Hearing Yong Xingbao say that there were three conditions, Wang Maoru smiled slightly and said generously: "Sir, please speak." ”

"First, I don't fight civil wars."

"Okay."

"Second, my wife and children remain in Italy."

"Okay."

"Third, when I want to leave, the general must not force me to stay."

Wang Maoru paused for a moment and said, "This ...... Peiyu, for the generals to control military secrets, this is ...... I'm afraid the third is no. ”

Yong Xingbao hurriedly said: "You are right, then two are good." It's just that it's shallow than talent, and I haven't been in contact with the military for several years. ”

"Okay, I'll say yes!" Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Look at you, aren't you modest, the plan you gave me is very good, trapping the third regiment of South Rotiel." By the way, what is this 3rd Regiment of Southern Rhothile? ”

Yong Xingbao said: "This is the elite of the 18th Infantry Division, and the 73rd Regiment is simply a miscellaneous army, and it is completely vulnerable compared to the 3rd Regiment of Southern Rotier." The 3rd Regiment of Southern Rottier, also known as the 3rd Archer Regiment of Southern Rortil, is an army of German hunters native to the Alps, and their characteristic is that their hats are different from other armies, they are broad-brimmed felt hats, and in the middle of the felt hats is a bow and arrow badge to indicate their identity as archers. They are extremely capable of fighting individually, and because they are locals, they have a strong will to fight. Especially since they are all made up of hunters, and if they go into the mountains and forests, they are basically theirs. ”

Wang Maoru asked: "Then what do you mean by besieging them?" Since their entry into the mountains and forests is their world, how can they besiege this hunter group? ”

Yong Xingbao said with a smile: "The third regiment of South Rotier has a very strong individual combat capability. However, if more than 2,000 people enter the mountains and forests, eating and drinking every day is a problem, and what one person eats in a day is not the same as what more than 2,000 people eat in a day. ”

Wang Maoru laughed and said: "You are right, so be it, Ma Liang, let the Independent Artillery Regiment catch up immediately, and the captured Austrian artillery will also be pulled over." Wait for the artillery to come. The 4th Brigade, the Artillery Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment of the 4th Division. Under the command of Gong Xiaoqi, I will trap and kill the third regiment of South Rotiel. ”

"Yes." Gong Xiaoqi said happily.

At this time in the 3rd Regiment of South Rotier. The regiment commander Sollinsky cursed loudly for the incompetence of the 73rd regiment, and also cursed the regiment commander, Major General Maxim, for being an idiot, and his staff officer advised: "Colonel, it will be useless for you to scold him again, it is better to retreat to the Budong Heights." ”

Sollinsky said angrily: "Are you stupid too? Although the terrain of the Budong Heights is dangerous, where do we retreat, what do we eat, and what do we drink? Now we are besieged here. If it was before, we would have been supplied on one side of the enemy, but now? ”

The staff officer was also saddened. Indeed, Maxim threw away the 3rd Regiment of Southern Rottier and ran away, leaving the 3rd Regiment of Southern Rottier in a heavy siege. "Why don't we attack the town of Lodroone north? The Chinese will definitely not be able to beat us. The chief of staff said.

Sollinsky said: "You are as low as the pig Maxim, if the Chinese are really vulnerable." How could that trap us here? How could it break through the 73 regiment line? How do you chase Maxim's pig all over the mountain? ”

The staff officer said that you also know that Maxim is a pig, but the 3rd Regiment of South Rotier is not a pig.

Sollinski continued: "The only thing I'm afraid of right now is that the Italians across Lake Idro will take advantage of the opportunity to flank back and forth, so that we will be too passive. ”

The two were talking about this, when they suddenly heard a lot of noise outside, and Sollinsky pushed open the door to see many soldiers gathered in front of the headquarters. The officer on duty shouted: "Don't quarrel, everyone, the head of the regiment is here." ”

Sollinsky walked up to the ammunition box, stood high on it, and said: "What do you want to do?" ”

One of the soldiers said: "Colonel, I heard that Major General Maxim abandoned us!" Is this true? ”

"yes, this damn Croat!"

"Mr. Colonel, what shall we do?"

"I'm stuck on the edge of Lake Idro, what should I do...... Don't be noisy, listen to me! Sollinsky shouted, everyone stopped arguing, looked at the regiment leader, Sollinsky said: "Unfortunately, Maxim, this bitch Croatian pig, this playboy has indeed abandoned us, but ...... Who are we? Who are we? He shouted as he looked around at the soldiers.

"Alpine hunter!"

"Who are we?"

"Southern Rottier Warriors!"

"Who are we?"

"South Rottier 3rd Shooter Regiment!"

"Yes, we are the proud third shooter of South Rortier, we are South Rottil natives, we fight for our homeland!" Maxim, a Croatian bitch, can escape, but we can't, we have to fight to the end for our homeland! ”

"Fight to the end!" The morale of the soldiers was boosted, and the blood of the Alpine people boiled and shouted, and the blood of the Alpine people boiled.

The 6th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Chinese Participating Army immediately pursued north in more than 50 cars and carriages, and the further north, the higher the terrain, which is also the special terrain of Austria, the lower the temperature, if you run in pursuit, it is estimated that you will not be able to run a few steps and be out of breath. After all, the average altitude of South Rottier is 1,000 meters, and although the oxygen is fresh, the highland area still makes many people uncomfortable.

The 18th Division of the Austro-Hungarian Army was in a bit of a hurry when it retreated, and the 6th Brigade pursued in a car, and naturally its legs could not run on four wheels for two days, and four light machine guns were clamped on the roof of the car. In the process of fleeing, the enemy discarded heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns and mortars, and only carried rifles and pistols, and even some grenades and explosives.

With the exception of a few who were not long-sighted, many Austro-Hungarian soldiers stood on the side of the road with their hands raised and waited for surrender, and the 6th Brigade had to send soldiers to accept the prisoners and pursue Darzo all the way, and when it had routed Darzo's defenders, the 6th Brigade continued the pursuit. Not relaxing for a moment. The soldiers of the 6th Brigade in the back collected the prisoners while running, and the commander of the 6th Brigade, Wei Hongbin, led only one regiment to fight and chase fiercely, he made all the 37 rocket artillery concentrated, and mounted the captured Makqin machine gun on the roof of the first car.

Despite the poor mobility of the Maxim heavy machine guns, the firepower was so strong that a single Maxim broke up all the barricades formed by several groups of Austrians on the road.

Seeing this, Maxim got into a car and ran wildly. Retreat all the way to the town of Condino in the valley. At this time, the Austro-Hungarian reinforcements of the 181st Independent Infantry Brigade arrived, quickly occupied the high mountains on both sides of the valley, and waited for the squadron.

However, the left and right middle ** teams did not come. The soldiers were sent to take a look, and they found that the squadron had encountered a very embarrassing thing, and the car drove from last night to the next morning. I forgot to bring gasoline, and just at the entrance to the valley of Dilcafro, the car happened to run out of gas.

Wei Hongbin was angry, the car ran out of gas, the soldiers fought for a night, and pursued for a whole morning, it can be said that they were fighting with their feet. In the car, everyone was also poorly rested, not only to watch out for the interference of the Austro-Hungarian rout, but also to fight against the bumpy roads, and the Austrians also occasionally planted mines on the roads. Therefore, at the junction of the valley, the soldiers asked for a rest.

Seeing that his subordinates were too tired, Wei Hongbin was also a little tired, and although he captured a large number of prisoners, he let the commander of the 18th Division, Major General Maxim, run away. It's a pity indeed.

At the mouth of the valley of the Dircapro, there is the town of Storo, which is also a choke point, with the westernmost entrance to the valley and the easternmost road leading to the town of Pierve-d'Iledero, which is of course a treacherous mountain road. The Austrians sent a company of men to guard the path. After the 6th Brigade captured the town of Storo, it also held the choke point of the Lodrone Plain, making it impossible for the Austrians to enter it again.

In the south, after the rest of the 4th Division was reorganized and rested in the town of Lodrone, the Independent Artillery Regiment finally arrived in the town at the urging of the regiment commander Ai Qingyang. At this time, the 2nd Division of the participating army became a collection brigade, which had to capture prisoners and collect the bodies of both sides, and also sent soldiers to clear some abandoned Austrian garrisons. In time, and the Second Division was replenished in time, Wang Maoru let two of the four Chinese labor battalions that accompanied the army be scattered and supplemented into the Second Brigade of the Second Division, and the two were scattered to supplement the Fourth Division.

During the day on August 16, 1918, Wang Maoru sent a telegram to the Italian Allied Command in Bologna, occupied the Lodrone Plain, and advanced the front 30 kilometers south of Rotil.

The headquarters of the coalition forces was taken aback, and the headquarters of the Third Army of the Austro-Hungarian army on the opposite side was also taken aback, and the stalemate that had been in place was actually broken by the squadron...... It can't be, but judging from the news sent by the Seventeenth Army, it is true, and how can the Austro-Hungarians not be angry when they lose Lodrone, the largest plain in the Alps, west of South Rotil, which everyone thinks is the most dangerous. The commander of the Third Army, General Dankel, immediately demanded that the Seventeenth Army must retake the plain of Lodrone and sent the ninth, eleventh, and fourteenth marksmen regiments of Southern Rotil to reinforce the Seventeenth Army.

At the same time, the Allied Allied Command also sent a telegram to Wang Maoru, asking the Chinese army to hold on to the Lodrone Plain in Southern Rottier, and Italy had sent the 13th Army and the 32nd Army to support from Bergamo.

Italy and Austria-Hungary launched the Battle of Caporetto last year (October 1917). On October 24, 1917, the German 14th Army (7 German divisions, 8 Austrian divisions, 1,922 artillery pieces and mortars, 1,000 gas applicators) under the command of General Bello, who had been concealed in the Villach area (Austria-Hungary), after six hours of artillery preparation (in which a large number of gas bombs were fired), attacked the Italian 2nd Army (25 divisions, more than 3,000 artillery pieces and mortars) in the area between Plezzo and Tormino with several assault groups.

Although the mountainous terrain and superiority in strength favored the defense of the 2nd Army, its first echelon consisted of only 4 divisions, so the resistance to the enemy was very weak, and the defensive front was quickly broken through. The German 14th Army crossed the Isonzo River in the area of Caporetto and developed an offensive towards Udine. Subsequently, the Austro-Hungarian 2nd and 10th armies, which supported the 14th Army, also went on the offensive. The Italian 2nd Army suffered heavy losses and hastily withdrew to rear positions. The Italian 3rd Army was also attacked by the enemy behind it. The commander-in-chief of the Italian army, General Cadorna, fearing the annihilation of the Italian army, ordered all troops on the right flank to retreat on 27 October. The offensive of the Austro-Hungarian 10th Army and the subsequent (from 29 October) the offensive of the 11th Army forced the Italian Karni cluster and the 4th Army to retreat. As a result, the Italian army began to retreat on a front of more than 300 kilometers, and the Italian army command lost its ability to command the troops, and the soldiers fled in all directions with weapons, artillery, and military supplies. Attempts by Cardolna to organize a defense on the banks of the Tagliamento River were not only unsuccessful, but resulted in a complete rout of the Italian 2nd and 3rd armies. On the night of 2 November, the Austro-German army crossed the Tagliamento River, forcing the remnants of the Italian army to withdraw to the Piave River. On 9 November, the last units of the Italian army crossed the river. The defeat and retreat of the Italian army caused extreme panic in the Anglo-French joint command, and 11 divisions were sent to Italy (5 British divisions and 6 French divisions). With the support of the Anglo-French forces, the Italians contained the Austro-German offensive on the banks of the Piave River and stabilized the front at the end of November. In the battle of Caporetto, the Italian 2nd and 3rd armies suffered a crushing defeat, with more than 10,000 killed, 30,000 wounded, 265,000 captured, 32 artillery pieces, 1,732 mortars, 3,000 machine guns, and a large amount of military supplies, and thousands of Italian soldiers fled the front line. rs