Wei Potian came out of the barracks and walked towards the headquarters. His battle armor is now tattered, full of stains, and his face is stubbled, which hasn't been trimmed for several days. Like everyone else in the base, completely unkempt.
The two soldiers who were carrying the supply boxes didn't notice Wei Potian coming over, they were chatting quietly.
"When will this battle end?!"
The older veteran had a dull expression on his face, "Let's fight, I'll be dead if I hit you, so I don't have to worry about this problem."
The young soldier said: "Look at this, it will be our turn in a few days, right?"
"At least alive today."
The young soldier's face was filled with indignation, his voice was lowered, and he whispered: "How many defeats have you suffered! What kind of military god, after fighting like this, is he still called a military god?"
The veteran hissed hastily, and said: "Be careful! If you dare to criticize the marshal, you will be dealt with by military law!"
The young soldier's temper also came up, and he said: "The big deal is death! Those who enforce the military law can live a few days longer than me?"
The veteran sighed and said, "At least we are still alive. As long as we are alive, maybe there will be miracles."
"Damn miracle! From my point of view, the one on the opposite side should be called the God of War, and his subordinates are the miracles!"
The veteran looked up at him and said, "It's not like you can know."
The recruit choked, and then said nonchalantly, "I know quite a few descendants from aristocratic families, and they all say that."
The veteran sighed and said, "Well, you all come from aristocratic families after all."
The young soldier was indignant, "What's the use of that? Isn't it the same as cannon fodder to die?"
Wei Potian couldn't stand it anymore and coughed.
The two soldiers were startled, and when they saw him, they hurriedly saluted, their faces pale. Wei Potian wanted to have a fit, but when he saw the blood-stained bandages on their bodies, he sighed secretly, shook his head, turned around and left.
After a while, he walked into Song Zining's office. Song Zining was burying his head in the high pile of documents, quickly reviewing them. When Wei Potian entered the door, without looking up, he pushed over a pile of documents and said, "Help me deal with these."
Wei Potian said: "What time is it, you are still processing documents!"
Song Zining stopped his censoring pen and said, "How many times have I taught you that war is not just fought on the front line. Logistics is equally important, and even more important than the front line. In our current war, as long as the supplies cannot be supplied for a day, the war situation will be affected." It will collapse immediately. Can you imagine the battle without airship transportation? These documents are logistics. If I don’t deal with them, the entire system will stagnate... "
Wei Potian took the document and said: "Okay, okay, don't talk about your big truths, I will help you. But, do you know what people are saying about you now?"
"It can be roughly guessed."
"Hmph, they say you are a false military god, and you used to be lucky enough to win battles. Now you have finally revealed your true colors."
"As expected."
Song Zining didn't take it seriously, but Wei Potian quit, jumped up, and said, "How could they say that! It's obvious that those guys were greedy for merit, and they delayed receiving military orders and refused to withdraw. The dark race defeated it. Now it pours dirty water on your head!"
Song Zining raised his head and said calmly: "It's okay, the military department will give me a public opinion."
"These guys always take it for granted that you can predict the enemy's actions! Is there no price for the secret technique? Why do they say that!"
Song Zining sighed, and said, "Originally, one of the reasons why I took this position was that Heaven's Secret Technique can overwhelm the dark race. So this kind of accusation cannot be overstated."
Wei Potian was awakened cruelly, and his expression changed involuntarily. After all, Song Zining was different from himself and Zhao Jundu. He was lonely when he rose to power. The comet-like promotion speed was of course because he was useful and irreplaceable.
He stayed for a moment, then sighed, and said, "You can't count her actions?"
"She can compete against King Dingxuan, what do you think? Taking a step back, she has a storm and a startling dream in her hand, even if there is only one of them, I can hardly count her."
"Then what to do?"
"Fight according to normal warfare."
"How to file?" Wei Potian waved his hand before the question was finished, "Forget it, how to file is your business, so I won't bother you. I'll help you deal with these documents first."
The office fell silent, only the rustling sound of writing.
After a while, Wei Potian suddenly sighed, and seemed to be talking to himself: "Why did she become so ruthless all of a sudden?"
Song Zining's hand froze, and then began to review again.
Not far from the advance base, there is also a base on a hill.
This base is smaller in scale, but its defenses are stronger, and it is obviously built purely for defense. Its location is quite good, with open areas on three sides, condescending, and controlling the surrounding vast area.
From this base, the coverage of long-range heavy artillery is almost connected to the main base in the rear. In this way, the open area in front of the main base becomes an area of death.
On the wall of the fortress, Zhao Jundu stood facing the wind, his eyes slightly squinted, looking into the distance.
At the end of the horizon, the outline of a large camp can be seen faintly. That was the dark race's camp, and its scale was much larger than his small fortress, at least ten times larger than this side.
A general stood beside him, with a hint of worry, and said: "My lord, the strategy of the dark race has changed. This is a rhythm that is pressing every step of the way, trying to squeeze us into a rhythm that cannot move!"
Zhao Jundu nodded slowly, "That's right, their commander has also changed."
"I'm surprised by this. The dark races have always disliked each other, and they also fight in their own way on the battlefield. So they only play mobile warfare, and never like positional warfare. But now, look, they have taken each other step by step. The camp has been repaired here. This coordination is quite tight!"
Zhao Jundu said: "If you knew who the commander on the other side is, you wouldn't be so surprised."
"Well, I'm not their opponent anyway. But when it comes to marching and fighting, my old horse is really not afraid of these black-blooded bastards!"
Zhao Jundu patted him on the shoulder, and said: "When I charged forward, thanks to your support in the rear."
The general blushed, and said: "If it wasn't for the lord to take over the strong man on the opposite side, how could we be able to stop them? Hey, what is that?"
There was a sudden commotion in the camp of the dark race, and immediately dozens of streams of fire shot into the sky, weaving a fire net in the air.
Several airships appeared in the sky, flying at full speed, rushing into the fire net.
The dark race seemed to be caught off guard, the fire nets were not dense enough, and they were rushed by these airships. Half of one of the ships was burning, but it was still flying tenaciously, refusing to crash.
"It's ours! Prepare to respond!" Zhao Jundu ordered.
On the turret in the fortress, several heavy artillery were ready to shoot, and then roared, blasting a separation zone in the middle to intercept the dark race's pursuers.
Several airships finally flew over the fortress and landed one by one, while the burning airship managed to glide for a while, finally couldn't hold on, and crashed outside the fortress.
The gates of the fort opened and hundreds of fighters rushed out to rescue survivors from the wreckage. Fortunately, the airships contained elites, most of whom survived their injuries and were snatched back to the fortress.
In a blink of an eye, the open space in the fortress was full of wounded. Many wounded will receive initial treatment here, and the seriously wounded will be transferred back to the main base for rescue.
Zhao Jundu walked among the wounded, patrolling back and forth.
He suddenly saw a group of soldiers gathered together. Most of them were intact, completely different from the surrounding soldiers who were more or less wounded.
This group of soldiers is obviously well-equipped, one level higher than the regular army of the empire, and the leader is a young man with good strength and already has the rank of a general.
Zhao Jundu walked over and said in a deep voice, "Which family do you belong to?"
Seeing that it was Zhao Jundu, the young master hurriedly stood up no matter how unruly he was, and changed into a respectful attitude, saying: "My next Zhang Tianhe is from a side lineage of the Zhang Clan. These are the private soldiers of our house, and they have followed me a lot years."
Zhao Jundu glanced over and said, "There is still a lot of ammunition left, it seems that the frontline battle is going well."
Zhang Tianhe had a heart attack, and said: "The area we are responsible for defending is not the main attack direction of the dark race. In addition, I have always been careful in the next step, and I am willing to spend money on the equipment of the brothers, so our ammunition base has never been the same. It needs more."
Zhao Jundu nodded, "Very well, I am short of manpower here, you stay here. Don't worry, I will put you in front of the fortress, there will be no shortage of enemies there, and your ammunition will not run out."
Zhang Tianhe was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you are joking! My department received the military order from the headquarters to withdraw to the empire. If you stay here, you will violate the order."
"The military order has been changed."
"How can the military order be changed as soon as it is changed? The secret order is on the body of General He Yong. I will go and get it."
Zhao Jundu said word by word: "The military order has been changed."
Zhang Tianhe suddenly became cold all over, so he stopped walking quickly.
He knew in his heart that as long as he took another step and angered Zhao Jundu, there might be no good end. But staying in this forward fortress is probably a dead end. When he just flew over the camp of the dark race, he had already seen that Ruo Da's camp below was full of people, no matter how you looked at it, there were hundreds of thousands of people.
There are only a few thousand defenders in Zhao Jundu's small fortress, what can they do to stop the 100,000 army of the dark race
Thinking of this, Zhang Tianhe shook his head, and said, "My lord, how can you allow the military order to be changed? This matter is unavoidable! I will confirm with the military department, and if there is indeed a change, I will come back and report to my lord to plead guilty."
"Are you trying to violate the order?"
Zhang Tianhe said loudly: "Master Zhao, I don't know where I offended you, and I want you to target me like this. But if my lord insists on pressing you, then I will not be polite. The dark race is powerful now, and no one knows why. , but I accidentally heard some news. My lord on the other side seems to be a woman from your Zhao family before. Your Zhao family colluded with the dark race, and you still want to hide it from the world?"
"Finished?" Zhao Jundu said lightly.
"Isn't that enough?"
"Just finish it." Zhao Jundu raised his hand and shot Zhang Tianhe right between the eyebrows.
Zhang Tianhe's eyes widened, he never expected that Zhao Jundu would actually shoot. With a face full of astonishment, he fell on his back.
Zhao Jundu said: "For Zhang's sake, he can't be convicted of disobedience to the military order, let's write it on the death list."
Both Zhang Tianhe was executed, his private soldiers dared not resist, they were dejected, and walked honestly to their posts.