In the afternoon the tribe began to move, and that night, the personnel were completely evacuated, and the chieftain and the escort were waiting behind the fortress of the North Hill, and the army division led the men and cavalry troops to advance towards Shiraz City, and reported the news to the Grand Chief of Kalenze. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Xia Empire's army was busy crossing the river and did not pursue them, so that the tribal soldiers felt at ease so that the tribesmen could evacuate safely.

Early in the morning of 16 July, after a night's rest, the mercenaries began to carry out their respective tasks on the orders of the brigade commander.

The artillery company, armed with a radio station and escorted by a squadron of infantry, went to the valley to establish artillery positions.

The 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Wing protected the observation troops sent by the artillery company as they advanced towards Mount Daraki.

There was no road on the mountain they climbed, and the mercenaries cut down thorny bushes with their sabers as they advanced, and finally reached the summit after four difficult treks. The top of the mountain is in the southeast direction of the tribal fortress, more than 100 meters higher than the fortress group, and the view from the high place is very good, and the whole mountain recess is in full view.

The observer turned on his instrument and began to measure his bearing and coordinates.

Observation balloons were also raised on the artillery positions to indicate the direction of the artillery positions for the observers on the top of the hill.

After complex calculations, the observers sent the exact coordinates of the enemy's fortress position by telegram to the artillery battery.

At 12 o'clock, the commander of the 9th Brigade saw that all sides were ready and ordered the artillery to be fired.

With a "boom", a shell exploded more than a hundred meters in front of the fortress, which frightened the troops of the remaining tribes, and they did not understand where the shells came from.

The artillery spotter at the top of the hill corrected the coordinates and then reported the accurate figures to the artillery battery.

After several successive corrections to the coordinates, the artillery fire was finally able to cover the entire fortress complex, and the six mountain guns began to fire shells with all their might, bombarding the fortress complex.

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

The sound of shells and explosions continued, and several fortresses were blown up one after another.

Shells blew up sand and gravel in all directions; Many of the tribal soldiers who fled the fort were injured by the splashes of sand.

With a rate of fire of nearly 20 rounds per minute, the mountain artillery believed in the minds of these natives that at least one artillery battalion was firing shells at them.

The fortress built by the natives is relatively simple, not as perverted as the one built by the *Ben* people at the beginning, although the power of the shells of the 65mm mountain cannon is not large, but the rate of fire is too fast, and the fortress group will soon be blown up beyond recognition, and the tribal soldiers will be killed and wounded.

Seeing this situation, the deputy company commander who stayed behind thought to himself, if the bombardment continued like this, even if the army of the Xia Empire did not attack, there would be only a few of their 200 people left.

He didn't want his subordinates to make indifferent sacrifices, so the deputy company commander ordered the living to retreat immediately.

The observers at the top of the hill saw that the few small groups of men had fled, so they sent a telegram to the brigade headquarters and the artillery battery.

The brigade commander ordered to stop the shelling, and the troops began to attack.

A squadron of the 2nd Wing, which had been prepared for a long time, began to charge up the hill.

The straight-line distance from the foot of the mountain to the fortress complex is only a few hundred meters, and the winding road is about a few kilometers to the top of the mountain; The army met no resistance, and by the time they reached the top of the hill, they were exhausted.

Having successfully occupied the enemy's defensive positions, the brigade commander was very happy in his heart and ordered the army to immediately set off and continue to advance.

When the brigade commander and the chief of staff came to the fort, they looked around, and exclaimed in their hearts that they were lucky, these natives only knew to block along the road, and the road was built in the recess of the mountain, and compared to the other mountain tops, this was the shortest opponent, and if they also built forts on the surrounding hills, it would be several times more difficult for them to take it.

The chief of staff said with emotion: "Hey, the natives are the natives, and they don't know how to take advantage of such a good terrain." He thought to himself, if the mercenaries defended it, even if there were several times as many enemies, he would not want to occupy this place, but the chief of staff was still very happy in his heart to occupy this place without losing a single soldier.

It felt that the enemy had not even made good use of such a dangerous place, and the brigade commander of the mercenary army and the soldiers below were full of confidence in the next war.

The location of the fortress complex was very important, and the brigade commander ordered to leave a squadron to defend it, to protect the retreat of the troops, and to protect the logistical supply lines, and the large force continued to advance in the direction of Shiraz City.

When the deputy company commander led the few dozen soldiers to flee back to the defensive position in Beishan, their embarrassed appearance startled the chieftain and others behind the palace here.

Before the chief could ask, the deputy company commander shouted: "Chief, their artillery fire is so powerful that they hit the fortress position directly from the bottom of the mountain, and the shells are overwhelming, and this battle cannot be fought." “

The chief knew his words of shirking responsibility, but he didn't blame the deputy company commander's thoughts, he was not a cowardly person who was afraid of death when he was brave enough to stay and block the enemy, this was completely a crime of non-war, he had seen the enemy's fierce artillery fire, and it was already very good to be able to come back to these dozens of people.

So the chief comforted: "Well, you have worked hard, you are the heroes of the tribe, you have bought the time of the morning, and now the tribe has moved to a safe distance; And you have also brought valuable information that is very important to the tribe. ”

Hearing the chieftain say this, the hearts of the dozens of soldiers who fled back were also relaxed.

Seeing that everyone's faces looked much better, the chief then said to the deputy company commander: "You stay and drink a glass of water first, and then explain the situation in detail later, and the rest of the personnel will go down to rest first." ”

"Yes, Chief!" Everyone was relieved and hurriedly retired to rest, running such a long distance in a row really tired them.

The deputy company commander said that the enemy's artillery fire was too dense, and it was very accurate, and after a while, several fortresses were blown up in a row, and there were only these few people left before the enemy was seen, and there was no way to continue the defense, otherwise there would be no consequences if all the personnel were sacrificed.

Everyone quietly listened to the deputy company commander tell the scene at that time, and they all sweated in their hands, if any of them stayed, they would also encounter the ending at that time, the army of the Xia Empire was too powerful.

The chief's face was pale, and he was in a very bad mood, he had already estimated the combat effectiveness of the Xia Empire's army as high as possible, but the actual situation was that he still underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness, so how could he continue to block it? No matter how many people were left, they couldn't stop the advance of the Xia Empire's army; However, he was also very glad that he had made a decision to organize the tribe to evacuate in time, and only a few people were left to defend in place, otherwise more people would have been sacrificed.

However, now that their danger has not been lifted, the enemy will definitely chase this side along the road, and he must make a quick decision and immediately organize the withdrawal of his troops, otherwise when the enemy catches up, there will be no chance of retreat.

After thinking about it clearly, the chief immediately ordered: "The enemy will soon catch up, immediately blow up the cliffs on both sides, block the enemy with rocks, and we will retreat immediately." ”

"Yes, Chief!" Everyone listened to the chief's order to retreat, and there was no need to fight with the enemy, and their hearts were very happy.