"The situation is more serious than expected." In the conference room of the Eilena factory, all members of the Communist Party's council were holding an emergency meeting. The news of the collapse of the Western Theater Command defense line reached Eilena at a rapid speed, and forced everyone to put the threat from the Negru Republic on the table again.

"There are more than 100,000 people under the command of Paul Zhong in the Western Theater Command, which does not count the number of people he recruited in the Duchy of Lailin in the later period. In addition, the Fifth Corps of the Western Theater Command, which built a defense line behind them, we conservatively estimate that in this border battle, there were at least 150,000 soldiers who resisted the attack of the Republic of Negru on the front line. The specific number of people, because the generals who knew the situation died and fled, we have no way to know."

As the Director of Intelligence, Sinke Warren was rewarding all the members of the council. The defeated soldiers who escaped from the front rushed through most of the land in Enspan like a flood. Most of them did not intend to stay in Enspan. Even if a small number of them stayed for a while, they were more to find enough food and clothing to facilitate their subsequent escape.

"We found some defeated soldiers and asked. Everyone generally believed that the enemy's steam cannons were irresistible. During the three days when the Western Theater Command defended the defense line, it was said that it was piled up purely with human lives. The corpses on the front line had been piled up into many hills, and even changed the terrain. They had no hope for Prince Eliot and the possibility that we could resist the Republic of Negru, and were even urging us to escape as soon as possible."

"Have you tried to recruit soldiers from these people?" Ivan asked, "Our troops are still too few. We really need to fight defensive wars, and there is not enough manpower."

"These soldiers are afraid of fighting. Many of them are still soldiers. It's better not to recruit them, so as not to lead the team atmosphere," Gastens interjected, "But the food must be controlled well. Now the second round of local potatoes have been planted, and rye and wheat are approaching to harvest. Don't have any problems in agriculture. You must know that if the Republic of Negru really comes, we can keep it. The next period will be a more difficult time than before. Without food, it is absolutely impossible."

"Don't worry, this boss, let me leave it."

Charlie Harry Warren patted his chest and focused the topic of the conference on the strategy of dealing with the Republic of Negro.

"How much time do we have?" Gastens looked at Sink and asked the most critical question.

"The army of the Niglu Republic renovated the border for a day and then began to move towards us. Their movement speed was very slow due to the movement speed of the steam cannons. Moreover, I don't know how they deal with the cities along the way. If they don't attack the city and attack us directly, they should be able to reach the Luoshan intersection at least five days."

"That is to say, it's only five days?" Ivan muttered, "Do you want to call Belancheer back?"

Belancher and his guerrilla column behind enemy lines were still entangled with Elliot during this period. Although they could win every attack, some casualties also occurred. The Council had discussed the matter of calling the guerrilla column back to supply and enrich personnel. This time, when the attack of the Republic of Negru was caught, it was brought out and brought up again.

"It's probably too late to call it back," Gastens was more objective. "Send another regiment to enrich their strength and give them more supplies. In response to the advancement of such positions in the Republic of Negru, the guerrillas must be strengthened."

"The factory now has about three hundred Thunder type one and five hundred Brave rifles, which can be replaced with our army."

Thomas Gulakos added, "It should be able to support the production brigade to expand again."

"The main equipment of the First Militia Division is the Honor Rifles and Elliot Rifles that we had previously stocked. The production brigades used the Thunder Type 1 and the Brave Rifles. The production brigade's troops left in Elena include the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment and the Fourth Regiment. If we use these 800 advanced rifles to equip a regiment and then send the Second Regiment out, there will be a guerrilla brigade in Belancheer, and we will also have a complete brigade."

"The troops equipped with Thunder Type 1 and Brave Rifles have two brigades, and our front-line combat power is about 6,000," Gastens stood up and started writing on the blackboard behind him, "In addition to the First and Second Militia Divisions, these two troops now have a certain combat power, with a total of about 25,000 troops."

"We can expand the army again," Ivan added. "After the Republic of Niglu came, there were more farmers fleeing in. Without affecting agriculture and industry, it would be no big problem to create another division."

"The food supply will be a little tighter," Charlie Harry reminded, "According to the current military scale, our food inventory is about half a year. If one division is expanded, the food may not be enough for even half a year."

"The new troops do not have enough weapons." Gastenth knew Elena's problem now. "Find some smart workers to work and speed up the second phase of the factory expansion. We need more weapons. For the troops, we will pull out half a division. If the weapons cannot keep up, don't fully configure them first and arrange them for local defense and patrols. At the same time, we will start to strengthen training and be the second echelon of our troops."

"OK."

Ivan nodded and ended the discussion on the forces. After that, everyone's attention returned to the Republic of Negru again.

"Boss, will they beat us? Last time my brother Hurt came, he wanted to form an alliance with us. Everyone is a believer in communism. They may not necessarily want to destroy us, right?"

"They are compromisers, and communism cannot succeed through compromise," Gastens concluded in one sentence, "No matter what they say, we must be prepared to resist their attack!"

Gastens's words set a general direction for the discussion after the meeting. Everyone had a long and in-depth discussion on the response plan of the Negru Republic Army before the meeting ended. Gastens left the conference room, took a sip of water, and turned around and entered another conference room dedicated to meeting outside visitors.

There, Billy Barnard, the sixth prince's attendant, is looking through the latest issue of "Fluorite".

"It's been a long time for you to wait."

Gastens pushed the door open, shook hands with Barnard, and sat down.

"I heard that many of the articles in this newspaper were written by you?" Barnard did not seem to have become anxious because of the waiting. He closed the newspaper gracefully and looked up at Gastens.

"It was a while, but it's not now," Gastens smiled. "How is the Sixth Prince recently?"

"Not good, very bad," Barnard did not hide it. "The second prince Wenfeng won several battles in the north, and we are still trapped in Enspan Province. The Republic of Niglu is coming again. Your Belancher is still in gloomy every day. It is already very good that the prince can keep his mood stable."

"Then I'm sorry," Gastens smiled in sincerity, "You and I are fighting now. Your Highness invites you here, but I don't know what you think?"

"Oh, I believe you have heard of this too," Barnard sat upright, "The defense line in the Western Theater Command collapsed, the border was lost, and the army of the Republic of Niglu is coming. Now only you and me are left in Enspan Province, standing in front of the enemy. What the prince's meaning is that we can temporarily quit the war and unite to the outside world?"

"How can we agree to the law?" Gastens also felt energetic. Although he had no hope of reconciliation with Elliot, he also wanted to hear what medicine this Billy Barnard, or the sixth prince behind him, sold.

"It's very simple. We know that your weapons are the core secrets of Elena, and we don't need to produce technology. We just hope that you can provide us with some Thunder Type. We will go up to fight the enemy with guns. You don't need to send people, you don't need to kill people, and you don't need to provide technology. As long as you produce weapons, we will pay for the Brave Rifle at the price agreed in the previous agreement, and we will deliver the goods with one hand. If you want supplies or food, we will have no problem. As for the Thunder Type, you can offer a price, as long as we can accept it, it's easy to say. The only thing Elena needs to do is to ensure our weapons supply and let our soldiers go to the front line to fight with the Republic of Negru. How about it, this transaction is still cost-effective, right?"

Elliot's suggestion sounds quite sincere, and even a little aggrieved. In order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, the prince of a great country bought guns from Elena and even had to pay on credit. If this news is released, I don't know how many people will think Elliot is a coward.

"This suggestion is good," Gastens nodded, "But how can His Highness guarantee that the weapons we sell will not be used on ourselves?"

"There is no way to do this," Barnard shrugged, "Your Highness the Prince can swear with his reputation that he will never use the weapons sold from Elena on Elena's army. But if you insist on a more objective guarantee method, we don't have it. After all, if you don't give some basic trust in doing business, you can't continue, right?"

"I requested the lifting of the blockade of the New Mountain Pass, and half of the cost of the payment is paid. First, the materials are given, and then the weapons are given. How about it?" If only the weapons are sold, Gastens did not have much resistance. Moreover, the Republic of Niglu is indeed at the gate of the city. For the sake of Ankenryin's safety, Elliot should not dare to make tricks in this regard.

"No problem, Your Highness the Prince said, "You will listen to yours, whatever you want, how you want, how you give it." Barnard was very frank.

"We can only supply the Brave Rifle, the Thunder Type 1 is an weapon used by Elena and cannot provide it."

Gastens tightened his opening and tried to avoid the spread of state-of-the-art technology.

"This is OK," Barnard's expression didn't change anything. "The best thing is not to be spread, we can accept it."

"Our factory has limited production capacity and needs more production equipment. Can you provide it? Just convert it according to the price of weapons." Elena's factory production capacity has been tight recently. The new production line production all depends on the set of second-hand equipment brought by William Richardson before. Although it can be used, it is not efficient. Gastens made this request, and wanted to see the other party's sincerity.

"I need to go back to ask for instructions on this, but the problem should not be big," Barnard nodded slightly and then made a request.

"We hope that you can provide 5,000 Brave rifles within a week, and we want to establish a new weapon force that can deal with enemy threats as soon as possible."

"There is no way to get five thousand pieces, our production capacity is not enough. It would be great if we could get three thousand pieces in half a year," Gastens shook his head, "But if the equipment for expansion arrives, this output has hope to be realized as soon as possible."

"Second-hand ones are fine," Barnard's body was still straight. During negotiations, he would subconsciously remain nervous most of the time.

Second-hand? Gastens was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized something. The other party wanted the weapon in the hands of the active troops of Ailena!

"This doesn't work, Elena needs a certain amount of self-protection ability," Gastens shook his head, "I'm sorry, we can't agree to this."

"If that happens, it will be difficult for me to report the job when I go back..."

Barnard frowned and thought for a while, and made another suggestion.

"If you can't let us establish a new weapon force as soon as possible, I wonder if Ailena can assist in sending troops and resist the opponent's attack first? In this way, when our troops are formed, we will change our defenses and we will undertake the subsequent defensive tasks. How about it?"

"You just said we don't need to send troops, we just need to use weapons."

"But you can't provide the amount of weapons we need in the time we need. If the Republic of Niglu really comes, and there are not enough weapons, we will have to pay a considerable price to defend Enspan. At that time, if they are interested in Elena, in case of any accident, I believe neither of us wants to see something like this happen, right?"

Barnard spoke a little fast. He kept looking at Gastens, observing his reaction, and continued, "In addition, this idea was proposed by me personally and did not discuss it with His Highness the Prince. If you agree, I will try my best to convince His Highness the Prince. After all, the enemy is in the face of the great enemy, and the overall situation is the most important. If Elena can put the country first, none of us will make things difficult for you."

"So, our agreement is to truce, and then we supply weapons, and you go up and fight. In the early stages, our soldiers also have to go up and fight. Is that what does that mean?"

Gastens briefly summarized Barnard's purpose, and Barnard nodded, indicating that this is what it means.

"Basically, we still have to ask for instructions on your troops when we go back, but this is basically the plan."

"I understand, it's hard for the prince to have such meticulous thoughts when facing the enemy." Gastens stood up and held Barnard's hand.

"I also need to discuss the specific content with Elena's comrades. I believe you and Your Highness will need some time to discuss it. Why not do this? Today we will talk about this. The subsequent content will be confirmed by the Sixth Prince. Let's talk about it again?"

"Yes, after all, this is a big deal, and I can't decide it alone." Barnard shook Gastens's hand very hard. "Your soldiers and weapons are very powerful. We hope that you can make the Republic of Negro realize that we, Ankenryin, have never been easy to bully."
Chapter completed!