Zhou Furui, the commander-in-chief of the Wei garrison, was thrown to the ground by his guards.
He waited until the shaking stopped, stood up, shook off the loose soil on his body, and followed the observation hole of the fortress to check the situation outside.
A fortress battery eight hundred meters away from his fortress had been hit by Cao Jun's heavy artillery.
Commander Zhou Furui analyzed through his experience that the caliber of this heavy artillery is at least 400 mm.
Only large-caliber heavy artillery exceeding 400 mm can cause such tragic results.
Most of the defenders in the fortress fort will be killed by the shock wave of the heavy artillery.
Commander Zhou Furui was not surprised by the power of artillery shells. He had witnessed battleship main gun exercises.
This kind of powerful heavy artillery cannot be resisted by flesh and blood.
Even among stubborn soldiers, if a cannonball is fired, all living beings are equal.
What surprised Commander Zhou Furui was how Cao Guo transported heavy artillery to the front line.
He then shook his head. This answer was too simple.
Heavy artillery of this size cannot be transported by trucks.
The only means of transportation capable of transporting such heavy artillery now are warships and trains.
The Red Forest Defense Line is far away from the sea, and the only attack method Cao Jun can use is train artillery.
A train gun with a caliber exceeding 400 mm is the pinnacle of thermal weapons, and its power is extremely astonishing.
The fort was stronger than the fortress, half of which had been blown up.
Commander Zhou Furui could see the thick barrel inside the fort, which was cut open by shell fragments.
While he was observing the scene outside, he heard a special whistling sound again.
The fortress on the right front of the fortress where he was located was directly hit by the artillery shell.
The earthquake this time was not as strong as before, but the fortress hit by the cannonball had already collapsed.
When Commander Zhou Furui saw this situation, his heart suddenly tightened.
Their firepower was not as powerful as Cao's army on the opposite side.
The forts in the position are now suppressed by Cao's army.
The forts and other permanent fortifications of the position were attacked one by one by Cao Jun's heavy artillery.
The current situation of the position is precarious.
He went directly to the telephone, picked up the phone and shouted: "Hurry and get me through the Governor's Office."
There was only a faint sound of electricity inside the phone.
He threw the phone directly on the table and shouted angrily: "Get the radio quickly and send a telegram to the Governor's Office asking for help.
The phone line must have been blown down and lost its connection at a critical moment."
Commander Zhou Furui immediately wrote a telegram asking for help and asked the telegraph operator to quickly send the telegram to the Governor's Office and the Wei Palace.
He was afraid that some short-sighted officials in the Metropolitan Government did not understand the critical nature of the Red Forest Defense Line.
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After Wei Wang Su Hu declared war between the two countries, he has been observing the situation of the two armies.
As the main attacker, Cao Guo chose the red forest defense line as his main attack direction.
Xinde City, behind the red forest defense line, has railways and roads connecting the hinterland of Wei State. It is the transportation hub in the northwest of Wei State.
Once Cao Jun takes over Xinde City, he can take advantage of Xinde City's well-developed transportation network to quickly take over Anbei Prefecture.
Cao Guo chose to make a desperate move. He could also take advantage of the convenient transportation in Xinde City to attack the hinterland of Wei State.
The bottom line given by King Su Hu of Wei to the guards was to defend Xinde City.
Once faith is lost, the door to the northwest of Wei will be wide open.
It is difficult to completely destroy a built road.
Blowing up railways and destroying roads only destroys part of the road, and it is difficult to completely destroy the roadbed.
Cao Guo only needed a little repair work to be able to take advantage of Wei Guo's transportation network.
If Cao Jun really attacks Daliang City, Wei will lose all face.
Eunuch Guiyuan took a telegram and handed it to King Su Hu of Wei.
After Wei Wang Su Hu read the contents of the telegram, his face immediately darkened and he ordered: "Send a telegram to the front line and ask the Wei troops on the Red Forest Defense Line to withdraw.
Inform Sind City to build defensive positions step by step and defend Sind City at all costs.
Let the Metropolitan Governor's Office mobilize artillery from various places and rush to the Sind City defense line urgently.
Various types of artillery and ammunition are in the warehouse and quickly transported to Sindh City."
After King Su Hu of Wei issued the order, he asked Eunuch Guiyuan to inform the Governor Song Kangbo to come over immediately.
The radio waves conveyed the orders of Wei King Su Hu at the speed of light.
Commander Zhou Furui received the order from Wei King Su Hu, and he excitedly informed: "The King of Wei has given the order that we can withdraw to the defense line of Xinde City.
According to the retreat plan, all units withdrew from their positions in an orderly manner.
The artillery and artillery shell warehouses of each major fort were set up with time fuzes to destroy all the weapons and ammunition and never leave them to Cao's army.
The 203rd Brigade left behind and laid mines on the position before withdrawing to slow down Cao Jun's attack speed.
It is important to remember that when the troops retreat, the radio station remains silent.
If you need to contact the command center, please send a correspondent."
Commander-in-Chief Zhou Furui asked the 203rd Brigade, which was mostly composed of Han immigrants to stay in the main city.
This army has been tested for a long time and can still carry out military orders completely in times of crisis.
Under the cover of night, the Wei army began to evacuate their positions in an orderly manner.
The forts in various places were the last batch to evacuate. At the last moment of their evacuation, they still fired back at Cao Jun's position.
Create the illusion that the Wei army is still going to fight to the death.
The telegraph operator had already evacuated, and the soldiers of the 203rd Brigade were sitting in front of the radio, tapping the radio's transmit button rhythmically.
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King Su Hu of Wei has been waiting for news of the successful retreat of the Wei army at the Red Forest Defense Line.
The Grand Governor Song Kangbo came to the Wei Palace with sweat profusely.
From Eunuch Guiyuan's tone, he could understand that Wei King Su Hu was not in a good mood.
The Grand Governor Song Kangbo had already anticipated this.
The Wei army was suppressed by Cao Jun on the front line, and Wei King Su Hu could not be in a good mood.
When Wei King Su Hu saw the arrival of the Governor Song Kangbo, he said angrily: "The Red Forest defense line was beaten so badly, they were completely suppressed by Cao Jun's artillery.
Why didn’t the Governor-General order the Wei troops at the Red Forest Defense Line to retreat, but continued to let them hold on?”
Grand Governor Song Kangbo explained in a tangled tone: "Your Majesty, I have asked the reinforcements to speed up and they will be able to reach the Red Forest defense line early tomorrow morning.
Motorized infantry can rush to the Red Forest Defense Line, and self-propelled artillery can also rush to the Red Forest Defense Line.
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The addition of this new force will definitely allow the Red Forest defense line to resist for more time."
Wei Wang Su Hu asked in a sharp tone: "Even if reinforcements arrive, can they resist the attack of Cao Jun's 400 mm caliber train gun?"
When the Grand Governor Song Kangbo heard Wei Wang Su Hu's question, he opened his mouth but did not answer.
What he wanted to say couldn't be said on this occasion.
Song Kangbo had seen naval gun bombings. When a shell dropped, hundreds of people were killed.
This is not the key. They can only wait to die without the ability to resist. This is a huge blow to the morale of the army.
Even the most elite troops in the empire cannot stop the bombardment of naval guns.
If it were the previous Wei Jun, he would still have the confidence to let Wei Jun continue to persevere.
But as more new Han people became the grassroots of the Wei army, their combat capabilities were completely unpredictable by Governor Song Kangbo.
King Su Hu of Wei saw that the governor Song Kangbo did not answer this question.
He patted the table and said: "If you don't want to answer this question, I will answer it for you.
You just want to use these bones of the Wei army to pave the way for your famous generals.
Have you ever thought about what kind of fluctuations will occur in Wei Jun's thinking after the Governor's Office does this?"
King Su Hu of Wei saw clearly that the grassroots of the Wei army were willing to join the army and fight for glory and wealth.
They absolutely do not want to become cannon fodder themselves.
An army without morale cannot stop Cao's army with high morale.
The Grand Governor Song Kangbo lowered his head and said, "I did something wrong this time. Please ask your Majesty to remove me from my post."
Su Hu, the king of Wei, said angrily: "I change the commander before the battle. Where can I find someone who knows the Wei army better than you?
Fight the battle to defend Sind City well. If you don’t win this war, I will not be lenient."
The Grand Governor Song Kangbo heard that Wei King Su Hu asked him to take the blame and perform meritorious service.
He immediately saluted the army and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely allow the Wei army to successfully defend Xinde City."
King Su Hu of Wei waved his hand and asked the Governor Song Kangbo to go down.
He will definitely not be able to sleep tonight because he has to coordinate the defense of Sind City.
Cao Guo's firepower covered the tactics, and the Wei army was indeed caught off guard at the beginning.
But now I understand Cao Guo’s tactics.
Wei State strives for industrial strength and is not afraid of any country except the empire.
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Commander Liu Yuankui looked at the barrel of the train gun. It was getting hot and red due to the constant shelling.
The train gun cannot be fired in this state, and it is easy for the shell to explode.
The sky was gradually getting brighter. He looked at the Wei army's position and saw that the counterattack was getting weaker and weaker.
Commander Liu Yuankui knew that now was the time to launch an attack.
He asked the artillery to stop shelling, and the army's demolition team, which had been prepared for a long time, carried the demolition canisters and began to attack the remaining fortifications of the Wei army's position.
Commander Liu Yuankui held a telescope to observe the situation of the demolition team.
He found that the demolition team was progressing smoothly, and the Wei army had no counterattack as he imagined.
Commander Liu Yuankui immediately realized that this situation must be abnormal.
He then thought of the possibility that the Wei army might have withdrawn from their position.
The probability of this happening is unlikely, but it is possible.
The guard general of the Wei army is really not afraid of taking the blame.
He was unable to withstand Cao's army for a day, so he chose to retreat.
The general's career as a general of the Wei army will definitely end here, and he might even be thrown into prison.
But by doing this, he could indeed save the lives of most of the Wei troops.
Cao's army approached the fortress, but they only detonated the mines in Wei's position.
They suffered no counterattack from the Wei army.
Commander Liu Yuankui has determined that the Wei army in the forward position has evacuated.
He somewhat admired the Wei army defender's decisiveness and asked the frontline demolition team to conduct a test.
Commander Liu Yuankui confirmed that the Wei army had retreated, and he immediately asked Cao Jun to start clearing the Wei army's positions.
They cleared a road as quickly as possible, and Cao Jun continued to attack the hinterland of Wei.
When Cao Jun cleared Wei Jun's position, he found that Wei Jun had destroyed all the artillery.
They left a lot of traps in their fortifications.
As long as someone wants to enter the fortification, they will inevitably detonate the ammunition inside.
Commander Liu Yuankui also had expectations of Cao Jun's methods.
He immediately ordered the destruction of these permanent fortifications with artillery.
The blasting team uses blasting canisters to activate mines that may be hidden on the road.
Cao's army suffered a certain amount of casualties, but they quickly opened up the road.
Commander Liu Yuankui walks on the road of the Red Forest Defense Line.
When he saw the road conditions here, he shook his head with some regret.
The red forest is located in a rain forest, and this time is just after the rainy season.
With the current road conditions, it is extremely difficult to transport artillery by truck.
Simple railways cannot be built here, only railways with reinforced foundations can be built.
The train gun can no longer be put into use.
Commander Liu Yuankui still waved his hand with high spirits and said: "Speed up the march and use trucks to tow the artillery.
Artillery must keep up with the main force.
If we can take down the Red Forest Defense Line, we will definitely be able to take down Wei State's Xinde City.
If our army captures Sind City, we will have the opportunity to attack Daliang."
Cao's army began to march towards Xinde City in an orderly manner.
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Commander Zhou Furui received a telegram of encouragement from King Su Hu of Wei, and he shed two lines of tears.
"I am guilty, but the king asked me to accept my guilt and make meritorious service.
This time I lost the defense battle of Xinde City, and I have no face to live in this world."
Commander Zhou Furui said firmly: "Call back to King Wei. Zhou Furui will swear to the death to coexist with the Xinde Defense Line."
The Wei army relied on the forts outside Xinde City and began to build defensive positions.
The complex and orderly trenches took shape bit by bit.
Commander Zhou Furui has led 150,000 Wei troops and began to build defensive positions.
He was confident of blocking Cao Jun's attack.
As long as Cao Jun cannot break through the defense line in a short time.
Reinforcements from all over the Wei State will continue to arrive, and the Wei Army will become stronger.
Sindh City has been connected to the railway, and the surrounding forts have large-caliber fortress guns with a diameter of more than 400 mm.
Even if Cao's army's train artillery can reach the front line, Wei's army has equal weapons to compete.
Two days after the Wei army withdrew from Xinde City, Cao Jun had arrived at the Wei army's outer defense line.
The artillerymen accompanying Cao Jun were preparing to build artillery positions and use the same methods as before to attack Wei Jun's positions again.
However, they faced more intensive firepower coverage from the Wei army.
Commander Zhou Furui put down his telescope. He looked at Cao Jun who was covered by artillery fire, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
“It’s so refreshing to fight with artillery fire.
How can flesh and blood resist steel?"
The momentum of Cao's army's attack was frustrated.
After Commander Liu Yuankui gathered his troops, he once again launched a fierce attack on the Wei army's position.
The roar of heavy artillery, the sound of the tracks of tanks turning, and the harsh clicking of machine guns.
This is the mainstream sound on the battlefield, mixed with the sounds of grenades and rifles.
The first outbreak in the Americas was a war between two industrial countries on a scale of 100,000.
The war has evolved into a confrontation of industrial strength.
The technical and industrial strength of Cao's army and Wei's army are not much different.
The two armies were in a stalemate.
Cao's army suffered 20,000 casualties in seven days.
As the defensive side, the Wei army suffered 16,000 casualties in seven days.
Such a huge number of casualties shocked both Commander Liu Yuankui and Commander Zhou Furui.
The two of them knew that the war could not continue like this, and they had a tacit understanding to lower the intensity of the war.
On the battlefield were not only soldiers from Cao and Wei, but also military observation groups and field reporters from other countries.
The tragic battle between Cao and Wei outside Xinde City spread directly throughout the world.
They have made the upper echelons and people of all countries in the world realize the tragedy of war.
Military observation groups from various countries, through the changes in the battlefield situation, have realized that Cao State and Wei State cannot go on fighting.
