"I may need to trouble you more in the next few days." After learning from various channels that the war was getting closer to him, Lawrence asked the little doll seriously.
"If you have free time these days, please run as many times as possible and bring more supplies, especially weapons and ammunition."
"Didn't we already stock up a lot?" After hearing what Lawrence said, Nora nodded habitually, and then asked with some confusion.
"Before, we dug several underground storage warehouses and filled them with ammunition. Will so much ammunition not be enough in a war?"
"I hope it will work, but the actual situation is often worse than we imagine." Lawrence sighed helplessly and then said.
"At least from the news I got recently, it can be inferred that the wilderness race is preparing for a large-scale attack, and in that kind of attack, cutting off transportation lines should be considered a routine operation."
"After all, compared to fortified areas such as transportation nodes such as Pine Valley where we are now, those unprotected transportation lines should be more vulnerable to attacks. If the leaders of the wilderness races are not in trouble, then
, I believe they will definitely put their main attack targets on those traffic lines."
"You're right." The little puppet said after snapping his fingers, "Cutting off the communication line can reduce various supplies to us and reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield. At the same time, from a pure input-output ratio,
It is said that it is better to attack these lines of communication, which are weaker in terms of force, than to fight head-on on the battlefield."
"That should be it." After the little doll said this, Lawrence added.
"After finding a way to cut off the traffic lines, the other side is likely to send some people to entangle our main force. Then concentrate a group of elites to attack on traffic line nodes like Pine Valley."
"Compared with those roads, it is more difficult to attack material distribution centers like Pine Valley. But conquering any one of them is a big gain for the wilderness races."
Speaking of which, Lawrence paused. "For example, our Pine Valley area does not have many weapons and ammunition because it is not the closest material transfer station to the front line, but it does have a large amount of food and medicine. It also has an important field hospital——"
"So we do need some additional weapons and equipment." Nora thought of something at this time and said.
"I have seen the weapons and ammunition that the headquarters has gathered here in Pine Valley. They are mainly ammunition for some front-line heavy artillery and some explosives. There are basically no weapons and ammunition suitable for our guard troops here."
"So this is indeed a big problem. One of the biggest troubles in modern warfare comes from the consumption of ammunition." Lawrence nodded.
"For example, after the breech-loading gun replaces the front-loading gun, a soldier can fire at least three times the original amount of ammunition on what kind of battlefield. If you take into account the existence of something similar to a hand-cranked machine gun, the ammunition of a war
The volume is likely to be five times what it was in the past.”
"Considering that once the war breaks out, it is very easy for us to be cut off from communication lines and fall into an isolated state. We must store enough ammunition to deal with the next situation. So I hope that before the war breaks out, you can give us firearms and
Prepare 10 to 15 basic ammunition for mortars."
"Understood." Nora nodded and said. "The good news is that it is not difficult to do this, because according to the information I heard before, in view of the current situation, the command has decided to stop sending ordinary troops for fire reconnaissance operations.
, so there shouldn’t be too many injured during this period.”
"It is indeed good news, but on the other hand, if those ordinary troops are unable to carry out forward fire reconnaissance, it means that the plan of the beasts living in the wilderness has reached a critical moment, otherwise they would not hesitate like they are now.
The cost is preventing us from conducting reconnaissance," Lawrence added.
"At least when I chatted with those officers in the past few days, I learned that during those fire reconnaissances, although we couldn't go too far forward, the other party's casualties were much higher than ours because they needed to be blocked at all costs. So we all believe that
It shouldn't be possible for the opponent to sustain such casualties for too long."
"That means I don't have much time left." Nora's face suddenly became serious after hearing what Lawrence said. "I understand, I will do my best to transport those things during this period.
"
"Thank you very much." After hearing Nora's assurance, Lawrence nodded seriously to the little doll, and then warned. "By the way, when transporting supplies, priority will be given to delivering those bullets and mortar shells, followed by landmines.
and barbed wire. Put the rest at the end.”
"Understood, then I'll set off now." Nora nodded heavily, then took off into the air and flew towards the direction of the St. John's Fortress outside the Bianda Mountains.
Because she realized that now was the time to make all-out preparations. One more flight would be able to accumulate more victory chips for everyone.
So in the next few days, Nora devoted her time and energy to transportation work 24 hours a day whenever she was free. And the army here in Pine Valley also started a large-scale operation with Lieutenant Colonel Chen and his group of combat engineers as the core.
Construction work began, and various fortifications were built at various points around the valley.
Although the meter track has been extended to Pine Valley during this period, since most of the transportation capacity is used to protect the front line, places like Pine Valley can only obtain a small amount of other materials in addition to daily supplies. There is no
It is possible to build reinforced concrete fortifications like some points on the front line.
But this does not mean that the defenders of Pine Valley cannot build the defenses they need. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Chen and the combat engineers from the New Island Republic under his command, they quickly used local materials around the valley.
Various fortifications have been built at many strategic locations.
This valley was actually just an unnamed valley on the target route. It was named Pine Valley because after the vanguard arrived here, they found that there were many pine trees growing in the valley.
During the subsequent construction, the trees they felled could be used as construction materials. In addition, they also used part of the explosives to obtain stones from the mountain with the consent of the headquarters.
With sufficient raw materials and professional guidance, they quickly fortified the entire Pine Valley area in just two weeks.
"Lieutenant Colonel Chen, is it too expensive for us to consume so many materials to build here?" Lawrence asked Lieutenant Colonel Chen during lunch that day.
"Of course, I know that ordinary money is the least important thing in a civilized expedition. But if it is just for defense, there is no need for us to spend so much money to build those defenses according to permanent fortification standards."
"You're right, Colonel August. If it was just for temporary defense, I certainly wouldn't have spent so many resources building these obviously over-standard buildings." After hearing Lawrence's question, Lieutenant Colonel Chen swallowed his words.
He said after taking a big bite of the sandwich.
"I did this on the one hand because there are enough resources here for me to consume, and when facing the enemy, the stronger the fortifications, the better."
"On the other hand, because Pine Valley will become an important maintenance area and transfer station on the future railway line across the mountains, some of the buildings we are building now can actually be converted into permanent buildings in the future. Therefore, it takes more time to build.
It’s not a waste to spend some money.”
"So that's it." Lawrence nodded with a clear expression. He finally understood why in many places people would go to great lengths to construct buildings.