Chapter 485: Ruan Gengwang withdrew with hatred
After a mending knife, the black soldier's body trembled again, which was a normal reaction before death. After feeling that the target was dead, Leng Feng's squad leader gave Leng Feng a thumbs up to the Leng Feng on the tree, praising the beauty and excitement of the opponent's gun, and then he said to the other four comrades: "Clean up the battlefield and prepare to retreat to the next ambush location." By the way, leave a mine under the corpse of the enemy, and leave a mark to remind other comrades who may be passing by. ”
As the words of the squad leader Leng Feng fell, except for a soldier left on the tree to be on guard, the other three people all came to the ground and began to sweep. Only a quarter of an hour later, the battlefield was cleared, the mines were ambushed, and then the group of five quietly left to complete the next mission to attack the enemy.
And such a scene will appear in the dense forests of the Lang Son area all the time, and more than 200 teams have been completing such a killing mission. And once a group of enemies has been killed, it is the time of their harvest, as if the military rations brought by the other party can become their supplies, if there is really no food and no drink, the enemy will send us.
More than 200 teams down, even if a team only kills 10 people a day, the loss of the Cochin Army will also be 2,000 people, not to mention that some squads can kill three or even four teams in a day, and this continues, only after five days, the loss of the Cochin Army has reached more than 15,000 people. There will always be a search team that will lose contact for some reason, and when the news reaches the ears of General Nguyen Genwang and Chen Heijin, they are greatly annoyed.
What's more, the king's order came down, and he told the news of the fall of Qu Yi City and Beidai City, and based on the war there, he thought that the number of mercenaries in the Lang Son area must not be too much, and asked them to settle the war here as soon as possible and return to Hanoi City.
"How is it possible to come back to help!" Chen Heijin, who was dark-skinned, slapped his palm on the wooden table of the temporary military camp, and his original black face was even more terrifying because of his anger.
It's no wonder that Chen Heijin is so angry. Since he led the army, there has never been a battle like this. I can't see where the opponent is at all, and at least 5,000 of my own soldiers have died, and this feeling of not being able to touch and fight is very angry.
As for what the king's order said that the number of enemies would not be too many, Chen Heijin did not object to it or agree with it. However, he was supportive of the return to Hanoi City.
As soon as the so-called connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one. Regardless of the number of enemies in the rainforest, at least the combat effectiveness is staggering. From the beginning of the war to the present, his men have not even brought back the corpse of an enemy, and with this article, they dare not have the slightest carelessness, and where can they dare to attack madly?
"Give the order to go down, shrink the army, and move in the direction of Hanoi City." Chen Heijin said to the deputy general on the side with a serious face.
"General, the king wants us to deal with the opponent quickly, and then return to help." The adjutant on the side reminded him in a whisper that he had misheard the military order.
"Of course General Ben knows. But in such an environment, how can we find our opponents and how to fight them, it is better to withdraw from here immediately and find an open place, and at that time these people will not come out. Chen Heijin looked forward with deep eyes. He always thought that his black soldiers were the kings of the rainforest, but when he met an opponent who was more powerful than himself, he knew how bad it would be to continue this battle. Rather than constantly being weakened, it is better to just withdraw from here and look for opportunities.
"By the way, inform all the soldiers that they should not be too anxious when shrinking, and that the distance between all the armies should be close to each other, so as not to give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it." Chen Heijin didn't dare to underestimate the opponent in front of him in the slightest, even when he retreated, he was just as cautious.
Unlike Chen Heijin, after Nguyen Nwang received the prime minister's secret order, for the sake of the development of the family, he immediately made the decision to withdraw from the rainforest and go to Hanoi City. And in order to achieve this goal in a shorter time, he made the decision to let the armies withdraw autonomously. In his opinion, he has already decided not to fight, and the mercenaries will not bite him to death.
Because Nguyen Gengwang's retreat order was very anxious, so that many of the troops scattered outside did not have time to retreat, but he didn't think about these, according to the prime minister's secret letter, it was the most important thing to be able to return to Hanoi as soon as possible, and the rest could be put aside first.
With the 10,000 Jiaozhi troops around him, he advanced from the rainforest of Lang Son in a very fast way, and such a military operation caught the Leng Feng army by surprise. When Wu Sheng, the battalion commander who led the team, learned the news from the scouts, he still looked confused.
"Battalion commander, it must be that the sixth young master is under too much pressure to find the side, and these people can't take care of us anymore."
"Yes, battalion commander, this is a great opportunity for us, and we can gather our troops for a counteroffensive at this time."
The two Leng Feng company commanders standing on the side all expressed their meanings, and Wu Sheng felt his eyes light up when he heard these words. "Yes, such a desperate retreat will definitely leave a lot of flaws."
Thinking about it, although the Leng Feng has been consuming the strength of the Jiaozhi Army during this period of time, they are all looking for opportunities in defense or escape. They wanted to strike a frontal blow, but there was a huge disparity in strength, and in line with what Yang Chendong said about getting the greatest price at the lowest cost, Wu Sheng had never made up his mind to counterattack on a large scale.
Now it's different, Ruan Gengwang's sudden retreat must not only have caught them off guard, but also the Cochin army he led was also taken by surprise, and the various armies were not unified and retreated, which made some of the Cochin troops naturally stand out.
"How many troops can we contact right away?" Wu Sheng immediately made up his mind and began to prepare for the attack.
Hearing Wu Sheng ask such a question, the two company commanders beside him were shocked, and said excitedly, "Battalion commander, we have a total of one battalion and two companies here, with a total of six hundred people. If you attack in an emergency, you can get 500 people. ”
"Five hundred? It's still a little too little. Wu Sheng said with some sighs. This time, Yang Chendong only gave him a total of three battalions of troops to lure the enemy. There is only one cold front battalion, and the others are two auxiliary battalions. In order to better complete the task, he disorganized the three battalions and divided the 1,200 men into two parts, which were to harass the Nguyen Genwang and Tran Hei Kim divisions respectively. If it weren't for the limited number of troops, I'm afraid he would have launched a large-scale counteroffensive a long time ago.
Even though it was very inferior in terms of troops, because of its excellent weapons, well-trained, and careful coordination, in the end, it was possible to eliminate nearly 15,000 enemies in more than ten days, and each soldier killed at least ten or more enemies, which was already a very remarkable achievement.
His thoughts shifted back from the question of the number of troops, and when Yang Chendong looked at the two company commanders beside him again, his expression was already extremely determined. "Okay, then notify all the fighters who can be notified and start fighting back. But at least it must be a platoon, and the number of people below this unit can still only fight, and cannot take the initiative to attack.
The minimum number of people in a platoon is 30 people, and the number of people is already very low. If it is really lower than that, then it is no longer an attack but a search for death. After all, if the number of people is too small, they can't cooperate at all, even if they have advanced muskets in their hands, but if the number of enemies is too large, once they rush to kill, they are likely to not even have time to change bullets, once they really fight in close combat, then Leng Feng's loss is inevitable, which will make Wu Sheng nothing more than to explain to Yang Chendong.
The battalion headquarters had an order, and it was quickly conveyed through the unique way of the cold front's interconnection, and then the cold front fighters who were originally hidden everywhere began to assemble, and began to change from the previous defensive counterattack to the current active counterattack in a platoon unit.
Leng Feng made a move, and the gunfire in the rainforest became dense. Once they had gathered the number of platoons, they would appear in front of the Cochin Army, who were still looking for them, and make a sweep. Under the long-range strikes of the 95-style and the 81-bar bar, the centurions and thousand-neckers who originally thought that they had finally found their targets and could make great contributions were rushing around with their heads hugged, very embarrassed.
An unorganized army is a group of stragglers, vulnerable. Although the number of Leng Feng is small, they are all elite, and often when the bullets in the magazine are fired, several Cochin soldiers will be killed on the ground. A platoon of cold fronts can go up to three or four hundred people in one impact.
The Jiaozhi army, which was lucky enough to survive, was also killed, and without the slightest intention of exterminating the mercenaries, once they had the opportunity, they scattered and fled, and they could no longer form any effective resistance.
Nguyen Gengwang, who was retreating towards Hanoi City, originally planned to gather troops while retreating, but along the way, he only gathered less than 5,000 people. When he heard that at least 5,000 more soldiers had been killed by mercenaries or had fled nowhere, his teeth tickled.
"General, should we go back now and fight with the mercenaries to defeat both sides, or continue to retreat?" Seeing that the number of deaths reported was increasing, the commanders below did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they could only put the problem in the hands of Ruan Gengwang.