Chapter 286: Collect the troops and return to defense
Ling Xia used Sano Kazuki and the remaining more than 200 Japanese soldiers to exchange Ji Mo and the 100 special forces, after being captured, Ji Mo and they thought that they would die this time, but they didn't expect Ling Xia to exchange them back, after the handover ceremony, Ji Mo knelt in front of Ling Xia with a handful of snot and tears and cried: "The last general is guilty, the last general is guilty, and the last general is ashamed of the horse master." ”
I wanted to reprimand a few words, but seeing Ji Mo's expression, Ling Xia swallowed back the words on his lips, and criticized it without pain, Ling Xia sent Ji Mo to greet Du Qijun and asked Du Qijun to bring the army back, he had to hurry to the war zone to support.
Zhongyuan Sakurako has already led the Tenth Corps to hurry, the task of the Thunder Legion has been completed, Ling Xia and they have to hurry to the Eastern Theater to join Gu Xiuyuan, and find a way to resist the attack of the Japanese Invaders, now that the Northern Theater has been defeated, the Eastern Theater must not fall again.
"Master Horse, didn't you say before that we had to delay the Tenth Corps for seven days? Now that we have only delayed them for six days, we are still one day away from the goal, can they rush to the 10th Corps to attack and hand over the information? Ji Mo had a worried expression on his face.
Ling Xia shook his head: "Don't worry, although we are one day short of the scheduled goal, but this rainstorm has been falling for several days, and now although the rain has stopped, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, and there is water in many places on the road, which will inevitably slow down the march of the Tenth Corps, so that it happens to make up for the day of the difference." ”
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In the evening of the same day, Ji Mo led Du Qijun and several division commanders to Ling Xia, these days they have been hiding in the barren mountains north of Mangniu Mountain according to Ling Xia's instructions, Ling Xia delayed Zhongyuan Sakurako for three days, Nakajima Kazuo sent people to encircle and suppress Mangniu Mountain twice, because the army was transferred, so the Japanese were in vain.
When the legion arrived, Ling Xia glanced at the soldiers, although the soldiers had been repaired, but Ling Xia still trembled, nearly half of the soldiers in the entire Thunder Legion were injured, tens of thousands of soldiers were wrapped in bandages, and thousands of seriously injured soldiers were lying on stretchers.
"Commander, in these few encounters with the Japanese Invaders, although we have killed a lot of Japanese Invaders, but the Japanese Invaders' counterattack is also very fierce, even if we occupy favorable terrain and weather, but the Legion has suffered heavy losses, I have counted them, 45,700 people were lightly wounded, 6,891 people were seriously injured, and they died in the line of duty...... There were more than 23,000 people, and all four divisions and regiments had lost their personnel. Du Qijun fell silent.
"I see." After saying this with a heavy expression, Ling Xia talked about the current situation again, and told everyone that Zhongyuan Sakurako and led the Tenth Corps to attack the logistics headquarters of the theater, and it is expected to arrive in three days, and Lao Cui's intelligence information will arrive at about that time, the key is to see who is faster, Zhongyuan Sakurako has been provoked, and now he can no longer entangle the Tenth Corps.
In addition to pinning hopes on Lao Cui, the Thunder Legion also has to find a way to enter the war zone and join up with the other troops in the base camp, if it continues to stay on the periphery of the enemy's defensive line, sooner or later it will be eaten by the enemy in turn, so Ling Xia is ready to cross the enemy's northern flank defense area in a straight line.
"Crossing the northern flank? How to wear it? There's an enemy army there, this isn't an ornament, even if it's a detour, you're worried about being discovered by the enemy, who dares to swagger across horizontally? Du Qijun and several division commanders all shook their heads in opposition, thinking that Ling Xia's plan was too risky.
"I know your concerns, but there is no way now, we are too far away from the theater headquarters, even if it is a straight line to cross the past, it will take four days, if we go around, if we want to avoid the enemy's deployment area, it will take at least a month or two, the time is too long, we can't afford it." After speaking, Ling Xia looked at everyone with a thoughtful expression: "I have an idea, maybe I can get the enemy army to take the initiative to get out of the way." ”