Chapter 497: Moss Truce

Man is a thinking animal, and if they are kept on their nerves and in a tense state of battle, they will not think about anything. And once they are idle, under the spread of the news of the occupation of Colima City, they will have all kinds of ideas, and whether the other party sends troops back to rescue Colima City, or the morale of the army begins to slacken, it will make his river crossing battle much easier.

As Kargis expected, when the border guards, who had rested for most of the day, took advantage of the darkness to start crossing the river again, the resistance on the opposite side was much weaker. After an hour of fierce fighting, a company of border guards finally gained a foothold across the river. Relying on this landing site, a steady stream of follow-up troops came up, and the landing ground was rapidly expanded.

By the time the border guards crossing the river reached a division, the government troops stationed in the line began to crumble. The border guards who crossed the river did not wait for the heavy equipment behind them, and they pursued the already small number of government troops, while a force moved in the direction of the city of Colima, hoping to open a support route to join the 1st Army that had occupied the area earlier.

The telegram sent to the Autonomous Army during the day was simply a deliberate attempt to lure him to intensify his offensive and attract the attention of the government army. When it was time to reap the benefits in the evening, Calgés was not obliged to inform the Autonomous Army.

It was not until the next morning that Gudra realized that the situation was not right, because the rear was attacked, most of the government troops had already withdrawn, and the few remaining government troops, after the defense line downstream of the Zhilu Road was broken through at night, did not wait for the autonomous army to start fighting again, and quietly slipped away in the night.

When Gudra received a report from his men that there was no longer a shadow of government troops on the other side, the government troops on the other side had retreated for more than three hours. Calgés's border guards had crossed the river for more than five hours, and his forward forces were already dozens of kilometers away. While scolding Kargis for being unjust, Gudra hurriedly ordered the Autonomous Army to cross the river in pursuit.

The border guards in Caljes' command did not give the defeated government troops any chance, and kept biting the back of the opposing side and advancing to the north, not giving the opposing side a chance to stop and reorganize their ranks. Two days later, the main forces of the border guards arrived in the city of Colyma.

The stockpile of Springfield rifle cartridges stored here is the same caliber as the Type 91 rifle, which is just enough to replenish the ammunition that has been consumed by the border guards in continuous combat, and the captured 80,000 Springfield rifles have made Calgis even more excited, with these rifles, he can expand his army again.

The border guards, which already have eight armies and more than 200,000 troops, except for the newly formed units of the four armies that have been left to defend various localities and guard against the autonomous army from snatching the fruits of victory, the other four corps units with a relatively high proportion of veterans have formed two arrows and are rapidly advancing northward.

Eight days later, the government army, which had lost its provisions, finally could no longer run, and more than 30,000 troops were surrounded by border guards in the city of Guadalaja. These defeated soldiers, who had no morale at all, had no will to fight at all, and under the persuasion of Calges, they quickly surrendered out of the city, and even with a division of government troops originally stationed in the city, they also surrendered in a daze.

Calgés was also very happy with the surrender of these people, after all, these people were trained soldiers, many of them had actual combat experience, and with a little training they could be integrated into the border guards to fight, much faster than those recruits who were re-recruited to form combat effectiveness.

Anyway, everyone used to be colleagues, there was no psychological barrier at all, and even the uniforms of the two armies were the same, but the emblem of the government army was replaced by border guards. Compared with the rapid advance of the border guards, the autonomous army is much more unlucky, because the direction of the autonomous army's advance is facing the capital of the Moss Kingdom, the city of Moss, they encounter much stronger resistance, not to mention that their enemies are actively retreating, and have not lost their formation, so those government troops can resist gradually although they are pressed by the autonomous army, so that the autonomous army has suffered a lot of losses.

By the time Gudra led the main force of the Autonomous Army of six corps to the city of Moss, they were already short of supplies, and their casualties exceeded 10,000.

And Calgjes's border guards have stopped attacking as early as two days ago and began to consolidate their newly acquired territory, this time the border guards have obtained the territory plus what they have before, fully occupying thirty percent of the country's area, especially these areas are still rich in oil, plus a lot of weapons have been captured, and the army has also expanded a lot, which makes Kargis very happy.

Unable to attack the capital, Gudra had to ask Karges for help, but Karjes refused to help him capture the capital, citing the fatigue of his troops from continuous fighting.

Caljes knew very well in his heart that if he captured the capital, it would be difficult for him to deal with it, and if he handed it over to the autonomous army, he would lose his troops in vain but would not be able to gain any benefits, and if he occupied it, he would not only offend the autonomous army, but what was even more terrible was that the territory of the border guards would separate the government army from the autonomous army, and he would become the target of public criticism.

Kaljes wouldn't do such a two-sided unflattering thing. Seeing that Kargis had no intention of helping, Gudra had to have his two most elite armies build strong fortifications under the city of Moss to defend against the attack, while the other troops were dispersed into all the areas of control to receive and secure the newly acquired territory.

After this battle, the territory of the government army was reduced again, its area accounted for only 40% of the original land area, and the known oil reserves in his possession of Moss were only 30%, seeing this situation, the Boston Empire could no longer sit still, and they immediately sent representatives to various countries, hoping to mediate the civil war in the Moss Kingdom.

The power of the Chinese Empire has already taken advantage of it, and it is natural to accept it when it sees good, and the Yaman Empire has also made a fortune quietly, and finally has its own oil supply area, and it is also full of promises to peace proposals. Therefore, on November 2, 910, representatives of the Chinese Empire, the Yaman Empire, and the Boston Empire, together with representatives of the three domestic forces of the Moss Kingdom, signed an armistice at the Boston Empire's Gotham Harbor.

The Boston Empire, in order to keep the last few oil fields held by the Moss royal family, was in a hurry to sign a peace treaty, and now it is clear that NATO and the Allies have joined forces to embarrass themselves, and it would be foolish to continue fighting. Therefore, the Boston Empire offered very favorable terms, and forced the Moss royal family to agree.

The last three parties achieved a ceasefire along the Line of Actual Control, and the Moss royal family also recognized the Primorsky Autonomous Region of Gudra and the southern SAR government of Karjes, but fortunately, although they lost the actual control of these areas, they still nominally recognized the status of the central government of Hernande, the king of the Moss Kingdom, and finally left the Moss royal family with the last bit of face.