The 2182nd Chapter Is Like a Broken Bamboo
On Earth, heavy artillery has been widely used for a long time, basically during the First World War
All countries regard this as the main weapon of their army, and such things have also created huge results. Here
There has never been such a thing on this planet. To be honest, the magic cannon can reach this level, but
The consumption of the magic cannon is too high. If there is a war, the magic cannon will definitely have a good ammunition reserve, but
It has been so many years since there has been a war, these things must have been taken away by the officials guarding them,
These guys will never be soft-hearted when they do things one by one. They are already doing things according to a ratio.
It's half and half. Of course, half of the empire's things cannot be moved, because the empire may need to review these things at any time.
things, then you have to have some good looks, as for other things, you don’t need to worry about it, the remaining half is
Being eaten up by these moths, big and small, is actually a very normal thing.
There is nothing wrong with it. If these officials were killed during the war, they would not dare to make their minds on this.
But now it's a peaceful age, it doesn't matter even if some of these things are used, they are not fools
, there is no reason to see that other people's family is living such a good life, my official is bigger than others, and I have never lived
Hello home. This matter is afraid of comparison, and they all understand it by comparison.
Live in vain, there will be an official who doesn't do this and will be isolated by them. The current trend is that the four
Everyone in the empire abides by it. If you don't want to do something like this, you don't fit in.
When Li Cong's army was assembled a month later, the Western Empire still did not give any explanation for the Cao's business.
At this time, the people of Cao's House of Commerce are about to start to act. The first thing Li Cong does is to personally follow the fleet and go up.
After leaving, none of these people knew about this matter at all.
The river and lake escort boats of Cao's House will also appear frequently
of. It's just that the number of appearances seems to be a little more this time, but it also appeared frequently in the past, and now
The relationship with Cao's House is so tense, does this matter need to be reported immediately? It's just that their reporting speed seems to be
is a bit slow. Although their fast horses can travel six hundred miles a day. But the ships of Cao's House can run thousands of ships every day.
In fact, their speed is obviously a little bit behind, if they use flying monsters, they should be able to reach some speed quickly.
Military town. But it is obvious that the people there did not receive the news, on the one hand, it was because the people in the Southern Empire did not understand the news.
I don't pay much attention to it. The other one is that the people of the Western Empire feel that it is impossible for Cao's firm to attack them. They didn't see it.
According to news from the seaside, although the people from Cao's House of Commerce attacked Shengguang City once, they thought it was the cowardice of the Southern Empire.
Weak, it is absolutely impossible for the people of Cao's House to attack their capital just like that. If so, the people of Cao's House would dare
It's really too big. If we can get around them, we will be messed up in the Western Empire. It will definitely not happen like that
The thing is, one is the liaison officer of the Cao's firm on board, these people have given us a lot of benefits,
Whether it's silver or gold, they really don't lose our benefits, it's all based on the number of ships
Those who collect money, this time is enough for me for a few years, and continue to take care of this matter? It doesn't matter if the brain is fine.
At dawn, Li Cong's warship was already thousands of miles away from the inland of the Western Empire, and it was not far from the capital of the Western Empire.
We have arrived in Wanli, and the first day has passed so smoothly, although the navy of the Western Empire wanted to come over last night to ask
All of a sudden, but when the gunboat of Cao's House fired a shot, they quickly hid, and the navy of the Western Empire had already
The people from Cao's House were scared out of their wits, they wouldn't have the guts to do this, even if it's here
Inland rivers are also useless. Although they are said to be inland rivers, the widest part of this big river is 200 miles, and the narrowest part has
50 miles, the depth of the water in the middle is also very powerful, so if they were sunk in the middle of the river, they would still be fine.
Maybe those who swim back, it's better to be honest. Now that the empire has taken advantage of the Cao's firm, they probably don't like it in their hearts.
It's not very pleasant. In the past, anyone who asked how many times I went could tell what was going on. Just like this time, I used artillery to shoot straight.
Not many people answered the call, it was because of their behavior that the warships of the Cao's House could drive straight in.
Yes, so many people have entered now, and along the way, the river escort boats of Cao's firm joined in, and they arrived
From time to time, it will form a direct attack on the capital of the Western Empire. It has been going like that for five days, and the number of river escort boats
The quantity has already reached tens of thousands of ships. At this time, no matter how stupid the people of the Western Empire are, they can understand a little bit.
They also discovered the army of the Cao's House of Merchant when it happened, and things like this often happened in the past
Yes, but they all understand that the people of Cao's House should not do such a thing, and there should be merchant ships in their fleet
That's right, why are there only warships now? This kind of thing also makes them feel very strange.
Finally, when advancing to the third day, I encountered a military town managed by the royal family of the Western Empire.
It is the most important place on the frontier of the Western Empire. If it passes here, it will take less than seven hours. According to
With the speed of the warships of Cao's House, they can reach the capital of the Western Empire. At this time, what is this guy from the royal family with?
The previous officials were different, he immediately asked his subordinates to arrange a large number of chain locks, because things like the giant crossbow
Xi is also a relatively rare thing in the entire Western Empire, hundreds of thousands or millions of silver, and he still can't get it here.
Even if there is, it must be sent to the front line of the war as soon as possible. Such a place belongs to the absolute rear, so he also
The only way to deal with the warships of Cao's House is to use the previous battle crossbows, although they also have quite a few warships here. but
It's all old fashioned from before. Those new-style things are not delivered here now, because recently Cao
The warships of a commercial firm are looking for trouble, so they have all been transported to the border area, who knows this place at this time
Instead, the warships of Cao's firm appeared. This really terrifies them. The members of the royal family are the second sons of Prince Jingcheng Li.
son. Dian Dingcha, who was awarded the title of second-class Houjue, this guy can be regarded as one of the few in the royal family who has his own ability
People, and also because of this reason. He was sent to this place, and he worked for eight years. During these eight years, he himself
His official position has not changed at all, but his title has been promoted relatively quickly, although it is impossible to inherit it at the end
Wangfu, but there is absolutely no problem with a duke or something, so he is also very concerned about such things.
Very seriously, now he is standing on the shore and watching the Cao's Commercial Fleet in the distance with the telescope that attacked from Cao's Commercial Bank.
This thing was bought from the Cao's family firm, and it can be enlarged three times. This kind of thing is worth 50,000 silver each.
There are really many inventions in the firm, but the 50,000 silver is very worthwhile, because after having this thing,
, I can see things in the distance clearly. Dian Dingcha is fifty years old this year, and he looks the same as twenty years old.
As a seventh-level fighter, he can be regarded as a young man at this time, because the eldest brother in the family has the throne, and he himself
He also doesn't want to compete with his brother for that palace, he thinks that everything must be obtained by himself, and his own
Only then can I feel at ease in my heart, so I need to do everything by myself instead of relying on my own father, so his army
The team still trained very hard. In less than 10 minutes, the 12 iron chains that blocked the river with a length of 50 miles were all hung up.
It's over, this thing is also very useful for the warships of Cao's House, because the iron locks hanging on the shore are all
In the far inland areas, as long as these places cannot be found, it may not be so easy for them to break the iron locks.
The matter of Yi, of course, such a thing can stop the army of the former Cao's Commercial Bank, and now the Cao's Commercial Bank
The army has its own blasting team, and it is very simple to say, the blasting team can destroy this in almost ten minutes.
Some iron locks are all blown open, as long as a bundle of self-grenade is bound to the iron lock, this thing is easy to break open
It's too easy, and it will never delay anything. As long as the person opposite is not a fool, they should understand
How does Bai do things? If they don't understand this matter, then they can only feel sorry for them, because sometimes
Sometimes these things also need your own ability to disassemble, it depends on whether you have this ability.
"Hehe, ask the soldiers to expose their cannon muzzles. When we get here, we want to continue to go in secretly.
Impossible thing, here is just for you to practice your hands, and I will set up a battle formation later, as long as it is you
Give me indiscriminate attacks on everything they can see. In addition, let the Marines prepare well.
After the fight begins, they must be ready to disembark at any time, and tell them that everything they can see and everything they can take away will be taken away.
If you can't take it away, I will smash it, and if you can't leave it to the people of the Western Empire, you have to let them know the pain, and you have to let them
We know what kind of things they have done. In addition, let the blasting team get ready to quickly destroy the enemy's iron
The lock was blown off, this is related to whether we can go there, notify 500 river and lake escort boats to come out to do things, other people don't want it
Never mind that. Just keep going, as long as something like this happens before you reach the capital, that's all.
Do it, leaving 500 ships is enough to look up to them, and tell us the brothers below, the things that can be solved with shells are
There is no need to use your own life to solve it. If someone dies, it is much more serious than losing some shells.
. Whoever has the least number of dead men. Rewards are the most. "Li Cong thought of the millions of brothers who died in battle, his heart
Li is also very distressed, each of these people is much more precious than shells, if there is no them. since
It is impossible for one's own empire to be established so quickly. Now they must all understand this truth. if they
If they don't understand, I will force them to understand, and the adjutant hurriedly went down to deliver the order. Li Wei on the side is also rushing
It's time to get outside. Starting from the capital of the Southern Empire, he wanted to see what the war outside was like.
Dian Dingcha and his subordinates seemed to have discovered that something was wrong with Cao's House, what the hell was going on?
Those cannons were all covered back then, why are the muzzles of the cannons exposed now? Is this going to war?
? Although the relationship between the people of Cao's House and them is very tense, the place where the war should start should not be here, it shouldn't be
Is it the place where it meets the Southern Empire? How did they come to this place? Don't they care about their various positions in the Western Empire?
Have you planted an asset? This is simply an unbelievable thing. The assets of the people of Cao's House in the Western Empire are definitely one
Astronomical figures, a few days ago, some people in the military department were still making jokes. Some people said that as long as the Cao's House
If their treasury is robbed, hundreds of thousands of crossbows can be made for them. This figure is definitely not a joke.
It is estimated that there is more gold in the treasury of Cao's Commercial Bank than this, and he himself knows it very well, because the carrying party
Even, his own family has hundreds of thousands of gold stored in Cao's house, of course, the big head still can't be placed
Over there, those who play politics must finally believe in the household bank of the Western Empire. This is always the government of the Western Empire.
The business of the government, if these royal children don't believe this, it would be a bit too sorry for them, such a thing
They are very clear about the situation, but what happened today? All of a sudden, Dianding found out that the people from Cao's House had the same relationship with Nan
It was also like this when the empire started the war, there was no sign at all, didn't they say that back then,
It is said that the people of Cao's House of Commerce did not dare to do anything to the Southern Empire, but in the end, they still beat the Southern Empire
If it is not because of their direct relationship, the Western Empire may not get those dozen provinces.
"Not good, the people from Cao's House are about to attack, order our people to enter a state of war, and take all the giant crossbows that were brought in yesterday.
Install them for me, call them for me. " Dian Dingcha said directly, when he saw that several of his lieutenants were still there
When he was looking at himself, he went up and gave his usual confidant a whip. In the past, this guy also
It is often said that he loves the people like a son, and it is very rare to beat soldiers like this, but it is like this
He showed it, but it's a pity that his subordinates are still slow, and the cannons of the Cao's Commercial Bank over there have already started to speak
, This kind of thing made them all dumbfounded. It was less than three years since Cao's house ended the war with the Southern Empire.
In the past, the war was launched again. In the past, if it was said that it was on the territory of the Southern Empire, it could not be called a war, but
It was said that it was a simple conflict, and both parties could talk about it very well, but now it turned out to be a conflict.
It's really hard for them to accept such a thing, but soon they need to face the facts.
The about 135 large warships transported by the side were the first targets of the artillery of Cao's firm.
The warship of a commercial firm was also the only threat. Soon, hundreds of shells blasted out all the fish in the water.
Although they did not hit their ship, these people in the Western Empire did not have any luck, because they all understood very well
What's going on here, this is Cao's company's artillery calibrating. There will definitely be ships hit in the next wave, now that
These ships are already ready to rush up with full sails, and the cost of each of them is as high as 500,000 taels of silver.
The finances are not so rich, the squeezed navy, but they will soon lose even this.
The 18 127mm cannons on the side of the flagship of Cao's House fired alternately, and soon one of his shells went off.
Not far away is a warship of the Western Empire. This is also the first result that Cao's firm has obtained in this war.
Then it penetrated the deck to the cabin and exploded. As long as such a wooden ship is hit by a shell, it can basically be said to be
Lost motivation. It is absolutely impossible to continue to move forward. Besides, this ship was not hit by a shell, his position
It can show that he was shot in the front, and now is such a situation, three shells directly hit the front of him.
This brand new warship of the Western Empire was sent to the water. It's also funny to say this. one on his ship
A soldier in charge of the crossbow saw his ship sinking rapidly. He knew his ship could not last,
It turned out that he just casually fired the battle crossbow in his hand, regardless of what was going on in front of him. It is estimated that this
It's just a psychological comfort. At this time, the war crossbow flew out and hit it, but it was definitely not the warship of Cao's House
, but a warship near him, that warship just rushed up from behind, and originally wanted to see their fast
What's going on with the sinking? It's not an exaggeration to say that they came to save people, but it was this crossbow that directly killed them.
The rudder of the ship was broken, good guy, this ship can't turn, and it drove past in a daze, which is also possible
See, this ship was sunk very quickly, no, it should be said that it was disintegrated, some warships behind
Seeing such a situation in front of him, even his own enemies didn't see it. How could hundreds of warships be completely destroyed like this?
What about eggs? The remaining dozen or so warships did not need orders from the people above, and immediately ran to their lairs.
If they think they can hide in this way, things are really wrong and outrageous, the warship of Cao's firm
About 8 warships were separated, and they drove directly towards them, and while passing by, they towards some buildings on the shore
What kind of hard fire, building such a naval base is not as simple as spending money, there is no big
A large-scale machinery, which took decades to build, if this important naval town is really so boastful
It is estimated that in the future, the warships of Cao's firm can enter the capital of the Western Empire if they want to enter. This is simply an undefended city.
In the city, Dian Dingcha on the shore tried his best to make the war crossbows on the land fight back, but basically there was no result.
, mainly because the distance is too far away. This is how the navy fights. When they want to hit you, they come close to you, but when they fight
After finishing, they retreated. The swimming speed of the army is definitely not as good as that of the navy.
It's not much use if it's broken. Those people in front are not fools, they are very clear.
What exactly is Chu doing now? Everyone knows what happened now. It is impossible for them to hit Cao Cao.
On the contrary, the warships of Cao's House can kill them, even if they don't see them
For places beyond 10,000 meters, our war crossbows can reach up to 1,000 meters, but the ammunition is not so sufficient.
The war crossbows on the shore are all old-fashioned, just like this. When the navy was built a while ago, they were all used to support them.
We have aided you, but your navy is quite capable. How come the main fleet was given away within half an hour of the start of the battle?
It's gone, and the remaining dozen or so ships were sunk in the port like fools, and there is such a thing.
"General, it's not good. The people from Cao's House directly blew up some buildings upstream. Now their artillery
It has already extended towards the middle of the city, and we will soon reach this place. We cannot continue to stay here.
It's too dangerous here, you should hurry to a safe place, the governor and the city lord are all there
Waiting for you, the most important thing now is to quickly inform the people in the capital, if they don't have any precautions, they will
It will be a big loss. "A lieutenant next to him hurriedly pulled Dian Dingcha up and said, he still has no idea about his boss.
I don't really admire it, indeed, he would be very interested in a soldier, but the person in front of him is from here.
Supreme Commander. What are you doing with your sword? Don't you want to go up and fight with others? rely on this in your hand
a knife? That is simply impossible. People won't let you approach at all, if you think about using this method
If you give others a little bit of strength, forget it, it is simply impossible. He persuaded Dian Dingcha to have another
The main reason is that. It doesn't matter if you die. We all still want to live with you, but if you don't run away quickly
If so, we can't run away. You are going to die, but the empire will give you a lot of things, including your family
Everyone will have a good life, but we are different. After we die, except for the empire who gave us less than thirty taels
Other than silver, your own bones may not be found. Such things often happen, so apart from
For this matter now, you can listen to other things in the future, but now you have to go, for your own sake
Life, but also for the lives of others, especially ours, you have to go, otherwise it will be troublesome.
"What the fuck is a safe place, it's going to be lost here, don't you know where we are?"? Pass me
The order continues, the whole army will guard this ferry for me, as long as there is anyone who dares to retreat, I will punish his nine clans after returning. "This home
The guy said arrogantly, other people have also set up shop, and their boss should be the temper in front of them, if they want to
If you listen to him, I really don't know what will happen in the future. The guy in front of me is simply
Crazy, how to defend here, the only things we can attack from a distance are crossbow arrows and catapults, of course, there are new
The giant crossbow that was delivered, but that thing was directly killed by the artillery of Cao's House just now, and the remaining things
It's not so easy to hit Cao's house, there are only less than 500,000 defenders here, but they are already dead
Halfway through, nothing happened to the other party at all, they just wasted some ammunition, the navy
Those bastards immediately wiped out the entire army, thanks to the boss of the navy bragging yesterday that if they had these warships
In the future, even the Heavenly King and Laozi will not be afraid when they come, but now the people from Cao’s House are here, not the Heavenly King and Laozi, they
I couldn't stand anything anymore, and at the end, I asked someone to serve it in a pot. The guard didn't say anything, and went up for a while.
All of a sudden, Dian Dingcha was stunned. Usually, he only has the ability of a third-level fighter, and he wanted to hurt Dian Dingcha.
It is impossible, because Dian Dingcha is a seventh-level fighter, but now he emits enough energy to be an eighth-level fighter.
He is the bodyguard sent by the palace for Dian Dingcha. How could the palace put his young master in danger?
A strong bodyguard is necessary, and now he judges that it is impossible to continue guarding, so he makes a decisive decision.
Even if the boss retreats, he must have their reasons, just like Dian Dingcha in front of him, he is a disciple of the royal family, here
Things have become extremely chaotic, and it will be of no use for him to stay here. He can only bring the royal family of the Southern Empire
It is not a small loss. If there is any problem with the reputation of the royal family in the Southern Empire, it will be the one in front of you.
This guy did it, why not just tie it up like now, and run towards the capital.
There are various methods, and it is very easy to deal with His Majesty the Emperor after returning home. I will report back immediately, then
Although a military base is very important, it is nothing compared to the safety of the capital. If you even
If you can't be sure about this, then you really can't listen to your military department in the future, and the people in the military department are naturally not
fool's. You can understand it after a little checking. Besides, this guy in front of you is not an ordinary general.
If the civilian generals who started from the common people did the same thing, it is estimated that ten heads would not be enough to cut off, what they did
He lost his own territory, but the one in front of him is not. He was born with a title of earl, and now he relies on
What has my own ability become? The Marquis, this fucking man will definitely be limitless in the future. now he needs
It is the help of these people. In the future, someone will remember this kindness, so let's follow him to talk about this matter.
Yes, but if you don't do this, you won't offend a prince. This palace can still let the Marquis have nothing to do
affectionate. In the end he was fine by himself. But he will remember the things you didn't help at the beginning, and he will send you a message when the time comes.
You probably know what happened, and no one will let you go.
There will be such days after Dian Ding checks back. But people here are not having such a good time, many soldiers have seen
Their boss has already left the battlefield, and they don't want to stay in this place any longer.
We need to leave here quickly, but their speed is not very fast. They were all shot by the artillery of Cao's House.
I was caught up, and the whole shelling lasted for about forty minutes. The warships of the Cao's House fired a total of large bombs at this place.
About 45,230 shells were fired, and the entire area was turned into scorched earth. About 150,000 people died in this shelling, and the surrounding area
The common people have also seen the situation here, basically no common people stay here within a radius of 200 miles
, they are not fools, they also understand the ability of Cao's House, it is better to leave here early
, they can only spread the panic a little faster when they see the situation around them, the most terrible thing is these local officials around
With the army, after they got the news, they retreated towards the capital in a panic. There was nothing in these people's minds.
What's the logic? According to their thinking, these people came directly from the sea, that is, 100% of the Western Empire is now
50% of the territory has already been occupied, and such things directly make them collapse, they think that they will continue to follow this
There is no future for the Western Empire to survive. The billions of troops in front have all been wiped out. What can their few people do?
Well, they'd better hurry up and figure this out. They're going to run for their lives one by one, and they must run to take the capital to Beijing.
Well, there is their brigade over there, as long as they arrive in the capital, they will be considered stable, otherwise
I still can't keep my head, no matter how scared, the effect is unexpected by the people of Cao's House.
Looking at the scene created by the shelling in front of him, Li Cong also felt a little uncomfortable. Speaking of which, the people who suffered the most from the war were the common people. If these high-level people could see the situation today, they probably would not have launched such a war. There are too many wars. After the war starts, victory has nothing to do with them. Even if there is, it can't be reflected. But if it fails, it has a lot to do with them. Either enter the war zone like now , I can’t even keep my own head, or I’m just like the common people in the Southern Empire, who have to pay the taxes handed over to me by the court. In the past, I could guarantee to eat a year The last point is good, I can save a few taels of silver, but now it is gone. It is absolutely impossible to keep such things as silver. The pay from the showdown above is too much, so much that they even Even their own food is a problem, and the people of the Western Empire are also like this now. Although they have not declared war with the people of Cao's House, the people of the Western Empire have already mobilized for war, and some things have to give way to the war For example, things like giant crossbows are not something they can manufacture on a large scale. It can also be said that the Western Empire does not have such conditions at all, but they insist on making this thing. In the end, it was difficult. When it comes to the common people, it can be said that the life of the common people is very difficult, but what can I do? I am a common man, and I don’t have the ability to manage these things at all. He is no longer an ordinary person. Li Cong quickly put away his compassion. What he wants now is to punish you. The blame can only be that you were born in the wrong place, or God’s will tricked people .
"Order the troops to gather quickly, don't waste our time here, and chase the main fleet with all your strength, you must arrive at the capital of the Western Empire as soon as possible, I guess the people in the capital already know what's going on here, They won't send any reinforcements here, I know they don't have any so-called reinforcements, what we have to do is to get this thing done quickly, so that they can't react, and leave a regiment of brothers here Clean up the battlefield, remember, as long as there are some things of relatively high value, other things are not needed, and the life of these refugees must not be very easy." Li Cong is not those people who have no conscience, he also knows these people The future life will not be very easy, so it is better to leave some things for them to live on. If they have nothing, I will not bear it in my heart. I really can't do such a thing myself, or Just let them rebuild well. The common people have no sin after all. Immediately, all the soldiers hurried to do this. Many people don't have the compassion of Li Cong. They came here for revenge. Now This enmity can only be said to have come out a little bit, most of them haven't given out their anger yet, the capital is the place where they need to vent their anger, this place is at best a warm-up, if you want to let When I get angry, I have to see how their capital can bear it. The warships quickly returned to construction, leaving behind ten warships to support the brothers of a regiment that landed. The brothers of this regiment obeyed Li Cong's orders very much. Just don't search anything, and they don't have any capital in their families, so they go directly to the homes of rich families and officials, as well as the public property of the Western Empire. These things are what they need, and they are also the things that gain the most .
It is already a very short distance from here to the capital of the Western Empire, and there is also a means of lighting beacons to report messages. For some reason, when Li Cong saw those beacons, he thought of the princes of the beacon on earth. , Beacon Fire Opera Princes, refers to King You of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty, who smiled for Bao Si (), lit the beacon tower, and teased the princes. Bao Si looked at it and really laughed. You Wang was very happy, so he lit the beacon fire many times. Later, the princes didn't believe it anymore, so they gradually stopped coming. Later, Quan Rong broke through Haojing and killed King Zhou You. Later, King Zhou Ping, the son of King Zhou You, ascended the throne, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty began. This can be said to be something that children on the earth know. It is estimated that it will not be realized here. Li Cong glanced at it, and the dozens of beacon towers in front of him have already been lit. It is estimated that hundreds of miles away know it. Yes, according to this speed, it is estimated that people in the capital of the Western Empire will know the news here half an hour later, but it is a good thing for you to know, let you all know that we are coming, you had better be ready Yes, that way we can enjoy the fight a little more, revenge is just like this, Li Cong immediately ordered to sail at full speed, as long as the 15 reconnaissance airships in the sky saw an army formed by the Western Empire, they would immediately send them to the sky. Kill them, this will also let them know the strength of the army of Cao's House, and they must not be allowed to cause any difficulties to the people of Cao's House on the way, nor let them build any defense lines, and at the same time, let the warships transport 203mm cannons The fleet began to sail to the innermost part of the team. They are no different from civilian ships, because they have already unloaded their weapons to transport such a big guy. If they are not done well, they will be sunk. , My loss will be huge, and I will really lose money at that time. I haven't killed anyone yet, but I will lose first.
The people in the Western Empire naturally already knew about it. Like the people here, they didn't have any mental preparations, and they didn't expect the people from Cao's House to come at this time. How did they come here? This is a very thought-provoking question, but they don't have time to think about it. It is a serious thing to resist them quickly. (To be continued..)