In the sky, an airship flew very high, as if it was inspecting the entire steel plant.

"Fuck, I'm not afraid of being shot down by anti-aircraft guns..."

Generally speaking, the airships of the Ming Army were rarely near the battle line in broad daylight.

Even though this place is more than thirty kilometers behind the battle line, airships are rarely seen in broad daylight.

"Commander, the guerrillas below may have anti-aircraft guns. It's too dangerous for you to be here."

Nian Gengyao stood next to Li Xiao, looking very worried at Li Xiao sitting by the porthole.

"You used the news that I was going to set up a command post here to attract all the nearby guerrillas, but you didn't even know if they had anti-aircraft guns?"

Li Xiao didn't even look at Nian Gengyao, but still looked at the steel factory below.

The steel plant occupies a very vast area, spanning twenty to thirty kilometers vertically and horizontally.

Such a large factory is even bigger than some ordinary European towns!

Here, there are not only a large number of factories and workshops, but also residential areas for employees.

It is said that during the Ekaterina era, Russia invested heavily in building the Orr Steel Plant, which took ten years to build. It was the most glorious project during the reign of Queen Ekaterina.

Moreover, when this place was originally designed, it seemed that it was also intended to be a solid fortress outside Russia.

As many as six levels have been dug underground, and the tunnels under the entire factory are as dense as a spider web.

Even now that Nian Gengyao holds the original construction drawings in his hands, he is still scratching his head.

The Ming army had never faced such a large underground fortress.

If you don't do it right, you will end up with heavy casualties.

And the four words that the commander in front of him disliked hearing the most were: heavy casualties.

"Okay, let's land. Listen to Captain Nian!" Li Xiao said to Shunzi.

Shunzi immediately ran over and ordered the pilot to land quickly.

To be honest, he was not worried about Li Xiao floating in such a dangerous place.

It would be a big deal if he was beaten down.

Just like that, while the old monkey was still eating steamed buns, he found that the airship was slowly landing.

Airships are better in this regard. They can land at any time, as long as there is a flat piece of land on the ground.

When Nian Gengyao landed, his fists were so clenched that his nails were dug into his flesh!

This place is too close to the enemy. Just look at the dense craters on the ground and you will know that this place is within the range of mortars.

Li Xiao didn't speak, others didn't speak, and everyone didn't speak.

After the airship landed, Nian Gengyao immediately protected Li Xiao from getting out of the pod and ordered the airship to fly away quickly.

There is no way, the target of this thing is too big, and it can easily be bombarded by the opponent's mortars.

Li Xiao stepped off the airship and happened to see a large group of Ming troops having breakfast around a military vehicle a hundred meters away.

Li Xiao walked over and waved to the soldiers having breakfast.

"Commander...!" When the old monkey saw Li Xiao, his eyes immediately straightened, and the buns he was biting fell to the ground.

When following Li Lin, he saw the commander's lineup more than once.

"Commander?

You mean, that person is a commander?" Ding San was also so shocked that he almost spit out the mouthful of porridge he just swallowed.

"Who else could he be if he wasn't the commander-in-chief?" The old monkey tidied up his military appearance in a rare gesture, and took out a terribly dirty towel and wiped his face.

This time, his face, which was already extremely dirty, became even more dirty.

Run over, stand at attention and salute.

"Greetings to the commander-in-chief, his subordinates, the ninth division...!"

Li Xiao waved his hand, signaling the old monkey to stop.

"Do you know me?" Li Xiao looked at the old monkey very strangely, how could a small company commander on the front line recognize him.

"Reporting to the Marshal, my subordinate once served as the Young Marshal's guard captain."

"Oh, I remembered you, that old monkey." Li Xiao looked at the old monkey with a smile.

"It's my subordinate!" The old monkey was so excited that he didn't know how to move his hands and feet.

"It seems that we need to establish another military rule in the future.

On the front line, there is no need to salute the superior officer.

If I were a mortar operator or sniper on the opposite side, I would definitely aim here now.

No matter what, just type this and accept the salute."

When Li Xiao said this, the old monkey became even more at a loss.

"It's okay! It's okay!" Li Xiao patted the old monkey on the shoulder.

When I walked to the truck, I saw the steamed buns still warm in the basket.

The soldiers, whose faces were covered with traces of gunpowder smoke, didn't know whether to salute or not to salute when they saw Li Xiao.

A few hands were raised just now and then quickly put down.

Facing the commander-in-chief, no one knew what to do.

Li Xiao picked up a bun and took a bite. Big drops of fat dripped out of it.

He nodded, it looked like the food for the frontline officers and soldiers was pretty good.

"How's it going? From the looks of you, you had a tough battle last night?" Li Xiao pointed to the workshop in the distance.

"Commander, these people on the other side are very powerful guerrillas.

After a night of fighting, all our machine guns were disabled and our subordinates were almost killed by mortars."

"Oh! Is the opponent's mortar very powerful?"

"It's amazing! If it weren't for the timely support from tanks, those guerrillas would have already rushed out."

"Oh!" Li Xiao nodded.uuReading www.uukanshu.com

Unexpectedly, the combat effectiveness of these Hebrew guerrillas was so powerful.

"Huh? This is the front line, why don't you wear a helmet?" Li Xiao looked at the old monkey's head and felt something was wrong for a long time. Only now did he realize that it turned out that this guy was not wearing a helmet.

According to Ming Dynasty military regulations, when fighting on the front line, helmets must not be taken off at will.

Seeing Li Xiao questioning, everyone became panicked.

But last night, everyone threw their helmets in the foxholes.

Now when we go out to eat, no one is with us.

"Commander, the helmet is reflective at night.

The enemy only saw the reflection of the helmets and used mortars to blow us up, otherwise our casualties would not have been so great."

The old monkey hurriedly explained that he had violated military orders in front of the commander-in-chief, in case the commander-in-chief pursued him...!

"Oh?" Li Xiao took the helmet from a soldier's hand, and it was indeed reflective in the sun.

I originally thought that painting with matte paint would eliminate the problem of reflection, but when the helmet is used, it is easy for the paint to fall off.

This reflects light and makes it easy to see at night.
Chapter completed!