I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

"Hurry up... hurry up...cover the rain cloth!"

"Rnn, why are you still standing there, waiting for the lightning to strike? If you haven't covered the cannonballs well, if they get wet, I'll put you in the cannon and shoot you out!"

Thirty miles away from Buda, the huge Daming military camp is busy.

A soldier, under the call of the officer, braved the heavy rain and covered the supplies with pieces of raincloth.

"What the hell is this tnd weather!"

In the big tent in the center, Qian Yu took off the military cap on his head, wiped the rainwater from his face, walked to the side of the fire, and started to burn tremblingly.

While warming himself by the fire, he complained.

"In the past two days, I don't know which plague god to provoke. In the morning, it was still sunny, and in the afternoon, it was raining heavily, mixed with hailstones. The mother's fists were all big, and the brothers were all bruised and swollen. "

"There is still this unlucky road."

"These white-skinned pigs don't know how to build roads. They can't even move their cannons. They only need to walk more than a dozen miles a day. Only in the Year of the Monkey can they solve the West."

"I heard that Liu Sheng and those guys have now occupied half of Africa. I heard that they are clamoring to resolve the war before the end of the year."

"They are marching at a fierce speed. We are lucky. The army of hundreds of thousands has not even defeated 1/3. It consumes so much supplies every day. The old man Xia Yuanjina is probably going to scold his mother again."

Jiang Huai, who was discussing things with Zhu Gaosui, looked around, picked up the water glass next to him and threw it at him.

"If you have nothing to do, go and help the soldiers cover the raincloth. I'm tnd, I'm too lazy to listen to you."

As soon as he caught the water glass, Qian Yu muttered twice, picked up the wet hat, put it on his head, and walked out.

"It's not his fault. I'm upset when it rains."

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

The army's artillery and various baggage vehicles could not move, and his chariot corps also kept having problems.

Just walk a few steps and lay down one. After a day of marching, all the tanks will have to be overhauled at night.

With such a heavy workload, he, the commander of the chariot corps, and ordinary soldiers, have never had a good night's sleep. They are busy every day until midnight before taking a break.

Looking at Jiang Huai, who was staring at the map in silence, Zhu Gaosui pointed to Buda and said, "The news came from inside yesterday that the Western Alliance intends to abandon Buda and go to the Vienna defense line to continue defending us."

"They all travel lightly and have supplies along the way. We have so much equipment, it may be difficult to keep up with them."

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

He wasn't interested in cigarettes at first, but every time he thought about something, he always felt that something was missing. Later, a veteran gave him a pot of cigarettes, and he got into the habit.

Every time I think about a problem, I will light a pot and think while smoking.

"The battle of the Great Army must come to an end. If we go around in circles like this, let alone the end of the battle this year, there will be no hope for next year or the year after."

Ever since he decided on the deep wolf pack strategy, Xifang didn't want to fight Daming head-on.

Their combat method is very simple. They aim at the main force, and the legion with Daming hanging on them keeps walking like this. Anyway, they don’t want to fight with you.

The small troops from all sides used various methods to sneak attack on Daming's team.

They didn't pursue any results, and ran away after firing a row of guns.

And the locations chosen are very tricky.

The teams sent by Daming to pursue them failed at least 10 times out of 8 times.

With the start of this kind of harassment tactics, coupled with the recent weird weather, not only the soldiers became irritable, but the officers were also a little impatient.

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

Zhu Gaosui scratched his head in annoyance.

Throwing the smoked cigarette pot aside, Jiang Huai picked up the map again.

The finger began to swipe back and forth on the map, and finally stopped at a certain position.

Look at Bear Mountain.

"Which team is the closest to Bear Mountain?"

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

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

"Report, it's the [-]rd Pioneer Battalion!"

"Wangxiong Mountain is a must-pass road to Vienna. This is the location of a ray of sky!"

"You want to block them, and then destroy their main force here!"

Zhu Gaosui looked at Jianghuai's determined position and dismantled the other party's thoughts.

Jiang Huai nodded slightly.

"This is the most suitable time. If you leave this dangerous place, you don't know when you want to block them next time."

Zhu Gaosui pondered for a moment and said: "They will definitely send heavy troops to guard such an important position. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The number of the third vanguard battalion is only 600 to 10,000 people. Let's not talk about whether the raid here will be successful or not. Even if it works, they can hold off a [-]+ Western Union attack."

"You have to know that they don't have heavy firepower, only a few tiger squat guns they carry with them."

"And now that the weather is like this, it is difficult for the airship to take off, and the plane is in transition again, so it won't arrive within three days."

"Once they can't resist, there is no point other than losing lives."

Jiang Huai glanced at him and shook his head gently.

"No, it makes sense!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the military staff officer next to him, and ordered: "Send a report to the [-]rd Pioneer Battalion, ordering them to take down the skyline of Wangxiong Mountain at all costs, and block the enemy's main force, hold there, and wait for the main force to arrive."

After all, Jiang Huai hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and added another sentence.

"After letting them take it down, first install explosives on both sides of the first line of Tianshan Mountain. Once there is a danger of being unable to defend, they will explode immediately. It will delay the enemy for a while."

The military staff officer was shocked.

He understood that once this order was issued, the Third Pioneer Battalion would be ready for the entire army to be wiped out.

After Jiang Huai gave the order, seeing that the military-level staff officer was silent, he frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

The military staff officer immediately stood at attention, "No report!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and send the report!"

"Yes."

The military staff officer saluted, turned around and trotted towards the radio station.

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

Wangxiong Mountain, a hundred miles away.

In a small village where no one has escaped, a small army of the Ming army is repairing it.

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

In order to deal with the enemy's guerrillas, Daming also formed a vanguard battalion.

There are not many people in each battalion, about 500 people.

Their task is to disperse within 300 miles of the main force and wipe out the small Western Alliance forces that are trying to attack the large force.

But fighting and fighting, Jiang Huai felt that this defense was not in line with Daming's style, so he directly fought against the enemy with the enemy.

After leaving a part of the vanguard battalion around the guarding large forces, the rest were thrown out.

These vanguard battalions are all lightly packed, and their task is to cruise around the enemy's main force, looking for opportunities to attack the opponent.

The goal of the mission is similar to that of the small troops of the Western Alliance. It does not seek to achieve great results. Killing an enemy is an enemy.

Since the main force received that the enemy might want to abandon Buda, they ordered these vanguard battalions to go to Vienna to conduct early reconnaissance for the main attack.

And the third pioneer battalion is the most advanced force.

"The battalion commander...an order directly from the headquarters!"

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

After graduating from the military academy, he was arranged by Jiang Huai and became a guard battalion commander.

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

Whenever he had a chance later on, he would find Jiang Huai, hoping that this uncle would send him to the front line.

Although the army pays attention to equal treatment and there is no kinship, but this is the son of my friend after all, and there is only one son.

Bullets don't have eyes on the battlefield. If anything happens, how can I explain it to my friends.

Seeing that the uncle refused to agree, Li Zhen, a cowardly fellow, secretly sent a telegram to the court, begging the emperor's uncle to give him a fair chance.

Zhu Zhangui couldn't laugh or cry after receiving the telegram, so he sent a telegram directly to Jianghuai.

The content is only one sentence.

Don't let down the enthusiasm of young people!

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

Just at that time, the Pioneer Battalion was going to be formed, and Jiang Huai directly sent this guy out to serve as the commander of the third Battalion of the Pioneer Battalion.

Li Zhen deserved to be number one in the military academy, and he was from a military family, so he commanded the troops to fight with style.

Several raids on the enemy's main force have achieved good results.

Even once, they burned a lot of the enemy's food and grass.

"An order directly from the headquarters!"

After vigilantly looking around, seeing that there were all his own people around, and there was no movement outside except the sound of rain, Li Zhen wiped his face and took the telegram from the correspondent.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Li Zhen's originally confused expression was instantly shaken.

After pondering for a moment, he stuffed the telegram into the fire.

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

The soldiers of the third pioneer battalion who were taking shelter from the rain in the village quickly assembled.

Li Zhen, who walked out of the room, looked up at the heavy rain that hadn't diminished at all, and loudly ordered to the soldiers lined up in front of him: "The headquarters has issued an order for us to take down the front line of Wangxiong Mountain before it gets dark tomorrow. Heaven, and hold there, waiting for the main force to arrive."

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

"The commander-in-chief has already promised that as long as our brothers complete the task, we will collectively receive first-class merit!"

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

With the beginning of the war, Ming's contribution has been re-determined.

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

The merits of each level have different rewards.

Among them, the worst third-class merit, in addition to the reward of 100 Singapore dollars (the new currency issued by the Daming Bank in the first year of Yongxing), can also be distributed to ten mu of land (land owned by the imperial court and rented to ordinary people) common people are not allowed to trade and resell without permission), as well as 100 acres of overseas red fields, and a foreign slave reward.

And the rewards for the first-class merit that the headquarters promised to them are even richer.

In addition to 1000 new coins, you can also get 100 mu of national land, 1000 mu of overseas red land, and ten foreign slaves, including at least two of the most beautiful female slaves.

In addition, for those who have this merit, their immediate family members will be free of admission, board and lodging for life, and they will be free for life on public transportation. Parents of first-class meritorious service, and first-class meritorious persons themselves, will receive a certain amount of pension money from the court every month after the age of 50.

The treatment was very good, and everyone was envious.

But credit is too difficult to establish.

For example, the lowest level of third-class work requires killing at least 10 enemies.

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

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

For example, the guy who killed the Polish king won the honor of second-class meritorious service.

As for the first-class merit, the entire army can count on one hand if they receive this meritorious treatment.

There is no clear standard for first-class merit.

But as far as they know, the only one who got first-class merit alive is an intelligence officer.

The opponent desperately brought back a person from the enemy camp.

The people below don't know who that person is. Anyway, the court attaches great importance to it, and everyone speculates that the identity of the rescued person is absolutely ridiculously high in the Western Alliance.

So, if the superior gave them a collective first-class merit, what does that mean? It means that this mission is mortal.

The scene fell into silence, only the sound of rain beating on the soldiers' raincoats.

"I have something to do with the higher authorities, anyone who doesn't want to go can stand up!"

Seeing the silence of the brothers, Li Zhen looked at everyone and asked loudly.

1 minute passed, and no one stood up.

Li Zhen nodded and raised his hand to salute everyone.

"set off!"

"Squad 1 explores the way ahead, and Class 5 is behind!"

"There are others, turn right, the goal is to look at the sky of Bear Mountain, let's go!"

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

"call!"

Looking at the starting team, Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and looked back. The fire pile that was being cleared by the squad behind was striding to keep up with the team.

The distance of more than 100 miles is not much distance for the vanguard battalion composed of elite soldiers.

If it is normal speed, it will take about a little more than a day to arrive.

But I don't know what's going on, God seems to be specially against them. The heavy rain started in the afternoon and didn't start to decrease until the middle of the night.

The soldiers of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, drenched in the muddy water along the way, hurried on their way with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

By the time we got there, it was almost dawn.

I don't know how many times I fell down along the way. Li Zhen, who was covered in mud, wiped the mud from his face, took out the naval telescope his father gave him, and looked at the direction of the sky with lights in the distance.

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

It is hard to see how many troops the enemy has deployed here, but the defense construction on the periphery of Yixiantian is very complete.

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

Barbed wire trenches, as well as various wooden stake defense devices, are placed everywhere.

The outermost defensive line is at least 300 meters away from the Yixiantian Canyon.

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

This shows that there are also enemies stationed there.

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

What does this represent.

This represents the troops guarding here, most likely the Western Alliance, equipped with elite troops similar to the second-generation rifles of the Ming Dynasty.