The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

Chapter 35 Encirclement 5

Since the soldiers led by Galen started fighting against the revolutionary army, the casualties of the entire Deya Kingdom army have been increasing day by day.

When the battle just started, Garen thought it was just a small snack before the large-scale decisive battle, but unfortunately what happened later was completely beyond his expectations.

The guerrillas of the revolutionary army were extremely tenacious, and they also had the advantage of being familiar with the terrain. The heavy casualties had made Galen no longer hope that the Deya Kingdom army alone could win the war.

After the Deya Kingdom entered the heart of its base, people fell on this land almost every moment.

The most crucial thing is that the Deya Kingdom’s army was completely unable to exert its advantages in the fight with the guerrillas.

The cannons carried by the Deya Kingdom's army, which symbolize firepower advantage, were completely useless under the guerrilla tactics of the revolutionary army.

Whenever the reconnaissance team in the Deya Kingdom's army was attacked by guerrillas, Galen would send out cannons to provide reinforcements as soon as possible. However, the heavy cannons were not suitable for tactics against guerrillas.

Often the battle was over before artillery support arrived.

The guerrillas relied on this tactic to attack the Deya Kingdom army non-stop. Garen, who was powerless, could only hope for reinforcements to break the deadlock after his efforts were hopeless.

After suffering repeated attacks from the guerrillas, Galen had hoped to find the main force of the revolutionary army through an elite force and then engage in a decisive battle.

There were 1,500 soldiers, plus the civilian laborers who accompanied the army, totaling more than 3,000 people. Zhao Xin was appointed as the commander of this army, and in order to make up for the disadvantage in numbers, several cannons were also deployed.

When this unit just set out, Galen still had confidence. Unfortunately, within two days, the guerrillas cut off the information between this unit and the main camp.

Just as the army camp of the Kingdom of Deya was worried, Zhao Xin, the commander, also realized that something was wrong. When the troops were just dispatched, the army led by Zhao Xin was misled by the militia. By the time they realized that something was wrong, the troops had gone too far.

When Zhao Xin's troops were surrounded by guerrillas and militia, this army that Garen had placed his hopes on was in a dilemma.

The most uncomfortable thing for Zhao Xin was that he had not yet discovered the main force of the Red Banner Army. That's right, the main force of the Red Banner Army did not appear, but was waiting for an opportunity between the Deya Kingdom Army Camp and the detachment led by Zhao Xin.

According to Maan's plan, this was a good opportunity to destroy the main force of the German army and quickly end the war on this side. Zhao Xin had a flare in his hand that could guide the direction, and he did fire a flare after being besieged.

If Garen wanted to rescue the troops led by Zhao Xin, he could only lead his troops to abandon the camp and march quickly to the depths of the base. Without the cover of the camp, and even the baggage could not be fully carried, the Red Banner Army was confident that they could completely eat up the reckless Deya Kingdom Army if they were familiar with the terrain.

Unfortunately, Ma En's plan to eat up the main force of the Kingdom of Deya could not be realized. What he didn't know was that Zhao Xin carried two types of flares, one was a blue flare to report the position, and the other was a red flare to discover the main force of the Ming army.

Garen would not rush in before finding the red flare. At this time, Zhao Xin was also helpless. He did not expect that the revolutionary army could make him unable to move forward without sending out the main force. The thousands of them marched deep into the base alone, like a handful of salt thrown into a water tank.

His biggest feeling during these days was that it seemed as if there were guerrillas everywhere, and his side hadn't even caught a glimpse of the enemy, and was only suffering casualties every moment.

The guerrillas who besieged them were also quite cunning. They specifically targeted the baggage train, which frightened the civilians in the army and caused them to abandon a lot of supplies.

Seeing that the casualties of the troops were increasing, Zhao Xin decided to concentrate his forces, make good use of the remaining baggage, and launch a breakout operation before the morale of the troops completely collapsed.

Before the breakout, Zhao Xin sent a small group of soldiers to test the encirclement. Little did he know that his small move was completely known by the guerrillas.

Afterwards, the main force of the Red Flag Army, which had been waiting in vain for the large army of the Deya Kingdom, once again shifted its attention to Zhao Xin.

When Zhao Xin led his troops to break out, the encirclement had been completely reinforced by the main force of the Red Banner Army that rushed over overnight. In fact, as early as when Zhao Xin decided to concentrate his forces to break out, his plan was doomed to fail.

With the main force of the Revolutionary Army not far away, the group of people led by Zhao Xin gathered together, which was too conspicuous. In fact, if the Deya Kingdom army completely dispersed to fight, a small number of soldiers might be able to break out.

After all, the base area is really too large, and it is impossible for the revolutionary army and the guerrillas to take care of all aspects. Unfortunately, this is also something that the Deya Kingdom Army cannot do. If it is completely dispersed, the Deya Kingdom Army may disband immediately.

When Zhao Xin broke through, he finally saw the main force of the Red Flag Army, and he also sounded the red flare. However, Zhao Xin himself knew that the Deya Kingdom army led by Garen could not be relied on.

After seeing the red signal flare, Galen tried to organize reinforcements, but as soon as the scouts left the camp, they were hit hard by guerrillas and militia.

What made Garen most desperate was that after hearing the fierce shouting and killing outside, the civilians in the camp refused to follow the army without cover.

It turned out that in the days of guerrilla warfare, apart from the scouts sent by the Kingdom of Deya, the baggage train was the guerrillas' second most important target. As a result, just as Garen saw now, the logistics troops became frightened birds and could hardly march normally.

If there were no baggage troops carrying a large amount of combat supplies, Garen would not send his troops out of the camp to attack. A rash attack would probably result in unnecessary losses. At this time, Garen could only hope in his heart that Zhao Xin could escape safely.

While Garen was still waiting for Zhao Xin's return, the battle was over in just a few hours. The next day, the Revolutionary Army sent a wounded soldier from the Kingdom of Deya to deliver a letter to Garen.

The letter said that due to the lack of medical care and medicine in the base, the wounded soldiers of the Deya Kingdom army needed to take care of themselves, and hundreds of wounded soldiers were placed not far from the Deya Kingdom camp.

This letter also reflects Marx and Engels' strategy of conquering the heart first.

This was indeed the case. Even though Garen ordered that the matter should not be discussed, the wailing of the wounded soldiers could not be stopped, and the people in the camp were therefore in turmoil. During this period, the only good news was that Garen learned from the wounded that Zhao Xin had not been captured.

It turned out that when the battle was the most intense, in order to escape, Zhao Xin used the artillery unit as bait, and then fled in the opposite direction of the main force with only a few personal soldiers.

For Garen, although there has been no progress in the battles these days, he has at least found out the location of the main force of the Red Flag Army.

"As long as Darius launches an attack, everything will be fine!" In despair, Garen could only place his hopes on the Kingdom of Norse.

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