Chapter 22: A Childish Stratagem!
Since the creation of the Radiation Sappers, Zhang Fan has not yet witnessed their combat effectiveness, and after the Kirov airship transported them, he sent these battlefield meat grinders to the defense line as soon as possible.
Because considering the horror of their shot, Zhang Fan thought about it for a long time and still didn't let them show their combat power in front of him, after all, nuclear radiation is not a joke.
In order to keep it secret, he also specially built a temporary training camp about five miles outside Songjiang Prefecture.
It's said to be a training camp, but in fact, it's just a little trimmed around the flat ground to allow Kirov airships and helicopter gunships to be used as temporary stops.
This is also the reason why Zhang Fan was so excited after seeing Wei Jingguo and his soldiers arrive.
According to Davari's description, even heavily armed American GIs and hoplites were powerless to fight back against them on the battlefield, so Zhang Fan was curious about what kind of sparks would collide when the ancient soldiers of this world encountered the Radiant Engineers.
It's a little exciting to think about...
Zhang Fan's mood at this time can be described as extremely complicated, he not only wants to see the performance of radiation engineers on the battlefield, but also does not want to see the tragic situation of those people dying under radiation, for fear that there will be a psychological shadow.
But compassion is fleeting, after all, war itself is an extremely cruel thing.
It's been a week since I came to this world unconsciously, and after completing the task of Songjiang Mansion, I can be considered to have a real foothold.
Rather than the excitement of completing the task, other emotions can be put aside first.
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On the other side, after thinking about it for a long time, Wei Jingguo finally decided to step forward to see what was going on.
Although the current situation in Songjiang Mansion is unknown, Wei Jingguo, as the governor of Jiangnan, has no reason to retreat before fighting.
After all, Nian Qianyao's precedent is still vivid, and he Wei Jingguo doesn't want to follow in his footsteps.
He is a martial artist, and in terms of the twists and turns in the officialdom, he is not worse than those princes and ministers.
Once he is sensitive, with the emperor's current temper, even if he doesn't die, it will definitely not be good, and the most terrifying thing is not this, although Wei Jingguo doesn't understand politics, he understands that the background of the anti-thief this time is likely to be not simple.
"My lord, I think it's better to wait a little longer..."
At this time, the accompanying deputy also gave his own suggestions.
"No need, tell the whole army to advance at full speed, and set up camp when the distance is thirty miles, and then send scouts over to investigate the situation!"
Wei Jingguo also thought about his deputy's suggestion a little, but now the situation is unclear, if he is so consumed, it is definitely not a way, it is better to hurry first, and wait until the distance of about thirty miles is to set up camp.
In this way, you can try the bottom of this group of anti-thieves to see how they will react when they know that the imperial army is coming, and secondly, you can give yourself enough time to prepare to explore the details of this group of anti-thieves.
When he learned about the fall of Songjiang Mansion before, Wei Jingguo began to inquire about the news about this gang of thieves, but the strange thing was that no matter how he checked, he couldn't find the specific information of the other party, and he didn't even know who the leader of the other party was.
At present, the news he found out was all leaked from Songjiang Mansion, and according to the people who ran out of the city at that time, the number of these thieves who attacked the city at that time was more than 500, and each of them had firearms in their hands.
This kind of configuration is not to mention the anti-thief, even in the imperial court is extremely rare, and the only known army that can handle a firearm is the Shenji Battalion directly under the emperor.
This is also the point that Wei Jingguo can't figure out the most.
If it was just a group of hundreds of anti-thieves, then Wei Jingguo would definitely not care too much, but if it was in the case of firearms, it would be completely different.
The Qing Dynasty has always been very strict in the control of firearms, and each firearm will have a special record from birth to scrapping, and it is impossible for ordinary people to get such a large amount of firearms and equipment.
From this point of view, the people behind this gang of thieves may not be simple, and it is even more likely that a certain big man in the court did it.
As soon as he thought of this possibility, Wei Jingguo couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind him, which was why he insisted on fighting this battle.
Because if he retires now, once the emperor finds out, then he Wei Jingguo is likely to be beaten as a traitor to the party as soon as possible, and at that time, he will have to raid his family and exterminate his family.
Compared with the time when the wife and children die together, it is better to sacrifice on the battlefield, at least after his death, the family can still have a kindness.
He doesn't want future generations to be crowned officials, but at least he can't be dragged down by himself.
After figuring out all this, Wei Jingguo immediately rode his horse and led the army towards Songjiang Mansion.
After about half an hour, the army finally arrived at the expected camping site, and Wei Jingguo immediately ordered to camp in place, and then sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation around Songjiang Mansion.
What Wei Jingguo didn't know at this time was that his every move was all revealed in Zhang Fan's eyes.
"Pretty cautious."
Looking at the other party's move of camping in place, Zhang Fan couldn't help but be happy, originally he thought that the other party would send scouts to investigate the situation first, but he didn't expect the other party to choose to camp first.
"Commander, I suggest that you send Radiant Engineers to attack the enemy camp at night, the weapons in the hands of the Radiant Engineers deal area damage, and do not decrease the damage as the enemy increases, in this case, the enemy camp creates favorable conditions for us."
Then Davari reminded again.
"Let's take a look first, give the order to go down and open the west gate, I want to see if this guy will be tempted when he knows that we only have a hundred defenders."
Zhang Fan thought about it for a while, and decided to put this idea on hold for a while, after all, it was still early, and there were still several hours before the evening, if the other party did not attack at night, then it would not be too late to give an order.
And now all he has to do is to invite you into the urn, he wants to see if the other party will impulsively lead the troops to rush over when he knows that he only has a hundred people to guard the city gate and the city gate is still wide open.
However, Zhang Fan's idea was doomed to fail.
Wei Jingguo, as the governor of Jiangnan, naturally has rich military experience, and he didn't pay attention to Zhang Fan's obviously provocative behavior at all.
The gate of the west city was wide open, and there were only a hundred soldiers "dressed in different clothes" guarding it, even a fool could realize that there was something wrong with it, not to mention that he Wei Jingguo was not stupid.