Chapter 996: Assemble
A position capable of accommodating more than 5 divisions and laying out thousands of artillery pieces is naturally impossible for a small area.
The entire enemy position was several kilometers away in a straight line from one end to the other, and the soldiers sent out to contact the other troops had to circle this area at least half a circle, so that by the time the last man returned, it was already the middle of the night.
During this period, Turner's position was not absolutely quiet, and the enemy troops on the hill launched two tentative attacks on this side, although they were both repulsed, they also succeeded in disrupting the Conner Federation forces, so that they had no way to rest properly after a big battle.
Listening to the report of the returning soldiers, there was no trace of joy on Turner's face.
According to the soldiers' reports, they were able to contact more than 10 units, including 6 regimental units, 4 battalion units, and a number of company-level and unformed remnants.
Under Turner's orders or threats, the six regimental units began to move in this direction, although reluctantly, while the other units began to assemble outside their respective enemy positions.
Although the current situation is that the more troops that can be assembled, the better, it is still necessary to leave some troops to harass from time to time on the periphery of those enemy positions, and if there is no harassment for a long time, it will arouse the enemy's vigilance.
To Turner's surprise, the soldiers sent out to make contact did not contact the bayonet, and it was not known whether the bayonet had not arrived here for some other reason, or whether they had actually received the contact message but did not respond, but the absence of the bayonet made Turner a little disappointed.
After waiting for the lieutenant colonel named Moses to finish arranging the defense of the Conner federal forces in this position, Turner quietly left here with a few officers, and the enemy on the hill was still staring at here, so the troops naturally could not be mobilized on a large scale, but it was no problem to leave a few people.
Soon, Turner and his party arrived in the woods, this is not the same forest where Turner was ambushed by Selia before, this forest is larger and farther away from the hilltop position, and it is still quite safe in the case of the opposite position being taken by the Kona Federation.
Entering the woods, there were immediately soldiers who had been waiting there for a long time and walked in with a group of people, and not long after, I saw a group of people on the opposite side also coming towards us.
There were more than 10 people in total, who should be the high-ranking officers of those troops, and they didn't speak after they came, but just stared at Turner, who was walking in the front, and the unkindness in their eyes was not concealed at all.
Being stared at like this by a group of lieutenant-level officers, ordinary people would be empty, but Turner cared all about it, and said calmly: "Although it is wartime, you won't even forget the most basic discipline of the army, right?" Or do you need me, the colonel, to salute you first? ”
The group of officers changed color, this hat is not a joke, the first thing any soldier learns after entering the army is always to obey the commander, if Turner insists on buttoning off this hat that disrespects the commander and does not obey the commander's orders, they will not have a good time in the future.
So, although they were a little reluctant, they still honestly saluted Turner.
"It's wartime, so I won't worry about your strength." Turner said noncommittally: "So, next, tell me which unit you are from, the strength of your troops and the direction of attack, well, you are all regimental troops, right?" Then the head of the regiment just signed up, I don't have time or interest in learning about other people. ”
Many officers immediately showed a look of disgruntleness on their faces, but in the end, no one said anything, and an extremely sturdy officer spoke up first: "Li Jian, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 103rd Division of the Fifth Expeditionary Force, the casualties of the 2nd Regiment are less than 5%, and they are basically intact. ”
With the first one, the next one was very fast, and soon, 5 people reported the situation.
"Gone? Didn't it say that there were six regiments in total? Only five? Turner waited for a while, and found that no one spoke, so he couldn't help but ask with some surprise.
Moses whispered, "Maybe it's a little far, it's still on the way." ”
"On the way?" Turner sneered, pointed at Li Jian and said: "His regiment is directly opposite here, the farthest from here, he is here, but that unit is still on the way, is this normal?" ”
Without waiting for the others to say anything, Turner had already continued: "Okay, if you don't come, don't come, five regiments, plus more than two regiments on the position over there, are almost enough." ”
Looking at those officers who were still unhappy, Turner didn't bother to talk nonsense with them anymore, and said directly: "From now on, everyone listens to my orders, I don't want to hear any opposition, I'm the best at suering, and my relationship with those two generals is a fact, not to scare you, so you'd better pray not to be caught by me in any wrong!" ”
Seeing the expressions of contempt and fear that flashed on the faces of those officers, Turner nodded with satisfaction, he was not afraid that those people would despise him, and there was no way to have any real impact on him anyway, he needed them to obey, and the situation that blocked them, making them afraid of him, it would be easier for them to obey.
"A few regiment commanders are here, and now we will start assigning tasks." Turner called several officers to him and turned on the screen on the wrist of his combat uniform, which showed a simple map of the area.
"Now this position has been taken by Lieutenant Colonel Moses and his troops, and their troops are therefore being targeted by the enemy's division on the hill and cannot get out."
"So, Lieutenant Colonel Moses, first of all, your mission, your mission, is to launch an attack on that division on the hill!"
Moses was stunned, then startled, and hurriedly wanted to speak, but heard Turner follow and say: "I don't want you to really fight, your little strength, there are still a lot of wounded soldiers, of course it is impossible to fight with a division that people are waiting for, what you have to do is to make them think that you are going to fight with them, block them on the mountain, and the other is to block their sight, so that they can't see the situation below, I don't need to say how to do it, you can do it yourself." ”
Hearing this, Moses breathed a sigh of relief.
Turner then turned to the five regimental commanders and said, "As for you, I need you to put on a show!" ”
"What else are you playing?" Li Jian, the strongest and most reckless of several regiment commanders, interjected: "There is only one division of the enemy there, and we are nearly twice as many as them, so we can just kill them!" ”
"I hate this idiot style of playing with people head-on, who has no technical content and is easy to hurt the enemy and damage eight hundred." Turner glanced at Li Jian, ignored him anymore, and continued: "Then now, I'll talk about how this scene will be played. ”