The attack on the Sonya Border Defense Division in White Fang City was carried out by using the "Destroyer" attack aircraft, which took off and landed at the Nicolo City Airport, just within the attack range of the "Destroyer". It would be very difficult to attack at a distance a little further away.
Although Lu Ming did not go to the battlefield in person, the armored train broke into White Fang City and exploded from the center, directly destroying the Sonya Border Infantry Command, which was already in chaos after the fierce air raid.
The third wave of attack came from the First Infantry Regiment of the Petroleum Corps, which completely defeated the Sonya Border Defense Division, which was in chaos.
They left behind hundreds of corpses, more than two thousand wounded and prisoners, and the rest were defeated. Moreover, the regimental structure was completely disrupted, making the defeat uncontrollable. Some deserters were frightened by the bombings of planes and even fled for hundreds of kilometers. They were only gathered at the western border of the Kingdom of Sonia.
Perhaps some of the defeated soldiers also disappeared in the desert.
There is no clear border line between the Kingdom of Sonia and the city-state area. In fact, there is a gradual buffer zone. There is a buffer zone of more than 100 kilometers between the real city-state area and the border station of the Kingdom of Sonia. Most of it is desert and wasteland, with very few people living there. A few border residents live in desert oases, and there are also desert thieves who specialize in stealing trains.
Some deserters were probably so deeply trapped that they could never get out.
In short, in the city-state and border areas, Sonya's Northwest Frontier Defense First Infantry Division gathered more than 6,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers.
If the results of the battles of the city-state coalition and the "volunteer army" are consistent with each other, hundreds of people are missing.
In fact, after the successful raid on White Fang City, the "coalition forces" quickly retreated to Black Fang City on the southeastern border of the Nicolo city-state and began to build fortifications in preparation for the upcoming fierce battle.
The people of Black Fang City and White Fang City are actually of the same origin, but Black Fang City was conquered by Nicolo.
The "coalition" sent a telegram to Punk Company requesting a ceasefire.
In the telegram, the "Coalition" still believed that it was the Punk Trading Company that had clashed with it, but it was obvious that the Punk Trading Company had bribed the military at the border outposts and used the military's power to invade the city-state alliance, thus causing the misunderstanding and tragedy of the Battle of White Fang.
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In the great meeting hall of the left castle where "Representative Li" of Nicolo City lived, more than twenty city-state lords gathered and discussed something in a disorderly manner.
In the small meeting room on the second floor, there were Lu Ming, the regiment leader Feng Qifa, the regiment's political training director Gao Yaohan, and Ni Luozi and others.
Lu Ming paced in front of the display board with the map of the Western Regions and the western part of the Kingdom of Sonia, and said, "What is the worst outcome? The Sonia people gather heavy troops in the west and come over. Our defense line in Blackfang City can't hold up. Then, we will give up positional warfare and all the big cities in the Nicolo City-State, including the cities of our coalition city-states. We will fight guerrilla warfare with the Sonia people and destroy all the railway lines in the Nicolo City-State."
Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan looked at each other, while Ni Luozi had a grim expression.
Lu Ming said: "Don't think this is a failure..."
Feng Qifa hesitated and said, "Our oil corps... and the recruitment of volunteers in Xiheishanbao may not be possible..."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "No, unless the Sonyans must go west to attack West Black Mountain Fort, otherwise, we have to delay the arrival of the decisive battle on the western front." Pointing to the map, "Our army retreats to the area west of the city-state of Supiro, so that the Sonyans know that if they cross Supiro, it will be the time for us to truly declare war on the Kingdom of Sonya."
"The Sonyans are not determined to fight a decisive battle with our Western Region forces, because they themselves understand that relying solely on the Western Border Defense Force, West Black Mountain Fort is an extremely difficult nut to crack for them."
"Our attacks on their border guards and our head-on confrontation with them in Black Fang City will make them realize this."
"Once they occupied nearly two-thirds of the land of the Western Region city-states, including the Nicolo city-state, their sense of glory should have been fully satisfied. They have already paid back the blows they suffered tenfold and a hundredfold."
While Lu Ming was speaking, Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan shook their heads and sighed, while Ni Luozi's face was filled with gloom.
According to intelligence, the Sonyans have mobilized five divisions from the west and are gathering towards the western border.
Apparently, the disastrous defeat of the First Western Border Defense Division angered the top Sonya military officials, who were determined to teach the Montenegrins and the so-called city-state coalition a painful lesson.
Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan both believed that Representative Li would definitely formally form the Petroleum Corps, which would be a division of nearly 20,000 armed forces. In addition, with the recruitment of volunteers from various city-states, they might be able to fight.
Unexpectedly, Representative Li was prepared to withdraw and abandon the Nicolo city-state if the First Infantry Regiment could not withstand the positional battle.
Lu Ming looked at Feng and Gao and said, "Again, don't think this is a failure. When the five Sonya divisions go deep into the Western Region, they will find that with only five divisions, it will be a drop in the bucket to rule here steadily. They will fall into a real war swamp. By then, if they don't withdraw their troops in disgrace, they will have to send more armed forces." He paused, "If we look at the problem from a global perspective, our only oil corps on the western front will tie down at least ten Sonya divisions, or even a dozen or twenty." He took a red pen and circled the western part of Sonya near the city-state area on the map, "Not only in the Western Region, but here, we must also develop and support the forces that resist the Sonya people!"
Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan were gradually filled with surprise.
Feng Qifa asked in surprise: "Is the Principality going to launch a war against Sonia together with the Kingdom of Griffinni?" There was excitement on his face. As a military general, the more battles he fought, the more exciting it would be.
Lu Ming said: "We will not consider these for the time being, but there is no doubt that if our Oil Corps with 20,000 soldiers can do its best to consume the military and financial resources of the Sonya people in the Western Region, it will be a great help to the grand strategy of the principality." He added: "Moreover, the three provinces of the Three Talents will be announced as the principality tomorrow. Hanzhou, which is adjacent to the three provinces, will also receive an official letter from His Royal Highness tomorrow. His Royal Highness will request the reorganization of the Hanzhou National Army as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Military Region of the Kingdom of Greifanni."
"Ah?" Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan looked at each other, both with surprise on their faces.
The southern part of Hanzhou is the Western Province which is influenced by the Kingdom of Sonia. The principality took control of Hanzhou first, which undoubtedly meant supporting the Western Regions from a strategic point of view.
The principality’s outpost is getting closer and closer to the Western Regions.
The oil transported from West Black Mountain Castle to the Principality is via a newly built freight railway heading northeast, passing through several Western Autonomous States to Hanzhou, and then turning north from Hanzhou to the Northern Territory.
An oil pipeline from Hanzhou to Montenegro is currently being planned.
And eventually there will definitely be an oil pipeline controlled by the principality from Xiheishanbao to Hanzhou.
Now, these plans obviously have to take the first step, which is for the principality to truly control Hanzhou.
Lu Ming understood what Feng Qifa and Gao Yaohan were thinking.
His strategic planning was accelerated because he discovered that the Sonyans seemed determined to expand their influence in the Western Regions and would not back down because of his intervention.
Therefore, they could only follow the strategy that was the most difficult to control and had the most variables, and try to turn the Western Regions into the imperial graveyard of the Sonyans.
At the same time, his eyes also turned to Hanzhou.
I originally wanted to wait a while. The Northern Territory also needs development. It would be better if it could be stable for a few years, or even ten or twenty years.
But in times of chaos, it is impossible to plan and develop as one pleases. One can only follow the general trend and go with the flow.
Lu Ming looked at Ni Luozi and said, "I asked you to listen here because I want you to know that the earth-shaking changes in the Western Region will be a test for you. You should think clearly about what you want to do next."
Then he said to Feng and Gao, "Let's go to the meeting and tell them how to fight guerrilla warfare next. Of course, they can also submit to the Sonyans, but I think as members of the coalition, they should all be on the Sonyans' blacklist. The Sonyans have no forgiving heart, and they don't care what influence these city-state lords have in the local area. The Sonyans' national belief is that they firmly believe that they can conquer everything!"
After taking two steps, he turned to Nirozi and said, "Before the Sonyans came, we went to deal with Hunhuo Luo. Hunhuo Luo is a remote area. The nobles of Hunhuo Luo are called Bloody Hunhuo Luo in the poems of bards, right? They rule in an extremely brutal and barbaric way and are unpopular. If we deal with Bloody Hunhuo Luo, it will become one of the best bases for our resistance army!"
Ni Luozi was originally worried about gains and losses, but now he perked up and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" He glanced at Lu Ming and said with gratitude, "Thank you, Representative!"