After Su Yi got in touch with Zhao Zeling, vice minister of national defense who stayed in Yueyang City, he soon received an order to expand the independent regiment into a provisional independent division, and also promoted him to major general and division commander of the provisional independent division.

Vice Minister of National Defense Zhao Zeling's intention to woo Su Yi can be said to be very obvious.

To Su Yi's surprise, Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling hoped that Su Yi would continue to stay in the mountainous area of Phoenix Mountain with the provisional independent division in order to contain the Ice Lion Army north of Yueyang City.

The provisional independent division composed of pure infantry encountered the armored forces of the Ice Lion Country on the plains, and the final result was self-evident, of course, the provisional independent division was not a pure infantry unit, which was not clear to Zhao Zeling, vice minister of national defense.

After receiving this order, Su Yi couldn't help but have a good impression of Zhao Zeling, the vice minister of defense he had never met, but Su Yi thought about it for a moment and immediately sent another telegram to Zhao Zeling, vice minister of defense, and still insisted on leading the provisional independent division to Yueyang City on December 17, 2537 in the divine calendar.

In Su Yi's opinion, only when the provisional independent division joins the defense of Yueyang City can the provisional independent division play the greatest role, not to mention that although Su Yi does not know the specific battle situation of Yueyang City, but by seeing countless ice lion country planes hovering over Yueyang City every day, he knows how bad the situation in Yueyang City is.

The troops under Su Yi's command are equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons and individual anti-aircraft missiles, as long as Su Yi leads the troops into the urban area of Yueyang City, he can immediately change the state of the defenders of Yueyang City who are helpless against the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country.

After receiving Su Yixin's telegram, Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling sighed and said to He Minghuan, the commander of the 16th Army beside him: "I forgot one thing, there are now more than 48,000 people under Su Yi's hands, and it is a big problem for so many people to just eat, and then send a telegram to Su Yi, agreeing to the provisional independent division to enter the urban area of Yueyang City, hoping that Su Yi can successfully bring the provisional independent division into Yueyang City, no matter if there are only 10,000 people left in the provisional independent division, or even only a few thousand, It is also an encouragement to the morale of the soldiers and civilians of our Yueyang City. ”

Su Yi said in the telegram that the Provisional Independent Division had a way to deal with the armored forces of the Ice Lion Country, but Vice Minister of National Defense Zhao Zeling did not delve into it and did not care too much, but misunderstood that the reason why Su Yi was in a hurry to lead the Provisional Independent Division into the urban area of Yueyang City was because there was a problem with the supply of the Provisional Independent Division.

He Minghuan, the commander of the 16th Army, nodded and said: "The formation of the provisional independent division can be described as a legend, no matter how big the loss of the provisional independent division is, as long as it can successfully enter the urban area of Yueyang City, it is equivalent to injecting a shot of strength into the army and people of Yueyang City." ”

In fact, at this time, there was no shortage of troops in the hands of Zhao Zeling, vice minister of national defense, in addition to the 19 armies that withdrew from Yueyang City and the 19 divisions left behind, there were also the 5th Army and the 16th Army in Yueyang City, as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians organized by the armed forces.

In addition, the south of Yueyang City has not been cut off by the army of the Ice Lion Country, and in the past few days, there have been seven newly formed temporary infantry divisions that have entered the urban area of Yueyang City from the south, but these seven temporary divisions are basically composed of new soldiers, and in terms of combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment, they are somewhat unsatisfactory.

In addition to the seven temporary divisions that have already entered Yueyang City, the Ministry of Defense of the Great Qin State also plans to transfer more than 20 more temporary divisions into the Yueyang City area, and it is best to replace the elite troops in the Yueyang City area.

In the eyes of the military of the Great Qin State, it is impossible to hold Yueyang City, and it is really not worth it to let more elite troops be buried with Yueyang City, and it is best to replace the current elite troops in Yueyang City with the newly formed provisional division.

Although Su Yi has been promoted to major general and division commander, and the provisional independent regiment of the 48th Division has also been expanded into a provisional independent division directly under the Ministry of National Defense, Su Yi did not immediately make a major adjustment to the establishment of the independent regiment, but only changed the name of the regiment headquarters and turned it into the division headquarters of the independent division, as for the 18 infantry battalions, one reconnaissance battalion, one guard battalion, five air defense battalions, five artillery battalions, and three logistics battalions under the jurisdiction of the original independent regiment, the original establishment was still maintained.

After all, a few days later, the provisional independent division will leave the mountainous area of Phoenix Mountain and go to the battlefield in Yueyang City, which is already a little too late in time, and if major adjustments are made, Su Yi is worried that it will affect the coordinated operations between the troops under his command.

The time soon came to seven o'clock in the evening of December 17, 2537 in the Divine Calendar, which was also the time when Su Yi decided to lead the provisional independent division and march towards Yueyang City.

In order to avoid being harassed by the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country during the march, Su Yi set the time of departure at seven o'clock in the evening of the 17th, if there are no special circumstances, the temporary independent division should be able to enter the urban area of Yueyang City before dawn.

Deputy Regiment Commander Sun Guodong said to Su Yi in a deep voice: "Regiment Commander, the troops are ready to go." ”

Su Yi looked at the time of the watch on his wrist, then nodded and said: "Let the reconnaissance battalion set off first, and the first infantry battalion, the second infantry battalion, the third infantry battalion, and the fourth infantry battalion will follow closely behind, and strive to open a bloody road for our whole division. ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Sun Guodong said with some indifference: "Regiment Commander, each of our battalions is equipped with a lot of individual anti-aircraft missiles, even if we encounter the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country, we can't stop our temporary independent division from entering the urban area of Yueyang City." ”

Su Yi immediately said: "After all, it is on the march, once the Ice Lion Air Force dispatches a large number of fighters, it may still cause a lot of losses to our temporary independent division, not to mention that the various battalions of our temporary independent division have just been formed, and in the face of the attack of a large number of fighters, there will be a big chaos." ”

Sun Guodong, the deputy head of the regiment, pondered for a while and said: "It is still the regiment commander who has considered it thoroughly, Phoenix Mountain is only forty kilometers away from the urban area of Yueyang City, if it goes well, our provisional independent division should be able to enter the urban area of Yueyang City before dawn." ”

In order to temporarily organize the transfer of the independent division, Su Yi brought over a large number of small three-wheeled tractors from the world of the Tang Empire to transport artillery, ammunition and other materials, and even the body behind the small three-wheeled tractor, which can carry seven or eight soldiers when squeezed, and this small three-wheeled tractor can be disassembled, otherwise it will not be able to pass through the interstellar gate.

In addition, Su Yi also brought a lot of military three-wheeled motorcycles from the world of the Tang Empire and distributed them to the various battalions of the provisional independent division, and each military three-wheeled motorcycle would be equipped with a heavy machine gun or a single anti-tank missile to act as a mobile fire point.

If it weren't for the lack of time, Su Yi would not be able to mobilize a sufficient number of small three-wheeled tractors and military three-wheeled motorcycles in the world of the Tang Empire in a short period of time, and Su Yi would have been able to turn the provisional independent division into a motorized army.

However, even so, by the time the provisional independent division was ready to be transferred, it already had more than 15,000 small three-wheeled tractors and more than 10,000 military three-wheeled motorcycles.

As soon as the vanguard of the provisional independent division came out of Phoenix Mountain, it was discovered by the 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, and the 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army was ordered to guard the southern part of Phoenix Mountain to guard against the elite troops of the Great Qin Army in the mountainous area of Phoenix Mountain.

The 11th Praetorian Guards Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army was equipped with nearly 400 tanks and more than 2,500 armored vehicles, but under the attack of many individual anti-tank missiles of the Provisional Independent Division, the armored troops of the 11th Janissaries Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army suffered very heavy losses and were soon somewhat unstoppable.

Marshal Cajano of the Ice Lion Country, when he learned that the elite troops of the Great Qin Army in the mountainous area of Phoenix Mountain were trying to break through the defense line of his 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division and enter the urban area of Yueyang City, he hurriedly mobilized the 7th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division to support.

Although the 20th Brigade of the 7th Guards Mechanized Infantry Division suffered heavy losses, the main force of the 7th Guards Mechanized Infantry Division still existed, and Marshal Cajano hoped to use two mechanized infantry divisions to completely wipe out this elite unit of the Great Qin Army in the plain area.

It's a pity that the wish is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel, in the end, the 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division and the 7th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, not only did not block the provisional independent division, but suffered extremely heavy losses, and so the temporary independent division went on a rampage all the way into the urban area of Yueyang City, these two mechanized infantry divisions combined lost more than 10,000 people, and were destroyed more than 300 tanks and more than 800 armored vehicles, as well as dozens of self-propelled guns.

If it weren't for the 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division and the 7th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, seeing that the situation was not good, they took the initiative to get out of the way of the temporary independent divisions, and the losses of these two mechanized infantry divisions would have been even greater.

After breaking through the interception of the 11th Janissary Mechanized Infantry Division and the 7th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, in the northern district of Yueyang City, the Provisional Independent Division broke through the blockade of the 24th Garrison Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, not only eliminating thousands of people from the 24th Garrison Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, but also recapturing a large number of urban areas occupied by the 24th Garrison Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army.

At six o'clock in the morning on December 17, 2537 in the Divine Calendar, at the forward headquarters of the Ice Lion Country army outside Yueyang City, Marshal Kayano angrily threw the water cup on the ground, "The two Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Divisions can't stop an infantry unit on the plain, it's a big joke, the 24th Garrison Infantry Division is even more unbearable, and in less than two hours, it gave up such a large area of the city to the enemy, I really doubt that these three divisions are still those invincible troops of our Ice Lion Army?" ”

Seeing Marshal Kayano's angry appearance, the deputy commander-in-chief Army General Gru said with a wry smile: "Marshal is angry, this Great Qin Army unit that came out of the Phoenix Mountain Mountain is not an ordinary Great Qin army, it may be the elite of the Great Qin Army, according to the report of the 7th Praetorian Guards Mechanized Infantry Division and the 11th Janissaries Mechanized Infantry Division, this elite unit of the Great Qin Army is equipped with a direct-fire artillery similar to a battle defense gun, which is mounted on some military three-wheeled motorcycles, The destruction of a large number of tanks and armored vehicles of the two Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Divisions was the most important reason for the failure of the 7th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division and the 11th Praetorian Mechanized Infantry Division. ”

Marshal Cajano frowned and asked, "Could it be the kind of direct-fire artillery used by the Great Qin defenders in the battle of Xinji Town?" ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Army General Gru nodded and said: "It's that kind of direct-fire artillery, the firing range can reach several hundred meters, and the Silver Lion medium tank equipped by our Ice Lion Army will be completely destroyed almost as long as it is hit by the shells of this kind of direct-fire artillery, not to mention the armored vehicles with very thin armor." ”

Marshal Kayano's brows furrowed a little tighter, "How many troops is this elite unit of the Great Qin Army that came out of Phoenix Mountain?" ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Army General Grew said: "According to the reports of several troops, the strength of this elite unit of the Great Qin Army is about 60,000 or 70,000 people, maybe more. ”

In order to shirk some responsibilities, the 7th Guards Mechanized Infantry Division, the 11th Guards Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 24th Garrison Infantry Division of the Ice Lion Army, which were responsible for intercepting the provisional independent division, inevitably exaggerated the strength of the provisional independent division.

After a pause, the deputy commander-in-chief Army General Gru continued: "After this elite unit of the Great Qin Army enters the city of Yueyang City, it may bring a lot of trouble to our Ice Lion Kingdom army to seize the entire Yueyang City. ”

Marshal Cajano snorted coldly and said: "No matter what, Yueyang City must also be taken, but this elite unit of the Great Qin Army has now entered the urban area of Yueyang City, and our previous battle plan has to make some changes appropriately, I am ready to mobilize some troops to cut off the passage to the south of Yueyang City as soon as possible, and completely turn Yueyang City into an isolated city." ”

It turned out that in Marshal Cajano's plan, this time the Ice Lion Kingdom army mobilized heavy troops, not only to capture Yueyang City, the capital of the Great Qin State, but also to use Yueyang City as a bait to eliminate more living forces of the Great Qin Army in Yueyang City as much as possible.

But now that the provisional independent division led by Su Yi joined the battle of Yueyang City, Marshal Cajano immediately dispelled the idea of using Yueyang City as a bait, hoping to conquer the capital of the Great Qin State as soon as possible, and didn't want to make any more trouble.