Data Wasteland

Dr2619-01-29, am3:42

Abandoned fields are overgrown with weeds.

In the darkness of the night, two black shadows rustled through the grass, and climbed up to the roof of a farm tool room.

Because of the civil war, nearby farmland has been deserted for a whole year. Looking around the eyes, there are half-human-high thatchs everywhere. Except for the farm tool room submerged in the weeds and the broken tractors scattered everywhere, it is difficult to tell that this was once the largest grain production base in the laterite continent— One of the large plantations in the Eastern Plains.

"Night telescope."

"Give."

Taking the binoculars from the companion's hand, the female scout in camouflage looked to the horizon in the distance.

The searchlights were strafing everywhere, and the roar of construction machinery was vaguely heard.

In the green night vision goggles, a large number of excavating machinery and workers in hard hats appeared.

"Oh my God, guess what I saw, the sand people are building fortifications!"

"Aren't they going to attack the Duchy of Nice?"

"Perhaps that's not their purpose at all."

"Withdraw, hurry up and report the situation to Shangfeng!"

"it is good!"

The two of them moved their bodies, slid down from the roof, hid in the half-person-high thatch, and retreated to the rear.

Not long after the news from the front line came back, the southern commander Bai Yefenghua and the northern commander Lexi both returned to Sanchahe City and asked Chen Xing to discuss countermeasures.

The two supreme commanders left the team a few days before the army set off, but it was not that they deserted, but that the battle situation had changed. It was thought that the Qing Kingdom and the Saudi State would continue to attack, but the troops of the two countries stopped the offensive at the same time, and built the defense line in place. It seems that they have no plans to continue to deepen.

The positions where the two countries build their defense lines are hourglass-shaped strategic locations with wide mouths to narrow mouths.

This terrain is very beneficial to defenders, especially when fighting large army groups of millions. To put it simply, the narrow opening is not conducive to the deployment and passage of large troops, while the defender occupies a wide terrain, can fully expand the troops, and block the narrow opening with fan-shaped firepower.

Usually the attacker needs to pay two or three times the price to break through the blockade.

But the hourglass-shaped strategic point is a double-edged sword, that is, no matter which side attacks, it will pay a heavy price.

The current situation is that the Qing Kingdom and the Saudi Kingdom hold the key narrow mouth and will not advance.

"Can you tell us why Ramsden suddenly expressed his support for you?" Lacey looked at Chen Xing and asked.

"This..." Chen Xing hesitated for a while, and found that Bai Yefenghua was also looking at him, and seemed to care about the answer.

"Actually, I wanted to ask before, but I never had the right opportunity." Lacey paused, then continued, "I heard that many of our shipping merchant ships have been detained by the fleets of Qing or Saudi Arabia in the past few days. already."

"What do you mean, I didn't understand." There was too much information, and Chen Xing was a little confused.

"It seems that they are going to force us to the negotiating table." Bai Yefenghua said while knocking on the table.

"I know this is the result since they started building the fortifications." Lacey praised the passage.

"Hey, the two of you..." Chen Xing looked at the two women with a bad tone, "Are the wings hard?"

The conversation between the two women was unclear, so he was completely excluded, which made him very uncomfortable.

"My subordinates dare not." Bai Yefenghua quickly got up and apologized. Lacey also stood up, bowed slightly, and expressed her apology.

"The Qing Kingdom and the Saudi Kingdom built fortifications in preparation for a complete blockade of us."

"Including the seizure of merchant ships, which is also part of the blockade."

"Completely cut off our transportation channel." Bai Yefenghua explained.

"What's the point of this?" Chen Xing wondered. The Longxiao River Basin is known as "God's darling", with fertile land and rich resources. In addition to being self-sufficient, it can export a lot of grain and resources every year, and does not need foreign input at all.

"For the past year or so, we have been in a state of civil war, and many plantations have been affected and deserted."

"Since June last year, we have been eating strategic reserves."

"Once the blockade is too long and there is no food imported from abroad, the Ambergris Caye will face a crisis of food shortage."

"And the food issue is the most likely to cause chaos for the people and the country."

"At that time, we will have to sit at the negotiating table and make peace with our enemies."

"Agree to cede the Tezera area, agree to a series of humiliating conditions such as the independence of the ten city-states."

Bai Yefenghua faced Chen Xing and said seriously, "The reason why we want to know Ramsden's purpose is because we all feel that Ramsden is letting you take the blame."

"Leaders who agree to cede land will inevitably become sinners through the ages."

"This..." Chen Xing hesitated for a while. It's not that he hasn't thought about Ramsden's purpose. Even if the other party is a respected guardian of the world, as long as the other party is an individual, there will be a purpose.

Ramsden had told him that humanity was facing a great threat.

And what is this threat?

In this regard, Chen Xing thought of two points.

One is the chaos Sora has caused.

But he felt that Sora's influence was limited to the Internet, and now that Mingwang was dead, how could she make waves?

The second is that there is no threat at all, just Ramsden's sympathy for human beings.

You know, the bigger the war, the more people die. Perhaps the guardian was merciful and didn't want to see life being ruined, so he asked him to end the war as soon as possible.

So far, these are all he can think of.

If it's the second, it's really possible. Ramsden wants to use him to promote peace talks and let the red country swallow this shit.

Thinking of this, Chen Xing trembled with fright. This kind of thing, he absolutely cannot do.

Once he does, he will not only end up infamy for the ages, but also implicate future generations.

"Can't you break through?" Chen Xing asked.

Bai Yefenghua and Laixie looked at each other and didn't speak.

The situation is obvious, their troops are already at a disadvantage, and it is simply unrealistic to rush hard at the narrow mouth.

Chen Xing thought about it for a while, and then he understood.

"Is this plan feasible to let the East Sea Fleet of the Principality of Nice clear the sea route and transport food from abroad?" Chen Xing asked again.

Lacey rubbed her brows and said nothing.

Chen Xing suddenly had a bad premonition and asked Bai Yefenghua, "What's the situation?"

Bai Yefenghua sighed, "Since the queen came to power, she took away the budget of the East China Sea Fleet."

"It is said that the captain of the fleet sold all the artillery for the salary..."

Hearing this, Chen Xing couldn't help but patted his forehead, this Trilis is really good enough.