Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

There is no other way. For things like trucks and cannons, we can only ask the headquarters for them.

This cannot be blamed on Francis Xavier. Even if the arsenal is expanded now, it will still take some time to supply so many cannons.

The First Military Region has expanded by six divisions.

Except for the soldiers from the original 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions, and one soldier from the Nanchuan Division, the rest were new recruits, and naturally they had to be given the equipment of six divisions.

The Nanshan Army still has some inventory, enough to equip these six divisions, but there are too many troops to be expanded, and they cannot be allocated all at once, otherwise what will happen to the military regions behind?

In addition, there are too many materials to be transported and many of them are stuck on the roads, which naturally leads to insufficient supply of materials.

On May 5, Fang Jian ordered the Second Army to be transferred back to Kaiyuan to expand the army into the Second Military Region, and Li Zhongwu was transferred as the commander of the Second Military Region.

Upon receiving the order, the 4th, 5th and 6th Divisions immediately set out back to Kaiyuan.

Upon receiving the news, Li Zhongwu was naturally very happy. He did not expect that he would be able to serve as the commander of the Second Military Region.

Fang Jian naturally had his considerations about this. Now Cai Yanwu and Zhang Wei both had to stay on the front line to command the remaining troops of the First and Second War Zones, so naturally the two could not move.

It just so happened that Li Zhongwu was free and could withdraw from the front line.

As for Zhao Linyu, Wang Zhixian and Li Weiling, who are also free, Li Zhongwu is relatively more experienced, so Li Zhongwu will naturally be given priority.

Nanling, Fang Jian put down the telegram sent by Qi Yuan and couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows.

"Is there any news from the Little Locust Country?"

Tao Yunong on the side immediately replied: "Reporting to the Chairman, during this period, the country of Little Locust is issuing national bonds to raise funds."

"Haha, you still don't give up and are ready to fight hard." Fang Jian naturally knew what the little locust country was thinking of doing this. Wasn't it just to raise funds and prepare to cross the ocean again?

Tao Yunong then introduced the current situation of the dwarf locusts in China: "The dwarf locusts have recruited another 300,000 reserve soldiers, and this time the reserve soldiers are different from before."

"In the past, the reserve forces of the dwarf locusts were trained by local areas at planned locations and could be dispersed after completing the training."

"This time, the reserve forces are based on the standards of the regular troops. They are all gathered at the Little Locust New Well and are required to undergo rigorous training every day."

Fang Jian did not comment on this. This is similar to Nanshan’s reserve force, which is equivalent to preparing a strong reserve corps.

However, the Dwarf Locust Country is different from the New Country. Not only is its population smaller than that of the New Country, its land area is also far smaller.

The small dwarf locust country on the Diyuan Star is also an island country. Although it is larger than the Blue Star, it is also poor in resources.

"We were stepping up the preparation of supplies for the dwarf locust some time ago, but due to the scarcity of resources and lack of funds, we soon stopped."

"At this rate, it will take at least two or three months to gather enough supplies for the next expedition."

"Two or three months?" Fang Jian began to ponder in his mind.

Unless the Little Locusts are adequately prepared at home, they will not send large numbers of troops to Qiyuan again. In the absence of sufficient troops, the Little Locusts will not directly attack the Nanshan Army.

After the dwarf locusts enter Qiyuan on a large scale, a war is bound to break out between the two sides.

What Fang Jian has to do now is to quickly complete the construction of several major military regions so that they have a certain combat effectiveness.

Now, we only need to complete the construction of the first and second military regions and quickly complete the Qiyuan rotation, and then we can transfer all the front-line troops back and complete the construction of the remaining military regions.

Now that the other warlords in the country are licking their wounds, the dwarf locust army will also be quiet for a while, which gives him a good opportunity.

What troubled Fang Jian was whether or not to weaken the strength of Qi Yuan's four and a half dwarf locust divisions.

After thinking for a while, Fang Jian instructed Tao Yunong again: "Let the First Military District quickly enter Qiyuan, exchange defense with the remaining troops of the First War Zone, and transfer all the troops of the First War Zone back to Heyuan Province."

"After the Second Military Region troops completed their reorganization, they quickly exchanged positions with the Second Theater Command."

"Yes, Chairman."

As Fang Jian's order was issued, the Nanshan Army quickly mobilized. Such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of the little locust.

Qichang City, Qiyuan Province, stationed in the new headquarters.

Ito Mifumi, Shimizu Asao, Yamane Okinen, and Ando Nobuyu gathered together, and they were naturally worried about the movements of the Nanshan Army.

"Commander, are the New People preparing for a large-scale military campaign?" Anton Xinyu was a little uneasy.

At first he looked down on the New Country Army, but after several small-scale clashes with the Nanshan Army, he changed his attitude towards the Nanshan Army.

It would be fine if the Nanshan Army was just elite and well-equipped, but the most important thing is that the other side has more people.

There were no less than 200,000 Nanshan troops that had entered Qiyuan before, and there were more than 200,000 troops on the border. If all of them were sent to Qiyuan, he really had no confidence in holding it.

Ito Mifumi was unsure, so he just forced a smile and said, "I think it should be used for deterrence. After all, the dwarf locust is also considered a powerful country today."

When saying this, Ito Mifumi did not have much confidence.

It is true that the Little Locust Country is one of the great powers, but that only refers to the navy. Although the Little Locust Army’s combat effectiveness was not weak before, it was nothing among the great powers in terms of equipment or number of people.

Now that we have gone to war with the Nanshan government, we can't rely on the navy at all, and the army has suffered several defeats, and our numbers are even less than the enemy's.

Based on the data on paper, the Nanshan Army had the upper hand.

"General, my Excellencies the two division commanders, we don't have to worry about the Nanshan government for now. The Nanshan government's current actions are just to intimidate us. If they really wanted to take action, they would have already launched an attack on our army."

After hearing Qingshui Qianyun's analysis, the three of them frowned and were quite dissatisfied with it.

Shan Gen Xing Nian said bluntly: "Humph, Qing Shui Jun, even if the Nanshan government is really just a deterrent, we should not be careless, not to mention that we don't know the intentions of the Nanshan army now."

"Yes, even if the other party is just deterring, once the deterrence fails to achieve its purpose, it is very likely to evolve into an armed conflict." Ito Mifumi also said.

He had a deep understanding of this. The Nanshan government was in the same situation last time, which led to him not taking the matter of Dingcao seriously. This led to the annihilation of the Tamura Division, which put Qi Yuan in a dangerous situation.

If he had known the attitude of the Nanshan Army at the time, he might have directly abandoned Dingcao and withdrawn all his troops to Qichang.

Even if we lose most of Qiyuan, as long as we hold Qichang and wait for domestic reinforcements to arrive, the situation will be different.

Even if he had to take responsibility then, it would not be like it is now, where not only would the little dwarf locust be very dissatisfied with him, but he would also have to take the blame for the entire Qiyuan incident.

The three of them criticized Qingshui Qianyun for a while, forcing Qingshui Qianyun to lower his head and bear it silently.

It’s not that Qingshui Qianyun did a bad job, but the three of them were all nervous and wanted to vent.

Among the four people present, Qingshui Qianyun has the lowest military rank and a low position, so naturally he has to vent his anger on him.

After the accusation, Ito Mifumi felt relieved. He then looked at Yamane Okinen and Ando Nobuyu and asked, "How should we respond to the Nanshan government's move?"