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"Wei Jiandian, will this really work?" The guard followed beside Vézé. He looked at the parachutes being moved and then at Vézé, who was calmly commanding, and finally asked uneasily. Everything in front of him was completely beyond the guard's imagination. Even though he had seen many successful landings, the guard still could not believe that this method of descending from the sky could succeed.
"We'll know after this battle." Vézé did not make any comments. He had participated in paragliding and was well aware of the various possibilities that existed. As for the guard who often made a fuss beside him, Vézé really wanted to ask him to quickly leave. However, after the guard saw this method of descending from the sky, he completely gave up on his duty of hurrying back to report to the Southern King Feng Yunshan. No matter what, he had to see the results before leaving. Vézé could only let him be.
The commander's tent was set up in the camp four or five miles away from the main gate of Wujia Town. It was surrounded by a wall of cloth. There were nine people sitting inside. A simple bamboo shelf was placed on a wooden board as a table. The map board was even simpler. A bamboo pole was placed on the shelf, a piece of bamboo was fastened to it, and the map was nailed to it with a long thumbtack. That was it.
The guard received a stool. More accurately, it was a bucket with a cushion. The bamboo shelf was placed on top of the bucket. Whether or not one could sit on it depended on one's skill. This was the tool that Vézé's troops had gradually created during battle. The bucket was very useful, and the shelf was a very simple small stool. It was Hong Xiuquan's practice to specially prepare gorgeous chairs with limited uses during battle. Vézé's view of war was completely contrary to this.
Of the nine commanders, Vézé was the highest commander. The rest were Wei Changrong, Zhang Yingchen, Hu Chenghe, Li Yongjia, Ruan Xihao, Liang Changtai, and other officers. Li Yongjia was the leader of the soldiers formed by the young and strong men of the Li family village. He left the Third Soldier responsible for defending the Wuzhou camp and transferred over the Fourth Soldier made up of new soldiers. It was to let them see the world and familiarize themselves with the battlefield.
Vézé asked, "Commander Li Zu, how's the harassment going?"
"Three days and three nights without a break." Li Yongjia looked exhausted. He had harassed the enemy for three days and three nights, and he hadn't had a good rest either. It was normal for him to be tired.
It had been three days since the guards arrived at Wujia Town and Vézé had confirmed the start of the battle. During these three days, the troops did not only carry out airborne training. Vézé followed the principle of 'the enemy is stationed while we disturb'. Every day, he would launch several feint attacks during the day, and at night, he would blow the drums and horns at irregular intervals to disrupt the enemy's rest.
"How's the siege going?" Vézé asked Wei Changrong. After the First Soldier joined the siege, Vézé let Wei Changrong lead the troops to launch a sudden feint attack on Wujia Town's flank during the day.
"Also completed the mission." Wei Changrong replied calmly.
It was said that Wujia Town had been established for 50 years, and the city walls that had been built had its merits. When Vézé and the others dug up the water source of the moat and tried to cross the moat to attack fiercely, the firing position on the top of the wall was filled with gunshots. Fortunately, Vézé ordered the troops to carry the 'earth tank', which was a large shield covered with several layers of grass and bamboo. In addition, the fellows in the town used firearms as a weapon, so there were no casualties.
After several attempts, Wei Changrong and the others roughly figured out the enemy's defensive layout in a few places that seemed to be weak, and the attack also seemed to be fierce. Several times, they successfully crossed the dry moat and set up ladders on the wall. This time, Wujia Town sent all the people that could be sent to the wall. Naturally, Wei Changrong did not want any unnecessary casualties, so he cooperated and retreated from the bottom of the wall.
The people in Wujia Town knew the danger and strengthened the defense on the wall. There were people stationed at the wall day and night, and there were even more patrol teams. This gave the harassing troops another opportunity. Li Yongjia harassed fiercely, and every time he harassed, it would cause chaos in Wujia Town.
Although the guards did not know the specific command of Vézé, they could really feel the seriousness of the army when they saw such orderly arrangements and serious meetings. King Nan also held many meetings, but his subordinates were obviously divided into two types, capable and incapable. When the two types of people were mixed together, it would be a pot of porridge when they discussed. In the end, King Nan could only forcibly suppress everyone and make them carry out King Nan's orders to the letter.
Of course, the vocabulary that Vézé used was very simple, and the guards did not really understand. If it was an ordinary officer, the guards would also dare to ask what was going on. Vézé was a Inspector-General, and if he was one rank higher, he would be the Prime Minister. The difference in rank between him and the guards who were only two Marshals was too big. Since Vézé did not take the initiative to explain to the guards, he did not dare to disturb Vézé.
Vézé had completely forgotten about this guard. This was a tactical battle that was very simple. With Vézé's ability, he could only copy the tactics that he knew to this extent. In order to ensure the victory of the battle, every step needed to be prepared very carefully.
"Zhang Zuchang, how is the road at the back of the mountain opening?" Vézé asked about the early preparations for the airborne battle. The cliff at the back of the mountain was very difficult to climb. The first time Zhang Yingchen climbed it, he was lightly equipped. Now that he was carrying a lot of airborne supplies, the difficulty of the climb had increased exponentially.
Zhang Yingchen immediately replied, "The long ladder has been fixed, and the support has been moved up. Wu Jiazhen did not notice our movements. "
"Then we will harass them for another night, and prepare to attack at dawn tomorrow!" Vézé gave the order resolutely.
All the officers who participated in the meeting stood up. "We will carry out the order!"
However, in the early morning of the next day, Hu Chenghe, who was in charge of leading the troops, sent a note to Vézé. The note had a crooked paragraph written on it. "The direction of the wind is not right. We can't fight now. We are waiting for the direction of the wind to change."
Vézé immediately wrote a military order and ordered the messenger to send it to Hu Chenghe. "Your judgment is correct! Since the direction of the wind is not right, we can't force the airborne battle. If the direction of the wind doesn't change after dawn, leave the troops to guard the place, and you will retreat. "
After sending the military order, Vézé could not help but ask Wei Changrong, "Commander Wei, if the direction of the wind is not right, will you insist on the airborne battle?"
Wei Changrong did not see the document sent by Hu Chenghe. He smiled and said, "I will definitely try."
Hearing this, Vézé felt very lucky. Fortunately, the person in charge was the calm and experienced Hu Chenghe. If it was the loyal and brave Wei Changrong, Wei Changrong might really try to airborne if the direction of the wind was not right.
Vézé hurriedly handed the document written by Hu Chenghe to Wei Changrong. "Changrong, you have to learn from Comrade Hu Chenghe."
In the morning, the guard saw that the battle did not start as scheduled and could not help but ask Vézé, "Wei Jiandian, what is going on?"
"We are not prepared enough to start the battle." Vézé did not care what the guard thought of him. He used a very calm sentence to dismiss the guard.
The guard clearly could not accept this explanation. He said unhappily, "Wei Jiandian, we can't wait any longer. The Southern King ordered you to attack Wuzhou. You want to attack Wujia Town, but you are delaying it. How long are you going to make the Southern King wait in Guilin? "
Vézé did not care what the guard thought at all. Vézé had an instinctive dislike for this kind of position, which was similar to an army supervisor. Putting aside the fact that a layman could command an expert, he used the Southern King Feng Yunshan to pressure Vézé. There was no reason for Vézé to listen to the command of a small guard. He replied calmly, "That's how it is. Everything is ready except for the east wind. I can only wait another day."
Seeing that Vézé's words were no longer polite, Wei Changrong sneered, "If the wind was blowing from the southeast today, we would have fought a long time ago. Today the wind is blowing from the west. There is no way to fight! Let's see what happens tomorrow. "
The guard did not expect to run into such a snag. He could not help but ask, "What if the wind is still blowing from the west tomorrow?"
Wei Changrong frowned, "If the wind is blowing from the west tomorrow, we will wait another day! We can't let our brothers die for nothing, can we? "
The guard was unhappy, but he looked at Vézé sitting on a wooden bucket with a small bamboo stool with a gloomy face. In the end, he did not dare to pester him any further.
They harassed him all day. In the middle of the second night, the wind finally changed to the southeast. Hu Chenghe sent a document, "The wind direction is suitable. We will carry out the airborne landing in the early hours of the morning."
This time, Wei Ze went straight to Hu Chenghe's campsite to smear his name. When he arrived at the camp, the brothers had not yet set off to the top of the mountain. Vézé took advantage of the moonlight to inspect the airborne troops.
Hu Chenghe personally led the team. Among the 36 selected brothers, 30 were old brothers who had followed Vézé since he was in Yongan City. The other six were local elites led by Ruan Xihao.
The 36 people stood neatly in a square formation. Under the moonlight, their faces could not be seen clearly, but Vézé could feel their determination to fight to the death. If they were not elites, they would not have dared to jump from a height of more than ten meters.
"Comrades! Have you written down everyone's name and place of origin? "Vézé asked.
"I've memorized everything!" Hu Chenghe replied.
Vézé said solemnly, "Of course I want everyone to be fine after the battle. However, if any of our comrades are unfortunate enough to die, we will not let them die in vain. We will write down everyone's name and place of origin so that when we conquer the world in the future, we can erect a huge monument to commemorate our fallen comrades! I will also erect a monument to our fallen comrades at the place where they were born, and engrave their names on the monument. Even if I die halfway, as long as our troops are still here, we will not die without results! So, everyone, please be brave and go! "
"Yes! We will complete the mission! "Hu Chenghe took the lead, and the soldiers of the airborne troops replied in unison.
Seeing that it was about time, Hu Chenghe led the elite troops towards the direction of the cliff.
Vézé also returned to GCH. They had already harassed the people in Wujia Town in the first half of the night. If he was not wrong, when Hu Chenghe's airborne troops began their operation, the people in Wujia Town would be asleep for about three hours. During this time, those who should be asleep would be asleep, and those who were asleep would not be awake. The early hours of the morning were the most relaxed, and the success rate of sudden attacks was very high.
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