Chapter 486 General Griffin Was Forced Into a Corner (1/2)

"Ah sneeze!"

Looking out the window at the endless sand dunes covered with sunlight, the battlefield atmosphere team sitting in the jeep sneezed without warning.

Colway, who was sitting next to him, spoke.

"This is already the northwest corner of Luoxia Province. It will be a little cold at night. Do you need a blanket? My friend."

"No, I'm fine."

The warlord forced a forced smile on his face and continued to cast his gaze towards the sand dunes in the distance. In the distance, he could see a long team and exhausted soldiers.

At this moment, they are marching behind the 2000th Army under the 50th Thousand Army, and their goal is the No. 2 Oasis where the Falcon Kingdom is located.

He had to follow Colway's troops for a while before reporting to the officer corps directly under the 50,000th Corps.

The disastrous defeat of the 40,000th Army has caused them to lose the ability to maintain the No. 3 Oasis Front. Now the entire army's troop deployment in Luoxia Province is shrinking to the westernmost part of the desert for defense.

Fortunately, Colway's immediate superior was a smart man and made a decisive decision to transfer as soon as he received the order.

It was precisely because of this that they had already fled to the edge of the second oasis without even seeing the shadow of the alliance.

In contrast, the 70,000th and 80,000th teams were not so lucky.

I heard that just yesterday, the 80,000-man regiment encountered the Alliance's Skeleton Corps on the Gobi Desert a hundred kilometers away. Without the protection of armor and bunkers, the entire battle turned into a one-sided massacre, even within half a day. Didn't persist.

After patting the pangolin on the shoulder, Colway picked up the telescope and glanced at the rolling yellow sand ahead. In the blur, he could see the cactus two people tall and the swaying sea buckthorn grass.

Vegetation begins to appear in abundance.

They were not far away.

"Ahead is Oasis No. 2..."

Although he was about to arrive at his destination, there was no trace of joy on his face, and his furrowed brows were even covered with a faint layer of solemnity.

They managed to escape the Alliance's pursuit.

But I also lost everything I won in the past few months...

He could be sure that the Legion's strategic deployment and tactical application were superior to those of the Alliance, but the intensity of the Alliance Army's offensive still exceeded their imagination.

It's like those people are unkillable.

If those people weren't so smart and could bleed, he couldn't help but wonder if they were clones or bionics...

What's even more frustrating is that he is good at summarizing experience, but this time he is not even sure where he lost.

Even if supplies are a big problem, they still have an army of 100,000 people, so they won't be beaten by more than 10,000 people, right? !

"What are your plans after arriving at Oasis No. 2?" Warlord asked, looking at Colway who looked worried.

"The plan is that there is no plan," Colway put down the telescope in his hand and said after a long silence, "I heard that the headquarters is in chaos... We expected to be able to hold on in Oasis No. 3 until at least next month, but now However, we gave up the No. 3 Oasis position at least half a month earlier than expected, which means that we must rely on our allies’ backward infrastructure and limited industrial capabilities to fight for another month.”

"It's very difficult." The warlord gave a conservative evaluation without conscience.

"It's more than just difficult..." Colway squinted his eyes, trying to see through the rolling sand, "If you don't mention this, Bicester Town is ahead."

The town of Bicester is not in the oasis, but is located outside the oasis just like the Petra Fortress is to the Kingdom of Camelback.

However, unlike Petra, which has commercial attributes, this border town is a complete fortress city.

This small town was built by the Weirant people with the assistance of the Falcon Kingdom. Rows of concrete triangular piles surround the small town like a river, and there are concrete bunkers behind it.

There are also air defense positions, a logistics center and an airport in the center of the town.

There are no civilian facilities here, and no civilians or families live here. Except for a small garrison, most of the population consists of conscripted labor.

If the terrain level of the No. 3 oasis outer defense line is 3 and the fortification level is 1, then the situation here is completely opposite. It is probably "1 terrain, 3 fortifications".

After passing through the outermost checkpoint, everyone soon saw bumpy mud and a fairly straight dirt road.

On both sides of the dirt road stood local workers with sun-burned waxy skin and holding shovels. Most of them were residents living in nearby small villages.

Warlander noticed that they were looking in his direction.

The malnourished faces were lifeless, and the pupils seemed to be covered with a layer of gray, with no color visible. Although their bodies were covered with whip marks, there was no resentment or anger in their eyes.

More numbness.

The warlord unexpectedly saw the relief of schadenfreude in a worker's eyes... although he hid the expression on his face very carefully.

It seems that there are smart people among these slaves who are not much better than slaves.

They already had a premonition that the war was coming to an end.

The warlord couldn't help but think of the nobles in the Falcon Kingdom.

Of course, they, who have been squeezed dry, cannot resist the rule of the Vaillant people, but at this juncture when anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Vaillant people are about to be defeated, what will they think at this moment.

He suddenly looked forward to the expressions on those people's faces.

At the end of the dirt road is a checkpoint.

The soldiers on duty had seen them a long time ago, and after confirming their numbers, they raised the railing to let them go.

Just when the warrior was looking at the concrete buildings in the distance and fell into reverie, a man in luxurious clothes walked up the road.

His nose was straight and his hair was slightly curly. He looked like a desert resident, but his status was obviously much more noble than the workers they had met before.

Colway waved to the driver to pull the jeep to the side of the road, and ordered the remaining troop transport and supply trucks to continue moving forward.

The noble took the initiative to walk to the car and said respectfully.

"...Dear Lord Colway, I am the mayor of Bicester Town, Wedelier. Please allow me to extend my most sincere greetings to you on behalf of the three hundred soldiers of Bicester Town."

However, in the face of Wedelier's respectful attitude, Colway did not talk nonsense to him, but just threw a list into his hand.

"I need the supplies on the list, especially fuel for the trucks, and I want to see them before the sun goes down."

There is a signature from the Logistics Office at the end of the list.

However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, Wedelir's face showed embarrassment.

"But...the sun has already set."

"Within two hours, then," Colway said impatiently.

He didn't want to waste time here.

"Okay, okay, sir!"

Wedelier nodded nervously, and immediately urged the men next to him to do as he was told, and then looked at him with a flattering smile,

"By the way, distinguished sir, how long do you plan to stay here? I can prepare a suitable place for you-"

Reading his thoughts at a glance, Colway interrupted him unceremoniously.

"I'll just stay in the military camp until tomorrow morning."

He's not afraid to take on the Alliance.

But not until his soldiers had enough ammunition and weapons.

Otherwise it is no different than sending yourself to death.

Upon hearing these words, a trace of disappointment flashed in Wedlier's eyes. It seemed that these people would not stay to help him.

With more than 300 defenders, it is impossible for them to be an opponent of the alliance.

But he didn't dare to say anything, let alone complain. He could only lower his head and speak submissively.

"Yes, sir."

…

Under the leadership of Colway, the 3000th were stationed in the military camp in the northeast corner of Bicester town.

The morale in the camp was a bit low. After the soldiers finished eating, they gathered in small groups and whispered.

"Have you heard? General Griffin disappeared..."

"Disappeared?! How is that possible?!"

"Are you willing to die if you spread such rumors?"

"It's impossible to disappear...but the recent things are indeed a bit strange. We saw neither the alliance nor the people from other troops along the way."

"What are the headquarters doing for food?"

"I don't know... maybe General Griffin is planning some big move. I believe that as long as he gets serious, the Alliance will definitely not be his opponent!"

"Shh... stop talking."

One soldier pointed at the pangolin passing by, and the other soldiers also stopped talking.

Everyone knew that this was Colway's cronies.

Although there are rumors that he has been transferred to the officer corps directly under the Ten Thousand Corps as a consultant, he is still nominally under Colway.

No one likes to be snitched on.

But the warlord didn't bother to pay attention to them.

Although he was curious about Griffin's situation, he did not think that a few top soldiers could grasp the trends of the Legion's top command in Luoxia Province.

That’s outrageous!

After finding a pit with no queues and squatting down, the warlord who had just had dinner went offline to have a quick breakfast. He also went to the forum to take a look at where the good brothers were.

According to the information provided by My Blackest, his original position G53-7 has been captured by the Storm Troopers.

Perhaps because the centurion himself was transferred away, the centurions who were promoted from the Falcon Kingdom did not resist for too long and decisively chose to surrender.

Probably fearing retaliation from the alliance, those people racked their brains to blame all previous achievements on "Pangolin" alone.

The troops that took over the G53-7 high ground and the prisoners were the Army of the Lion Kingdom under Prince Winter.

Now the pangolin's name has been spread by word of mouth to the Lion Kingdom, where it is described as an evil spirit that eats children in the middle of the night.

Looking at my darkest and most vivid descriptions on the forum, the warlord was helpless to complain.

He was certain that there was definitely some added fuel to this rumor.

And what left him speechless the most was that these guys didn’t draft anything when they were bragging for him.

How could everything be done by him!

"Damn it, my legs are numb from squatting..."

After cursing and lifting up his trousers, the warrior had been in the latrine for a while. As soon as he opened the toilet door and came out, he bumped into a beautiful woman with big breasts and a high nose.

"Hi." Seeing that the pangolin finally came out of the toilet, Penny hadn't figured out how to talk to her yet, so she could only say, "You've been squatting for a long time."

It was okay to mention other things. When this matter was mentioned, the warlord felt nervous for a while, but he still coughed and said calmly.

"I'm afraid of cracking the wound...I don't dare to use too much force."

This is the truth.

The shell that almost sent him away last time still has several shrapnel stuck in his body.

Penny couldn't help but twitch her cheeks in laughter, but soon realized that the joke seemed a little bit bad, so she forced herself to hold it back.

"Sorry...I don't want to laugh, but..."

Seeing how hard she was holding it in, Warfield sighed and said.

"It doesn't matter, just laugh if you want."

The two of them chatted a lot during the escape. Although they didn't talk about everything, they at least became friends who could talk a few words.

certainly.

In order to maintain the persona of the "cold-faced master", the warlord kept his mouth shut most of the time and listened to her, only occasionally interjecting a few words.

As for whether he likes it or not, that's all what he brags about on the forum.

Anyway, no one will confirm it. As long as Dog's plan can't be exposed, no matter how hard it is, it depends on his mouth.

"No, I won't laugh." After holding back several coughs, Penny looked at him seriously, took a deep breath and said, "My father asked me to go back."

"Your father?" Wargo looked at her in surprise.

Although they had chatted several times along the way, this was the first time he heard her talk about his family.

Penny nodded seriously.

"Well, he said I had to get out of here."

"Congratulations, you can leave this place of right and wrong."

Warlander smiled lightly, but what he didn't expect was that Penny suddenly made a proposal that was beyond his expectation.

"Can you come with me?"

The moment he heard these words, Warfield was stunned for a moment. Seeing that she didn't look like she was joking, he frowned slightly and asked.

"What's the meaning……"

Penny said with evasive eyes.

"It's nothing interesting... It's just that I can't go back that far by myself. Although the command promised to send a team of 100 people to escort me, those people don't make me feel safer than you, so I want you to send me back. ”

What's the reason? !

The warlord felt dumbfounded.

He could clearly feel that she was not telling the truth, so he looked into her eyes seriously and said.

"I swore that I would fight to the last moment for His Majesty the Marshal. In order to realize that lord's ideal, I would not go anywhere."

A trace of anxiety flashed across Penny's face, and she finally couldn't help but say.

"Your loyalty is touching, but this is not a war ordered by His Majesty the Marshal...and do you think there is still hope of winning this war?"

The Warlander looked at her seriously.

"We haven't lost yet! As long as the weapons are sent to the front line, we can launch a counterattack immediately!"

"I know you are brave, but... one person cannot change the outcome of the war, not to mention you are already injured, wake up!"

Seeing that the man in front of her was still stubbornly unmoved, Penny gritted her teeth, glanced left and right, walked to his side and lowered her voice.

"I'm telling you something. Don't tell anyone else...including your commander."

The warlord was happy in his heart, but his face remained calm.

"you say."

Penny stared at him intently.

"You swear to me first."

"I swear by the name of the pangolin, my belief in the giant-horned deer god, and my loyalty to His Majesty the Marshal...I will never tell the second person about today's conversation." He raised a finger and put it on his temple, Warlander He looked directly into her eyes with a solemn expression.

A trace of red cloud appeared on Penny's cheeks, and she avoided the "fiery" gaze sheepishly and looked to the side.

That hint of shyness was particularly dazzling in the moonlight, making the serious and nonsensical warlord unable to bear to continue to lie to her.

After collecting her thoughts for a moment, Penny whispered.

"The City of Triumph has sent a governor over."

The warlord was slightly stunned.

"Governor?"

Penny nodded slightly.

"Yes, the governor in charge of the Falcon Kingdom, he brought an order from the Marshal's Palace... This is an order issued directly beyond the commander of the Eastern Legion."

Warlander swallowed unconsciously.

"...What is the order?"

Penny smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"I don't know... all I know is that it may be related to the armistice negotiations."

When he heard the word armistice, Warfield was stunned.

"Armistice... Can His Majesty the Marshal accept such a loss?"

Penny said with a slight sigh.

"That is not something I can guess, and it has nothing to do with whether it is acceptable or not. The core interests of the legion are not in the east. The war is entirely due to the arbitrariness of the frontline troops and the connivance of the eastward expansionists... Saren, the commander of the Eastern Legion, cannot accept the expedition. The failure of the Rift Valley encouraged the raider tribes in the Valley Province and the vassals of the Luoxia Province to prepare for a second expedition. "

The Warlander looked at her in disbelief.

If this is true, it would be huge news, and it might affect the alliance's next strategic plan.

he asked cautiously, just to make sure.

"This...did you come up with it yourself?"

Penny shook her head.

"My father serves as a civil servant in Triumph City, although he is not a high-ranking official... It was thanks to his help that I was able to come here. But after I came here, I discovered that the news sent from the front to the rear was Processed, and it had been processed once before being sent to Triumph. The progress here was not as smooth as Griffin claimed. "

"The City of Triumph can accept Griffin and McClun maintaining the status quo in Luoxia Province. The core interests of the Legion itself are not in the far east. However, no matter whether they are eastward expansionists or not, they cannot accept that enterprises are snatched away from the hands of the Legion. A vassal of the Legion."

"Actually, it's not just Triumph City that can't accept it, the academy can't accept that Luoxia Province completely falls into the hands of the company... If it really develops to that point, and the alliance takes over the Falcon Kingdom with the support of the company, you know what will happen here in the end. What's it like?"

Looking at Penny with a serious face, Warfield's Adam's apple moved and he asked cautiously.

"...What will it become?"

Penny continued seriously.

"The Triumph City will declare war on the enterprise. This will be a full-scale war across the entire Middle Continent, a liquidation of the history of a hundred and fifty years ago... Although the academy does not like us, they will allow us to pass because They hate those people on the East Coast as well."

A hint of enlightenment suddenly appeared in Zhan Di Lao's heart.

"Wait a minute...Is that why Griffin reduced the defense line here?"

Speaking of which...

He had been thinking about this before.

Although retreating to Oasis No. 2 was a wise move, Griffin gave up too decisively - or too quickly.

This is somewhat abnormal.

Penny shook her head.

"I don't know... maybe he didn't think so at first, but he has obviously been pushed to this point. From his perspective, even the best outcome is the worst ending for him."

"Only by using the most extreme method, sacrificing these 100,000 troops and the Falcon Kingdom together, and allowing those Valantian officers to be captured or even executed by the coalition forces of the Alliance and Enterprise, can he possibly unite their families, Unite the factions behind them and agree on the controversial proposal for a second expedition."

When she said this, there was a hint of fear and uneasiness in her eyes.

"I hate to think so, but that's the truth..."

"That man has gone crazy."

…

at the same time.

Aboard the Heart of Steel.

Chu Guang, who was handling official duties, suddenly received a communication request from the direction of the Golden Lizard Kingdom.

In the holographic screen.

A middle-aged man wearing a silver-gray gown with blue stripes on the seams nodded slightly to him and introduced himself in a gentle tone.

"Hello, dear Mr. Administrator, I am Li Ke, a B-level researcher from the Special Project Group of the Foreign Affairs Department of the college."

Looking at the B-level researcher in front of him, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a bit of surprise in his eyes.

Just a few days ago, he had made them suffer a secret loss, but as a result, there was no sign of any fluctuation on his face.

It's like nothing happened.

Seeing that the other party was not going to take the initiative to bring up the matter of the Beacon Team, Chu Guang would not take the initiative to talk about it, and pretended that nothing happened and said with a smile.

"Is there a problem?"

"Of course, if it wasn't something important, I would be embarrassed to disturb you so abruptly," Li Ke smiled slightly, but the next sentence was beyond Chu Guang's expectation.

"We are here to save you."

Chu Guang was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Save us?"

"That's right," Li Ke nodded slightly, "Not only you, but the entire Luoxia Province and even the survivors in the southern part of the River Valley Province are facing a life-and-death crisis. If this regional conflict eventually evolves into a legion The second expedition, your management over the past few years will be reduced to ashes."

Chu Guang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is this a threat?"

The man in the holographic image shook his head and said softly.

"No, this is for the peace of those innocent people. I hope you can sit down and talk."

Chu Guang smiled and said in a joking tone.

"Interesting statement, I would like to ask you, where were you when a certain big nose sent the nuclear bomb to Lost Valley?"

As if he expected that he would lead the topic to the nuclear bomb, Li Ke, standing in the holographic screen, sighed softly and said.

"We were also surprised that they would use nuclear bombs, but what we have done is that the only thing we can avoid is the second and third nuclear bombs being sent here."

"The oasis in Luoxia Province is one of the few legacies left to us from the prosperous era. This declining civilization can no longer afford any more losses."

"We did not initiate this war. We only stood on the standpoint of a third party. I hope you can put it down for the sake of the overall situation."

"Of course, we will not let you give up the benefits you have obtained without any reason."

Chu Guang didn't speak, but waited quietly for him to continue.

Li Ke paused and continued.

"I heard that you have a nuclear fusion reactor, but the power generation capacity has been maintained at the minimum standard... From this, we can infer that your helium-3 reserves should not be much, right?"

Chu Guang wanted to say that it was actually because he couldn't use up so much electricity, but of course he would not do this kind of behavior that would expose his background.

Seeing that Chu Guang still didn't speak, Li Ke assumed that he had guessed correctly, and then a faint smile appeared on his face and he continued.

"1,000 cubic meters of liquid helium."

Chu Guang said disapprovingly.

"What do I need that thing for?"

"I'm talking about helium three."

The moment he heard these words, Chu Guang's pupils shrank slightly.

He didn’t know how heavy one thousand cubic meters of liquid helium-3 was, but he knew very well that one thousand cubic meters of liquid helium weighed at least 127 meters!

127 What is the concept of dense helium three?

If nuclear fusion was used to generate electricity entirely, even taking into account the energy conversion efficiency, this huge amount of energy would be enough to consume a city with a population of one million like Singapore for 127 years!

And if it were the world, it would be enough to waste seven billion people for an entire year!

With such terrifying energy, let alone him, even Ideal City would be moved!

After the interruption of Earth-lunar flights, fusion fuel has almost become a non-renewable resource.

Although the alliance cannot use such a huge energy source for the time being, he happens to be holding a black box that can produce nuclear fusion batteries!

Whether it's a large aircraft or powered armor, as long as they can get enough nuclear fuel, the Alliance can find a way to get it.

However, what Chu Guang didn't understand was why the academy was willing to give this almost non-renewable strategic resource to the alliance.

Aren’t these guys the most taboo about “waste”?

Seemingly seeing the confusion in his eyes, the researcher named Li Ke continued.

"... Of course, we will not pay you directly for this energy, but we will give you the coordinates where you can find this 'cargo'."

Good guy.

It turned out to be a blind box.

When Chu Guang heard that he wanted to fish it out himself, Chu Guang's interest instantly weakened a bit and he leaned back on his chair.

"It's been two hundred years, how do I know it's still there?"

Li Ke said with a determined tone.

"It is definitely still there. We have ways to confirm that the security system of that facility is still working, but it will be difficult for the college to recover it... After all, it is still a little far away from the swamp."

A bit far away...

In other words, in the south of the River Valley Province?

Although Chu Guang had guessed before that there would be some nuclear reserves left in the wasteland, he never expected that there would be so many!

Chu Guang looked at him calmly.

"Is Luoxia Province worth 127 Mi Helium Three to you?"

Li Ke said in a very soft voice.

"Whether it's worth it or not is our business."

Chu Guang tapped his index finger on the desk, but Chu Guang did not give a direct answer.

This is related to the future strategic direction of the alliance and the situation in Luoxia Province.

He needs to consult with others before making a decision.

"I will think about it."

Seeing that the young leader did not directly reject him, Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Please do this."

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(Thanks to the leader of "leize110" for the reward!!!)