In the vehicle, Ren Xiaosu listened to a group of thugs from the Razor Sharp Company discussing how to break through the defensive line at Mt. Dingyuan. Moreover, they were not only discussing how to break through Mt. Dingyuan. They also had to consider reinforcements from Mt. Guan.
It must be known that the reason why Mt. Dingyuan was so difficult to attack was because of the Soong Clan bandits guarding the mountain.
Normally, they looked like two groups of unrelated bandits, but when it came to war, these two groups of bandits clearly belonged to the same force.
Therefore, if they were to attack Mt. Dingyuan, they would have to face the threat of Mt. Guan's forces.
When the convoy was about to drive out of Fortress 178, someone suddenly stopped the convoy up ahead. It was Wang Shengzhi and Wang Shengyin waiting at the east gate. Zhang Xiaoman jumped out of the vehicle and asked, "What's the matter?"
Wang Shengyin said, "Is Ren Xiaosu in your company? We've talked to Commander Zhang and know that he's going to the front line today, so we plan to say goodbye to him. We won't delay your journey."
Zhang Xiaoman sized up Wang Shengyin's appearance. She was clearly one of those people from the Central Plains. He said unhappily, "When the troops set off, how can we stop just to say goodbye? Hurry up and get out of the way. He's a soldier of our Razor Sharp Company now, so he can't see you."
Zhang Xiaoman was a little unhappy to begin with. What was the point of being stopped by such a messy matter when the troops were advancing?
Wang Shengyin said with a smile, "I'm sorry, but we won't bid farewell then. Can you give this gift to him and help us tell him that we'll be leaving Fortress 178 in three days? When we return to the Central Plains, we'll help him look for his friend named Li Shentan."
"Alright, alright." Zhang Xiaoman waved his hand impatiently. "I'll pass it to him."
With that, he jumped back into the back of the truck and quickly led the group through the gate of Fortress 178. The bronze bell at the end of the long road behind them was still standing in the center of the fortress. A group of soldiers looked at Wang Shengyin who was gradually getting further away and muttered, "I'm so jealous …"
At that moment, Wang Shengyin was still waving at the motorcade, while Wang Shengzhi smiled without saying anything.
Zhang Xiaoman handed the gift box to Ren Xiaosu. "There's no such thing as love in war. There's only life and death, understand?"
Ren Xiaosu did not answer. He took the box and opened it. It was a box of pea cakes. He pinched a piece for himself and stuffed it into his mouth. He shoved the rest back to Zhang Xiaoman. "Let's share them."
Zhang Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. "The girl gave you snacks, and you're giving them to us? What are you thinking, kid? "
After a moment of silence, Ren Xiaosu said, "Not good."
Zhang Xiaoman: "…"
A group of soldiers snatched the snacks from Zhang Xiaoman's hands. "If he doesn't want to eat it, we'll eat it. It's good enough that a little girl gave us food, but he still thinks it's not good enough."
Ren Xiaosu sat in a corner. He knew very well that his relationship with Wang Shengyin was not what the soldiers thought it was. They had only known each other for about ten days, not even a month.
Perhaps Wang Shengzhi felt that he would be useful in the future, so he expressed enough goodwill on the spot.
But no matter what, he would not trust these "friends" whom he had only known for about ten days. As for what would happen after Wang Shengzhi found Li Shentan, he did not care.
Given Li Shentan and Si Liren's strength, even if Wang Shengzhi had ulterior motives, Li Shentan would definitely be able to escape unscathed.
As he ate the pea cakes, he thought of Yang Xiaojin. He wondered where that cap-wearing girl was now.
Everyone else probably thought that he was already dead.
Even Ren Xiaosu did not think that he had any reason to survive at that time.
Before he got his revenge, Ren Xiaosu had no intention of getting involved with anyone else. They were just passersby in his life.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu said, "Captain, why don't we attack Mt. Guan directly?"
"Are you crazy?" Zhang Xiaoman said with a pea cake in his mouth, "I fucking gave the order to attack Mt. Dingyuan. Besides, Mt. Guan is much more difficult to attack than Mt. Dingyuan!"
Ren Xiaosu said calmly, "Didn't you say that we'll have to guard against reinforcements from Mt. Guan if we attack Mt. Guan? In that case, the reinforcements from Mt. Dingyuan will also come to support us if we attack Mt. Guan, right?"
Zhang Xiaoman mulled over this. He suddenly realized that Ren Xiaosu meant that they should pretend to attack Mt. Guan and then set up an ambush to catch Mt. Dingyuan off guard.
This suggestion was very much to the liking of the Razor Sharp Company.
After all, even in modern warfare, defensive positions were still a war meat grinder.
The officers of Fortress 178 had to learn military knowledge on a daily basis. Even though this group of burly men did not seem to like learning, they still enjoyed reading the preserved war cases from before The Cataclysm.
One of the cases of the battle for the airfield perfectly illustrated what modern positional warfare was. The attacking side had ten times the strength of the defending side, and they even had 122 mm howitzers and attack helicopters.
But even under such circumstances, it took three months to capture the airfield. During this period, both sides suffered countless casualties.
This case proved that as long as you did not have a fully armored mechanical army or a strong air attack, positional warfare had to be taken seriously.
The enemy also had the equipment that they had. Furthermore, they even had land mines, booby traps, and traps.
If you wanted to cover the area with your firepower, you would have to pay a huge price. On the other hand, you would have to use human lives to test where the enemy's firepower was deployed.
If Ren Xiaosu had not given Qing Zhen the defensive deployment map, it would have taken Qing Zhen a very long time to take down Position 313. The Kyung Clan's headquarters had set the duration of the battle to be one month.
Many people thought that the era of positional warfare had already died out in modern warfare. But that was not the case at all.
The theory of the omnipotence of missiles had not reached its peak yet.
In the case studies that Zhang Xiaoman and the others had learned, positions that were quickly captured were basically bombed by the air force. But the birds in the sky were now the hegemons of air control. Human planes were too weak.
Now that the Razor Sharp Company was facing two bandit lairs, they could call for fire support to plough through Mt. Dingyuan and Mt. Guan. But after that? How were they going to fight the rest of the Soong Clan?
These were just two f * cking bandit lairs. It was not time for the real deal to be decided yet.
Zhang Xiaoman pondered, "But we might not be able to handle a pincer attack if we get attacked from both sides."
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Even if we don't fight like this, we'll still get attacked from both sides, won't we?"
"That's true." Zhang Xiaoman said, "But what if we don't put enough pressure on Mt. Guan? What if the enemy at Mt. Dingyuan doesn't send reinforcements?"
Ren Xiaosu said firmly, "Then we'll just put pressure on them. Leave it to me."
"Do you dare to issue a military pledge?" Zhang Xiaoman was shocked.
"I dare!"
The soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company in the vehicle suddenly felt that something was amiss. They had been worried that a recruit like Ren Xiaosu would go limp on the battlefield. But in the end, they realized why was Ren Xiaosu so determined to fight?
They had heard that Ren Xiaosu was a supernatural being, right? They wondered what gave Ren Xiaosu the confidence to boast like that.
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