Although far away from the battlefield full of gunfire, the people who stayed in the city of New South hardly slept because their hearts were listening to the footsteps of the invaders getting closer and closer.

Whether it was panic or fighting, everyone was silently doing what they had to do, and the whole city was in a suffocating silence.

In the office of the King of Nandi, Kapok Zi and the father and daughter of the King of Nandi have been restless since the beginning of the war, and they are nervously waiting for the war reports from the various fronts.

The first battle report was from the front line of the West Underground City, and it was a telegram sent by the front-line messenger who followed the prince of the ancient land country, and the king of Nandi was shocked after reading the message, but he didn't say anything, and handed the message directly to Kapok, who took the message paper and read it with Princess Nanling.

The telegram reads: "Report to the prince, the war in Xidi City is very critical, there are not only gene people but also a large number of Xizhou people on the battlefield, the eldest prince said that it is the army of the king of Xidi, and the strength is at least five legions, indicating that the king of Xidi has taken refuge in the gene people in Xitian Island."

The Gene Man first used the chariot to attack the artillery batteries and artillery of our defenders, because the range of the defenders' artillery was far inferior to the Chariot of the Gene Man, so they had no power to fight back. After destroying the defenders' artillery, the Genetics drove straight into the Westland City, and we were already trapped in the city with the Great General.

The Genetics destroyed all four gates of the city with artillery fire, and then a large number of chariots drove into the city, and the defenders sniped at the hidden cannons on both sides of the street, but they were still unable to stop it. With the assistance of the Westland King's Infantry Legion, the Genetics quickly occupied most of the Westland. The eldest prince ordered the remaining five legions in the city to concentrate their fire on breaking through from the east gate, but as soon as our chariots drove out of the east gate, we were immediately surrounded by more than a dozen chariots..."

Kapok looked up at the telegraph operator, and the telegraph operator responded: "Lord Wang, the other party's signal was suddenly interrupted, and I called several times without answering." ”

Kapok nodded silently, and the telegraph operator turned to leave.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the defenders of the Western Earth City have been completely wiped out, and our signal corps will not be spared." Kapok said with a gloomy expression.

"The king of the West has taken refuge in the gene people, this is the worst news!" The King of Nandi said with a gloomy face.

"We can't spread this news for the time being, otherwise it will shake the morale of the army." Princess Nanling said.

"But the king of the ancient land will get this news soon, there will always be people who survive the battlefield and flee back to the ancient city, according to the last telegram, his third prince has ten legions stationed on the periphery of the western city, and five of them are ambushed in the suburbs, so it is impossible for the ten legions of the third prince to be wiped out by the genetic people." Kapok said.

"If the King of the Ancient Land surrenders to the genetic people out of fear, the consequences will be very serious..."

Before the king of Nandi could finish speaking, the telegraph operator sent a second battle report, this time from the front line of the Minghai Kingdom.

The telegram reads: "Report to the prince, the Minghai front line has failed, the cannons of the Minghai Legion cannot stop the chariots of the genetives, and the Mingxi City cannot be defended, and the front-line commander has ordered the garrison to retreat to the Minghai Nation, the capital of the Minghai Kingdom, to the east. ”

Ten minutes later, the telegraph operator received a battle report from the front line of Shennan City in Shen Haiguo, the content was almost the same as the previous one, which meant that the first battle on three of the four fronts had been completely lost.

For Kapok Zi and the father and daughter of the King of Nandi, except for the news that the King of the West is still alive and has taken refuge in the genetic people, the other battle results are expected by them.

After the most difficult nearly an hour of waiting, they finally received a battle report from Nancheng: "Report to Your Majesty, the prince and the princess, Nancheng has won a great victory!" At least one hundred and fifty chariots and one hundred and sixty personnel carriers were destroyed by us, and at least seven thousand infantry were killed by us. We had about 2,000 men killed and wounded, and we lost thirteen chariots and eighty-three cannons, including twenty-four of the steppe cannons. ”

The inside and outside of the southern city were filled with the joy of the victory.

In the city, Xia Poor and a group of officials were busy directing the treatment of wounded soldiers sent from the front line, the treating doctors in the city were mainly pharmacists from the Blue Fog Mountain, after receiving the telegram from Jiesheng about the upcoming war, Yaoxian immediately sent more than 50 young and middle-aged pharmacists to rush to Nancheng with a large number of medicines.

Outside the city, the people who stayed behind were busy burying their dead comrades and cleaning up the battlefield, dismantling the destroyed Gene Man chariots, leaving behind useful parts and weapons, and other scrap piled up for the next battle.

Setsusheng and Yagu returned to Nancheng after commanding the army and civilians to clean up the battlefield, although they had just won a battle, but the two of them were still very heavy, because they had received a telegram forwarded to them by Kapok, and the prospects of Xizhou's anti-Japanese war were not optimistic.

Xia Shan led several officials to greet the triumphant soldiers at the city gate.

As soon as Setsuo and Yagu returned to Xia's office and drank a little water, Shimono couldn't wait to ask about the results of the final pursuit.

"When the undersea genetics found that the number of chariots pursuing in the rear was smaller than their own, they turned around and organized a counterattack, but when they saw that my chariots destroyed their forward chariots one by one in a few minutes, the genetics knew that taking the initiative to attack was a dead end, so they immediately adjusted their tactics and changed the counterattack to a blocking war, and finally they lost nearly 100 chariots again, covering the remaining chariots and personnel carriers to retreat into the sea with the remnants of the defeated generals," said Agu. ”

A few people were talking about the battle tonight, and the telegraph operator brought a telegram from Kapok.

The telegram reads: "Senior brother, eldest cousin, military advisor, King Ming Hai and King Shen Hai are very pessimistic because of the defeat in the war, they have sent a telegram through our observers, asking our expeditionary force to provide them with support as soon as possible, and to prepare for the defense of their respective capitals before the war, Your Majesty, the princess and I all think that the two countries must be rescued, otherwise they will shake their determination to resist the war, but how to rescue must listen to the advice of the three people, please reply as soon as possible." ”

The other two countries in the south asked for rescue and it was also expected by the three of them, but fortunately, most of the main force of the gene people who attacked the south city was wiped out, and the remnants of the enemy army were driven back to the sea, although the other three gene people all captured the first target city, but they all relied on hard fighting, and none of the fronts took the initiative to withdraw or surrender.

Therefore, the total number of casualties among the soldiers tonight is not small, and the total number of combat vehicles and personnel carriers destroyed or damaged is undoubtedly in the hundreds.

Jiesheng judged from this that it would be difficult for the Gene People to launch a second siege battle in the next two days, in addition to their wounded soldiers who needed to be treated, the Gene People had to replenish ammunition and other military supplies from Xitian Island and even the underwater world, and the next battle they were going to attack would be bigger and more tightly defended.

Jiesheng took out the Xizhou atlas from his arms, this was the treasure given to him by the King of Linhai, and he looked at it carefully whenever he had free time, and the landforms of the Xizhou Continent were almost engraved in his mind.

Jiesheng spread out the map and said, "Senior brother, General Yagu, to rescue them, we must first ensure that Nancheng can be defended. You look at this map, this is Shennancheng, it is located in the southeast of Xizhou, only three hundred miles away from our Nancheng in a straight line, the genetics who attacked our Nancheng will definitely come to take revenge, but it is impossible to capture Nancheng with their remnants alone, and it is very likely that the occupation army of Shennancheng will attack Nancheng again.

Therefore, our expeditionary force in Nancheng must decide whether to draw troops to rescue Shencheng or hold on to Nancheng before obtaining the next battle plan of Shennancheng's genetic people, according to whether the enemy of Shennancheng will attack Shencheng to the north or attack Nancheng to the west. ”

Xia Poor glanced at the map and understood, because he was also familiar with the locations of the various large and small cities in the three southern countries of Xizhou.

"Senior brother is thoughtful, after dawn, we will send a cavalry to reconnoiter the periphery of Shennan City." Lower Poor Road.

"Senior brother, I'll equip them with a telegraph operator, otherwise it won't be too late to run back and forth."

After Yagu finished speaking, he looked at the map and said, "Strategist, I think this Los Angeles city located on the western border of the Nandi Kingdom is in a good location, it is almost the same distance from Nancheng, Xinnancheng and Shencheng, if our expeditionary force in Nancheng can draw some troops to garrison Los Angeles, they can wait for the opportunity to move." ”

Jiesheng praised: "General Gaojian! The king of Nandi had already deployed five corps in Los Angeles, and the general could draw most of the chariots and artillery from Nancheng to Los Angeles to garrison first, and wait for the intelligence sent by the scouts in Shennancheng before deciding to rescue the city. Los Angeles is less than 400 miles from the southern city, and our expeditionary force can reach it in only three hours. ”

Yagu said: "We not only have to rescue Shen Haiguo, but also to ensure that Zhengnan City is not lost, and to prevent the gene people from sneaking up on Xinnan City. To rescue Minghaiguo, he could only send General Tielei's three chamber of commerce corps. ”

Jiesheng nodded and said: "The general's chariot team is the core force of our anti-Japanese war, it is too precious, and it can only be fought when the war is most needed, Jiesheng will rush to Xinnancheng early tomorrow morning to report to the prince and the king of Nandi about the experience of winning in Nancheng, and then I will go to Linhai to move troops to rescue Shen Haiguo." ”

When Xia Poor heard that the two main backbones were going to leave Nancheng tomorrow, he couldn't help but be a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "Senior brother, general, after this battle, Xia Poor and the commanders of the army in Nancheng have confidence in fighting against the genetic people. However, after the expeditionary force left the southern city, our defensive deployment must be changed. Therefore, before the two of them left Nancheng, Xia Poor wanted to convene a military meeting of the commanders of each legion, and asked the junior brothers and generals to give us advice to defend Nancheng first. ”

Jiesheng said with a smile: "Senior brother, rest assured, General Yagu will leave enough cannons and chariots for Nancheng to ensure that the defenders of Nancheng can defeat the second attack of the gene people." As for the tactics, they can basically be played according to the way they play tonight, and then they can be flexibly adjusted according to the situation on the battlefield at that time. ”

Xia Poor breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, Xia Poor signed a life and death certificate to the king of Nandi, people are in the city, if Nancheng is not protected, the two of you will never see this senior brother again in the future." ”

Yagu said with a smile: "Senior brother has the magic skill of judging fate by looking at his face, and if he dares to sign a life and death certificate with the king of Nandi, he must have already expected that he would be able to defend Nancheng." ”

Xia Poor smiled bitterly and was speechless.

Jiesheng said with a solemn expression: "The most worrying thing now is the King of the Ancient Land, he has just lost the battle, and he may have lost two sons. I am afraid that the King of Gudi will shake his determination to resist the war because of this, and if he gives up resisting and surrendering to the Gene People, the situation in Xizhou will be unimaginable. ”