Of the eight colonels, four lieutenant colonels and two majors, only the two majors remained, and the other twelve officers all chose to leave.

This result did not surprise Wang Dong.

To be able to rise to colonel and sit in the position of acting brigade commander must be a confidant.

can be a lieutenant colonel in the brigade headquarters, and he is also a confidant.

Whatever the reason, it is unlikely that they will remain loyal to Nanijal and Wang Dong, and it is more in line with their identity to quit.

Those two majors, even if they are confidants, may not have a good time under their predecessors.

Quite simply, after the outbreak of the civil war, the promotion of officers was a common method, and generals with the right to appoint them often used it to win the hearts of the people.

It's just that in terms of employing people, these generals are very measured.

The principle is simple, the troops must be in the hands of cronies, and must not fall into the hands of outsiders, and the major has the rank of battalion commander in the grassroots troops.

The battalion is the smallest independent combat unit, and above it is the brigade.

Obviously, those who can sit in the position of battalion commander must be henchmen, and only less valued officers will remain at the brigade headquarters as staff officers.

The staff major of the brigade headquarters is obviously inferior to the battalion commander major.

In other words, these two majors may not be the confidants of the former generals, and even if they are used heavily, they will definitely be ostracized by their colleagues.

So, why not change bosses?

Wang Dong fulfilled his promise to send 12 officers back to Basra when he left Samawa, but also made one condition.

That is, a replacement is recommended, and the replacement is willing to stay.

Otherwise, they would have to negotiate who would stay behind to direct the battle.

Obviously, the twelve officers are all elites, and the recommended replacements are all recently promoted officers, and they are somewhat dissatisfied with the previous generals.

By the time the twelve replacements arrived, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Nanigal personally stepped in to appoint 14 officers as acting commanders of his brigade-sized units, and also signed 14 promotion orders in person.

All fourteen officers became colonels acting brigade commanders.

"It's half past eleven, and I'll give you two and a half hours." Wang Dong glanced at his watch and said, "No matter what means you use, whether it is intimidation or encouragement, give orders to the grassroots commanders before two o'clock in the morning, and let all the formed troops be ready for battle before four o'clock in the morning." Remember the timing, after four o'clock in the morning, I could give the order to fight at any time. ”

At this time, a staff officer handed over the order document that had just been printed.

It is the communication channel and communication code, and it is adjusted according to the time, and it changes every half hour.

"Chief of Staff, there's a problem." An acting brigade commander who had been a captain company commander a few minutes ago raised his hand.

"Say."

"After four o'clock in the morning, is it a breakthrough, or an attack?"

"I don't know."

The acting brigade commander was obviously stunned for a moment, thinking that Wang Dong was joking.

"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, who can say for sure what will happen in more than four hours? My request is simple, all formed units are ready for battle. Such a simple, straightforward and straightforward order will surely be understood by you, and you will definitely be able to implement it in a timely manner. ”

"Chief of Staff, we can all understand, it's just the officers and soldiers of the grassroots troops......" spoke to one of the two majors who remained.

"If the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level have any doubts, tell them that the commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the front have come to Semavo and fight side by side with them, just as in Nasiriyah, as long as we share the same hatred and as long as we hold on, we can defeat the powerful rebels."

Now, the major shut his mouth.

The other thirteen acting brigade commanders also understood.

Who is Nani Gel and who is Wang Dong?

They were the heroes of the defense of Nasiriyah, and with two infantry brigades, they withstood six brigades of the rebels, including the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade, and held out for half a month.

If there is anyone who can lead the government army to hold Semavo, it must be the two of them.

You must know that judging from the comparison of troops, the current Semawo is more than ten times better than the original Nasiriyah, and he will definitely be able to hold Semavo.

In fact, these acting brigade commanders used Nanigel and Wang Dong to do propaganda and encourage grassroots officers and soldiers.

Sending these acting brigade commanders away, Wang Dong left the command headquarters with Zhang Zilan, and left the matter of commanding the operation to Nanijer.

He is the commander-in-chief, so naturally he has to spend a lot of time.

Instead of leaving Semavo, the two went to the banks of the Tigris River to the north.

The beach was littered with heavy equipment abandoned by government forces, mostly armoured vehicles, and the air was filled with a foul stench, the smell of decomposing corpses.

Across the river, you can see the bright lights on the other side.

It was the rebels on the other side.

The two waited for a while, and several heads popped up on the surface of the river.

Soon, the men were climbing up to the riverbank.

After Zhang Zilan sent a signal with a flashlight, they rushed over to this side.

The leader of the team is Lei Dong, and the others are elite operatives.

After arriving at Semavo, Lei Dong swam to the other side with a few elites according to Wang Dong's arrangement to explore the rebels' defensive deployment.

"How?"

"Most of the positions are empty, there are a lot of false targets, tanks, combat vehicles and the like, you can't see it at all if you don't go in."

Wang Dong frowned, his guess was proven again.

The main rebel force has been withdrawn from the other side, leaving only a small number of troops to intimidate government forces on the south bank with fake equipment.

It's just, where did the main rebel army go?

To be sure, the rebels evacuated their positions on the north shore at night, because if they had acted during the day, they would have been spotted by fighters from the sky.

To the east, or to the west?

Wang Dong did not delay and returned to the headquarters with Zhang Zilan and Lei Dong.

After contacting Wang Haotian, Wang Dong asked him to send a few reconnaissance planes over as soon as possible, even unmanned reconnaissance planes, to find out the whereabouts of the rebels on the north bank.

At this time, the second round of bombardment at night had already begun.

More than 30 JF-17s flew in from King Khalid Military City, all of which carried laser-guided small-diameter bombs.

The target of the bombing was not the rebels outside the city, but the rebels inside the city.

In the past few hours, Xie Chuyue had dispersed around the city with dozens of scouts, preparing for ground guidance.

The scouts guiding the target on the ground and the fighter planes using precision-guided bombs to carry out targeted killings are exactly the trump card in Wang Dong's hands.

In Nasiriyah, Wang Dong and the others used this tactic to defeat the rebels.

According to Wang Dong's plan, if the morale and fighting spirit of the rebels can be destroyed through precision bombing, they must stay and hold Semavo!

If precision bombing doesn't work, you'll have to break through after gathering troops.

Whether the rebels can be defeated or not depends on the effect of this round of bombing.