Wei Rucong smiled helplessly and said, "Based on the shooting angle of the Southern Army's artillery, as long as we concentrate firepower according to this coordinate, the artillery on Tanwei Island will be completely eliminated in a few minutes. But this is a violation of the rules. Now we can only pretend not to know the coordinates of the other party and blindly bombard the island. As for the losses on the island, we can only wait until we go to the island to know."

At this time, a report came from outside the headquarters, and a servant hurriedly walked in.

The attendant came to the staff officer standing in front and reported: "It has been learned that the main force of the Southern Army retreated from Tanwei Island thirty minutes ago. The reserved force on the island is still unclear, and it is estimated that there will be no more than 500 people."

The staff officer nodded and signaled the attendant to go down. He turned to Mo Qingyu and said confidently: "Commander, in the current situation, the Southern Army has given up Tanwei Island as the decisive battlefield. Tanwei Island's defense is only to delay our attack time and strive for the arrangement of the second line of defense."

"Very good." Mo Qingyu smiled and then said, "Since they are going to delay time, we will not let them get what they want. Now our top priority is to break through Tanwei Island as soon as possible and not give the Southern Army enough time to prepare for war."

Guo Renzhang, who had been sitting behind the back with a gloomy face, couldn't help but deliberately joking at this time, and said, "Since you want to fight quickly, why don't you let everyone get on the boat and go around Tanwei Island from here and land directly in Jiaokou. Can you use Tanwei Island, which is less than a few hundred people?"

He thought that his idea was more or less novel. Lijiang and Jiaojiang were the same, and they were just divided into two by Tanwei Island. It was entirely possible to go straight to Jiaokou from Lihu. However, as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately attracted the ridicule of the second-tier generals.

A staff officer said: "If we force ourselves to cross Jiaojiang and the Southern Army on Tanwei Island switches artillery fire, we will be attacked from both sides. This is common sense."

Guo Renzhang was frustrated and was very annoyed, and said in a strong voice: "Do you just want to cross from Tanwei Island? Wouldn't you go to the downstream and avoid Tanwei Island and then cross the river? There is no limit on this exercise!"

The staff officer smiled and said, "Mr. Guo, there is indeed no limit on this exercise, but it stipulates time. Can people be crossed with such a large-scale detour and crossing the river be carried out in seven or eight hours?"

Guo Renzhang said dissatisfiedly: "Even if some of them pass over and launch a sneak attack, they can still win by surprise!"

Mo Qingyu finally couldn't help it. He took the speech and said in a verbal voice: "The exercise is a test of our defense and offensive ability in the twenty-four towns. I admit that Mr. Guo's ideas are very good in strategy, but if we only attach importance to strategic assessment and ignore the assessment of soldiers' combat capabilities, how can this exercise meet the standards?"

Guo Renzhang was so angry that he snorted. He couldn't hit Mo Qingyu in the face, but instead let Mo Qingyu slap his face, and he was embarrassed and angry. He stood up quickly, without saying a word, and hurried out of the headquarters.

The members of the referee team on the side silently wrote down this mark.

Mo Qingyu and Wei Rucong looked at each other. Although they knew that the situation just now was an internal conflict and would inevitably cause unfavorable records in the referee team, Guo Renzhang, a disharmonious member, left early and calmed down early. Both of them looked helpless, but they were not too worried.

The staff officer standing in front of the blackboard suddenly said: "Mr. Mo, my subordinates believe that the best way to break through Tanwei Island as soon as possible is to avoid frontal firepower and land on the other side. The southern army of Tanwei Island is not strong enough to arrange a comprehensive defense, and the artillery covers the north, so we have a chance to take advantage of it."

"Okay, observe the firepower arrangement of Tanwei Island immediately." Mo Qingyu nodded deeply in agreement.

More than ten minutes later, the scouts returned from the riverside and drew imaginary pictures based on the movements of the human figures on Tanwei Island.

After several staff officers studied it, they quickly came to a unified conclusion and said: "Although the defensive movements on Tanwei Island cannot be completely confirmed, one thing is certain that the beachheads to the west are completely unchanged. We can send thirty ships to bypass the frontal firepower and land in the west."

Mo Qingyu hardly thought about it because the conditions in front of him now made him unable to see anything suspicious.

"Very good, just do it. Lord Wei, increase the cover of artillery fire." He said decisively.

"Wait." Wei Rucon suddenly said, and he asked the scout, "Is there really no movement in the west?"

"Sir, I observed through the Thousand Mile Mile Mile, and there was no movement. I could not see any defenses of the Southern Army soldiers, and there was no defense on the beach." The scout said.

"Mr. Wei, do you have any questions?" Mo Qingyu asked strangely.

"The first label is known as the strongest army in Guangzhou. How can we break through the first line of defense so easily? I don't know what kind of Zhao Sheng is, but Wu Shaoting, deputy commander of the Southern Army, is a difficult person." Wei Rucon said with a serious expression, and then asked, "Who is the general who stayed at Tanwei Island?"

Everyone looked puzzled. Who knows this? After the Southern Army landed on Tanwei Island, it was basically in a state of preparation for war, and both sides could no longer obtain any information. The Southern Army could send anyone to stay on Tanwei Island, from the commander-in-chief to the platoon leader. It would be impossible to know by guessing alone.

When Mo Qingyu heard Wei Rucon say this, he gradually became more suspicious. The west side was so clean that he didn't even have an observation post. This was too unreasonable, right? There were not many southern troops on Tanwei Island, and the other party should deliberately show strength to avoid being surrounded and attacked. How could such a big flaw be revealed?

"Is it intentional?" he guessed slowly.

"Mr. Mo, although Tanwei Island is not big, the troops of hundreds of people are still short of their strength. What's more, our vanguard and artillery are suppressing the front, which is enough to restrain most of the southern troops on the island. The subordinates believe that the Southern Army is really unable to defend against the beachheads in the west, and we should seize this opportunity!" The General Staff Officer said with a cheerful remark.

Wei Rucon took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, sighed and said, "It's just eight o'clock now. If Tanwei Island cannot hold on for an hour, the strategic significance of the Southern Army will not be reflected at all. In other words, the Southern Army's efforts on Tanwei Island will never be light."

Mo Qingyu pondered for a while, then stood up and walked to the front of the blackboard, and carefully studied the map.

"Although it's an exercise, it's also a war. It's not possible to guess alone." Mo Qingyu murmured.

After looking at the map for a while, he suddenly said: "To be on the safe side, I think we should land from the south of Tanwei Island and attack the back of the Southern Army directly. As I said just now, the Southern Army on Tanwei Island lacks enough troops. Even if they play tricks, there are always some places that are powerless. We are not sure about the west, but the south is the rear. The Southern Army will definitely not expect that we will land in a big circle."

Wei Rusheng nodded and said, "I agree with this idea. The Southern Army exposed its flaws in the west, which may be to attract us to land from the west! In addition, we should also pay attention to one thing that there are two cannons on Tanwei Island that have been hidden deep. During the live ammunition test just now, only six cannons were fired on the opposite side."

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized in their hearts: Yes, the Southern Army also hid two cannons! Where are these two cannons and where are they aiming?

However, the General Staff Officer showed his face and said, "Mr. Mo, if you want to unknowingly detour behind Tanwei Island, then this circle will be very far away."

Mo Qingyu looked at the staff officer and smiled and said, "That's right, so we must hurry up and prepare. Stop talking nonsense, and send three small boats to the south of Tanwei Island."
Chapter completed!