Chapter 3514: Make him hurt!

A few days before Ye Chen and Xiao Churan returned, Xiao Churan was busy in the company until very late every day. In her words, many projects had been pending for too long and needed to be rushed over.

However, Ye Chen did not suspect anything, but he did not know that Xiao Churan was already preparing for a month later.

A few days later, Ma Lan and Xiao Changkun returned to Jinling with large and small bags.

The two of them had a great time in Dubai this time and spent most of the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which finally made up for the regrets of their last trip to Dubai.

As soon as Xiao Changkun came back, he started hanging out in the Calligraphy and Painting Association again, while Ma Lan, as usual, did nothing all day long.

Ye Chen thought that his life had returned to normal, so he only took time out every day to go to the Champs Elysees Hot Spring Hotel to help Ito Nanako and other warriors improve their strength. He also often met with Yun Ruge and Song Ruyu to study how to break the poison in their bodies.

Lin Wan'er recently returned to campus life. According to her, she actually likes studying at school. For hundreds of years, she has traveled to universities around the world and studied for countless professional degrees. However, since entering the information age, she was afraid of exposing her information, so she simply gave up the idea of studying.

But Jinling is different. Jinling is Ye Chen's territory. She and Ye Chen are both enemies of the Poqing Society, and are also the targets of Wu Feiyan's search. With Ye Chen and her side by side, she feels much more relaxed.

For the first time in all these years, she felt safe because she was in Ye Chen's city.

When Ye Chen's life returned to a brief period of peace, Hamid suddenly concentrated his forces and launched an attack on several surrounding oil fields.

A few days ago, Hamid followed Ye Chen's suggestion and went to the core of the opposition to ask for compensation, proposing to hand over the nearest oil fields to himself and write everything off.

But the core members who did not follow the rules directly rejected his request.

The core members felt that although we had acted unscrupulously before and had directly attempted to assassinate you, this was no reason for you to ask me for money. Every penny the opposition earned was earned from oil, and every drop of their oil was obtained through war. If Hamid wanted to take their oil fields, he would be robbing them of their money.

In their view, Hamid was just like a small thief asking a big thief for money. He was simply asking for trouble and they would not agree to it no matter what. They also issued a clear warning to Hamid that if he continued to pester them, they would send troops to attack his base.

The thing Hamid fears least is war.

After Ye Chen analyzed the situation for him, he realized his current strategic position.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that your base is deserted. The key point is that you are in the heart of Syria.

If the opposition goes against me, I will be a nail in their heart and a tumor growing in their body. Moreover, my place is as solid as a rock. After they fall out with me, they cannot break in and will have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to defend myself from the inside, which will put them in trouble both internally and externally.

Therefore, Hamid was too lazy to analyze whether these people were trying to scare him or really wanted to attack him. He simply took the initiative.

So he called Ye Chen and reported the battle plan to him.

He said to Ye Chen: "Brother Ye, I have targeted their five oil fields. I plan to knock down one of them first, then surround the other four and negotiate with them, and finally get the one closest to me. What do you think?"

Ye Chen asked him: "Where are the opposition forces currently concentrated?"

Hamid said: "The majority of the opposition's forces are currently concentrated on the border and in Damascus."

He analyzed, "After all, they've only just seized this kingdom. They haven't yet begun to think about how to govern the country legally or allocate military power. All they're thinking about is concentrating their forces around themselves to prevent others from taking away what they've just seized."

"Because of this, the oil fields around me are not guarded by any decent armed forces. At best, there are only a few hundred militants."

Ye Chen asked him: "How is the morale of your team at this stage?"

Hamid smiled and said, "My troops have been recuperating and training hard for such a long time. In addition, you have provided a lot of funds for upgrading their armaments. Their combat effectiveness has completely surpassed that of other opposition soldiers. The opposition is basically still armed with AK47s and firing randomly. If a real fight breaks out, the casualty ratio can be kept at at least 1:3!"

Ye Chen said: "If you want to fight, you have to catch them off guard. Forget about a 1:3 casualty ratio, even 1:10 is not even acceptable. You and your soldiers must maneuver quickly, deploy quickly, fight quickly, and withdraw quickly. The casualty ratio must be kept above :."

Hamid exclaimed, "One to thirty? This... isn't this a bit difficult?"

The casualty ratio was 1 to 30, which meant that if one of their soldiers died, at least 30 of the enemy had to be killed. This was very rare in modern warfare.

But Ye Chen doesn't think so.

By grasping the first-mover advantage, they are already far ahead of the enemy. Coupled with the advantages of soldiers' condition and weapons and equipment, the casualty ratio is bound to continue to expand. Although one to thirty seems out of reach, it may not be impossible to achieve. I have to set a high goal for Hamid and let him go all out towards this goal. Let's see whether he can accomplish it first.

Hamid was a little nervous about Ye Chen's request. He felt that he was not a commander, but a student of Ye Chen, and Ye Chen set an unattainable assessment goal for himself.

So he quickly said, "Brother, this one to thirty ratio is indeed a bit difficult. Human life is worthless here, so there's no need to be so obsessed with the casualty ratio... Let's just fight hard and win, okay?"

Ye Chen asked him in return: "When you attacked the Ten Thousand Dragon Palace, what was the casualty ratio?"

Hamid perked up and blurted out, "That was a big deal! Thanks to your leadership, the casualty ratio was at least one to a few hundred."

After saying this, he himself felt a little unsure, and explained, "But that time was different. That time we were fighting a defensive battle, with strong permanent fortifications as support, and it was also an ambush, catching them off guard. This time is different, this time there are no fortifications to rely on."

Ye Chen asked him again: "After defeating the Ten Thousand Dragon Palace, how is the morale of your soldiers?"

Hamid blurted out excitedly, "After that battle, morale was incredibly high. No one expected us to defeat the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace, and it was a crushing victory. The army was incredibly united!"

"That's it," Ye Chen said. "This is your first time leaving your base to fight a blitzkrieg. If your casualty ratio can reach a level others wouldn't dare to imagine, it will not only greatly boost morale, but also significantly undermine the enemy's confidence, making them fear you. This will also help you negotiate with them later, so you must command and deploy your forces well and strive for a great victory!"

"I understand!" Hamid understood Ye Chen's thoughts and said respectfully: "Brother, you are still thoughtful! Don't worry, I will do my best!"

Ye Chen hummed and said, "Also, since they have five oil fields, don't just attack one. At least attack three, and the three largest ones. If you want to attack them, hit them hard. If they still don't accept your conditions after attacking three, then destroy them all at once. Like I said before, flip the table and no one will eat."

"Alright!" Hamid felt his ambition rising in his chest, his blood boiling. He blurted out, "Don't worry, brother. I will definitely implement your strategic plan perfectly!"

……

The next day, Hamid organized two thousand soldiers to carry out a quick surprise attack on three selected oil fields.

In this surprise attack on the oil fields, Ye Chen’s “four quick requirements” were perfectly achieved, and three of the opponent’s oil fields were destroyed in one go.

These three oil fields produce nearly 20,000 barrels of crude oil per day, which accounts for one-fifth of the country's current annual output. This wave of direct destruction is a heavy loss.

As for Hamid, apart from consuming some fuel and ammunition, the three small-scale battles were one-sided crushing. Seventy percent of the opposition's defensive soldiers were killed and thirty percent were captured, while only three of Hamid's soldiers were slightly injured and no one died.

This successful attack greatly boosted the morale of Hamid's army. Everyone finally realized that they were no longer the same as the opposition. It made them realize that they would be able to face the opposition with unstoppable force in the future.

Hamid also learned his lesson. Not only did he destroy the three oil fields, he also tied up the core workers of the three oil fields and brought them to his own base. In the future, when he took over the oil fields and started mining, these people would be able to serve him directly.

The core opposition was furious about this.

Their first thought was to gather heavy troops and besiege Hamid.

However, at the pre-war meeting, after everyone calmed down and analyzed the situation, they found that besieging Hamid was useless.

The First Military Advisor analyzed, "First, before we took Jiangshan, Hamid, as our comrade, once fought a brilliant and tough battle. The government forces and the Wanlong Palace jointly launched multiple attacks on his base, but each ended in disastrous defeat. This time, his attack on the oil fields we control further proves that his soldiers' combat effectiveness far exceeds ours."

"Secondly, our soldiers are now very afraid of the combat effectiveness of Hamid's soldiers. Other soldiers stationed in the oil fields are even worried about being attacked by Hamid. This has really affected the morale of the troops."

"Furthermore, our weapons and equipment are mainly guerrilla equipment, with light weapons accounting for the vast majority. Although some heavy weapons were captured, they are mostly tanks, armored vehicles, anti-aircraft missiles, and heavy artillery."

"Anyone here who has even a passing knowledge of military affairs can see that none of this heavy equipment is suitable for assaulting mountainous terrain."

"Tanks and armored vehicles can't reach Hamid's base. Our heavy vehicles might not even reach them before the terrain greatly restricts their mobility and combat capabilities, and we'll just become sitting ducks for Hamid's soldiers."

"Those heavy artillery and howitzers are capable, but the permanent fortifications built by Hamid are not only extremely strong, but also mostly on reverse slopes. Our artillery will only scratch their itch if we fire at them."

"The key is that what we captured were all heavy equipment that the government forces didn't have time to destroy. We only have very limited ammunition left. Every time we fire a howitzer shell, it's gone. After we're done, those artillery pieces will just become scrap metal. If we use up all these shells, we won't have any weapons to use if we have to fight a ground positional battle with someone in the future!"

"On the other hand, that bastard Hamid built such strong fortifications and dug such deep caves that even if we fired all our ammunition at him, it would only help loosen the soil above his head, but it wouldn't damage his foundation at all."

"As for our air defense missiles, Hamid's army has no air power other than a few attack helicopters. If he doesn't deploy helicopters, then our air defense missiles will be completely useless to him."

"What's more, our spies inside Hamid have already informed us of Hamid's strategic reserves. Everyone should know that even if we deploy a large number of troops to completely surround Hamid's base, Hamid can still hold out for three years."

"But the embarrassing thing is, Hamid can hold out for three years, but we may not be able to hold out for three years!"