The reason why Lawrence is now obsessed with construction is also very simple. When the intelligent race coalition launched an offensive, a large number of wounded people poured into his field hospital, which immediately made the number of beds tight.
In that emergency situation, he had to move some of the wounded who were less dangerous after their wounds were treated to the fire outside the tent in order to free up more beds for critically ill patients.
Fortunately, after discovering that there was a shortage of manpower here, the headquarters sent some soldiers to help take care of them. This prevented the wounded from frostbite due to the low temperature in the mountainous area.
This is why even when the number of casualties dropped sharply after the first round of offensive, Lawrence still spent a lot of energy to continue to expand the area of this field hospital to prepare for the next peak of the number of casualties.
In his opinion, if it was necessary to move the wounded out of the tent at the beginning, then it was really irresponsible to let the wounded stay outdoors when there was sufficient preparation time.
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So now, Lawrence would rather compress other supplies to ensure that various supplies for hospital expansion are delivered on time and in quantity.
Fortunately, with Nora's help, he not only had enough supplies to expand the hospital, but also obtained a lot of additional building materials that he could use to build a series of fortified hospitals and arm them.
The reason for building fortifications is also very simple, because in previous battles, many small groups of enemies have reached the vicinity of Pine Valley, and can even bring the field hospital within the range of their magic or long-range weapons.
Considering that there are a large number of wounded people here who have little ability to resist, it is necessary to build sufficient fortifications.
Especially from the mouths of the injured scouts who were sent recently, Lawrence learned that there was no way for them to penetrate into the rear of the wilderness racial front.
Because the wilderness races also tried their best to cover the battlefield, and even did not hesitate to send elite extraordinary beings to intercept the scouts of the civilized race alliance in this small-scale scout battle.
This situation can only show one thing, that is, the wilderness race is brewing some big conspiracy against the coalition forces. Therefore, under this situation, Lawrence naturally speeded up the construction of the field hospital with Nora in order to be able to deal with possible outbreaks in the future.
Large-scale war.
In addition to construction, Lawrence and the others also temporarily opened a classroom in the field hospital to train various frontline medical soldiers.
Although Lawrence took the initiative to contribute training methods for medical soldiers before, due to the short time, not many qualified medical soldiers have been trained in the army.
So taking advantage of the free time during this period, Lawrence and the others naturally opened a temporary classroom in this field hospital to engage in this work.
Fortunately, their work was recognized by the general headquarters, so the various armed forces stationed locally took the initiative to send some smart and agile soldiers and non-commissioned officers to come here for training.
"Lieutenant Colonel Chen, how is the surrounding situation now?" After watching everyone place several important medical instruments in place, Lawrence asked a commander from the Republic of New Zealand who accompanied several wounded people to the field hospital, "I
I seem to have heard that your subordinates discovered some unusual signs outside Pine Valley."
This civilizational expedition was actually launched from both the east and west sides of the mountain range, so the Xinzhou Republic was naturally a major participant in this war.
At the same time, before the war broke out, each side also transported a group of its own troops into the other side's war zone to participate in the war as part of the other side's war zone.
For example, this is the case for the combat engineer battalion led by Lieutenant Colonel Chen. Considering the opponent's specialties, it was naturally sent to Pine Valley to invest in the construction of this important logistics base.
But as combat engineers, the opponent naturally not only built various military fortifications in the area, but also assumed some combat tasks. For example, during this period of time, this army has been sending people to conduct reconnaissance in the surrounding mountains of Pine Valley.
"The surrounding situation is obviously a little abnormal." As a commander of elite troops who had been stationed near the mountain range, Lieutenant Colonel Chen naturally knew something about the situation in the mountain range. Therefore, through these several investigations, something was wrong.
place.
"Our area is one of the few relatively flat places in the mountains. Theoretically, there should be some herds of beasts and wilderness creatures chasing them in winter and spring when there is a lack of food on the mountains. However, my scouts did not find them in the surrounding area.
Traces of activity.”
"Could it be because there are too many people stationed here?" Lawrence raised a possibility. As someone who grew up in a rural town, he naturally knew that many times the wild animals would not take the initiative.
Close to densely populated areas.
"This is absolutely impossible." Lieutenant Colonel Chen shook his head and said. "On the one hand, the wild beasts in the mountainous areas are much more ferocious than you think. There are some extraordinary beasts among them, so they are not as scary as the wild ones on the plains."
"On the other hand, in this season, for the wild animals, staying in the mountains without food is almost like waiting to die, so they are not so afraid of people."
After hearing what the lieutenant colonel said, Lawrence nodded in approval. After all, although he has lived on the plains all his life, his hometown in his previous life was not far south of the Qinling Mountains. Every spring, wild beasts would come down the mountains to find food and enter human villages.
Then put it in the newspaper. So if the beasts here have nothing to eat, they will come down the mountain to where there is food.
Therefore, the silence of the siege was obviously not normal. As the elite combat engineers of the New South Wales Republic, this group of combat engineers also discovered this and tried their best to expand the scope of the investigation in the past few days.
However, once those reconnaissance troops left the firepower coverage of the civilized race coalition forces on the commanding heights around Pine Ridge and did not exceed one thousand meters, they would be beaten back by the elite troops of the wilderness race. There was no way to extend the reconnaissance scope further.
"It seems that the scale of the next war will never be imagined." Lawrence's face suddenly became serious, and then he said to the officer in front of him. "Because most of the wounded I have received here recently are due to expansion.
Injuries sustained within the scope of the investigation.”
"It sounds really bad, but it's not without its benefits." After hearing what Lawrence said, Chen Zhongxiao, who was destined to face the attacks of those wilderness races head-on, said after pressing his lips hard.
"At least it gives us a chance to gather them together and eliminate them completely."
Lieutenant Colonel Chen said this not because he was a murderer, but because after opening several other passages in the past, the wilderness races that had escaped before would soon take advantage of the gap after the main force of the civilized races left to attack the communication lines.
As a result, the military has to permanently station a part of its main force to stay near the mountainous areas to fight public security operations to protect the safety of workers building railway lines and various ancillary facilities.
Compared to the lengthy security battles in the future, a head-on fight would be a better choice for Lawrence and the others.
Although this will be accompanied by a large number of casualties and material consumption in a short period of time, compared with the large-scale security war that is very likely to break out later, this is actually the most cost-effective tactic.
Think about Vietnam, and then think about Afghanistan. Countless experiences in Lawrence's previous life told him how much trouble he would have when facing opponents who are good at using guerrilla warfare.
After all, the reason why civilized races want to attack this territory is to open up trade and transportation lines. If the surrounding area is not peaceful for a long time, it will directly affect the value of the transportation lines.
So after listening to what Lieutenant Colonel Chen said, Lawrence naturally nodded in approval, then pointed to Nora who flew to him after finishing the operation and said, "During this period, I will invite Nala before the war breaks out.
Miss La will transport as much extra defense supplies as possible, hoping that they will be of sufficient use by then."