The mountainous area in the north of Shangdang, where the terrain is complex. It is not conducive to the operation of large corps, but it is extremely advantageous for some special combat methods.

Inside Zhang Liao's makeshift tent. He was supposed to return to the military academy, but compared to the boring military school life, Zhang Liao liked the real battlefield more, because what he learned on the battlefield was far more important than what he learned in the classroom.

"Good news, sir." A private excitedly ran in and reported.

"What's the good news?" Zhang Liao is always the kind of busy officer, or reporting officer, because he has many, many reports to submit. It doesn't seem like an officer who can fight, that's the opinion of most reserve soldiers, but in fact, this cadet has a very big role.

"Bandits, three well-known bandits in the vicinity surrendered with a large group of people. They were all crying and shouting to surrender. You know, they occupy a very large territory, but I really didn't expect that they would take the initiative to surrender. Private said excitedly.

"Hehe, this is normal, very normal." Zhang Liao didn't seem to have anything to do, then picked up a report and began to write something.

"Sir, do you think this is the way it should be?" Private asked curiously.

"Yes, our snipers are not used to shoot the enemy, nor are they made to hit the head of the enemy at seventy paces or even farther away, their weapons are hand-made by high-level craftsmen, and the man-hours consumed are very long, and the value is naturally great. But their role, we cannot deny. Zhang Liao said.

"Fighting, in fact, is fighting courage, fear, for the soldier, this is the biggest enemy, invisible, but he exists, he can kill the morale of the soldier to the greatest extent. And the biggest role of a sniper is not to shoot the enemy, but to create fear. Zhang Liao explained.

The privates seemed to understand. But he still didn't understand. Zhang Liao just smiled and motioned for the other party to leave here. The private reluctantly left here, he thought that Commander Zhang Liao was a very good commander, because he was very good at fighting, and those bandits, who were only beaten with a few snipers, surrendered one after another.

If you continue to use a large number of aviation, the investment is too large, the cost and effectiveness are very disproportionate, Zhang Liao walked around and observed, he found the important role of snipers, because they always shoot the enemy at a long distance, those who use rifled weapons, when using special ammunition, can hit a distance of 120 paces, this distance is quite safe. Even impossible, Zhang Liao made full use of this once, and he arranged a series of snipers to shoot some targets on a large scale outside the bandit activity area.

The fear created by the snipers was not long in coming. The fear that anyone feels when they encounter such a blow is very great, because the fear of naming death is too great. For example, a bandit hill, after just shooting the nameless bandit, the fear generated by the bandit completely broke down. They had to choose to surrender. Other hills, after encountering more than a dozen bandits who were killed, did not dare to do it again.

Fear is always there, and this pressure is too great. It was very uncomfortable, quite uncomfortable, and even, it was difficult to move, and in such a situation, they had to choose to surrender.

The taste of fear is very unpleasant. But for Zhang Liao, it is a success, because he was the first officer to propose sniper warfare, and now, he needs to summarize all these and write them into a report, he believes that sniper warfare still has a great promotion value, and this value is the direction of promotion.

Because this tactic, to a large extent, creates great trouble for the enemy's military operations. Zhang Liao's grasp of new things is very accurate, and when he didn't have special sniper equipment, he himself had already begun to think of such things. It was a kind of foresight.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"This Zhou Cang. The combat command ability is still not enough. Shang Wu said after reading the telegram.

"Zhou Cang dismantled and used a company of troops, he became a good tinker, but it was not a good tactic, and his mobile strength was consumed little by little. A lot of mobile forces have been consumed to such an extent, and what is the result? It poses a great threat to us. Shang Wu reluctantly said that when grassroots officers like Zhou Cang were promoted, in many cases, they had some big problems, such as the lack of certain command ability, and at the same time, there was no concept of the overall situation in the operation, and many times, it was difficult to act.

"That's right. Perhaps, Zhou Cang has his own difficulties. Such a division of troops. It's a last resort. Jia Xu explained.

"Maybe so, but it's still hard for us to accept such a situation. After all, this will drain our last reserves, and in the event of an accident, the entire front will collapse and the situation will completely get out of control. The absence of reserves is very dangerous. "Shang Wu is now eager to personally direct the battle.

"The crux of the matter is that we have our own position, and we should have full trust in the commanders of the specific commands, full trust in them, and if the foundation of that trust cannot be established, what will be the result? This would be extremely detrimental to us. Jia Xu said.

"Well, the crux of the matter is not our commanders, but our reinforcements. In this way, it can be extremely beneficial to us. Is that right? Shang Wu said.

"Yes." Jia Xu nodded and said. He's just suggesting, offering some good advice.

"If the troops can be transferred, they will all be invested separately by a company and a battalion, and according to his habit of using troops, the result will be very unfavorable if they are dismantled and used separately in this way." Shang Wu said.

"Alright. We can only hope that our commanders will seriously address this issue. "Shangwu plans not to continue to dwell on this issue. Because there is no point. They can only solve the problem by increasing their troops, and no matter what form of movement, they must do so.

"Well, there is another thing, and that is friction, we are in the demilitarized zone of Hexi Prefecture, and there is still constant friction between the Huns and us, because it is a commercial area, and neither side has the right to garrison. The contradiction is very big. Jia Xu introduced.

"Question, let's talk about the problem." Shang Wu said.

"Trade, the key to the problem is trade, the trade demand between the two sides is very large, although we have been pursuing fair trade, giving up great preferences, but the problem is that the output of the northern nomads is very limited, and the value of the two sides is very contradictory, you know, the nomads in the process of trading, they always self-righteous produce some friction, for example, forced trade, or have a great adverse impact and so on." Jia Xu said.

"There were casualties?" Shang Wu asked worriedly.

"There were no deaths, but two people were seriously injured and a dozen people were slightly injured. The Huns wounded several of them. The contradictions between the two sides were very great, and trade basically stopped in a complete way. If this problem is not solved, the problem will continue, and the contradiction will continue for a long, long time. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm." Shang Wu nodded.

This was indeed the case, the Huns had a trade demand, and the Hexi Demilitarized Zone also had such a demand, and both sides carried out a series of trades. However, there were some differences in trade to a certain extent, because there were no garrisons in the area, and stability was naturally difficult to solve, and the Huns' solution was to be tough. You know, in order to encourage and ensure the self-protection of the local people, the Republican Army provides a large number of weapons free of charge when the immigrants arrive, and at the same time organizes and trains the militia.

The reason why the Republican Army did this was to deal with some unreasonable actions of the Huns to the greatest extent and counterattack when necessary. Now, this precautionary measure is happening. It happened. And it's really happening.

"We have made representations, but it seems that it is not the best time to send troops, first of all, there is a serious shortage of troops, second, the Huns are helping us to send troops, and thirdly, a large number of trade orders have been generated, and those are large orders, and if we take measures, it will inevitably affect them, and our attention cannot be noticed there. That's the trouble at the moment, and at the moment we're just allowing this to happen. Jia Xu said.

"I see." Shang Wu said.

"We're silent on this matter, aren't we?" Shang Wu asked. Jia Xu nodded.

Any contradiction has a development, entering a period of rapid development, as well as a period of fierce collision, in Hexi, the trade issue of the demilitarized zone, has not yet developed to such a point, the two sides are only playing a small friction, the republican army has not yet done a good job of relevant equipment in terms of military strength, which is an extremely unfavorable place for them. What they need to do now is to adjust to such a state and enter a favorable situation, and in such a situation, this will form a very favorable situation for their development.

Therefore, on the issue of Hexi Prefecture and the demilitarized zone, the Republican Army chose to remain silent, because they have not yet been able to mobilize more forces to suppress the other side, which requires a buffer time, and when this time buffer passes, and when the military power reaches a certain asymmetry, it is the time to solve the problem. Shang Wu knew very well that they had to wait until the matter was completely over. Otherwise. It's hard to sustain.