Chapter 184 Bloody Victory

"Extreme lack of support for heavy weapons?" Li was stunned and then asked, "What does this mean?" Are my soldiers fighting with the enemy with a fire stick?

The young staff officer wanted to nod his head, and then told the consul, yes, except for those soldiers flying in the sky, most of your other soldiers are fighting against the enemy with fire sticks!

The laser rifle is a standard weapon for imperial soldiers. The biggest advantage of this weapon is that it can be mass-produced, easy to operate, easy to learn, easy to manufacture and carry ammunition, and its power is good. At least when the enemy is an ordinary person, the laser rifle can easily kill it.

But when the target is replaced by an alien monster, the situation becomes different. Monsters that can be killed with a bomber gun often need several shots with a laser rifle, or a volley.

At this time, what the sergeants need is not only individual light weapons, but also the support of heavy weapons.

"Your Excellency, at present, most of our soldiers rely on the laser rifles in their hands to fight against the enemy. The only heavy weapons in most of the legions is the machine guns in the hands of the heavy weapons team." The young staff officer bowed and said, "We are very short of heavy weapons."

"I remember that there should be heavy weapons in our warehouse that can equip 20 divisions. What about our petrified lizard self-propelled howitzers? What about the griffin running on its own? What about the Scorpion Lion missile launcher? What about the Medusa siege tank? What about the Hellhound Flame Tank? Didn't you say that we still have twelve Riemann Rus main battle tanks? Li fiercely patted the table and roared angrily: "Aren't these things all on the sequence list? Now there is a war, and you tell me that we lack heavy weapons, so where have these things gone? Have you eaten them all?

"Your Excellency," the young staff officer sighed and saluted, "With all due respect, in fact, those weapons are only on paper."

Li narrowed his eyes, stared at the young staff, and looked at the others in the room. Finally, he lowered his voice and asked the young counselor, "What's your name?"

"Shi Weiyin. Ness.

"So Shi Weiyin," Li gritted his teeth and said, "What do you mean by a weapon that only exists on paper?"

Although on the surface, Zhiyuanxing's armament has always been perfect and does not need to worry too much about it, in fact, our armament can no longer be described as relaxation, because conventional armaments almost no longer exist. The maintenance of weapons, especially heavy weapons, is a huge expense every year, and such expenses can be completely eliminated without a war for a long time. So in fact, what we have is not half of the heavy weapons we can use on paper. Heavy weapons have only been equipped with the lowest of the eight elite legions, and the rest of the legions are not equipped with heavy weapons according to the standard. In a small-scale war, this situation will not be too obvious, and in a war like this, this situation is highlighted. Under the cover of the lack of artillery and armor, the soldiers can only attack against the enemy's fire with flesh and blood. Shi Wei looked at the silent Li, hesitated for a moment, and then made up his mind and said, "And the person who made the situation worse is not the others. It's just you, Lord Li, the consul."

"Me?"

"Yes, after you took office, you vigorously developed heavy industry and commerce. At the same time, the center of manufacturing was placed in the space defense plan and the manufacture of space warships. Almost all the military's budget was tilted to the navy, and the army fell to the edge. In just ten years, two heavy battleships were launched. We now know that they are responsible for the defense mission of the Zhiyuan satellite casting world, and four formed warships are in the dock and are expected to be launched within five years. However, the army's ordnance orders were postponed to 30 years later. Shi Weiyin said sadly, "Your Excellency, it can't continue like this. The army can't be ignored, because no matter what kind of war it is, we have to rely on our army to win or lose. The soldiers are the foundation of the war. The soldiers of the army can no longer exchange their weak flesh and blood for victory. We need more More cannons, more tanks, more armor!"

Li painfully closed his eyes. He didn't expect that it was because of his own reasons in the end, but it was really the case. Of course, for historical reasons, Zhiyuanxing lacks complete armaments, but didn't he know all this for a long time? In the past ten years, Li has only walked slowly, and he has ignored the construction of the army.

Li Chang sighed, opened his eyes, looked at the casting world ambassador standing in the corner of the room, and asked, "Big engineer? How do you say about the Foundry World? Can you deliver the Army's equipment and weapons in advance?

"Of course, there is no problem," said the big engineer from the casting world: "As long as we can provide enough ore, our production line can be opened at any time, but as far as I know, you have not obtained new mineral sources, and our casting world naturally cannot be born out of nothing."

"In the dock, the two battleships should stop first." After thinking for a while, Li said, "Get out the weapons of our army first. We can't let the good boys defeat the enemy with flesh and blood. Moreover, this is only the beginning. On the autumn star, there are more cruel wars waiting for us. In front of the young men in the army, there should be armor and tanks, and in their bodies. After that, there will be artillery. We have to hit the enemy with firepower and shells. Before that, it was my mistake. I focused on the big project and the outer track defense, ignoring our soldiers, engineers, how long will it take for the casting world to complete the configuration of the army?

Unlike warships, the army's tanks and artillery are much simpler and faster. All relevant production lines have been opened, and we can equip an elite armored division in a month, and the speed can be further improved in half a year.

"So that's it. The construction of battleships casting the world is temporarily suspended, and resources are transferred to the production of army equipment. I want to see that the soldiers of the army can have enough heavy weapons to cover as soon as possible. In the war on the far star, we can crush them to death with a deep foundation and a steady stream of soldiers, but the war on the autumn star is not so simple. My soldiers must have armored troops.

"Do as you wish, Your Lord." The engineer bowed and said without delay, "But I would like to remind you that there are a total of four large ships under construction in the dock, two of which are under construction, Victory and Triumph. In addition, there are two large ships, Harvest and Fengsheng, which are also under construction. Do you also need to stop together?"

"No, the construction of these two ships can't be stopped," Li looked at the army staff in the room and explained: "These two ships are not battleships, but large resource collection ships. Once these two ships are put into use, we can collect them from the asteroid belt of the Zhiyuan Galaxy. With enough high-quality minerals, the mineral production will have a leap forward. Our casting world will get more resources, and the construction speed and quality of our ordnance will be improved. Let's go back to the current war situation. The war on Zhiyuan has caused us great losses, but there is nothing we can do. Our people have enjoyed peace for too long, and they are not prepared to face the war from body to mind. Now it is impossible to adapt to the war without paying any price. Yes. Fortunately, this war can't defeat us, but it can make us stronger and tougher. You should do a good job in the follow-up work of the dead soldiers. Each of them should be satisfied with their names, family members, and pension issues. How long can our enemy last?

"According to the current progress, it will take three months to tighten the noso, and after three months, the orcs will be completely restricted. We will win the final victory."

"Okay, I hope you can win faster, because we have more than one battlefield. Now let's talk about the headache. How is the battle on the Autumn Star?

The Chief of General Staff knocked on the wall with a baton, and a new military map slowly unfolded on the wall.

"Contrary to the battle situation on Zhiyuan Star, the situation of our army on the Autumn Star can only be described as 'very bad'." The Chief of General Staff explained, "Even with the full support of the Knights Templar, we still can't recover the military disadvantage. The orc's attack is not only fierce, but also unpredictable. Our current military situation can only be said to be fragmented.

On the map, the green arrows are like ferocious minions, stretching freely on the map, separating and cutting the red army at will.

"This battle is simply fragmented."

"In terms of the overall situation, the enemy's attack does not have the main direction. They simply attack from eight sides, with no purpose and no clear goal. But this also makes our military arrangement empty talk, and the strategy is almost meaningless. Therefore, we gave up the defense that we used to fight for every inch of land, and turned to guerrilla harassment to delay the enemy, while our main army shrank its strength and gathered outside the three military ports of Qiuzhi Port, Maple Leaf Port and Yuanxing Port to arrange a defense line to buy time and wait for more reinforcements.

Li nodded, which is the only effective way at present.

The Autumn Star is an agricultural planet. There is not much population on the planet. The army originally stationed on the Autumn Star has only one company of militia, which naturally has no combat effectiveness. Nowadays, the main forces on the Autumn Star are all the soldiers transported from Zhiyuan Star through warships and transport ships. But even if the military requisitions all the space ships to transport the army, it can't send a large number of troops to the Autumn Star in a short time, but as long as it guards the spaceport, it can ensure the smoothness of military strength. Profitable delivery.