Catastrophe

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With the substantial reduction in the number of troops that the Starlight Armed adhered to, the independent column chose to launch a general attack. At the entrance of the Xingge Desert, the sound of explosions in the distance could be clearly heard.

In the command post, Wu Hao found Zhang Fang out of breath, and said quickly: "Brother Fang, our evacuation work has been completed, and the abandoned baggage has been integrated and ready to be set on fire."

Hearing Wu Hao's response, Zhang Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "Well done, the front unit has just sent a message that the independent column has stepped up its attack, and it is difficult for them to stick to the original time until six o'clock exactly. , will be evacuated in ten minutes, you prepare, we have to leave immediately!"

Wu Hao suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard the words: "Brother Fang, didn't you say that Brother Zhe would come back to meet us tonight? Now that we have withdrawn, who will meet them?"

"Time is pressing, we have to go, they can't return within the agreed time, and we can't do anything about it. In order to reduce casualties and preserve our vitality, we must withdraw into the Xingge Desert as soon as possible and set off to Hedong. If we stay, Not only can we fail to meet them, we will also miss the opportunity.”

Zhang Fang paused for a moment: "I've already thought about it, if they can't return as scheduled, they can only venture out to Kujiao Canyon, and we'll send someone to pick them up. I've contacted them before, and they're on their way to Hedong. , but at the time of the last contact, they had already damaged the walkie-talkie, and now there are still ten minutes before the appointed time, I hope they can make it in time!"

After listening to Zhang Fang's response, Wu Hao thought for a while: "In this case, when the time is up, you should retreat first, and I will lead a team to the direction of their return to connect with them, lest they accidentally enter the enemy. surrounded by the army."

Zhang Fang waved his hand: "No, I've already handed this matter to Jiao Baldzi. He left an hour ago. When the troops in front of us are withdrawn, this place will be covered by artillery fire immediately. Let's go. , we should go too."

After the command's evacuation order was issued, the relevant personnel began to prepare for evacuation, and everything that could not be taken away was splashed with kerosene and started to ignite.

Just when the fire was just lit here, a sentry was refreshed, pointing to the distance and shouting: "Pay attention to the north side, there are enemy traces!"

When the fighters on the scene heard the words, they picked up their weapons and prepared to fight.

Zhang Fang hid behind the bunker, looked over there with his binoculars, and then waved his hand: "Wait! The other side's vehicle is flying with our flag, and it's Jiao Baldzi's team that has returned!"

Wu Hao looked forward and saw several steam fortresses moving towards this side dragging a long smoke, his eyes were full of surprise: "Didn't Jiao Bald go to pick up Brother Zhe? Why did you get so many big guys? , what is it? A tank?"

"I talked to A Zhe on the phone before, and he said that he brought back a group of scientists, presumably this thing should be the cars of those scientists!" Zhang Fang didn't know why at the moment, and ordered to the people around him: "Everyone do it. Be prepared, and if the person who comes back is not a bald man, open fire!"

As soon as Zhang Fang finished speaking, a communications soldier responded: "Sir, the convoy ahead has communicated with us, and it is Chief Jiao's convoy that has returned!"

Several steam fortresses quickly stopped in front of the position. Zhang Fang saw Ning Zhe and Hu Yihan getting off the car from a distance, and quickly brought someone up to greet him: "Azhe, what kind of vehicle did you bring back? How did I get out of the car? Haven't seen it?"

"This is a steam-powered vehicle. It's hard for me to explain the specific principles to you." Ning Zhe saw the fire at the command post ahead, and then heard the sound of artillery shelling in the distance, he couldn't help frowning: "It seems that , the situation here seems to be a bit more serious than what you told me before."

Zhang Fang responded: "Yes, we have shortened the time by eight hours according to the original plan, but the rhythm of the enemy's attack is still very violent, which makes us feel very strange. It stands to reason that we have given up. Lingnan, the independent column drove us to Hedong, so there is no need to continue entanglement."

The independent column would not march into Hedong. It was the unanimous judgment of all the senior leaders of the Starlight Armed Forces. After listening to Zhang Fang's explanation, Ning Zhe was quite puzzled, but he quickly made a decision: "It doesn't matter what Lu Tao is selling in the gourd. What kind of medicine, we can't stay and wait for death, since it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, everyone will set off immediately, all climb to the steam fortress, we have to evacuate immediately!"

After speaking, the group all walked towards the Steam Fortress. Although everyone could evacuate safely, their hearts were extremely heavy. After all, this departure meant that the Starlight Company lost half of the rivers and mountains that they had worked so hard for.

...

After half an hour.

After the independent column broke through the starlight armed position, it launched a full-scale attack.

In the headquarters of the independent column, the adjutant reported to Lu Taohui with a smile: "Military seat, we have completely defeated the defensive front of the rebels, and now the large force has entered the Xingge Desert, and the mine clearance work is going very smoothly, and The other side has not set up a defense line, and so far, we have not had any casualties."

"This is normal. The reason why the Starlight Company fought with us to the death is to make their people withdraw to Hedong. Now that there is a minefield as a block, they no longer need to use human lives to fill it. The real battlefield between us. , not in the Xingge Desert, but in the Hedong line of defense."

While Lu Tao was talking~www.readwn.com~ looked at the map on the table and said, "If there is no accident, after they enter the Hedong area, they should be stationed in Dongshanling, but Ning Zhe spent a lot of money in order to defeat the Hedong Gang. The casualties, so we should be very confident in this place. If we want to fight them here, we must catch them by surprise, and strive to defeat the line of defense in the shortest possible time, shorten the fighting distance between the two sides, and use equipment to suppress them.

Inform the troops, don't rush to chase them in the Xingge Desert to avoid casualties, they should not know that we are going to attack Hedong, so after entering Hedong, it is when they are the most slack, let them lower their vigilance, We can get the best results. "

The adjutant responded confidently: "Don't worry, we have made all preparations here. Even if they hide in Hedong, we still have a way to deal with them!"

...

In order to retreat to Hedong, the Xingguang Company abandoned a lot of luggage and threw almost all the gunpowder and mines in the Xingge Desert, which caused huge difficulties for the independent column to advance.

Taking advantage of this time period, the convoy that Ning Zhe and others were in also began to march towards the Hedong area, carrying out the final stage of military deployment.