Chapter 82: The Strategist in Action (Part I)
Kapok Zi and the father and daughter of the king of Nandi, as well as Tie Lei, warmly received the military divisions who had returned victoriously from the front.
Jiesheng carefully recounted the battle in Nancheng last night, and finally said: "The genetic people have suffered a big loss, and their tactics will definitely change, and they will strengthen the protection of personnel carriers during the march, so our ambush tactics will encounter more difficulties."
However, according to our existing weapons and equipment, we will definitely suffer losses in a frontal battle with the genetics, so we still have to concentrate our superior forces to fight ambush warfare and mobile warfare in the suburbs, focusing on attacking their personnel carriers and destroying their infantry. ”
The king of Nandi praised Jiesheng's tactics: "This king will convene a meeting of the commanders of the legions inside and outside the new southern city as soon as possible, and deploy the main forces outside the city!"
Princess Nanling said: "Father, according to the foresight of the military division, the genetic people will strengthen the protection of the personnel carriers, which means that their personnel carriers will be in line with the chariots, so we have to separate a part of the artillery synchronized soldiers to ambush the enemy outside the city, and the cannons can be disguised on the carriages and can also transfer positions at any time." ”
The king of Nandi said hesitantly: "This king has already thought of this, but the terrain on the outskirts of Xinnancheng is relatively flat, and it is difficult to ambush a large number of infantry, not to mention the large and inconvenient artillery carriages. What do you think, Strategist? ”
Jiesheng replied: "Your Majesty, Jiesheng just rode around Xinnancheng to investigate, Jiesheng saw that although there are not many hills on the periphery of Xinnancheng, there are continuous crop fields and patches of miscellaneous forests, and you can dig some simple fortifications in those woods and fields to ambush infantry and artillery vehicles.
Jiesheng heard that in addition to the 100 new cannons built by the prince, His Majesty also had 300 native cannons in the city, and these cannons had a short range, so instead of being concentrated in the city and destroyed by the artillery fire of the genetic people, it was better to mobilize most of the cannons to ambush and attack the enemy's personnel carriers and chariots outside the city. It only takes ten cannons to hit one of the enemy's chariots or personnel carriers to win. ”
When the king of Nandi heard this, he was overjoyed, "Okay, just act according to the idea of the military advisor, and if the military advisor is not in a hurry to go to Los Angeles to meet with General Yagu, please attend the meeting of this king's legion." In the eyes of this king, the military division is not only the military division of the expeditionary force, but also the military division of our Nandi Legion. ”
Jiesheng said: "Thank you for your majesty's promotion, but Jiesheng still has a heavy responsibility to stay here for a long time, after Jiesheng and General Yagu meet in Los Angeles, they will go to Shencheng to meet with King Shenhai to discuss how to defend Shencheng, and then Jiesheng will rush to Wanghai City." Because once Shencheng is lost, the enemy will attack Xinnancheng from the east, and once General Yagu leaves Nancheng, the defensive situation of Nancheng will still be severe.
However, to win the battle to defend Shencheng and Nancheng at the same time, our troops are still insufficient. Therefore, Jiesheng must go to Wanghai City to persuade the King of Linhai to send troops to support the defense of Shencheng. As long as we block the gene people in Shencheng, the defensive pressure of Xinnancheng will be greatly reduced. ”
Everyone present expressed their appreciation for Jiesheng's behavior, and Kapok Zi said with a smile: "If the military advisor can persuade the King of Linhai to send troops to rescue Shencheng, it will be another great contribution." ”
Jiesheng said humbly: "When it comes to military exploits, Jiesheng cannot be compared with General Yagu and the soldiers of the expeditionary force, they may be killed on the battlefield at any time, and Jiesheng is just moving his mouth. As for convincing the King of Linhai to rely entirely on the prestige of the prince, because if the king of Wanghai dared not send troops to support, Jiesheng would scare him that the prince would come to him in a chariot to trouble. ”
Everyone laughed.
Tie Lei smiled: "Your Majesty, Lord, Princess, Tie Lei has known the military advisor for many years, and he has long known that he can kill 10,000 enemies with his mouth. However, the military advisor has not had a chance to perform before, and this time it is the undersea gene man who deserves to be unlucky. ”
The crowd laughed again.
After discussing with Tie Lei the tactics of the Chamber of Commerce Corps to reinforce the defense of the famous city, Jiesheng got up and took his leave.
He and several guards had originally hurried to New South City from Nancheng on horseback, but when they left New South City for Los Angeles, Kapok asked Jiesheng to take a telegraph operator to Los Angeles in a chariot and send nine other chariots to escort him.
Kapok believes that the current Xizhou is full of dangers, and it is very likely that the genetic people will send special forces to ambush the messengers and scouts on the communication arteries between the countries of the Xizhou. Now, in Kapok's heart, the personal safety of Jiesheng, a military advisor, is related to the success or failure of the Xizhou war.
It was a time of war, so there were few people and vehicles on the road, and the convoy under the banner of the expeditionary force rushed all the way to Los Angeles without hindrance.
Yagu arrived at Los Angeles ahead of schedule with three chamber of commerce cavalry regiments and fifty chariots and fifty cannons, and Jiesheng and Yagu inspected the terrain around Los Angeles and determined defensive tactics, and then, Jiesheng's convoy rushed to Shencheng.
King Shenhai was about the same age as the King of Nandi, and the relationship between the two had always been very close with the two countries, and it was precisely because of this that he believed that the King of Nandi would definitely send troops to rescue Shencheng and defend it.
Sure enough, the envoy of the king of Nandi and the prince quickly agreed to the rescue, and sent the military division of the expeditionary force to visit Shencheng in person to discuss the plan to resist the enemy.
In the palace of Shencheng, the anxious King Shenhai and his legion leaders gathered in the palace chamber to receive the distinguished guests, and they first listened to the details of Jiesheng's account of the great victory in Nancheng, plus the expeditionary force of Yagu had already stationed troops in Los Angeles to rescue Shencheng at any time, and Jiesheng promised them that he would persuade the King of Linhai to send at least five corps to support Shencheng, and King Shenhai and his generals were greatly encouraged, and they had confidence in the defense of Shencheng.
King Shen Hai made up his mind to fight the war as resolutely as the king of Nandi, and he took advantage of the high confidence of the generals of the legion, solemnly said in front of Jiesheng that he would rather die than surrender, as long as he had a breath of air, he would fight with the gene people to the end, and his legion commanders also expressed their determination not to be afraid of sacrifice to fight a big victory in Shencheng.
Subsequently, Jiesheng, accompanied by the general of King Shenhai, inspected the landform around Shencheng, and according to the characteristics of the terrain, together with the army commanders, he drew up a new battle plan with reference to the successful experience of the defense of Nancheng.
Shenhai Kingdom and Linhai Kingdom are not only adjacent, but also the land area of the two countries is not large, so Shencheng is less than 300 miles away from Wanghai City.
After leaving Shencheng, Jiesheng's convoy drove at full speed and arrived at Wanghai City in only two hours.
King Linhai was overjoyed by the arrival of Jiesheng, and although he had obtained some information from various fronts, it was mostly hearsay.
Linhai Country is fortunate not to be attacked by the first round of attacks by the undersea people, but the soldiers and civilians who stick to Wanghai City know very well that the genetic people are all mechanized legions, and the speed of attacking the city and grabbing the land is unimaginable, and the war will burn to Wanghai City at any time.
Jiesheng was originally an honest and reliable businessman in the mind of the King of Linhai, but now Jiesheng is the military advisor of the most well-armed expeditionary force, so the King of Linhai expects that Jiesheng's visit this time will allow him to see the battle situation in Xizhou clearly, and hopes that Jiesheng can give some good strategies that are crucial to the future and fate of Linhai Kingdom.
King Linhai first met with Jiesheng in private, and after a simple courtesy, Jiesheng got straight to the point and said: "Your Majesty, the 50,000 troops of the gene people in the Xitian Island assembly area have been divided into four routes and all entered Xizhou. It is not enough for most of the troops to enter the Nandi Kingdom to be wiped out by us, although the attack on the Minghai Kingdom has captured the Mingxi City, but our expeditionary force has sent troops to support the Minghai King to defend the Minghai City, even if we can't completely defeat the gene people along the way in the Mingcheng, but they will definitely be wiped out in the New Nancheng.
Therefore, there are two routes for the gene people to attack Wanghai City, one is to capture the ancient city first, and then attack from west to east, and the second is to capture Shencheng first, and then attack from the south. Although the Xidi City was lost under the siege of the Gene Man and the King of the West, the Gudi King still had at least fifty corps in his hands, and the weapons and equipment were relatively good, and the ancient city was eight hundred miles away from Wanghai City. Therefore, even if the gene people want to break through from the west road and enter the Linhai country, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and His Majesty does not need to worry about the gene people along the way.
Now the biggest threat is the genetic people who have entered Shenhai Kingdom, once they capture Shencheng, Wanghai City will be in danger. ”
King Linhai said with a solemn expression: "What the military advisor said is exactly what this king is worried about, for this reason, this king has ordered two cavalry regiments from the western border to be transferred to Jucheng in the south this morning, where the strength has reached ten corps, five of which are equipped with guns and ammunition from the prairie. ”
Jiesheng said: "Jiesheng stopped in Jucheng for a short time on the way just now, and he already knew that His Majesty had increased his troops there, but according to the successful experience of Nancheng last night, Jiesheng thought that His Majesty's ten corps could not be besieged by the genetic people in Juchenggan, but must be ambushed in the hills outside the city to fight a sports battle.
Now the main force of our expeditionary force has arrived in Los Angeles under the leadership of General Yagu, ready to support Shencheng at any time, so the main force of Jucheng's corps should move at least fifty miles in the direction of Shencheng, once the genetic people launch an attack on Shencheng, our three armies can combine to surround the genetic people and defeat them, so that Wanghai City can be protected from the attack of the genetic people in a short period of time. ”
But the king of Linhai has many concerns about rescuing Shencheng.
He said: "The military advisor knew that my Linhai National Corps had never had actual combat experience, so he rashly left Jucheng to fight in other countries. ”