Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

The next day, early in the morning.

After a continuous 20-hour "carnival," the 6th Division, still full of energy, showed no signs of fatigue; on the contrary, they were even more spirited.

Moreover, the "revelry" in Lingcheng County gave the 6th Division Commander, Ishii Daikō, a sudden inspiration—he came up with an idea to ensure the safety of the march during the retreat.

That is—when they set off again, they will take a group of people from Lingcheng County with them and bring them along!

Don't the aircraft of the Qian Kingdom's army have a habit of avoiding the people of Qian Kingdom?

With the people of Qian Kingdom acting as human shields in the marching column, the planes of Qian Kingdom would probably not harass their marching column as recklessly as usual.

If this method works, the 6th Division might be able to reach its designated location ahead of schedule while marching without air harassment.

This not only eliminated the risk of being bombed at any time, but also improved the efficiency of marching to some extent.

Although carrying these shields on the road may affect the overall marching speed of the troops.

However, if the factor of occasional enemy air raids is taken into account, their overall marching speed is actually much faster when both factors are offset.

Without further ado, the 6th Division immediately began carrying out Ishii Daisaku's orders after finishing their meal.

Those chosen to serve as shields for the army were all strong and healthy young men and women.

Originally, Ishii Daisaku intended to select only physically strong men to join the army in order to speed up the march.

But then he thought again—Ishii Daisaku was worried that these shield troops, all made up of able-bodied men, would be mistaken by the Qian Kingdom's planes for the Yi Kingdom's army in disguise to deceive them.

Therefore, as a last resort, the 6th Division selected a large number of young men and women and forcibly incorporated them into the marching ranks.

Soon—and as it turned out—Ishii Daisaku's idea to evade bombing by Inui's planes proved to be quite effective.

Three hours after the Sixth Division left Lingcheng County and resumed its march.

Their movements were then discovered by Qian Kingdom's aircraft.

However, this time, the harassment aircraft, which were originally intended to harass the 6th Division, circled a few times but returned without dropping bombs.

Seeing this scene before him, Ishii Daisaku was overjoyed!

Because he knew that the reason the Qian Kingdom's planes had failed to harass the 6th Division's marching column was because his "shield" tactic had worked...

If it weren't for the Qian Kingdom citizens who filled the ranks, they definitely wouldn't have been able to escape this bombing!

"Well? What did I tell you?" Riding on his warhorse, Ishii Daisaku watched the Qian Kingdom planes disappear into the distance and boasted to the officers beside him, "This method will definitely work on Qian Kingdom's planes!"

"A communications soldier!"

Ishii Daisaku then smugly called over the communications officer and gave the order: "Immediately send this marching safety guarantee law, which was created by our 6th Division, to friendly forces in other divisions."

"Based on our own experience with the Sixth Division, this method is highly effective!"

"Our Sixth Division knows how to share."

“We will certainly not keep our successful experiences to ourselves!” Ishii Daisaku’s gaze lingered on the last plane from the country until it was out of sight before he reluctantly looked away.

"The division commander truly deserves to be a role model for us all!" The division chief of staff, Matsuda Yu, immediately complimented, "If this were in any other division..."

"I'm afraid they may not have the vision of a division commander to share a method that has just been verified!"

"Such an effective method should of course be shared as soon as possible." Ishii Daisora ​​smiled meaningfully.

"Firstly, our method has indeed struck at the heart of the Qian Kingdom's army."

"Secondly, if we share this good method with other divisions, they will definitely follow suit."

"Matsuda-kun, don't forget—it's not just our 6th Division that suffers from daily harassment by Inui's planes."

"Other divisions must have had enough of this feeling of constant fear and being bombed at any moment."

"If there were a way to solve this problem now, they certainly wouldn't hesitate."

As he spoke, Ishii Daisaku revealed a triumphant expression: "In the future, every division will vie to follow suit."

Even if this matter blows up, it doesn't matter.

"The law does not punish the masses—if all the divisions in Luyang did this, the higher-ups would absolutely not blame us for this."

"Yesterday, weren't some of you worried that our actions in Lingcheng County might lead to accountability from headquarters?"

"Then, there's absolutely nothing to worry about now."

Ishii Daisaku laughed and said, "Because the same thing will soon happen in many places in Luyang!"

"The matter in Lingcheng County can't be kept secret any longer."

"You should all be able to guess what the other divisions will do then."

"I can't be 100% sure about the others."

Ishii Daisaku continued with absolute certainty: "But..."

"The commanders of the 2nd Division, Kyohei Honbo, and the 5th Division, Satoru Kamiya, are definitely not going to be idle!"

"Those two guys are notoriously ruthless and vicious."

"After seeing the 'significant achievements' we have made in Lingcheng County, the Second Division and the Fifth Division will definitely follow suit immediately."

As he spoke, Ishii Daisaku's face was full of disdain, and his tone was extremely arrogant: "As for these inferior races of the Qian Kingdom."

"It should be their 'honor' to be used as a stress reliever for the Imperial Army to vent their anger!"