The attack on the Sonia Border Division in White Teeth City used the "Destroyer" attack aircraft, which took off and landed from Nicolo City Airport. It was within the strike range of the "Destroyer", and it would be difficult to go further away.
Although Lu Ming did not attend the battlefield in person, the armored train broke into White Teeth City and bloomed from the center, directly causing trouble for the Sonia Border Infantry Command, which was already in chaos after encountering a fierce air attack.
The third wave of strong attacks came from the First Infantry Regiment of the Petroleum Corps, which completely defeated the Sonia Border Division, which was in chaos.
Hundreds of corpses were left behind, and more than 2,000 wounded and prisoners were left behind. The rest were defeated. Moreover, the regiment-level organization was completely disrupted, making the rout out of control. Some deserters were frightened by the bombings of the planes. They even fled hundreds of kilometers and reached the western border of the Kingdom of Sonia before being captured.
Probably some of the defeated soldiers were missing in the desert.
There is no clear border line between the Sonia Kingdom and the city-state area. In fact, there is a gradual buffer zone. There is a buffer zone of more than 100 kilometers between the real city-state area and the Sonia Kingdom border garrison. Most of them are desert areas. , there are very few people living there. A few border residents live in desert oasis areas, and there are also desert thieves who specialize in stealing trains.
Some deserters probably got stuck in it and never got out.
In short, in the city-state area and the border area, the 1st Infantry Division of Sonya's Northwest Frontier Defense collected a total of more than 6,000 defeated soldiers.
If the results of the city-state alliance and the "Volunteer Army" corroborate each other, hundreds of people are missing.
In fact, after the successful assault on White Teeth City, the "Allied Forces" quickly retreated to Black Teeth City on the southeastern border of Nicolo City State and began to build fortifications in preparation for the fierce battle that followed.
Black Fang City and White Fang City are actually of the same ethnic origin, but Black Fang City is a place conquered by Nicolo.
The "Coalition Forces" sent an initiative message to Punk Corporation calling for a ceasefire.
In the message, the "Allied Forces" still believed that the conflict with them was the Punk Trading Company, but it was obviously the Punk Trading Company that bribed the military at the border post and used the military's power to invade the city-state alliance, which resulted in the Battle of White Teeth City. misunderstandings and tragedies.
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In the large meeting hall of the left castle where "Representative Li" of Nicolo City lived, more than twenty city-state lords gathered, discussing something in a chaotic manner.
In the small meeting hall on the second floor were Lu Ming, regimental leader Feng Qifa, regimental political training director Gao Yaohan, and Nile Zi.
In front of the display board with the map of the Western Region and the western part of the Kingdom of Sonia, Lu Ming paced and said, "What is the worst outcome? The heavy troops gathered by the Sonia people in the west will come over and our defense line in Black Tooth City will not be able to withstand it. , then, we will give up positional warfare, give up all the big cities in the Nicolo City-State, including the cities in our coalition city-state, and then fight guerrillas with the Sonia people. We will destroy all the railway lines in the Nicolo City-State. .”
Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan looked at each other, while Ni Luozi looked miserable.
Lu Ming said: "Don't think this is a failure..."
Feng Qifa hesitated and said: "Our Petroleum Corps..., coupled with the recruitment of volunteers in Xiheishan Fort, may not..."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "No, unless the Sonia people must march westward to attack the West Black Mountain Fort, otherwise we will delay the decisive battle on the western front." Pointing to the map, "Our regiment retreated to the west of the city-state of Supiro. Let the Sonia people understand that if we cross Supiro, we will truly declare war with the Sonia Kingdom."
"The Sonia people are not determined to fight a decisive battle with our forces in the Western Region, because they themselves understand that relying solely on the western border defense force, the West Montenegro Fort is an extremely hard nut to crack for them."
"Our attack on their border guards and the head-on confrontation with them in Black Tusk City will make them realize this."
"And once they occupy nearly two-thirds of the land of the Western Region city-states, including the Nicolo City-state, their sense of glory should be completely satisfied. They have returned the blows they suffered tenfold and a hundredfold."
While Lu Ming was speaking, Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan shook their heads and sighed, while Ni Luozi had a gloomy look on his face.
According to intelligence, the Sonias mobilized five divisions from the west and were gathering towards the western border.
Obviously, the disastrous defeat of the 1st Division of the Western Border Defense angered the top brass of the Sonia military and was determined to teach the Montenegrins and the so-called city-state coalition a painful lesson.
Both Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan believed that Representative Li would definitely form the Petroleum Corps into an army. It was an armed force of nearly 20,000 people per division, and with the recruitment of volunteers from various city-states, it might not be incapable of fighting.
Unexpectedly, Representative Li was preparing to withdraw his troops and abandon the Nicolo City State if the First Infantry Regiment could not withstand the position battle.
Lu Ming looked at Feng and Gao and said, "As I said before, don't think this is a failure. When the five Sonia divisions penetrate into the Western Region, you will find that with only five divisions, if you want to rule stably, This place will be a drop in the bucket and will fall into a real war swamp. At that time, if they don’t withdraw in a hurry, they will send more armed forces." After a pause, "If we look at the problem from an overall perspective, our Western Front Just one petroleum corps will contain at least ten divisions of the Sonia people, or even more than ten or twenty divisions." Holding a red pen on the map, Sonia's western region near the city-state became a circle, "Not only in the Western Region , here, we also need to develop and support the forces that resist the Sonyans!"
Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan gradually looked surprised.
Feng Qifa asked in surprise: "Will the principality and the Kingdom of Grifenni launch a war against Sonya?" There was excitement on his face. As a military general, naturally the more battles he fights, the more enjoyable he will be.
Lu Ming said: "We will not consider these for the time being, but there is no doubt that if our Petroleum Corps with 20,000 soldiers can try our best to consume the military and financial resources of the Sonia people in the Western Region, it will be a great help to the principality's grand strategy." He added: " Moreover, the three provinces of Sancai will be declared to be the territory of the principality tomorrow, and Hanzhou, which is adjacent to the three provinces, will also receive an official letter from His Highness the Prince tomorrow. His Highness will, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Region of the Kingdom of Grifenni, request Reorganize the Hanzhou National Army."
"Ah?" Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
To the south of Hanzhou is Xiyangzhou, which was influenced by the Sonia Kingdom. The principality took the first step to control Hanzhou, which undoubtedly supported the Western Regions strategically.
The outpost of the principality is getting closer and closer to the Western Region.
The oil transported from Xiheishanbao to the Principality is originally a newly built freight railway heading northeast, passing through several Western autonomous prefectures to Hanzhou, and then turning north from Hanzhou to be transported to the Northern Territory.
Currently, an oil pipeline from Hanzhou to Montenegro is being planned.
And there will definitely be an oil pipeline controlled by the principality from West Black Mountain Fort to Hanzhou in the end.
Now, these plans are obviously taking the first step, which is for the principality to truly control Hanzhou.
Lu Ming understood what Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan were thinking.
His strategic planning was accelerated because he discovered that the Sonia people seemed determined to expand their influence in the Western Region and would not shrink back due to their own intervention.
Therefore, we can only follow the strategy that is the least difficult to control and has the most variables, and strive to turn the Western Region into the imperial cemetery of the Sonia people.
At the same time, he also looked at Hanzhou.
Originally, I wanted to wait. The Northern Territory also needs development. It would be better if it could be stable for a few years, or even ten or twenty years.
But in troubled times, it is actually impossible to allow one's own planning and development. One can only follow the general trend and follow the trend.
Lu Ming looked at Nile Zi, "I asked you to listen here because I hope you know that the earth-shaking changes in the Western Region will be a training for you. You have to think clearly about how you want to go next."
Then he said to Feng and Gao: "Let's go, let's go to a meeting and tell them how to fight guerrillas next. Of course, they can also submit to the Sonyans, but I think as members of the coalition, they should all be under the control of the Sonyians." They are on the blacklist. The Sonia people have no heart for forgiveness, let alone the influence of these city-state lords in the local area. The Sonia people have national beliefs and firmly believe that they can conquer everything!"
After taking two steps, he turned around and said to Ni Luozi: "Before the Sonia people came, we went to deal with the Huo Luo. The Huo Luo area is remote. The nobles of the Huo Luo are called bloody Huo Luo in the bard's poems, right? ? Their rule is extremely cruel and barbaric, and they are unpopular with the people. After solving the bloody Hunhuo Luo, it will become one of the best base areas for our resistance army!"
Ni Luozi, who was originally worried about gains and losses, suddenly became energetic and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" He glanced at Lu Ming and said with gratitude on his face, "Thank you, Mr. Representative!"