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, his field hospital flooded with a large number of wounded, making the bed immediately tense.

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

Fortunately, after discovering that there was a shortage of manpower, the headquarters sent some soldiers to take care of them. This prevented the wounded from being frostbited due to the low temperature in the mountainous area.

This is why even if the wounded plummeted after the first round of offensive, Lawrence still spent a lot of energy continuing to expand the area of ​​this battlefield hospital in preparation for the next peak of wounded numbers.

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

So now, Lawrence prefers to compress other supplies to ensure that all supplies for the hospital's expansion are delivered on time and in quantity.

Fortunately, with Nora's help, not only did he have enough materials to expand the hospital, he also obtained a lot of extra building materials to build a series of fortified hospitals.

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

Considering that there are a large number of wounded people who have no resistance, building enough fortifications is a necessary behavior.

Especially from the recently sent injured investigators, Lawrence learned that there was no way they could penetrate the back of the Wilderness Race Front.

Because the wilderness races also tried their best to cover the battlefield, and even sent elite extraordinary men to intercept the scouts of the civilized race coalition forces in this small-scale scout battle.

This situation can only show one thing, that is, what big conspiracy is brewing against the coalition forces in the wilderness race. Therefore, in this case, Lawrence and Nora naturally accelerated the construction of the field hospital in order to be able to deal with the large-scale war that may break out later.

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

Although Lawrence had actively contributed to the training methods of medical soldiers before, due to the short period of time, there are not many qualified medical soldiers in the army.

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

Fortunately, their work has been recognized by the general headquarters, so the various armed forces stationed in the local area are very active in drawing out some smart and flexible soldiers and noncommissioned officers to receive training here.

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

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

At the same time, before the outbreak of the war, each of the two sides also transported a group of their own teams into the opposing theater as part of the opposing theater.

For example, this is the case with the combat engineer battalion led by Lieutenant Colonel Chen. Taking into account the opponent's specialties, it is 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 builds various military fortifications in the region, but also undertakes some combat tasks. For example, during this period of time, this army has been sending people to investigate in the mountainous areas outside Pine Valley.

"The surrounding situation is obviously a bit abnormal." As the commander of the elite troops who had been stationed near the mountain range before, this Lieutenant Colonel Chen naturally had an understanding of the situation in the mountain range. Therefore, through these several investigations, some things were found wrong.

"We are in a relatively flat place in the mountains. Theoretically speaking, there should be some herds and wild animals chasing them when food is scarce in winter and spring, but the investigators under my command did not find them in the surrounding area. Traces of activity."

"Could it be that there are too many people stationed here?" Lawrence proposed a possibility. As a person who grew up in a small country town before, he naturally knew that many wild animals would not take the initiative. Close to densely human places.

"This is absolutely impossible." Lieutenant Colonel Chen shook his head and said. "On the one hand, the wild beasts in the great mountain range are more ferocious than you think. There are some extraordinary beasts among them, so they are not like the wild ones on the plains."

"On the other hand, for the beasts in this season, staying on a mountain without food is like waiting for death, so they are less afraid of people."

Hearing what the lieutenant colonel said, Lawrence also nodded his approval. After all, although he has lived on the plain all his life, the Qinling Mountains are not far south of his hometown in his previous life. Every spring, wild beasts go down the mountain to find food and enter the human village and then publish the newspaper. So if the beasts here don’t eat anything they want to come, they will come to places where they can eat.

Therefore, the siege is obviously not normal. The elite combat engineers in the New South Wales Republic have also discovered this and have done their best to expand the scope of investigation in the past few days.

However, once those reconnaissance troops leave the range of firepower covered by the civilized race coalition forces on the commanding heights around Pine Tree Ridge, they will be returned by elite troops of the wilderness races, and there is no way to extend the detection range further.

"It seems that the scale of the next war will never be expected." Lawrence's face suddenly became serious, and then said to the officer in front of him. "Because I have received more than half of the wounded recently because of injuries caused by expanding the scope of investigation."

"It sounds a bit bad, but it's not without benefits." After listening to Lawrence's words, Chen Zhongxiao, who was destined to face the offensives of the wilderness races in the future, pressed his lips hard and said.

"At least give us a chance to bring them together and eliminate them completely."

Lieutenant Colonel Chen said this not because he is a murderer, but after opening up several other passages before, the wilderness races that fled before will soon start attacking the lines of communication after the departure of the main force of the civilized race~www. wuxiahere.com~ As a result, the military has to send a part of the main army to stay in the mountainous area to fight security wars to protect the safety of workers who build railway lines and various auxiliary facilities.

Compared to the long war of security in the future, it is better for Lawrence to fight head-on.

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

Think of Vietnam, and think of Afghanistan. Lawrence's countless experiences in his previous life have taught him how troublesome it can be when facing opponents who are good at using guerrilla warfare.

After all, civilized races want to attack this territory in order to open up trade communication lines. If the surrounding area is not peaceful for a long time, it will directly affect the value of the communication lines.

So after listening to Lieutenant Colonel Chen’s words, Lawrence naturally nodded in approval, and then pointed to Nora who had flown to him after finishing the operation and said, “During this period, I will ask Na to take advantage of the war before it breaks out. Miss La transports as much defense material as possible, hoping to play a sufficient role in that time."