Girls und War

Qingxian frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't come up with an answer.

"Give me a hint?" She winked at Xia Shu.

"Unless the supplies are in the river."

Qingxian was stunned and didn't understand what Xia Shu was saying for a moment.

But after a moment, she suddenly realized something and blurted out, "The supplies are flowing down the river! If they don't capture them now, they will flow downstream!"

Xia Shu nodded and added with a smile, "And they can't let the supplies flow to the port. Otherwise, once we capture the supplies in the river, everything will be clear.

"That's why they chose to appear in front of us during the day, even at the risk of being discovered."

Xia Shu's reasoning was very reasonable. The previous speculation about setting up a supply point near the river bank was probably much more likely.

At the same time, Xia Shu continued to reason and dug out more details.

"We can assume they used some kind of flotation equipment upstream to pack up their supplies, then secretly placed them in the river, waiting for them to float downstream.

"Then, when the supplies reached this section of the river, their teammates who were better swimmers would retrieve them from the middle of the river," Xia Shu continued. "As for why the supplies appeared during the day, perhaps something unexpected happened along the way—like getting caught on a branch or getting tangled up in some waterweed. As a result, the supplies that were supposed to arrive at night appeared during the day! That's why they had to take the risk of fetching them during the day."

Qingxian nodded in agreement, but also raised another question:

"Then how can they ensure that we won't suspect that the floating objects are their supplies? Also, once the supplies arrive, how will they find their location?"

"That's an easier solution," Xia Shu said with a smile. "As long as we put some camouflage on the parts above the water—like fake crocodile shells or driftwood—we'll naturally ignore these objects on the water. After all, no one would swim out to the middle of the river to catch crocodiles or pick up wood, right?

"And to locate the supply, we just need to install a positioning device inside and give the combatants here a receiver. Don't drones use such devices for positioning? They're cheap and easy to use."

There was no need to elaborate further. Natsuki's deductions matched everything they knew so far.

If the other party really transports supplies through the river, there is naturally no need to open up supply routes by air and ground.

Without a supply point, they could even move freely back and forth between the two banks of the river, easily escaping the search in the flower area.

Although Xia Shu has no evidence to prove the correctness of this inference, but they are fighting a war, not playing a detective game!

If we suspect there's an enemy supply point upstream, we should just blockade it. Could there be a judge here to make irresponsible remarks?

After having a clear target, Xia Shu immediately took out the map and put it on the ground to study it.

"Where are the sources of the two rivers? Who controls the area?" Xia Shu asked subconsciously.

"The source of the Dongsi River is in the mountains of the Earth District, and a large part of it is now under the control of the Sea District." Qingxian replied immediately.

"No... it's not the sea area..." Xia Shu's fingers traced along the upper reaches of the two rivers, then southeast of the large oil field area, tapping closer to the Small Inland Sea. He muttered, "It's not the sea area... it's another war zone here."

Qingxian was shocked and immediately thought of a possibility.

"You mean..."

Xia Shu raised his head and glanced at her, then said, "Don't think too much, just go and see for yourself."

As he said this, he called out to Doragon and shouted:

"Captain! I have something to report to you!"

"What's going on?" Doragon asked.

"Important news! Important news about where we're going!"

Natsuki said, unable to help but laugh.

414. The season rewards are almost settled, but I still haven’t earned any points. It’s really frustrating.

The two rivers originate from the Tuqu Mountains and rise from large snow-capped mountains.

The entire Tuqu controlled area is basically mountainous, and its geographical environment is not much better than the Langqu plateau. The mountain range spans two continents and is surrounded by the sea on three sides.

The Inner Sea, the Dark Sea and the Small Inland Sea, while the three-sided maritime traffic brings convenience to transportation, it also forces the local area to face invasions from naval fleets from various parties.

The Inner Central Sea in the west is directly connected to the European continent, and the Dark Sea in the north is adjacent to several powerful war zones. As for the Small Inner Sea, there is no need to mention it.

The snow area can even reach the central area of ​​the large oil field through the small inland sea and forcibly invade the Mesopotamian Plain.

So in every sense, the geographical location of Mesopotamia is the worst.

As the birthplace of civilization and a storage area for oil fields, it has no natural barriers in the geographical sense.

Whenever a major war breaks out in the area of ​​the large oil fields, the two rivers are the places most vulnerable to invasion from multiple parties.

Just like this big oil field war.

As for its source, the Tuqu Mountains, there is not much to say.

When the sea area first started to attack the large oil fields, the first to be dealt with were the earth areas.

And now, the Red Dragon Squadron is going to the source of the two rivers.

After Doragon reported their discovery to the headquarters, it immediately attracted the attention of the staff.

What they are facing now is no longer the problem of harassing the troops.

But the source of the two rivers, is there a possibility of an attack from other war zones?

Although the Earth District's mountains are now nominally under the control of the Sea District, the Sea District does not actually put too much energy into the mountains.

The vast mountain range here is difficult to attack but easy to defend. As long as a few simple defense points are set up, the entire mountain range can be taken into control.

The Flower District had previously considered whether to bypass the two river defense lines from the Earth District mountains and attack the rear of the Sea District.

The final conclusion was that the cost of doing so was too high and the benefits were too small, and it was far less satisfying than attacking Kurt directly.

However, the sea area’s control over the entire mountain range is actually not that high.

To them, the value of this barren mountainous area is far less than the oil-rich area in the middle of the large oil field and the numerous oil extraction points surrounding the Inland Sea.

Therefore, even if someone wants to attack the mountains, the sea area will not put up much defensive resistance.

Relatively speaking, the Flower District might be more worried about the safety of the mountains.

Therefore, when the Red Dragon Squadron applied to explore the source of the two rivers, the headquarters agreed very readily.

Although they could also directly drag nets across the river, blocking the river supply to the two rivers, thereby cutting off the support of the secret team.

But doing so does not fundamentally solve the problem.

The most important thing now is to find out the situation on the other side of the mountains so that they can be adequately prepared.

Even if the Red Dragon Squadron did not apply, the headquarters would still send other teams to conduct reconnaissance in the mountains.

And will Doragon allow other teams to interfere in this matter?

Does she look like someone who would give away the rabbits she raised herself to other people to eat?

Now was the final moment to claim their mission rewards. As long as they could truly complete this mission beautifully, they would definitely receive credit.

However, the combat power of the Red Dragon Squadron alone seems to be a bit tight.

So the headquarters once again arranged for the Phoenix Squadron and the Red Dragon Squadron to act together, and also sent an armed helicopter team to follow them.

Doragon had no objection to this arrangement.

After all, Phoenix Squadron is their sister squadron, and they have been cooperating with them for a long time in this large oil field operation.

They eat meat, but they don’t allow their sisters to drink soup?

The air fire support provided by the armed helicopters has further improved their combat effectiveness.

If Doragon is unwilling to take on the mission even in this situation, then he would be in vain as the captain.

There is only about a week left before the final duty period. This is the last time to get military merits, so they must seize it.

Otherwise, they will have to face a two-month adjustment period plus one month of New Year's holiday.

That night, a transport convoy quietly left the mountains near Lang District and quickly drove towards the source of the two rivers without alerting anyone.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will sneak into the mountains secretly and conduct a full-scale reconnaissance operation on the mountains under the nose of the sea area.

As for the unknown secret team lurking in the two rivers, let them be.

The best option now is to leave them alone so as not to alert the enemy.

But what is not clear here is that on the other side of the river, there is also a girl who has secretly left the iron zone's defense area.

Lilith saw clearly the exchange of fire on the river that day.

After observing the clash between the Flower District and an unknown force, she also began to doubt the source of the two rivers.

So after some secret ritual of divination, she asked for instructions from her immediate superior and then headed to the mountains at the source of the two rivers.

There is one more thing worth mentioning at the same time.

That is now, it is not just the flower district that is about to be handed over to the battlefield.

All other war zones will take over at this time point.

So at this time, most of the teams in the battle zone started the final battle to compete for points.

The Sea Area and Eagle Area are also included.

During this period, the two war zones have been in a peaceful state.

After the sea area struggled to take over the gold area and the Grand Canal, the areas under the control of the sea area were finally connected.

With the Inner Sea at their backs and the invincible Royal Fleet, they finally no longer have to worry about the huge threat posed by the Eagle District in the Sargasso Sea.

In fact, the Eagle District is not unwilling to find a way to control the Grand Canal. This canal connecting the north and south seas is undoubtedly a more important strategic point than Kote.

But the difficulty of taking it and the subsequent difficulty of defending it are both unacceptable to the current Eagle District.

Looking back more than a month ago, when the Southern Desert was just swallowed up by the Eagle District, how much pressure did the Flower District put on them?

The Holy Kirin aircraft carrier battle group is eyeing the Maomao Bay covetously, and the Royal Fleet in the sea area has been stationed in the Inner Sea for a long time.

If the Eagle Zone shows any signs of weakness, attacks from both sides will come simultaneously.

Therefore, they cannot and dare not adopt overly risky combat strategies.

But it is different now.

A three-way confrontation has already taken shape.

If the Eagle District attacks the Sea District at this time, the pressure from the Flower District will be much smaller.

So after careful consideration, the Eagle District chose a two-pronged attack on the Grand Canal, led by the Southern Desert Army and assisted by the Algae Sea Fleet.

Of course, the sea area will not sit idly by.

They maintained a solid defense and set up numerous positions around the Grand Canal without panicking at all.

The artillery fire continued, and it seemed that the fighting would continue until the time came for both sides to change shifts.

415.the：xiashu㏄TSD

The rumbling sound of cannons echoed in the air like thunder.

The ground shook from time to time, as if some giant creature was running on the earth, bringing extremely shocking rhythm and shaking.

The rock fragments trembled and dust fell.

Elena took a deep breath, tightened her fingers, and gripped the stone protrusion in front of her.

Then he freed one hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

She rested for a moment and looked up.

The top of the distant cliff formed a black and white boundary with the pale sky. The fallen stone chips and dust made her blink nervously.

"What's wrong, new recruit? Are you not able to do it anymore?" A girl's voice teased beside me. "If you can't do it, just quit. There's no shame in that."

Elena turned her head and saw an old sergeant who was participating in the sniper selection. He gave her a contemptuous smile and then climbed up from the crevice in the rock in a few seconds.

Leaving Elena with an arrogant back.

Elena didn't talk back, but expressed her thoughts with actions.

She reached out, grabbed the rock protrusion in front of her, and shook it twice.

After making sure the stone would not loosen, she used her hands and feet to climb up the rock wall.