The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel
Chapter 771 Macedonian Campaign 17
"Quick! Quick! Speed up!"
Amid urgent shouts, a troop of 24,000 men was marching hurriedly. The commander of this troop was Major General Missby, but the order to march quickly was not issued by him, but by the commander-in-chief, Chief of Staff Dingle.
They had left the base camp for some time, and the place they were heading to now was the battlefield where the fierce fighting took place last night. However, the purpose of this trip was not to support the war. To be precise, their identity was now "rescue troops."
As the initiator of the "rescue order", Dingle was also in the army. Riding on a horse, his face was solemn, with an unresolved anxiety between his brows.
This moment was definitely the most regretful moment in Dingle's thirty years of life, and the reason for the regret was precisely because of the battle that had been launched a few hours ago.
Although he was in the base camp and was not a participant in the center of the battle, as the commander-in-chief, he had been paying close attention to the fighting on the front line and constantly sent messengers to travel between the two places to understand the battle situation.
In the first two hours, he received news that the enemy had set up positions outside the factory and seemed to have been prepared in advance. The enemy was relying on the positions to fight defensively, while his side was launching a strong attack, trying to break through the enemy's positions.
Such news made Dingle realize that this carefully planned battle did have unexpected changes, but as Klein said before, there is no such thing as a sure win in a battle, and it is natural for some unexpected changes to occur. As long as they continue to launch strong attacks and break through the Yan Army's position, then this battle will have a result.
Dinger thought so, but his mood gradually became irritated. He knew that with the enemy's powerful firepower, the battle they had to fight would be difficult. If they wanted to break through their defense line under the enemy's artillery fire, they would definitely suffer huge casualties.
As expected, every piece of news received afterwards expressed the ferocity of our attack and the solidity of the enemy's position.
As Dingle expected, the difficulty of the positional assault increased significantly, which made him more nervous and uneasy. He felt that he might have to sacrifice half or even more of his troops to break through the enemy's defense line. But if he really broke through, then even if this battle was tragic, he could still win.
Amidst the tension and anxiety, at 7:44, a cavalry team responsible for communications returned to the base camp in a panic and reported an urgent message.
[The enemy is coming from the north and south, and has reached the rear of our troops. The communication path has been cut off, and they can no longer reach the front line! ]
boom!
The weight of this urgent information was like a bolt of lightning, which struck Dingle's head with tremendous force. Dingle's brain went blank in an instant, and his legs even went weak, and he almost fell to the ground.
It took him nearly two minutes to come back to his senses. The horror and anger that followed made Dinger's face twisted. He could no longer remain calm and instead roared and cursed:
"Damn you Yan people! You are a bunch of sinister and cunning bastards!!!"
This was the first time in Dinggel's life that he was extremely angry. Even when his own naval fleet was wiped out in Port Brulo, he had never been so angry.
The difference is that the current battle is under his full command and deployment.
But now the enemy has actually sent troops to encircle us from the north and south. So there is no doubt that the battle plan that we have arranged has already put our army into danger.
The fact that the enemy dared to make such a deployment showed that they must have an extremely large force, possibly even larger than our own. Otherwise, how could they carry out such a roundabout encirclement?
The troops in the midst of a fierce battle fell into an encirclement, and what they would face next was fire from all directions. As a result, the direction of this battle not only completely deviated from the goal, but even turned into a journey towards the abyss.
"We must not let the war continue like this." Dinger thought in shock and anger.
Then, after thinking for a few minutes, he ordered Major General Missby to immediately gather the entire army and advance towards the enemy's encirclement. He wanted to lead the 24,000 people outside the encirclement to attack the enemy line and create a gap in the encirclement.
It was almost eight o'clock, and after Missby had assembled the troops, the army set out from the base camp. Up to this moment, they had been advancing for more than half an hour.
At this moment, a group of cavalry hurried back from the front.
"Sir, the situation is very bad. There are enemy cavalry everywhere within three kilometers. There are a lot of them."
"And they have already noticed our marching movements. We are about to encounter them."
Dinger's face darkened as he finished speaking. "Are there any obvious gaps? Or places where the enemy's forces are sparse?"
The sentry looked grim and shook his head, "No, sir."
"We spotted the enemy at almost eight o'clock, and now their encirclement has taken shape. Although they are mainly cavalry, I think they may have brought artillery carts here by now."
As soon as these words came out, Major General Misby beside Dingle frowned and said:
"That would be very troublesome."
"The front and rear ends of the encirclement have always been the top priority. The Yan people will definitely reinforce them with heavy troops. Our army has been attacking the Yan army positions outside the Macedonian military factory for several hours without making any progress, and now the Yan people have pulled the battle line here..."
Having said that, Missby looked at Dingle, whose face was livid, and said hesitantly:
"If we want to break through this line and create a gap, it will be extremely difficult..."
"It's even possible... that we might be trapped as well."
Misby wanted to say this when Dingle ordered the troops to go out at eight o'clock. He knew that once the enemy's encirclement was formed, it would undoubtedly be difficult to open a gap from the outside.
Because the enemy is powerful and not an ordinary army, it can be seen from the fact that they dared to create a blockade and encirclement of an army of more than 2 troops, while our side has only 4 troops outside this blockade line. In this case, how can we open a gap?
Even if we only attack one place and continue to attack that point regardless of casualties, it will probably require the strength of two to three divisions.
But the current situation is that we don’t have the military force, so isn’t this just like hitting a rock with an egg?
If we are not careful, the enemy may extend the blockade longer, and even include our current 24,000-strong army. Then we will be completely finished.
Misby looked at Dingle with burning eyes, hoping that he could understand this truth and not be blinded by momentary anger and cause greater losses.
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