Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1368 1369 Lost in the sea

"How is it?" Zhao Chen had not looked so handsome in a long time: he turned slightly left and right in front of the mirror, and the white-blade medal on his chest looked very comfortable.

The adjutant wanted to remind his chief officer that there are three levels of the White Blade Medal, and later some higher "accessories" were added. Zhao Chen's medal is still far from the highest level.

 But he did not dare to say that, but said: "The general is in good condition, and he looks very energetic."

Today, Zhao Chen will meet with the commanders of the six divisions who have returned from the front line, as well as all the commanders of the group army. This is an important meeting of the group army. What is discussed is how to continue the offensive after the Nanshan Port is truly relieved.

The instructions of the General Staff Headquarters are: to stick to the Qin army, not to easily allow the Qin army to withdraw from the Chu area, to consume the Qin army and create opportunities for subsequent battles.

Zhao Chen understood the meaning of this policy. To put it simply, it was to contain the Qin army and prevent Zhang Xuan from running away!

The actual operation is much more complicated, because whether the Qin army can run, whether it wants to run, and whether it can run in the end is not decided by the Tang army.

The highest strategy of the Tang army was to contain Zhang Xuan's army in the Chu region as much as possible, prevent them from returning to the Shu region, and strengthen the defense of the Shu region.

Of course, there are many side tasks: it is best to eliminate a large number of Qin troops, let the Qin army continue to bleed, and constantly reinforce Chu.

The theme of Zhao Chen's meeting was also very clear: he needed to let his troops attack, but he could not attack too hard and could not drive away Zhang Xuan's troops.

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 Zhang Xuan has actually moved his headquarters out of Yecheng. On the one hand, he is afraid that the special forces of the Tang Army will actually enter the city and capture him. On the other hand, Yecheng is indeed not safe.

The current senior generals of the Qin State, especially those fighting in the Chu region, are actually very entangled: Set up a headquarters in the city, fearing being attacked by missiles, being bombed, and being directly killed by the Tang Army's special forces.

But if the headquarters is placed in the wild, they are even more afraid: small units of the Tang Army are everywhere. If one day they bump into their headquarters, wouldn't they be killed by the other party in vain?

 The defense level inside the city is higher, but it is easy to be attacked intensively; outside the city, it is more hidden and easy to disperse, but there is also the worry of being harassed and attacked.

 In short, Qin's commanders no longer want to continue on such a day, they hope to retreat, or at least solve the current crisis.

Zhang Xuanke does not have the ability to solve the current crisis. If he had this ability, he would have used it long ago: in fact, it is difficult for him to even command all the troops now. The Tang Army's electromagnetic interference operations are simply crushing the Qin Army's communication equipment. .

If it weren't for some phone lines, Zhang Xuan wouldn't even be able to find his troops. Even with a phone, it was still very difficult for him to mobilize all the troops.

"Another deduction...deduction...Chen Li will always target me." In the Qin Army headquarters, compared to Zhao Chen's comfort, Zhang Xuan's state seemed a bit irritable. He suddenly dropped the report in his hand on the ground and cursed angrily.

 He hoped to get reinforcements of 100,000 troops, but now they only have 30,000. In such a state of refueling, he had no way to organize a decent counterattack.

The Tang Army's attack was so smooth that Zhang Xuan urgently needed a counterattack to stabilize his position, but he couldn't do it...

His troops have been shrinking and retreating. Although the speed is very slow, the losses are indeed huge, and the situation looks getting worse. Judging from the map, there are actually only a few "lines" left in his actual control area. Except for a few railway lines and highway lines, the Qin army no longer dares to enter mountainous areas easily.

As long as the Tang army attacks, it is very easy to cut off the communication lines. The Qin army may be divided and surrounded at any time. Zhang Xuan has been working hard to avoid such a situation.

 But his troops are always insufficient. Even though he has hundreds of thousands of troops, there are too many places to defend. These troops cannot be assembled, and even if they are assembled, they cannot mount a decent counterattack.

Most of the time, the Qin army could only incompetently bombard uninhabited hills and forests to vent their pent-up emotions.

"Your Majesty has tried his best, but I heard that some ministers disagreed with continuing to mobilize the troops..." the adjutant explained in a low voice.

“What the **** do they know? They can only confuse His Majesty! It’s because of idiots like them that the frontline has become so corrupt!” Zhang Xuan interrupted the adjutant and gave his own evaluation of those civil servants.

"The Tang Army had established a defense line around Nanshan Port the day before yesterday. Our troops withdrew from the area and no large-scale exchange of fire occurred." The adjutant saw Zhang Xuan's ugly face and immediately found a more favorable topic: "We The retreat was successful, ammunition and supplies were preserved, and there was almost no loss."

This is good news. Because they were well prepared, the Qin army was not decisive at all in besieging Nanshan Port. In fact, the encirclement had long existed in name only.

If the standard was only the circulation of personnel or a small amount of materials, then the Nanshan Port encirclement would have been broken through long ago. However, now, the Qin army outside Nanshan Port has retreated, and the battle of Nanshan Port is completely over.

"This is good news..." Zhang Xuan's complexion actually improved a little. His troops were already doing well. After all, it all depends on the support of his peers.

The northern line was defeated from Xiajuan to Wangdu in one fell swoop. The middle line of Ruishu was about to be lost. Zhang Xuan's southern line was still fighting in Chu. This was already a very good result.

But recently, he has also felt an inexplicable pressure: Ruishu will be lost in the past two days. If Ruishu is lost, there will be a Tang army behind him.

Once the Tang army entering Shu moves south, Shu will not be safe. Shu is Zhang Xuan's rear area. If Shu is lost, Zhang Xuan's troops will actually be surrounded.

 Therefore, Zhang Xuan has recently thought of withdrawing to Shu. Although the loss of Chu Di was a very passive thing in public opinion, Zhang Xuan no longer cared about it.

He and the security forces behind him who maintained the supply line totaled nearly one million. If the retreat went smoothly, these forces could also be used to defend Shu.

 But if he was surrounded in the mountains and forests of Chudi, it would be equivalent to saying that hundreds of thousands of troops were wasted in vain. This is not a concept at all.

 So Zhang Xuan sent a message to Emperor Qin Yingduo, stating his interests and hopes that Yingduo would approve his retreat. But this news, which was related to the life and death of Zhang Xuan's nearly one million troops, fell into obscurity.

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