Girls und War

"A punch in the face! Right here!" Viola pointed at her cheekbone and said exaggeratedly, "He hit me right in front of my face! He flew several meters away!"

"Monster! Monster!" The City Alliance shook their heads, "This is a world I don't understand."

"But I still like Xia Shu - I'm determined to get her!" Viola said, with a girlish smile on her face again.

"Huh? Huh?"

The City Alliance was stunned by the change of topic.

"Teacher, you may not know that something happened between Xia Shu and me..." Viola covered her red face in a very pretentious manner.

"What's the matter?" the City Alliance asked subconsciously.

"That was a very noteworthy scene from the recruit competition..."

A smug smile appeared on Viola's face.

Let’s ignore for now how Miss Self-Propelled Artillery exaggerated her description of the series of incidents that occurred between her and Xia Shu during the championship battle of the recruit competition.

Let’s turn our attention back to Xia Shu and see what happened.

403. Mystery of the Two Rivers

Earlier, we took a look around the entire oil field battlefield from a God's perspective, and everyone must have discovered one thing -

No force on either side has even the slightest connection with the hidden team on the two rivers side.

This is strange.

The most likely ones to send out a team to cause trouble here are none other than our own forces—

——Iron Zone, Sea Zone, Eagle Zone.

If it’s not one of these three, could it be the local rookies from Dongmeng’s Four Idiots?

Not to mention that their combat forces in the occupied areas have been completely lost, the war zone itself has become a pretty widow who is bullied by everyone.

——Even if they want to cause trouble, with their hard power, are they qualified to maintain their secrecy when being repeatedly monitored by Huaqu reconnaissance aircraft?

You have to know that the current situation of the local war zones in the large oil field areas is a completely contractual state.

The so-called contract status is the humiliating state in which a certain war zone is defeated by other war zones and signs a completely unequal treaty.

And it's the kind of contract where you sell yourself to help others count the money.

After the treaty is signed, all active soldiers in the war zone will be locked in their own combat reservation areas.

The size of the reserved area cannot exceed the self-defense area per person per ten square meters.

It is equivalent to the entire war zone being captured, and the victorious side provides them with food.

Before the contract expires, they are not eligible to initiate war in other war zones.

Otherwise, the contract war zone will lose the legitimacy of the military from the General Council.

How dare these few contract war zones provoke the Flower District's defense line and intensify the friction on the front lines of the two rivers?

I'm afraid that after the parliament's protection power expires, Huaqu will snatch their military flags and scatter their ashes.

As for these local bastards from the big oil fields, they are just good citizens who serve as guides for the older sisters.

Asking them to rebel now? Even if they were given ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare.

So back to the question -

Which side does this secret team that is causing trouble in the Two Rivers belong to?

This problem has troubled the Hua District Staff Headquarters for a long time.

Although the frontline combat troops including the Red Dragon Squadron have tried their best to search, the results are still not optimistic.

The battle line between the two rivers was too long, and they couldn't find the enemy's traces so easily.

The weather was a little chilly and a shower had just fallen.

The temperature is around 12 to 15 degrees Celsius.

The loss of water and soil carried away most of the traces on the river bank, which was also an important reason why they could not track the enemy.

Even God is helping them.

Xia Shu felt around a small puddle on the ground, then picked up a handful of moist sand and spread it out in his palm. Without looking back, he said, "It's been a long time. These are old marks."

Qingxian behind her sighed and quickly reported to Doragon via the intercom, "Nothing has been found here yet."

After a while, Doragon replied, "I see."

Qingxian put down the walkie-talkie and looked forward along the river bank.

The river water mixed with a large amount of yellow sand appears extremely turbid. The river channel in the flood season is dozens of meters wider than in the dry season. It is surging and looks very spectacular.

Xia Shu stood up, pointed to the upper reaches of the river, and said, "Let's go to that place again to have a look. We may find something."

Qingxian followed behind her and said hesitantly, "Any further ahead is not within our squadron's jurisdiction."

Xia Shu paused, said "I know," and then added, "But the other squadrons may not be able to find any trace of the enemy."

Qingxian thought about it and it made sense.

After all, the sooner they complete their mission, the sooner the alert in the Mesopotamian region will be lifted.

From a big picture perspective, it's best that Natsuki is willing to take more action.

Rush fell behind a little, and seeing Xia Shu and Qingxian continue to move forward, he followed them for a few more steps.

But she did not walk with them, but looked at the other side of the river from time to time.

This is the task Xia Shu gave her—

The so-called observer is someone who must provide cover for the sniper at any time.

Any time.

——Jun Xingcao’s dynamic vision is undoubtedly the best in the squadron, and this has been recognized by most people.

So when Xia Shu finally decided on Juncus as his observer, there was no objection.

Even if they did, they probably kept their emotions buried in their hearts.

What Rush needs to do is to make as few mistakes as possible, do his task to the best of his ability, and avoid gossip from others.

——This is also the strategy she always uses to protect herself.

Xia Shu is now more reassured about Juncus.

With her watching over the other side of the river, there's a high probability that we won't have to worry about the strange sniper we saw last time.

Speaking of the sniper, she has seen him several times in the past few days.

Every time it's inexplicable movements, and inexplicable appearance and disappearance.

She completely couldn't understand the other person's thoughts and ideas.

But after getting used to it, I don’t feel it’s a threat anymore.

After all, there was such a wide river between us, and I was constantly moving, so there was no way the other party could kill me with one shot.

So the best way to deal with it is to ignore it.

Xia Shu walked to another puddle, squatted down and observed for a few seconds.

Qingxian also looked down, but couldn't see anything, so he simply asked, "Is it the enemy's trace?"

"No." Xia Shu stood up decisively and replied, "They are animal tracks, probably crocodiles."

Qingxian nodded, not too surprised.

They had seen crocodiles once or twice by the river, but these carnivores seemed very smart and knew that the girl with a gun was not to be trifled with and was not a tool.

So they always run away when they see people, and there has never been any record of them attacking humans.

However, Qingxian was very curious about how Xia Shu identified these traces.

She thought her observations were very detailed, but compared to Xia Shu, she was like a kindergarten kid who couldn't even tell the difference between humans and animals.

"What do you think of the other party's situation and how strong is their combat capability?" Qingxian pondered and asked Xia Shu.

Xia Shu thought for a moment and quickly replied, "I estimate it's a small team, no more than five people. Otherwise, their concealment would be a big problem. As for their combat effectiveness, that's hard to say."

"Why?" Qingxian asked.

"Don't you find it strange?" Xia Shu turned around, looked at Qingxian, and said, "It's been half a month, and this team is still in Lianghe. With the air and ground completely blocked, how did they get supplies?

"To facilitate operations, the covert team certainly won't have a lot of supplies. Without supplies for a long time, their combat effectiveness will naturally decline.

"—But without supplies, how can they last for half a month?"

404. How to play Modern Warfare as a fantasy magic game

The question asked by Xia Shu made Qingxian slightly moved.

She thought about it, then immediately realized what was happening and said, "Yeah...where did they get supplies for the past half month?"

When it comes to so-called war, military strength is never the most important thing.

When the difference in technical levels is not too big, the battle is always about supply and damage prevention.

Soldiers fighting on the front lines consume a lot of energy. They are not like college students who stay in their dorms playing games during holidays and sometimes can survive on a single meal of instant noodles.

Those frontline soldiers in the high-intensity battlefields run and jump all day long. If they don’t eat several large bowls of food at a time, who would have the energy to lift a gun?

Although some frontline combatants have undergone special starvation training, they can maintain maximum combat effectiveness by eating small amounts of food for a short period of time.

But please note – that’s short term.

Two or three days is fine. Going without food for half a month and still expecting to maintain extremely high combat effectiveness? Sorry, humans can't do that.

So a team without supplies is never a threat.

Recall what happened to the Dragon and Phoenix Special Squad in the southern desert.

After the enemy cut off their water supply and they failed to get supplies in time, the combat effectiveness of the entire team instantly dropped a level.

And within a dozen hours, they were forced to evacuate the main battlefield.

What's the reason? It's because the human body simply can't sustain them fighting for more than ten hours without food or water.

This principle makes sense everywhere.

This unknown group before them seemed to pose a significant risk of instability to the Flower District's defenses along the Two Rivers. However, as long as the Flower District secured a blockade of enemy supplies, they would be forced to retreat from the Two Rivers in disgrace.

There is no need even for a siege.

But strange things happened.

Although the blockade of the enemy in the air and on the ground had been completed, the enemy had hidden under their noses for nearly half a month.

This is not scientific at all.

You have to know that the energy supply needed by every fully armed soldier in a day cannot be achieved by one or two compressed biscuits.

It is impossible for them to lurk while doing things like in wilderness survival shows - secretly hunting and eating some wild game, and then they can lurk for more than ten days without being discovered.

The issue of drinking water can be put aside for now, after all, they are near the Tamsui River.

However, food replenishment must be carried out at least every two to three days, and the quantity cannot be too small.

The Flower District has never received any reports of food theft, so the possibility of stealing supplies like Smiley Face can be ruled out.

So where did they get their supplies from?

So mysterious.

Qingxian thought for a long time but still couldn't come up with a definite answer.

But there is no doubt that they must have a way to obtain supplies continuously.

"Do you think it's possible that they already prepared a place to hide the supplies in Lianghe?" she asked Xia Shu.

Xia Shu stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then replied, "It's possible. We can start from this aspect and try to think about it."