Section 37 - Breaking the Attack
As the battle of Wangjiatai started, a craze of raids was immediately set off in the entire northern Kaman controlled area. On October 15, 698, the day after the war in the mainland, a cavalry of the Western Xinjiang Army swept away two thousand-man teams of Kaman infantry responsible for collecting food and grass in the western part of Qinghe Prefecture, and wiped out more than 1,600 people in one fell swoop. Only more than 300 people escaped with the help of the terrain cover. The more than 200 trucks of food collected were burned. On the same day, the Western Xinjiang cavalry of a covenant in the eastern part of Yulin Prefecture once again attacked the two thousand-man teams of Kaman infantry responsible for collecting and escorting food and grass in the local area. The two thousand infantry fought to the death and finally survived with the help of the Kaman cavalry that came, but still suffered nearly a thousand casualties.
On October 17, the Second Division of the Southern Gerok Army of the Western Frontier Army attacked a temporary grain storage site of the Kamans in the central and southern part of the Northern Terok. The Kamans stationed 15,000 people here, and then received reinforcements from 5,000 people. The two sides fought fiercely in the local area. In the end, although the Second Division failed to achieve the goal of burning the opponent's grain storage, it successfully encircled and annihilated four thousand teams and wiped out the Kaman army to reach more than 4,000 people. On October 20, the First Division of the Southern Gerok Army of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Division jointly launched an attack, and two cards of grain collected from the south of the Jiama area were escorted and escorted.
The Manwans and the 5,000 Kaman heavy cavalry confronted each other. Both sides fought fiercely for a day, and both paid a heavy price. The Nantelock Front successfully destroyed the attempt of the Kamans to transport the food and grass collected from the southern part of the Jiama to the city of Jiama, and burned all 100,000 stones of food. The Kamans also paid more than 5,000 casualties to save this batch of food. The same thing happened in Pinglu. On October 19, the First Division of the Third Legion attacked the eastern part of Pinglu, defeating a Kamans and anihilated more than 3,000 enemy troops.
These wars only set off a few more influential battles in the entire northern war zone, and countless smaller scales occur almost every day. According to Bo Jinchen's order, the entire Nantelock Legion separated the cavalry and formed several raid squads. However, the Jian system did not disrupt it. All of them entered the northern region. The commander contacted the local intelligence organization personnel directly. The commander decided whether the attack could be launched. If the enemy was found to be in great force, he could choose to request reinforcements and give up the attack. Everything was determined based on the actual situation.
Because the battlefield commanders had flexible and maneuverable rights to deal with the on-site disposal, most of the countless attacks ended with the victory of the Western Xinjiang Army. The Kamans lacked a solid grassroots regime foundation in the northern region and could not obtain accurate intelligence information. Each slightly larger amount of food collection and escort had to mobilize the army for escort. This situation was particularly prominent in Yulin, Qinghe and Pinglu, which provided a large number of fighter jets to the raid team. The series of losses also made the Kamans deeply taste the slightest and the troops sent
The number is enough, and it is exhausting the people and the money is damaged. The Western Army will not come at all. If it is a little weaker, it will immediately attract the siege of the Western Army. This taste is really annoying. The cavalry that has come and gone without a trace is like fish in water on the northern plains. Although Kaman's side also sent light cavalry as an encirclement team, the results were very little. The Western Light Cavalry was originally better than Kaman's side in terms of quality. In addition, the Kamans lacked effective intelligence networks, and fighting in such a large plain in the north, without extremely solid intelligence information as a backing, it could not achieve any effect at all.
With a "bang", the teacup on the table jumped an inch higher, and the water splashed in the water cup fell on the table, and even several documents were soaked. The two rows of officers standing under the table were silent. The white-haired general standing behind the table had a rosy face distorted because of anger: "What the hell is Nick doing?! Didn't he dare to send out the second batch of food again after being attacked? Didn't he know that there were 70,000 soldiers in Jiayuguan and Beiderok still waiting for the food to be put into the pot?!"
All the generals under his command were lowered. It has been a long time since they saw Marshal Miley, who had always been kind and calm, making such a big furious attack. He directly pointed at another giant in the Imperial Army, Marshal Nick. Nick and Miley are two leaders of the Imperial Army. The generals in the military system were naturally divided into two major factions. However, their good personal relationships made the two factions never have conflicts due to war. Although the two major factions of the Northern and Southern Expeditions over the past few decades, although the two major factions of the army were clearly distinguished, they were surprisingly united in foreign wars. Such a tone of open questioning can be said to have never been seen.
How could Miley not be anxious? Originally, there was only one garrison in the entire Jiayuguan and Beiderok garrison. Dominic was responsible for the guarding task at Jiayuguan, while the remaining 40,000 troops needed to defend the entire Beiderok area. All this was to concentrate troops in the southern expedition. But now the southern expedition has come to a halt, and in terms of the results of the battle, it has achieved highlights worth showing off. The occupation of Qinghe Peace Land is equivalent to opening a big hole in the chest of the Tanghe people, and Heishan and Longquan directly stabbed the dagger into the waist of the Tanghe Empire. There was also a cloud controlled by the Puer people in the east. The two of them supported each other. As long as there was enough time, they could completely disrupt the vast northern part of the Tanghe Empire and slowly swallow the fertile land.
But all this wonderful prospects have been changed by this sudden drought. The empire has completely stopped food supply, and a small part of it was raised by the Northern Terlock himself, and the majority of the remaining ones can only be provided by the Southern Expedition Army led by Nick. A corps has to bear such a long front, especially when the army gathered in Southern Terlock reached a record 200,000, even if Miley, who had been through many battles, felt the pressure on his shoulders. Except for the 30,000 people at Jiayu Pass, it is fine to protect the two areas of Fanlin and Jiama, especially the occupied areas that have not yet been completely naturalized. Once Nanterlock puts all his strength to attack, the 40,000 people in his hands cannot take care of these two places at all. Miley is very clear about this.
But this is not what Miley is most worried about. What Miley is the food problem that has made Miley the most is the ambush outside Yulin City. A thousand trucks of grain turned into ashes. This annoyed Miley. However, this is under Nick's jurisdiction. He could not ask much, so he could only urge the other party to re-start the food as soon as possible. The food in the army has been exhausted, and the Western Xinjiang Army is extremely active in the southern part of the Jiama and Fanlin area. Miley, who was already seriously insufficient, dared not take risks again, especially the two grain collections.
They were all crazyly intercepted by the Western Army, which gave Miley a headache, but he had no choice but to send troops to transport food and grass. Once they were intercepted by the Western Army, a fierce battle that would cost him no matter how much he lost. He had no capital to fight with the Western Army. However, food was indispensable. Jiayuguan had reported twice, and the food had been sold out. If he did not send food, he would be afraid that no one would attack him. Jiayuguan would announce that it would be out of defense.
In this case, Miley had to send the only surplus grain from the army to Jiayuguan, but now his army has no grain, and he has to force the collection in the two cities of Jiama and Fanlin. The hostility of the people in the two cities is high. In Miley's own words, this is drinking poison to quench thirst. The little people's hearts that were finally established were destroyed in a sudden. It is easy to make up for the destruction. It is probably even more difficult to win back the limited support of these people. However, until now, there is still no movement in the transportation of grain from the eastern and southern expedition forces, and this batch of food collected at the cost of losing the people's hearts can only last for ten days. How can this prevent Miley from being anxious and angry?
"Marcel, maybe Marshal Nick is considering how to transport the second batch of food security. Now the Tanghe people are very rampant and have gone deep into the mainland to carry out harassment and attacks. The Western Frontier Army has been supplemented by the nomadic cavalry and its strength has been greatly enhanced. To be honest, our light cavalry may have no advantage in combat effectiveness." Seeing that all the generals and staff members were shrunk and dared not talk. The middle-aged armored officer, who was the first in the right head, licked his lips and plucked his courage to talk.
"Hmph, I'm dying because of the choking. Are you afraid that the enemy will be ambushed and blocked and will not transport food? He has considered our situation? Without food, what should we use to feed the soldiers? He is a full man and doesn't know that the hungry man is hungry." Miley snorted coldly and turned his head slightly, "Hmph, Ferdinand, you seem to be quite self-aware of your words. Now our light cavalry is not that we cannot gain the upper hand, but that we are already at an absolute disadvantage. Whether in terms of horsepower or soldier quality, in the light cavalry, we have all fallen behind Li Wufeng's army."
Chapter completed!