African Nationhood

The straight-line distance between Ragusa and Sarajevo is only 135 kilometers, but the actual road there is 248 kilometers.

The number of paths has nearly doubled, which shows how winding the mountain road between the two is.

The mountain roads are rugged, and many heavy equipment cannot be carried.

For example, with the 105mm towed field artillery, the expeditionary force could only carry light mortars and light mountain artillery and go on the road with the army of mules and horses.

Because of the short straight-line distance, Nanhua's seaplanes can escort and support the land advancement of the Nanhua Expeditionary Force.

Reconnaissance along the way and detection of possible ambushes of Austro-Hungarian defense forces in areas or mountain passes.

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Walking on the continuous mountain road, Shi Honglian couldn't help but sigh, "These Austro-Hungarians are very ambitious. It's a pity that they don't know how to take advantage of the many ambush points along the way!"

Xue Yingxiong immediately curled his lips, "Wouldn't it be better if they didn't know how to use it?
If they know how to ambush in these places, it will be our disaster.

How good would it be to advance all the way and then both sides gather heavy troops to fight in key cities. "

Hearing what Xue Yingxiong said, Shi Honglian thought for a moment and suddenly had an idea.

"It must be you, Lao Xue, who has a very profound understanding.

When we were in Nanhua, the military textbooks compiled by Chairman Shi always emphasized that soldiers should be good at using terrain, weather and other favorable conditions to destroy the enemy.

The mission of soldiers is to eliminate as much of the enemy's vital forces as possible. Then the enemy will become weaker and weaker, and will eventually be completely wiped out by us.

These military theories basically do not transcend the ancient Eastern military books. It can be said that they are similar to each other.

It's just that Chairman Shi made the principles taught by the ancients more suitable for our current context.

We have always adhered to this combat concept, so when we and the indigenous people fought against the British, we felt that the battle was very simple and very smooth.

Eating away the enemy's strength bit by bit, building up self-confidence bit by bit, and finally annihilating them all.

This process goes on endlessly, making people very interested and unable to stop.

Looking back at the war history of Europeans, I discovered an interesting phenomenon.

When Shi Quan'an heard what Shi Honglian said was so mysterious, he became interested, "What's the phenomenon?"

"Have you noticed that these Europeans are very stupid during wars?"

"Why are you still here?"

Xue Yingxiong asked.

Shi Honglian chuckled, "If you look at the history of war in Europe, you will understand that the warring parties in Europe are very superstitious about ancient traditions. Both sides fight very regularly, and they are very slow to change military tactics.

During the Viking pirate period, the Angsa people were severely beaten. Because the Viking pirates arrived from time to time, the Angsa people were unprepared. Therefore, the Angsa people were in a weak position at that time.

Later, the Ansa people learned the art of battle formations and had some self-protection skills, but they basically did not break out of this circle in subsequent battles.

The most typical one is the Macedonian phalanx, which is an older tactic in Europe. They gather into formation and then move slowly to slowly kill each other.

As a result, the European tactics began to become more square, with cavalry charging and infantry charging in groups. The fighting continued unchanged.

Later, the Mongols came and beat the Europeans stupidly.

Because the Mongols, like the Vikings, are both good at playing cards that don't follow common sense, they put more emphasis on free attacks.

The Europeans, who had been taught a lesson by the Mongols, invented the musket array to restrain the rangers, but the emergence of the giant cannon put the musketeers in a crisis.

So they began to engage in trench warfare again, a protracted confrontation, intending to wear down the other side.

If it weren't for the armored vehicles invented by our Chairman Shi, they would probably continue to confront each other in this way, and the winner would be determined by one party dying.

Hearing what Shi Honglian said, Shi Quan'an and Xue Yingxiong thought about it carefully, and then they nodded in agreement.

Xue Yingxiong gave Shi Honglian a thumbs up, "Hong Lian summed it up well. After you said that, I also feel that Europeans are very dull in fighting."

Shi Quanan also nodded, "Well, I also discovered that the Europeans are very particular about advancing in groups. They rely on long-range weapons to kill the opposing soldiers on a large scale first.

When the opponent's will to resist is weak and loopholes appear, the commander of the attacking party will feel that the time is ripe and order a charge. If they continue to fight according to this tradition, they are likely to suffer heavy losses. "

(This was the case during the Korean War. The Americans emphasized group charges and still adhered to the group advancement tactics of Angsa or Europeans.

They advance very fast. Once their rhythm is disrupted, they will no longer fight. This is how the volunteers, who are good at interspersed operations, stun them.

This is my humble opinion and is for reference only. )
……

The vanguard troops advanced at a constant speed, and the soldiers were all full of energy.
"Wow, wow~"

The walking team couldn't help but become nervous. Kang Duoduo, who was leading the team, immediately became alert and shouted an order, "Everyone on alert!"

The soldiers were no longer rookies on the battlefield. They responded very quickly to emergencies, and the commander's command was immediately passed on to the soldiers behind them.

As the order was conveyed, they formed an attack formation in perfect agreement and were ready.

"Wow~Wow"

The sound got closer and closer, and the soldiers all focused on the source of the sound.

"boom!"

A diamond-shaped boulder rolled directly from the hillside to the middle of the road, and then fell into silence.

Kang Duoduo stepped forward to confirm and found that it was just an ordinary rockfall on the hillside.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Come here and carry this stone to the roadside. Don't delay the march of the troops."

Just when the soldiers of the forward troops were moving rocks, "Crash~~"

The noise of rocks rolling down the hillside became louder and louder, and everyone was shocked to realize that the previous rocks rolling down were not accidental.

Kang Duoduo ordered again: "Back off, quickly!"

The forward troops reacted quickly. When they exited the rockfall area, a large area of ​​rolling rocks fell.

But after the rocks rolled down, there was no movement.

Kang Duoduo observed for a while, and then he shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Huang Jun, take your platoon up to check the situation, be careful."

"Yes!"

"Hong Tang, you go to the back to report the situation and ask the legion commander to postpone the advance."

"Yes."

The forward part was on the road. After waiting for more than half an hour, Shi Honglian and others rushed over, and then they saw a soldier from Huang Jun's platoon running down covered with mud.

"Report to the regiment commander, report to the regiment commander, we went up and found no trace of the enemy, but we found traces left by someone on the mountain."

"Should we continue the pursuit?"

Kang Duoduo looked at Shi Honglian, who directly ordered, "Pursue! Send additional manpower to capture them as soon as possible."

"Yes. Zhao Liang, Wang Lin, Quanbao, you three, take your soldiers up the mountain to assist Huang Jun and the others, and strive to capture the enemy as soon as possible."

The effect of the extra manpower was obvious. In less than an hour, they escorted several men in civilian clothes down the mountain.

"Report, Legion Commander, we can't understand what these people are saying, but we can confirm that they are the enemies who set up the rolling stones before."

These people were dressed in ordinary clothes and spoke a language that no one could understand. The German interpreter tried to have a conversation with them.

These civilians actually understood. After stumblingly communicating for a while, the German translator told Shi Honglian, "Report to the commander of the army, they said that they did this on their own initiative. They are Croats, loyal to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and do not want us." Invading their territory.”

Hearing this, Shi Honglian laughed and said, "Then there is no need to interrogate, just kill them. If they are stubborn, we can only send them to death."

……

Although there were occasional sneak attacks, the intensity was not great and basically did not pose any threat to the South China Expeditionary Force. On July 7, they finally arrived outside Sarajevo in the middle of the mountains.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense forces were in full formation in the city. Although the South China Expeditionary Force was dusty, everyone was in high spirits. (End of chapter)