Chang felt that he didn't respect him from the bottom of his heart, he just casually found an excuse to drink.

But......

I don't seem to be ridiculing his position either.

It's like there are always people talking about Thunder Bluff, but there aren't many players who really like the Minotaur.

He was the first person to call this game "Respected Manager", and now it has become a habit for players to increase the sense of substitution.

As for whether it is respectful?

may indeed have a little admiration, after all, if you want to find such a bright, selfless, and dedicated person in reality, I am afraid that you can only open the history book and find it in the teacher's table.

But if you want to talk about respect from the heart, it doesn't seem to be enough to talk about a character in a game.

"Salute to the manager!"

Fang Chang said briefly, touched the wine glass and his wine bottle with a smile in his hand, tasted it lightly, and put it aside.

"Is it really okay for you to drink early in the morning?" Dolly, who crossed her arms, whispered.

Everyone in the editorial office is working hard.

Fang Chang didn't care, he was not a newspaper person in the first place, but only occasionally came to "do tasks".

But this Hal ......

Anyway, he's the president, right?

"It's okay! Even when I'm drunk, I can write beautiful words and sentences in 12 sorties. Belch. Hal burped and staggered to a chair and sat down, "I figured out that this war would be an opportunity!" In the future, the Daily Survivor will not just be the newspaper of Boulder, but will be the best-selling newspaper in the entire River Valley Province and even the entire wasteland! “

Fang Chang made a joke.

"Bigger and stronger, and create more brilliance, right?"

Hal's glasses lit up, and he snapped his fingers with his free right hand.

"That's what it means!"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, there isn't even a unified currency in this wasteland."

Hal smiled and said, "Haha, there will always be someone to solve these problems, and I believe it will." “

Looking at his gibberish, Fang Chang shook his head with a smile, and was about to leave from here with Dolly.

At that moment, Hal suddenly spoke.

"Actually, I don't understand.

"I don't understand anything."

Looking at Fang Chang, who had stopped, Hal continued.

"That Shuyu told me... This is important for us to defeat the Legion. “

"He's right, what's wrong?"

"The question is not small, why would a respected manager think that a newspaper will solve the problem? Here, it doesn't really matter what the average survivor says, they can't even eat. Hal wondered.

It's actually a lot like his hometown.

In the kingdom of the province of Luoxia, all rights belong to the supreme king.

And all the rights here belong to the city lord who never shows up in public.

What if the Legion's airship startled the people of the city?

Even if everyone was trembling in front of the 400mm main gun, the city lord didn't come out to say a word, did he?

"Yes." Fang Chang did not deny it.

Hal asked curiously.

And what is the point of preaching to them? Of course, this is just my personal curiosity... Anyway, they love to watch the excitement, even if there is no instructions from the manager, I will continue to do the follow-up report. “

"It's about mobilization."

"Mobilization?"

"Yes, we are fighting another battle of life and death, and it is not just about our life and death. Although we can't influence the city lord's decision-making, we can let those who want to survive do something while it's not too late. “

"It doesn't matter if they're stevedores at trading posts, or assembly line workers, mercenaries who pay their lives, or factory owners, bankers, or whatever... Boulder City certainly has its owners, but it's still made up of these people in the end. “

Looking at the drunken newspaper director, Fang Chang paused for a moment and continued.

"The city is like a rusty machine, we need to make it move, to be able to move a little is a little bit, to be able to wake up a little is a little bit"

"And that's what mobilization is all about."

Hal thought for a moment, a contemplative expression on his drunken face.

"I see

"I seem to understand what you're going to do."

Coming out of the newspaper.

Fang Chang noticed Dolly walking on the side, looking at him with a curious expression.

"What's wrong?"

"How do you know so many things."

When she said this, her tone couldn't tell whether it was surprise or adoration, or maybe it was a little bit.

"Maybe it's because I'm from the Vault?" Fang Chang said in a half-joking tone.

"Shelter—" With her arms folded behind her head, Dolly looked at the sky and didn't know what to think.

At this time, as if she had thought of something, she looked at him and asked.

"Then you know such a thing, don't you think we're stupid outside the vault?"

Fang Chang was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile.

"How is that possible?"

Rather, he admired these wastelanders, who were able to live with tenacity and optimism until 2 years after the decline of civilization.

It's fine to walk around with a filter on, but if you live in this world...

He thought he was going to go crazy.

It's not that the psychological tolerance is not good, but that you have a clear understanding of your own ability.

There is no need for war, apocalypse, or wasteland, just money can't buy things, and his SA value will have to go crazy.

Dolly stared into his eyes for a moment, the corners of her mouth curling slightly.

"Oh, that's good."

Her emerald green hair shook slightly, and she threw down a sentence of unknown meaning, and she walked briskly in front.

"?"

Looking at the girl who was suddenly in a good mood, Fang Chang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Is it so happy to be boasted of being smart?

That's too coaxing, isn't it?

City of Dawn, Army Command,

On the wooden command table, there was a front-line battle report that Xiao Qi helped sort out.

Since the stable communication network has not yet been built, Chu Guang can only learn about the dynamics of the front line through the official website forum.

The "communication network" based on the morphological field operates entirely in an unrelated parallel world, and the connection can be guaranteed in any situation.

"Forcibly marched for more than thirty hours in a row, broke into pieces and infiltrated into the defense area, five consecutive raids across fifteen kilometers, and annihilated nearly one full hundred-man team, are you sure this is a force of only twenty people?"

The most important thing is that only a few people were injured non-fatally, and no one was killed!

Vanus's face was full of surprise.

To be honest, he wasn't quite convinced.

The mixing of war reports can be said to be the basis of the front-line troops, and he deeply understands this.

However, this is also understandable.

After all, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and no one takes it away for three minutes after falling to the ground to count kills, and some people take it away to count injuries, and it is impossible for someone to really hold a telescope and pinch the watch to count how many seconds an enemy unit falls to the ground.

As a good commander, the first thing you need to have is to screen the truth and falsity of the information sent from the front, judge the general battle situation based on the vague intelligence, command the people who are "maybe still alive", and carry out the orders that "may be completed".

If one of his men had sent such a battle report, or had said something like this to him on the radio, his first instinct would have been that guy farting.

However, this battle report, after all, was brought by the manager himself.

This lord is not the kind of layman who knows nothing about warfare, I heard that earlier, he not only carried a nitrogen-powered hammer to kill the enemy, but also took the lead in blowing the charge whistle.

Later, there were more and more talents in the alliance, and he gradually moved from the front to the background after leaving a bunch of miraculous legends.

If you let Vanus evaluate, if this duke was born in the legion, he would be a figure of the level of Klaas and General Griffin.

As for why it is not a higher-level corps commander and a supreme marshal, it is just because ordinary people can only achieve the position of a general with their ability.

It wasn't just Vanus who was surprised.

Including the officers of the command, after seeing the beautiful and unspeakable battle report, all of them had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"To be precise, there are only more than 20 at present, and there are still more than 100 people and logistics baggage on the way, and they are expected to arrive within three days."

Speaking of this, Chu Guang's face couldn't help but feel a trace of emotion.

"Don't say you can't believe it, I was just as surprised when I first got this battle report... But I'm sure there's no doubt about its authenticity.

Players who exchange battle situations on the forum will "verify" each other, and the battle report that Xiaoqi helped him sort out is already the result of final verification.

At the same time, it is also the result of the closest to the truth.

Seeing that the managers had said this, the officers no longer questioned the battle report sent from the front.

Instead, the coping strategies were discussed.

"According to information from the front, the Iron Heart is suspected of engine failure, and obvious suspension brackets can be seen on the outside of the ship, as well as construction personnel who are being repaired."

"At the same time, they have also increased the scale of ground deployment, projecting about 1,000 troops, and it seems that they are planning to use Seogu City as a base for a long time."

"However, their tactics are not very sophisticated, and they are still the same old way of threatening force, sending soldiers to extort nearby survivor settlements and demanding that they contribute food, livestock and labor to airships, while using dinars to buy mercenaries and marauders as supernumerary troops... Local survivors have complained about it. “

Looking at the map hanging on the shelf, Chu Guang continued.

"I communicated with the commander at the front, and he and I basically had the same idea."

"In the first phase of the campaign, we need to strategically unite the local survivors and tactically deplete the opponent's vital forces through guerrilla warfare."

"As long as we can reduce the opponent's goal of more than 2% in the first phase, it is possible to force them to withdraw from this area. Or, take a more aggressive strategic! “

Speaking of this, Chu Guang paused and glanced around at the officers present in the command room.

"In the latter case, the battlefield may no longer be confined to a hundred and fifty kilometers away, and we need to prepare for the worst. In the meantime, we must find a way to effectively shoot down that airship before the final battle! ”

Chu Guang suddenly looked at Vanus, who was thinking.

"Are you familiar with that Captain McClan?"

Vanus was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

I'm just a thousand-legg...... Moreover, the thousand-captain of the clone corps. ”

Being able to sit in the captain's position before the age of 4 is a man with a bright future in the legion. There's no need to pay attention to a little person like me. “

Although the Legion is known for its large army of clones, the status of the officers commanding the cannon fodder troops can only be described as mediocre.

In particular, air fortresses such as the "Iron Heart" belong to a completely different system from the army.

Even if he took a picture, that McClan probably wouldn't look at him more.

Chu Guang nodded and didn't say much.

"Well, it seems that the option of negotiation can be abandoned."

Although he had never had this illusion, the key was the troublesome deflection shield," the commander of the First Corps said, frowning, "if we get a very low-velocity bomb and throw it on them..."

Vanus shook his head.

"It's as simple as you say, let alone flying here from the West Coast, they can't even fly out of their homes."

Anti-aircraft machine guns all over the fuselage are enough to intercept any target approaching at low speed, not to mention the armor-piercing effect of explosives in open areas. I'm afraid I'll have to deal with its engine. ”

Those long rows of spiral awards in parallel are not very technical things, and it is not difficult to break a few.

However, even if that thing is gone, it is equivalent to a flat tire on a bicycle and a broken track on a tank, and it will not cause substantial damage at all.

"Doesn't this guy have weaknesses?" The wrench couldn't help but ask.

Vanus said after a moment of silence.

Weaknesses, of course, are there. “

Chu Guang immediately asked.

"Where?"

"Abdomen."

Vanus pointed to the photograph directly below the airship.

"This is the bomb bay, and the density of fire in this area is the lowest compared to the rest of the area. I've heard from people before that there have been survivors who have caused them a lot of trouble with dense balloon arrays. Although, as a result, it was the survivor colony that was eventually razed.

There was silence in Command.

An officer from the staff said after pondering for a moment.

Weakness in the abdomen. If we get the anti-aircraft guns directly under them and fire, will they be able to deal effective damage to that airship? ”

Vanus shook his head.

"Then I don't know, but I don't think their ground forces, nor the observers on the airships, are blind."

The officers of the 1st Corps clenched their fists.

"Let's find a way to get a vertically launched landing craft! We lay under them first, and then we bucket them up like a bird's nest! We have the strongest light infantry, just rush into that fortress and beat that thing down in minutes! ”

Vanus sighed and didn't speak.

This time, he didn't need to refute, and even the wrench standing next to him couldn't help but complain.

What if they drop bombs down? “

It is! Also, what is a landing craft launched into the sky? I've never heard of it! “

Looking at the officers who were talking and discussing, Chu Guang also fell into deep thought.

At that moment, a phone call suddenly came to him.

I'll answer the phone. ”

Leaving these words, Chu Guang turned around and walked outside the door, leaving the time for discussion to the officers in the headquarters for the time being.

The call came from Luca.

As soon as his upper body appeared on the VM's screen, he couldn't wait to speak.

"Your Excellency, the city hall of Boulder City summoned the head of our dispatch office this morning!"

"That Duron?"

"Yes!"

"What did he say?"

Faced with the manager's inquiry, Luca said with an intriguing expression.

"He said a lot. For example, ask if we need help. And he also mentioned that because we helped them share part of the wave at the beginning of the year, they were willing to sell it to us at a discount if we were interested. “

Although this is undoubtedly a good thing, because the conditions offered by the other party are too forgiving, so he can't make up his mind, will there be any big hole hidden in it.

Therefore, after he received the news, he immediately called Chu Guang.

Chu Guang was also stunned after hearing this, and asked subconsciously.

"Is it 5% off the market price, or 5% off the cost price?

"Fifty percent off the cost of the purchase and that Duron also said that if we don't have enough money, you can lend us another loan specifically for arms procurement."

it?

And this good thing?

Chu Guang's face was full of surprise.

Although it was his idea to pull Boulder City into the Alliance's chariot, it was too fast, right?

It seems that the 40mm main gun has brought a lot of shock to the "civilized people" living in the huge wall, and they can't even care about making money.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Guang immediately said

"Let them send it quickly! I want as much as I want, the sooner the better! ”

Also, remember to tell them that it's not enough to deal with the waves, we can build rifles and artillery ourselves, we need weapons that can actually deal more damage to that airship! ”

At this time, Chu Guang suddenly remembered what the officers had discussed just now, and added a sentence unceremoniously at the back.

"Especially high-altitude landing equipment!"

"It would be nice if we could help our guys get on that airship!"

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