Pang Zhanfeng soon arrived in the Western Region by special plane, while the 10th Army marched day and night in military vehicles and set off westward.
The long road is full of desolation. After all, there are few people in the desert. Occasionally, you can encounter freight convoys.
Pedestrians stared at this mechanized marching army. The long convoy took up half of the road, and the towering gun barrels foreshadowed the unrest ahead.
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"Company Commander, why is our company the vanguard? Our platoon is also responsible for repairing fortifications? Are we suitable for doing these physical jobs?" Harik, from the 1st squad of the 2nd company, 3rd platoon, complained while digging the soil with an engineer shovel.
"It's not that we are stupid. This is an arrangement, do you understand? Just have fun with it, kid."
"When the fight starts, we will fight from behind. Aren't you happy that you can live a little longer?" Li Erniu glared at Harik angrily.
"He's so fat and still doesn't want to work. It's hopeless."
"It's not my fault that Zhang is so fat. Besides, is this fat? This is called strong, right? He's tall, do you understand?" Hallick started to play tricks again.
"Stop arguing and dig the fortifications quickly. It's best if the fortifications are dug and you lose weight."
In the Altai Mountains in the northern part of the Western Region, at the western entrance, soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 211th Regiment were digging fortifications with engineering shovels. Because the weather had not yet warmed up, the ground was very hard, and many sparks popped out.
According to the news from the division headquarters, about a regiment of Russian troops is marching to Yili and will arrive tomorrow morning. The order from the division headquarters is for the 221st Regiment to deploy on the spot, build a position and wait for the main force of the division to arrive. No retreat is allowed without an order.
The 2nd company is a sharp knife company. Wang Fugui placed it at the forefront in order to better kill the enemy.
Since the entire Northwest Army was formed, they have always had an extreme love for civil engineering. No matter where they are stationed, the first thing they do is dig fortifications! !
When Zhang Yunhan formulated this order, he said that only by being alive can we kill the enemy better! How can an army fight a war if it can't even dig out fortifications? If you want to learn to fight, you must first learn to be beaten!
Zhang Yunhan's dedication to fortifications is carried out by the entire army. Every year there is an army-wide fortification defense competition, and the last one is often notified by the entire army and becomes a shame.
Good habits have allowed the Northwest Army to go up to the front-line troops and down to the local garrison brigades. The fortifications cannot but be said to be beautiful.
Zhao Xuezhong stood on the roadside and looked at the advancing 2nd Army, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
"Commander! Urgent call from headquarters." The correspondent carried the wireless phone.
"I am Zhao Xuezhong."
"This is the Western Region Garrison Command. The Intelligence Bureau has just sent news that the 181st Division is following up behind the enemy's 1812th Regiment. Please make adjustments to the troops as appropriate."
"broken!"
Zhao Xuezhong immediately realized that the 221st Regiment ahead was in danger.
"Order the 22nd Division to forcefully march and must arrive at the 221st Regiment's position early tomorrow morning."
"yes!"
After giving the order, the 22nd Division quickly left the baggage troops behind, and the two main regiments and the mountain artillery regiment marched quickly. Thanks to these military trucks, it would be difficult to transport some heavy weapons otherwise.
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Harlick lay in the trench, looking at the stars above his head.
"Company Commander, let me just say that our stars in the Western Region are the brightest, right? Look, how shining they are." Harrick said to Wang Fugui with a smile.
"Company Commander, I heard that when you were on vacation last time, you met a woman from our Western Region. How was it? Did she look good?"
"Go away! You kid, don't look for trouble, or I'll beat you up."
"Tch, if you don't say it, don't say it. Why is it so bad?"
"I heard that the girl's name is Amy. She is very pretty. Her eyes are like those stars."
Soon, the surrounding soldiers gathered around and discussed happily.
The sky in the east is white, and a new day has arrived.
On the battlefield, the soldiers were having breakfast. The cooking team specially made steamed buns and rice and meat porridge this morning. Each one ate deliciously in batches. Wang Fugui watched these brothers eating so deliciously, but quietly sighed, War is the easiest place to die. I don’t know how many people there will be when dinner starts tomorrow.
As soon as the soldiers finished eating, the communications trooper brought the phone and the scout reported that the enemy's 1812th Regiment had entered the encirclement.
The 1812th Regiment only had a few trucks, and the rest were mules and horses. The 1812th Regiment stopped 3 kilometers away from the forward position. The regiment leader was tired from digging and was raising his telescope to observe our army's position.
"The enemy's fortifications are well built. A strong attack is not suitable for us. The number of casualties must be quite high."
Wadler thought about his plan of attack.
"Looking at this position, there should be only one battalion of troops. For our regiment, it will be easy to capture it, but the fortifications are difficult to attack, and the losses will definitely be heavy."
Wadler did not start the attack immediately. After ordering the troops to deploy, he sent people to recruit surrender. After all, one regiment was fighting one battalion, and there was no possibility of losing. In the eyes of Westerners, failure to win would of course mean surrender.
"Company commander, Lao Maozi is here." Harik waved to Wang Fugui.
"Bindfold your eyes and take them to the battalion headquarters." After saying this, Wang Fugui blinked.
Harik understood. This was because he did not want to expose the strength of this group.
At the battalion headquarters, Wang Fugui looked at the muscular man in front of him, his beard was unkempt, but his eyes were indeed full of sparkle.
"Hello, I am Major Maxim, the staff officer of the 1812th Regiment. I am here to persuade your troops to surrender to our army under the order of my regiment commander. Our regiment commander promises to protect you according to international conventions. Our regiment commander gave you half an hour Consider that if you refuse to surrender after half an hour, our army will launch a military operation to eliminate you."
"You are just a battalion, with a maximum of more than 700 people. I hope you will consider it carefully."
Wang Fugui was speechless, 700 people? What about sending beggars away? There are nearly 900 people in our battalion, and I am not weak at all when facing a regiment. Besides, the 1812th Group only has 2,000 people. If we are tough, I am not weak at all, okay? If it weren't for the mission of the regiment, I would have started fighting.
"Major, your tone is really loud. You are making false claims about annihilating us on our Chinese territory. What are you thinking?"
"Go back and tell your commander, unless I die, you will never step foot into the Western Region."
After a while, Maxim was sent back.
When Wadler knew that the enemy actually planned to fight to the end, he threw away the telescope in anger: "Damn yellow-skinned monkeys! Let our machine guns and cannons teach you how to behave!"
Forward positions soon reported that enemy troops were loading and unloading artillery.
"Battal Commander, why don't we fuck him a few times first?"
"Why are you in a hurry? Mark the location and report it to the regiment headquarters. The dozen or so mountain cannons in the regiment are enough for him to digest."
Soon the enemy established an artillery position and prepared to bombard the 221st Regiment's position.
