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Volume One: Eastward to Another World, Chapter 142 [Thunder] Storm (two chapters in one)

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    Purple Flame Legion Headquarters.  Lin Dong sat on the large leather chair in the army commander's office for the first time. On the redwood desk were stacks of heavy materials. These were detailed information on the middle-level officers of the army.  Deputy commander Chang Xuri sits opposite Lin Dong. Chang Xuri is forty-five years old and has the rank of colonel. He has a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and his sparse black hair neatly combed back. He is a typical academic officer.  .  Fifty percent of this batch of legion soldiers were personally selected by Chang Xuri, perhaps because of his personal preferences. Most of the soldiers of the Ziyan Legion came from the wealthy upper class and had a strong academic atmosphere. Lin Dong hated this and never fought in the war.  What we want is a man who is not afraid of blood. What¡¯s the use of understanding theory?  It's not like fighting with the enemy, the soldiers only need to obey.  Lin Dong looked through several documents of mid-level officers. These were either nobles or top students from the military academy. Lin Dong threw the documents on the table angrily and lowered his head to think of countermeasures.  The most important thing in the army is not the regiment commander, but the middle-level cadres. After all, they are the ones in direct contact with the soldiers. The likes and dislikes of the middle-level cadres will directly affect the temperament of a regiment.  If Lin Dong wants to build the Purple Flame Army into a devil's army, he first needs a group of middle-level cadres who are more vicious than devils. At present, these academic officers obviously do not meet Lin Dong's requirements. He only took a few glances at Lin Dong and decided  Replace all these sissies.  Time is running out, so the quickest way is to recruit people from other legions. Lin Dong has strict requirements for these middle-level officers. They must have combat experience and be ruthless and decisive in killing. There are hundreds of people who meet the requirements at one time.  Where to find officers?  General Fang Dun did not leave immediately. He was extremely interested in how Lin Dong handled the operations of the legion. He leaned on the sofa in the office, drank the tea brought by the orderly, and observed Lin Dong's every move.  The status of the Purple Flame Legion in the military is really special. Every small move will attract the attention of the whole continent. Lin Dong has no experience in leading troops before. Although today's induction meeting was extremely successful, he really  Do you have the ability to transform this new army into an invincible iron army?  Lin Dong frowned and sat there thinking for a moment. Suddenly he picked up a pen and wrote a letter in his hand, "Commander! Send this letter to Lieutenant General Ross in the Black Wind Valley Fortress as soon as possible.  I want to get a reply from him before I go to jail." The messenger took the letter and made a military salute in his hand and asked: "Commander, please indicate the level of this letter." Lin Dong picked up the military manual and read it for a while.  , after all, it was a new officer taking office, and Lin Dong did not understand many of the military commands, and he still needed to learn them first.  Chang Xuri raised his eyebrows slightly, "A novice is a novice, and he can't even figure out the communication level." The reason why Lin Dong is disgusted with academic officers is because academic officers usually think that they are knowledgeable and have a lot of pride in being superior to others.  , Chang Xuri's current performance confirms Lin Dong's judgment.     Snapped!  Lin Dong closed the manual and said loudly: "Communication level, Thunder!" When the ordering soldier heard the word "Thunder", he quickly performed a military salute, ran all the way and ran straight through the door, looking extremely nervous.  In the military, communication is divided into four levels, [White Dove], [Beacon], [Thunder], and there is also a super communication level [Tsunami] that can only be used by the Grand Marshal of the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor.  [Thunder] level communication is already the highest communication level that Lin Dong can use. This general communication level can only be used when encountering an extremely urgent military situation. Once a letter is marked with [Thunder] level, it will  The place must be where people are on their backs and their horses are overturned.  According to regulations, each communication base station must not take more than three minutes to transmit military intelligence documents of the [Thunder] level. Anyone who delays will be punished!  Chang Xuri frowned slightly and thought, "I'm afraid Major General Lin still doesn't understand the meaning of the [Thunder] level." Admiral Fang Dun cleared the tea stains on his chest. Lin Dong's "Thunder" sentence just now made him spit.  On the first day after taking office, the first military report used the [Thunder] level. You must know that the [Thunder] level is not only sent to the target unit. His Majesty the Emperor and the Ministry of Military Affairs will receive every [Thunder] as soon as possible.  Level military intelligence documents.  Lin Dong didn't pay attention to the strange looks in Chang Xuri and Fang Dun's eyes. He continued to look through the information in his hands as if no one else was around. Some of them would just take a cursory glance and then throw them aside, while others would look at them carefully for a while.  In the Winter Moon Palace, the regular meeting between His Majesty Joseph and the ministers has not yet ended. In order to raise funds for the weapons manufacturing department for Lin Dong, the meeting room is almost bursting into flames.  ??The annual weapons cost of 1.5 trillion to 2 trillion cannot be met by cutting 40% of the Ministry of Interior¡¯s spending. Is such a large amount of money going to be given?East?  Where do the words come from?  The Ian family represented by His Majesty Joseph is a staunch supporter of Lin Dong. They unconditionally support any decision made by Lin Dong. The group represented by Finance Minister Iron Lady Joanna is firmly opposed to using such a large amount of money to make weapons.  Although Home Secretary Sotheby and Iron Lady Joyner have always been at odds, they are unprecedentedly consistent on this matter.  "Once the army has the new weapons that Prince Lin said, our army's combat effectiveness will be unprecedentedly improved! Look at Prince Lin's idea. This is a flying shuttle that can carry twelve fully armed soldiers.  Attack the enemy at high altitude! There is also this one. One hundred large flying shuttles can transport an army and the required equipment to anywhere on the mainland within one day. The combat effectiveness and mobility of your army will reach unprecedented heights!  Don¡¯t you admire Prince Lin¡¯s imagination?¡± Prince James, a staunch supporter of Lin Dong, slammed the table and shouted.  His Majesty Joseph nodded repeatedly. This idea of ??a flying shuttle is really wonderful. Once the army is equipped with this kind of flying shuttle, its combat effectiveness will not be as simple as doubling.  "Hmph! Although this thing is good, have you seen the manufacturing budget of this kind of flying shuttle? How can our treasury afford such a large amount of expenditure? Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the manufacturing budget of this kind of flying shuttle.  The energy card is an astronomical figure, no matter what you say, the Ministry of Finance is just one word, no money!" Iron Lady Joyner pinched her waist and said angrily.  Prince James's face was livid, "If you don't have money, cut the budget! Canceled all the useless things like the Ministry of Agriculture's water conservancy plan, the Ministry of Interior's war resettlement plan! Except for the Ministry of Military Affairs, all department budgets were cut by 100%.  Seventy, I don¡¯t believe that such a big empire can¡¯t raise this kind of money!¡± The young Minister of Agriculture is the least qualified. He has no say in the quarrel between these empire bosses, so he can only complain secretly in his heart, his water conservancy  The plan was related to the agricultural production and people's security of the entire empire. It took him five years of research to write this plan. Now, Prince James said it was useless in just one sentence. How could he not be sad?  "Your Excellency, the Ministry of Interior's war resettlement plan is only to help the families of soldiers and people who have been forced to relocate due to the war to rebuild their homes. Soldiers are fighting on the front lines. If their families are homeless, it will seriously affect the morale of the army! I will never agree to it.  Cancel this plan," Home Secretary Sotheby said impassionedly.  At this time, General Morris, who replaced General Fonton at the regular meeting, stood up. He was over 90 years old and had a very high prestige in the military. However, he was now old and could no longer manage the Ministry of Military Affairs, so he gave up his position.  To Fang Dun, his words were true to his word.  "Everyone, the war resettlement plan must not be cancelled. These new equipment must also be equipped in the army. I think it is better to put aside the excessively expensive projects among the new equipment, but grenades, shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, and small mountain cannons  , and small military aircraft, these four plans must be implemented immediately. " "As we all know, the barrier set by the Holy King has disappeared, the number of card masters is growing rapidly, and the number of card makers cannot keep up with the soldiers.  Quantity, this is because card makers still need many years of painting skills training, and they will not be able to increase card output for a while. The current consumption of energy cards in the army mainly depends on the empire's inventory. Once these inventories are exhausted, the army will face no ammunition.  "Furthermore, I have calculated that the cost of using these new weapons proposed by Prince Lin is not much higher than using jammed weapons. Soldiers are also human beings, and consuming a lot of profound energy to fight is not suitable for long-term battles. Therefore, these  The equipment must be developed and manufactured immediately without any delay. As for where the money will come from, I just want to say one thing. "Everything must make way for war!" General Morris said firmly. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The Great Elder Peloso clapped his hands and stood up, "Old Mo is Old Mo. You really can't do it without the imperial army. You got the idea right with just one sentence. I also agree. In the face of war, everything must be done for war.  "Make way." The combined age of Morris and Peloso is almost over 200 years old. When it comes to qualifications and authority, no one can be better than the two of them. The ministers heard these two.  All the old monster-level figures agreed and did not continue to argue. After all, the words of these two old men were enough to influence His Majesty Joseph.  His Majesty Joseph nodded, looked at the red-faced ministers who were already arguing and said: "You guys don't want to argue anymore, I have decided." As soon as he opened his mouth, ready to conclude the meeting, suddenly a  The Forbidden Army rushed into the conference room at high speed without even a warning.  He rushed all the way towards His Majesty Joseph. The bodyguards hiding in the dark rushed out like a tide, trying to stop the Forbidden Army messenger. Suddenly, the messenger shouted: "Next!  ¡¾Thunder¡¿Military situation!  " When those bodyguards heard this sentence, their expressions changed drastically. They were frozen in place like statues, with cold sweat on their foreheads. This is [Thunder]-level military intelligence. Anyone who blocks this level of military intelligence will be reported and killed without mercy. "  Exceptionally, all the ministers jumped up from their chairs like springs, including His Majesty Joseph, "[Thunder] Military Information!  Could something big happen!  You must know that the last time [Thunder] military intelligence came to report, it was because the people of the gods broke through the Fengming Mountain defense line!  "Poof!" The imperial army was ordered to kneel in front of His Majesty Joseph, holding up Lin Dong's military report. His Majesty Joseph's face turned green, and he took the military report tremblingly and put it on the table, and couldn't wait to open it to read. The worst thing  It¡¯s also General Morris. He is over ninety years old and his heart is still not good. He has been in the army for decades and he knows what the [Thunder] military report means. He clutches his chest tightly with both hands, feeling as if his heart is about to start.  The other ministers stared at His Majesty Joseph uneasily, praying silently in their hearts, "Don't let anything big happen!"  "His Majesty General Joseph announced and unfolded it. He used too much force and knocked several tea cups on the table to the ground. Clang! The cups were broken and the tea was overturned. The sound echoed in the silent conference room. No one spoke, no one moved.  Everyone was waiting for His Majesty Joseph's reaction. After a quick look, His Majesty Joseph took a deep breath, his face softened slightly, and said to himself: "I just asked for some officers with combat experience from the Black Wind Valley Fortress, but unexpectedly I found out.  [Thunder] level military report, this Lin Dong is too outrageous!  " His Majesty Joseph smiled reluctantly and said to the extremely nervous ministers: "It's nothing important. Everyone, please sit down.  "The ministers sat back in their respective positions doubtfully, each one on pins and needles, "It's no big deal. Who would send out [Thunder]-level military reports without a big deal?  "The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely depressing. It was so quiet that you could hear the sound of embroidery needles falling to the ground. His Majesty Joseph's face was ugly. He didn't want to say in front of all the ministers that Lin Dong had made a sound because of a minor matter.  ¡¿Military News, he was determined to protect Lin Dong, "Perhaps it's because he just arrived in the army and is not very familiar with things in the army?  But why did he ask for a group of officers from the Black Wind Valley Fortress?  The officers of the Purple Flame Legion are all the elite of the elite. Each one has been strictly selected. Not only are they excellent in tactics and theory, but they also have a clean family background. Does Lin Dong think these officers are not good enough?  " His Majesty Joseph sat there and pondered, without saying a word. This made the ministers at the meeting even more uneasy, and they all made random guesses about the contents of the military report. " Could something happen to the Black Wind Valley Fortress?  " "Isn't it possible that the Qiuyue Empire can't handle it?  It is said that the first battle with the divine people should be in these days. Could it be that the Qiuyue Empire was defeated?  " "The people of the gods must have invaded the empire from other places, but why didn't Your Majesty say anything?  " No one was in the mood to continue the meeting. Lin Dong's innocuous military report made the entire empire's top brass restless. Of course, Lin Dong, the initiator of all this, did not know about it. Communication between the empire's military has always relied on military communication base stations.  To make contact, because the coverage of the communication card is very limited, the empire has to establish dense base stations on the mainland to pass on the general information layer by layer. Lin Dong's [Thunder] level military report was like a stab when it came out of the military camp.  Like a hornet's nest, dozens of communication base stations along the way from Dongyue City to Black Wind Valley Fortress are causing people to shudder, creating miserable scenes. The Qingping Town Military Communication Base Station is located between Winter Moon City and Black Wind Valley Fortress.  Stationmaster Mao Jianqing put his legs on the table, drinking tea while leisurely watching his subordinates working there. On weekdays, the communication base station is not too busy. He calmly sends and sends telegrams every day, telling each other a joke, and is free.  In addition, you can also receive the four types of allowances from the imperial military. The four types of allowances in the army are already a lot of income, enough to support a family. After all, communication base stations are an important part of the imperial military system, and those who work in the base stations are.  The employees are under the jurisdiction of the Military Security Bureau and have important missions, so their salary is naturally much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Suddenly, the bright red lighting device in the communication room lit up, and a piercing alarm sounded, instantly filling the entire base station.  A jitter jumped up from the chair, and the tea cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. The faces of the dozen staff members in the base station changed drastically. This is a red light! It will only turn on when a super emergency military situation arrives.  If you can't convey the general information within the specified time, you will lose your head! Immediately afterwards, a message came from the other end of the communication card.A high-pitched and nervous voice said, "Attention Qingping Town Communication Base Station! This is the Yongle City Communication Base Station! [Thunder] level military report! [Thunder] level military report! Please record it immediately! Please record it immediately!" The reporter Xiao Zhang hurriedly took it  He picked up a pen and paper and said tremblingly: "This is the communication base station of Qingping Town. Speak quickly! Speak quickly!" The words were so nervous that he even forgot the usual exchange of words and kept urging the other party to speak faster.  Mao Jianqing stood there with sweat on his forehead. The [Thunder] level military reported that there was a three-minute life-and-death line. If the communication could not be completed in three minutes, everyone would immediately fall to the ground!  Everyone in the base station understood this. An extremely tense atmosphere spread in the communication base station. Even Mrs. Xiang, who was in charge of cleaning, stood there with a mop in her hand, shaking.  Xiao Zhang here is nervously accepting the military report, while Liu Er, the correspondent in charge of sending the report, has long been frightened. In front of him are four rows of buttons, each row of buttons pointing to four different base stations. The buttons are divided into four colors.  , white, yellow, red, and purple, the four colors represent four different communication levels.  Liu Er¡¯s heart couldn¡¯t stop beating wildly when he saw the red light on. This guy actually turned on all the red lights leading to the four base stations at once, with no regard for the consequences.  As a result, the four base stations were in bad luck. As soon as the red light came on, the four communication base stations immediately became agitated. The transmitters of two of the base stations followed Liu Er's example and at the same time turned on all the red lights on the opposite side.  The lights are on!  The panic continued like this. In less than an hour, more than half of the base stations in the empire turned on red lights, and finally it spread all the way to the Qiuyue Empire.  The two empires have almost identical military structures, and their communication links are extremely close.  In peacetime, even if people were fully prepared for war, they were still insufficient, and panic began to spread within the Qiuyue Empire. Lin Dong's small military report turned out to be a big test for the military communications between the two countries!  After this incident, according to incomplete statistics, 60% of the base stations failed to complete the transmission of the message within three minutes, and three others died of heart attacks, including two in the Winter Moon Empire and one in the Qiuyue Empire.  The number of base stations affected by the storm exceeded half of all in mainland China. Thousands of communications soldiers were punished to varying degrees because of the storm. In severe cases, they were directly sent to military courts, while in mild cases, they were suspended from duty and had their pay deducted.  The militaries of the two empires quickly made severe rectifications to their respective communication systems. In peacetime, they couldn't even withstand this kind of disturbance, but in wartime, it would be okay.  Lin Dong inadvertently taught a lesson to the imperial military communications industry. Of course, there were many people who hated and cursed him behind his back.  At noon, Lin Dong finally filtered out the information on all the mid-level officers and put down the last information in his hand. Lin Dong said to the deputy commander Chang Xuri: "Convene all the cadres of the army to the conference room for a meeting. Lunch will be eaten in the conference room.  " Chang Xuri stood up and went to summon the middle-level officers of the army. Lin Dong stretched and walked to General Fang Dun and sat side by side with him. "General Fang, I have one more thing to ask for. " "Prince Lin, please feel free to do so.  "As long as I, Fang, can do it, I will do my best," Fang Dun said seriously.  Although Lin Dong was nominally a major general and a subordinate of Fang Dun, Fang Dun did not dare to put on airs in front of Lin Dong. Lin Dong still had the title of prince on his head. Besides, His Majesty Joseph and the entire Ian family were  Lin Dong's backstage, they were adamant that Lin Dong was the designated candidate of the Holy King. Although Fang Dun didn't believe it, he could only agree.  "I want to replace most of the middle-level cadres of the Purple Flame Legion. Although I have asked Lieutenant General Ross for a group of people, his side is a front-line battlefield, and it is impossible to fill up the required number of officers for me at once.  The rest still need to go to each legion to select people." Lin Dong said.  General Fang Dun frowned and said: "These middle-level officers in the army have been strictly reviewed. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to replace them like this?" "What's wrong? What I want is soldiers, but now there are actually  These academic figures should all go to the history museum. It would be better for me to fight the war myself." Admiral Fang Dun did not continue to refute. The Purple Flame Legion has a special status in the army. Since Lin Dong is allowed to manage this.  Everything should give Lin Dong enough autonomy, and Admiral Fang Dun also fully agreed with Lin Dong's plan to turn soldiers into devils.  The reason why so many academics were chosen to join the Purple Flame Legion was simply because of their potential. Young eagles cannot fly high without being tempered by iron and blood.  At this time, the communications soldier strode into Lin Dong's office, "Report, Lieutenant General Ross's reply has arrived." Lin Dong took the military report and unfolded it to watch. The innocent General Ross was also involved in this [Thunder] storm.  He was not spared. He was sleeping when he received the military report.?The people of the gods resumed their night offensive against the Black Wind Valley Fortress. Every night is the busiest time for Lieutenant General Ross. Today, he finally took half a day to rest, but he was disturbed by Lin Dong's nonsensical [Thunder] battle report.  .  After reading the thrilling military report of Lin Dong, Lieutenant General Ross could no longer sleep, and his mood for rest was completely ruined by Lin Dong.  After thinking about it, Lieutenant General Ross decided to help Lin Dong and agreed to transfer one hundred qualified mid-level officers from the Black Wind Valley Fortress to the Purple Flame Legion. The requirement was that Lin Dong also sent one hundred of them to the Black Wind Valley.  Wind Valley Fortress will fill this gap.  Lin Dong raised his eyebrows after reading this military report, "Not to mention a hundred, I can't wait to give you all these academics who are worthless and useless." He immediately wrote a letter of thanks and called for the messenger to let him go.  He sent it to Black Wind Valley Fortress again, with the same level of [Thunder].  ¡¾Thunder¡¿Military report twice a day!  Who can stand this ordeal?  General Fang Dun hurriedly stopped Lin Dong, "Lin Dong, this [Thunder] military report cannot be released casually. Military reports like this can only use [Fenghuo] level at most." Then he spent a long time talking to Lin Dong about the details.  After explaining the various military report levels, Lin Dong seemed to be reluctant to give up the attempt to send this military report at the [Thunder] level, and instead sent it at the [Fenghuo] level.  Admiral Fang Dun couldn't help but mutter in his mind, "For this document, the [White Dove] level is enough." Suddenly there was a burst of shouting from the corridor outside the door, "Miss Jessica, this is a military area, no one is allowed to enter without permission,  If you want to see our regiment leader, I will inform you right away." The guard said helplessly.  How could Miss Lulu Jessica accept this? She said with a cold face: "Do you know who I am? Do you know my relationship with Lin Dong? Don't stop me, I want to go in!" Guards  They were so anxious that they just wanted to cry. On one side was the newly appointed army commander, who had a mountain of military orders and could not let Miss Jessica in without being notified and designated.  On the other side is the number one teenage star in mainland China, the idol in the hearts of countless people. If this young lady is unreasonable, she can be really arrogant. How can the guards dare to stop her?  Just like that, Miss Jessica entered Lin Dong's office with her trademark handsome face, and the guards followed her with sad faces.  Ms. Jessica originally thought that Lin Dong would welcome her warmly, but as soon as she entered, she found that Lin Dong's face was as cold as an iceberg, and he looked at her fiercely, as if he wanted to eat her.  Miss Jessica has never seen such a big thing before. She thought Lin Dong was bluffing, so she didn't buy it. She opened her mouth to scold Lin Dong for not looking for her, "I don't believe it. How dare you talk to me?"  Are you kidding me?" Suddenly, Lin Dong roared loudly: "Why do you let outsiders in so easily? I think you are tired of living!" The guard was stunned by this thunderous reprimand and said in a panic: "She is"  "No matter who it is! Even the King of Heaven is not allowed to come in without my permission!" "Come here! The legion's stronghold is not strictly guarded! All guards will be detained for three days! No food allowed!" Lin Dong shouted coldly.  Soon, several guards were dragged down, and their faces were ashen.  Lulu Miss Jessica's face turned pale. She never thought that Lin Dong would treat her so brutally.  Although Lin Dong did not punish her, the guards were punished for letting her in, which was more severe than punishing herself directly.  There were two strings of crystal tears hanging on that delicate face that was rare in the world. Grief and helplessness flooded into my heart.     Snapped!  Ms. Jessica dropped her purse to the ground. It could be heard that no matter what was in the bag, it could not be spared at this moment.  With tears in her eyes, Miss Jessica said aggrievedly: "Lin Dong, I just want to see you, do you need to be so cruel to me? Since you don't want to see me, well, I'll leave now!"  , Miss Jessica ran away with tears in her eyes, a peerless beauty, even her tears were heartbreakingly beautiful. Lin Dong watched her leave without any expression. Miss Jessica saw that Lin Dong did not apologize after her.  , a girl's heart becomes cold and heartbroken.  When a soldier saw Miss Jessica's tearful face, he suddenly had the urge to beat Lin Dong violently. Even the senior General Fang Dun couldn't help but sigh and lamented that Lin Dong was not close.  Favor.
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