"If only there were naval gunboats...... Alas, internal and external troubles! With a practical solution, Niu Dafu hurried away without even eating lunch. Zhang Tao looked at the small black dot on the map and let out a long sigh.

This method is not perfect, and it would be more reasonable to get a few gunboats on the river to drag a string of barges and load them with heavy machine guns, and follow the direction of the zombie tide to monitor their every move. Even if the zombie tide suddenly chooses a certain place to force it over, it can use the firepower advantage to resist a little and buy time for the army to deploy defenses.

But if the navy was allowed to participate in the war, he didn't dare to mention a word in front of Niu Dafu, since he and Tian Renji announced their separation from the alliance with a destroyer and a part of the navy officers and sailors with Zhou Yuan, the navy was basically abolished. The remaining officers and soldiers were screened one by one by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they have not been tossed so far, and the people are afraid where there is still combat effectiveness.

Speaking of the navy, Zhang Tao can't help but think of Hong Tao. When Hong Tao was not gone, he made a very clear plan for army building. Vigorously developing the air force and navy is its basic idea, and it will regard these two branches of the military as the fist and claw of the alliance in the future.

The Army, on the other hand, is regarded as a defensive service, not that it is not developed, but it is more biased towards the Air Force and Navy in terms of quantity, size, and investment. According to the original plan, the navy should collect as many personnel and equipment as possible, especially large warships, even if they are not needed for the time being, they must find a way to tow them back for maintenance.

But as soon as he died, the Alliance's military development plan slowly changed. The Air Force has not weakened much, but its development momentum is not as good as before, and if it were not for the brilliant achievements it had achieved and the support of a group of officers who firmly followed the route of paratrooper raids, it is estimated that it would not be much stronger than the Navy.

The navy, which has no record and no connections, has been hit to the bottom all of a sudden, receiving the least amount of funding and the least number of personnel to replenish every year. Anyone who wants to get a quick promotion in the army will definitely not choose the navy.

There is only one reason, the navy is too expensive, it is still a long-term investment, and there is no effect in the short term. With this money, it is better to invest it in the army and air force, and the results will be quick. No matter who is the leader, he is willing to make achievements during his tenure, and only with achievements can he go further, and it is not easy to talk about how to do it in the future.

As for whether the Navy will be able to gain more benefits for the alliance in ten or twenty years, no one will consider. At that time, it is not known who is in power, and thinking too far will not only be of no benefit to the individual, but will also lose the benefits in front of him.

However, the ancients seem to have encountered this kind of problem a long time ago, and learned a lesson and came to the conclusion that people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries. It's a pity that later generations take the lessons summarized by their predecessors as farts, and there are people who know it everywhere, and few people really do it.

If the development of the Navy had not been delayed, it would have been much more than the size of a destroyer and a couple of small gunboats. Not to mention whether or not we can go to Southeast Asia to show off our might and seize population resources, the role of blockading the Yangtze and Yellow rivers and using large-caliber bullets and artillery shells to effectively strike at coastal targets cannot be overlooked.

If you have ten ferocious river gunboats in your hands right now, do you still use such passivity to let the zombie tide lead you by the nose? No matter where those monsters want to cross the river, you have to ask dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns and dozens of artillery guns if you agree!

"Staff officer, immediately draft a telegram and order the 3rd Brigade to ......" is also in vain to think about it, the Navy cannot count on it, and now it can only rely on the legs of the Army. It is necessary to adjust it quickly, especially in the mountainous areas, the speed of arming will be relatively slow, and we must not make mistakes in our own defense areas.

That night, the zombie tide arrived in Kaifeng as expected, still did not stop the pace of progress, continued westward, and appeared in Gongyi, east of Luoyang, the next morning.

Then there was no intention of staying, braving the drizzle, like a layer of gray-black blanket, spreading on the green ground and squirming westward, a day later it was already close to SMX.

At this time, the Xi'an base had to start a large-scale evacuation, all the personnel packed up their belongings at any time, boarded the train in accordance with the pre-arranged order, and crossed the Yellow River into Shanxi one by one, aiming at Taiyuan and Datong.

Then the bridge across the river along the way was also blown up by sappers, and many people shed tears when they watched the collapse of the bridge. They have lived here for a long time, and even if they were not locals before, many of them have married and had children, and they have made this place their home.

But the arrival of the zombie tide once again ruined their homes and lives, and the tears were full of hatred except nostalgia! In order to go home, you must also destroy the zombies, even if you pay with your life for it!

The zombie tide seemed to hear the cry of humans, and after crossing SMX, they did not go to Xi'an to make trouble, but stopped near Weinan and did not move. And the other wave of zombies in the east is still stubbornly moving westward at a speed of 200 to 250 kilometers a day, as if following in the footsteps of the former.

Five days later, two waves of zombies converged north of Xi'an. The long-awaited fight did not happen, not even a crowded scene. The black-pressed zombies covered the slopes of the fields and hills, and they stood quietly, like a black ocean, and the pilot of the reconnaissance plane was dizzy.

Just when everyone was puzzled, the black sea disappeared from its place again overnight, leaving only a few obvious traces on the ground, which could be seen from the sky.

"Still heading west?" Looking at the news sent back by the reconnaissance plane, Gao Tianyi walked quickly to the map and tilted his head to find the corresponding location. The combined zombie tide had appeared in the east of Baoji overnight, divided into four large columns, stretching for more than ten kilometers, head-to-head in the west.

"What's in the west?" The location was found, but Gao Tianyi still didn't understand, and turned his head to ask Pan Wenxiang, who was standing next to the sand table.

“…… There may not be too clear a goal! This time, the control ability of the living corpse has improved, but from the analysis of the signs along the way, except for the relatively sudden attack on Huai'an, the purpose is not too strong.

In general, he still relied on instinct to chase the living as before, and once he was thrown away, he immediately lost his goal, and Minister Niu may have been confused by the defeat of the Southern Bloc, which was mostly the result of inexperience and unreasonable arrangement of defensive measures. ”

In just half a month, the white and chubby Pan Wenxiang has been a little out of phase, eating and sleeping in the war room almost every day, his brain is full of zombies and data of front-line troops, which is very exhausting. Now that the zombie tide is temporarily out of contact, it is like a rebirth for him, and he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"How much did our army lose this time?" I haven't had much contact with the army for so many years, and Gao Tianyi's originally small military literacy has basically been forgotten, and he can only rely on professionals. This is also the reason why Zhang Tao's attitude is not very clear, and he can still sit firmly in the post of deputy minister of the armed forces, and there is no one to change in a hurry.

"There were not many casualties, only the troops led by Minister Niu suffered more than 300 casualties during the LY operation and retreat. However, the consumption of materials is relatively serious, and almost half of the stocks are in stock, including those transported to the Yellow River defense line.

However, there are still a lot of baggage left in Huai'an and LY, and if you can determine the direction of the zombie tide, you should send someone across the river to transport it back as soon as possible. It's just that all the bridges on the Yellow River have been destroyed, and it is easier to restore the highway bridges, but the railway will take a long time, and you have to ask the Ministry of Infrastructure and Machinery in this regard. ”

Commanding operations and dispatching military supplies is the main job of the General Staff Department, and Pan Wenxiang has already memorized these data by heart, and there is no need to look through any materials, even other people's.

“…… Well, it's time to take it back and replenish it, and by the way, carefully search around Huai'an and LYG. There should be an Old World military department in the area, and there may be a windfall. Oh yes, is there any movement on the island side? ”

As soon as he heard that most of his family was thrown out, Gao Tianyi couldn't help but feel pain. Since the zombies have gone west, they can't come back in a short time, so of course they have to transport all the baggage left south of the Yellow River back. As for who it belonged to before, it doesn't matter, whoever gets it first is counted as whom.

But when he mentioned the intermodal port, he remembered another thing, mutants! Let the zombie tide make a fuss, and the action of encircling and suppressing the mutants is obviously unable to continue. However, this does not mean that there will be no encirclement and suppression, and without international support, the East Asian Alliance's forces alone will still be sufficient.

(End of chapter)