War is the continuation of politics, and politics seeks profit; who would start a war without profit? Luo Zheng has always been puzzled as to why Sam Country attacked the Hook Tribe. If it was for counterterrorism, there was no need to deploy troops; they could simply send small units to execute a decapitation strike, a tactic Sam Country is already very adept at.
Then, Sam Country showed an attitude of occupation, deploying large-scale ground forces for an offensive, which is quite intriguing. This issue has perplexed Luo Zheng for a long ti, without finding any answers. After listening to Captain Li's analysis, everything suddenly beca clear; all doubts dissipated. He said in a deep voice, "Listening to you does make a lot of sense. No wonder they were crazily increasing their troops, showing a stance of never resting until victory is achieved. Without profit, they shouldn't be so mad. It seems your possibility isn't implausible. By the way, has this matter been reported dostically?"
"No, waiting for your decision," Captain Li replied with a smile.
"Report back ho imdiately. Since it's rare tal, we shouldn't miss out either. Let's consider this as the price for helping the Hook Tribe. I'll talk to Hook about this later," Luo Zheng instructed.
"Alright, I'll report it imdiately," Captain Li agreed promptly and hurried off.
As Luo Zheng watched Captain Li leave, he fell into deep thought, feeling more and more convinced of the rationale. Given that Sam Country is the largest consur of tantalum, launching a war to plunder this rare tal would be reasonable, otherwise why would they co here? Counterterrorism? That's just an excuse, there must be a pursuit of hidden interests behind it. If it's not tantalum, then what is it? It seems there are many unknown conspiracies behind this.
At that mont, Lan Xue ca out after finishing her al, saw Luo Zheng deep in thought about sothing, and approached him softly to ask, "Has sothing happened?"
Luo Zheng recounted the matter of tantalum, causing Lan Xue's expression to change slightly. After a mont of contemplation, she solemnly said, "I've heard of Wei Jian before; he's a capable person. If he says so, then it must be true. Also, the enemy suddenly increased their troops by ten thousand without any prior signs. Don't forget, deploying troops from Sam Country requires resolutions from both etings, but they haven't done so; why not?"
"What do you an?" Luo Zheng asked in surprise and doubt.
"I suspect they probably knew about the existence of tantalum long ago and ca for it. Representatives of Sam Country's two etings have interest groups behind them; as long as they're offered profit, resolutions will be secretly passed, and increasing troops would face no pressure," Lan Xue explained seriously.
"Hiss? Makes sense, profit is what politicians pursue, without profit they wouldn't act; tantalum, being a rare tal, is enough to move their hearts. It seems they have a motive here; if not tantalum, then sothing else unknown to us. Whatever it is, this battle likely has to be fought through," Luo Zheng said in a deep voice.
"Indeed, going through such trouble, Sam Country won't withdraw unless they gain profit. But the more so, the more it highlights the importance of our mission this ti. Tantalum is a rare tal, our country also needs it greatly; bringing these back ho would be very beneficial to our country, and I'm sure they'll be very interested," Lan Xue said gravely.
Just then, a staff officer hurriedly arrived, saluted and said, "Report to the commander, there's movent from the enemy."
"Oh, what's the situation?" Luo Zheng exclaid in shock and followed up.
"The southern enemy suddenly advanced while our satellite left the region, pushing forward twenty kiloters. Detection teams just uncovered this situation; currently, the enemy is ten kiloters away from our defense line in a straight line, the Chief of Staff asked to notify you, we've dispatched our own personnel to investigate," the staff officer quickly responded.
"Hmm, do you know the exact location?" Luo Zheng asked in surprise, "Let's head back to the command center."
"I know the rough location," the staff officer quickly replied.
Everyone hurried to the command center, where the Chief of Staff showed the enemy's position to Luo Zheng, who contemplated while examining the sand table. The enemy was in a large valley with dense woods and nurous rivers, surrounded by relatively low mountains, not much in the way of strategic terrain. What could be their purpose in setting up camp here?
While deep in thought, Hook walked in, noticing the tense atmosphere in the command center and curiously approached Luo Zheng to whisper, "What's up? Has sothing happened?"
Luo Zheng explained the enemy situation and added, "Preliminary suspicion is that the enemy is preparing to attack; ten kiloters is not too far, they're constructing a camp to use as a base for attacking us. An urgent march of ten kiloters takes less than an hour, they could easily launch a surprise attack; if it fails, they can retreat."
"Are they preparing for a tough fight with us?" Hook exclaid in surprise, his gaze on the sand table becoming serious. After a mont of contemplation, he suddenly asked, "Should we take the initiative to attack?"
"It's possible, we can send small teams for a raid; hit and run, if the enemy doesn't pursue, we'll continue to harass them all night so they can't sleep. I want to see what they intend to do! This area has several river branches, flat terrain, presumably lots of poisonous insects and ants?" Luo Zheng pondered while asking.
"Definitely, we usually avoid this area; places with water here are more dangerous, can't figure out why they've stopped here," Hook wondered in answer.
"I know," Captain Li approached from the side, pointed at the sand table, looked at Luo Zheng and continued, "There's a canyon nearby leading to our place; it's the shortest route. They plan to resolve this quickly."
"There's another point; once we confront them, they can deploy helicopters, this flat terrain is ideal for helicopter attacks, gives them an advantage. If I'm not mistaken, the enemy must have occupied the high ground points of several nearby hills; they have ample forces, not afraid to split up," Luo Zheng reminded.
"Let's use your night raid strategy here; they don't know that Hook Tribe mbers can see well at night, night battles won't be a problem. If we can hold them, we fight, if not, we withdraw and disrupt their sleep; we'll keep harassing them during the day to try to upset their rhythm," Captain Li stated earnestly.
"Sure, besides, warriors from Samba's tribe are also adept at night fighting, even more so than us; let's let them experience war a bit," Hook wholeheartedly agreed, noticing Luo Zheng's confused look, he paused before reacting, and explained, "He's the one who gifted you the knife, nad Samba."
"Samba?" Luo Zheng noted down this na, asking, "They use cold weapons, right? Can it work?"
"No problem, don't forget they're the most powerful warriors in this forest, swift as the wind, even better at night fighting than our tribe mbers; their archery is very precise," Hook promptly explained.
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