The rout seems to have become the only situation of the Qing army at present, one can sweep away ten, ten can sweep away a hundred, and so on and so forth, until finally these troops who have been frightened and retreated dozens of miles before they have seen the enemy abound.

The tank regiment kept chasing after it, fighting a battle that seemed to be of no difficulty at all, more like a game of soldiers and bandits. In the end, the Qing army had nowhere to run, because when they arrived here, they found that there was no road in front of them, only a huge inland lake, that is, Dongting Lake. There are only two ways left in front of him, one is to jump down and escape with a 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000 chance, and the other is to surrender, and the possibility of survival is greater. However, in the end, most of the Qing soldiers chose to surrender, after all, they were only recruited temporarily, and there was no reason or need to lose their lives for a war that had not been fought at all.

The tank regiment also followed this group of routs here after several supplies on the way, looking at the enemy astrology in front of them a little overwhelmed, the enemy is too much, although they have surrendered, but the number of surrendered at this time has reached more than 40,000 people, these are the three provinces of Hubei, Anhui and Henan were temporarily recruited by the three provinces of Xiangyong, I heard that there are more behind.

Because the marching speed of the armored troops was too fast, and the prisoners had to be collected all the way, leaving the personnel to guard and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops, and when they really arrived at Dongting Lake, the astrology cloud found that there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and nearly 130 chariots left around here, in addition to being assigned to the task of guarding the prisoners, there were also several chariots in the nest.

"Captain Zhan, what should we do?" The deputy Wu regiment of the Tanbu regiment looked at the tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers in front of him, his head was a little hot, the supply convoy of the 1011 brigade had just left here to return to Guangdong after the tank regiment was resupplyed, according to the current ammunition reserves of the tank regiment and the Tanbu regiment were no longer enough to continue the forced march, and only after the next supply convoy arrived could they continue to go, but the most troublesome thing was how to deal with the more than 40,000 surrendered troops?

"Let's see where the troops behind are, if we get close, we will continue to move forward, and maybe we can hit the capital directly." Astrology thought about it, and said ruthlessly, taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy had not yet reacted, his own side carried out a quick attack and quickly completed the goal of being a man.

"Report to the regiment commander, the pioneer battalion of Commander Qiu has arrived in Hengyang, they want to pack up the prisoners we left, and the follow-up troops have not been able to keep up in time, so the speed is a little slow, in addition, we have not contacted the command since we left Hengyang, and we are too busy on the road to contact the command center, just now the command sent a message asking us where we are." After contacting the various troops, the correspondent ran to the astrology cloud to report.

"Tell the command that we are on the edge of Dongting Lake, and by the way, tell them to urge the follow-up troops, saying that we have too many prisoners and can no longer march. If it really doesn't work, let them contact the commander-in-chief and transfer the commander-in-chief's three precious regiments. The astrology cloud thought for a moment.

Wang Lin has three airborne regiments under his command, and this news belongs to these commanders who came out of the small dark room except for the most senior commanders of the three fronts, because they also knew the knowledge of the airborne troops there, and they also clearly knew that there were two airborne soldiers in it. As for the commander-in-chief's three treasure regiments, most of the soldiers didn't know that it was normal, as long as it reached Wang Lin's ears.

"Bastard, this astrology is too aggressive, knowing that our infantry marches on two legs, and the speed is not as fast as their armored troops, he kid dares to advance alone so boldly, and now we take care of their nearest troops are also more than two hundred kilometers away, what if they are surrounded during this time?" Yin Xiang was in the headquarters with the telegram that the astrology had just sent, and slapped the table and said angrily.

"Report, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Battalions of the Tank Regiment sent a telegram asking us to urge the follow-up troops to speed up the march, and now that the 5th Battalion has arrived in Nanchang, most of the current troops are scattered on the prisoners, and there are not enough troops and supplies to continue the attack. The 3rd and 4th Battalions are now on the front line of Nanping and Ningde, and we are also urging the follow-up troops to speed up their marches. According to the reports of the entire tank regiment, more than 90,000 people have been captured in the three directions. The Command Signal Officer said with two telegrams in his hand.

"What's wrong with this tank regiment? Is it not enough that one regiment commander is crazy, even the deputy regiment commander and battalion commander are crazy? This fifth battalion is also really, they have two battalions of tanks and soldiers on both sides, and they dare to take advantage of their superiority to advance so rashly, and this fifth battalion dares to fight like this with only one battalion of tanks and soldiers? "The anger on Yin Xiang's body has never gone down, it stands to reason that the tank troops can march there so quickly and capture so many enemy soldiers, but at the moment, Yin Xiang can't be happy.

The commander-in-chief personally ordered the entire army on the Eastern Front to cooperate with the actions of the tank regiment, but in the end something went wrong. Or is it to blame the troops of the Eastern Front for running too slowly on two legs?

"Lao Yin, don't be angry, doesn't the commander-in-chief still have a treasure, it is estimated that the commander-in-chief has long expected this result, so he told us before we set off that he has three airborne regiments, and if we need it, we can directly ask him." Tang Zhiyun smiled and comforted Yin Xiang. He immediately turned his head and told the correspondent: "Tell the commander-in-chief the truth about the situation here, and say that the situation on the battlefield is beyond our control, and ask for reinforcements." ”

"The western, central, and eastern troops want reinforcements for our eastern front troops, so where can we put our two old faces? Moreover, the battle line was stretched too long by his own troops, and the troops could not keep up, and now there are still remnants of the Manchu Qing in Guangdong. Yin Xiang said a little unwillingly.

"The remnants of the Manchu Qing are only a small part, and now they are so scared that they don't even dare to show their faces, what are you afraid of them? What's more, aren't we already stationed troops in various places? As long as they dare to appear, it will be the moment of their demise. Tell the Commander-in-Chief about the situation and see what the Commander-in-Chief has to offer. Tang Zhiyun shook his head and said helplessly.

Hainan, in Wang Lin's office, Tangcun District.

Wang Lin sat there in a daze with a long telegram in his hand, and quickly recalled the great retreat that occurred in Dunkirk in 1940, when the Anglo-French army was guided by German tanks, and more than 130 divisions bypassed the Maginot Line, and finally used sneak attacks and blitzkriegs to quickly encircle and defeat the 400,000 troops of the Anglo-French army.

However, it was only with the army units behind that they dared to advance so rashly, although the number was small, but the armored vehicles of the 7th Armored Division alone were enough to protect themselves and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, but what about the current situation? The entire tank regiment was divided into three parts, which was not a big deal, and Wang Lin had no opinion, after all, the other side did not have armored troops, and it was not conducive to the rapid advancement of the troops to march by their own side to gather the armored troops together.

The situation in front of them is already somewhat similar to the situation in Dunkirk, except that the opponent is the Qing court, and they just ran away and did not use all the pots and pans. Is this the reason why the armored forces can continue to advance? The road is still very far away, not to mention whether the logistics supply can keep up, it is impossible to unify the whole country with more than 100,000 troops alone, unless they can directly smash the Yellow Dragon, destroy the high-level first, and deceive the people below. But what do you do now? Will airborne troops be sent to support? If they go, the armored forces will definitely continue to advance, not to mention those front-line officers who can't help it, even Wang Lin can't help it, knowing that there are excellent fighters in front of them, right in front of them, who can give up so easily?

"Tell Tang Zhiyun that there is no support, immediately carry out substantial control over the occupied areas, and I will let the Ministry of Finance allocate funds for the three newly occupied provinces, and then hold the territory tightly. At the same time, let the central line troops begin to recruit 50,000 troops in Guangxi, and the treatment is the same as Hainan. In addition, choose from the surrendered soldiers of the Qing army, do not smoke opium, do not be under the age of 20 and over 30 years old, and the welfare benefits of those who are willing to stay and continue to serve as soldiers are the same as ours, and those who are unwilling will be given some travel expenses to let them go home. After thinking about it, Wang Lin finally decided to stop the offensive and advance on all fronts despite the lack of troops, which was very unsafe for his own layout, and the current priority was to stabilize the occupied area first.

As for the tank regiment, it can be said that it was an accident, because Wang Lin had not expected that they would occupy more than half of the territory of the three provinces in such a short period of time. And as soon as he entered the battlefield, he captured Zhang Zhidong, counting this time, presumably Zhang Zhidong should have arrived in the afternoon, right? If you can have this influential old man to support you, your actions over there will be a lot less trouble, let's just say that if someone gives you a yin and yang disobedience, you will have nowhere to go, not to mention that you have just occupied there, the situation is extremely unstable, and it is not the best way to solve it by force, and the best way at present is to let this old man with great prestige in the south help him.

After lunch, Wang Lin led the secretary and the ten guards to the Hainan Military Port to personally greet Zhang Zhidong, this time Zhang Zhidong only took a cargo ship to Guangzhou to transport supplies back, as for the warships or something, except for some of them on duty, most of the warships of the Pacific Fleet are listening in the port.

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