Chapter 110: Shrinking

The coalition forces attacking Tugi Province originally had only 800,000, of which 200,000 were in charge of logistics. At the beginning, the main purpose of the coalition base camp was to take over the besieged Miyamoto Army and William's Army.

But Miyamoto's Honshu Legion and William's Austria? The legion, in just two days, was driven into the town of the Great Urn, although it was against the Yamada legion, but it was facing the dilemma of running out of food.

The coalition forces had to accept the conditions of the Tugi army and provide supplies to the enemy, lest the soldiers who accepted the order to surrender starve to death.

Before the three-way army could assemble, it was forced to stop. After solving the problem of the captured legions, the coalition command decided to go all out and take out the Tugi army.

Of the only remaining 1.5 million troops in the land of the Tang Dynasty, at least 1.2 million, were mobilized to Gong? County, Secret? County, Pro? Thou art these three forward bases.

Because it was the closest to Datang, and two and a half legions were captured by the Dugi Army, the state of Honshu urgently requisitioned five legions from the country and went to Datang.

Except for one corps, which was used to consolidate the transportation lines of the coalition forces, the remaining four legions, with 400,000 troops, went straight to attack the forward base of Tugi Province.

By the time the Third Route Army attacked the town of Daweng, the total strength of the coalition forces in Dugi Province had reached an unprecedented 1.6 million.

In addition, the combined strength of the coalition forces in other places is less than 400,000. This is a great blessing for the rebels in the enemy-occupied areas.

When the advance base was still under construction, a large area of the country had been recovered by the Tang Army, and what the coalition army could maintain was the retreat of the three-way army.

The three-way army that came out of the front, each of which was 200,000, and the number of troops left in the forward base was even more. The county's forward base was garrisoned with 400,000 troops. Pro? Thou and Mi? The county's forward base also had 300,000 coalition troops left.

At the mobilization meeting before the offensive, Mack, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, humorously said that the army of more than one million troops was eight times that of Togi Province. Even if you use people to pile it, you can pile it to death.

It is a pity that the division is unfavorable, and the three-way army has only been on for two days before it falls into the sea of guerrilla warfare. After two more days of walking, I only walked half the way and fell into a dilemma.

If it weren't for the lack of oil, this more than 100 miles would be just a day's journey. But now. Even if it is a normal march, it will take two days to walk.

In the following days, the coalition forces could only retreat into defense, and many of them were killed piecemeal by the Dugi army. Fortunately, the joint command found a way to deal with guerrilla warfare, and the situation became better.

The officers of the three-way offensive force, still discussing whether it was time to move on, received an order to retreat from the joint command.

Attacking corps of the coalition forces in three directions, as well as three forward bases, after the order to retreat was given. It didn't take long to get into action.

The movement of more than a million troops is still concentrated within a radius of 300 kilometers, and it is really full of momentum. It's just that the military vehicles have been replaced by mules and horses, which seems to be a little slow.

In this retreat, the coalition forces did quite an orderly manner, and the guerrilla squads that should have been sent out still set off in the same way, twice as many as in the past.

It was not until noon that the large army began to move, but it was not just a matter of pulling its legs and leaving. Instead, the Liberty Front Army retreated, and the rest of the troops held the camp.

The front army walked less than five miles, and it was worthy of reaching the back of the rear army's ass. He stopped and began to build the fortifications.

Immediately afterwards, the troops that had just become the front army retreated, also five miles, and when they reached the tail of the troops, they stopped to build fortifications. Retreat in turns. At the end of the day, the whole camp moved back twenty miles.

There was also action on the side of the forward base, this was the team that came out to respond, and it was also a five-mile walk, and then it stopped to build fortifications.

As soon as the fortifications were repaired, the next team crossed the fortifications and continued to advance, and in a day's work, the fortifications were repaired to a distance of twenty miles from the forward base.

The guerrillas who went out from the coalition camp did not go far, went to the Torigi army to fight, and like a patrol, cruising around the army.

The next day, the same process was carried out again. In the evening, there was only more than 20 miles between the attacking corps that had gone out and the receiving troops at the advancing base.

The three division commanders, Huang Wenchang and others, who realized that something was wrong, stepped up their attacks on the guerrillas, and at the same time reported the movements of the coalition forces to the corps headquarters.

But the reply I received was only three words, "Stick it." ”

Because the guerrillas of the coalition army are scattered around the large army, like a big hedgehog, they cannot find a fighter plane to destroy the enemy, so they can only follow the coalition army step by step, deal with the coalition guerrillas piecemeal, and watch the large army of the coalition army gradually shrink back.

On the third day, the advance of the coalition forces joined the receiving forces, and the pace of retreat became larger.

The Yifei Legion, scattered in the surrounding forest, had little to do, at most a few killers armed with Reaper's 10.36mm sniper rifles, knocked out a few officers and a few ammunition trucks, and the killers took their apprentices from the army and sniped on the perimeter

The coalition forces seemed to be accustomed to being attacked, and only symbolically counterattacked for a while, and then retreated, and the steps of retreat were still orderly, and even the surrounding guerrillas did not think of rushing over to kill the snipers.

Perhaps it was because of the torture during this time, after the coalition forces converged, it only took one day to retreat back to the forward base. The guerrillas also fled back for the most part.

The three division commanders in charge of the Third Route Army were very depressed, and after arranging their troops, they sent a report to the corps headquarters asking whether to launch an attack on the enemy's forward base.

After receiving the telegram, Yi Fei couldn't cry or laugh, these guys have only won a few battles, and their tails are up to the sky.

The combat effectiveness of the coalition soldiers is not worse than theirs, and it is because of this period of training that the military quality of the soldiers has been greatly improved, and they have the qualifications to be assigned to the coalition soldiers.

It was only the Yifei Legion that adopted guerrilla tactics that the coalition had never seen before, coupled with killers with strong individual combat capabilities, with advanced weapons to help, that the coalition forces were held back.

Even if there is no Yangtze River, the coalition forces will be able to find a way to deal with it sooner or later, and in recent days, the casualties of the corps have gradually increased, and it is precisely because the coalition forces have adapted to guerrilla warfare that they have appeared. Although the killers are powerful, they are also flesh and blood, and they have no way to block bullets for their soldiers.

If the three division commanders gave up their own advantages and attacked the forward base that was run like an iron pass, they would definitely hit the head and bleed.

Not to mention the permanent fortifications everywhere, let's talk about the number of coalition forces, which can also crush the Yifei Legion, near each forward base, there is only one division, less than 20,000 people, facing more than 500,000 coalition troops, these division commanders are really bold. (To be continued.) )