Chapter 17: The Scheming Daddy
Li Xiao put his hands behind his back and looked at the gloomy Russian sky.
In the distance, a large group of tractors was pulling supplies to the front. The sudden sound can be heard from afar!
Fortunately, the coalition forces did not have aircraft, otherwise the exhaust gas that seriously exceeded the standard along the way would be the best bomb attractor.
It's cloudy again, and it's going to snow again.
There is really no one in Russia this winter, and it snows three times a month, all of which are three days in a row.
It snows for a third of the month, which is rare in Daming Heilongjiang.
The snow on the ground has not yet melted, and new snow has fallen.
In the wilderness, where there are no people, the snow is almost waist-deep.
Blizzard has made both sides of the war suffer enough, and the coalition forces rely on crowd tactics.
Constantly use manpower to clear the snow on the main road leading to the front line.
And since the abundance of fuel, airships have become the most important means of transport for the coalition forces.
Especially in the hundreds of kilometers from Kyiv to the Tsaritsyn front, the sky is almost full of airships every night.
It's just a pity that Stuka has poor night combat ability.
Due to the weather, Stuka rarely travels at night.
There are many airships on the Ming army's side, but the main means of transportation on the Ming army's side is tractors.
Tractors with deep grooves in their wheels were not only responsible for transporting supplies for the Ming army, but also constantly transporting recruits and ammunition to the front line.
The horsepower of the tractor is high, and it can adapt to rough roads, which is much better than trucks in Russia, where there are no roads.
The Ming people called the tractor the Liaodong military horse.
Shovels and bulldozers are also shoveling snow on the road in the distance.
Mechanization is good, the bulldozer adjusts the shovel, and it will not take long to shovel the snow on the road, and it can do it without hurting the road surface.
Forklifts shovel mountain-like snow onto tractors, and then pull them into ravines or pile them up in rivers.
The snow must be cleared, otherwise the road will not be completed by the time the snow melts.
"Dad, it's cold outside. Don't catch a cold! Li Lin stood with Li Xiao for a long time, and his feet were almost numb.
But in front of Li Xiao, he didn't dare to stomp his feet.
"Sometimes, I would love to take a company or a battalion to fight at the front, rather than face so much."
Li Xiao put his hands behind his back, still looking at the gloomy sky.
Li Lin guessed that his father's mood was now more gloomy than the sky.
"Dad, the matter of the second aunt ......!"
"Huh! Your second aunt's matter is actually just a case, I didn't understand it, and I just played it.
Do you think that in the Ming Army, as well as in the high-level of the imperial court, only your second aunt did this? β
Li Xiao glanced back at Li Lin.
Li Lin was a little stupid, and he didn't know how to answer his father's words.
"There are a lot of people who do this, but now is wartime, so we can't do it on a large scale.
It's ruthless, people don't work anymore, how can this battle be fought.
Look at the convoy ahead!
With so many soldiers on the front line, they need a lot of things every day. Truckloads of ammunition, grain, supplies and the best children of the Ming Dynasty were transported to this icy and snowy land.
What about the ones that were shipped back?
Wagons of wounded wagons, as well as the ashes of soldiers.
The soldiers on the front line are bleeding and sweating, but what about some people in the rear?
In the morning, I went around the mahjong, at noon around the wine table, and in the evening, I went around the skirt.
Some people say that the front is tight, and the rear is tight.
There are too many people who are corrupt and take bribes to the detriment of the public and private interests. β
Li Xiao seemed to be very melancholy, and sighed heavily.
Li Lin was a little surprised, even in the face of Napoleon's million-strong army, his father did not have such a sense of powerlessness.
"Dad, I'll go back and punish the second aunt heavily. Shock those young people, our own people are strict, see if they dare. β
"Huh!
Do you know that Emperor Hongwu peeled the skin and grass?
Money is charming, and they all feel that they are lucky not to be caught.
What can't be deterred by peeling the skin, can you deter them by punishing your second aunt?
Son, you're a little naΓ―ve. β
Li Xiao shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Dad, that'...... That can't let these people be so unscrupulous and greedy. Li Lin was a little annoyed.
"No, it won't! No, it won't!
If you eat it, you have to spit it out. and those who are greedy shall vomit out.
What has been done, how can it be done without paying the price.
However, not now, we must always finish this battle that has a bearing on the future of the Chinese nation.
You should go back and do two things now, one is to sell the oil on the Tianhe and plug the hole in the Quanzhou Arsenal.
Second, execute Shi Lang in Lingchi in the capital, and as for your second aunt ......, she will be put under house arrest for the time being, and will talk about it after the war. β
Speaking of the Zheng family, Li Xiao paused obviously.
To be honest, he didn't think about what to do with the Zheng family.
There are too many implications, there is the relationship between the Zheng family, the relationship with Zheng Sen, and even more related to Li Xiu.
"Dad, just disposing of Shi Lang is not enough to deter those people, I ......!"
"How are you?
You still want to kill your second aunt?
Silly boy, you Bin'er and Zhan'er are still young. Now that you've killed their mother, can they not hate you?
How will your cousins get along in the future?
A hero with three gangs, sometimes you have to believe in your own family.
When your father fought the world, your second, third, and fourth uncles all had their strength to die.
Only the family will help you selflessly regardless of gains and losses.
There are some things that I tell you right now that you may not be able to understand.
You'll figure it out in the future.
Okay, go back and do Shi Lang.
Maybe his broken body can save some people.
I'm here to finish this battle.
This is a war against the entire 500 million Caucasians, and we can't afford to lose, we can't afford to lose.
Lose, and our sphere of influence will retreat by two thousand kilometers.
The Western Regions will be the front line, and the Empire will never be at peace. β
When it comes to fighting, Li Xiao seems to be full of confidence again.
Li Lin knows his father, he is a relatively pure soldier, a not very qualified bureaucrat.
After this period of experience, Li Lin also believes that the army is much cleaner than the imperial court.
"Dad, the battle is ......!"
"It's okay, we're just temporarily at a disadvantage.
Look at the teams clearing the snow on the roads over there, and the tractors that carry the snow.
Our logistics are highly mechanized, and whether it is to build roads or transport materials, there are fewer people than those who use yellow hair.
On the other hand, looking at those yellow-haired people, how much manpower do they have to spend if they want to drive this way?
Don't look at the number of people they have, and they consume a lot of resources.
At the very least, people have to eat.
You still have to control the epidemic, organize logistics and so on, in fact, Napoleon was very busy.
Look at your dad, how leisurely?
Napoleon knew that your father was so idle, and he probably died of envy. β
Li Xiao couldn't stop laughing.
"I heard them say that you said the other day that the war would drag on for a few years."
"Pretty much, after all, millions of troops organized by hundreds of millions of people. Thinking about it in a month or two, or a few months, it is simply impossible.
Things in Europe are different from those in India, where there is a relatively unified religion that connects people.
And the hellish place in India, Hinduism, Yilanism, Buddhism, and those small sects that are as many as cows.
India is a mess, but Europe is monolithic.
The great war led by the Pope mobilized almost all of Europe.
However, although the war will be fought for several years, there are not many days left for us to be beaten passively. β
When talking about war, Li Xiao is always full of self-confidence.
After all, starting with a team of more than 100 people on Phi Dao, he has not been defeated for decades.
"Dad, you mean ......!" Li Lin's eyes lit up.
"Look, why are we bothering to carry all that snow into a ravine, or on a frozen river?"
Li Xiao asked, pointing to the machine that was still working in the distance.
"It's the fear that when the snow melts, the road will become a mud pool."
"Then you say that the coalition forces have the rich capacity of ours to transport all that snow?
Even in cold Russia, there is always a day when the snow melts.
When the snow melts in the spring, their path will become a country.
At that time, there will be big problems with their logistical supply.
The front line will consume supplies as high as a mountain every day, as long as our two armies maintain contact on the front line.
Hehe, they're going to keep depleting.
When they can't make ends meet and the soldiers are short of food and ammunition, this is the opportunity for us to launch a full-scale counteroffensive.
It is impossible to win the First World War, but it is not much of a problem to seize the initiative in the First World War. The corners of Li Xiao's mouth showed a trace of curvature.
"But ......, the coalition forces and airships continue to drop supplies to the front-line troops at night!"
"We've got Stuka and we can't deal with their airships.
Not to mention, in dark conditions. Their anti-aircraft guns simply could not find Stuka and did not play an intercepting role at all. β
"Then why is our Stuka ...... now!"
"Because I don't allow them to go out at night to intercept the coalition airships!" A cruel smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.
"Dad......!" Li Lin looked at Li Xiao in shock, he still thought that Stuka was because he couldn't fight at night.
Now I know that the Ming Air Force has long had the ability to fight at night, but my father didn't allow it.
Napoleon, as a generation of military gods, would also think of the muddy roads in the beginning of spring and the difficulties in logistics and supply.
But he felt that he could increase the number of airships to ensure the supply of the front line.
Once the Ming army planes, like nighthawks hunting coalition airships.
By that time, Napoleon would not be able to retreat even if he wanted to.
The deployment of a hundred-and-a-half thousand coalition troops from Kyiv to Tsaritsyn will definitely suffer heavy losses.
It's so ruthless! It's too insidious.
I didn't expect it to happen in a few months, and Dad started to lay it out now.
Soon Li Lin thought of what his father had just said, he had to spit out what he had eaten, and he had to spit out if he was greedy.
Once Dad frees his hands from the war, he uses his scheming to deal with those corrupt officials in the court......!
Li Lin felt sad for those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and spent his whole life for the sake of temporary greed.