District 9

In the courtyard of Zheng Kai's military headquarters, Qin Yu stood next to a military vehicle, smoking a cigarette and looking at the dark night sky, speechless for a long time.

"Now that I think about it, what Meng Xi said before this coalition is all reasonable." Li Zhan stood aside and said softly: "It's difficult for a bunch of rabble to accomplish anything."

Qin Yu turned to look at him and did not answer.

There were no outsiders next to the military vehicle. Ruan Ming, Qi Yuhang and others were all standing further away, so Li Zhan did not have so many scruples and said again: "In the meeting that day, I actually agreed with Meng Xi's strategy. Congratulations When the matter was revealed, He Chong was put on the shelf. Sooner or later, they will have a battle with the Shensha faction, so we can just withdraw to Sichuan and watch the fun. If we don't participate in the war and cultivate ourselves for a few years, we will have more military power. By then, even if there is no coalition, we will be able to fight, but now... we are passive."

Qin Yu took a deep breath of cigarette: "Then you didn't agree to participate in the war, why didn't you say it then?"

"Because you want to fight." Li Zhan replied briefly: "Meng Xi's words are for you, and my words are also for you."

"Haha." Qin Yu grinned: "You make a lot of assumptions every day."

"If Commander Zhou wants to fight, you have to fight. I can understand this." Li Zhan said in a low voice: "But judging from the current situation, the Shensha Department is tougher than we think, and the so-called coalition forces are also stronger than us. If you think about stretching your hips even more, this battle will be hard to win."

"What do you mean?" Qin Yu asked.

"In order to fight this battle, we sold part of the future of Yandao. It would be too much of a loss to withdraw now." After thinking about it, he replied: "But if we continue to fight, we must formulate rules. If the coalition forces are in this state, then they can attack again. A hundred times, it’s also the result of failure.”

"Yeah." Qin Yu nodded.

"Every family must work hard," Li Zhan said with a burning gaze, "At all costs, defeat the Shensha Corps first, and then we can talk about the rest."

Qin Yu took a deep breath of cigarette: "I am going to let Meng Xi take the position of deputy commander-in-chief and control the overall situation. What do you think?"

"I have no problem." Li Zhan said without hesitation: "If he has the ability, he can go."

"Military, you will be the main one and Daya will be the auxiliary; in terms of strategic layout, Meng Xi will be the main one." Qin Yu had obviously made a decision in his heart: "Although the current war prospects do not look optimistic, we should open fire Well, the outcome must come to an end. Otherwise, it would be too painful for us if the strong man cuts off his wrist and retreats to Sichuan."

"Yes." Li Zhan nodded.

Qin Yu threw away the cigarette butt, turned around and shouted: "Xiao Sang, call Meng Xi and ask him to come over."

"Yes!" Xiao Sang shouted after saluting.

…

Early in the morning, around four o'clock.

In the command room of the Northeast Theater Command in Sichuan Mansion, Qin Yu sat on a chair, crossed his legs and looked at Meng Xi: "What do you think?"

Meng Xi rubbed his palms and said with a slight frown, "I'm just wondering about one thing."

"what's up?"

"Commander Zhou has been leading the battle from the beginning, and now that the coalition forces have been frustrated, the internal forces are basically in a state of disunity, but he has no intention of withdrawing." Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu and replied: "I was just thinking, he Does he still have cards in his hand that he hasn't played? At least he must feel that this battle is an opportunity for the Sichuan government and the World War II zone, otherwise he has no reason to persist? Could it be that he just doesn't want to give up? Right, don’t you want to go to Sichuan Mansion and live under someone else’s roof?”

"No, Commander Zhou's situation is still relatively large. If he was greedy for power, he wouldn't have such a stalemate with the warlords in District 9." Qin Yu shook his head.

"That means there must be cards that haven't been played yet. He thinks this battle is an opportunity." After hearing this, Meng Xi judged in a positive tone.

"Yes." Qin Yu nodded.

Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu with a smile: "Didn't he tell you?"

"No, he didn't mention this when we were talking." Qin Yu shook his head.

"Commander, I still want to advise you." After hesitating for a long time, Meng Xi suddenly said: "We can definitely talk to the World War II area again now to persuade them to withdraw their troops and enter Sichuan. And based on the attitude given by Commander Zhou before Judging, he will definitely not do this."

"Then what?" Qin Yu asked.

"The rest is easy. We persuaded you, but if the World War II area does not withdraw, then no one can do anything." Meng Xi looked directly at Qin Yu and said: "It is not that our Sichuan Army has not taken action. In order to support the Zhou clique, the troops in the Northeast Theater It has been launched, and the coalition's first attack failed. Morally speaking, we have done our best to the World War II zone. So the current state of the coalition forces leaves us with no hope. If we withdraw, others will not be able to say anything. .”

Qin Yu was silent.

Meng Xi's eyes were bright and his thoughts were clear: "Once we withdraw and leave this bad game of District 9 to the remaining people, the situation will be much more interesting. The three departments of He Fenglu and Chensha Corps have already We are so divided that we will never be able to return to the previous balanced state. In the end, either the Shensha Corps will defeat these three companies, or these three companies will overthrow the Shensha Corps. But no matter what the outcome is, it will be beneficial to us. . And here in the World War II zone, we are inextricably linked to Zheng Kai and Liu Weiren. The Zhou Clan is mixed up among these forces, and the final result is nothing more than..."

Qin Yu didn't wait for Meng Xi to finish, and immediately interrupted: "It is impossible for me to abandon the Zhou clan and withdraw to Sichuan."

Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu's expression without any surprise in his heart. He knew Qin Yu would answer him like this, but from his position, these words had to be said.

Qin Yu looked at Meng Xi: "We have to fight, but how to fight and how to lay out the strategy, I'm going to leave it to you."

When Meng Xi heard this, he was stunned for a long time and then replied with a wry smile: "Sir, do you think I am born to do things like operating under the table?"

"Can you do it well?" Qin Yu asked bluntly.

Meng Xi stood up immediately after hearing the sound, saluted with a serious face, and replied with extremely domineering words: "No one can do this well except me."

"Then it's you." Qin Yu intervened and replied: "I will now promote you to the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Mansion's Northeast Operations Command Office, and concurrently as the director of the Sichuan Mansion's Military Office in the Ninth District. In terms of specific military operations, you will be responsible for all battles. Wang Henan commands the troops, but you have the final say on how the troops fight."

"Yes!" Meng Xi saluted and immediately replied, "I'm going to talk to Commander Zhou personally."

"Okay!" Qin Yu nodded.

…

The next day, eight o'clock in the morning.

Meng Xi took the guards to Commander Zhou and talked with him for about half an hour. The two parties met alone, and no one knew exactly what they discussed.

At 10:30 in the morning, the post-World War II meeting was still held in Xinxiang Living Village.

At the beginning of the meeting, Meng Xi, representing the Sichuan Northeast Theater, sat directly on the rostrum and spoke first: "Everyone should be aware of the combat effectiveness of the Shensha Corps by now. I will say two things: First, if the coalition forces There are still little thoughts and calculations between us, so we might as well disband and go back to our homes. Because of this situation, it is obviously impossible to win and reach Fengbei. Second, if The second battle still ended in failure, so I'm sorry, our Sichuan government must withdraw... Why? Because we are different from you, we are an expeditionary force, and the consumption of troops here every day is an astronomical figure. Allied Forces There is no unified financial department, and no one reimburses our military expenses... so we cannot afford it."

After the words fell, the conference room fell silent, and you could hear a pin drop.