Medicine is still one thing, or for the Qin army, the lack of some supplies is not their biggest concern.
Even the Dahua army deducted part of the Qin army's food supply, which did not make the Qin army's generals furious: Anyway, the northwest is bitterly cold and the Qin army is used to being poor. The food they eat is not good to begin with, so they can tolerate it if they eat less.
Even though part of the rations was withheld, the soldiers of the Qin Army still felt that the food they received was better than what they had eaten in the northwest.
What the commanders of the Qin Army are most concerned about is that Dahua seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army. This is what they cannot tolerate and what they least want to face.
They had never seen the tanks of the Tang Army, and the junk produced by Cyric that the Dahua Empire sold to the Qin State were completely incomparable.
The shells hit the armor of these tanks and were immediately bounced away. Those tanks were rampaging on the battlefield and were unable to stop them.
These behemoths would stop only if their tracks were occasionally blown off, but the Qin army still had no choice but to let these invincible monsters wreak havoc on their own positions.
Under the cover of these new tanks with sloped armor and long-barreled artillery, the Tang Army's grenadiers, who were already good at fighting, became even more difficult to deal with.
This was the first time that the Qin army, which came from a bitter cold land and had been fighting against barbaric foreigners, encountered such a powerful opponent. For a while, they even felt like they had met their opponents and cherished each other.
Whether it was combat literacy or weapons and equipment, the Tang army almost surpassed the Qin army: This made the Qin army despair, because they seemed to see an enhanced version of themselves.
"We are not here to fight against such an opponent at all!" This idea began to appear in the minds of officers and soldiers at all levels of the Qin Army.
It was precisely this idea that began to appear. Coupled with the lack of medical treatment, lack of medical supplies, and unstable food and salary supply, which affected morale and morale, the Qin army's battlefield performance gradually began to change.
The Qin army, which had previously been able to compete with the Tang army's second-rate troops, became increasingly no different from the Dahua army.
In most cases, they would give a few symbolic strikes and then start to retreat to give up defensive positions.
This performance made the generals of the Dahua Empire very angry. Feng Kezhi regarded the Qin Army as a viable force. In the past, he had always placed the Qin Army as the main force in the most important defensive positions.
But as the Qin Army's combat performance became worse and worse, he had to start replacing the Qin Army's troops with Dahua troops, and in turn placed the Qin Army's troops in less important positions.
This, in turn, affected the attitude of Dahua's logistics troops in providing supplies to the Qin Army: Since you are no longer the main force, you are even less qualified to receive supplies.
Under such a vicious cycle, the Qin army's battlefield performance changed so much that even the Tang army found it a little baffling.
Some generals of the Tang Army even believed that the Qin Army's elite main force of only 18,000 might have been used up in the previous positions, and the rest were just waste...
The actual situation was not like this. It was just that the Qin army began to consciously avoid casualties and expressed its dissatisfaction to the Great China Empire in this way.
However, this dissatisfaction directly led to the collapse of the situation in the war zone near Fengjiang: the reserves that the Great China Empire had finally accumulated had to be put into the battlefield in advance to stabilize the crumbling defense line.
The reserve force originally planned by Feng Kezhi to counterattack locally and cause trouble for the Tang army was quickly consumed by the endless efforts to make up for leaks and save the field.
This is also the fundamental reason why Feng Kezhi began to destroy Fengjiang City in a planned way: his reserve team was almost used up, and his plan to drive the Tang Kingdom's troops out of Fengjiang with a counterattack could not be realized at all.
Therefore, for Feng Kezhi, it was almost impossible to recapture Fengjiang City, so the only option left was to destroy Fengjiang City so that the Tang army could not use the city.
"The 7th Army's attack in the city should be postponed. You don't have to risk your life so much. Just be willing to do it." Bolton ordered the bearded man: "You have already made a name for yourself. His Majesty has praised your bravery by name."
"The foundation of the 7th Army was brought from Beiling. I can't embarrass the old count." The bearded man stood up and stood at attention and saluted: "Now we dedicate our loyalty to His Majesty, and the 7th Army is willing to become a sharp blade in His Majesty's hands.
, stab wherever His Majesty points!"
"Sit!" Bolton pressed his hand downwards with a smile, indicating that the bearded commander from Beiling should not be so formal.
You know, the seniority of this bearded man can be said to be quite old. He was an important commander of Northridge during the Fisherot era, and his status was even slightly higher than Tiger.
It's a pity that Tiger followed Tang Mo first and rose rapidly in the Tang Kingdom, becoming one of Tang Mo's most trusted military generals.
Nowadays, Tiger is one of the most popular marshal candidates, but this bearded man from Beiling is still just a corps commander, a commander of an infantry corps.
You know, in the Tang Army system, the default ordering method is that the armored commander has the highest status and the best future, followed by the commander of the mechanized grenadier unit, and then the motorized infantry commander.
As for ordinary infantry commanders, they are already at the level of local garrison troops and are not worthy of attention at all.
Big Beard is now the commander of the Motorized Infantry Corps, and he is even under the control and command of young Bolton, so he is doing a little worse.
However, this time the 7th Army showed its face in front of Tang Mo: as the spearhead of the attack, the 7th Infantry Army rushed all the way to Fengjiang City and took the lead in attacking Fengjiang. It can be described as brave.
They broke through the previously difficult defense line of the Qin Army, and then penetrated the subsequent defense line of the Dahua Army. They have been fighting fiercely until now, and they have not taken a step back!
This is an excellent battlefield performance. The troops personally commanded by the Great General Feng Kezhi of the Dahua Empire gathered the main force of the Dahua Army in Fengjiang. They counterattacked many times but failed to regain a position from the 7th Army. It must be said that
The Seventh Army continued the Northridge Army's tenacious fighting style with their achievements.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The meeting ended quickly. After all, a plan to suspend urban operations and shift the focus to field operations outside Fengjiang does not require such a long time to arrange discussions.
After the meeting, when everyone was packing up and preparing to go back to their homes, Bolton stopped the bearded commander who was about to rush back to the 7th Army headquarters.
"General Eric! I want to talk to you alone." Bolton walked up to the bearded commander of the 7th Army and signaled that he would accompany him out.
After everyone left, Bolton spoke again: "The General Staff gave me an order for the 7th Army to prepare to withdraw."
Eric was stunned, looked at Bolton and said: "Although the 7th Army has suffered some heavy losses, we can continue to fight! All difficulties can be overcome, we..."
"The staff does not distrust the combat effectiveness of the 7th Army." Bolton interrupted Eric, and then continued to explain: "In other words... this order was actually given by His Majesty."
Before Eric could recover from the shock, Bolton continued: "Recently, the call to discuss upgrading the empire has become louder and louder. The civil servants in the court are eager to send His Majesty to the throne tomorrow."
"This is a good thing." As a staunch supporter of the emperor, Eric's eyebrows seemed to be dancing when he heard that Tang Mo was going to become emperor.
"It is indeed a good thing." Bolton nodded: "So the staff, the military, and some military generals... all believe that a larger combat cluster should be formed..."
"Group army?" There had always been rumors about this, and Eric had also heard of it, but it was hard for him to imagine how huge a battle it would take to bring hundreds of thousands of people together to form an organization.
"Yes, that's right, a group army." Bolton continued to nod: "Your Majesty means to let the 7th Army conduct an experiment first and establish a 7th Army... You will be the first commander of this army."
"What?" The bearded Eric was shocked by the news. He stared at Burton in shock and couldn't recover for a long time.
"The news has been finalized, but it hasn't been made public yet, so you can't tell it after you go back." Bolton opened his mouth to explain, because there are still many things to say.
"Yes! I understand." Eric swallowed and immediately nodded in agreement.
"The reason why it hasn't been announced yet is because the commander of the army group has the rank of lieutenant general." Bolton reminded Eric.
Eric was not a fool, and he immediately realized the crux of the problem: Bolton was now a lieutenant general. If Eric was promoted, Bolton would no longer be able to command and control Eric.
Therefore, Bolton will most likely be promoted to general so that he can continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the central theater within regulations.
Now that Burton is going to be promoted to general, the legendary three military giants, namely Tiger, Redman and Bernard, will probably all have their own marshal's scepter.
No wonder such a big thing needs to be done step by step - to upgrade to an empire, it is natural to reward the three armies and promote generals... After all, defeating the Great China Empire is a great victory, and it is natural for the generals to reward the generals based on their merits.
"I understand." Eric, who knew the seriousness, immediately said in a more solemn tone.
Seeing that Eric understood, Bolton didn't say much more. We are all smart people. If you can't grasp it and make a mistake, just take responsibility for it yourself.
So, the future general, Mr. Eric, walked side by side with the future lieutenant general, Mr. Eric, out of the conference room and put him in the car.
This move was seen by many interested people outside the Central Theater Command, so everyone guessed that the Beiling veteran, who had always been inferior to others, was probably going to make further progress this time.
He was promoted, which meant that many people were going to be promoted, so everyone had smiles on their faces and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.
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