<h4>Chapter 915: An alliance of five powerhouses</h4>
Everyone knew that Wang Yun had an excellent memory. But Ji Zi’ang was a little confused. “Normally, such structural drawings are an esoteric subject, so how did youe to learn all this? It has nothing to do with your previous job scope.”
Wang Yun exined to everyone, “When I realized I had a photographic memory, I deliberately spent some time reading in the library. I’ve been to public and military libraries. This way, I don’t have to flip through books when I need the information. I can just retrieve it from my mind.”
Then Wang Yun drew a series of three-dimensional structural designs, such as foxholes, trenches, and other structures from his memory. These would then be used for Ji Zi’ang’s reference.
Wang Yun said, “There will definitely be some differences between the drawings and what is actually built. But with Ji Zi’ang’s power, they can be adjusted ordingly after they’re built, so it’s not a big problem.”
After The Cataclysm, 3D printing technology had been lost. Although some organizations wanted to redevelop this technology, it still only existed in legend.
Ji Zi’ang was just like a 3D printer now, but he could only print out something if he had the design sketches.
Meanwhile, P5092 and Wang Yun happened to be able toplement each other andplete the drawings.
The defensive position that usually required thousands of people to work for three days to build only took one day to finish under Ji Zi’ang’s lead. Ji Zi’ang was in charge of altering thendform’s foundation while the rest of the soldiers finished building the instations. This was because Ji Zi’ang’s mental strength was limited, so he had to take a half-hour’s rest every now and then.
When therge andplex defensive position waspleted, everyone found it very difficult to believe that it was built in only one day. Furthermore, this was definitely not a makeshift defensive position. In the past, suchplex structures would probably have taken half a month to construct.
When Ji Zi’ang saw everyone looking at him enviously, he chuckled, “When the world bes peaceful again, I’ll be a contractor and build houses for everyone.”
Zhang Xiaoman’s eyes lit up. “That’s a good idea.”
However, P5092 said with a sigh, “I wonder when peace wille again. We don’t even know if we’ll get to witness it.”
“We definitely will,” Ji Zi’ang said firmly.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu looked at P5092. “Now that the defensive position has been built, can you tell us your ns? Although this defensive position looks really sturdy, the barbarians won’t being here, right?”
P5092 brought over a map and spread it out on the ground. “If they don’te, we’ll make theme. Look here. We’re located diagonally behind the expeditionary army. It’s not only us Central ins people who know how to build a supply line. As the expeditionary army advances southwards en masse, they’ll need to have a supply line as well. I’ve marked three routes in red on the map. They’ll surely use one of them to transport their supplies.”
“Where we’re situated right now, we can get to that farthest route within two hours. After we’re done plundering their supplies, we can still beat a hasty retreat back here,” P5092 said.
Ren Xiaosu figured out something. “Are you thinking of disrupting their lifeline at the rear so that they’ll be forced toe and attack Mt. Zuoyun?”
“Yes,” P5092 said, “we’ve already seen how the Wang Consortium has had a hard time dealing with the barbarians on the main battlefield at Mt. Daniu. But if there were another group supporting them and harassing the expeditionary army at that time, they would have had a chance of winning. In a war, both sides will sometimes have topete in troop numbers when battling each other. But when both sides are evenly matched, you have to create an opportunity for the enemy to trip up. It’s very difficult to make mistakes on the main battlefield, so only by pushing them to adjust their formation and to constantly make more decisions will such an opportunity suddenly arise.”
Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Are you confident of robbing the expeditionary army’s supplies? What if there’s a lot of barbarians escorting the supply convoy?”
They had framed a good scenario whereby robbing the expeditionary army’s supplies would cause the barbarians a headache. But there was also another scenario where they might not even have enough troops to go up against the expeditionary army’s transportation corps.
This was a very strong possibility. That was because the barbarians were physically stronger. In a situation where there was no defensive position to help the Northwest’s army, the barbarians might be able to wipe out 3,000 Central ins troops with just a 1,000 of their men.
P5092 looked at Ren Xiaosu and said seriously, “That’ll require you and Ms. Xiaojin to lead a team in. If it weren’t on the presumption that you two would be leading the team, I wouldn’t have drafted a battle n like this. With your abilities, even if you can’t wipe out the supply column, you can still retreat unscathed after destroying some of their supplies and harassing them. The two of you only need to concentrate on harassing them, and I believe you can do fine.”
Realization dawned on Ren Xiaosu. So it turned out P5092’s idea was to make use of his and Yang Xiaojin’sbat capabilities.
P5092 said, “Actually, you two are the most important part of this n. Once you’ve harassed the expeditionary army enough, they’ll feel like something is nipping at them.”
This was akin to discovering a venomous and hairy spider at home, but that was not the scariest thing. What was most terrifying was that you realized it had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin would vanish after robbing the barbarians’ supplies sessfully, the expeditionary army would start scratching their heads and wonder what happened.
Previously, Yang Xiaojin said to P5092, “Since you like to use decoys, and Ren Xiaosu likes being the bait, you twoplement each other well.”
And now, P5092 had really started using Ren Xiaosu as bait. However, this was bait that could kill.
P5092 continued, “Surely I don’t have to exin any further how important a supply line is to all troops. So they’ll definitelye to Mt. Zuoyun to encircle us. When the timees, we’ll be in for a tough battle. In the bigger picture, the 6th Combat Brigade doesn’t have that many troops, but what if we’re fighting a positional defensive battle? In a defensive battle, it’s possible for one soldier to kill ten enemies. In war, we should always think of ways to put ourselves in an advantageous situation.”
Once they upied the advantageous terrain, the barbarians were nothing to be afraid of. Moreover, with Ji Zi’ang around, his power could really be quite terrifying in such a mountainous area.
Just imagine that as the barbarian troops marched down a mountain path, piles of boulders could suddenly fall from the mountains. This was a power that wasparable to heavy machine guns.
“Alright then,” Ren Xiaosu said, “I agree with your n. But if we’re attacking their supply column, I suggest that Yang Xiaojin and I act alone. It’ll be a little troublesome if we have to bring the others along.”
It was obvious the futuremander saw everyone as a burden. However, they pretended they did not hear it. After all, their futuremander was fully qualified to say that.
However, P5092 disagreed, “You have to bring some people with you. If there’s only the two of you, the expeditionary army won’t care to encircle Mt. Zuoyun. The barbarians will onlye if you take at least onepany with you. I want you to bring them along not because they can help you with anything, but to make the barbarians know there’s a group of soldiers hidden in Mt. Zuoyun!”
“So that’s what you mean.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Then who’ll go with me? We don’t have any special forces like the Pyro Company has, so our mobility is a little bad.”
Zhang Xiaoman chuckled, “Future Commander, let me lead the Iron First Company of the 2nd Regiment and go with you. Those rascals might not be good at waging war, but they can run faster than anyone else.”