As for giving up the advance and taking a detour, that was even more impossible, not to mention how much effort it would take to take a detour. Savile guessed that the rebels might have set up an ambush on the detour route.

Even if there was no ambush, there might be someone guarding there. Savile didn't think that the person who used this method would forget about the other road.

Of course, it is also possible that there is no one there at all, and that road was left for them to pass through, but this is even more terrifying, because it means that even if the coalition forces succeed in taking a detour, there may still be someone waiting for them behind.

After thinking of this possibility, Savile called the officers to a meeting. After explaining the situation to the officers, Savile asked them to think of a solution. His wisdom was limited, but there were many officers, and many of them had fought in wars, so they should be able to come up with a good solution.

But the officers were not as smart as Savile thought. After hearing about the situation encountered by the coalition forces, they fell into deep thought and finally concluded that there was no good solution at all.

Because what the rebels used was not a conspiracy at all, but a naked open conspiracy.

In this situation, the coalition forces had no choice but to either find all the mines at the cost of human lives, or stop advancing and retreat directly from here.

Some officers also suggested using firepower to directly bomb the woods. They didn't believe that the mines would not explode under the bombardment of explosives?

But the forest is so big that even if they used up all their explosives, they might not be able to blow up all of it.

After discussing for a long time, Savile found that there was no good solution at all. Unless they had X-ray vision, they would not be able to find the mines hidden in the woods.

Finally, it was an officer's words that reminded Savile and others. The officer made it very clear that it was impossible for the rebels to have enough mines to cover the entire forest.

There are no mines in most places in the woods, but they just don't know where these places are?

So the solution is very simple. Let the vanguard continue to explore the way, and the coalition forces can supervise the battle from behind. Even if there are sacrifices, they are within the range they can bear.

Chapter 115 Energy Bars

Savile and other officers thought that what this man said was right and that this method was the best solution at the moment.

It was impossible to get through the woods safely. We had no idea how many mines the rebels had buried in the woods, or how many rebels were hiding in the woods. The only way to get through the woods was to sacrifice lives.

In fact, Savile didn't want to use this method. After all, too many soldiers were sacrificed and he couldn't explain to Ursus.

Although the nobles of Ursus would not care even if many civilians died, Ursus was already in turmoil, with rebels everywhere. If the coalition suffered too much loss this time, he was worried that Ursus would no longer have any dignity among the people.

As an official, he knew very well that if the pressure from Ursus disappeared, the impact would be extremely great.

When the people no longer trust the country, the country is basically not far from destruction.

This is how the Empire of the Hippogriff disappeared a thousand years ago, so it was overthrown by Ursus. He doesn't want Ursus to repeat the mistakes of the Empire of the Hippogriff.

However, other officers did not think so much about it. In their eyes, it didn't matter how many low-level soldiers died, because Ursus was never short of people anyway.

There was nothing Savile could do about this. Although he was the commander-in-chief, these officers were all backed by nobles. His orders were useful to the soldiers but not to these officers. Now Savile could only hope that the coalition forces would not sacrifice too many people.

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In the woods, the vanguard team consisting of pickets and bandits were ordered to explore the way. Although they didn't want to, the guns of the soldiers behind them told them that they would die if they didn't explore the way.

There was nothing these people could do about this. At least if they explored the way, they wouldn't die so quickly, but if they didn't explore the way, they would die immediately.

The People's Liberation Army waited until these people got close to the landmines and then detonated them directly. The People's Liberation Army had no mercy on these people. They were very familiar with the style of the pickets and bandits, especially those outside the city.

The patrol teams and bandits were capable of committing all sorts of evil. The People's Liberation Army wished that they would die soon and be reborn.

As mines were detonated from time to time, the vanguard team's casualties were increasing at an increasingly rapid rate.

The soldiers in the rear did not press the vanguard too hard at this time. After all, if all these people died, they would have to explore the way forward.

So the soldiers in the rear dispersed the vanguard, so that at least fewer people would die.

However, even so, the vanguard suffered heavy casualties, but their deaths were not in vain, as there were no mines in many places in the woods.

While looking at the intelligence, Hellagur was thinking about what to do next. The coalition forces seemed determined to fight them head-on through the woods, but Hellagur would not let them do so.

The People's Liberation Army has no advantage in a head-on battle. Although its weapons are advanced, its numbers are too small, and it is difficult to win in a head-on confrontation.

But there is no need to worry in the woods. With advanced weapons and guerrilla tactics provided by Su Xing, it will be no problem to delay the coalition forces here.

Moreover, Helag received news from Su Xing that a new type of weapon was being manufactured. As long as it was successful, the People's Liberation Army would have the possibility of attacking Ursus. Even if the number of the People's Liberation Army was small, with this weapon it would not be a problem.

Herag was also wondering what kind of weapon was so powerful? After all, in terms of weapon power, RPG and mortars were already quite powerful. However, although these weapons were powerful, their production was very small, and the shells were very expensive, so it was simply not realistic to use them in large quantities.

After knowing the price of a shell, Hellagur was very cautious when using these weapons because the shells were too expensive.

Helag finally understood what Su Xing meant by "a cannon blast will bring a ton of gold".

Although I don't know why Su Xing is used to calling red gold "gold", the meaning is the same.

Although Chernobog has been trying its best to produce artillery shells, the output is still too low. After all, Chernobog is still a bit small, and the military factories in the city do not only produce one kind of weapon, other weapons also need to be manufactured.

For example, rifle bullets, sniper bullets, and mines.

In addition to these, the remaining factories are also needed to produce food and daily necessities. It is impossible to convert all the factories into military factories.

Helag also knew that although artillery shells were important, they were still far inferior to food. Artillery shells could be neglected, but food could not.

We can fight on even if we don't have shells, but we can't do that without food.

Herag looked at the weather. It was already noon and it was time to eat.

Soon, the cooks began to dig a smokeless stove and then started cooking. Herag looked at the smokeless stove with joy on his face. This method of smokeless stove was provided by Su Xing, which can make a fire without being discovered by the enemy due to the smoke produced by burning.

However, this method works well on flat ground, but it is more difficult in places like snowfields.

It’s not that it’s difficult to make a fire, but the snowfield is all frozen soil, so it’s quite difficult to dig a hole.

However, it is not difficult for the People's Liberation Army, because there are some warlocks in the army who can use Originium skills. It is very easy to dig a pit with the help of these people.

After making a fire, it’s time to cook. The food variety provided by Chernobog is not rich. Apart from the bandit sweet potatoes and mushrooms, the rest are some energy bars.

There was very little meat. Currently, there were not many meat animals raised in Chernobyl, and the output was relatively low. Each soldier only received a small piece.

However, these foods are already very good for the People's Liberation Army. Basically, those who join the People's Liberation Army are from the lower class. In the past, people like them had problems getting enough to eat, let alone meat. After joining the People's Liberation Army, they can eat so well, and they are already very satisfied.

The PLA’s favorite food is energy bars because they contain sugar.

The sugar production in Chernobyl has just started, so Su Xing added some sugar when making energy bars. Sugar is very important. It can provide a lot of calories for the People's Liberation Army in low temperature weather. The calories generated by taking sugar are higher than those from food.

Because they are used to supplement a large amount of calories, a lot of sugar is added to the energy bars. Su Xing also ate one when it was produced. It can only be said that it was too sweet. Anyway, Su Xing was not used to it.

However, for Ursus and others living in the snowfields, this energy bar is their favorite. Even Herag praised it after taking it.

After all, in the snow, calories are the energy the human body needs most, and sugar is the fastest way to replenish calories. The sweetness of sugar itself makes people feel happy, so energy bars are very popular among the People's Liberation Army.

However, the production of energy bars was limited, so the People's Liberation Army took a bite and put it away. After all, it was a rare item, and the quota was only one bar every three days.

Chapter 116 The Situation of the Infected

After the meal, some PLA soldiers replaced the PLA soldiers in the woods, after all, they had not eaten yet.

The forest now has lost its previous beautiful snow-white beauty. Thick smoke is everywhere, and large pits have been blown out of the land due to the explosion of landmines. Many trees have also been blown down by landmines, becoming obstacles to the advance of the coalition forces.

More than half of the vanguard team composed of patrol teams and bandits have died. Now these people are regretting very much. Why did they come here?

Everyone wanted to go back to the past and give their former self a slap in the face. If they had not come here, they could still live freely, but after coming here they realized how terrible war was. People like them who could only bully ordinary people were just cannon fodder when they came here.

Although they regretted it, they did not dare to run. After all, the soldiers were right behind them with weapons pointed at them. Anyone who dared to run would have died.

Following Savile's order, the coalition forces advanced much faster. Although the threat of landmines was considerable, the coalition forces had nothing to fear as long as they were ruthless, because they had enough numbers and did not have to worry even if tens or hundreds of thousands of people were sacrificed.

Although there may be some complaints from below, the officers are able to suppress the voices of the lower classes, and even if that doesn’t work they can just take direct action.

Don't think too highly of the Ursus army. Well-disciplined armies are rare. Most of them are scarier than bandits, and their exploitation of the people is no worse than that of the nobles.

The reason they were able to form a coalition to attack the People's Liberation Army this time was only because the People's Liberation Army was not on the same side as them, and the weapons of the People's Liberation Army made the nobles and officers feel threatened, so they formed a coalition to destroy the People's Liberation Army.

In addition to eradicating these dangerous elements in the PLA, another goal is to obtain information on the weapons in the hands of the PLA.

No matter they are emperors, nobles or military officers, although their thoughts are from the feudal era, they are not stupid. There are few stupid people who can become leaders.

They can certainly see how the weapons in the hands of the People's Liberation Army will change the course of the war. To put it bluntly, these weapons will even change the course of the war.

After studying the weapons obtained from Chernobyl, the emperor and the nobles quickly decided to obtain the information on how to make the weapons at all costs.

However, precisely because of the research on these weapons, the emperor and the nobles knew that it would cost a huge price to capture Chernobyl. After all, they didn't know whether Chernobyl had developed more powerful weapons.

However, the emperor, the nobles and others had no intention of stopping the attack, because if Chernobog was given enough time to develop, Ursus would have no choice but to sit back and wait for death.

How could a group with such a powerful armed force be willing to hide in the snowfield? If the leader there is strong enough and ambitious, he will definitely attack Ursus.

As emperors and nobles, they knew clearly how tempting power was to people.

They don't believe that someone who possesses such powerful power would not be interested in Ursus?

Put yourself in their shoes. If the emperor, nobles and others were in the shoes of the person who invented this weapon, they would not stay quietly in the snowfield. They would definitely find ways to develop their own power and then attack Ursus.

It's no wonder they think so, because the country of Ursus is famous for war. Whether it is the army or the internal security, it represents that Ursus is a military power.

Especially when the late emperor was alive, Ursus took the initiative to launch many wars. Whether it was attacking Gaul, Casimir, or the East, Ursus had fought countless wars.

If the previous emperor had not passed away, Ursus would certainly have launched a war against other countries.

After all, the development of the country of Ursus is maintained by constantly launching wars, and the dividends brought by winning the war have made Ursus an industrial power.

Unfortunately, this kind of development is abnormal. If you want to develop, you have to keep on fighting. If the war stops or fails, the country's development will stagnate.

Ursus obviously could not escape this law. Since the defeat in the war with the East Country, the development of Ursus has stopped. In addition, the previous emperor passed away, and the new emperor did not have enough prestige after he ascended the throne. The contradictions within Ursus broke out all at once.

If it weren't for the infected people, a group that took the blame, the people of Ursus would have rebelled everywhere by now.

However, even if the infected people bear the contradictions, the class contradictions within Ursus are still becoming more and more serious. It can be seen from the fact that there are rebels everywhere that the situation in Ursus is no longer optimistic.

However, in the eyes of the nobles, these conflicts are not difficult to resolve at all. All they have to do is blame everything on the infected.

There are bandits rampant everywhere in Ursus, they are the work of the infected. There are rebels revolting everywhere, they are the work of the infected. Many people have starved to death due to heavy taxes, they are the work of the infected. If the empire had not sent troops to suppress the infected, how could it have collected such heavy taxes?

In short, everything was done by the infected. The poor life of the people of Ursus is due to the infected, and has nothing to do with the emperor and the nobles.

The nobles of Ursus have completely controlled the channels of communication. It is impossible for ordinary people to know the real situation. Even if someone knows it, they cannot tell it, because if they do so, the body of this person will appear in a dark alley the next day.

The nobles will not be polite to ordinary people who know the truth. Human life is worthless in their eyes, and murder is too common.

Even if they managed to escape, they could not appear in public, because they would be hunted down if they were discovered.

Because of these reasons, the lower class people in Ursus only know about the country from the nobles, so in their eyes, they are so miserable because of the infected people, and now the Chernobyl rebels have to be added to the mix.

Because Ursus also captured a lot of people when it called up the coalition forces this time, and directly forced them to join the army, without giving them any chance to choose.

Ordinary people have no way to deal with Ursus's forced conscription. They cannot resist the Ursus army, so they can only obey and become part of the army.

As for resistance, the weapons in the hands of those soldiers were not for decoration. Anyone who dared to resist would be beaten directly, and many people were beaten to death.

Moreover, ordinary people who joined the coalition basically served as cannon fodder. After all, the nobles' army was much nobler than these peasants.

The officers did not think there was anything wrong with this. After all, the peasants would die if they died, and their lives were not as valuable as those of the nobles' direct troops.

Chapter 117 Joining the People's Liberation Army

For these officers, they would not feel sad no matter how many lower-class people died, but they would be sad if there were too many casualties among the nobles' army.

However, the current situation makes these officers a little worried, because the rebels hiding in the woods put them in a passive position.

There was no way to destroy the forest. Even if a large amount of manpower was spent on clearing the forest, it would only give the rebels an opportunity to attack.

Therefore, the coalition forces could only send a large number of troops into the woods, but it was unknown how long it would take for the vanguard to break through the woods.

As more and more troops entered the woods, the pressure on the People's Liberation Army began to increase.

After all, their numbers are still too small, and it is unrealistic to completely stop the coalition forces.

After learning about the situation, Helag ordered the People's Liberation Army to establish a stronghold while sending them into the woods to fight guerrilla warfare with the coalition forces.

Because the weapons in his hands were good enough and there was never a shortage of food, Herag was confident that he could hold the coalition forces back in the woods.

In addition to fighting, Hellagur also asked the People's Liberation Army to lure people from the coalition forces. After all, not everyone in the coalition forces could eat as much as the aristocratic army, and many people at the bottom were lucky to have one meal a day.

Moreover, the meal consisted of frozen potatoes and bread mixed with sawdust. After all, they were people from the lower class, and the nobles would not give them any good food.

After hearing the news, Herag came up with the idea of ​​luring them with food. After all, for these people, whoever can provide food is worthy of loyalty.

As for loyalty to Ursus and the fact that people of Ursus should not betray others, these things are just talk. Who will really abide by them?

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