Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

After more than 30 hours of railway transportation, Qian Hongtao's Second Division finally got off the train at Tongliao Station.

Qian Hongtao did not give the Second Division time to repair. He needed to build a defense line around the city as soon as possible, so his first order after getting off the bus was to send the entire Second Division out and let them dig trenches first.

As someone who has experienced this, Lin Yi knows that trench warfare will be the mainstream of combat in this era for a long time to come.

Therefore, within the First Army Corps, great emphasis was placed on trench excavation.

Even when Lin Yi asked the system to configure soldiers' equipment, he specially equipped it with an engineer shovel.

It was a German engineering shovel with an edge on one side that could both dig soil and be used as a fighting weapon.

At the same time, during the training of the First Corps, trench digging lectures were also held to explain to grassroots officers how to dig a trench well.

For a good trench, both depth and width must be considered, as well as the layout of the anti-gun holes and the layout of firepower points.

Especially the firepower points, this must not be sloppy. The layout of the firepower points is unreasonable, which can easily lead to too dense firepower in some places and weak firepower in other places, leaving hidden dangers.

At the same time, connectivity between trenches must be emphasized to facilitate the transfer and support of soldiers.

Therefore, trenching is not a simple subject, nor is it just about digging a trench.

In this way, Qian Hongtao led his second division to dig trenches for several days. During this period, Lin Yi also rushed to Tongliao with the main force of the first army.

However, with so many people stationed in a small Tongliao, it was somewhat of a waste of troops, so Lin Yi allocated half of his troops to Aohan County.

In this way, Aohan County and Tongliao formed a corner, which could support each other, and at the same time prevent enemies from bypassing Tongliao and attack the railway behind.

Time passed quickly for half a month. During this half month, the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Sakura Empire were fighting fiercely.

Both sides fire at least hundreds of thousands of artillery shells of various calibers every day, which is a big test for the logistics of both sides.

The Sakura Kingdom is a small country with little thalassemia. They don't have many domestic resources, so the Sakura Empire has been thinking about external expansion.

It is precisely because they have very few domestic resources that the Sakura Empire is very frugal in everything from war to war.

To put it simply, they are cumbersome, and the weapons tend to be lightweight and miniaturized.

This situation did not ease until the Sakura Empire annexed Goryeo.

But even if there is some relief, they still can't change this problem.

On the other hand, the Rakshasa Kingdom has a lot of domestic mineral resources, but its industrial level is generally low, which results in their weapons being relatively crude.

On the battlefield, some mechanical failures often occur, which greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

With the dual role of the Sakura Kingdom's perverted Banzai Charge weapon, which was well-made, it blocked the Rakshasa Kingdom's attack and even tended to separate the Rakshasa Kingdom.

It was also at this time that as Sakura Country began to gain an advantage on the battlefield, their senior officials began to feel a little elated.

In fact, the headquarters of the Sakura Kingdom stationed in the four provinces outside the customs have long noticed that there is an army of the Great Xia Kingdom in Tongliao.

It's just that they were fighting hard against the Rakshasa Kingdom at the beginning and couldn't spare any manpower, so they ignored Lin Yi and the others.

But now, as the battle situation begins to gain the upper hand, Takeda Hiro's mind becomes active.

He wanted to send some people to take a look at Tongliao City. The reason why he chose to do this was, on the one hand, to test the true purpose of this Daxia army.

The second is to warn the other party, hoping that the other party will not interfere in the battle between them and the Rakshasa Kingdom.

The third thing is that Takeda Hiroshi heard that the first army of Daxia was coming, that is, the army that defeated John and Gaul.

He wanted to see how capable the other party was in defeating John and the Gallic coalition.

In order to better achieve his goal, Takeda Hiroshi mobilized a regiment from the front, about 3800 Sakura soldiers, together with the Koryo [-]rd Independent Brigade that had just been sent to the front, a total of [-] people headed towards Tongliao March.

Takeda Hiroshi had a good idea. He planned to use more than [-] people to teach the so-called First Army of Daxia a lesson and let them know that there were some things that they could not interfere with.

These more than [-] Sakura Kingdom soldiers were discovered by Lin Yi's people as soon as they entered Tongliao.

"Brother!" Zhao He hurriedly walked into Lin Yi's headquarters.

"Brother, Commander Qian Hongtao just sent a telegram saying that an army from the Sakura Kingdom was discovered outside his defense line."

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xi's words, he put down the pencil in his hand and raised his head to look at Zhao Xi.

"Sakura Country's army? What are they doing here? How many people are there?"

"More than [-] people. Qian Hongtao doesn't know what they are here for. But these people have been hanging around and never left." Zhao He thought for a while and said to Lin Yi.

"Where were they found?"

"It's in the Laoshan Pass area." Zhao He said and pointed to the map in front of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi said what Zhao He was pointing to and quickly found Laoshan Pass.

"These grandsons really know how to choose a place. I remember that there is only one regiment of Qian Hongtao at that location, right? The closest friendly army to them is at least thirty kilometers away from them."

"That's right, there is a group over there, brother. What should we do now? Should we withdraw that group?" Zhao He asked.

"Withdraw? Withdraw for what? Withdraw, those grandsons can leave?" Lin Yi said angrily.

"The main battlefields of Rakshasa Kingdom and Sakura Kingdom are at least hundreds of kilometers away from us. Will they run to us if they have nothing to do?"

"It's clear that the Sakura Kingdom has gained the advantage on the battlefield and wants to test us! Where should we retreat? Within the pass?"

"Brother, what do you think we should do now? I listen to you." Zhao He looked at Lin Yi with a firm look on his face.

"Tell Qian Hongtao, doesn't he want military glory? I'll give it to him now!"

"I don't want those more than [-] Sakura Country soldiers to go back alive! Tell him, I have one order, I will annihilate all these Sakura Country soldiers!"

"If he can do it, I will give him the first score in this battle. If he escapes, then his second best will become the fifth division!"

"Yes!" Zhao Xi licked his lips excitedly when he heard Lin Yi's words.

Some people may ask, if Lin Yi is so impulsive and annihilates a whole group of soldiers from the Sakura Kingdom without declaring war, isn't he afraid of triggering a strong backlash from the Sakura Kingdom?

Regarding this, Lin Yi is really not afraid. If the worst happens, he will fight. He will attack the Sakura Kingdom first and then the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Lin Yi has been waiting for this day for a long time, how could he let it go so easily?

As for Zhao He, he is the prince, what is he afraid of? If something goes wrong, Lin Yi and his father will take care of it, so what is he afraid of?

Besides, he came out to fight this time. Now that there is a war, it's too late for him to get excited, so why would he consider anything else?