A Dream of Jinling Chapter 326 Retreat (3)

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Many people have felt the change in Chief of Staff Qi Rui, a gentle and handsome young man with two beautiful mustaches has become a tough guy uncle with a scruffy beard in a very short period of time, such a change will naturally make the people around him feel quite shocked. As a party to the case, Qi Rui didn't feel this, he found that he thought there were so many things to do, where did he have time to care about what others thought of him.

"As soon as the withdrawn U.S. troops enter this line, we will send troops to completely encircle them and wait for the arrival of follow-up troops." Qi Rui's finger drew a line on Duluth's map, and the line drawn based on the terrain had already marked many points.

Chu Dayong, the commander of the Second Division, frowned, the line drawn by Qi Rui was the western front of the entire encirclement, and on the eastern front of this encirclement, at least about 25,000 US Federal Army troops were blocked from those positions surrounded by barbed wire. Chu Dayong said in embarrassment: "Chief of Staff, has our 24th Army completed such a large encirclement?" ”

"There is a bigger encirclement outside the encirclement of our 24th Army, and even if some Yankees slip out of our encirclement, as long as the troops on the outside shrink the encirclement step by step, these people will not be able to escape." Qi Rui spoke in a simple tone.

"Let several armies outside serve one of our armies?" Chu Dayong was stunned by Qi Rui's words, the 24th Army may be overbearing among the North American armies, but the 24th Army is still only one of the many armies of the Liberation Army.

Qi Rui didn't raise his eyes to look at the overly cautious division commander, he lowered his head and said slowly: "We have submitted a report to the front line command, and it won't take long to get a response." ”

Army Commander Zheng Minglun and Political Commissar Hu Dakui couldn't help but exchange glances, Zheng Minglun's eyes did not fluctuate, Hu Dakui was quite surprised. I don't know if this surprise is because of Qi Rui's decisiveness, or because of Qi Rui's arbitrariness. But Hu Dakui did not speak in such a situation.

Seeing that the other army-level cadres were silent, the division commander Chu Dayong could only choose to remain silent for the time being. He was only a division commander and had to obey the command of the military headquarters.

Seeing that his views did not arouse strong opposition, Qi Rui said slowly: "Our army must fight a war of encirclement and annihilation. Judging by the appearance of the Yankee Duluth defenders, the Yankees are not useless. There are capable people in the U.S. federal army. Therefore, it is important to annihilate the US Federal Army in a structured way, so that they cannot accumulate experience in the war. In today's war, it only takes one mistake to wipe out all the units of the U.S. Federal Army, and they always make one mistake or another when they don't know our army. We make the most of this opportunity as much as possible. ”

This makes so much sense that no one wants to discuss it in the slightest. Only Ma Xiaoming, in order to enliven the atmosphere, said with a smile: "It is said that fighting against a powerful enemy can quickly improve your combat ability. ”

Qi Rui knew that what Ma Xiaoming said was a joke, and he also smiled and said: "Compared with the admirable enemy who fights you to the death, I hope to be able to annihilate the incompetent enemy easily and happily." After the war is done, we can enjoy peace as much as possible. ”

The word "peace" inexplicably stimulated everyone's feelings, and everyone in the headquarters couldn't help but show all kinds of smiles.

The West Virginia Army was ordered to rest halfway through, and the soldiers didn't know what was going on, but it was always nice to have a rest. The crowd stopped at the edge of the forest. Minnesota is known as the State of Ten Thousand Lakes, and the standard terrain here is tall straight trees, cold woods, and wet land. The soil here is not thick, and everywhere you can see rocks or rock formations breaking through the ground. Add to that the abundance of rivers and lakes at almost any of your time, and Minnesota can be gloomy in early summer.

The soldiers didn't know how long they would be staying here, but they didn't really care. Firewood isn't dry, but it's not a bad thing to burn. Even the smoke can bring some heat. The soldiers cut down branches and made a fire with dead leaves and so on. After the smoke in front of us was over, the charcoal not only provided warmth, but also allowed the soldiers to start cooking.

In the skies above these people, the reconnaissance planes of the Liberation Army also noticed these too clear guidelines during their flights. The observer in the back seat determined the coordinates according to the terrain and was about to observe the number of enemies again, when he heard the pilot say: "Hurry up, in four minutes I will start my return." ”

"Why is it so tight?" Observers were puzzled.

The pilot said angrily: "You are new here, and I don't know that there have been several mechanical accidents recently, and four reconnaissance planes have crashed." Recently it was said that as long as fifty front-line missions have been performed, one can apply for leave. I've flown more than 30 times, and I don't want to fall with everyone because of a malfunction. ”

The scout was indeed new to the roam, and he was unaware of the recent plane malfunction, but he did know that he could apply for leave after more than fifty missions. It's just that he's only flown a dozen times, and he's still far from fifty. So in the few minutes of returning, the scouts did their best to complete the task, in addition to taking pictures, but also roughly determined the number of enemies. The number of troops on the ground exceeded fifteen hundred, and the size was not too large or small. It's a force that must be taken seriously.

The Union troops in West Virginia didn't know that their heads were flying over Chinese planes, and no one could see what was happening hundreds of meters in the air, let alone the livery used by the planes of the Liberation Army to implement more effective concealment.

The commander did not return, but the reconnaissance troops on the edge hit a deer. The gang came and divided the meat and grilled it around the fire. The venison is delicious and even more delicious when sprinkled with a sprinkle of salt. There are many people and great strength, and when this huge North American deer only has bones left, the commander still does not come back. The soldiers really didn't know what was going on, and some of them started talking with the deer's fine bones in their mouths.

In fact, there was nothing to talk about, the troops faced the squadron at first, and then retreated. Along the way, the gang destroyed the railway bridge every time they passed through the town, grabbed a round of shops, and teased the flower girls they could see. And then I just ran here. As for why they retreated and how long they retreated, these big-headed soldiers did not know anything. Just when they were optimistic or not optimistic about the future, the reconnaissance unit hit another deer. Before the soldiers, who were not hungry, could decide whether to divide the venison again, the commander finally rushed back to his troops.

"Turn south." The commander ordered.

An hour after the unit began to go south, a reconnaissance plane patrolling the south discovered an unusual movement of the US ** unit. An hour and a half later, Qi Rui ordered, "Send troops to give them a hard blow!" Get these guys back! ”