"Hurry up... Hurry up... Cover the tarpaulin! ”

"RNN, why are you still stunned, are you waiting for the lightning to strike, don't cover the shells yet, get wet, Lao Tzu will stuff you into the barrel of the cannon and shoot it out!"

Thirty miles away from Buda, the huge Ming military camp was busy.

One by one, under the shouts of the officers, braved the heavy rain to cover the supplies with pieces of rain cloths.

"What the hell is this weather!"

In the central tent, Qian Yu took off the military hat on his head, wiped the rain on his face, walked to the fire, and shivered and started a fire.

He complained while roasting the fire.

"In the past two days, I don't know which way to provoke the plague god, it was still a sunny day in the morning, and it rained heavily in the afternoon, mixed with hail. Mother's fists are big, and the brothers are smashed one by one with blue noses and swollen faces. ”

"And this unfortunate road."

"These white-skinned pigs don't know how to build roads, and they can't even move when the artillery is trapped inside, so they can walk more than ten miles a day, and it will take the Year of the Monkey to solve the West."

"I heard that Liu Sheng's guys have now occupied half of Africa, and I heard that they are clamoring to settle the war by the end of the year."

"The speed of the march over there is fierce, let's do well, the army of more than 100,000 has not even been beaten down by 1/3 until now, and so many materials are consumed every day, the old man Xia Yuanji is estimated to be scolding his mother again."

Jiang Huai, who was discussing things with Zhu Gaosui next to him, looked left and right, picked up the water cup next to him and smashed it.

"If you're idle, go and help the soldiers cover the tarpaulin, Lao Tzu, I'm too lazy to listen to you."

Catching the water glass, Qian Yu muttered twice, picked up the wet hat and put it on his head, and walked out.

"I can't blame him, I'm upset in this rain."

Looking at the map in his hand, Zhu Gao sighed.

The artillery and all kinds of baggage carts on the army's side couldn't move, and his chariot corps also kept having problems.

After a few steps, lie on your stomach, and after a day's march, all the chariots must be overhauled at night.

With such a heavy workload, from him, the commander of the chariot corps, to the ordinary soldiers, he never slept well for a day, and he was busy until the middle of the night before resting for a while.

Looking at Jiang Huai, who was staring at the map silently, Zhu Gaosui pointed at Buda and said: "Yesterday, there was news from the inside that the Western Alliance intends to abandon Buda and continue to defend us on the Vienna defensive line. ”

"They all travel lightly, there are supplies along the way, we have so much heavy equipment, it is estimated that it will be difficult to keep up with them."

He let go of the map in his hand, returned to his position and sat down, took out his cigarette pouch, lit a pot, and smoked while falling into deep thought.

Originally, he was not interested in cigarettes, but every time he thought about things, he always felt that something was missing, and then a veteran gave him a pot of cigarettes, and he had this habit.

Every time I think about a question, I light a pot and think about it while smoking.

"The battle of the Great Army must be over, and if you continue to go around in circles like this, let alone end the battle this year, there is no hope for next year and the year after tomorrow."

Since the fight has set its own deep wolf pack tactics, it is convenient for the West not to fight head-on with the Ming Dynasty.

Their combat method is very simple, with the main force as the goal, and the legion hanging the Ming will keep going like this, anyway, they will not fight you.

The small troops of all sides used various methods to sneak attack the Ming team.

They don't pursue any results either, they shoot a row of guns and run.

And the choice of location is very tricky.

The team sent by the Ming Dynasty to pursue was at least 8 times out of 10 times.

As this harassment tactic began, coupled with the recent strange weather, not only did the soldiers become irritable, but the officers also became a little out of breath.

"But they can't help it if they don't fight us, we have too much heavy equipment, and they are all lightly armed, and we can't keep up if we want to."

Zhu Gaosui scratched his head in annoyance.

Throwing aside the cigarette pot he had smoked, JAC picked up the map again.

Fingers began to move around the map until they stopped somewhere.

Wangxiong Mountain.

"Which is the closest team to Wangxiong Mountain?"

After determining the location, Jiang Huai closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes sharply and looked at the military aircraft staff officer next to him.

The military aircraft staff officer was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly flipped through the notebook in his hand.

"Report, it's the Third Pioneer Battalion!"

"Wangxiong Mountain is a must-go road to Vienna, and it's a sky-high location!"

"You're trying to stop them and wipe out their main force here!"

Zhu Gaosui looked at the position determined by Jiang Huai and dismantled the other party's thoughts.

Jiang Huai bowed slightly.

"This is the most opportune time, if you leave this dangerous place, you don't know when you want to stop them next time."

Zhu Gaosui pondered for a moment and said: "Such an important position, they will definitely send heavy troops to guard, this is easy to defend and difficult to attack, this third vanguard battalion, the number of people is only five or six hundred, not to mention whether the raid here can be successful, even if it is successful, they can hold the attack of more than 100,000 Western Alliances." ”

"You know, they don't have heavy firepower, only a few Tiger Squat Cannons that they carry with them."

"And now the weather is like this, it is difficult for the airship to take off, and the plane is in transition, and it will not come within three days."

"Once they can't resist, there's no point in anything other than losing human lives."

Jiang Huai glanced at him and shook his head gently.

"No, it makes sense!"

After speaking, he looked at the military aircraft staff officer next to him and ordered: "Send a report to the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, order them to take the first line of Wangxiong Mountain at all costs, and block the enemy's main force, hold there, and wait for the arrival of the main force." ”

After that, Jiang Huai hesitated, gritted his teeth and added.

"After letting them take it, first load explosives on both sides of the first line of Tianshan Peaks, and once there is a danger that they can't hold it, they will be blown up immediately, delaying the enemy for a while."

The military aircraft staff officer was shocked.

He understood that once this order was issued, the third battalion of the vanguard would be ready for the annihilation of the entire army.

After giving the order, Jiang Huai, seeing that the military-level staff officer was silent, frowned and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The military aircraft staff officer immediately stood upright, "There is no report!" ”

"What's the point? Don't hurry up and send the report! ”

"Yes."

The military aircraft staff officer saluted, turned and trotted to the radio.

Looking at the other party's back, Jiang Huai shook his head, picked up a pencil and continued to sketch on the map.

Wangxiong Mountain, a hundred miles away.

A small village where no one had fled, and a small unit of the Ming army was repairing inside.

This small-scale force, numbering more than 500 people, is the 3rd Pioneer Battalion mentioned by Jianghuai just now.

In order to deal with the enemy's guerrillas, the Ming side also formed a pioneer battalion.

The number of people in each battalion was not large, about 500 people.

Their task was to disperse within 300 miles of the main force and clear out the small Western coalition forces that were trying to sneak up on the larger forces.

But after fighting, Jiang Huai felt that this kind of defense was not in line with the style of the Ming Dynasty, so he directly came to defeat the enemy with the enemy.

After leaving a part of the vanguard battalion guarding the surrounding area, scatter the rest.

These pioneer battalions were all lightly armed, and their task was to cruise around the enemy's main forces and look for an opportunity to take on the other side.

The mission objective is similar to that of the small forces of the Western Alliance, not to achieve many results, and to kill an enemy is an enemy.

Since the main force received that the enemy might abandon Buda, they gave orders to these vanguard battalions to go to Vienna to reconnoiter the main attack in advance.

And the third battalion of the vanguard is the most advanced unit.

"Battalion commander, battalion commander...... An order given directly from headquarters! ”

In a private house, Li Zhen, who was sitting next to the fire with a gun in his arms and resting with his squinted eyes, opened his eyes suddenly.

After graduating from the military academy, he was arranged by Jianghuai to be by his side and became a guard battalion commander.

But he wanted to kill the enemy and serve the country, so he naturally didn't want to be a bodyguard.

Later, as soon as he had the opportunity, he would find Jianghuai, hoping that this uncle would send him to the front.

Although there is no kinship in the army, this is the son of his friend, and there is only this one son.

Bullets on the battlefield are not long-sighted, in case there are three long and two short, how can I explain to my friends.

Seeing that this uncle refused to agree, Li Zhen, a bold guy, secretly sent a telegram to the imperial court, asking the emperor's uncle to give him a fair chance.

After receiving the telegram, Zhu Zhangui couldn't cry or laugh, and directly took a telegram to Jianghuai.

The content is only one sentence.

Don't let down the enthusiasm of young people!

Jiang Huai saw that his boss had spoken, and if he stopped this kid again, he might not be able to do anything.

It happened that the pioneer battalion was going to be formed during that time, and Jianghuai directly sent this guy out and served as the commander of the third battalion of the pioneer battalion.

Li Zhen is worthy of being the first in the military academy, and in addition, he is from a military family, so he has a good command of the troops to fight.

Several raids on the enemy's main forces have yielded good results.

Even on one occasion, he burned a lot of the enemy's grain and grass.

"An order from the headquarters!"

After glancing at the surroundings vigilantly, and seeing that there were all his own people around, and there was no other movement outside except the sound of rain, Li Zhen wiped his face and took the telegram in the communicator's hand.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Li Zhen's originally confused expression instantly shook his spirit.

After a moment's silence, he shoved the telegram into the fire.

"Lao Xu, let the brothers gather, there is a task!"

The soldiers of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, who were soon sheltering from the rain and resting in the village, quickly assembled.

Li Zhen, who walked out of the room, looked up at the heavy rain that had not changed at all, and ordered loudly to the soldiers in front of him: "The headquarters has given us an order, let us take the first line of Wangxiong Mountain before it gets dark tomorrow, and hold there, waiting for the arrival of the main force." ”

"Brothers, this is a difficult task, and it is also a task of great merit."

"The commander-in-chief has promised that as long as our brothers complete the task, the collective first-class merit!"

The soldiers who listened quietly brightened their eyes slightly when they heard the collective first-class merit.

With the beginning of the war, the credit of the Ming Dynasty was redetermined.

They are third-class merit, second-class merit, first-class merit and special merit!

Each level of merit will receive different rewards.

Among them, the worst third-class merit, in addition to receiving a reward of 100 Singapore dollars (the new currency issued by the Daming Bank in the first year of Yongxing), can also be divided into ten acres of national land (land owned by the imperial court, rented to ordinary people, and the people cannot trade and resell it privately), as well as 100 acres of overseas red fields, and an alien slave reward.

And the first-class merit promised to them by the headquarters will be even more rewarded.

In addition to S$1,000, you can also get 100 acres of national land, 1,000 acres of overseas bonus fields, and ten foreign slaves, including at least two high-quality female slaves.

In addition, those who have this merit, the immediate family members are free of charge for schooling, food and lodging, free of charge for public transportation, parents of first-class merit, and first-class merit themselves, after the age of 50, the imperial court will issue a certain amount of pension money every month.

The treatment was very good and everyone was greedy.

But credit is too hard to make.

For example, the lowest level of third-class merit requires at least 10 enemies to be killed.

Of course, those who are injured, disabled, or killed in battle can automatically obtain third-class merit.

And second-class merit, at least to kill important people of the enemy.

For example, the guy who killed the king of Poland at the beginning, he received the honor of second-class merit.

As for first-class merit, those who have received this merit treatment from top to bottom of the whole army can be counted with one hand.

There is no clear standard for first-class merit.

But as far as they knew, the only one alive to receive first-class merit was an intelligence officer.

The other party desperately brought back a man from the enemy camp.

I don't know who that person is, anyway, the imperial court attaches great importance to it, and everyone speculates that the identity of the person who was saved is absolutely ridiculously high in the Western Alliance.

Therefore, if the superiors give them a collective first-class merit, what does that mean, and it means that this task is bound to die.

The scene fell silent, save for the sound of rain lapping on the soldiers' raincoats.

"I have something to do with the above, if anyone doesn't want to go, they can stand up!"

Seeing that the brothers were silent, Li Zhen looked at everyone and asked loudly.

A minute passed, and no one came forward.

Li Zhen nodded, raised his hand and saluted everyone.

"Let's go!"

"Explore the road in front of class 1, and mat back in class 5!"

"There are others, turn right, aim to look at the sky of Bear Mountain, and go!"

The deputy battalion commander shouted, and the team moved quickly.

"Whew!"

Looking at the departing team, Li Zhen exhaled, glanced back, and strode to follow the team after the fire that was being cleaned by the squad behind the mat.

The distance of more than 100 miles is not a distance for a pioneer battalion composed of all elite soldiers.

If it was at a normal speed, it would have taken a little more than a day to arrive.

But I don't know what's going on, God seems to be working against them, and the heavy rain began in the afternoon and didn't begin to light down until the second half of the night.

The soldiers of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion rushed along the way with this muddy water, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

By the time we arrived at the place, it was almost dawn.

I don't know how many times I fell along the way, Li Zhen, who was covered in mud, wiped the mud on his face, took out the navy-type telescope given to him by his father, and looked at the direction of the sky with a little light in the distance.

As he observed, his face became more and more gloomy.

It is impossible to see how many troops the enemy has deployed here, but the defense construction of the periphery of the sky is very perfect.

After fighting with Daming for so long, I may not have learned much about combat skills, but the Western Alliance has learned all kinds of defensive offensives very well.

Like barbed wire trenches, as well as all kinds of stake defenses, placed everywhere.

The outermost defensive front, at least 300 meters from the location of the First Line of Sky Canyon.

And in the defensive line, he could faintly see the light of the fire.

This shows that there are also enemies stationed there.

And what made him even more troublesome was that he saw a soldier standing guard next to the fire, and the rifle on his back turned out to be rear-loaded.

What does this mean.

This means that the troops guarding this place are likely to be elite troops of the Western Alliance, equipped with similar Ming II rifles.