Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Within the territory of the Yi Kingdom.

Headquarters of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians.

"What? The water supply at the 166th Division's base is also in trouble?"

"Okay! I understand. We must be on high alert and strengthen our defenses."

"The purified water airlifted from China will arrive early tomorrow morning."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Chengyi, commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians, said with a dark face, "It's the water source again!"

"Most of the non-combat casualties in various units these past few days have been due to water supply issues."

"These barbarians are a bunch of lunatics."

"They will stop at nothing to deplete our army's manpower!"

"Many of the water sources in the occupied areas have been poisoned or polluted."

"Fortunately, a solution has been found for this problem." Han Zhixing, chief of staff of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Expeditionary Force, looked at the latest casualty statistics: "In order to prevent non-combat casualties of front-line troops due to water supply issues."

"The Supreme Command has decided that all water used by the troops must be transported from within the country."

"Although it was a bit troublesome, it fundamentally solved the problem of water security for frontline combat troops."

"This is because our Great Qian Zhenguo Army's logistical support capabilities are up to par."

"Otherwise, many problems would be really hard to solve when facing these barbarian lunatics who don't even care about their own people when they get ruthless."

Guo Quansheng, deputy commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians, lamented, "Even with such comprehensive safeguards, so many non-combat casualties still occurred..."

"This issue must be emphasized again." Guo Quansheng pointed to the casualty statistics report in Han Zhixing's hand: "All units must execute the operational requirements issued by the Supreme Command without any compromise!"

"The Supreme Command has repeatedly emphasized this issue, yet some people still make similar mistakes."

"A significant portion of these non-combat casualties are due to the inadequate implementation of operational requirements!"

"Yes..." Hu Chengyi, commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians, also had a headache when this issue was mentioned.

Although the Supreme Command of the Great Qian Dynasty had formulated a very strict and comprehensive set of operational requirements for the Yi Kingdom before the Expeditionary Force went to the battlefield in the Yi Kingdom, and had repeatedly emphasized this issue.

The troops produced by the system naturally have no problem adhering to operational requirements.

However, when facing the elderly, weak, women and children of the barbarian people, soldiers from non-system units still inevitably let their guard down and feel pity.

This gave these barbarian people, who were already crazy to the core, an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Many women and children from the Yi Kingdom took advantage of the Qian Kingdom soldiers' compassion and used suicide attacks to kill them.

In recent days, non-combat casualties in many military units have been increasing daily.

"Tell the head of the propaganda department to immediately compile all the typical cases of non-combat casualties that have occurred recently, print them into a booklet, and distribute them."

Hu Chengyi then ordered, "Let the soldiers learn from these bloody lessons and see the true colors of these barbarians."

"When did the Chief of Staff ever miss a chance!"

"The principles of warfare against foreign powers were personally formulated by the Chief of the General Staff."

"The Supreme Command's assessment of the barbarian countries is very accurate—do not harbor even the slightest bit of wishful thinking about any barbarian."

"The Yi Kingdom's headquarters had long ago announced that the Yi Kingdom had entered a state of universal conscription."

"They themselves have made it clear—currently, all Yi people within the territory of Yi Kingdom are combatants!"

"Compassion is not wrong, but it must be used in the right place."

"I suggest that a strict order be issued immediately in the name of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters."

Han Zhixing, chief of staff of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against Barbarians, said: "Any personnel who violate the rules of combat against barbarians will be immediately sent back to China upon discovery, and will be punished with discharge from active service or demotion depending on the circumstances."

"Those who cause serious consequences will be court-martial!"

Guo Quansheng frowned slightly: "Isn't this a bit too inhumane?"

"Now is not the time to be sentimental." Han Zhixing waved the casualty report in his hand: "The situation in the Yi Kingdom is far more serious than we imagined."

"It hasn't been long since the fighting started, and the barbarians have already organized a lot of boy scouts."

“These Boy Scouts dressed as civilians were either carrying hand grenades or hiding bombs.”

"We've already suffered a lot in this regard."

"There are also some barbarian women who launch attacks by offering themselves up."

"The extent of the barbarians' madness is evident..."

"Although the territory of the Yi Kingdom is not large, the combat environment of our Yi Expeditionary Task Force is much more severe than that of the Salo Kingdom."

"Yes! Old Han is right." Hu Chengyi nodded with deep feeling: "Although the war against the barbarians has only just begun."

"But we have already seen this kind of madness of the barbarians very clearly."

"Any pity is superfluous when faced with such a group of lunatics."

"Moreover, these barbarian people committed numerous crimes in our Great Qian Dynasty."

"We must use harsh measures to make the soldiers realize this reality."

"Let's do as Chief of Staff Han says."

Hu Chengyi made the decision directly: "Issue a strict order in the name of the Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians."

"Those who violate the principles of fighting against foreign powers must be severely punished."

"For units that fail to implement the principle of fighting against barbarians, the entire army shall be notified to impose appropriate disciplinary action!"

"In short—this problem must be corrected."

Hu Chengyi sighed, his tone unusually serious: "Although our army's offensive is swift and unstoppable."

"On the main battlefield, they were almost crushing the regular troops of the barbarian country as they advanced in an orderly manner."

"But we cannot ignore a very serious problem."

"That is—from the moment we set foot on the land of the barbarian kingdom, we were already mired in the quagmire of the barbarian people being a nation of soldiers."

"As the Supreme Command has repeatedly reminded us—danger lurks everywhere on the battlefield in foreign lands."

As he spoke, Hu Chengyi looked at the battle map before him and said solemnly, "If casualties continue to rise, I think we should consider whether to adopt a further escalation of our tactics..."