Chapter Eighty-Three: The Strategist in Action (Part II)
Jiesheng comforted: "Your Majesty, General Yagu and the expeditionary force from the prairie have never fought before, but last night Jiesheng saw that they fought bravely and methodically, and finally drove the remnants of the defeated army of the genetic people back to the sea.
In the past few years, the civil war in Xizhou has continued, although His Majesty has remained neutral but has not slackened at all, His Majesty's corps has been strictly trained and ready to fight at any time, so the actual combat is not only no obstacle but also a rare opportunity for training.
Moreover, Jiesheng has already seen in Jucheng that His Majesty's soldiers are all in high spirits and eager to establish military exploits to protect their families and protect the country. Your Majesty thinks that it is always much smaller to be able to resist the enemy outside the country than to fight again after the war has burned to Wanghai City. ”
Jiesheng's words were almost all good, and the king of Linhai was moved, and said: "What the military advisor said is very reasonable, but sending troops to support Shencheng is a major matter related to the survival of my Linhai country, and this king wants to gather the ministers of civil and military affairs to listen to the advice of the military advisor." ”
The civil and military ministers of the King of Linhai soon gathered in the palace chamber, and at the request of the King of Linhai, Jiesheng first gave a detailed account of the battle in Nancheng and the defeat of the other three fronts.
In order to boost the confidence of the people present in the War of Resistance, Jiesheng finally said: "After this battle, we have every reason to believe that the genetic people will be defeated!" Because although the genetic people still have more chariots than us, their infantry is already much smaller than ours. Just last night's battle, the gene people lost at least a third of their infantry, as long as we can avoid the attack of the gene people's chariots in the battle, focus on attacking their infantry, and then fight a second battle, we can wipe out all their 50,000 infantry, no matter how many genes people have chariots, there will be no soldiers to occupy Xizhou. ”
As soon as Jiesheng's words fell, a military general stood up and spoke, this veteran Jiesheng knew, he was the military general in charge of military affairs under the command of King Linhai.
General Tuo said: "Your Majesty, everyone, the information brought by Mr. Jiesheng is encouraging, but according to the last general, although the victory in the battle of Nancheng was due to correct tactics, if there were no chariots and cannons of the expeditionary force, Nancheng would also be difficult to protect. Because according to the information coming from the front line, the number of combat vehicles of the genetic people is not only surprisingly powerful and powerful, but also the artillery we have is too close to resist because of the range.
The cannons equipped by the Genetics on their vehicles have at least twice the range and firing speed of our native cannons, so our cannons are destroyed before they hit the enemy vehicles. Although the combat effectiveness of the combat vehicles and artillery of the expeditionary force is not worse than that of the genetic people, the number is very limited and cannot take into account several battlefields. And every battle consumes a lot of ammunition, but the prairie is far away from Xizhou, and the second batch of weapons and equipment will not be transported to Xizhou until at least twenty days later.
In this way, as long as there are one or two more battles, the chariots and artillery of the expeditionary force will probably be exhausted, and at that time, Xizhou will no longer have any strength to stop the gene people from attacking the city and plundering the land. ”
The old general's words were like a plate of ice water that extinguished the flame of hope that Jiesheng brought to everyone, and the hall fell into a deathly silence.
Jiesheng had already been mentally prepared, he did not show any discouragement because of this, he looked at General Tuo and smiled: "Old general, it is very likely that the genetic people will attack Shencheng tonight, and Jiesheng hopes to accompany the general to watch the battle." The general will see how the artillery of our native West Continent destroys the enemy's tanks and personnel carriers. ”
Then he changed his tone and said with a serious expression, "Although what the old general said just now is true, the general's tactical thinking is still stuck in the civil war era of the Xizhou people, when the cannons were placed on the forts of the city wall, waiting for the enemy to attack the city with swords. For the mechanized corps of the genetic people, if we still defend the city like this, the end will inevitably be passively beaten and the city will be destroyed and people will die.
But if our artillery, like the infantry, lies in ambush on the way to the enemy's attack and launches a surprise attack within effective range, we can constantly destroy the tanks and personnel carriers of the genetics. Moreover, last night's battle has shown that the gunpowder guns used by the steppe people to support our Xizhou are excellent, and they are slightly superior to the guns of the genetic people, so we must divide the main force of the corps into pieces and distribute them in the hills and valleys outside the city, farmland and villages, and once the enemy appears, they will attack in groups, and disperse and evacuate after the battle.
All the cannons deployed on the forts of the city walls are to be removed and hidden in the houses on both sides of the streets of the city, and once the genetics break through the city, we will shoot at them at close range to destroy their chariots and troop carriers. In addition, there are more obstacles and traps at the intersection of the main avenue in the center of the city, so that even if the genetic people attack the city, the city is full of graves where they are buried, and our soldiers deployed in the city can withdraw from the familiar path after striking the enemy.
As long as the enemy's combat power can be continuously consumed, the combat vehicles and personnel carriers of the genetic people will also be depleted. In this way, even if our expeditionary force loses all its vehicles and artillery in the following battles, the genetic people will not be able to escape the fate of defeat. Because our Xizhou is a vast land with a large population, as long as we don't stick to the city and use the vast countryside and vast land as a battlefield, it won't be long before the 50,000 genetic people will be wiped out by all of us Xizhou people!
What's more, as the old general said, the second batch of expeditionary forces and chariot artillery in the prairie can arrive in Xizhou within 20 days, as long as we adopt flexible combat tactics to save ourselves and survive, when the second batch of military aid from the prairie arrives in Xizhou, we can see the day when the genetic people are wiped out by us. ”
The king of Linhai, who was sitting on the throne, listened to Jiesheng's words and kept nodding, General Tuo had nothing to say for a while, and the other ministers of civil and military affairs exchanged their heads, and it seemed that everyone was persuaded by Jiesheng.
King Linhai coughed dryly, and the hall immediately fell silent.
King Linhai glanced at the ministers and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Jiesheng Military Master is an old friend of ours, and what he said just now sounds reasonable to this king. Although the weapons and chariots of the Gene People are powerful, they only have 50,000 people in the end, and there are tens of millions of people in my West Continent, plus the support of the prairie, it is only a matter of time before the Gene People are defeated. The military advisor came to Wanghai City this time, on the one hand, to convey the news of victory to us and others, and on the other hand, he asked our army of Jucheng to enter Shenhai Kingdom to participate in the battle to defend Shencheng. If you have any concerns about this, you can raise them in person and discuss them with the military advisors. ”
There was silence in the hall for a moment, and a Wenchen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have never had a single soldier in my Linhai Country enter the border of another country to fight for decades, so I have no experience in fighting with other countries' legions abroad. In addition, if the defenders of Jucheng go to Shencheng, it will cause an emptiness to the south of Wanghai City, and once the genetic people bypass Shencheng and directly attack my Wanghai City to the north, we will be caught off guard. ”
Jiesheng smiled at Wen Chen and said: "My lord is too worried, Shencheng is only a hundred miles away from Jucheng, and the topography in that area is not much different. Therefore, they fought on the outskirts of Shencheng as they were in the suburbs of Jucheng, and there was no such thing as being unfamiliar with the place.
As far as Jiesheng knows, half of the ten legions in Jucheng are cavalry, and the infantry regiment can be stationed in place, as long as the five cavalry regiments in Jucheng are transferred to the northern suburbs of Shencheng in advance, and the five cavalry regiments in Wanghai City can be transferred to Jucheng to change defenses, which can not only reinforce Shencheng at any time, but also deal with the possibility of genetic people making a detour to attack Wanghai City.
Our expeditionary force has already sent a reconnaissance company to monitor the enemy's every move in Shennan City, and if they divide their troops to raid Wanghai City, Jiesheng will soon get the information, and then they can transfer troops to snipe.
What's more, the Gene People will not take the risk of being attacked by both Shencheng and Wanghai City, and the main force of our expeditionary force is now stationed in Los Angeles, if the Gene people dare to bypass Shencheng and raid Wanghai City, our expeditionary force will intercept and destroy them halfway. ”
Speaking of this, Jiesheng turned his face to Linhai Wang Zhengse and said, "Your Majesty, the participation of the Jucheng Corps in the defense of Shencheng has many benefits to Your Majesty and Linhai State, Rong Jiesheng explained them one by one." First, defending Shencheng is to defend Wanghai City, because Shencheng is not guaranteed, and the next target of genetic people is Wanghai City. Second, in the war, the confidence of the soldiers is the most crucial, and the defense of Shencheng will have 20 corps of Shenhaiguo plus the main force of our expeditionary force to participate in the battle, and the Jucheng Corps will inevitably be more confident in participating in the defense of Shencheng than in Jucheng.
At the same time, the addition of the Jucheng Corps will also greatly boost the confidence of Shen Haiguo's Corps, so that we will definitely win a big victory in Shencheng. Third, the Jucheng Corps can gain valuable combat experience by participating in the defense of Shencheng, which is very important for the Linhai State to deal with future external threats.
The last point is related to the future of His Majesty and the Linhai Kingdom, since His Majesty believes that the genetic people will be defeated, then what will be the pattern of Xizhou after the war? If it was only the other four countries and the expeditionary force that sacrificed to defeat the genetic people, and the Linhai country did not participate in it, then not only would the Linhai country not be able to share the fruits of victory, but the land would definitely be divided by the other countries, and the Linhai country would no longer exist! On the contrary, the greater the contribution of the Linhai State in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the more benefits it will gain after the war.
Before Jiesheng left Xinnancheng, the envoy of the king of Nandi and the prince clearly told Jiesheng that those who surrendered to the genes and those who passively resisted the war of the monarch and his ministers must settle accounts after the war. As long as His Majesty actively supports the defense of Shencheng, the prince's envoy and Jiesheng will definitely safeguard all the interests that Linhai Kingdom deserves after the war!
Jiesheng's words were hidden in the cotton, and the king of Linhai couldn't sit still when he heard it, and the words of the military advisor were undoubtedly warning him: If you want to enjoy the fruits of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it is a pipe dream, and the end of the passive anti-Japanese war is either wiped out by the people at the bottom of the sea, or destroyed by other countries in Xizhou, which won the Anti-Japanese War, and the active anti-Japanese war can not only win the victory of the war, but also obtain huge benefits after the war.
King Linhai's eyes swept over the ministers, and when he saw that everyone was just looking at each other, no one had the intention of expressing a high opinion, so he made up his mind.
He stood up and said in a dignified tone: "This king has made up his mind, and General Tuo immediately led the five cavalry regiments in Wanghai City to go to Jucheng to reinforce Shencheng with the Jiesheng Division, and we must join forces there to defeat the gene people!" ”