"Where is the First Division now?" Zhang Liao immediately asked his staff after getting off the ship. He was the last batch of troops to board the south bank of the Hengduan River today. After that, the fleet will return to the Longgang station to prepare for the southern theater after rest. Support. As for Li Lan and his troops on the north bank left behind, they will be responsible for containing more than 200,000 troops after the battle begins.
Of course, although the power in Li Lan's hands was somewhat insufficient, due to the blockage of the Hengduan River, the opponent was unable to completely threaten the north bank controlled by Longcheng.
"Commander, the First Division has advanced seventy miles and is now about six hours away from the first line of defense." The staff officer had just received information from the front and calculated based on the map and the marching speed of the troops. At this time The first attacking force is about to arrive at the first important town set up by the eldest prince, Brie City.
"Is there any news from the Intelligence Department?" Zhang Liao nodded, and then asked the man in black military uniform next to the staff officer.
The black military uniform is naturally the exclusive military uniform of the Longcheng Intelligence Bureau, and for this operation, the intelligence department controlled by Jia Xu will fully mobilize to support the entire battle.
"Commander, I haven't received any news yet." The slightly deep voice sounded a little creepy, making people really don't want to get close to these night killers. Even Zhang Liao didn't want to deal too much with these madmen. , but because the military’s own intelligence system is far inferior to that of the Intelligence Bureau, sometimes they, the military bosses, have no choice but to turn to Jia Xu’s Intelligence Bureau for help.
Hearing this answer, Zhang Liao was not angry. After all, this operation was very sudden. It only took more than 20 days from the formulation of the plan to the implementation. It not only concealed the enemy but also disrupted the original plan formulated by the staff. .Of course, Zhang Liao doesn't care whether he can get much support from the Intelligence Bureau. He is very sure of this battle in the Bywister Imperial Capital.
Turning around and looking at Li Lan who had just gotten off the battleship, Zhang Liao patted his shoulder heavily and said, "Xiao Li, I'll leave this to you."
Li Lan puffed up his chest and responded loudly with a solemn expression: "Yes! I will complete the mission to the death!"
Zhang Liao nodded, then took a quick step, stepped onto the war horse that the guards had prepared for him, pulled the reins of the horse, and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"
The war horse kicked its legs and accelerated like an arrow from the string. Behind him, groups of soldiers in uniform silently lined up in neat formations and moved forward. Their faces were full of fanaticism, following the coach. Zhang Liao, heading towards the imperial capital that symbolizes glory!
Watching the departure of the friendly forces, Li Lan and the newly formed Third Army officers and soldiers around him were reluctant to look away for a long time. In these eyes, there were blessings and prayers.
"Okay, now it's up to us!" Li Lan was the first to look away and took a deep breath. The cold winter made him shiver. His hot-blooded mind also calmed down, and he immediately said The officers around him said.
This time Li Lan and the first main division of his Third Army landed on the south bank of the Hengduan River. Their task was to maintain the connection between the two sides of the Hengduan River and ensure the smoothness of the central channel.
The enemy that a division of 20,000 people has to face not only includes 100,000 elite enemy troops in front, but also reinforcements from the east. These numbers combined are enough to overwhelm Li Lan, but he has to do this. If he cannot contain them, The second army, which is alone and deeply entrenched, is likely to fall into a quagmire of encirclement. Once Zhang Liao cannot quickly capture the imperial capital, all that awaits the second army is annihilation.
Although he had great confidence in Zhang Liao and his Second Army, Li Lan was accustomed to preparing for the worst. He did not believe in miracles and did not want to rely on them, so he took this mission very seriously.
The strength of the two divisions on the south bank is somewhat weak, but another division of the newly formed Third Army must be stationed upstream of the Hengduan River to prevent the eastern front. He can only use two divisions and one reserve division. This strength can obviously only be defended. It fails to meet the requirements of the campaign.
As for the Fifty Army, they have landed 20 kilometers downstream as planned, forming a pliers from the flank of the Second Army and heading towards the imperial capital. But the Fifty Army is also very dangerous, because their mission is mainly to prevent Reinforcements from the south of the Imperial Capital instead of attacking the Imperial Capital directly.
As a result, the only forces Zhang Liao can use are three main divisions and one special reinforcement battalion. It is difficult, very difficult!
Li Lan had carefully studied the defense system of Byvost and even the capitals on the entire continent in the academy. Take the imperial capital where the eldest prince is located as an example. The city is ten meters high and six meters thick. The strength of the defense within the city is that of the entire city. Vorster's most elite Royal Guards and the First Royal Legion are guarding the area, as well as the eldest prince's private army. According to the Intelligence Department's spying, the number is about 50,000. Finally, there are also the families of some big families in the imperial capital. The total number of soldiers, zero and ten, totaled an army of 150,000.
Relying on the solid and thick city walls, the imperial capital can withstand the fierce attack of 300,000 troops! Dragon City's army is powerful, but it is not strong enough to ignore the solid city walls and hundreds of thousands of troops! Therefore, Li Lan is very worried, but he can't To stop Zhang Liao, all he could do was to rescue the Second Army and the 50th Army from this quagmire at the most dangerous time.
Thinking of this, Li Lan exhaled, clenched her right hand, and looked at the distant sky, "Li Feng, I'm going crazy this time too!"
The surrounding scene is very hot. The Third Army is stepping up its efforts to build defense lines, digging out frozen soil in the cold winter, and then using boiling hot water to pour the frozen soil into a simple earth wall. When the cold wind blows, the hot water will immediately Frozen into solid ice, the shape of the earth wall was fixed in this way. By piling up bit by bit, a city wall about three meters high and two meters thick was built.
Of course, this earthen city next to the Hengduan River is only the logistics base of the Third Army, and it will also become the last stronghold on the south bank of the Hengduan River. Li Lan and his First Division of the Third Army spent four hours repairing this stronghold. After completing the task, he handed over the follow-up work to the Second Division of the Third Army that had just arrived from the north bank, and immediately set off south.
Judging from the speed at this time, the 21st Division (the 1st Division of the 2nd Army, later the number will be the front and rear divisions, for example, the 21st Division is the 1st Division of the 2nd Army) should have arrived at Brie City at this time. .
In fact, the 21st Division had arrived at the foot of the city of Buri an hour ago and exchanged fire with the enemy forces outside the city of Buri.
Looking back to an hour ago, the 21st Division took the lead in arriving ten miles outside the city of Buri after marching for seven hours. Here they encountered a forward battalion of 3,000 people. This forward battalion belonged to the city of Buri. The elite of the garrison Byvost Royal 4th Regiment.
The Fourth Royal Legion of Bywaste was reorganized last year. Its predecessor was the army controlled by the Dark Brotherhood! The sudden battle last year caused heavy losses to the eldest prince, and several elite troops were finally defeated. He got nothing. In desperation, he agreed to contact the mysterious organization, and finally the Fourth Royal Legion appeared.
However, the irony is that the highest commander of this army is not a personal general of the eldest prince, but a general from that mysterious organization. Why does the eldest prince indulge them so much? This is also a very helpless move. He only has so many soldiers. , a large amount of cannon fodder was sent to the upper reaches of the east, but the gateway to the imperial capital could not spare any decent troops for defense.
Fortunately, these mercenaries were very conscientious, at least they carried out the orders of the eldest prince quite actively.
The original mission of the 21st Division was to cut off the connection between the city of Buri and the city of Rakli behind it, use a small number of troops to trap the army in the city of Buri, and open the passage to facilitate the advancement of the two main divisions behind it. But the reality is sometimes So unexpectedly, when the 21st Division encountered the enemy force in front of them, the battle suddenly started.
There is also a very important reason, that is, there is a special flag in this advance team. It was this flag that made Wang Meng, the commander of the 21st Division. After the Battle of the Far North Fortress two years ago, He was transferred from the commander of the 22nd Division to the commander of the 21st Division, and the original commander of the 21st Division was transferred to the General Staff Headquarters.
When this fierce general who had fought against the orcs saw that flag, his anger surged upwards, and a name that made all Dragon City soldiers gnash their teeth popped out of his mouth——Darkness fraternity!
Yes, this flag is the unique flag of the Dark Brotherhood. This flag appeared many times when they intercepted Zhou Yunfei and the 1st Cavalry Division, and was later confirmed to be the flag of this organization.
That interception battle not only nearly wiped out the First Cavalry Division, although systematic cheating allowed Zhou Yunfei to quickly reorganize a cavalry force, it has not yet returned to the pre-war level. That battle became Dragon City The most brutal battle in the history of the military. From then on, every commander of the front-line troops regarded the Dark Brotherhood and its minions as a thorn in their flesh!
Now, the troops that appeared in front of Wang Meng, with this flag, how could they not make him angry? Without saying anything, the troops immediately took action. The 21st Division is Longcheng's standardized infantry division, which has three infantry regiments. and a cavalry battalion plus an engineering battalion and a guard company. This operation was carried out at full strength, so Wang Meng had 500 cavalry at his disposal for rapid maneuvering. If the guard company was added, he could make up 600 cavalry.
Facing the opponent's 3,000 light infantry is completely enough! Wang Meng made a decision immediately, and the 600 cavalry suddenly broke out from the main team, left the left wing and galloped towards the front. As for the main force, two infantry regiments were deployed from the left and right wings in a pincer shape. The remaining infantry regiment and a special reinforcement battalion advanced rapidly from the front.
The cold wind was biting, the military flags were fluttering, and the cold land gradually cracked. The three thousand infantrymen on the opposite side also discovered the oncoming army. The bright red flags and the huge dragon characters showed the identity of the opponent. Dragon City——Come Got it!
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