Chapter 133: Prepare for battle

The staff’s complaints about Yusuf never stopped. Although the old man led everyone through the first Oak invasion, he became a bit
radical
after that, or hated Oak too much. Many people speculate that it may be related to the death of his eldest son.
But no matter what his words and deeds were before, the staff could understand Yusuf’s thoughts. After all, he paid a lot to ensure the safety of the fortress, but this time he even recklessly dispatched an entire cavalry division and sent several Oak camps. Sweeping away, although the result is good, but the price paid is close to 2,000 cavalry buried in the wilderness.
This is unacceptable to many staffs and officers. Although Oke’s camp is gradually approaching, many of them believe that these irritable green creatures should not be excessively stimulated, especially such an attack is premised on paying a great price.
But Youssef still stubbornly issued such an order. For this reason, he has quarreled with his chief of staff countless times. Many officers have doubts about their chiefs, thinking that he is using the blood of soldiers to satisfy his own. Hatred, only a few people understand his true thoughts.
"Sooner or later it will come."
His elbows braced the edge of the outer wall, and Yusuf's old face was more twilight in the sunset, but his eyes were as bright as stars, and he kept looking at the depths of the vast Gobi, as if there was something calling his name.
"Last time was never a failure for them, it was just a small setback."
His tone was long, and he seemed to be talking about an insignificant thing, and an old man in a bright black wizard robe standing beside him, sighed softly, wrapped in a wrinkled forehead under a simple pointed hat Wearing a gray cloth strip, showing some strange characteristics.
"It won't be long before it will come, with anger..."
The old wizard stood still and looked at the wilderness with Youssef, his eyes gradually deepening.
"...The indefinite ocean is becoming more and more turbulent. In the crevices of the storm I can no longer glimpse a glimmer of light. The future is so dark and terrible. It is just one of many disasters."
"But it is indeed the most dangerous one, otherwise you will not come from the hidden eucalyptus forest to this place full of sand and rough guys, Master Belas."
Amused by Yusuf's words, the old wizard smiled.
"Haha, I admit that although most people are scared of us, they are all warriors defending human hope."
"Yeah, they are all warriors, and only warriors can face the monsters."
Youssef straightened up and glanced at the stronghold that made him so proud.
After the last war, Yusuf summed up a very important point regarding the manner in which the Okers fought—to avoid close combat.
To this end, he asked the engineers to design a line of defense that could reach such requirements. After more than a month of hard work, the military engineers gave a plan that satisfied him.
According to the design of the engineers, the entire fortress abandoned the previous design, all fortifications aimed at humans will be demolished, the fortress will be divided into three lines of defense, the first is made of cement fortress, outpost, trench and bunker; The second one is to build a thick steel-concrete high wall on the basis of the original fortress, similar to the ancient city wall of Cuscolna, but it is stronger and has more gun positions; the third line of defense is strictly not a defense line, but a retreat The route, which consists of railways and armored trains, once the fortress is lost, the army will retreat from the railways, and some people will stay on the basis of armored trains to block Oak.
These are just the ground part, and the underground part is an all-encompassing traffic trench with rails in it, which can quickly transport soldiers and supplies to every part of the line of defense.
Accompanying this are more artillery and machine guns, especially the new rear-mounted fortress guns. Mines are also an important part of the defense line. Even engineers have designed a small port to house some gunboats. After all, the Navy’s support It's so untimely.
But all this needs to be transformed with something-money.
After the invasion of Ouk, the perfunctory and mediocre performance of the officials who came to inspect the empire has so far made Yusuf uncomfortable.
Not to mention the cost of the reconstruction of the fortress, which is the soldier’s pension. Whenever this matter is mentioned, those bureaucrats with a big belly are just looking at him for a while. It seems that giving them a little money in their eyes is a waste of luxury.
Even at some point, he really wanted to throw those fat pigs into the wilderness, so that the Okers could taste the fat on them, and maybe they might get tired of a few green skins.
But at most he could only think about it, and he still had to rely on a special "relationship" to withdraw less than half of the pension from the military department. The black market was barely enough.
Although the soldiers’ family members were very grateful to him, he still dared not face those people, the mother who lost the child, the wife who lost the husband, the child who lost the father. Their eyes made Yusuf often unavoidable throughout the night. He knew that A small amount of money can't do anything at all, even improve their lives, but he can't do anything.
As for the funds for restoring the new line of defense, the Ministry of Military Affairs only gave one-third of it, which clearly means that there are only so many, and he has to find a way out.
To this end, he ran around for four months, lobbying and giving speeches in various provinces in the east, telling everyone the threat of Ok and the heroism of the soldiers, and finally made up the remaining costs, probably at the cost that he had already been on the guard Blacklist, maybe one day he will die in his room due to "disease".
But he doesn't care!
He opened his arms and looked up. The long steel defense line is more magnificent in the sunset. This is one of the strongest defense lines of man so far. The high protective wall is 15 meters long~EbookFREE.me~ Gun hole The walls were densely covered, and the sealed turrets guarded the commanding heights, and a wall of passages for ten people in parallel was a group of soldiers patrolling.
Below the high walls are the fortresses distributed according to the optimal distance. They are barrel-shaped. The thick walls are cut with holes, and there is a small field gun on the top. Each fortress is stationed by a company. When the invasion took place, it took the first shock, and used the destruction that was destined to cause more trouble to Ok, and the food and ammunition stored inside allowed them to persist for a period of time.
Some bunkers are built between the fortresses. They are concealed and fewer in number. There are only ten soldiers in them. They are responsible for manipulating a machine gun. These will be one of the main forces for killing Ok.
In the area nearly one mile in front of the retaining wall, one hundred such fortresses and bunkers were built. Between them was a deep and wide trench, but there were no soldiers guarding it, only a sharp dip waiting for Europe G.
There is also a minefield between the first line of defense and the second line of defense. A large amount of explosives are buried in the gravel. They are more powerful and more lethal than the previous mines, and it is easier for the green belt to go. death.
Yusuf also changed part of the design, he added some of his own ideas, those things are really silent waiting for the moment to be announced.
At the moment when the fortress was completed, many people thought that this place was already a solid solution, but Yusuf never had this idea. He always thought about Ouke more. If you want to really repel Ouke, just Relying on this line of defense is not enough anyway.
He, Yusuf bin Zai, the highest commander of the Axum regiment, deeply understood that under the full blow of the pale tyrant, their chance of surviving was less than one-tenth.
More methods are needed, but that method is not here.