4364 (AD 1667), September 28th, in the Yuanling Mansion of the State of Wei, in the camp of the Wei army.

The phone on the desk of Wei Jun Commander Gao Yun rang.

He immediately answered the phone and heard a hoarse voice.

"General Gao, I am Du Ertu, commander of the 25th Regiment. Highland 707 can no longer withstand it.

Without support, our regiment will abandon Highland 707."

Gao Yun said painfully: "Commander Du, give up! I can't support you now."

After Commander Gao Yun finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly, then picked up the phone again and said angrily: "I'm Gao Yun, answer the call from Governor Lei."

There was a messy sound of electricity coming from the phone, and Gao Yun felt very painful.

He had never been pressed down and beaten like this.

If he was inferior in strength, he would not be angry at all.

The key is not that the strength is inferior to others, but that the support from the rear is stretched.

Half a month ago, Cao Jun launched a fierce attack on Wei Jun's position as usual.

Commander Gao Yun thought that Cao Jun was just launching a routine attack.

However, he discovered that something was wrong. Cao's army's firepower was at least four times greater than before.

Such firepower is at the expense of the life of the artillery. The most critical point is that it consumes artillery shells extremely.

Cao's army's arms production capacity simply could not maintain such firepower for a long time.

The Wei army had to use the same firepower to suppress Cao Jun's offensive.

Commander Gao Yun believed that this was nothing at all.

Cao State's arms production capacity is very strong, but Wei State is not bad either.

Commander Gao Yun thought very well, but he did not expect the unexpected situation.

Wu'an Prefecture was unexpectedly raided by Cao's army to supply the smoothest railway line to the front line, and one of the railway bridges was blown up.

Materials originally supplied by two railways are now supplied by only one railway.

Let alone increasing weapons and ammunition, maintaining the original supply of weapons and ammunition is impossible.

Commander Gao Yun heard the sound of the phone being connected, and he immediately yelled: "Ammunition, I need ammunition here.

Not just ammunition, but reinforcements.

Now Cao Jun's firepower is too strong, and the current ammunition reserves alone cannot stop Cao Jun's offensive.

Now the frontline positions have been gradually eliminated by Cao's army.

It's not that the soldiers don't work hard, no matter how tenacious the army is, it can't stop the enemy's indiscriminate bombing.

Cao's army could use artillery shells to flatten a mountain. When our artillery counterattacks the enemy, we need to calculate the amount of artillery shells for fear of using up all the artillery shells.

Cao Jun did not need to worry about the amount of artillery shells used.

As the defenders, if we want to counterattack Cao Jun, we also need to calculate the amount of artillery shells. How to fight this battle?

Not only was the supply of artillery shells insufficient, there were also heavy casualties during this period. Wounded soldiers could not be transported back to the interior, nor could they receive timely support.

Faced with this situation, I really have no choice.”

Governor Lei Qianze knew that the front line was currently facing difficulties, and there was no way to solve the matter. He could only appease the front line's emotions.

"General Gao, as you know the current situation, it's not that we can't produce so many artillery shells.

But the railway line was damaged and the artillery shells could not be transported to the front line in time.

The artillery shells in the frontline inventory were used up, and the ability to transport artillery shells every day was limited, which resulted in insufficient ammunition.

General Gao could only find a way to overcome it.

Now the main transportation capacity is transporting artillery shells, and there is not enough transportation capacity for transportation personnel. Reinforcements will still have to wait for some time.

As for the wounded, it was previously planned that Wu'an Prefecture would be responsible for receiving the wounded.

The traffic in Wu'an Prefecture is now cut off. If we move to other places, it will be easy for medical staff to move, but it will be difficult to move life-saving facilities.

The smelting industry in Wu'an Prefecture is relatively developed and requires the use of oxygen.

There is a large oxygen production station there, which not only supplies oxygen to factories, but also to hospitals.

There are many similar supporting facilities. The hospital doesn’t just ask for transfer, it can be transferred.

General Gao will wait for another ten days. The railway bridge that Wu'an Prefecture is urgently repairing will be repaired in ten days.

By then, the problems encountered on the front line will be solved once the railway is opened.

General Gao has held on for half a month and will hold on for another ten days.

When the war is over, I will personally ask for credit for General Gao."

"I know, I will do my best to block Cao Jun's offensive."

When Gao Yun heard what Chief Governor Lei Qianze said, he had no choice but to put down the phone.

Of course he knew that the imperial court had tried every means to transport supplies to the front line.

The small trucks that are constantly being transported from Wu'an Prefecture can only hold a few tons of ammunition.

Ordinary freight trains can transport hundreds of tons of ammunition.

The heavy-duty train passing through Wu'an Prefecture can transport thousands of tons of ammunition.

There is a huge difference in the amount of ammunition that these two types of vehicles can transport.

Transporting ammunition by truck is a costly and inefficient method of transportation.

However, in order to ensure the supply of ammunition to the front line, the imperial court almost allocated all the trucks around Wu'an Prefecture just to transport ammunition in a timely manner.

The imperial court has reached this level, even though it has tried its best to solve the problems it is currently facing.

Commander Gao Yun made this call because he realized that the soldiers were reaching the limit of their tolerance for the increasing casualties.

Casualties continue to increase, there is no hope of victory, and the army will collapse.

Once a retreat is formed, Cao Jun will definitely take the opportunity to break through the defense line.

They will directly divide and surround the Wei army and will never give Gao Yun a chance to reorganize his army.

Gao Yun sighed in his heart, the next moment was the moment that decided his fate.

If he can survive ten days, there is still hope of holding the defense.

…

4364 (1667 AD), on the evening of October 3rd.

Kong Erniu, the governor of Cao State, took a special train to Cao Jun's camp.

Kong Erniu summoned the main officers in the army and slammed the table.

"Your Majesty, I am very dissatisfied with your performance.

It is already October and the Wei army's defense line has not yet been conquered.

In another two or three days, Wei will be able to build a bridge that can withstand the passage of trains.

The life of this bridge may only be a few months, but it has met the requirements of use.

When the Wei army is completely at a disadvantage, you are unable to break through the Wei army's position.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Once the material supply of the Wei army is restored, do you still have hope of victory?"

After Grand Governor Kong Erniu said this, he pointed directly at the sand table next to him.

"The king sent me to personally supervise the battle. We must break through the Wei army's defense line tomorrow. We must do this at all costs.

If you can't do it, bring it up now and I'll replace it with someone who can do it to direct this war."

Commander Yu Xingchen's face turned red when he was scolded by the Grand Governor Kong Erniu.

He still reminded: "Grand Governor, we also want to break through the Wei army's defense line.

But the Wei army hollowed out the mountain and built fortifications inside.

This is a large fortification, as well as many complex small fortifications.

The Wei army has been operating in Yuanling Mansion for many years, and the fortifications built are by no means so easy to break through."

Grand Governor Kong Erniu stared at Yu Xingchen and yelled angrily: "I don't want to hear the reasons now. I just want to ask if I can complete the task."

Commander Yu Xingchen gritted his teeth and replied: "It's a bit difficult, but we can complete the mission, but the casualties are too great, which affects morale."

"Stupid, simply too stupid, is now the time to consider casualties?

Now we have to consider whether we can achieve our strategic goals.

Once the Wei State builds the railway, the Wei army will regain its previous combat effectiveness.

Our army and the Wei army have been fighting here for several years, will there be fewer casualties like this?"
To be continued...