Chapter 2318: Hong Lie Goes to the Front

The war can be said to be on the verge of breaking out. The troops of the Cao Family Firm are all ready to fight, but none of the four empires are vegetarians. The army will be brought back to a higher level, otherwise, according to the current development model, they will soon no longer be the opponents of Cao's House of Firms, and war is not a good thing for anyone, and these people are also very clear This matter, but now it is impossible not to go to war. They did not develop any development in peacetime, but they degraded their army very badly. They all knew that if it continued like this, the Cao family The people in the business will become stronger, and they will become weaker. They still have the ability to fight. If they don’t even have the ability to fight in the future, this is definitely not what they want to do. Things, for them, it is absolutely impossible to lose the rights in their hands, and they have never thought about giving up their current rights. For them, rights are even more important than their lives. The people from Cao’s House are not allowed, and any previous threats are not allowed. In addition, they have reached an agreement with three of the four major sects, and the members of the three major sects promise not to interfere For this kind of thing, they will also send some of their own people to help people from the four great empires. The Southern Empire is completely split, and the entire huge Southern Empire has become two parts, 70% The remaining 30% was ruled by the royal family of the former Southern Empire, and the remaining 30% were all owned by the Cao family firm. Top=Point=Small-Speaking of ww.23w.co, this is also something that the senior management of Cao’s House of Business did not expect. In fact, this matter is not a good thing for the people of Cao’s House of Trade. One-hundredth of those who controlled the Southern Empire turned out not to be like that. In the end, they all understood that they could only control 30% of this huge empire. For them, they all felt that this was a huge failure, but for those who came from the earth in Cao's House, this was the greatest success. One-third of a huge ancient empire is their own. More than 600 provinces and a population of nearly 70 billion belong to him, whether it is on the earth or on the rty planet. They didn't have such huge power before. for them. This is a huge victory. In the past, no matter what the influence of Cao's house was, it was not in this place. It's all an illusory thing, but now it's completely different. Now all the people are in their own hands, and they all understand this matter. The land of these hundreds of provinces in their hands now, this It is the biggest resource. All of these are in my own hands, and they really belong to my own territory. In the past, there were still many institutions of the four empires in some places I controlled, but now they are really considered There is nothing left. The people from the Four Great Empires and the people from the Cao’s House reached an unwritten agreement, that is, within three months, they must withdraw some of their things and personnel from other people’s houses. Come back, it's like the action on earth to get the ambassador back, but Cao's business will not take care of the business affairs, and the people of the four empires also know that if you let If the people of Cao's House cut off all the commercial organizations, their economy will also suffer a huge blow. It is enough to let the military of Cao's House retreat. Of course, you don't need to retreat. , but after the start of the war, these bases are no longer allowed to send troops, as long as your people go out to attack us from here, then I'm sorry, we must take down this military base,

This is also a consensus of both parties.

The people from Cao’s House are also satisfied with this decision. It would be impossible for them to evacuate all the military bases. I will definitely not give up, because the people of Cao's House of Commerce in that place have no ability to retreat at all, because that is the place where the people of Cao's House of Commerce have to give up, and Li Wei can only let the people below work hard Some strategic materials were transported over there. The money is just for those local people to buy some things. Anyway, I don’t know what it will look like in the future, and some local soldiers also understand. If they don't protect this place well at this time, it is impossible for them to leave. They are also the first batch of people to enter the war. After three months of preparation, they have also mobilized a lot of people here. For the reinforcements, the thirteen military bases became six, and they also gave up the other seven military bases. They all understood that at this time it was necessary to gather some things around here, so that they could There will be more powerful forces to fight against the coming army from outside. Although defense is very good for these people, people outside have also said that the people from Cao's House are the best at defense, but at this moment Let's also look at some of the situation here. The troops of the Cao's House of Merchant around here are all concentrated, and there are no more than 30 million troops at most, but what about the troops of the four empires? Their allied forces include 80 million people from the Northern Empire, 130 million people from the Eastern Empire, 80 million people from the Western Empire, and 40 million people from the Southern Empire, a total of 330 million people, more than ten times their number, Moreover, there are four times as many people on the road, and it is estimated that they will arrive here in two months. Their army is different from before. The high-level leaders of the four empires already understand this The thing is, that is to kill all the troops of Cao's firm here. If they can't be killed, they won't come here so actively. These people understand in their hearts that this is Cao's The weapons and ammunition they fire are very powerful, but one will be lost when one is used up. This place may be the best one to fight among all the battlefields. But why can't they figure it out? Sometimes things are not as simple as you think. If it is really as simple as you think, why do your high-level leaders give you so many reinforcements? Isn't it because Don't you have much confidence in you? It will take a long time for him to take it down. Other places in Cao's Commercial Bank are preparing nervously. When Li Wei saw this place on the map, his heart was very painful. It's not that I want to abandon this place, it's really that there is no way to take this place back. If they are retreated back. Not only can't they contain so many troops, but it will make other Cao's commercial firms unable to retreat. If that happens, their own losses will be even greater. It is possible that you can't afford to lose yourself. That's what war is like. It is impossible that there will be no loss, which is impossible for anyone, and this is the situation right now. I must be prepared to let them fail, but I have also done other things well, and I will not just give up on them. Li Cong has already prepared 1,500 airships for Li Wei to serve as a reserve army Yes, Li Wei plans to keep 100 4000-ton ships, and all the others will be used to supply the other side. As long as there is one person who can resist, he will never let them because they have no food or weapons. If you have suffered heavy losses, I hope that you can become a nail in Cao's house, and you can directly nail all the people of the four empires there. If this is the case, it may be another better situation.

"What's the matter? Do you feel sorry for this place again? I have read some information, and I know that we have paid tens of billions of silver for these dozen bases. Apart from these, I guess you feel sorry for the soldiers there. If this is the case, I think I might help you, just tell me to go there, as long as you can send me the foster care or something, I guarantee that I can buy you half a year with 30 million soldiers, After half a year, I don't know what will happen there, this is already my greatest ability, I wonder if I can make you feel better?" Hong Lie saw Li Wei staring at the map in a daze, so he said, In fact, this guy has his own reasons for saying that. Although many people have seen this guy's ability in the previous war, but for those people, this person who had not appeared before suddenly came out. , and it is still such a high seat, many people will feel uncomfortable, feeling that this person has only succeeded once, and there is no useful ability at all. If this kind of thing is replaced by someone else It was such an ending. Hong Lie himself felt a little less confident because of their talk. After all, if many people said that, it would be a huge blow to him. Such a thing It’s better not to do 2. It’s better to do it, and it’s better to take it slowly in the future. Now he said that Li Wei is also a little surprised. You must know that at the beginning, it was already determined that this place in front of you needs to be abandoned. Yes, I can indeed send some foster care, but to be honest, this place is not as important as Hong Lie in Li Wei's heart. This talented student who graduated from the military academy has now become his right-hand man, Min De Although it can help me do a lot of things, that guy doesn't know much about military affairs. If I want to do something, I still need to rely on this guy in front of me. For them, military The business is not so easy. Li Wei understands what this guy is thinking very well. He just wants to prove himself to those people. Li Wei does not agree with his idea. He shook his head and said, "You You know, the war is about to break out in an all-round way. Although that side is more important, it is still not enough compared to your importance. If I let you go, it would be irresponsible to the entire firm. From the very beginning, we knew that the place in front of us was beyond our control. It was too far away from us. Even if the airship was at full speed, three months would only pass once. It’s not very realistic to support there for a long time. Although I don’t want to lose that place, haven’t you said that we all need to face reality. If it is clear, we may not be able to find the southeast and northwest in the future. This is a very terrible thing, so we should be more cautious, otherwise we may suffer a big loss. It is definitely not alarmist. "Li Wei said helplessly, he very much hoped to maintain some of the power of the Cao family firm in that place, if that area was not so important, it is absolutely impossible for so many troops to pass by at the beginning , there won’t be so many military bases anymore. The current situation is what it is now. If you don’t give up here, you may lose in other places. Because those places are more important, don’t look at them at the meeting Li Wei is so relaxed, but in fact he is definitely not so free and easy. The career created by his grandfather worked so hard. It has expanded a lot in his own hands. But the real war is coming Time. I gave up so much directly, I don’t know what grandpa would think if he knew.

This guy also knows that now is not the time to talk about those things, the thing to do now is to make a quick decision on the matter in front of him. He didn't want Hong Lie to go to that place, just like he said, if this guy goes there, if something good or bad happens, he will really lose such a good helper in the future, although That side is more important, but in Li Wei's heart, he still feels that no matter how important that side is, it is impossible to be more important than the guy in front of him. He should stop the guy in front of him from doing such a thing, but there are also When he was young, he also wanted to let him go out to prove himself. He clearly knew what Hong Lie was thinking recently, and what the people around him said. Hong Lie said with a smile, "Actually, let me I didn’t go there to go to the volcano or something. If I went there, it might change the situation there. After all, I also graduated first in the military academy. I feel that I still have some skills. If you don’t believe me , There is no other way, let's calculate, now they can persist for three months without any problem, after I go, there is still half a month of preparation time, I guarantee that they can persist for half a year, Now you can only send a small number of airships to support us, but it will be completely different in the future. After half a year, I believe that as long as there are continuous victories on the frontal battlefield, then the army you can spare will be even bigger. Too much, maybe we can all fight a counterattack at that time, such a thing is definitely not what I thought, I think you will also think that way in your own mind, but you will have another layer of concerns Yes, that is, when things are different from what we think, they may not be what they are in front of us. Sometimes everything can only be seen slowly. We must not use the things in front of us To decide other things, the thing in front of you is that you send me there immediately, just don't worry, I know what you think in your mind, yes, I really want to go there and perform well, I'm here at the headquarters The things that can be done are also very limited. I believe you can understand some things. These conservative people are not very optimistic about me. They all want to get the most without giving up. Benefits, such a thing can only appear in a dream. I also know that it was not easy for our leaders to lay down such a world at the beginning, but sometimes, there are gains and losses , I may not lose it when I go there, just believe me, and if I am there, I guess you can usually send out a copy of support, because there may be more reasons for me, so that it will also make that The brothers on the side are more confident." What this guy said is not wrong, and Li Wei also feels that if there is an absolute high-level going there at this time, it will greatly improve morale Many people from the Four Great Empires also feel that they have given up there, but sending Hong Lie there will also have a certain effect on their hearts, and they will also start to doubt themselves. Is there any problem with the plan? If this is the case, they may change their battle plan. As long as they are willing to change this thing, no matter how they change it, it will take time. If they have time, they can even do a lot of things. Thinking of this, Li Wei was persuaded by the guy in front of him, and he said, "Okay, since you want to go there, I won't stop you. Put Take the first division of the Guards Division. You can’t just let yourself pass by as a bare-handed commander. This is not acceptable. In addition, 150 203mm artillery pieces have just come over from the earth, and you will also take them away. These I believe that these things will get you good support." In Li Wei's words, he would not let him refuse, these things will be very good wherever they are.

Now everywhere in Cao's House is in a hurry, because the armies of the four empires have already appeared not far from them, and things like artillery are very important strategic materials no matter where they are. Yes, for the people of Cao's House. It would definitely be a very good thing to have a few large-caliber 203mm guns. If such a thing is really launched into the enemy's infantry phalanx, it will definitely cause dozens or even hundreds of them to lose their lives directly. If it can enter the enemy's cavalry policy, it will be even worse A big victory. It will definitely make those people unable to find North. Especially their war horses. It will be even more chaotic. Every commander hopes for such a thing. Hong Lie smiled. He didn't say anything, and gave Li Wei a standard military salute. Although some soldiers here have also started this kind of military etiquette, they still feel completely different from those on the earth. The main reason is that such things have appeared in their place for a relatively short time, and it is not so easy to promote them quickly. Li Wei doesn't know whether his current decision is wrong, but it is still called I stopped this guy, and gave this guy the large space ring in my hand that can hold 10,000 cubic meters of things. Although it may not be of much use, this is already the most thing I can get out Yes, Hong Lie nodded with a smile. This thing is definitely much bigger than the one he owns thousands of square meters. Those who know the situation over there, know that most of the granaries over there are full, and there are a lot of crossbows and arrows, and the only thing missing is some shells. They are all shells. As long as the supply of this thing is sufficient, there will never be a war ending in the future. In half a year, I should not have any problems, as long as I can control it for half a year. , as long as the reinforcements here have passed by then, those people will never have a good life. All I need to do is to be able to go through this half a year. The boss in the northern region is called Tuoba Shangjun, who is Tuoba A younger brother of the family is also the nephew of the old guy Tuoba Yuanye. This guy is very similar to his uncle. At the beginning, the whole mop general didn't have a good impression of the people in Cao's house Yes, but this guy stood firmly on his uncle's side. In the end, it wasn't the people from the Cao's House of Commerce who helped them. If there were no people from the Cao's House of Commerce, their whole family might be killed by the court of the Western Empire. It was resolved, but even so, those disciples who were not very elite still dedicated their lives. At the time, his little brother was only five years old, just an ordinary child. In other people's families, ordinary disciples are nothing, they will be raised anyway, and it's nothing in Tuoba's family. At worst, they will be given a good family property when they grow up, and let them play everywhere. The depressing thing is that he was born in such an environment. This matter is not that simple. These people died one by one in the end, because when they retreated, they could only withdraw some elites of the Tuoba family. Others can only say sorry to you, we don’t have the ability to let you follow us, so this guy has an absolute hatred for the Western Empire, and he has the same temperament as Tuoba Yuanye, when it’s okay You will remember what happened back then. As long as there is any conflict between the army of Cao's House and the army of the Western Empire, this guy will immediately bring his own people to ask for a fight. The division commander successfully grew into the current army commander, and finally became the commander of a military base in the northern region. Now that several military bases have merged, this guy has become the deputy commander in chief. As for their commander in chief, the above has already There is news, that is, General Hong Lie, the deputy minister of the military department, will take the post in person. He is different from those other people. He is a soldier. He understands the skills of that guy Hong Lie. went. He very much agrees with Hong Lie's idea that the northern region should be given up. Of course, what he thinks more about is that he can absolutely withstand the attacks of those people, and they see that he doesn't have that much ability.

This time Hong Lie came here not only with 300,000 people from the First Guard Division, but also more than 2 million tons of various strategic materials. Although these things are not very many, for the people in this base It's already very good, they have already bought some meat from more than a dozen surrounding provinces, don't say that there is any meat in the homes of ordinary people in the vicinity. Even the animals that didn't grow up very much were all brought in by them. They still have two supply lines now, one is from the sea, but there can only be less than five ships of about 15,000 tons of supplies every day, and the other is the airship in the sky. On average, it is less than 10,000 tons per day. The supply of 25,000 tons per day is obviously not enough. You must know that they are a large military base with more than 30 million people here, and various supplies need to consume nearly 100,000 tons of various materials every day, which is already a lot simplified. According to the previous consumption level, it is estimated that 200,000 tons will be consumed every day, and the total material preparation here is only less than 15 million tons, and the full calculation is 150 days. Of course, with The news from the headquarters is basically the same. There is not much shortage of food and other things. The only thing that is missing is the ammunition. The things that Hong Lie brought this time are all shells and grenades. The airships here are only small airships less than 50 tons. The large airships have all retreated. After Hong Lie came down, he talked to a few people and entered. After entering the war room, all the generals here are full of confidence. They are not politicians. Lie must have a lot of hope. This person is called a ghost. They have won many victories in the past, but such achievements are not what this person in front of them has. Thinking of being able to work with this person in front of them to complete a thing that others think is a failure. For them, this person in front of them may be their only hope for victory, and they also know that their relationship with the above is different. Yes, they have said many times before that there are no heavy artillery and shells here, and they all know that there are very few such things, and what they can do now is to continue to ask for it from above. But it’s gone forever, basically no news came back, now it’s completely different, now people bring it directly, such a thing feels good, and the higher-ups will definitely not ignore this place in the future In fact, if they know, this is the last assistance here within three months. I really don’t know what they will think in their hearts. The war has reached this level, and the people of Cao’s Commercial Bank must also have It's my own choice. If I really can't do it well, I don't know what the result will be in the future. Everything in front of me needs to end slowly. They all know this clearly.

After Hong Lie came here, he didn't waste a minute of his time. He clearly knew that he didn't have much time to waste. He glanced at the map and saw that the enemy's encirclement was about to end. The interiors of the surrounding bases were almost cleaned, but he still saw a few good places. He pointed to a place on the map and said, "Why is there no our army here? Go ask someone to clean it up here." Pull all the things back for me." Tuoba Shangjun looked at the place this guy pointed to in surprise, this is not their territory anymore, it is already three hundred miles away from them, here is The warehouse of the Northern Empire, where millions of troops are watching, Hong Lie knew what was going on when he looked at their eyes, and then said, "Hehe, you have to have your own courage in doing things, I know What do you all think, that is, people haven't fought with us yet, how can we just do things like that? In fact, each of you can think so, this war is not ours at all It can be stopped. Now these people are ready. They will fight with us. No matter what we do, it will have no effect. If this is the case, why do we hesitate, fig leaf at this time It’s useless anymore, you can just tear it off, and we don’t need to say anything about other things, don’t we? Whether it’s the enemy’s warehouse or our warehouse, as long as we can It’s okay to rob. I can tell what you’re thinking by looking at the expressions on your faces. It’s okay. They will definitely not think of our troops going out this time. Although they have millions of troops There, I don't think there are any powerful troops there. If they were very powerful troops, I guess they would not be sent to look at the warehouse. They must be some people who are not very good in normal times. For these people we There is nothing more to say. Just kill them. As long as the contents are useful to us, bring them all back. If there is no use, just burn them. I think you should all be like this I know, didn't you learn such things as raising wars with wars before? If we had enough supplies, of course we wouldn't do such shameful things, but now we don't have such skills , we can only use this method, even if we use this method, we may not be able to win, but it can definitely increase our winning chips. The warehouse is still a laughing landlord, and I can’t let go of everything, but there is one thing, the things in the common people’s homes cannot be touched. I just search for all these landlords’ old wealth. , if you let me know that someone has bad intentions, all of them will be dealt with by my warlord. That's enough, don't stand here, and do what you have to do, and if it's too late, it may not be possible for these places to be let down. You go in, the enemy is not a fool, and some of them will think of the problems we can think of. "Hong Lie has been talking here for a long time. Seeing that these people under him still haven't moved, he can't help but feel very troubled. The political commissars in this army seem to have turned them into gentlemen. You know At this time, casually getting something from the enemy can help you win. This thing is absolutely possible. These people have forgotten how those people used to do things, how did they I didn't expect that the guys who are said to be very powerful in the army would actually come and let them become robbers. These people's brains are a little bit confused, and they all feel that this matter is not very good. , But it is their problem that the specifics are not good enough.

In the past, Tuoba Shangjun was not a good person. He didn’t say anything about the war, but he was definitely not ambiguous about the troubles. It was all searched, no matter what, it was my war potential, it was just that the political commissar gave me a scolding as soon as I said this idea, and now the political commissar's face is already green Now, how do I explain this to the soldiers? In the past, they were not so educated, but they all talked about things like military and civilian fish and water conditions. Why do they think this way now, but it’s okay, the boss is here But I didn’t say that even the things in the people’s homes were robbed and they were about to take a rest. The boss said again, “What we lack now is not food or other things, but those vegetables and other things are very important. What’s missing, if our soldiers don’t have good vegetables and meat, they must be in poor health. Such things must be in the hands of old farmers, and the soldiers should give them to me at normal prices Buy it back, and after we come back, we will give the soldiers an extra 10% of the price as their hard work, but if you let me know that someone casually loots the supplies of the common people, I will hang them all on the city wall, regardless of the usual No matter how powerful the military exploits are at the time, we must do this thing. Things like military discipline must not be messed up. We must also remember those rich people. We just rob people of some things, but we will never Killed people, of course, if they do anything to us, they will just kill their whole family, this will also show clearly to other landlords and old money, we are the same as those bandits, we only want money , will definitely not do some very excessive things. If they don't want to do this, we have nothing to do. Of course, we have to leave certain things for others' homes, and it will be done as soon as possible. Anyway, they Usually, it’s the ordinary people who searched. As for the official warehouses of the Northern Empire, you don’t even need to think about it. All of them will be taken away by me. You just need to deal with this matter immediately and tell the soldiers. Guys, you must act quickly, and you must not procrastinate. If an enemy army comes over, it will directly destroy the looted things, and you must not start the war in advance." When this guy left, he still did not forget to explain how To put it bluntly, who wouldn't do such a thing? Without caring about the faces of several political commissars, General Mop immediately went down to arrange tasks. The dozens of counties and nearly two hundred counties around him can be regarded as It's unlucky, there's no way around it, if we don't rob you, our life will not be very easy, besides, this pork or something is robbed and killed, just find a place to put it, the temperature here is already It's five or six degrees below zero. If it can't be preserved well, the weather will be hell. Everyone knows this kind of thing. In fact, they don't want to go to the homes of ordinary people to rob. There are still a lot of them here. Local soldiers, so this kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable. As for the families of those bullies and landlords, they don’t have such thoughts. Now what kind of landlords don’t oppress the common people, it’s just a little psychological burden to do it to them No, some of these soldiers still have some festivals with them, and they are eager to come to the door for revenge. Of course, they will not do things that ignore human life, and the military police will watch it. If you don’t want to talk about them, even some people around you will not be able to see it. These people belong to a different army than other people. (To be continued..)