Ning City.
"Ah! Trash, all rubbish!" Hu Hao smashed the bottles and cans in the room and kept cursing: "More than 8,000 people, a total of more than 8,000 people, three If you haven’t held on for hours, are you all useless?”
"Commander, the Shu army's artillery fire is so powerful that we can't withstand it at all. We don't even have the strength to shoot." Ding Zhe said helplessly from the side.
"What should we do now? Ankang City has been lost, Shushi has been lost, and our defenses have not been completed at all. What will happen if the Shu army comes over?"
Hu Hao knew that Shushi would be lost, but he didn't expect it to be lost so quickly. It fell completely in three hours.
According to Hu Hao's idea, he wanted to use the Yulan River as a natural barrier to block the Shu army's attack and conduct negotiations. Now, that's good. The Yulan River defense line has not been completed yet. Once the Shu army arrives first, it will be all over.
"Have the bodies of Hu Lei and the others been sent over?" Hu Hao turned around and asked suddenly.
"Commander, I sent it here, but they didn't let us in. They told us to either surrender or die." Ding Zhe was also helpless. He knew it was of no use, but he didn't know that they wouldn't give him any face.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Hu Hao yelled and punched the wall, then pointed outside and roared: "You are bullying people too much, you are bullying people too much, Qin Jinhong, you are bullying people too much!"
"Commander, now is not the time to be angry. Our main thing is..."
"commander!"
At this time, the signal soldier ran in from outside the door.
During this period, there were constant telegrams, none of which was good. Hu Hao became panicked when he heard the two words in the telegram.
"Say, what's wrong?" Ding Zhe asked first.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, the 11th Brigade of the Shu Army is attacking Duolai County and Duoyi County. The two counties are in danger!"
"What? What did this Shu army become? Aren't they afraid of getting tired?" Hu Hao said with his eyes widened and gritted his teeth.
"Commander, has this Shu army reached the point where the entire army is mechanized?" Ding Zhe said something that he himself thought was impossible.
"What? Mechanization?" Hu Hao couldn't believe it.
"Is the mechanization you're talking about the same kind of mechanization you told me about?"
"That's right, Commander. If the Shu army really reaches that point, it would be terrible. We have no ability to resist it." Ding Zhe shook his head and said seriously.
Hu Hao had no education. He was just a bandit. If Ding Zhe hadn't given him some popular science, he wouldn't even know what a tank was. He only knew that this thing was called an iron tortoise, an iron box.
"Impossible! That place in Shu is not much richer than our Qing Province. How can they have mechanized troops? According to what you said, the Jiangnan Army doesn't even have them." Hu Hao still didn't believe it and said with his hands behind his back.
"Commander, it's better to believe it or not. If it weren't for the mechanized troops, they wouldn't be able to be so fast. Commander, I suggest that we gather most of the troops at the Yulan River position. To the west of us is It's so dangerous that their tanks can't get through at all. As long as we hold the Yulan River, we can negotiate with the Shu army."
"Hu~" Hu Hao let out a long breath, he now had no sense of propriety.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Just follow your plan. As long as it can stop the Shu army, you can say anything."
"Yes, Commander." Ding Zhe nodded solemnly and went down.
After Ding Zhe went down, Hu Hao sat down on the chair. He was really scared.
But what he didn't expect, and what even Ding Zhe didn't expect, was that their plan would push them into an abyss!
Even though the plan was perfect, what they didn't expect was the physical fitness of the Shu army.
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The 11th Brigade received the order after taking Duolai County and Duoyi County. Wang Bo directly led the 11th Brigade to march towards Shushi.
Tanks, trucks, and armored vehicles launched a fierce attack on Shushi and captured Shushi in just five hours.
"Brigade seat, the 12th Brigade has taken Qingxi County. The division headquarters ordered our 11th Brigade to station in Shushi and wait for the 1st Division's 2nd Brigade to arrive here to launch a general attack on Hai County!" Liu Shu reported with the telegram. .
"Waiting for the second brigade? Why not attack directly?" Wang Bo asked with a frown.
"The division headquarters received news that the Hujia Army built a defense line at the Yulan River and stationed most of its troops here. The division headquarters may be afraid that we may suffer heavy losses with only one brigade."
Wang Bo didn't speak. He picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the Magnolia River, but it was too far away to see anything.
"The Yulan River is wide and deep, making it difficult for tanks to move forward. It will be a tough battle." Wang Bo said with a sigh.
"Yes, the 10th Brigade has also entered Qing Province, intending to join the 12th Brigade and target Muge and Lan counties."
"In this case, let's wait for the second brigade," Wang Bo said calmly.
In the following days, the 12th Brigade captured Muge County and captured four counties in a row. However, the 10th Brigade encountered strong resistance in Lan County, but the city was still destroyed and people were killed under the crushing force of the steel torrent.
Then more than 20,000 people from the two brigades gathered in Lan County.
"Brother Fan!" Cai Jungang, commander of the 12th Brigade, clasped his fists and smiled, followed by Gan Yi, Chief of Staff of the 12th Brigade.
"Brother Cai, it's a pleasure to meet you. The last time we said goodbye was when the deputy commander-in-chief came." Fan Chengye, commander of the 10th Brigade, said with a smile.
Although they both belong to the Fourth Division, they rarely see each other. Because they are in charge of different places, they basically never see each other except for meetings.
"Our Fourth Division stole the show this time," Fan Cheng said.
"Yes, most of Qing Province is now under our control. Can we enter the palace yet?" Cai Jungang asked.
"In front of us is Wulan Mountain. Our armored troops can't get through it at all. We should wait for the commander's order." Fan Cheng said.
"Old Tai, go and send a report to the division headquarters and tell us about the situation here." Fan Cheng turned to a middle-aged man and said.
He is Tai Hong, the chief of staff of the 10th Brigade.
"Yes!" Taihong responded.
Ning City.
Huhao has been going through many changes these past few days. He was already frightened enough by the loss of Shushi, but now he has just received the news that Haishi has been lost.
Now more than 40,000 people from four brigades of Shu army have surrounded them.
"Commander, the news just now is that the 2nd and 11th brigades of the Shu Army have marched towards our Yulan River position." Ding Zhe ran into the room with the telegram and said.
"How is the position? Hmm? How is it?" Hu Hao ran over and hugged Ding Zhe's shoulders with a look of anxiety on his face.
"Don't worry, Commander. We have nearly 70,000 troops stationed at the Magnolia River defense line. It is impossible for the Shu army to break through with only 20,000 people. Even if they have tanks, the Magnolia River is not a decoration."
"Okay, that's good, that's good." Hu Hao felt relieved after hearing what Ding Zhe said.
"By the way, has our request for help from the Northwest Army and Jiangnan Army yielded results?" Hu Hao suddenly thought of this and asked quickly.
But this time Ding Zhe was silent and then shook his head.
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