District 9

Within the Draken Mountains.

Meng Xi met Tengba and his chief of staff Bablu. The three of them sat in the very low temperature tent and chatted straight to the point.

"I personally feel that there is no need to kill deserters anymore," Meng Xi said bluntly: "This will not solve our dilemma at all, Mr. Commander."

Tengba frowned when he heard this: "Meng, what if we don't kill the deserters and the army collapses? The cannons of the Feng and He regiments have already poked under our noses. How can we fight without soldiers?!"

"The morale of the army has been lost. Leaving this group of defeated troops will only affect more people." Meng Xi replied in a calm tone: "We must look at the problem rationally."

"I think it's not a matter of the army being defeated, but that our allies are missing!" Tengba's mentality also collapsed. He got up and yelled a little out of control: "Where is the support? Where is the support from China?! My Soldiers are suffering from biological and chemical weapons. They are starving and making their last stand, but why haven’t you come with support?! We are allies and we need to face this difficult situation together."

"Calm down!"

"How can I calm down?! Go outside the camp and see how many of our wounded soldiers are dying of freezing, starving, and disease!" Teng Baleng shouted with his eyes wide open: "Your promise has not been fulfilled, right?!"

When Meng Xi heard this, he stood up and said in an equally aggressive tone: "Are your people the only ones dying? Aren't there any casualties among our soldiers?! We also need allies to deal with the problem of low combat effectiveness of the troops. Is it solved? How far is China District from here? It’s more than 20,000 kilometers. Our troops are not gods, they can’t fly over, do you understand?!”

Tengba looked at Meng Xi angrily and said nothing.

"Our ship has arrived in Yemen, but the future war situation is likely to be that the European District 1 will unite with the armed forces of the Fourth District to snipe our support in Yemen." Meng Xi looked at him and said with trembling lips: "For you For us, this is a war to defend our hometown and our nation, but for us, this is a war away from home! When the cannon fires, I don’t know how many people will die overseas."

Bablu was silent, while Temba put his hands on his hips and gasped twice.

"The current situation is indeed difficult, but there can be no problems with our cooperative relationship. I hope you can think clearly." Meng Xi looked at him and said concisely: "What I want to say is that a defeated soldier has the mood to flee. It will affect the people around us. If we keep them, the core troops may mutiny. Secondly, our supplies are not enough, and food and medicine are very tight. Forcibly keeping people who want to leave is equivalent to watching them go. Die, because you have no resources to give them. Instead of everyone having a hard time, it is better to lay off the defeated army and let them leave on their own. We only keep some elites, save supplies, and wait for the final support and decisive battle. This is my personal opinion , the right to adopt it or not is in your hands.”

After saying that, Meng Xi picked up his military cap: "That's it, I'm leaving first."

Tengba looked at Meng Xi's back, hesitated for a long time and shouted: "Meng!"

Meng Xi turned around.

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper." Tengba said in less fluent Chinese.

Meng Xi smiled and left resolutely.

After a short silence, Bablu said to Temba: "What he said makes sense, Commander."

Tengba sighed, bent down on the chair, and said feebly: "God bless me, please leave a little hope for my hometown."

That night, Temba decided to disarm and ordered each unit to ask the lower-level soldiers if any of them were willing to leave on their own.

In less than two hours, only 18,000 Tengba troops were disbanded. Soldiers who had no food to eat and soldiers with minor or serious injuries all left on their own.

In order to avoid the hiding place being exposed, the remaining troops moved again.

It has been extremely cold in the Draken Mountains these days, and Tengba's army is still struggling in a desperate situation.

In fact, every nation has a group of respectable people. They may not be able to wait for dawn, but they also exude their own brilliance in the dark night.

…

On the way to withdraw.

Meng Xi looked at the computer, and after careful consideration for a long time, he finally started to write the plan in his mind. He explained it in detail, covering the motivation for the plan, the specific implementation plan, and various objective pros and cons.

After working on it for more than two hours, Meng Xi finally finished writing. Without any hesitation, he sent it directly to Qin Yu's headquarters in the form of an electronic file, marked top secret.

…

At Beifengkou, the communications officer personally printed the top-secret documents, walked to Qin Yu's lounge, saluted and shouted: "Commander-in-Chief, top-secret documents have been sent from the fourth district."

Qin Yu waved his hand: "Bring it here."

After the documents were handed over, the communications officer left. Qin Yu sat cross-legged on the bed and read Meng Xi's plan very carefully with a solemn expression on his face.

"Lao Meng, the more critical the moment comes, the more tightrope work you will have to do." Qin Yu looked at the plan with some embarrassment and uneasiness. After thinking about it for a long time, he shouted: "Call Chief of Staff Wang to come in!"

After a while, Chief of Staff Wang walked into the lounge. After Qin Yu's instructions, he also picked up the report and started reading it.

"Is this the turning point that Meng Xi was talking about?" Chief of Staff Wang asked.

"That's what he meant in his article." Qin Yu nodded.

"This is absolutely not possible!" Chief of Staff Wang said without hesitation: "Commander-in-Chief, you can't follow this plan! This is gambling, not fighting. We have already gained an advantage in the Sixth District, and we should seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and fight for greater success. The results of the battle will be used to offset the failure of the fourth area. If Meng Xi’s plan is followed, once it fails, it will mean that both fronts will collapse."

"... Meng Xi rarely proposes such a biased strategy in military strategy." Qin Yu looked at Staff Wang and asked bluntly: "Regardless of the nature of gambling, do you think this plan has a chance?"

"When considering a plan, it is impossible not to consider the nature of gambling." Chief of Staff Wang replied succinctly: "Meng Xi does have a big strategy, but this plan is no longer a regional strategy, but a battle to stake the fate of the country! Please consider But what will be the consequences if it fails?"

Qin Yu thought about it for a long time: "Neither your nor my opinions are enough to make a judgment on this plan. Let's call together the commanders of all theaters to discuss this plan."

"I don't think anyone will agree." Chief of Staff Wang looked at the plan and shook his head slowly.

…

In the evening, around nine o'clock.

Lin Nianlei arrived at Yanbei and said directly after getting on the car: "I'm not going home, and I'm not going to the doctor yet. I'll give you an address and you can go there."

"Okay, Minister Lin!" The driver nodded.