The cold wind blew through the strange-shaped laterite rocks, and a low whine came from the cracks in the rocks, as if there were weeping ghosts hiding in the darkness. In this desolate silence, it seemed particularly terrifying.
Because of the constant wind all year round and the ghost-crying wind, this place is named "Ghost-Crying Plain".
The Ghost Crying Plain is part of the northern wilderness, located to the east of the wilderness. To the north is the Norland Snow Mountain, one of the five largest mountain ranges in the world, and to the south is the Red Rock Mountains.
The special geographical location makes this place the outlet of the vast northern wilderness. Strong winds blow all year round, thus forming weathered rock landforms.
This strong wind came out of the wind outlet and blew towards the territories of Silver Claw and Black Feather. Therefore, the two countries have gentle winds blowing through them all year round. This is why their names are related to "birds", and some people ride on the wind. Meaning.
Due to terrain issues, the snow water from the Norland Snow Mountains did not nourish this land, but flowed to lower-lying areas to the east.
The strong winds all year round take away more water, so it is dry all year round and no vegetation grows.
No crops can be grown here, no cattle or sheep can be grazed, and there is nothing but the constant wind.
Even the most tenacious gerbils in the wilderness cannot survive on this land.
But for the Red Civil War, it has a very important strategic position.
The Ghost Crying Plain is the territory of the Red Dragon Principality. It borders the three principalities of Red Rock, Black Feather, and Silver Claw, and indirectly borders Hanling Mountain across the Norland Snow Mountain.
The Red Rock Mountains are small and medium-sized mountains that are exclusively owned by Red Rocks, while the Norland Snow Mountains are large mountains that are shared by the three principalities of Red Dragon, Silver Claw, and Hanling.
Red Dragon Principality occupies the west of Nolan Snow Mountain, Hanling occupies the north, and Silver Claw occupies the southeast.
The strong wind was blowing as always, bringing up bursts of sand and dust.
Faint figures gradually appeared in the wind and sand.
The number of human figures is increasing, and they are densely packed, followed by the roar of engines, and then the tall shadows of mechas.
It is not difficult to see that this is an army.
The soldiers' armbands display their unit numbers.
The 26th Division of the Third Group Army of the Four-Nation Alliance.
"This damn place is really deadly."
A coalition soldier wiped the dust off his goggles with his hands, a complaint coming from his scarf-wrapped mouth.
"I can guarantee that this is the most sand I have ever eaten in my life." Another soldier complained.
"I've started to miss my job of delivering food." "Yeah, it would be great if I stayed in my hometown and worked as a plasterer. Maybe I'm hugging a girl and drinking beer now." "Plasoners can only drink the cheapest beer. , an old woman who holds three copper coins for a night." "That's better than suffering here." "You're right, I must have been brain-dead, otherwise how could I have participated..."
"call out!"
Before he could finish saying the word "join the army", a sound suddenly sounded in his ears.
Without warning, a bloody hole exploded in the head of the companion beside him, his eyes widened, and he fell straight down.
"There's an ambush!"
"Get down quickly!"
Chaotic sounds sounded one after another, and the soldiers quickly fell down. Due to excessive nervousness, many soldiers shot indiscriminately forward.
"Calm down, don't shoot randomly!"
"You've hit one of your own, stop now!"
After a period of confusion, they finally figured out the direction of the attacker, and a barrage of bullets poured in, as if for free.
By this time, the attacker had turned the car around and fled quickly.
"These bastards can run away faster than rabbits." "The red dragon dog can only sneak attack, garbage!" "It's a man.
Just don't run away, come and have a serious fight! "
"I used to hear how powerful the Red Dragon Warriors are, but when I saw our silver-clawed men, I immediately became intimidated."
Silver Claw's soldiers cursed and were very disdainful.
Ever since the troops entered the Ghost Crying Plains, they would encounter a wave of sneak attacks every once in a while.
The intervals vary in length, and the pattern is unclear. Sometimes it takes hours, sometimes it takes dozens of minutes, and sometimes it takes just a few minutes, and the opponent doesn't have the fierce and brave fighting style of the Red Country at all. They just run away after firing cold shots, which is almost like a bandit.
It's very annoying to be shot in the east and in the west.
This is Chen Xing's tactic. Small groups of troops continue to harass and drag the enemy into the quagmire of guerrilla warfare, constantly consuming the opponent's patience and energy.
This tactic is also very consistent with the mercenary-based structure of the expeditionary force.
These mercenaries come from all over the world. Unlike the Red Country people, they do not advocate force and like the traditional idea of head-on confrontation. Their sense of honor is also very weak. They are mercenaries who work for money. As long as they can achieve their goals, what dirty things can they not do?
Moreover, they are used to fighting independently in small teams. It can be said that guerrilla warfare has given full play to their strength.
At this time, less than fifty kilometers away from here, a convoy painted with the Expeditionary Force logo was driving at low speed through the rugged wasteland.
The fleet consists of four wilderness buses and dozens of monster off-road vehicles.
In the war room inside the vehicle, Chen Xing stared at a red arrow on the strategic map that gradually distanced itself from the large army.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Xing faced the communicator and said: "Lelionka!"
"Here!" A steady and powerful voice came from the communicator.
Leliangka is the leader of the large mercenary group "Glory Eagle". He has a reputation among mercenaries second only to Tienuo. He was appointed by Chen Xing as the commander-in-chief of the right army of the expeditionary force.
Chen Xing stretched out his finger and pointed harder at the red arrow.
"Send an infantry brigade to lure the enemy, and then use four mobile brigades to outflank the 26th Division!"
"As you command!"
This is Chen Xing's second tactic, a campaign of mobile annihilation!
Use small units to continuously detect harassment, and find the right time to send seemingly weak units to lure the enemy. Once the enemy pursues excessively and exposes itself to the large force, the main force will be sent to encircle and annihilate it.
"This is our first counterattack. The result is particularly important. We must ensure the complete annihilation of our opponent."
"clear!"
"Lin Shiyuan, formulate a marching route for the annihilation battle. Pay attention to concealment!"
"receive!"
On the strategic map, a dotted track appears in front of the five green arrows, and the target is the 26th Division of the Allied Forces.
The dotted line is the march route, about seventy kilometers apart.
Red arrows represent enemy forces, green arrows represent friendly forces, blue arrows represent friendly forces, and yellow arrows represent unclear.
The arrow on the map representing Lacey's Second Red Dragon Army was directly marked in dark red by Chen Xing.
The danger level represented by dark red is higher than the bright red of enemy coalition forces.
Time passed quietly, and the four mobile brigades arrived at the target location one after another, while the infantry brigade responsible for luring the enemy continued to advance.
At the same time, Chen Xing's command convoy arrived near the scheduled battlefield.
"tumultuous!"
In the wilderness, a rocket rises.
After a while, a satellite map with a radius of ten kilometers appeared in Chen Xing's mind.
Compared with the clarity on Chen Xing's tactical map, Qin Wu's tactical map was completely dark. Except for several major parts of the expeditionary force,
Outside the team, there were almost no traces of enemy troops.
In terms of investigation, the Four-Nation Alliance Force and the Expeditionary Force are not at the same level at all, just like the difference between blind people and normal people.
On the one hand, the guerrilla warfare tactics of small groups can maintain the reconnaissance of the enemy. On the other hand, the reconnaissance brigade led by Big Cat is well-equipped and has a large number of guard-level officers with alien blood as grassroots officers. Even in the Red Country, it is a super front-line force. , it is by no means comparable to third-line forces such as the Four-Nation Alliance.
To put it simply, if the reconnaissance teams from both sides met, it would definitely be a unilateral massacre by the expeditionary force.
Just imagine, here we are led by a guard-level team, but there may not even be an elite-level team there.
This does not include Chen Xing's tactical satellite, which is simply a killer weapon on the battlefield, leaving the enemy with nowhere to hide.
Twenty minutes later, the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Expeditionary Force's Right Army encountered the 26th Division of the Third Group Army of the Allied Forces.
After a charge, the infantry brigade was quickly defeated.
"They ran away, chase them!" "I thought they were tough, but they turned out to be a group of softies!" "His grandma has been harassing grandpa for so many days, let's see if I don't kill them!" "Chase, kill them all! Red dragon dog!”
Seeing the enemy's defeat, the 26th Division's morale was high and they were so excited that they swarmed forward as if they had seen a beautiful woman taking off her clothes.
In the blink of an eye, the 26th Allied Division was like a fish chasing bait, and the distance between it and the main force became wider and wider.
"The target has entered the encirclement, the operation begins!"
Following the order from Leliangka, commander of the right army, the 7th Infantry Brigade, which was pretending to be defeated, immediately turned its guns and began to counterattack.
At the same time, four mobile brigades came from behind to outflank them.
The 26th Allied Division on the tactical map instantly looked like minced meat wrapped in a dumpling wrapper.
"No, there's an ambush!"
"withdraw!"
"There's someone behind you!"
"There's someone on the left too!"
"There's someone on the right too!"
Guns roared and bullets flew on the battlefield. Within a few minutes, the 26th Division of the Allied Forces, which was surrounded on all sides, fell into chaos.
The third-line troops, who were originally growing vegetables and raising pigs, were surrounded by the main enemy force and were unable to mount a decent counterattack, and it soon turned into a one-sided massacre. Before the division commander could give the order to break out, the guards had already fled.
"A bunch of eggs!"
The division commander cursed, secretly tore off his epaulettes in the blink of an eye, blended in with the deserters, and tried to escape with them.
But how could the expeditionary force give him a chance? The defeated soldiers fell like wheat.
The one-sided massacre lasted only half an hour. The large coalition forces had just arrived on the battlefield, and the expeditionary force had already completed its annihilation and withdrawal.
Looking at the battlefield littered with corpses, the coalition forces that were marching triumphantly seemed to have been poured cold water on them and did not dare to pursue them rashly.
News of the victory quickly spread back to the Lizard City. Chen Xing's reputation began to pick up, but most of the comments were still derogatory, saying that Chen Xing was just "lucky" and "a blind cat encountered a dead mouse."
But a win is a win, and no one can deny this victory.
Aaliyah personally sent a congratulatory message: "Well done!"
The master's attitude is more important than the bad people's reputation.
The war in the Ghost Crying Plain also started from this battle of annihilation and turned into a stalemate.
The coalition forces began to shrink, dig trenches, and organize defense lines.
Qin Wu was not a fool. On the contrary, he was a strictly educated prince of the Qin Kingdom, ambitious, and not a young man who knew nothing about military affairs.
The strength of the coalition was overwhelming numbers, and his gluttonous monarch.
