Sweat flowed down his neck and down his back. Cheng Dayou crouched motionless and stared ahead. The largest military camp of the Nan'an City Defense Army in the coastal area was set up on Boma Mountain less than five miles ahead. Due to the terrain, the Nan'an City Defense Army's general camp was built on the mountainside close to the seaside. It not only overlooks the seaside - the only access road that can barely be called a road, but also effectively prevents infiltration from enemy troops and sneak attacks. It should be said that this arrangement is quite effective. It is safe, but everything is not absolute. There are many advantages to setting up on the mountainside, but the mountainside area is densely wooded. Except for the two sides of the road down the mountain that have been bulldozed and cleared, most other places are surrounded by dense forests. This is not suitable for military camp observation. There is some trouble.
Although Cheng Dayou's sniper unit was only established after accepting the official changes in the imperial government, Cheng Dayou attached great importance to the importance of the sniper unit before that. This seems to be a tradition in the Taiping Army, which pays more attention to individuals. ability and ignore the role of the group. Although Cheng Dayou has been committed to correcting this tendency, it does not mean that he has suddenly gone to the other extreme. There are many examples of sniper units that can play a huge role in some special circumstances. Even the Imperial Army is specially equipped with them. The sniper force is enough to prove the importance of this unit. Therefore, after Cheng Dayou's headquarters was reorganized into the Eighth Army of the Empire, the size of the sniper force was not reduced but was expanded and enriched, and its combat effectiveness was also raised to a new level. This is also the reason why the sniper force has not been reduced. An advantage that Dayou is quite proud of.
When Cheng Dayou personally led the First Division to undertake this task, he brought along all the direct sniper troops of the entire legion. Although the number was small, Cheng Dayou believed that in order to give full play to the role of surprise attacks and achieve satisfactory results, the sniper troops must Ability will largely determine this.
The entire division was quietly lurking in the sparse forest less than half a mile from the beach. The sniper unit had quietly set off under the pressure of a regiment. The remaining four regiments are like bow strings that have been tightened, waiting for an order to explode suddenly. Cheng Dayou silently counted the time. Half an hour had passed. Logically speaking, the sniper unit should have arrived at the destination and started taking early action. This is the most fragrant time after falling asleep. Most people would wake up after an accident in this situation. Time is half a beat slower than usual. The sniper unit uses this to destroy the enemy's effective organization in one fell swoop and buy valuable time for the main army in the rear.
"Let's go!" When the time reached his expected setting, Cheng Dayou jumped up and waved his hand suddenly. More than 10,000 people suddenly stood up almost at the same time, throwing away all pretense, without any cover, and rushed forward. Success or failure depended on this, regardless of whether the sniper force and the wing used as the vanguard commando could achieve the expected results. . I have no choice but to move forward with all my strength and fight to the death!
In fact, when Cheng Dachang led the main force of the First Division to swarm forward, the sniper unit had successfully completed the preliminary work and cleared the perimeter of the Nan'an City Defense Force. Although the army was pressing down on the border and the city-state had declared a state of war, it was too accustomed to it. The Nan'an City Defense Army, which has been peaceful for a long time, has obviously not really entered a state of war. At least these soldiers have not yet experienced the atmosphere of war psychologically. Of course, after this night, they will have a profound understanding. But they never had the chance to feel it again.
The sniper unit that cleared the outer checkpoint was eventually discovered by the sentry when it entered the enemy camp. This is not because the soldiers of the Nan'an City Defense Army are very vigilant, but because it is difficult to be foolproof in such a large-scale clearing operation. When a soldier is shot and killed by a sniper with a bow and arrow, it may be because of his natural talent. , an arrow through the heart failed to kill him immediately, and the shrill screams immediately made the entire Nan'an military camp boil like a wasp that exploded its nest.
The ignorant Nan'an city defense soldiers got out of their tents and almost directly faced the snipers shooting from the sentry tower. The Nan'an army, who didn't know where the enemy came from, was completely confused at first, but the sniper troops could not suddenly The city defense forces were divided into several large camps and launched a simultaneous attack. When a regiment of the Tang Army arrived, although the Nan'an Army had not yet fully entered the state, many city defense officers had already begun to mobilize their troops to attack the Tang Army that broke into the camp.
Falling rockets continued to fall in the city defense army camp. After completing the first step of the mission, the sniper troops began to concentrate their efforts on creating chaos, and arson was undoubtedly the most effective method. The cotton tents were soaked in fire after encountering them. After the oil and phosphorus powder rocket attack, there was no way to deal with it. Although the burning tents and buildings everywhere did not bring much substantial damage to the Nan'an city defense army, the chaos caused was even greater than the direct killing of soldiers. The impact is greater.
The assault regiment was divided into two and penetrated deeply into the enemy camp from both sides. They rushed out from the front to meet the enemy. Only then did they find that there was no one outside the camp gate, but there were loud killing sounds on both sides, as if they were waking up from a dream. The city defense army then sent additional reinforcements to both wings, but they did not expect that they were just the enemy's vanguard troops, with the purpose of attracting the main force of the city defense army.
When Cheng Dayou led the main force of the First Division to rush into the main gate of the Nan'an City Defense Army, the fighting on both wings was in full swing. Although the Tang Army's sudden attack caused heavy losses to the Nan'an Army, and was even completely passive at first, the Nan'an City Defense Army The Nan'an Army can be regarded as the elite of the Nan'an Army. Even though they cannot compare with the Tang Army, even though they suffered the loss of a sneak attack, they still have several times the strength of the assault regiment. Moreover, they did not set up camps in a centralized manner, but divided them into There are three units, each other's horns, and they are not far apart. When the left and right wings were attacked at the same time and fell into chaos, the rear battalion troops followed up in time to help stabilize the position. The huge disparity in strength also caused the assault wing to face a tenacious encounter. It is difficult to move forward after resisting.
However, all this suddenly changed after Cheng Dayou led the main force to break through the center line in one fell swoop. The two wings were not yet stable, and the enemy forces forced a breakthrough from the middle of the two battalions. The Nan'an Army, which was originally suppressing fear to resist, fell without much suspense. collapsed, and Cheng Dayou knew that this was the best time to completely defeat the enemy. Although his troops were already quite tired, once he lost this fighter opportunity and allowed the enemy to breathe, he would have to look for it again. The opportunity to make a breakthrough, especially when the Nan'an Army has placed its main forces in the Fourth Army and the Kuruk Fortress in the northern defense capital, such an opportunity is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The defeated Nan'an city defense army fled from the Pomashan military camp to the bottom of Nan'an city in almost one day before they stabilized their position. The Tang army who followed and chased them also beat the fallen dog hard and chased them for thirty miles. The outsiders just stopped and returned. Cheng Dayou also knew that his current strength was not enough to take down Nan'an City in one fell swoop. However, there were almost no decent obstacles in the fifty miles from Boma Mountain to Nan'an City. If he went deep alone, If the Sikkim Army lands from behind and cuts off the retreat, and if the Fourth Army of the Northern Front does not make rapid progress, then he will really become a turtle in the urn. But now I only need to support the Pomashan military camp. Not only does it have water sources, but the Nan'an army has also left a large amount of supplies. I can just sit back and rest while reorganizing the troops. At the same time, I can also put on a posture of marching westward at any time to let Nan'an. The army had to deploy troops to be stationed on guard, and now that the battle has reached this point, the options available are much wider.
The fall of the Bomashan military camp almost plunged the entire city of Nan'an into despair. The entire city was completely immersed in panic and chaos. The people of Nan'an, who had always thought that the war was still far away from them, discovered at this time that the war was actually in front of them, and the war But they knew exactly what it would bring. The people of Nan'an, who had not experienced this feeling for a long time, also began to question what was wrong with the city-state council's defense policy. Although the Tang army that attacked from the coast did not take advantage of the situation to attack Nan'an City, it was enough to make the top brass of Nan'an City State restless like ants on a hot pot. Such an army appeared in front of them and defeated the 30,000 city defenses in one fell swoop. Although there are still more than 10,000 defeated soldiers, the defeated soldiers who have just suffered a heavy setback are of little use even if they are organized immediately. The demoralized army is even worse than the civilians. It may even be mixed with other troops. Affect the morale of other troops.
Now there is only the final reserve of 30,000 city defense troops in Nan'an City. The 50,000-strong army from Western Samoa had originally advanced north, but after learning the bad news, they did not dare to go north and changed their route into Nan'an City to assist in the defense. Until this moment, they still didn't know how the Tang army that attacked the Pomashan military camp effortlessly passed through the swampy and smelly coastal dense forest area. And since this army was able to defeat the 30,000 Nan'an army that occupied the favorable location in one fell swoop, According to their inference, it would be no less than two divisions. The mobilization of such a large army could actually avoid the naval reconnaissance ships patrolling the coast, which puzzled them.
But now is no longer the time to consider this issue. How to block the Tang army that has penetrated into the most important part of his heart and continue to advance is the most urgent problem that needs to be solved. And it seems that to achieve this goal, Sikkim reinforcements are also indispensable. Yes, it’s just that the number of Sikkim reinforcements seems to be somewhat different from what the Nan’an people expected. This makes the Nan’an people more or less disappointed. They are even worried that the Sikkim people will have no choice but to withdraw when the situation is not good. After all, they It is also separated by the Sikkim Strait.