"What?" Zhang Zhonglin put down his telescope and looked at Lin Yangchun in surprise: "Why? Didn't we plan to use the Guards to launch an assault when they were exhausted?"
Lin Yangchun said with a smile: "I can understand what the young master means. In fact, the young master didn't want to fight with them from the beginning. It was Bayange who wanted to join in and get beaten. If they wanted to fight to the death, I would naturally use the first choice.
The army defeated them, but now that they are on the road and retreating of their own initiative, we don't need to pay attention to them."
Zhang Zhonglin said: "But why? Why don't we destroy the enemy?"
Lin Yangchun said: "Old Zhang, you are a standard soldier, unmatched in combat, but in politics you still need to learn. Before any military action, you must consider the young master's intentions and how to do it.
Only then can the young master’s next move be better.”
Zhang Zhonglin asked strangely: "A war is a war, what does it have to do with politics?"
Lin Yangchun said: "The young master once told me that war is the continuation of politics. I deeply believe this sentence. War is to gain benefits for the country, and we cannot fight for the sake of war. It must be said that now, let's put Bayange
If the army is released, he will have the strength to maintain a balance with the Monte royal army. As long as they confront each other for one day, we will have reason to station in the Monte Empire for one day. As time goes by, this place will naturally become our own land."
After speaking, Lin Yangchun pointed in the direction of Bayange's camp and said: "If we eliminate Bayange's main force, or even kill him himself, the Monte royal family can quickly put down the rebellion. Do you think they will let us by then?"
Are we staying here? What if they ask us to leave?"
Lin Yangchun looked at Zhang Zhonglin who was in deep thought and enlightened: "If by that time, we will get nothing if we leave, and if we don't leave, we will be at a loss. The Monte royal family can unite with the Cossack Empire to attack us in the name of righteousness.
Then we will suffer a big loss. This is the reason why the young master does not allow us to pursue him."
Zhang Zhonglin smiled and said: "I understand, as long as we consolidate the areas we have occupied, we can find any excuse to include these places within the Chinese territory."
Lin Yangchun nodded and said: "That's right, so I don't plan to attack any more. As long as we capture Dayin Mountain City, we will stop advancing. This time we can control a quarter of the Monte Empire's territory, which is enough."
Marshal Bayange, who retreated safely, thought he had achieved results by letting artillery fire cover his retreat. Thinking that he had succeeded, he led more than 200,000 cavalry to retreat towards Dayin Mountain City.
According to his plan, he only needs to leave tens of thousands of elite troops and rely on Dayin Mountain City to hold on to prevent the Chinese leader's army from expanding. The worst he can do is wait until he can assemble a large army to annihilate the royal army and then concentrate his forces to deal with the Chinese leader's army.
Taking advantage of his position as the sole ruler of the Monte Empire, he called on the major international powers to intervene and force the Chinese leader to withdraw.
Marshal Bayange, who was sitting on his horse with his head lowered and planning his future plans, suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from far away. He raised his head and saw a knight with his horse as if he had just been fished out of the pond.
They came towards each other and quickly arrived near the group.
Several vigilant cavalry rushed forward quickly, and after asking about the situation, they brought the knight to Bayange. The knight dismounted, knelt on the ground, and tried his best to suppress his breathing. The knight said in a hoarse voice: "
Marshal Qi, something bad has happened, the Chinese army has occupied Dayin Mountain City."
"What?" This news, which came like a bolt from the blue, made Bayange so frightened that he almost fell off his horse: "We have just withdrawn from the battlefield, and they are all infantry. How can they not fly?"
The knight said: "It is not the infantry led by the Chinese leader, but a group of cavalry who occupied Dayin Mountain City."
Bayange said angrily: "It must be those cavalry who have been harassing us. I asked why we didn't see these cavalry when we attacked Andaji. I didn't expect that they took advantage of the emptiness behind us to occupy Dayin Mountain City."
Bayange almost fainted from anger. When did the Monte Cavalry's most classic tactics be used on him? He waved his riding whip angrily and said: "Everyone speed up the march, we want to take back Dayin Mountain City."
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A senior staff member on the side stopped him and said: "Marshal, we lack siege weapons and artillery ammunition. Even if we reach Dayin Mountain City, it will be difficult to capture it. Once we are outflanked by the infantry behind us, we will be in danger. The most important thing now is
The most important thing is to bring all our troops back. Only by allowing these exhausted soldiers to rest and replenish can they compete with the Chinese leading army again."
After listening to the words of his staff, Bayange gradually calmed down. He also knew that he could not act out of emotion. After calming down, Bayange asked in a deep voice: "Where is the nearest fortified city to Dayin Mountain City?"
The Monte Empire was a nomadic nation, and there were not many strong cities in the country. Dayin Mountain City was already the best city in the east of the Monte Empire. The staff thought for a while and said: "The closest one should be Ba, which is 60 kilometers away from Dayin Mountain City.
Lun City, although it is only half the size of Dayin Mountain City, it is already the best choice within a radius of 200 kilometers."
Marshal Bayange sighed and said: "Okay, let's go to Barron City." The 200,000 Monte cavalry had to change their route and march towards Barron City. Watching the Monte cavalry passing through the city, they received the cavalry ordered by Lin Yangchun.
The division just guarded Dayin Mountain City and did not attack, watching the Monte rebels leave.
As the forward base for Bayange's attack on the Chinese leading army, Dayin Mountain City has hoarded a large amount of supplies. Since the cavalry division succeeded in a sneak attack, the Monte garrison stationed here had no time to destroy these supplies. Therefore, a large number of clothes, bedding, military rations and ammunition were lost.
into the hands of the Chinese leaders.
Lin Yangchun, who moved his headquarters to Dayin Mountain City, ordered the troops to rest and recuperate on the spot, and began to build a strong fortress group at nearby strategic locations to strengthen defense capabilities. The large troops did not advance forward and attacked Lulun City. The migrant workers behind
They also stepped up their efforts to build strongholds and moved closer to Dayin Mountain City. The Fifth Army was soon dispersed to various strongholds.
With the solid fortress group as support, Lin Yangchun not only sent the cavalry division forward to raid Lulun City where the Monte Army was stationed, but also allowed the troops to consolidate the occupied areas with peace of mind, and contacted East China to speed up the
The rate of immigration into the territory of the Monte Empire.
Faced with Lin Yangchun's actions, Bayange, as the leader of the rebels, would not listen to him no matter how much he appealed to the international community. And because Lin Yangchun had restrained a large number of rebel forces, the Monte royal family had relieved itself a lot.
Due to the pressure, I turned a blind eye to the practices of the Chinese leaders.
With the restraint of the Chinese leader's army, Bayange was somewhat short of troops, and he did not dare to launch any more attacks on the Chinese leader's troops. For a time, on the battlefield of the Monte Empire, except for the government troops and rebels on the western front, there were still
Apart from some frictions and small encounters that broke out from time to time, the Eastern Front seemed much calmer.
The eastern battlefield of the Monte Empire calmed down, but the fighting situation in the Saint Martin Empire became more and more intense. The rebels of the Saint Martin Empire were different from the professional soldiers of the Monte Empire. The rebels here were all composed of peasants, among whom the most
Those who are capable of fighting are the more than 10,000 soldiers who defected from the battlefields of the Central and South Yugoslav Alliance.
It is a pity that the government forces of the St. Martin Empire are also weak and incompetent. They have not participated in the war for many years, and their combat effectiveness is extremely limited. Coupled with defections from time to time, the rebels occupy a large area. When Qiu Yu'an led the troops from the west of the St. Martin Empire,
When they landed at the port of Havada, the largest port city on the west coast of the Saint Martin Empire had been surrounded by rebels for nearly a month.
The powerful Chinese Army launched an attack immediately after landing. This time they were not like the Lanfang mercenaries who went into battle lightly. They brought all the heavy equipment. When the 105mm heavy artillery shells fell on those who were
When facing the charging rebels, these originally scattered rebels collapsed immediately.
Intensive artillery fire caught off guard and covered the entire rebel position. This time, the Chinese Army used all artillery, ranging from 105 mm to 76 mm. It felt like the ground was shaking.
This was what the rebels who had never seen the world could endure. The panicked rebels fled in all directions under the artillery fire, and were quickly turned into a pile of minced meat by the artillery shells.
After the bombardment, before the remaining rebels woke up, the Chinese Army with sharp bayonets had already rushed forward. The rebel soldiers had no choice but to surrender. The 100,000-strong army was suppressed by a division of the Chinese Army.
They chased and fought for more than ten miles. In the end, the troops led by Zhonghua felt that they were not strong enough and were afraid that they would go too far behind enemy lines and encounter an ambush, so they stopped the pursuit. This was how the first victory report was sent to Fang Xiaoyu.
After establishing a foothold in Havada Port, Qiu Yu'an sent a large number of small troops to attack everywhere, and quickly controlled all areas within a hundred miles. However, at this time, Qiu Yu'an was in trouble. The current situation is due to the lack of control of the royal family of the St. Martin Empire.
The rebellion caused by sympathy for the people, many lower-class people support the rebels, and they cannot guarantee safety even in the areas they already control.
The city of Santa Maria, the capital of the St. Martin Empire, is a thousand kilometers away from the port of Hawada. If Qiu Yu'an keeps fighting there, he may not be able to guarantee his logistical safety. If something really happens, let alone rescuing St. Martin.
The imperial family had become a royal family, and his own safety was in question. So after the first good news, he sent another telegram requesting reinforcements. What he wanted was not reinforcements but personnel to maintain local order.