strictlysupreme Chapter 653 2 Difficult situation, unable to advance or retreat!
Chapter 653 2 Difficult situation, unable to advance or retreat!
Thinking of this, Wu Ke no longer cared about anything else and quickly spoke to Qin Feng.
"I am willing to submit to your expeditionary force!"
"Don't kill us!"
"We foreign troops are also being used as pawns by the Gauls!"
"If I had known that you were Xia's army, I would never have gone against you!"
After hearing what Wu Ke said, the rest of the people also expressed their loyalty to their leader Qin Feng.
Looking at such knowledgeable foreign troops, Qin Feng's expression eased slightly. People who knew him could see that he was in a very good mood at the moment.
Next, Qin Feng placed the core in Dianbian Prefecture, and divided the troops with the 11th Corps into two groups to break into the city!
After several hours of fierce fighting, Dianbian Prefecture was successfully captured in the evening.
Before the soldiers of the 11th Corps and the 45th Army could cheer, they received bad news.
These Yuenan and Beiyue troops are really taking advantage of the fact that there are no people in Xia country!
While their main forces were away, they actually sent out an army of 100,000 to attack the Liangshan Command Headquarters!
Zhang Tian, the commander of the 96nd Division of the 32th Army, led a division of his men to secure a chance for everyone to retreat!
But unfortunately, in this battle, none of the 32 soldiers of the entire 8635nd Division survived!
After learning the news, Lu Daoyuan and the commander of the 45th Division were now filled with murderous intent.
Qin Feng, the commander-in-chief of this expeditionary force, had a chilling look on his face as he gave orders in a cold voice.
"Since they are so ungrateful, let them see what Xia Country is capable of!"
"These 8635 Beiyue soldiers will be buried with our soldiers!"
Every expeditionary force that received this news had anger burning in their chests.
As for the Beiyue Army, they could say that they had never fought against it, let alone had any thoughts of harming it.
On the contrary, when they were escorted out of the country, they were given weapons, equipment, and even supplies, which completely eliminated the embarrassing situation in which only one-third of the soldiers in the army had guns.
However, what we got in return was a bite back, and the war was launched without declaration, with secret shooting and surprise attacks!
How could they, the expeditionary soldiers who were also their compatriots and comrades-in-arms, not be angry?
The blood debt of these 8635 soldiers must be repaid!
For a time, telegrams requesting to fight from major battlefields flew to Dianbian Prefecture like snowflakes.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief!"
"Commander Huang Jie requests to transfer the 71st Army to support Liangshan Province, leaving the 14th Army to continue besieging the enemy!"
"He promised that he would massacre 32 Beiyue troops and avenge all the soldiers of the nd Division!"
“As the commander of the corps, he cannot ignore such a blood feud!
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief!"
"Commander Liu Jiashu, please lead three divisions to quickly march north to meet Commander Bai and others from Liangshan Province, and at the same time, block the pursuit of the Beiyue Army!
"Commander Liu said that withdrawing troops for rescue will not affect the battlefield situation at all, nor will it give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage!"
"As a fellow villager from the same place, he must avenge Zhang Tian!"
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief!"
"Commander Zhang Gan Zhang requested to send troops. He said that the brother unit was in trouble and all the soldiers of the 32nd Division were killed!"
"As the main force of the Guangxi clique, they have an obligation to rescue!"
"What's more, among the high-ranking officials of the headquarters being pursued are Commander Bai, the Chief of Staff and others!"
Faced with the public outrage and unprecedented anger, commanders from major battlefields requested to fight.
Qin Feng did not agree directly, because he knew very well that now it was not just Cornelius who was leading 180,000 reinforcements to move in full force.
Even Navarre joined in this gamble, and the 80,000 elite Gallic troops who had been hiding in the capital, He, also launched an all-out attack!
The direction of attack was none other than the defense area of the 96th Army that he had left behind as a reserve.
The reason why Liangshan Command was raided was because the main force of the 96th Army was tied down by these Gallic troops and could not escape.
The 100,000 Beiyue troops took this opportunity to split up into small groups and, using their familiarity with the local terrain, passed through the battle area along several paths.
Bypass Qin Feng and set up a second line of defense in the three nearby counties.
All the way to the outside of Liangshan City, the 100,000-strong army launched a surprise attack, catching everyone off guard.
Zhang Tian, commander of the 32nd Division who was in charge of guarding the second line of defense, learned that his rear had been attacked, and immediately led all the soldiers of the division back to provide support.
He fought a bloody battle with 100,000 Beiyue troops to cover Commander Bai and others' evacuation from Liangshan.
It can be said that if the 32nd Division had not fought to the death, the officers led by Bai Chongxi would most likely have become prisoners of the Beiyue Army.
"Commander-in-chief, speed is of the essence. Make a decision quickly!"
"Immediately order the 1st Army of the 71st Corps and the 48th Army of the rd Corps to come to the rescue!"
"Otherwise, the remaining 96th and 29nd Divisions of the 82th Army might also be eaten up!"
"The Beiyue Army and the Gaul Army advanced from the north and south, attacking from the front and back. The 29th and 82nd Divisions were attacked from both sides, suffering heavy casualties!"
"Once their positions are lost, Liangshan, Guangning, Taiyuan, Xuanguang and other five provinces will all fall into the hands of the enemy!"
In the operations room of the temporary headquarters of Dianbianfu, Lu Daoyuan, commander of the 11th Corps, said anxiously
The commander of the 45th Army nodded, obviously agreeing with this plan.
Only the foreign troops' commander, Wu Ke, raised doubts.
"No, Commander Lu, the enemy knows you will send reinforcements, and you are about to send reinforcements!"
"Is it possible that the enemy will set up an ambush on the road and use a siege tactic to attack the city?"
Lu Daoyuan said calmly: "Of course I know there is such a possibility, and I can even be sure that the enemy will definitely do this!"
"Nax, the veteran of the battlefield, is not that stupid Cornelius. He has outstanding military talent, rich experience, and strong command and adaptability!"
"But sir, we have no choice but to do this!"
"Otherwise, once our Commander Bai and other officers become prisoners, all our military exploits tonight, including the glorious achievements of taking over the five provinces surrounding Dianbian Prefecture, will be overshadowed!"
“They can use this as a threat to force us to withdraw from these five provinces, or even the eight provinces of Beiyue!”
"If we give up at that time, it would be an ungratefulness to the territory that our soldiers fought so hard for!"
"If we don't allow them to do so, we will have to watch Commander Bai, the Chief of Staff and other officers being hanged alive, and being branded as disloyal and incompetent!"
After hearing this explanation, the foreign troops commander Wu Ke also felt that the situation was extremely tricky and he was really in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.
Fortunately, Qin Feng, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, finally made a decision.
"Why do we still do this when we know that we are sending the elite troops of the 71st and 48th Armies to their deaths?"
Qin Feng's words broke everyone's fantasy.