The Mengka base is 50 kilometers away from Nansaka in a straight line, and the total highway mileage is 60 kilometers.

According to the speed of the motorized troops, it will only take 1 hour and 30 minutes at most, and the coalition forces starting from Monka will be able to reach the front line of the battlefield.

Considering the time required for the deployment of the troops, the Dongfeng Corps completed all preparations at 22:00 and set off from the camp.

But in fact, just after 8 o'clock, Li Gang had already led the reconnaissance team to Nansaka in advance, occupied the commanding heights on the east side, and established a comprehensive monitoring of the Nansaka camp.

At this time, Chen Shen, who was sitting in the temporarily dispatched warrior command car, was listening to the information coming from the Li Gang, and every news he heard made his evaluation of the Mengla Army even lower.

"The enemy is organizing trench digging, and they have cut off the Mengla road on the south side of Minamisaka, laying a small number of mines along the route."

"Judging by the volume, it should be an anti-infantry mine."

"There were 4 squads scattered on both sides of the road, and they had RPG-29-like anti-tank rocket launchers in their hands, but there were not many of them."

"I can see exactly where they are, and we can destroy their lurking positions first."

"Now report the location of the enemy's anti-tank positions, the coordinates are"

"The trenches are basically dug and the depth . It's very shallow, and it feels like it's about 1.2 meters, only up to the waist. ”

"A total of three trenches, running east-west, with a length of no more than 600 meters."

"The infantry has already begun to enter the trenches, and the personnel are quite densely arranged"

"I have identified the enemy's high-value firepower points, and now I will report the location and reference information"

The deployment of the Mengla army's position was passed to Chen Shen without omission, and he continued to make records on the combat map, and at this moment, he felt the importance of the central command system with great urgency.

If he can have the kind of thing that the MPRI used last time, he can now synchronize all enemy information to the PDAs of all combat units through the data link, dispel all the fog on the battlefield, and make his own combat a one-sided transparent situation.

Of course, now he can do more or less similar work.

With a rough map issued in advance, he has divided the predetermined theater of operations into different blocks, and through the identification of blocks, individual combat units can also quickly locate the location of high-value targets.

Although it is less precise and efficient, at least he can quickly command with names such as "D1" and "B2", rather than using general terms and markers.

This alone has completely beaten the Mengla army.

In modern warfare, information is fought.

Not to mention the equipment information, personnel information and other low-level things, just a "position" is enough to bring unparalleled advantages.

Even Chen Shen felt that in the case of comprehensive crushing of information, even if his side did not have heavy equipment, he could still use flexible guerrilla tactics to slowly bite the Mengla army to death

At this time, the large force of the Dongfeng Corps was already approaching the first key point, that is, Taping, where there had been many clashes before.

This should have been the main road of communication between Mengla and Mengka and Jingdong, if Chen Shen was the commander-in-chief of the Mengla army, he would definitely take this point at all costs, control the waterway, and rely on the waterway to cut off the line of communication, as much as possible to intercept the attack from all sides, and drag it for as long as he could.

But it is clear that Lin Mingxian is really not good at fighting wars, and he has no concept of the so-called "strategic depth".

The large army did not encounter any obstacles here, and the assault boat deployed by Chen Shen in advance did not come in handy at all, but Chen Shen did not withdraw it, but after careful consideration, he transferred an infantry company of the Seventh Brigade that was originally planned to be deployed here, leaving only two infantry platoons and a Dongfeng Corps combat group to rely on the assault boat defense and establish artillery positions, and the rest of the troops continued to be transferred to Nanban.

In fact, such an operation can be said to be taboo.

The defense on the logistics line is seriously insufficient, and the key artillery positions are extremely empty, and if an assault team in Mengla goes around the main road and through the jungle to attack the Taping artillery position, it will face the danger of catching fire in the backyard.

But Chen Shen was very confident, he believed that with Lin Mingxian's command ability and the combat effectiveness of the Mengla army, this kind of thing would not happen.

What's more, there is only one AH-2 that needs to be arranged here, and there is no need to involve too much power.

The troops continued to advance, still all the way calm, at this time the Mengla army should have noticed the movement of the Dongfeng Corps, after all, in the case that there is no way to completely cut off the communication, as long as they run farther, they can use their mobile phones to dial out to transmit information to Lin Mingxian.

However, the Dongfeng Corps was not harassed in any way, which made Chen Shen feel incredible.

He ordered the large force to stop advancing, and the tanks and the top soldiers of the Dongfeng Corps went out to reconnoiter and clear the obstacles.

At this time, they were still 8 kilometers away from Nansaka, and the second artillery position was quickly deployed, and the intermediate firepower equipment including SH-3, M56 howitzers, and 107 rockets was deployed, and two hundred soldiers of the 7th Brigade stayed here, cooperating with the two Dongfeng Corps combat groups, responsible for operating equipment and defending positions.

In the distance, the lights of the Nansaka position were already faintly visible, and Chen Shen sat motionless in the command car, constantly issuing new orders.

"Dongfeng Group 2, lead the engineering units forward, use armored units as cover, and quickly occupy the favorable terrain on both sides of the road."

"The mines planted by the enemy are concentrated along the Mengla Highway, two kilometers from the Nanban position."

"Be ready, get the order to use rain rockets for preliminary demining."

"Dongfeng Group 3 and Group 4 cooperated with the Seventh Brigade to clean up the villages along the line and establish a control area."

"Tank 1 and 2 vehicles continue to move forward, providing fire suppression for the sappers and creating a window for demining."

"Tank 3 and 4 vehicles, advancing in the direction of the main attack, bypassing the road destruction zone to the farmland on the west side, launched an attack on the enemy's positions from west to east."

"1 car, 2 artillery vehicles, continue to suppress enemy positions and create conditions for assault."

"4 km from the combat zone, get ready!"

"Understood!"

Responses from the various combat units were heard over the radio, and then, except for the roar of the engines, the team fell silent again.

In fact, in terms of their size, this level of marching would not have been smooth sailing, but it seemed that Lin Mingxian had made up his mind to shrink to the end.

Even though Chen Shen had tried to give him a chance and try to lure the enemy into battle, he didn't accept it at all.

Only 1 km was left from the outermost anti-tank position of the Mongla Army, and only 2.5 km from the main position.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, but until the first shot was fired, the night was still silent.

At this time, on the Nanban position of the Mengla Army, Lin Mingxian was sitting in the temporary combat headquarters with an undisguised look of depression on his face.

He never imagined that things would develop so quickly.

Obviously, just two days ago, he was in a state of complete harmony with the Dongfeng Corps and the coalition army, but after two days, the other party was already overwhelmed!

What went wrong?

Was it really just because of that assassination? Or is it actually a predestined end for both sides?

That's right, it must be like this.

Otherwise, how could the other side organize such a large-scale attack in such a short period of time?

They were so fast that they didn't even have time to prepare their positions, and even the trenches were dug in a hurry!

Thinking of this, Lin Mingxian subconsciously rubbed his somewhat sore arm.

He was just there to be a show and boost morale.

But digging and digging, he became more and more energetic.

Because he suddenly understood that every hoe he dug up would play a role in the battle that followed.

While such an effect may be minimal, what can be done?

The aid promised by Kachin simply did not arrive anytime soon, and its territory was besieged by coalition forces, leaving no way to obtain additional equipment.

In this case, even the slightest "advantage" can only be held in your hands desperately.

Of course, his performance was not entirely meaningless.

At least, the morale of the Mengla army has really improved a lot.

After seeing him, the highest commander, digging trenches and preparing for battle, and listening to his passionate speech, the nearly 2,000 militiamen of the 911th Division could be said to be in high spirits.

Especially after hearing that Lin Mingxian promised that everyone could receive at least 10,000 RMB in bonuses after the war, they couldn't wait to start fighting.

Because according to Lin Mingxian, although the equipment on the opposite side is superior, the number of people is only 500.

As long as you dispose of their armored vehicles and make full use of the jungle and farmland terrain, it will not be difficult to defeat them at all-

If only that were the case.

Lin Mingxian sighed, looked at the adjutant on the side, and said thoughtfully:

"Maybe we shouldn't have gone to war with them."

"No matter how you look at it, we don't have any advantage."

"Geographically besieged, equipment suppressed, not to mention combat effectiveness."

"We should be good vassals and earn our money honestly"

"Sir, it's impossible."

The adjutant interrupted Lin Mingxian in a rare way, and then continued:

"There's no way they're going to let us exist."

"The fundamental reason why the Dongfeng Corps wants to wage war against us is not an assassination, not a hostile action, but simply because of 'Mongla'."

"They can't tolerate having a special zone on their turf, and they're even more adamant about that than the Tatmadaw army."

"Moreover, the Tatmadaw needs to take into account the so-called international influence, and they don't need to."

"There will be a war between us, and it will be either too early or too late."

"Now at least we still have Kachin's support, as long as we hold out for two days, maybe everything will turn around."

Hearing the adjutant's words, Lin Mingxian nodded heavily.

If you think about it, he really doesn't have any other choice.

So, he had no choice but to ask:

"Where is the other party now? What about the deployment of troops? ”

"They have reached the vicinity of the gas station, which is still 3 kilometers away from Minamisaka."

"As for the troops."

The adjutant frowned and thought for a moment, then continued:

"It's strange, according to the information we got from our reconnaissance, they have very few troops coming."

"There seem to be less than two hundred infantry, six armored vehicles and tanks."

"With this amount of troops, they want to take us down?"

"I think it's a little unlikely."

"If we can dispose of their armored vehicles at any cost. Isn't their action a failure? ”

"Two hundred!?"

Lin Mingxian was shocked, and then couldn't wait to ask:

"There really are only two hundred?"

"That's right, that's the number."

"They seem to have deployed their forces in the rear, on artillery positions"

"That's great!"

Lin Mingxian instantly became excited.

In this gloomy situation, he finally saw a glimmer of hope!

No, it's not because he underestimated the Dongfeng Corps, but it is precisely because of the strength of the Dongfeng Corps that he needs such an opportunity more and more!

The enemy will always make mistakes, and this time, the Dongfeng Corps made a huge mistake!

How so? How can you not invest all your manpower in the battle of positional battles, but instead deploy your forces in the rear?

One of my trenches is 600 meters long, and even if you have artillery, how much artillery will it take to fill my trenches?!

You must know that in that famous war, even if the US army played Van Vliet's ammunition, it would not be able to take the position controlled by the light infantry!

Could it be that now, do you think you are stronger than Lao Mei? ?

This is obviously impossible!

"They underestimate us too much!"

Lin Mingxian said happily:

"They think that if they bombard a round with artillery fire, our people will collapse directly, just like they were in the first place!"

"But they don't know that we can give much more money than Zhao Jialiang!"

"Ten thousand is not enough, I can give twenty thousand!"

"Even if my family goes bankrupt, I have to carry it!"

"Send money! Two thousand per person! ”

"Inform me, as long as this battle can keep them out of Mengla, there will be 20,000 people who survive and 50,000 people who die!"

"Kill one person, get an extra 5,000!"

"Whoever knocks out an armored car is 200,000 per person, and whoever knocks out a tank is 500,000 per person!"

"There will be brave men under the heavy reward, I don't believe it, can they beat us out with two hundred people?!"

"Not to mention, most of these two hundred people are the militia of the Seventh Brigade, how strong can they be than us?!"

"Hit, hit me hard!"

"Understood!"

The adjutant immediately stood up and saluted Lin Mingxian.

Lin Mingxian breathed a long sigh of relief and walked out of the temporary command post.

At this time, most of the lights on the position had been turned off, and only a few searchlights shone on the road ahead, leaving everything outside the position invisible.

The militiamen had already tightened their grip on their guns, and the bullets had already been loaded.

Their faces were invariably full of greed, and even the fear of facing a powerful enemy had been suppressed.

The battle was already close at hand, and just as everyone's emotions were at their peak, a burst of intense fire suddenly erupted in the distance.

Then, countless rains of fire fell.

——

However, the rain of fire did not fall on the position, but on the road.

"Boom, boom—"

The explosions kept ringing out, but from the point of view of the Mengla army, it was a little funny.

Seeing this scene, someone excitedly shouted:

"Missed! They missed—"

(End of chapter)