Chapter 273 Thousands of Miles of No Man’s Land

"Luoxia, what's wrong? What trouble did you encounter?" Li Yuanhong asked when he saw Li Luoxia frowning.

"Husband, are you going on an expedition again?" Li Luoxia asked.

"Yeah, I guess we'll leave tomorrow." Li Yuanhong said apologetically.

"Husband, do you think we will stay together for a month this year?" Li Luoxia asked.

"It must have been more than a month anyway!" Li Yuanhong didn't calculate it. In short, it was less gathering and more separation.

"Well, so I always miss you, what do you think I should do?" Li Luoxia said.

"Well, if there is a break in the battle in the future, I will call you, do you agree?" Li Yuanhong coaxed Li Luoxia.

"No, I can't see you, and I miss you even more!" A simple answer rejected Li Yuanhong's proposal.

"Then, how about I ask Dr. Bai and the others to find a way to restore the video call function, and then we can video chat." Li Yuanhong tilted his head and thought of a way.

"It's not good, it's still not good!" This time Li Luoxia didn't even give a reason and just denied it.

After being denied one after another, Li Yuanhong didn't know what to do, so he asked Li Yuanhong: "Then... what do you think we should do?"

"Of course I will go on the expedition with you!" Li Luoxia said with firm eyes.

"Go on an expedition with me? How can this be done? The battlefield is very dangerous. I won't be able to protect you then!"

"Who wants you to protect me? I worked very hard when you were away. Now my level is not lower than yours, and I train myself every day. I train those female soldiers, and I hope to go to the battlefield and fight side by side with you one day. !" Li Luoxia said firmly.

"No, this is absolutely not possible!" Li Yuanhong shook his head.

"I have decided. If you don't agree, I will lead my people to the front line myself. I want to fight with you!" Li Luoxia stared at Li Yuanhong unwaveringly.

Looking at Li Luoxia's appearance, Li Yuanhong knew that she had planned this for a long time. If he didn't agree, he might really do something random, so Li Yuanhong reluctantly compromised: "Okay, you are not allowed to be petty when you are on the front line. Everything will follow the command." , if you don’t obey the command on the front line, I will send you back immediately!”

"Don't worry, you will definitely give our commander-in-chief face when you get to the front line. Don't worry, don't worry!" Li Luoxia smiled mischievously and didn't take Li Yuanhong's words to heart at all.

Li Yuanhong looked helpless when he saw Li Luoxia's naughty look. Li Yuanhong didn't know if his concession this time would cause big trouble. All I can do is be more careful to prevent Li Luoxia from getting hurt.

Since Li Luoxia's team was also about to go on an expedition, Li Yuanhong stayed in Spring City for another day. It was not until the morning of the third day that Li Yuanhong and Li Luoxia took off first by plane and headed straight to Lanzhou City, while Li Luoxia's women's regiment followed behind. Depart by train.

When we arrived in Lanzhou, it was a busy scene. Ma Fangyu's 200,000 survivors had moved back to Lanzhou City, and many more soldiers had been added here. Now there are more than 400,000 people in Lanzhou City, including more than 200,000 soldiers. Various tanks and artillery were neatly arrayed and ready to go at any time, and the sergeants were also busy making final mobilization for the next battle.

As soon as Li Yuanhong returned to Lanzhou, he immediately called a meeting with the officers in charge of the army. As soon as the officers entered the conference room, their eyes lit up. The attentive officers suddenly discovered that there was a beautiful girl beside Li Yuanhong.

Many officers had never seen Li Luoxia and thought it was Li Yuanhong who was looking for a secret, so some officers began to gossip with each other in low voices.

"I'm talking about Commander Zhang, who is that pretty girl next to the Commander-in-Chief?" an officer asked.

"I haven't seen it either. Is it the secret Commander Li brought back from Spring City?"

"No way. Commander Li usually seems quite serious, but I didn't expect...hehehe!"

Li Yuanhong's ears were very good. Isn't this tiring of people spreading rumors in front of him? So Li Yuanhong hurriedly spoke to prevent the rumors from spreading.

"Ahem, everyone is almost here. Let's have a meeting now. First, let me introduce the beautiful female officer sitting next to me. She is the commander of the female corps and my wife. Commander Li Luoxia. He is not What’s my little secret!”

After saying this, Li Yuanhong's sharp eyes glanced downwards. Several officers who had just passed on the gossip suddenly felt chills on the backs of their necks. Apparently, Li Yuanhong heard what they just said. So these officers began to worry about whether they would be beaten by Li Yuanhong.

As a result, after Li Yuanhong introduced Li Luoxia, he quickly moved on to the topic of normal military deployment. Originally, such a trivial matter was not worthy of Li Yuanhong's hatred, so he just gave it a warning. The next priority was to solve the Western Empire.

Li Yuanhong still adopted the two-pronged strategy of advancing hand in hand. Commander Xiao started from Lanzhou, took Xining last, attacked Kuqa and Aksu areas in Xinjiang Province, and recaptured the southern line of the Silk Road in Xinjiang Province. Wang Jingrong and Xingling left Yinchuan to take Jiayuguan, go straight to Urumqi, and seize the northern route of the Silk Road.

Although the strategy is easy to formulate, it is not so easy to fight. First of all, the southern route will face more deserts and plateau routes next door, so the consumption of materials will be greater. Therefore, Li Yuanhong is in charge of the southern route. Although the northern route has convenient transportation , but there are many passes along the way. If the enemy holds the passes, the difficulty of the battle will not be any different than that of the southern front. However, this kind of battle is most suitable for the two war mad men Wang Jingrong and Xing Ling.

After the tasks were assigned, it was time to dispatch troops. The team set off the next day, with a mighty tank group clearing the way ahead and aircraft escorting them in the air. The troops walked smoothly. Not only did they not see zombies along the way, they did not even see a single wild animal that had recovered from the apocalypse. The empty road and empty mountains made Li Yuanhong and the others feel as if they had entered the restricted area of ​​life. This made Li Yuanhong I was a little nervous, fearing that there was a trap from the Western Empire buried here.

Xining City arrived quickly, which made Li Yuanhong a little uncomfortable. Usually, there would be many small counties between the two big cities. Every time they passed, there would be a battle. This time, it went smoothly without even starting a battle. Arriving outside Xining City, Li Yuanhong felt a little uncomfortable.

"Captain Zhang, send someone to investigate the situation in the city and see the distribution of zombies." Li Yuanhong ordered the leader of the accompanying tank regiment.

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!" Captain Zhang saluted, and then quickly ran to arrange it.

Li Yuanhong also took out his binoculars and stood on the armored vehicle to look at Xining City.

Xiningcheng had a population of more than two million before the end of the world. It was an important gateway to Qinghai and Tibet. Historically, it was an important town that military strategists fought for, so a city was built here in ancient times. There are many historical sites here, and many Tibetan Buddhist temples are scattered around the city.

However, the bustling and noisy city in the past is now extremely quiet. It is similar to the situation when it came. There are no zombies or the sounds of any other creatures. It seems like a dead city.

"Report, the forward investigation is back." At this time, Captain Zhang came back and reported.

"What are the results of the investigation?" Li Yuanhong asked.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the city seems to be empty. Not a single zombie has been found, and no other animals have been found." Captain Zhang said.

"Okay, let's send a few more teams into the city to search. We must search door to door to prevent zombies from hiding in the dark and attacking us." Li Yuanhong said.

"Yes!" Captain Zhang went down and came back soon.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, we have searched all ahead and there are no zombies, and..." Captain Zhang hesitated.

"And what?"

"And the doors of all the rooms are open, and the materials inside are missing." Captain Zhang said helplessly.

Li Yuanhong was stunned. Is this considered a strong wall and a clearing of the wilderness? I have a lot of supplies that I didn’t bring with me. I just hope that when I capture the city, I can get supplies on the spot so as to reduce the pressure on logistics. This is good. The zombies come directly to the wall to clear the country. There are no beds to sleep at night. It seems that there are only Soldiers can be allowed to lay bunks on the ground, but laying bunks on the ground in this winter gives me a headache just thinking about it.

"Okay, order the troops to enter the city. After entering the city, make defensive arrangements. In addition, let the logistics supply some necessary bedding and so on. Don't let the soldiers freeze." Li Yuanhong ordered.

"Yes, I will definitely notify the logistics department." Captain Zhang replied firmly.

After Li Yuanhong gave his instructions, he took the lead in getting out of the armored vehicle and walked towards the municipal government office building. It stands to reason that the available materials here in the city government are the least. They are basically desks, chairs or various documents. Other necessities such as clothes and food are almost non-existent. However, unexpectedly, when Li Yuanhong walked into the office building, this place was also It was as empty as a field, not even a scrap of paper was left.

"It seems that the Western Empire is poorer than us!" Commander Zhang next to him sighed.

Li Yuanhong also shook his head secretly. This situation made him not expect that now that he was here, he didn't even have a chair to sit on. It seems that I will have to sit on the floor in meetings from now on.

Fortunately, this place is not very far from Lanzhou City. Some necessary supplies were soon shipped here. Li Yuanhong finally had a chair to sit on and work. However, bad news came one after another: the northern front offensive went smoothly. Within one day, After capturing two cities, it is expected to return to Dajiayu Pass tomorrow.

Why is it called bad news when it’s such good news? It turns out that the northern and southern lines encountered the same situation. All the cities they passed were empty. Not only were the zombies in the city missing, but all the supplies in the city were also empty.

The consequence of this kind of plundering of the Western Region Empire like locusts passing through the border is that Li Yuanhong's troops are under increasing logistical pressure, and as the front continues to lengthen, its supply becomes more and more difficult. If the enemy is sending small groups of troops to harass the rear, then The entire front may fall into a passive state.

Under tremendous pressure, Li Yuanhong returned to his cabin at night. However, before entering the house, he saw that the door of his room was half open, and there was a faint light coming from inside. This made Li Yuanhong stunned. Could it be that there was a burglar in his room? Already? But now there is nothing in my room. What did the thief go in to steal?

Li Yuanhong opened the door cautiously, ready to enter a fighting state at any time, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw a beautiful figure busy in the room. Li Yuanhong was stunned. That figure was Li Luoxia. She was not left behind by him. Now, why are you here?

"What are you doing, sneaking around like a thief!" At this time, Li Luoxia turned around and looked at Li Yuanhong and asked mischievously.

Li Yuanhong's face turned dark for a moment. He thought there was a thief, but he turned out to be a thief.

"Why are you here? Didn't I arrange for you to prepare supplies at the rear?" Li Yuanhong said with some anger.

"Didn't I prepare the supplies and come here with them?" Li Luoxia said easily.

Li Yuanhong was speechless for a moment, but it was different when there was a woman around him. After Li Luoxia's fiddling with the originally empty room, it felt like home.

Li Yuanhong knew that it was impossible to drive away Li Luoxia, so he could only find a way to ensure Li Luoxia's safety. Fortunately, this place was now a no-man's land and was relatively safe.