Xu was promoted to commander of the army and reported his battle plan, which was approved by General Lan Ke.
I sent a telegram to the Governor-General to report the battle plan, and half an hour later, the plan was approved.
When Commander Xu Jinjin saw the message of approval from the Governor's Office, he clenched his fists and prepared to make great achievements.
According to the new combat order, the Gui army quickly completed its assembly.
Commander Xu Jinjin and Chief of Staff Zhu Mingming bid farewell.
"I wish you the best, Chief of Staff, I will leave Chengtian Fortress in your charge."
Chief of Staff Zhu Mingming solemnly said: "Commander Xu, please rest assured, I will definitely put more pressure on Chengtian Fortress so that they will not be able to withdraw their troops and leave the fortress to fight."
The reason why Chief of Staff Zhu Mingming said this was because it was safer to stay in Chengtian Fortress. Commander Xu Jin led his troops to penetrate behind the Chengtian Fortress, which was a more dangerous action.
Now they just judge that Chengtian Mansion's military strength is empty.
Once this judgment is made, it is a smoke bomb deliberately released by Wu State.
If Xu is promoted to his subordinates, he will definitely be surrounded by the Wu army and it will be difficult to escape.
If the Chengtian Fortress battlefield can contain the enemy, at least the Gui army will not be surrounded by the enemy.
Commander Xu Jinjin smiled and said: "If you believe our judgment, Chengtian Mansion will definitely be empty.
Chengtian Fortress is very important to the Wu State, and they will never use Chengtian Fortress as bait.
Once our army captures the capital of Wu State, it will be a huge shock to Wu State.
There are many new immigrants in Wu State, and they do not believe that Wu State can guarantee their safety.
These new immigrants will definitely choose a country they think is safe.
The State of Wu will never risk losing its core population by luring the enemy deep into a strategy that is uncertain whether it will succeed.
Our guess was really wrong. As long as the Chengtian Fortress cannot block our army's retreat, we can retreat to the border.
The worst outcome is to engage in trench warfare with the Wu army on our territory."
Commander Xu Jinjin said this. He not only encouraged Chief of Staff Zhu Mingming, but also encouraged himself.
Once the tactical arrangement is determined, it must be carried out without hesitation. We must not look forward or backward and miss opportunities.
Commander Xu Jin said goodbye to his partner, Chief of Staff Zhu Mingming, and after paying a visit to General Lan Ke, he led his men to prepare to bypass the Chengtian Fortress.
There were a total of five thousand people in the marching army, not only his direct lineage who had three thousand people.
Gui's two chariot regiments, totaling eighty chariots, were all placed under his command.
This is mainly to deal with Wu's first tank regiment going north.
Commander Xu Jin knew that this was General Lan Ke's love for him.
The men he led could really break through the Chengtian Fortress. Once they were targeted by the Wu Chariot Regiment, without permanent defense, it would be difficult to win.
In addition to the grassroots generals, Gui's army has experience on the battlefield.
The soldiers were all new recruits. He asked that after several years of training, normal trench warfare would be worthy of the training results.
For an army composed mostly of new soldiers not to panic when faced with tanks, Xu Jin's ability to lead troops would definitely not be able to do this.
At the rear of the team, there were nine large trucks loaded with artillery and artillery shells, with the artillery being dragged behind the trucks.
Commander Xu Jinjin adjusted the marching route of the troops to prevent the troops from being shelled by Chengtian Fortress.
The heavy artillery of Chengtian Fortress has a range of more than ten miles.
But this is the ultimate distance of artillery. Wu State artillery can control the shooting distance of the artillery landing point, which is about eight miles.
Commander Xu Jinjin has always controlled the troops, at least eight miles away from Chengtian Fortress.
High-value targets such as tanks and artillery must be kept away from the Chengtian Fortress to prevent the Wu army from raiding the Chengtian Fortress.
Zhao Anping is a grassroots general of the Gui Army. He is responsible for leading the team to clear obstacles on the way of the army.
When encountering bunkers and other fortifications of the Wu army, he only needed to explore the location of these fortifications, and artillery would destroy them.
Zhao Anping's main task is to detect landmines.
He wanted to confirm that the army had entered the minefield before he would have the few engineers in the army to try to clear the minefield.
Zhao Anping saw a huge fire suddenly coming from 800 meters to his left, followed by a loud noise that spread to all directions.
This is the Gui Army's artillery destroying the Wu Army's bunkers.
Wu Jun has some scattered bunkers on the edge of Chengtian Fortress.
Chengtian Fortress was attacked and its gates were closed.
The defenders of the bunker had no way to retreat, and some of the defenders chose to surrender. The defenders who resisted to the end were destroyed together with the bunker.
Zhao Anping shouted loudly, reminding his subordinates who were suppressed by the sound of gunfire to continue exploring the road ahead.
They continued to explore, and Zhao Pingan suddenly heard a clear sound coming from beside him.
He saw a soldier's calf blown off twenty meters ahead, and he fell to the ground wailing.
This soldier stepped on a landmine, and there was already a minefield ahead.
Zhao Anping asked someone to bring over a cylindrical stone grinder. Several soldiers pushed the stone grinder hard to make him roll forward and try to detonate the mines ahead.
He used this stupid method to determine the density of landmines.
If the mine density is too high, it means that they have entered the minefield and need to be handled by engineers.
Zhao Anping knew that the number of engineers in the army was too small. During this period, some engineers were lost due to mine clearance.
They can only be allowed to explore minefields as ordinary soldiers with little experience in demining.
Zhao Anping directed the soldiers to use various methods to detect minefields.
Landmines are very powerful weapons. Unlike in some story novels, when you step on a landmine, you need to lift your foot to trigger the fuse. The protagonist escapes through various wonderful means.
Zhao Anping has seen during this period that most landmines will detonate the fuse.
As long as a soldier steps on a landmine, the mine will explode immediately.
The power of landmines is generally not very powerful. It cannot kill people. It will blow up the soles of feet directly. If there are more landmines, the calves will be blown off?
Zhao Anping determined that there was a dense minefield ahead. He breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the engineers to come and clear the mines.
He soon saw a group of people with special equipment, holding a huge iron ring in their hands, constantly sweeping the ground in front of them.
The engineers wore huge earplugs on their heads. When they heard an abnormal sound in the earplugs, they immediately called their companions to come over and clear the mines.
The engineers responsible for clearing mines directly carried explosive tubes that were more than three meters long and as thick as household candles.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce set up explosive tubes, and they retreated to a safe place and immediately detonated the explosive tubes.
There was a burst of dust, and the pressure generated by the explosion of the explosive tube directly detonated the surrounding mines.
The engineers waited until the smoke subsided. They once again inspected the minefield and determined that it was safe before allowing the troops to pass.
Commander Xu Jinjin frowned when he heard the report from his subordinates.
"Send a unit immediately to transport the wounded to the rear."
Commander Xu Jin now wants to shoot the person who invented the landmine.
A soldier was injured and two soldiers were required to carry the stretcher.
Take care of the wounded, which will slow down the march.
Failure to take care of the wounded will directly cause turmoil in the army. If the morale of the army is low, how can we still fight?
Commander Xu Jinjin was worrying about the minefields in Wu State.
What Wu did was completely harmful to others and not beneficial to himself.
In order to stop the Gui army's movement, they were so crazy that they laid numerous random landmines on their own land.
Commander Xu Jin received the intelligence and knew that he was about to face a huge minefield.
He took away all the engineers and demining tools that the Gui army could take away.
Even so, engineers and soldiers are still short of manpower.
Commander Xu Jin kept scratching his hair. He had been walking through the minefield for three days, and it was now November 4th.
Seven days have passed since Guiguo launched the war.
Wu Jun's troops not far from Chengtian Mansion have been able to reach Chengtian Mansion.
If the Gui army delays any longer, they will face more enemy forces.
When Commander Xu Jinjin was worrying, a staff officer walked in excitedly.
"Commander Xu, this is a great thing.
Zhao Anping, who was in charge of exploring the road ahead, discovered that Wu's militiamen were laying mines.
The distance between these militiamen and our army is now only about five miles."
When Commander Xu Jinjin heard the news, he was extremely happy.
"Immediately order the artillery to bombard the road in front of our army at all costs.
I'm going to use cannonballs to plow a channel today."
Commander Xu Jinjin heard that the militiamen who were laying mines were discovered in the front.
He realized that the Gui army was about to break through the minefield.
The militiamen are responsible for laying mines, which also proves that Chengtian Mansion has no troops to mobilize. Now that the troops are empty, he can capture Chengtian Mansion.
The artillery pieces of various calibers accompanying the army immediately launched a fierce attack on the open space ahead.
The shock wave generated by the explosion directly detonated a large area of landmines in this area.
The Gui army used this high-cost method to quickly clear the minefields ahead.
When Commander Xu Jin saw the achievements of the artillery, he had a wry smile on his face.
This method of clearing minefields is too expensive.
Wu's militiamen did not notice the Gui army passing through the defense line at first.
When they heard the sound of artillery close at hand, these militiamen immediately threw the landmines in their hands aside and ran back to the city.
Commander Xu Jin ordered the entire army to march urgently, break out of the minefield, and capture Chengtianfu City.
The Gui army was also holding their breath. They saw that the minefield had reached the end.
They followed the road created by the shells and began to run southward.
Except for some extremely unlucky ones, most of the Gui troops successfully passed through the minefields.
After Commander Xu Jin saw the troops passing through the minefield, he immediately sent the chariot regiment as the vanguard to attack Chengtianfu City.
He is always ready to retreat when encountering a strong enemy force.
When he saw Chengtian Fucheng, a smile appeared on his face.
Chengtianfu City has no traditional city walls at all, the roads are completely open, and people are hiding in their rooms in panic.
Only a small number of Wu troops used streets and private houses to build defensive positions.
This was the city in the Age of Firearms. When city walls could not stop artillery, this fact became people's consensus.
No one will bother building useless walls anymore.
When Commander Xu Jinjin saw Chengtianfu City in this state, he knew that his previous judgment was correct. The Wu Kingdom was indeed empty of troops in Chengtianfu.
He immediately ordered the army to attack. No matter how exhausted the Gui army was, their military quality was better than that of the militia.
The Wu army tried to engage in street fighting, but the militiamen were weak in fighting will and quickly collapsed when they were at a disadvantage.
The Wu army in the city was quickly divided and surrounded by the Gui army, and a large number of Wu troops chose to surrender.
Xu Jinjin's adventure was successful and he successfully captured Chengtian Fucheng.
He immediately sent a telegram to General Lan Ke, informing General Lan Ke that he had captured Chengtian Fucheng.
Commander Xu Jin quickly received a call back from General Lan Ke.
General Lan Ke called back again, praising Commander Xu Jin for fighting bravely and completing the set goal.
This road has been opened, and the Gui army will only leave a small number of troops to continue trying to capture the Chengtian Fortress.
The large force of the Gui Army will feel the support of Chengtian Fucheng.
Commander Xu Jin captured Chengtian Fucheng, but he did not continue to attack other places in Wu State.
The logistics supply line is stretched a bit. Once there is a problem with logistics, the army will simply not be able to maintain its combat effectiveness.
Commander Xu Jin did not continue to lead the troops in battle, but he was not idle either.
He immediately sent out scouts to investigate the situation in Chengtian Mansion.
After he judged the enemy's attack direction, he immediately built a defense line where the Wu army must pass.
Commander Xu Jinjin judged based on the current situation and continued to attack south.
The Wu army is likely to cut off the Gui army's logistics.
They waited for work in Chengtian Mansion and fought a blocking battle with the Wu army.
It took Xu three days to get promoted to Army Commander.
It only took General Lan Ke half a day to bring the main force to Chengtian Mansion.
He looked at Xu Jinjin, who had bloodshot eyes, and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder.
"Xu was promoted to Army Commander, your performance this time impressed me with admiration.
This general will ask for your merit in front of King Gui."
General Lan Ke began to inspect the situation of Chengtian Mansion, especially the material reserves.
He looked at the piles of fresh wheat in the warehouse and smiled.
He looked angry when he saw part of the burned wheat.
General Lan Ke couldn't help laughing when he saw the large number of bullets, barrels and other gun accessories stored in the ammunition warehouse.
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General Lan Ke immediately ordered: "To prevent anyone from becoming a spy, I have decided to move these people to the rear and keep them under guard.
Commander Xu has some wounded soldiers in his team, let them take charge of this matter."
When he spoke, his finger pointed specifically at the Han residential area.
Commander Xu Jin immediately understood what General Lan Ke really meant.
No matter which vassal state it is in Europe, the core citizens are always composed of Han people.
If a place does not have enough Han population, the local indigenous people will inevitably develop together.
Chengtian Prefecture did not have enough Han population, even if it was taken back by Wu after the war.
There will definitely be turmoil here, which will make Wu Guo very anxious.
To the Han people, things are more precious than food and ammunition.
Now the cost of recruiting immigrants from the empire is too high, and without enough benefits, it is impossible to attract people.
During the war, it was completely unreasonable and did not require any welfare measures. It could use crude means to directly transfer the local Han people into the country.
Commander Xu Jinjin estimated that the imperial court chose to attack Wu without being fully prepared.
There should also be this consideration. Even if the two armies are evenly matched, whichever country fights on its territory will inevitably bear the corresponding price.
As for the forcibly transferred population, there is no fear of rebellion from them.
European countries have only been established for a few years, and except for a small number of people, most immigrants do not have a strong sense of belonging.
They moved to Gui State and their lives did not become poor, so they would not miss Wu State.
Commander Xu Jinjin exclaimed: "General Lan Ke, your method is too clever."