In Montaya, there are not many officers who can reach the rank of colonel, especially people like Albert who have no background and who are promoted purely by relying on military merit. It is even rarer to reach this position. It can be said that they have reached the middle class.
Class and living conditions are pretty good in this country. This is a real fact.
"Sir, why don't you ask the marshal for instructions?" Seeing the reason for Albert's dilemma, a staff officer suggested to him.
Albert thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement with the staff officer's suggestion.
Albert is in trouble, and Zhou Jiping is also waiting anxiously. He has already prepared his pocket formation, and is waiting for Albert to come and escape the trap he has set for him. Zhou Jiping is 80% sure that he will
The Northern Army will sneak in
Now that Masuari's time is running out, Zhou Jiping believes that instead of waiting like this, Masuari will definitely take a gamble, especially with such an opportunity that he "created". Once his "death" can be confirmed,
", the situation will be extremely favorable to Masu Ali. In addition, Masu Ali also knows how often Zhou Jiping's main force encounters such an opportunity. Masu Ali cannot bear to eat the main force of the tribal alliance. This temptation, so no matter which one he comes from,
On the one hand, Masuari will send troops to pursue
Masuari's reply came soon. He ordered Albert to leave a regiment of soldiers to guard the baggage and advance to the front. The remaining combat troops rode in vehicles and used a rapid approach to be sure to kill a portion of the tribe's armed forces at the end.
It may be possible to deal a heavy blow to the tribal armed forces and at the same time confirm the death of Zhou Jiping as soon as possible.
In addition, Masuari also made a promise in the order: Albert just try his best to launch attacks. Once a large number of tribal armed forces are killed and Zhou Jiping's body is confirmed and found, Albert will be promoted to
Major general rank
Enough! Just this promise was enough for Albert to muster up the courage to move forward quickly.
The vanguard has found traces of the tribe's armed retreat southward. Albert left behind the main force of a regiment to defend the supply convoy, and then assembled all motor vehicles, using the form of a reconnaissance advance with all vehicles and infantry tanks, along the tribe
The armed men and horses followed the traces heading south.
At this time, the tribal armed forces had been "withdrawing" for five or six hours. However, because the tribal armed forces were marching on foot, Alber believed that he would be able to catch up with the fleeing Confederate army after 4 p.m.
As expected, Albert was good at mathematics. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Northern Army discovered the retreating tribal armed forces more than 40 kilometers southwest of the original combat zone. However, he did not know that five minutes before he caught up with the tribal armed forces.
, these tribal militiamen gathered from nearby tribes to act as extras were still resting. It was only after the lookout post discovered Alber's large group of people that they started running "hurriedly" again.
There is no way, in order to lead Albert into the pre-selected ambush circle, the retreating troops must appear at just the right place, and then "just happen" to be bitten by the Northern Army. Then, the Northern Army will be like a glutton that has swallowed the bait.
The fish was pulled step by step into the dragnet set by Zhou Jiping
Seeing the Northern Army chasing after them, a team of more than a hundred people quickly separated from the tribal armed forces. After breaking up, the rest of the troops fled to the south like a swarm of wind.
This section is a gently sloping terrain. Taking advantage of the terrain, the remaining troops left behind by the tribal armed forces began to block the pursuing Northern Army. They retreated while fighting, and slowly moved towards the highest point of the slope.
Could it be a trap? Seeing the high ground in the distance, Alber cautiously stopped the attacking team, then led people to climb a nearby mound and observed the movements of the tribe's armed forces with binoculars.
From a high position, Albert could see very clearly that the top of the slope was an earth ridge, and beyond it was a flat grassland hundreds of meters wide. On the right side of this grassland, there was a tall long mound.
The elevation of the mound is at least about 200 meters, and the circumference of the bottom of the mound is at least several kilometers. Looking at the left side of the grassland, it is a pitted depression.
Looking further away, the fleeing tribal soldiers were running towards another earth edge in the distance. It was a line composed of mountain soldiers on the right and a mound further away. Between these two earth edges,
The distance between them is thousands of meters
At this time, the defeated troops had just run less than a third of the distance. It would take them twenty minutes to see the situation, but they would not be able to reach that edge.
Just as I was thinking about it, the team of tribal armed forces who had left behind to block the attack had already occupied the nearby edge of the earth, and had put on a posture of fighting to the end. Looking further away, I saw that some mortar gunners had begun to move far behind the edge of the earth.
were in position, obviously waiting to deal a head-on blow to the pursuing Northern Army.
Seeing these arrangements, Albert was somewhat relieved. From these hasty arrangements, it can be seen that the tribal armed forces did not seem to be prepared in advance, and the terrain here did not seem appropriate for an ambush. It was okay to block and knock down.
This is good because no matter where the enemy forces set up an ambush, the attacking army has room to circle around and get out of trouble.
The depression on the left is unsatisfactory for ambush, but it is possible to escape. The high mountain on the right is good for ambush, but in the rush, the tribal armed forces have no time to climb to the top to attack. In addition, even if the tribal armed forces go to the top of the hill to set up defenses, Alber is confident that he will
His artillery can knock down all enemies on the top of the mountain.
In such a terrain, if you want to catch up with the enemy, you have to do it as quickly as possible. If it is too late, the enemy will occupy the second edge of the earth. If you want to catch up with the enemy again, the loss will be even greater. As for the terrain behind the edge of the earth, the tribal armed forces must run away.
Whether it is to stay or not, Albert can't say for sure, but once the enemy occupies the second soil edge, the difficulty of the Northern Army's attack will increase exponentially.
Do you want to bypass the tall mound and the depression on the left? No way, these two terrains are too large and will be insurmountable for a while. If Albert cannot resolve the battle in a short time
, it is not ruled out that the battle to annihilate the tail of the tribal armed forces will turn into a brutal battle - in that case, the gains will outweigh the losses.
The only solution now is to launch an attack as soon as possible, before the blocking tribal armed forces have time to build a heavy firepower position, rush over in one go, and then use the heavy machine gun firepower on the infantry fighting vehicle to drive the enemy into the depression, and then attack them bit by bit.
destroy them
"Attack!" Albert made up his mind. He planned to seize the opportunity for a quick victory. The vanguard battalion received the order and acted quickly, focusing on the infantry attack. A roundabout attack on both sides of the infantry fighting vehicle began.