District 9

Late at night, around 10 o'clock.

All the forces assembled by the coalition forces outside Lukou Port began to launch a general offensive and jointly advanced toward the Lukou coastline.

The offensive route of the coalition forces this time was no different from before. The Sichuan Mansion and Liu Weiren's division were still united, and the Feng and He factions were united. The two forces were divided into two groups and moved forward.

During the annihilation battle, artillery roared in the mountains, and the highways were filled with smoke. The peripheral Shen troops who had been trapped for several days had already exhausted their will to fight. Once many small groups were blocked, they basically showed no resistance. , and chose to surrender. Because even if the battleships from District 7 come, they will definitely not be the first people to board the ship. If they continue to resist, they will end up being wiped out.

As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain falling. Thinking back on how powerful the Qin Dynasty was at the beginning, but starting from the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, Liu Bang led the army to capture Xianyang in less than two years. But now, the Shensha Corps, which was very prosperous a few months ago, is struggling at the end like a caged beast.

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After more than ten hours of fierce fighting between the two sides, almost all the main peripheral forces of the Shen Corps were cleared away. Guangchuan Mansion and Liu Weiren defeated at least seven or eight thousand troops and captured five or six thousand captive soldiers. .

At this moment, the Shensha Corps' military activity area in Lukou Port has been squeezed into a very small area. The remaining 60,000 to 70,000 main troops are all stationed about a hundred kilometers away from Lukou Port. When the coalition forces advanced to the outside here, they also found that the remaining defenders were very stubborn and were the kind of troops that were loyal to Shen Wanzhou and Sha Zhongxing. There are also many generals in various combat units with the surname Sha and Shen, so it is obviously very difficult for the coalition forces to get them to surrender without a fight.

Near Lukou Port, in the main camp of the Shen Corps.

A senior colonel looked slightly tired and said to Shen Wanzhou: "Commander, Sichuan's troops are very good at mountain warfare. They penetrate very quickly. Our defense group at three o'clock probably won't be able to hold on for long." ”

Shen Wanzhou pondered for a long time, then turned to look at him and asked, "Has the fleet from District 7 arrived?"

"A frigate and a transport ship have arrived." The colonel said quickly: "Deputy Commander Sha has asked the core troops and generals to board the ship first, and the coalition forces have nothing to do with the sea combat units, so they did not There was no penetration toward the port."

Shen Wanzhou fell silent thoughtfully.

"Although the tens of thousands of troops have no fighting spirit and spirit, even if they stand still and let the coalition capture them, they won't be able to capture them all in three days." The colonel continued: "So, we can still fight for it here It’s a certain time to evacuate.”

Shen Wanzhou paused for a while and immediately shouted: "Let Bai Hongbo, Xu Yiming, Li Zheng... they come over for a meeting immediately."

"Yes!" The senior colonel nodded.

Not far away, Shen Fei stood by the door like a personal guard, looking at Shen Wanzhou expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.

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About half an hour later.

Bai Hongbo, commander of the Shen First Group Army, as well as generals from the military department, headquarters, and other combat units, all came to the conference room.

Shen Wanzhou stood upright in the first position and spoke to everyone with sonorous words: "Everyone, the battleships from the Seventh District have arrived, and the first batch of withdrawal troops from the sand system have already boarded the ship, so I now officially give the order to lift the The defensive operations of your units will officially move closer to the inner harbor and retreat in batches."

As soon as the words fell, more than twenty core generals and officers in the room all stood up.

Some of these people have been veteran generals who have been famous in the military and political circles for many years, and their uniforms are covered with medals.

Some of these people are still very young. They have unlimited talents and could have become the hope of the future of the Shensha Corps.

But at that moment, both the elders and the younger ones all stood up and shouted in unison: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, we will not withdraw! Fight to the death, and swear to live or die with the headquarters!"

If Shen Wanzhou didn't have a certain degree of personal charm, would he be able to get to where he is today?

The generals in the room may not have much say in the development and political leanings of the region. Whether the Shen Department betrays the country and the interests of the people actually has little to do with them.

They were soldiers and they had enough loyalty and that was enough.

Shen Wanzhou looked at them and was very touched in his heart.

When the catastrophe approached, I don't know how many troops of the Shensha Corps had already defected and rebelled, but the ones that were left now were enough to show their quality and loyalty.

Shen Wanzhou held the table with both hands and slowly glanced at everyone: "If I die, the Shen Corps may not disappear, but if you all disappear, then we will really become history. Everyone, I, Shen Wanzhou, and others I am extremely honored to be able to fight side by side with you every year and share weal and woe! I thank you!"

Shen Wanzhou bowed deeply, raised his arms and waved his hands: "If we meet again, if there is an afterlife, I will drink and chat with you all."

After saying that, Shen Wanzhou turned around and left.

The generals looked at Shen Wanzhou who left decisively. After a long silence, they saluted his back with a military salute.

The staff officer responsible for arranging the evacuation of the troops at the door came over and urged quickly: "Everyone, prepare now. The first batch of ships will not wait too long."

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An hour later, all the core troops on the periphery of Shen's regiment retreated on a large scale, and the core generals and officers at all levels, as well as their families, as well as Shen Wanzhou's relatives, all boarded the ship first.

At this moment, there were a total of three troops remaining with Shen Wanzhou: the first was the headquarters guard regiment, the second was the 1st Field Division directly under the headquarters, and the 179th mixed brigade, which was not fully staffed.

These three troops reached the front, took over the garrison area, and began to cover the evacuation of large troops along the coast.

In the headquarters conference room.

Shen Wanzhou sat on the chair and suddenly turned to look at Shen Fei and asked, "Xiao Fei, I just had a chat with Staff Liu and the others. What do you think of us withdrawing our troops towards Zangyuan?"

Shen Fei was startled for a moment: "Commander, do you have any arrangements there?"

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Songjiang, inside the Feng family villa.

Feng Chengzhang sat on the sofa, put his hands in his hands and said to the staff: "It is definitely unrealistic to annihilate and capture all the tens of thousands of troops. Our main idea is to instigate rebellion as much as possible. Troops to enhance their own strength in war.”

"Yes, during our advance along the line, we did capture many prisoners and instigated many troops to rebel." A middle-aged man stepped in and replied: "There must be more than 10,000 people in total."

Feng Chengzhang nodded slowly: "From today on, the Shensha Corps will become history."

"Beep bell bell!"

The phone rang, and a middle-aged man walked up to Feng Chengzhang and whispered, "It's Commander Lu's call."

Feng Chengzhang took the phone: "Hello, Lao Lu?"

"When will we do it?"

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In Xinxiang Life Town, Meng Xi also sent a text message to Commander Zhou.