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Chapter 705 Chapter 705 One advance and one retreat
"The forests on the flanks are lost, and there is no real meaning for Lijia Village to hold on. It only takes a small mistake, and the garrison over there will become very dangerous." Tiger, who was staring at the map, said to the generals around him. Said.

His eyes followed the road behind Lijiacun to the east, and finally fell on the city of Xicong: "Let them withdraw, the goal of sticking to Lijiacun has been achieved, and the next thing, leave it to Xicong. "

"General, we can continue to stand firm for more than two days." The army commander in charge of deploying defenses in Lijia Village said seriously.

"I believe in your determination, but there is no need to waste any more troops in Lijiacun. If Dahua's troops are not brought in according to the previous plan, Redman's side will not be easy to operate." Tiger shook his head, he knew If your own troops grit their teeth and hold on, they can actually hold their positions.

But if they fight too resolutely, it will be easy to pin the enemy in place. In this way, it will not be easy to realize the strategic intention of plotting the oil base behind these Dahua troops.

Sometimes, it's not that you can't defend and you need to retreat, but you need to let the enemy in so that you can close the door and beat the dog.

As for Xi Cong, it was just a bait, a place that he had already decided to give up earlier.

"Execute the order." Tiger straightened up and looked at his subordinates: "Don't worry, in Xicong, we will not retreat half a step!"

"Yes!" All the generals stood at attention and saluted.

The reason why the Tang army had few artillery pieces on the front line and did not use rocket launchers was because most of the heavy weapons that were not easy to move were gathered towards Xi Cong and were not sent to the front line.

Those towed heavy artillery have been deployed in Xicong. They have a complete artillery position and a sufficient supply of shells.

As for the secret weapon bazooka, Tiger did not reveal it in advance. He was going to give the Dahua Empire a hard time in Xicong, so that the commanders of Dahua would know what real firepower coverage is.

In Xi Cong, the Tang army assembled 300 rocket launchers and more than 1500 artillery pieces, and the firepower density was no less than that of the Dahua Empire.

As for the Great China Empire, the top management is celebrating.They stopped the Tang army's attack in the northern region and held their own defensive positions. This is exciting and good news for the entire anti-Tang alliance.

This shows that the natural disaster has consumed the national power of the Tang Kingdom, and the Tang army is no longer able to launch a decent attack.

Therefore, the top management of the Dahua Empire was very excited. They felt that this was a great hard-won victory, and it was a powerful counterattack after the alliance navy was hit hard.

Cyric was also very excited. After all, this was the first time a certain country had defeated the Tang army's attack. It could be said that it was something worthy of publicity and celebration.

Therefore, the Dahua Empire held a banquet, and Zhao Kai, the emperor of the Dahua Empire, even attended the banquet in person, raising the standard of the celebration all of a sudden.

But in fact, the military of the Dahua Empire was worried. The commanders of the Dahua Army found that the Tang Army's combat effectiveness was very strong, and its maneuverability was even more terrifying.

From the start of the war to the present, they have never wiped out any regiment-level units of the Tang Army, and even very few battalion-level units have been eaten up.

As long as the Tang army wants to retreat, they can't catch up at all. The opponent has mules, horses, trucks or even armored vehicles to travel, and the marching speed is very fast. Even if the road is muddy, they can quickly get rid of the frontal contact with the Dahua army.

Although the number is small, the artillery units of the Datang Kingdom are basically equipped with self-propelled artillery, which makes the artillery deployment and retreat of the Tang Army amazing. Normally, these artillery units can retreat together with the troops, unlike the artillery units of the Dahua Army , Whether it is attacking or retreating, the infantry is slow.

The war has been going on for more than a week, and the actual attack speed of the Dahua army is much lower than expected.They haven't captured Li Family Village yet, let alone their previous strategic target, Xi Cong.

According to the pre-war plan, they should have captured Xi Cong within a week, and began to advance into Sishui, a city in the middle of the Tang Kingdom.

After winning the four waters, you can rely on the four converging rivers nearby to deploy the defense line calmly, so that the Dahua Empire is in a stable situation where it can advance and retreat.

Moreover, if the four waters are captured, attacking to the southeast can threaten Tongcheng, the heavy industry base of the Tang State, and to the northeast can threaten Chang'an, the political center of the Tang State.

But now, they didn't even win Xi Cong!Although the Tang army still seemed to be at a disadvantage overall, the Dahua army did achieve some small victories on the battlefield, but the Dahua army wasted precious time!
Seven days passed like this, and the weather, the biggest reliance of the Dahua Empire, has obviously changed.

The rain gradually began to become less dense, the heavy rain has almost ceased to occur, and the frequency of moderate rain has also decreased.Now more often on the battlefield, it's just a dense drizzle.

That is to say, the flood disaster that dragged the Tang Kingdom back is passing, the unfavorable factors of the Tang Kingdom are disappearing, and the advantages of the Dahua Empire are disappearing little by little.

This is not good news for the frontline troops of the Dahua Empire: once the Tang army recovers, the problem will be very serious.

On the one hand, if the domestic flood disaster stops or is alleviated, the Tang army who was transferred to the local area to help will quickly return to the front line.

At that time, the quantitative advantage of the Dahua army will gradually be offset, but the quality advantage of the Tang army will be infinitely magnified.

On the other hand, Tang Jun's air force will return to the battlefield. Once those advanced aircraft appear, ground operations will become more difficult.

Although the Dahua Empire has made preparations, increased its ground air defense force, and established a large air force at the same time, the air force commanders of the Dahua Empire still have no idea about Tang's air force.

General Qian Jinhang, who was in charge of commanding the Dahua Army on the southern front, was worried. Together with his superiors, Shen Chuan and Feng Kezhi, they gathered in front of the map to discuss the follow-up countermeasures.

"If my troops can't take down Lijia Village before tomorrow, then we have to consider whether we should withdraw our troops and strengthen our defenses." Qian Jinhang is a veteran with outstanding ability and rich experience.

He has already seen the gap between the two sides, so he is more cautious-if the strategic goal cannot be achieved, then decisively adopt the safest defense to offset the enemy's advantage.

Shen Chuan is the minister of the Ministry of War. He considered not only the situation on the battlefield, but also the wind direction in the court, so he shook his head decisively and said, "It is impossible for your majesty to allow you to stop attacking. If you stop Come down, then this attack is tantamount to a failure."

"That's right, we must find a way to win Sishui! This is our only chance! We must take advantage of this natural disaster before the end of the Tang Kingdom, or we will fall into a comprehensive disadvantage!" Empire General Feng Kezhi also agreed with Shen Chuan's point of view.

He wasn't worried about his emperor's face. He was thinking purely from a military point of view. If this attack failed to capture Sishui, then military passivity might lead to a complete failure.

Shen Chuan was a little anxious. As Minister of the Ministry of War, he saw more problems than the frontline generals.

In the 7 days since the start of the war, the loss of the frontline troops has exceeded 2, which is still the loss figure under the offensive state of the Dahua army.What is this concept?This basically means that the two divisions organized by Dahua were wiped out in just seven days!
If you count the consumption of shells and the loss of tanks, the materials consumed by the entire attack are already astronomical.His Majesty the Emperor would not care about these things, but he, Minister of the Ministry of War, had to consider them.

The allocation of funds from the Ministry of Accounts has begun to be delayed. Wang Yucai, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, has approached him twice in private, and the two have also exchanged their opinions.

Wang Yucai explained the financial pressure of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but even so, Shen Chuan knew that the army must keep attacking, this is unquestionable!If the army stops, the situation will get out of control, and the pressure on the household department will only increase.

"My army is attacking desperately. In fact, some troops have not rested for two days, but Lijiacun, which is surrounded on three sides, is still in the hands of the Tang army. I have killed more than 5000 people there!" Qian Jinhang said in a heavy tone. emphasized.

While he was speaking, an officer walked into the meeting room and reported excitedly: "Report! Good news from the front line!"

"What good news?" Qian Jinhang's eyes lit up, and he asked immediately.

"The news just came that our army captured the flank of Lijia Village, and there was a gap in Tang Jun's defense line in Lijia Village," the officer reported.

"Huh?" Qian Jinhang immediately walked to the map, stared at the woods in the north of Lijia Village, and then became excited.

As a soldier, he naturally knew the importance of this place.As long as this place is under his control, Tang Jun in Lijia Village will inevitably fall into a disadvantage.

"Okay! That's great!" Shen Chuan became excited when he heard the news. He was still worried just now, but now the situation on the front line has changed.

If we capture Lijia Village, there will be no strongholds along the way to stop the Dahua army from attacking Xi Cong!This is equivalent to saying that Xi Cong is right in front of the Dahua army!

"Very good! Very good!" Feng Kezhi also saw the importance of that grove to the defense line of Lijia Village.He knew that if Tang Jun didn't want to defend passively, he would definitely give up Lijiacun and retreat.

Therefore, in his eyes, Li Family Village is already in his pocket.

Sure enough, the next day, his troops marched into Lijia Village, and the Tang army had already withdrawn, leaving only a ruined wall and seven or eight damaged cars.They left very hastily, without even laying booby traps or destroying the road.

(End of this chapter)