Song Yi's headquarters was temporarily located in Ahvaz. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Song Yi received the telegram from the theater headquarters, he was very happy, this was the first time he had been released and organized a war alone, and the theater headquarters was able to approve his war plan, which made him very happy, so he immediately summoned the four brigade commanders of the mercenaries to make work arrangements.

At present, four brigades of mercenaries are stationed in Bandar Abbas, Port Bushehr, Ahvaz and Abbataan.

According to the war plan, the deployment of the army was completed by transporting the brigade stationed in Abadan to Bandar Abbas; The Praetorian Guards, rationed by the 35th Army, supported the campaign in the Kerman direction; The Praetorian Guard, rationed by the 40th Army, supported the campaign in the direction of Shiraz; If you need an airship, ask for support from the nearest air base.

Song Yi said: "Gentlemen, the theater command has approved our war plan, and we must occupy Shiraz and Kerman; Habadan does not need to be occupied, but it is necessary to occupy all the area west of Hamadan and expand as far north as possible to make a gesture of encircling Habadan; Do you understand? ”

"Understood, General!"

He continued: "The brigades began to act according to the war plan, the 40th Brigade could leave Kerman in advance, and the 18th Brigade would follow, and after stabilizing Kerman, organize troops to raid Yazd and hold it firmly; After the brigades occupy the new territory, they must drive all the natives away; There is no forgiveness for the natives who refuse to leave. ”

"Yes, General!" The four brigade commanders were very happy, which was tantamount to letting them rob and kill at will.

"In the war, after encountering an insurmountable fortress or the enemy's strong defensive line, I hope that the monarchs will not attack strongly, and must call for support, you must know that the lives of each of our officers and soldiers are very precious, and they must not be allowed to make fearless sacrifices, otherwise they will achieve the goal of the campaign, and there will not be many achievements, and they will even be punished, I believe everyone knows the empire's handling of such things."

"Yes, General!" Song Yi was able to say this, which made the hearts of the four brigade commanders warm.

The four brigade commanders were very happy, after all, this was the first war plan they had independently produced, and the first time they had undertaken the main attack mission, which was of great significance to the mercenaries.

Song Yi continued to order: "The 40th Brigade departed directly from Ahvaz and headed northwest; The 9th Brigade stationed at the port of Bushehr marched directly to Shiraz in the north and occupied the large tribal towns in the surrounding areas; The 35th Brigade in Bandar Abbas departed for Kerman in advance, and waited for the 18th Brigade to follow up after arriving in Bandar Abbas from the port of Abadan, and finally occupied Yazd. ”

"Yes, General!"

The aircraft transported the commanders of the 9th and 35th brigades to the ports of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, respectively. The commander of the 18th Brigade returned from Ahvaz to the Abadan Brigade station on horseback.

The occupation of Yazd was added by Song Yi to the war plan according to the purpose of the campaign, and only by occupying Yazd could he better prevent the forces of the Russian Empire from moving south.

The first to fight was the 9th Brigade, which had traveled less than half the distance from the port of Bushehr, and was met with an attack by the troops of the indigenous tribes at the Daraki River.

These troops came from the large tribe of Konar Takhtay in the south of Kalenze, and they were ordered to prevent the Xia Empire's army from crossing the river to threaten their tribe. Konar Takhtai is a relatively large tribe in the area south of Kalenze, occupying a very large valley plain in the mountains, with several small rivers, very fertile land, with a population of more than 30,000 people, and the geographical location is very important, there are huge mountains in the north and south, and the road from the port of Bushehr to Shiraz passes through the eastern part of the tribe.

At the beginning, after receiving the order to build a fortress to block the invasion of the Xia Empire, the Kalenze tribe chose 3 places to build fortresses according to the local topography; The first of these is on the Daraki Panshan Highway in the south of the Konartahetai tribe; the second is on a winding mountain road north of the Konartahetai tribe; the third is in a narrow valley west of Karenze and north of the Dekhkoch inner fall; All three of these lines were well positioned for defense, either winding roads and high positions, or narrow valleys, with forts built on the hills on either side of the valley to firmly block the roads in the valley.

First of all, the artillery battle was carried out, but the artillery of their tribe was very backward, and there were even backward bronze cannons, which fired live ammunition, and they were scum in front of the modern cannons of the mercenaries, and the range, rate of fire and power of the 65mm mountain artillery far exceeded that of the tribal artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The mercenaries' 65mm rapid-fire mountain artillery shells continued to explode on the positions of the tribal army, and the natives with no combat experience stopped fighting and ran in all directions in fear, which further increased their casualties.

The tribal military advisor said: "Chief, the artillery fire of the Xia Empire is too powerful, quickly order a retreat, otherwise you will be completely annihilated." ”

The tribal chief didn't expect the Xia Empire's artillery fire to be so powerful, fortunately, he only sent out a small number of troops, so he couldn't lose them casually, these soldiers were all the people of the tribe, if they were sacrificed, it would affect the strength of the tribe, so he adopted the advice of the military advisor, "Order the troops to withdraw to the second line of defense of Mount Daraki!" “

"Yes, Chief!" As soon as the division received the order, he went to deliver the order to retreat.

The tribal army was forced to retreat and continue to hold back in the mountains on the north bank of the Daraki River, but the natives were cunning enough to install a division to blow up the stone bridge before retreating.

The so-called second line of defense on Mount Daraki is actually a fortress built along a winding mountain road, which is condescending and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The 9th Brigade had no way to pursue the evacuated tribal troops, so it had to order the soldiers to erect pontoon bridges first.

When the 9th Brigade had all crossed the river, it was already more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the scouts had not yet returned.

In the evening, the scouts returned safely and reported on the arrangements of the Tribal army ahead.

The Horde had more than 4,000 soldiers, and occupied a powerful terrain that was not convenient for a strong attack, and could occupy the surrounding hills and carry out artillery bombardment on the enemy.

Because it is a winding road, it feels like a long distance, but in fact the straight-line distance is very short, the straight-line distance from the winding road to the mercenary camp is only 8 kilometers, but the length of the road reaches more than 20 kilometers.

After the scouts drew the sketches, the brigade commander and the chief of staff understood the scouts' intentions, and this suggestion was very good, and ordered the chief of staff to come up with a detailed battle plan that night, and immediately execute it tomorrow morning, to annihilate these tribal troops, occupy the important place in the Daraki Mountains, and smash their tribe's lair.

The brigade commander and others judged through today's enemy artillery fire that the enemy's equipment was very backward, and there was no difficulty in defeating such an army, as long as the plan was properly planned and the arrangements were reasonable, the greatest victory would definitely be achieved at the minimum cost, so the mercenaries were full of confidence in the victory of the war.

Mercenaries are very sensitive to wealth, and a tribe that can have thousands of troops must be not small, and it must be very rich, and it will take a lot of money to equip these armies alone, and I hope that tomorrow I will make a small fortune and make a good start.