Chapter 108 Will They Come?

"Ugh". Stilwell sighed, picking up on the key points.

It turned out that after Montgomery sent Grant and others to intercept the military transport vehicles, through the information from the headquarters, combined with the information provided by the monitoring radar, it was found that the Mond City garrison was heading for the northern Gaunt Mountains, which is rumored to be a resource mining area. A massive insurrection broke out, and the insurgent miners prepared to push southwestward and seize a military base on the Diromos plateau.

"Unite all forces that can be united", this is Marion's slogan, and it is also the strategic policy of the insurgent army.

The Mond City garrison rushed to support, and the miners' combat effectiveness alone would inevitably lose. After thinking about it again and again, Montgomery believed that it was necessary to rescue them and enrich the strength of the Northern Jiangsu Allied Forces. Of course, if the air force base on the Diromos Plateau could be removed together, it would kill two birds with one stone.

As a result, about a battalion of troops was sent to guide the miners to evacuate.

Mond City's garrisoned troops north to aid the Diromos Plateau, and the city's defensive capabilities have dropped significantly. This is a good time to expand the results. After discussion and research by the staff, an action plan was finally made to repair the plank road and darken Chencang.

In addition to the 500 troops supporting the miners' uprising, there are still about 15,000 coalition troops stationed at the Makanda factory. Montgomery divided the 15,000 people into three groups.

The first group of 3,000 people attacked the air terminal 100 kilometers north of the Dala Salt Field in the northeast, where the government used to store food and wait for transportation.

The second group of 1,800 people, all riding on armored vehicles with excellent speed performance, bypassed the city of Mond from the north, interspersed to the enemy's rear, maneuvered around the logistics supply line of the First Corps, and bluffed, creating a sign of cutting off the enemy's rear.

The purpose of the above two groups of men is to confuse the military. In fact, a 10,000-strong army is starting from the Makanda arsenal, heading for the city of Mond, which is due west.

The distance between Makanda Arsenal and Mond City is only 47 kilometers. Montgomery did not move the combat command center, but only brought about 300 defensive troops to stay in Makanda to command operations.

The attack on the city of Mond went very smoothly. It took less than three hours before and after the two battalions of soldiers who stayed in the city hoisted white flags and left the city to surrender. At the same time, news of the victory of the war came from the troops attacking the air terminal in the north.

Montgomery and others were all rejoicing. When Mond City lost, the First Army lost its frontline stronghold to suppress the Northern Jiangsu Alliance Army. There is no doubt that this was a very heavy blow to the government army. On the other hand, after occupying Mond City, the Union Army of Northern Jiangsu can use this as a springboard to radiate its military influence to the west, north and south, and form a line with the Union Army of Southern Jiangsu, which is active in the southern area of ​​the Sunalu River. Bring most of the eastern coast of the continent of Odin under the control of the rebel army. Directly push the First Army back to the western interior.

In addition, the occupation of Mond City will bring another benefit. A large number of peasants, laborers, and proletarians who yearn for the rebel army will actively join the revolutionary ranks and become a member of the Northern Jiangsu Alliance Army, resisting the forces of the army. Naturally it will rise.

Montgomery had good ideas and good strategic considerations, however, something unexpected happened to him. An elite force of the government army suddenly appeared on the periphery of the Makanda arsenal, surrounded the headquarters of the Northern Jiangsu Union Army, and launched a ferocious offensive.

The insurgent army's garrison was only a mere 300 people. Under the attack of the elite troops of half a brigade of the other side, all they could do was to retreat and defend. At the same time, the Second Fleet of the South China Sea, which was originally lingering in the military port, took advantage of the fact that the main fleets of the two sides were tugging at the North Sea.

Bypassing the southeastern coast occupied by the Union Army of Southern Jiangsu, all the way to the north, from the east to the Route Bay, like a sharp knife, it is approaching the throat of the Union Army.

This time, Montgomery was stupid. Combined with the enemy's movement and tactical layout, he recognized a fact. He was overcast, and the military played a trick to lure the enemy into it. Taking the riot on the Diromos Plateau as an opportunity, and using Mond City as a bait, the Union Army of Northern Jiangsu was lured to use troops eastward. So that the elite troops of the attacking command and the guided missile destroyer formation in Rut Bay will be copied from the back and cut off the back road of the insurgent army.

I'm afraid that the 408th Armored Division of the government army who rushed to the northwest to support from Mond City will fake a shot and cooperate with the 508th Armored Division stationed at the headquarters of the First Army Corps in the western interior to launch an attack on the North Jiangsu Union Army from the northwest and southwest. . At that time, in the face of the three-sided attack of the military, our own legion will inevitably be defeated. Even if they are huddled and defended in Mond City, under the siege, the army's heart will fluctuate, and it will be difficult to last for a long time.

Thinking that the Union Army was about to face such a situation, Montgomery gritted his teeth and informed the front line of the attack on the Makanda Arsenal, and ordered the insurgent army in Mond City to abandon the original target and withdraw to the south to join the Union Army in southern Jiangsu. confluence.

He made such a decision, which means that he has given up self-help and died generously for righteousness.

Unfortunately, his subordinates refused to cooperate. The distance between Makanda Arsenal and Mond City is less than 50 kilometers, and if you march quickly, you can arrive at most in half an hour.

The high-level officials of the Northern Jiangsu Union Army headed by Stilwell and Schoonett decided to return to the west. After Montgomery was rescued, they turned to the north, merged with a group of troops attacking the air terminal, and then retreated north along the coastline, as long as they could. Reaching the northeast coast, you can take shelter under the wings of the Beihai First and Second Fleet to protect the strength of the team.

However, what they did not expect was that the 1,500-strong army besieging the headquarters, under the cover of the Rut Bay guided missile destroyer formation, actually withstood most of the armored divisions of the insurgent army again and again.

What made them even more frustrated was that the communication with the headquarters was electronically jammed and paralyzed. If the command falls and Montgomery dies, they will immediately turn around and retreat, but the key is that Montgomery and others are still alive.

Abandon Command? Watching your comrades die in battle? They are not reconciled. Not give up? keep attacking? Even a fool can see that the enemy is clearly playing delaying tactics. Once the enemy troops from the northwest and southwest arrive, they will eat them all like dumplings. For a time, the Union Army was caught in a dilemma.

After listening to the narration, Grant's face became a little embarrassed. He thought that only they were in danger, but he did not expect that even the headquarters experienced a nightmarish scene.

"Then what shall we do next?"

Stilwell was about to speak when a conscript passing by with a bloodied soldier on his back.

"Wait." Stilwell stepped forward, ignoring the filth of the blood, wiped the blood on the soldier's face with his sleeve, and gently brushed his angered eyes: "Let's go."

Another stretcher passed by behind, and a large hole was blown out of the injured soldier's left abdomen.

He was shaking constantly, his face was pale and there was no trace of blood, and he listened carefully, with a sound like babbling, and a low humming like **.

A trace of sadness flashed in Stilwell's eyes, and he waved to the medics to pause. He took off his T-shirt and gently covered the soldier's body, and then waved, signaling the medics to continue.

He didn't speak, just turned his head to look where the explosion lit up. There are countless scars lying on his dark back, including long and narrow knife wounds, burns caused by the electrode pestle on the skin, and circular scars left by bullets entering the body.

Glancing at the devastated frontline battlefield, Grant tightened the assault rifle in his hand: "Major, otherwise, let me take someone to try it."

Stilwell turned his head and swept over Joey, Monroe, Sam, and the others behind Grant, and shook his head: "This time, the enemies are all military elites with sophisticated weapons, large-caliber machine guns, snipers, and relying on high ground. There are also battleship artillery support, you can only go to death when you go up."

"They... are still young..."

Grant clenched his fists hard and didn't speak, but little Sam suddenly grabbed the corner of his shirt and said, "Tarosa and the others... they said they would help us, maybe, they can... can..."

Stilwell glanced back at him: "Who is Tarosa?"

"He...they..." Little Sam shrank back in shock. Stilwell was tall and tall, dark in appearance, and had a fierce look on his face. There were many blood stains on his body, and from a distance, he looked like a god.

"It's just casual talk." Monroe interrupted little Sam's stammering words, shaking his head, and a bitter smile curved his mouth.

"Sam, don't be stupid." Walton rubbed little Sam's head: "If he really intends to help us, why would he get off the bus halfway through. After all, this is our war, and it has nothing to do with them."

"But...but..." Little Sam argued hard, thinking about what Hausen said to him in the bar, and thinking about Tang Fang's smile, he didn't believe in his heart that they were a bunch of hypocrites who went back on their word.

"Yes, Sam, you have to learn to grow up and trust others. Many times you will sacrifice your own life in vain." Joey also persuaded: "They are all outsiders, and they don't know our Crow at all. The suffering of the Tan people, they don't understand our hatred for this damn empire, and they don't understand our persistence."

"As long as there is a breath left, we will fight to the end with this decadent and degenerate dynasty that has no future or hope. This is our oath, and it is also the courage to support us to live."

Little Sam stopped talking, and looked at the clear sky in the south with a puzzled face, and the West Mountain Col ignited a faint yellow line. The setting sun is like blood, and the sunset is thick.