When Emperor Herris heard the Minister of War Valerian say that the Sharad Empire needed to provide weapons to arm the recruits in the five million troops of the Cangyu Empire, he couldn't help frowning slightly and asked Valerian: "How many recruits are there in the five million troops of the Cangyu Empire?" ”

War Minister Valerian turned his head to look at Prime Minister Shurik, and saw Prime Minister Shurik nodding slightly to him before he spoke: "Your Majesty, among the five million troops sent by the Cangyu Empire this time, the number of recruits accounts for about 4.7 million, but among these 4.7 million recruits, many of them have participated in the Cangyu Empire's army before, and even served as prisoners of our Royal Army of Sharad, so as long as these 4.7 million recruits are armed, they still have a certain combat effectiveness." ”

Emperor Herris snorted coldly and said: "The Cangyu Empire has a good plan, out of the five million troops, 4.7 million people are recruits, and it is clear that our Sharad Empire will be the leader of the wrongs." ”

At this time, Prime Minister Shurik said: "Your Majesty, our Royal Army of Sharad has more than 20 million sealed breech single-shot rifles, and we can take out millions of breech single-shot rifles, plus a small number of machine guns and artillery, to arm the 4.7 million recruits of the Cangyu Empire, so that our Salad Royal Army's two-way reinforcements can get five million cannon fodder, and the minister feels that this deal is very cost-effective." ”

Emperor Herris pondered for a moment and said, "It's no problem to take out a few million breech single-shot rifles, but the fighting will of the Cangyu Empire's army is really flattering, you have to be careful not to let the five million Cangyu Empire's army help you." ”

War Minister Valerian immediately said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, considering that the Cangyu Imperial Army has already surrendered to the Sujia Army in a structured manner, so this time the five million Cangyu Empire's troops will be organized into one hundred independent infantry divisions, and these hundred independent infantry divisions will temporarily accept the command of our Salad Royal Army until they rescue the five infantry regiments that our Salad Royal Army is besieged." ”

Emperor Herris then asked: "Can we send some more troops to the two reinforcements in Cangyu Germany, after all, only our own troops in the Royal Army of Shalad can be relied on." ”

Prime Minister Shurik shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, recently, the Noomi Empire has been sending additional troops to the border areas adjacent to our Sharad Empire, and just now the Noomi Empire has announced that it will build ten new infantry legions, expanding the total strength of the Noomai Empire's army to 10 million, and the eight newly formed infantry legions of our Sharad Royal Army have just put up the shelves, so in a short period of time, it is impossible for the country to send additional troops to the territory of the Cangyu Empire." ”

Emperor Herris frowned and said, "Recently, there has been a lot of movement in the Noomi Empire! Not only are they preparing to build twenty-four super dreadnought battleships with 45 times caliber 356 mm guns and twenty-four battle cruisers with 45 times caliber 356 mm guns at the same time, but now they are going to expand ten infantry regiments, I want to know, where did the Noomi Empire get so much money? ”

Prime Minister Schurik immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister is already sending someone to investigate this matter, and he will report to His Majesty as soon as there is news." ”

As soon as Prime Minister Schurik's words fell, a palace guard walked into the main hall and said to Emperor Herris: "Your Majesty, Marquis Yefim, Deputy Minister of War, has urgent matters to see!" ”

The guard's words made Emperor Herris, Prime Minister Shurik, and War Minister Valerian all frown slightly.

"Let the Marquis of Yefim in!" Emperor Herris said to the guards in a deep voice.

Soon the Deputy Minister of War Yefim walked into the hall in a panic, "Your Majesty, it's not good! The reinforcements that went to rescue the 9th Infantry Regiment and the 24th Infantry Regiment were suddenly cut off by the Su Army, and a large number of troops of the Su Army also appeared on the left and right sides, and the five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions of our Royal Army in Sharad have fallen into the encirclement of the Su Army. ”

"What? Fast! Let five infantry regiments and two separate infantry divisions break out quickly! Emperor Herris shouted with a change in his face.

After Su Yi transferred the twenty field infantry divisions that had been formed to the territory of the Cangyu Empire, these twenty field infantry divisions began to intersperse the surrounding areas of Yanling City, and finally surrounded the five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions of the Sharad Royal Army that were preparing to rescue Dingxin City in a plain area with an area of only about fifty square kilometers north of Yanling City.

The five infantry corps and two independent infantry divisions of the Royal Army of Shalad were surrounded this time, after the previous battle, the total strength has dropped from 1.6 million to less than 1.5 million, these five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions found that the Su army was surrounded, and immediately launched a breakthrough, but in the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Su army, the final breakthrough operation of five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions failed, and in just one day and night, nearly 100,000 people were lost.

The Salad Royal Army was preparing to rescue the six infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions in Anzhou City on the other way, and at this time they didn't care about rescuing Anzhou City, so they immediately turned around and began to move closer to the area of Yanling City, hoping to join the five infantry corps and two independent infantry divisions that were besieged.

However, since the Su family army was ready to eat the reinforcements of the Shalad Empire who rescued Dingxin City, how could they let the reinforcements of the Sharad Empire on the other road easily come to Yanling City?

The six infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions of the Salad Royal Army, which had changed the rescue target, were quickly blocked by the Su family army about 150 kilometers east of Rock Ridge City.

On the morning of August 8, 3012 in the Tang calendar, the Su army concentrated more than 2.7 million troops and launched a general attack on the five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions of the Salad Royal Army surrounded north of Yanling City, and the Su army only 105 mm howitzers and 155 mm howitzers added up to tens of thousands.

In the face of the attack of the Su army, the besieged Salad Royal Army resisted very tenaciously, but as the artillery unit of the Salad Royal Army was destroyed by the heavy artillery group of the Su army, the remnants of the Salad Royal Army resisted weaker and weaker, and there was a situation of surrender in formation.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of August 14, the last resisting Salad Royal Army north of Rock Ridge City also raised the white flag, so far surrounded by the Su Army, the five infantry regiments of the Salad Royal Army and two independent infantry divisions were all wiped out, and for the first time in the history of the Shalad Empire, there was a tragedy in which the entire infantry corps was completely annihilated, and all five infantry corps were completely annihilated at once.

On the evening of August 14, in a large hall of the imperial palace in the city of Feni, the capital of the Shalad Empire, the Minister of War Valerian knelt in front of Emperor Herris and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, this afternoon, the commander of the Third Infantry Corps, Vyachek, also committed suicide and martyrdom after giving the order to surrender to the Su army of the remaining more than 20,000 officers and men of the Third Infantry Corps. Our Royal Army of Shalad, surrounded by the Su Army, has five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions north of Rock Ridge City, which has been ...... It's all gone, woo-"

Emperor Herris sighed with tears in his eyes: "The soldiers are all good, they did not tarnish the honor of the Royal Army of Sharad, it was I who failed the most loyal soldiers of the Empire, and when they were isolated, I could not do anything at all." ”

In this large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle, although the Su army captured more than 700,000 officers and soldiers of the Royal Salad Army in the end, it did not capture a senior officer of the Royal Army of Salad at the rank of wing commander or above, and the highest-ranking officer captured was only a seriously injured deputy wing commander, and this deputy wing leader is still in a coma.

At this time, Prime Minister Shurik said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be sad, we must find a way to save the situation in the Cangyu Empire, otherwise our Royal Army of Shalad will not only have only five infantry regiments that have been canceled." ”

Emperor Herris wiped his eyes, then sighed to the Minister of War Valerian, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Valerian, get up!" This time, the five infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions were all wiped out, and it is no wonder that you, the generals of our Royal Army in Sharad, can generally have the backbone of preferring to die, which shows that you, the Minister of War, are still competent. ”

When the Minister of War Valerian heard the words of Emperor Herris, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Valerian stood up while wiping his tears, and said to Emperor Herris in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has asked another reinforcement to immediately retreat to the north and break away from the battle with the troops of the Su family's army, since the Su army has the strength to eat all the reinforcements of our Royal Army in Sharad, the minister has to let the other six infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions be careful." ”

Emperor Herris nodded slightly and said: "It is true that the other six infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions must be separated from the Su family army as soon as possible, if these six infantry regiments and two independent infantry divisions are also surrounded by the Su army, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

After a pause, Emperor Herris asked Prime Minister Shurik and War Minister Valerian, "Is there any way you can save the current situation in the Cangyu Empire?" Now that the two reinforcements have been wiped out on one side, and the other has also retreated, what should the two infantry corps besieged in Dingxin City by the Su Army, and the three infantry corps besieged in Anzhou City by the Su Army? ”