Struggle in the Steam Age

The reason why Lawrence is now obsessed with construction is also very simple, because when the intelligent race coalition forces launched an offensive, a large number of wounded people flooded into his field hospital, making the beds immediately tense.

In that emergency situation, he had to move some less dangerous wounded patients to the fire outside the tent, in order to free up more beds for critically ill patients.

Fortunately, after discovering the lack of manpower here, the headquarters sent some soldiers to help take care of them, which prevented the wounded from being frostbitten due to the low temperature in the mountains.

This is why even now that the number of wounded has dropped sharply after the first round of offensive, Lawrence still spends a lot of energy to continue expanding the area of ​​this field hospital in preparation for the next peak of the number of wounded.

In his opinion, if it was necessary to remove the wounded from the tent at the beginning, it is too irresponsible to let the wounded stay outdoors with enough preparation time .

So now, Lawrence would rather compress other materials than ensure that the materials for the expansion of the hospital are delivered on time and in quantity.

Fortunately, with Nora's help, not only did he have enough supplies to expand the hospital, but he also got a lot of extra building materials that could be used to build a series of fortifications and arm the hospital.

The reason for building fortifications is also very simple, because in the previous battles, many small groups of enemies touched the vicinity of Pine Tree Valley, and even included the field hospital within the range of their magic or long-range weapons.

Considering that there are a large number of wounded who have no resistance, building sufficient fortifications is a necessary act.

Especially from the recently sent wounded scouts, Lawrence learned that there was no way for them to infiltrate the rear of the Wilderness Racial Front.

Because the wilderness race also tried their best to cover the battlefield, and even sent elite superhumans to intercept the scouts of the civilized race's coalition forces in this small-scale scouting battle.

This situation can only show one thing, that is, the wilderness race is brewing a big conspiracy against the coalition forces. Therefore, under such circumstances, Lawrence and Nora naturally accelerated the construction of the field hospital so as to be able to deal with the large-scale war that may break out in the future.

In addition to construction, Lawrence and the others also temporarily set up a classroom in the field hospital to train various front-line medical soldiers.

Although Lawrence contributed to the training methods of medical soldiers before, due to the short time, not many qualified medical soldiers have been trained in the army.

So taking advantage of the free time during this period, Lawrence and the others naturally opened a temporary classroom in this field hospital to do this work.

Fortunately, their work has been recognized by the General Command, so the local armed forces have taken the initiative to draw out some smart and nimble soldiers and non-commissioned officers to come here for training.

"Lieutenant Colonel Chen, how is the surrounding situation?" After watching everyone put several important medical equipment in place, Lawrence asked a commander from the Republic of New Island who accompanied the wounded to the field hospital, "I It seems to have heard that your subordinates have discovered some unusual signs outside of Pine Valley."

This civilization expedition was actually launched from the east and west sides of the great mountain range, so the Xinzhou Republic was naturally also the main participant in this war.

At the same time, before the war broke out, the two sides also transported a group of their own troops into the opponent's theater to participate in the war as part of the opponent's theater.

For example, this is the case with the combat engineer battalion led by Lieutenant Colonel Chen. Considering the opponent's specialties, it is now naturally sent to Pine Valley to invest in the construction of this important logistics base.

But as a combat engineer, the opponent naturally not only simply built various military fortifications in the area, but also took on some combat tasks. For example, during this period of time, this army has been sending people to investigate in the mountains outside Pine Valley.

"The surrounding situation is obviously a little abnormal." As the commander of the elite troops who had been stationed near the big mountain range, Lieutenant Colonel Chen naturally knew something about the situation in the big mountain range. Therefore, through these several investigations, some things are wrong.

"Our side belongs to the relatively flat place in the mountains. In theory, when there is a lack of food on the mountain in winter and spring, there should be some herds and wild creatures chasing them, but the scouts under my command did not find them around. traces of activity."

"Could it be that there are too many people stationed here?" Lawrence raised a possibility. As someone who grew up in a small rural town, he naturally knew that many times the wild animals would not take the initiative Close to densely populated places.

"This is absolutely impossible." Lieutenant Colonel Chen shook his head and said. "On the one hand, the beasts in the mountains are much more ferocious than you might imagine, and there are some extraordinary beasts among them, so they are not as scary as the wild ones on the plains."

"On the other hand, in this season, staying on the mountain without food is almost like waiting to die for the beasts, so they are not so afraid of people."

Hearing what the lieutenant colonel said, Lawrence also nodded in approval. After all, although he has lived on the plains all his life, the Qinling Mountains was not far to the south of his hometown in his previous life. Every spring, wild beasts would go down the mountain to find food and enter human villages to be published in newspapers. So the beasts here will come to the place where there is food under the mountain if they have nothing to eat.

Therefore, the dead silence around Wai Wai is obviously not normal. The elite combat engineers of the Republic of New State have also discovered this and have tried their best to expand the scope of investigation in the past few days.

However, once those scouting troops left the firepower coverage of the civilized race coalition forces on the commanding heights around Pine Ridge, they would be beaten back by the elite troops of the wilderness race within one kilometer. There was no way to extend the scouting range to farther places.

"It seems that the scale of the next war will never be expected." Lawrence's face suddenly became serious, and then he said to the officer in front of him. "Because more than half of the wounded I received here recently were injured due to the expansion of the detection range."

"It sounds really bad, but it's not without benefits." After hearing Lawrence's words, Chen Zhongxiao, who was destined to face the attacks of those wilderness races head-on, pursed his lips and said.

"At least give us a chance to get them together and wipe them out."

Lieutenant Colonel Chen said this not because he was a murderer, but after opening up several other passages before, those wilderness races who fled before would soon start attacking the communication line while the main force of the civilized race left.

As a result, the military had to send a part of the main army to stay near the mountainous area for a long time to fight security warfare, in order to protect the safety of the workers who built the railway line and various ancillary facilities.

Compared with the long security war in the future, it is a better choice for Lawrence and the others to fight head-on.

Although doing so will be accompanied by a large number of casualties and material consumption in a short period of time, it is actually the most cost-effective tactic compared to the large-scale public security war that is likely to break out later.

Think Vietnam, think Afghanistan. Lawrence's countless experiences in his previous life have shown him how much trouble he will face when facing some opponents who are good at using guerrilla warfare.

After all, the civilized race wants to attack this territory to open up trade lines of communication. If the surrounding area is not calm for a long time, it will directly affect the value of the communication lines.

So after listening to what Lieutenant Colonel Chen said, Lawrence naturally nodded in approval, then pointed to Nora who flew towards him after the operation and said, "During this time, I will invite Nala before the war breaks out." Miss La transported as many defensive supplies as possible, and hoped that they would be able to play a sufficient role by then."