Chapter 657: The army sets out, logistics support

The person who knows you best is often your enemy.

Although the ancestor of the Blood Sea, Mosquito Taoist, is an ancient demon, he has not had much interaction with the Heavenly Court for billions of years since the creation of the world.

This devil knew how to keep a low profile, and although he was not well-known in normal life, he seized the opportunity of the Conferred God Tribulation to do something big, and the biggest victim was the Western Church.

For five hundred years, the Western Church has been trying to kill the Blood Sea Ancestor all the time, and the plan it has formulated for this purpose is also quite targeted and feasible.

Facing the three masters who were full of confidence, what else could Wen Rui say? He could only use his acting skills to give them a few sour and reluctant compliments, and then remind them in a bland way:

Although the plan is good, we still need to act with caution. Before we think about success, we must think about failure first...

They are all old clichés in the art of war, without much real content, and seem like an attempt to save face after a misjudgment.

The Bodhisattvas naturally accepted the suggestions with a high level of integrity and praised Wen Rui's steadiness and maturity without showing any ridicule or contempt, which showed their high quality.

The two sides had cordial and friendly talks during the high-level military meeting, fully exchanged views on differences, reached consensus, enhanced understanding, and achieved constructive results...

After the allied forces had completed their review, they set out immediately.

The heavenly soldiers and generals were arranged in formation. The clouds under their feet gathered into a large cloud, and they flew to the west on this large cloud that covered an area of ten miles in radius.

The monks of the Western religion used their supernatural powers to run rapidly on the ground, chasing the clouds. The two thousand guardian gods of Jie Di displayed their supernatural powers, either directly transforming into the original forms of mythical beasts or using magical instruments as a means of transportation.

In Wen Rui's opinion, this way of marching was too inefficient. Compared with the Demon Alliance's jump transport ship, it was simply the march of a primitive army.

In particular, the method of heavenly soldiers and generals marching on clouds is suitable in the heavens and the mortal world, but it is ineffective when used on the earth.

As soon as the Yin energy in the underworld became extremely strong, the gods in the world of the living were constantly consuming their immortal power to resist the erosion of the Yin energy. The consumption of the immortal power in the underworld was doubled when used in the underworld.

Secondly, the environment on earth is dry and barren, making it difficult for clouds to condense. Creating water vapor out of thin air to form clouds is a meaningless expenditure of extra immortal power.

But he is not the head coach, so he is not in the position to make decisions and is too lazy to make any suggestions for optimization.

Besides, even if he brought it up, head coach Huang Tianhua, who had some reservations, might not be willing to listen.

Military system reform is not easy to implement in any era, and reliability is far more important than innovation. The model of heavenly soldiers and generals marching on clouds has lasted for tens of thousands of years and has already undergone countless actual combat tests. Although the jump boat is efficient, it is a new thing after all, and there is the uncertainty of getting lost.

If there is a deviation in the jump, it would be a matter of a hair's breadth that would lead to a huge error. The possibility of the entire army diving into the sea of blood and drowning on the spot is very low, but it is definitely not zero.

Based on this alone, Huang Tianhua had sufficient reason to reject the proposal and adopt the most primitive but most reliable marching strategy.

Wen Rui did not join the expedition. He was the chief officer in charge of baggage transportation and had to stay in the rear camp to ensure the logistics transportation routes.

The so-called rear camp was built at the Ghost Gate of Mount Tai.

This place connects the Yin and Yang worlds. Military supplies from the Heavenly Court enter the Underworld through the Ghost Gate, are stored at the Ghost Gate, and are continuously transported to the front line. The expedition needs to go deep into the underworld. The deeper you go into the Underworld, the thinner the spiritual energy and immortal energy become. The area near the Netherworld Blood Sea is completely empty of spiritual energy and immortal energy, and the concentration of evil spirits and demonic energy begins to rise sharply.

The gods may not eat, but they cannot stop breathing the spiritual air.

Evil spirit and demonic energy are like poison to gods. Inhaling them will cause corrosion to the god's body.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously supply the army with immortal pills to replenish the immortal spirit. At the same time, it is also necessary to distribute detoxification pills, exorcism pills, heart-cleansing pills and other functional pills to ensure the physical and mental health of the heavenly soldiers and generals.

The damage rate of the armor and weapons of the heavenly soldiers and generals will also increase greatly in the terrestrial world. The damaged armor needs to be regularly transported back to heaven to be repaired by craftsmen, and then the repaired armor needs to be transported back to the front line.

Huang Feihu was also a man who knew military affairs and had served as the Grand Marshal of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He certainly understood the importance of logistics to war. If Huang Tianhua wanted to achieve great things, it was not a goal that he could achieve through his own efforts. If Wen Rui did not cooperate, it would be a piece of cake for him to be killed. If the key military supplies were delivered a day or two late, it could lead to a reversal of a decisive battle.

Therefore, during the high-level meeting between the two armies, he tried his best to clear up the misunderstanding with Wen Rui in front of the three Bodhisattvas, and persuaded Wen Rui not to sacrifice public interests for personal ones and not to deliberately make things difficult for the front-line commander.

Wen Ruikeng's point in tricking Huang Tianhua was not to withhold military supplies. On the contrary, he was afraid of giving people a chance to criticize him, so he wanted to do his job of supplying military supplies perfectly and not let anyone find any fault with him.

The logistics system of the Earth Realm had been completed as early as the time of the expedition to the Rakshasa Demon Kingdom. The jump transport ships were ready and only needed to be deployed from the Rakshasa route.

Soon after the army set out, the vast underworld wasteland outside the Ghost Gate was transformed into a large construction site. Countless engineering-specialized Ultron robots started working in full swing, building a flying boat landing platform and a modern material sorting and transfer center.

The Ruyi Jade Plate equipped by the heavenly soldiers and generals is the best positioning coordinate device. The jump boat can deliver supplies to any team calling for supply support in a personalized manner. The time interval from calling for supplies to the arrival of the flying boat is less than an incense stick of time, and the efficiency is maximized.

Quartermaster is a very busy job, but Wen Rui does it with ease, making the entire process automated and intelligent.

The Demon Alliance is already the number one logistics group in the Three Realms, and its transportation system has long been mature. He doesn't need to worry about it at all. He can just let Shui Ning'er, the logistics master, manage it remotely. All he needs to do every day is lie down and drink tea on the top floor of Guimenguanmen.

The three great masters of the Western Religion, who were entrusted with the important task of restraining the Blood Sea Ancestor, also set out with the army. Only Wen Rui and Huang Feihu were left in the Ghost Gate base camp. Compared with Wen Rui's leisurely and comfortable state, Huang Feihu seemed very anxious.

Huang Feihu was under a lot of pressure because of worry. The fact that the commander-in-chief of this expedition was his son was just one aspect of his anxiety.

As a man who knows military affairs, Huang Feihu is not as confident as the Bodhisattvas in the West. "Consider defeat before thinking about victory" is the basic quality of a qualified military commander.

Huang Feihu had to consider what to do if the expeditionary army was defeated and the demons in the sea of blood chased and killed the defeated soldiers all the way to the gates of hell.

At that time, Mount Tai will be the last line of defense to protect the human world. Once Mount Tai is lost, the demons will rush into the mortal world, which will lead to a doomsday catastrophe with devastating consequences.

Although the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Western religions are known to be unparalleled in wisdom, they actually lack knowledge and experience in the field of warfare. During the Conferred God Tribulation, they became extremely confident after following a few saints in the favorable battles, and there is a big deviation in their understanding of themselves.

After all, the teachings of Western religions themselves advocate love of peace and are most opposed to large-scale wars. There are countless Dharma protectors and Buddhas in the religion, but few war gods worthy of praise.

Later, the monkey made up for this shortcoming and achieved the status of being better than Buddha in combat. However, that monkey was also a wild one and had never learned the art of war systematically. The fact that a monkey could become a god of war shows how scarce his knowledge reserves of war were.

(End of this chapter)

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