After graduating from Huangpu, he rose to prominence as a regiment leader.

Chapter 657: No retreat, the strength of both sides is 1 to !

The staff officer of the 88th Division saw the scene and speculated.

"Commander, in my opinion, the 175th Division is trying to steal the credit from us!"

"This time the commander-in-chief singled out our two divisions. Everyone wants to show off, so naturally no one wants to give in to the other!"

"Although the commander-in-chief said that the 175th Division should support us, he also did not stipulate that the 175th Division cannot be the main blocking force!"

"What's more, the commander-in-chief said whoever kills the most enemies will be credited with the most merit!"

The guard battalion commander couldn't help but say, "Division Commander, we are the first to attack this time. How can we let the 48th Army steal the show?"

"If this gets out, will our 88th Division still be able to hold its head up high among all these troops?"

After hearing this, the commander of the 88th Division's face darkened.

He immediately gave a fierce order: "Notify everyone, the vanguard group to abandon all heavy weapons and only carry rifles, light machine guns and submachine guns!"

"We must reach the designated position earlier than the 175th Division!"

"No, don't worry about the positions, just charge head-on with the retreating Gaul army!"

"I just don't believe it. Lu Daoyuan and Liu Jiashu can beat this group of foreign devils, but I can't!"

"The first-class merit this time really belongs to our 88th Division!"

"Yes, Commander!"

Upon receiving the order, the guard battalion commander quickly jumped out of the car and notified the vanguard regiment to take action.

An hour later, the vanguard regiment of the 88th Division had a head-on encounter with the Gallic army that was marching back to rescue Henei in the area on the south bank of the Hong River.

Fierce exchanges of fire then broke out between the two sides, and a fierce battle ensued around the south bank of the Hong River.

"what happened?"

"Where do these enemy troops come from?"

"Even if the fighting over there has ended, it will still take more than three hours to get here on this 100-kilometer road!"

Commander-in-chief Langley was shocked. He gave the order with a horrified look on his face.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

It is obvious that Langley has been frightened by this expeditionary force!

However, the commander of the engaging troops, Mercomand, commander of the Sixth Gallic Army, soon found out the situation.

He reported to Langerai: "Commander-in-chief, don't panic!"

"They only have the strength of one regiment. If we send our entire army forward, I guarantee we can wipe them out in ten minutes!"

"We will not be delayed in rescuing He Nei and protecting Commander-in-Chief Nax!"

"Okay, okay, Mekosimon, I believe in your judgment. Take action. Let your Sixth Army defeat the enemy in one round." Langley gave the order quickly.

Mekosimon nodded, then quickly led his troops to the front position and personally commanded the battle.

"Da da da!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The originally calm lake surface was suddenly filled with flying bullets and loud gunfire.

The sound of the temple bells was completely drowned out, and smoke filled the entire battlefield.

"Captain, the enemy is surrounding us. We rushed in too fast and too fiercely!"

"We are at least thirty kilometers away from the main force."

At this time, a company commander reported.

"The Gallic army is a bunch of cowards. Let's go to the temple, stay high above the enemy, and wait for help!"

"This is not being surrounded, this is an opportunity!"

"Do you understand the opportunity?"

"We are responsible for attracting the main force of the Gaul army. As long as the division commander leads the main force of the 88th Division to surround us, we can just use the tactic of "blooming from the center" on them!"

"These Gallic soldiers were beaten to a pulp, screaming and howling!"

Far from being afraid, the leader of the vanguard group looked excited, like a wolf seeing a lamb.

I can only say that the commander of the 88th Division was right to choose this kind of person as a pioneer!

This is the energy we need.

Indeed, this center-blooming tactic is extremely difficult to pull off, with chances even lower than the lottery!

If I could encounter it once and win, I could brag about it for the rest of my life!

"Captain, in that case, let my first company cover the second and third companies as they gradually retreat into the One Pillar Temple and launch a counterattack using the terrain advantage!" The first company commander volunteered.

"Okay, Lao Zhang, I was right about you!"

"Now that the battle is over, I will ask for credit for you from the division commander and the commander-in-chief!" said the regiment commander happily.

Immediately, the third company of the vanguard regiment followed the order and launched operations separately.

After five minutes of fierce fighting, the experienced Mekosimon saw their combat intentions and immediately gave loud orders.

"Quick! Use heavy firepower to blockade them and prevent them from retreating to the One Pillar Temple!"

"The troops sounded the charge and launched a general attack!"

However, it's too late!

The second and third companies had successfully retreated into the temple and set up machine gun positions, engaging in both fire and defense.

Provide covering fire for the company that had previously covered them.

Mekosim was furious when he saw this scene and organized three large-scale attacks.

Unfortunately, although the Gallic army used its absolute superiority in force to capture 90% of the temple's territory.

But they were still unable to capture the seven-story pagoda at the One Pillar Pagoda, and half an hour had already passed since the battle began!

Langley gradually lost his patience and ordered his troops to bypass the temple and head towards Henei.

But Mercomy was furious. They, the elite Gallic army, couldn't even take a temple. If this got out, how could he have the face to stay in the Gallic military?

So, he asked Langley for permission to use the 150mm heavy howitzer to blow up the temple!

"Blow up the seven-story pagoda. The tens of millions of monks in Beiyue and even the entire East Asia will not let you go!"

"The One Pillar Pagoda is a holy place for Beiyue monks!" Langlai refused.

"I don't care about that. I just know that my enemies are here, and I want to send them to see God!"

Mekosimon said angrily.

Just as the two were arguing, the commander of the 88th Division arrived with a large force!

"Captain, they are coming!"

"The division commander is here, the main force is here!"

A soldier on the seventh floor shouted excitedly.

The vanguard leader also turned his head and looked over, and was shocked to see cars roaring towards them.

he laughed.

"I did it, I did it!"

"Hold on for half an hour, and resist three large-scale attacks by the entire Gaul army with the strength of a single group!"

"I deserve the most credit for this blocking battle. I deserve the most credit!"

Then the leader of the vanguard group shouted to everyone again: "Brothers, charge!"

The commander of the vanguard regiment led his troops to block the enemy's main force for half an hour. The commander of the 88th Division quickly seized the opportunity and launched a blocking battle in the area of ​​One Pillar Temple!

Mercsimon's Sixth Army was attacked from all sides and suffered heavy losses, but he repeatedly emphasized to Langlet that they could not retreat and must charge forward!

A division has only more than 8,000 people, and they have 80,000 elite main forces. The difference in troop strength between the two sides is ten to one, and the advantage is on my side!

While Langley was hesitating, Nax's life-threatening telegram came again.

This is already the fifteenth telegram!

In the telegram, Nax accused Langley of having disloyal intentions, failing to provide rescue efforts, and being self-reliant, and ordered him to return to Henei immediately at all costs!