Both Tuoba Yuanye and Wu Zuoxi came to Li Cong's side. They looked at the military parade. In the past, people from the four empires didn't know what a military parade was. It turns out that now this is called a military parade. Looking at the phalanx with modern soldiers above, Li Cong smiled. What is a military parade? This is a military parade. Generally, such a military parade only occurs when there is a war. At the same time, Li Cong Cong also invited many guests to visit such an army, but Li Cong's kindness seemed to mean that they didn't like it very much. This was the same as when foreigners came to China in the Qing Dynasty. The emperors of China at that time I also feel that this is not of much use. If you want to win, you still need a certain level of strength. It is definitely not just about walking in a square formation neatly like this. However, this kind of training method definitely has its role. If it doesn't work, the armies on the earth will never let them train such things all the time. Everything will have its reason as long as it exists, and this is no exception.
The troops that come here to participate in the military parade are not just something you can come to if you want. These seventeen infantry squares all have backgrounds. Most of them are troops who have shown their faces in various battles of the Cao Family Trading Company. The five cavalry The same is true for the phalanx. Among the infantry phalanx, the clothes they wear are already the latest military uniforms of the Cao Family Trading Company. They look almost like some armies on the earth. For people from the other three empires, Wouldn't it be a bit unconventional to wear such clothes? The pants have reached the top of my thighs. There is nothing blocking the outside, or so they thought. But some generals don't think so. Such combat-style clothes are much better than their long-sleeved military uniforms, whether when running or attacking.
As for the marching baggage behind them, they can just carry it alone. Every soldier in the Cao Family Trading Company's army has three days' worth of dry food and ammunition, as well as their marching blankets. All such blankets are made of Made from wool from the Pilat grasslands of the Southern Empire, each piece costs 7 taels of silver. This is the reason why the Cao Family Trading Company purchases it on a large scale. If you buy this yourself, it will cost at least 10 taels of silver. For the three empires, who are the soldiers using this blanket? Are you kidding me? Those soldiers are not worth the money. It's not that we don't give them face. It's just that they are just untouchables. Besides. In their common thinking, the soldiers went to the battlefield to fight, not to work as handymen here. Soldiers should not do anything other than fighting, so all the groceries on the battlefield were not brought by the soldiers. Everything should be done by the handymen. But what they don't know is that with so many people, their expenses will be higher, and some of these handymen are not familiar with some of the soldiers' habits, which can easily cause misunderstandings of one kind or another. Of course, there are some benefits. For example, when there are too many soldiers killed or injured, the usefulness of these handymen comes out. They can change into the soldiers' clothes and rush over to become soldiers. However, they do not have any combat skills, so they can only be used as soldiers when they go up. It's just a pile of rotten meat. Apart from that, I really don't know what other abilities they have.
If this was the impact the infantry phalanx gave them, then the following artillery drill was an eye-opener for them. This was also a drill specially arranged by Li Cong, but there were suddenly a lot more spectators. Except for the three In addition to the envoys of the great empire, Li Cong also invited the four major sects and some other high-level forces to show you the capabilities of our Cao Family Trading Company. Don't follow me in the Cao Family Trading Company in the future if you think you are a little capable. Those who are blind and want to point fingers in front of us must have that ability, right? If you don't have that ability, don't be embarrassed here.
First of all, everyone moved their bodies. There was nothing in the open space just now. Now they have to go to a place one kilometer away, where Li Cong has quickly trimmed a city wall with cement and bricks. Such a city wall If they were allowed to build it, it would take at least several years or even more than ten years, but in the Cao Family Trading Company, as long as there are enough people, it only takes a few days or up to a month. The artillery of the Cao Family Trading Company They began to blast at this thing. At the end, airships from the sky also came and started their revenge on this city wall. If this place was close to the sea, Li Cong might also ask warships at sea to do it together. This matter may shock them even more when the time comes. In fact, Li Cong didn't want to expose his war potential so early, but there is no way now, right? Because he has already felt that people across the entire continent may kill people like himself. If the four empires really unite, we may not perish, but we will suffer huge losses.
? ?Within an hour, a very powerful city wall had been completely destroyed. In this time, the armies of the three empires had just formed their offensive formations. Li Cong glanced at this with some distress. The city wall, damn, tens of thousands of tons of artillery shells are just gone. This would be okay if it appeared on a real battlefield, but now it is just gone. This is a very distressing thing for anyone.
But at the end of the exercise, Li Cong was happy to see the expressions on the faces of the people from the three empires. It is estimated that they will not think about how to stop him after they go back. Indeed, what the people from the three empires are thinking about now is Li never set his sights on them, so he was very happy. As for the life and death of the Southern Empire, they don't want to care about it. As long as they protect themselves, other things are dispensable. Who told you to take in the Cao family? I am an enemy of the trading company. His son was killed by those four guys. I heard that you are involved in this. You just want to kill him. If your country is not destroyed, it seems a bit unreasonable. , the next war will definitely not be too small. Looking at it this way, it¡¯s better not to be so nosy. It's better to protect yourself.
"Boss, it hurts you to say this. Just now, my heart was about to bleed. Damn, is this a joke? Every shot of this shell is very important. This thing is not currently in our inventory. It's enough. No one knows how far the next war will take them. It feels a bit wasteful to talk about this kind of thing, but look at them, they all look like dead dads. I I'm so happy in my heart. These people want to fight against us, but they don't have the ability to do so. It's only a matter of time before we kill them." Takuba Yuanye said with a smile. He really saw those things just now. A person's face. It turns out that when I came here, people from the three major empires didn't treat me very well, but looking at their expressions now, they all want to come over and curry favor with me. But it's already too late now, we don't have that time, what do you want? Whatever you do is your own business.
"Haha. All investments pay off. Don't you remember what I told you before? Being powerful on the battlefield is not really powerful, because when others realize that you are very powerful, your efforts have already paid off. , Human life is the most precious thing. These things cannot be returned, but money is different. Now money is nothing to our Cao Family Commercial Bank, hundreds of billions or trillions of silver are nothing. It¡¯s nothing. This time I just wasted tens of billions of money and asked them to look at it. They will definitely report it truthfully when they go back. I guess the people in the three empires are not fools, and they will know it very well. We have such ability, what will be the consequences if they come to make trouble again? By then they will not be able to take advantage of it. This is all what they asked for. They will definitely cut off their connection with the Southern Empire. We will do it appropriately. It will be good if we can cause trouble on the front line for a while. We will not be afraid that the people of the Southern Empire will not sign the surrender document we have prepared for them. Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is always the highest level. "Li Cong said with a smile. Li Cong has been studying this sentence all the time, and basically studies these things thoroughly every time. This is why Li Cong can often do the maximum at the minimum cost. One of the reasons for this is that many people fail because they don¡¯t understand this.
"Boss, your realm is really good, but as far as I know, people in the three empires now know the importance of the sea, and they have begun to set up some defenses in their outer seas. , for example, setting up some iron locks on the beach to prevent our warships from entering, or setting up obstacles of this kind and that on the sea, which would also be a great hindrance to us. They also built them in coastal areas. Some catapults have a low hit rate, but if there are a lot of them, we will have a lot of obstacles. It will not be so easy to attack them casually in the future." Tuo Ba Yuanye felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about some recent things. The advantage he had before was slowly shrinking. This was not a good thing for anyone. Li Cong didn't take this seriously. of.
"In fact, this is an inevitable trend. People can learn. What will happen to the entire society if there is no progress? These four empires have not made any progress for hundreds of thousands of years, so when they encounter us They have to be beaten when they are young, and for this reason, they all know that it hurts, so they will change. This is the same for us. If we were always like that before, this is for us What's the use of saying it? Will we change? Of course not, because our warships will go everywhere, and others won't be able to intercept you, and you won't know your own tactics.Change is absolutely impossible, so we must learn to adapt to this society in this trend. Don¡¯t we also have our own research institute? Let them also use their imagination and make some changes to the enemy. We also need to change. If we don't change, we may be the ones who fail in the future. "Li Cong said with a smile, he will never bring out any more steel battleships, because such things cannot be produced on a large scale even on earth. On earth, a fleet of tens of thousands of ships has already It is very powerful, it can be said to be invincible in the world, but here, in such a huge area, a small merchant fleet has such a size. So wooden warships are the protagonists here. Yes, the caliber of the artillery cannot be too large. If it is too large, the hull will not be able to support it at first. In fact, it can be seen now that these wooden ships have experienced three or four wars. It needs to be repaired once, and every time it is a major repair, otherwise these things will be useless.
"Actually, our people are not doing nothing. Our people are studying a tactic, which can be said to be a ratio of ships. We hope that our fleet can match these ships well and be responsible for the attack when the time comes. The military support on the ground is dedicated to this task, and some obstacles in the harbor will be left to those people. They will perform their duties, and I believe it will be much better than now." Wu Zuoxi's words made Li Cong's eyes light up. , now although the entire fleet is almost the same as the modern navy in terms of clothing, but their classification and various coordination capabilities are not good. So they all need to change and learn. Just like now, it is always better to let them find out by themselves than to tell them how to do it well.
"Okay, these things are just small things to talk about. I called you two here just to let you express your opinions on this war in the Southern Empire. And what the soldiers below think, or say What kind of result do they want to achieve before it is over? And what happened to the four guys after they came out of the Southern Empire? We can't let them just leave like that, right?" Li Cong thought of the look of those four guys. The two people next to him could feel the coldness inside. If ordinary people felt like this, it would feel very cold, but Li Cong himself would also release some ice elements. This doesn't feel cold anymore, it's actually really cold. Just like now, this guy really released the ice element. This Tuoba Yuanye is okay, he is a ninth-level warrior after all, it's nothing. But this Wu Zuoxi is not good, he is just a seventh-level warrior, and Or man-made.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't control my heart when I thought of those four guys. To be honest, I just wanted to teach the Southern Empire a lesson in this war and find them. I didn't expect that things turned out to be In this situation, their original protagonist has turned into a supporting role. I wonder if they will feel uncomfortable knowing such a role change?" Li Cong saw some frost on Wu Zuoxi's body next to him and hurriedly Wu Zuoxi said, Wu Zuoxi knew that this matter had always been a concern in Li Cong's heart, so he didn't say anything. In fact, this matter can still be changed.
"Boss, we lost track of those four guys after they left the imperial city of the Southern Empire. As you know, if a tenth-level warrior really wants to escape, unless a tenth-level warrior follows him, no one can We couldn't catch them. Because we were in the capital of the Southern Empire, it was not convenient for us to let the tenth-level monsters in. It was because the aura of the tenth-level monsters was too strong. If he went in, it would probably kill the people inside. There is no way to live a normal life. If we had known that we would end up like this with the Southern Empire, we should have let those monsters in. No matter what they thought of us, it would be much better than not knowing anything now. ." Tuoba Yuanye said depressedly. He was originally responsible for this matter, but now that there is no one left, he himself feels very guilty. However, when Li Cong knew the news, he didn't blame him. Just like what he said, these tenth-level warriors are all powerful. If they want to run away, they won't be able to catch them, just like what he said, unless they are caught by the tenth-level warriors.
"Although we cannot predict how things will develop, it is still possible to find them. I have already explained that according to the information Min De gave us, the health of the third among them has not recovered yet. , they can¡¯t get better things, so they have to use things like Wannian ginseng to prepare them. There are only so many ginsengs in various places. If we can pay attention to this, it should be no problem. Let¡¯s take a look at three for now. There are not many people in the Great Empire who want to buy this thing. It seems that the four of them are still in the Southern Empire. Now we have to hurt the Southern Empire. In this case, I guess they will help us find this thing together.When we have more people, it will be very convenient for us at that time. "Wu Zuoxi saw that Li Cong's face was not so good, so he quickly told some better news. As expected, Li Cong's face became somewhat happy after hearing it.
"Well, you just need to do this quickly. Tell the people below that everything must give in to this matter. As long as there are some clues, report them immediately. If they can't do it, let the headquarters do it and mobilize them. We sent out 50 airships specifically to do this, and we absolutely cannot let them slip through the net like that." Li Cong said angrily, Li Cong couldn't stand these four guys at all, so he had to kill them as soon as possible. The best yet.
"We will arrange things, but what should we do here in the Southern Empire? Now we are in a dilemma. We originally just wanted to use this method to let the people in the Southern Empire see our determination, and then they They would have called those four guys out, but those four guys actually ran away. No matter how we attacked the Southern Empire, they would never be able to get us the people we needed. Speaking of which, we were really I'm depressed about this matter. If we don't attack now, we can definitely keep the area we occupied. This can be said to be another huge victory for us in addition to the dozen or so counties and cities in the Eastern Empire." Tuoba Yuan Ye said, indeed, this is what is before the Cao Family Trading Company now. If they continue to attack, many people are worried about whether they can continue to fight. You must know that the potential of an empire is very huge. If an empire were to unleash all its strength, they probably wouldn't be able to resist it. This would seem to be a bit difficult for them, but with such a bright future ahead of them, I don't know what would happen if they gave it a try. How. As long as they can break through the second line of defense of the Southern Empire, the situation from now on is still unknown. If possible, they really want to break the Southern Empire's second line of defense.
Where there are benefits, there are risks. Sometimes there are not only so many benefits, but also so many risks. Now the benefits obtained by the Cao Family Commercial Bank are indeed great. If they can break the second line of defense, they will It¡¯s even more powerful, but now there are also great risks. All you think about is what will happen if you break the second line of defense, but what should you do if you can¡¯t break it? Then a huge problem may arise. At that time, the morale of the entire Cao Family Trading Company's army will be low. Many people will also say, aren't we invincible and invincible? How could he leave Maicheng in the Southern Empire? Isn't this a bit unjustifiable? The impact is huge. They have never failed before. If they fail all of a sudden, it will definitely have a huge impact on their psychology. It is exactly the same as what it is now. Yes, so this must not happen. For the other three empires, if the people of the Cao Family Trading Company fail, they will definitely publicize this matter everywhere. By then, the Cao Family Trading Company will suffer even more losses. I finally had a chance to attack them. If I didn't seize it, I would be really sorry for myself.
"The attack will be a huge victory. By then one-third of the entire Southern Empire may be ours, but we must also see clearly. The Southern Empire has assembled more than 2 billion troops this time. Just standing alone It's a huge pressure to kill you there. We currently have only 6 million troops to attack. Even if we use all our reserves, we will only have less than 10 million troops, which sounds like a lot. Yes, but they are scattered on a 3,000-mile front. There are hundreds of cities on this 3,000-mile front, which means that the enemy can have tens of millions of people in each city, but what about us? We only have It can be divided into tens of thousands of people, which is a gap of hundreds of times. Our people are very capable of fighting, but we have never encountered fighting at such a proportion, and we don't know whether we can win like this. In the past, you all said that we have a lot of troops, with hundreds of millions of troops. I think it is still a lot. I didn¡¯t expect that we could only deploy such a small number of troops in such a huge war. , more than 10 million people, isn't it a bit funny?" Li Cong said a little depressed. The good news he heard before was that the Cao Family Trading Company's army had developed again and became powerful again. But I never expected that the number of troops would increase, but now they cannot be mobilized.
"Boss, it is a fact that our army has grown in size. No one is lying. But you also know that our territory is too big. Just like within the three major empires, every place with our commercial power is There will be some of our strength. Although not a lot, there will be a lot if they gather together. It is already very good that we can mobilize tens of millions of people this time. I have alreadyLet them hurry up. We can have 5 million people supporting us by about the middle of this month, and we can have 3 million people supporting us every month. If we exceed this number, we may have great difficulties. If we can increase our artillery on a large scale, I think our combat effectiveness will be even more powerful, as well as the large serial crossbows and super serial crossbows. We have used large serial crossbows on the battlefield before. One can hold up dozens of their crossbows. This super serial crossbow is the one you recently launched. It can fire 40 in a minute, allowing him to follow Like a devil, the most important thing is the crawler conveyor belt. As long as its spring is not broken, he can keep launching like that. We have done a test, and this spring basically needs to be replaced after 3,000 to 4,000 shots. Our soldiers are already very proficient in replacing this thing. If we have one of this thing for every one hundred soldiers, Then our life was really great. "Wu Zuoxi looked at Li Cong and said, a big killer weapon recently added to the army is what Li Cong calls a super serial crossbow. This thing is just like the heavy machine gun on the earth, but it is not as powerful as the heavy machine gun. But it can also fire 40 serial crossbows in one minute. The most important thing is that the range of this thing can reach about 2,000 meters. This kind of thing is the best for dealing with cavalry. A dark area came up, and I could immediately kill this area They were all beaten. Of course, it is impossible to beat them to death, but the brothers behind you can definitely kill you if they rush up. Just leave this matter to them. We just watch It's already possible.
The super serial crossbow is a modification of the heavy machine gun on the earth. It also requires four people to operate this thing. One person is responsible for shooting, two people are responsible for guarding, and one person is responsible for supplying ammunition. This thing is currently used by the entire army. There are only less than 500 in the world. In fact, mass production has not started on the Earth side. They are all in a trial stage. Now it seems that the experiments are very good. Li Cong has already made the Earth side quickly We have produced this thing, and it is guaranteed that about 700 of these things can be produced every day. Now there are about more than 2,100 of them. If we keep this rate, we will be able to equip more than 5,000 of them when we start the attack. One in a hundred people? Is this goal too low? I feel that 50 people are needed for each one. The establishment of a platoon in the Cao Family Trading Company is 100 people. In fact, a platoon can have two of these things, but the soldiers must be skilled in operating them, and there are also their own soldiers. When charging, you must avoid this shooting trajectory. This is nothing on earth, but no one here knows about this thing. If this is not done well, it may really cause manslaughter, which is not the case. Okay, our own people have defeated our own people with such a super weapon. The people on the opposite side will laugh with their big teeth when they see it. So this thing is not only made to be used, but also must be used. You need to let your people learn this thing well, but if you want to use it for defense, there is no need to learn it, because when you are defending, your people are inside the city wall, and only those outside will be beaten. , and everyone outside is also an enemy, so there is no need to pay attention.
"I will take care of the super serial crossbow. Don't worry about it. We must use these few days to make the soldiers familiar with this thing, especially the infantry's cooperation with him. We must not let our The soldiers ran in front of our ballistics. If that was the case, it would really help the enemy. Do you think that if 50 of our soldiers were equipped with one of these things, I wonder if it would increase their combat effectiveness a lot. ? And how much can be increased?" Li Cong was not very clear about some things on the front line. He knew the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, but what about the enemy? What about this terrain? All of these are things that can affect combat effectiveness. These two people have been on the battlefield for a long time. They know this very well. If you ask them, there will definitely be no problem. I heard Li Cong say that 50 people can When there was a super serial crossbow, Wu Zuoxi's eyes were already smiling. In any case, he is a man of letters. This can still be tolerated, but the one next to him is not so well-educated. He is already jumping for joy. If such a thing can be done, there will be no problem in taking out their second line of defense, and He also has a very good plan. I believe it can cause the people in the Southern Empire to lose a lot of money, as long as they come here. I won't let you go back.
"Haha, as far as I'm concerned, you are a great steward. You know as much about the front line as I do." Seeing Wu Zuoxi was about to speak, Tuoba Yuanye quickly took over the conversation. Some things must be done. To speak for himself, he didn't know there could be such a powerful thing in this world before. Ordinarily he is?¡¯s masters will not like such weapons. For them, they all respect their own abilities and will never look at other things. But now, he feels that this thing is really It is lethal, and if he is allowed to use it. He can guarantee that all the more than 40 shots fired in one minute will hit one person. This is the ability of a person. In fact, the speed is faster. As long as he can adapt to it, there will be no problem, of course. It's impossible for Li Cong to ask Tuo Yuan Ye to do this just for such a small amount of lethality. He has more important things to do.
"Why are you so happy? Does this thing have anything to do with you?" Li Cong looked at this guy and said. Sometimes he doesn't like this very much, but he didn't expect Takuba Yuanye to like this thing so much. Is there something wrong with this guy's head? If a master is interested in such a thing, what will happen to society in the future? He won't just use such a thing to deal with other masters, right?
"Of course it is related. I like this thing the most. I used this thing to kill 325 people in the last battle. In just five minutes, I killed so many people. I am not a shooter. Those people below, I only hit those people on the city wall, those who showed a little bit of their heads, how about it, my ability is pretty good, right? Now there is a dragon and tiger list in the army, I am that one The person who killed the most people with a super serial crossbow. With such a record, I estimate that many people will not be able to beat my record. Also because of my heroic performance, the city lord of that county immediately opened the door and surrendered. Speaking of which, I can defeat that I contribute a lot to the county, and no one else has my ability, so I pay more attention to this thing. If I can train a lot of shooters, it will also be of great benefit to our army. "Yes." This guy said with a smile. Even a ninth-level warrior needs fame, especially in a place like the army. If he has military exploits, he will be able to raise his head no matter where he goes. Wu Zuoxi is envious to death, but there is no way. He is a scholar. Although he has the body of a seventh-level warrior, he does not have some fighting skills. He is very clear about his abilities. Usually It's okay if you scare the common people or something, but if you really deal with those people, it won't work. It's better for you to be honest and not participate in such a challenge, otherwise you will be like other seventh-level warriors. If the gap is too big, I won't be able to get it off my face. How can I say that now I am also a first-level manager of the Cao Family Firm, not an ordinary person.
"Haha, don't worry about this issue. I can allocate it in a week." Li Cong said, although this output is a bit difficult for people on earth, the technology over there is very advanced after all. As long as they give orders to them, they can complete them. Difficulties are the best catalyst for the people over there, especially if the people they have always admired give them orders, they will be even more desperate. If it is completed, it will be a good reward for them, and their life will become that of another person.
"What I want to know is, if we supply it according to the proportion just now, how much can our combat effectiveness be improved? Do you have the confidence to break through the second line of defense for me in the end? Think about it and answer me, all of this is We are not in such a hurry. We are riding a tiger now and cannot afford to lose. If we lose, our Cao family business will suffer great losses." It is rare to see Li Cong say so solemnly. Tuoba Yuanye also felt this at this time He was so scared. Did he answer a little too quickly just now? If so, he really needed to think about it carefully. But when he saw the look in Li Cong's eyes, he knew that he had been fooled. , Li Cong was already laughing.
"Okay, don't put so much pressure on yourself. In fact, life is full of many challenges. If everything is prepared, wouldn't there be no other variables in life? Just work hard and do it. , I won¡¯t put too much pressure on you. In fact, I know that your own pressure is already very high now, so I won¡¯t put any more pressure on you.¡± Li Cong said with a smile, his old friend Just now, my face turned a little ugly. This guy was too serious. Why couldn't I help teasing him?
"Good guy, I was so nervous just now. It really didn't scare me to death. I thought when did you become so formal? It's like our Cao family firm is at the point of life and death. Don't worry. With these things, As long as nothing happens in the Southern Empire, and the other three empires don't have a large number of experts to support them, there will be no problem.Our second line of defense is a matter of time. We will eventually stand in a place of victory. The Southern Empire is not our opponent. "Tuoba Yuanye is very confident to do this. The biggest reason is the super serial crossbow. In the past, they could be invincible without such a thing. Now they are even more capable. In fact, Tuoba Yuanye is still I didn't tell Li Cong that a battle around the super serial crossbow would start soon. At that time, a large number of troops in the Southern Empire could die. They would use their lives to verify whether their weapons have that quality. The only one with this ability and ruthlessness is Takuba Yuanye. Others probably can't be so ruthless, but having said that, some things have to be treacherous.