It was just past midnight.
Inside the Yan Army camp, the communications soldier at the temporary liaison station at the foot of the mountain returned to the camp and reported the latest news to Qin Ze.
"Your Majesty, our army has not been attacked by the enemy during its advance and has now been organized into multiple combat detachments heading into the mountains!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Ze nodded in satisfaction and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
In fact, what he was most worried about was whether they would be attacked when they first entered the mountains. After all, the enemy occupied the high ground and had a wider field of vision, so their movements would be easily detected by them.
Therefore, if a large army were to march aggressively into the Enzo Mountains along a predetermined route, their movements would inevitably be detected by the enemy, leading to an attack.
Currently, the operational deployment in the Nzos Mountains has made a good start. Of course, a force of 30,000 men cannot open up a safe route for the main army to pass through. Their task is to form multiple combat detachments after entering the mountains and to explore the terrain deep into the mountains in order to find enemy ambush points.
In mountain offensive operations, the enemy's main ambush positions are nothing more than high points, mountain passes, and mountain passages. At present, there is only one mountain passage, and there must be ambush points buried on both sides of the passage. Therefore, if the sides of the passage are not thoroughly searched, even if hundreds of thousands of troops rush in, they will be defeated and suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, at this time, small, lean, and flexible combat units can often play a greater role in mountainous areas. When dealing with complex terrain and undulating mountains, combat units composed of small forces can not only be concealed and maneuverable, but also launch surprise attacks when they discover enemy traces. Under certain conditions, they can even launch attacks from various places.
"Tell them to carefully search the area, paying particular attention to high ground. If they discover an enemy ambush site, they must not attack without authorization, but must send a message back immediately."
"Now, send the second unit out immediately and intensify reconnaissance efforts!" Qin Ze ordered the communications soldier in a deep voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The soldier immediately left in a hurry.
At the foot of the mountain, Qin Ze had already arranged for several mountain infantry divisions to be on standby. After the first unit went into the mountain to scout, the subsequent units would enter the mountain one after another, and would also be organized into multiple combat detachments after entering the mountain, forming a deep echelon of troop deployment to minimize the threat posed by the enemy.
The terrain of the Enzos Mountains is exceptionally complex. Qin Ze knew he needed a sufficient number of combat units to scout ahead. Furthermore, each unit had to be prepared for both individual and sustained combat, as the enemy wouldn't simply wait for them to come to them. Therefore, sudden encounters were inevitable. Each unit was small in number and lacked heavy artillery, significantly reducing their combat effectiveness. If they fell into enemy traps, the entire unit could be wiped out.
However, this does not affect the overall battle plan, because there are enough combat units. As long as a few of them find the enemy's location and pass on the information in time, the remaining combat units will join forces to attack them. This is called a coordinated attack.
Once the enemy's key strongholds are captured, their defenses will be breached.
Therefore, the entire battle plan was based on the premise that our side had enough troops and could afford to suffer casualties, but fortunately, our side had no shortage of troops.
"Did you think that by taking advantage of the terrain you could gain the upper hand? Now how are you going to deal with this?" Qin Ze looked at the towering mountains and muttered to himself.
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"Dinger, say something!"
“The Yan people have dispersed their forces and fled into the mountains and forests. They are not following the main road, so we have no way to ambush them! Wouldn’t all the ambush points we painstakingly set up be wasted?!” On the mountain pass, Verli looked at Dingel anxiously.
Dingle's expression was stern. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "No."
"They will eventually take the main road. The reason they are dispersing their troops into the mountains now is simply to explore more routes and search for our tracks."
“But now that these damned guys have roamed into the mountains, it’s much harder for us to launch an ambush against them!” Verley still looked anxious.
Since our forces currently number only over 80,000, and these troops are deployed throughout the mountains, if the ambush fails to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy, our scattered forces will be in danger, given that the enemy outnumbers us.
Seeing Dingle remain silent, Verri gritted his teeth and said, "We can't just let them explore the mountains with impunity. We have to retaliate!"
"We need to reorganize the army into combat squads to guard key positions on high ground. Once we spot any signs of the enemy, we will launch an attack immediately!"
Dingle frowned and shook his head, saying, "Our forces are already scattered enough. If we continue to disperse them further, the Yan people will defeat us one by one."
"And we must understand that our individual combat capabilities are weaker than theirs."
Upon hearing this, Verri immediately replied, "Not necessarily! You know..."
Before he could finish speaking, Dingle waved his hand to interrupt: "We can already see from the previous battles that there is a gap. We have to admit the difference. Blind confidence will only lead to the loss of our manpower."
Verri's face stiffened, but he had to admit to it.
"So you're just going to sit idly by?" he pressed.
Dingle pondered for a moment and said, "We cannot send troops out to the already deployed ambush points. We have already occupied strategic locations and cannot afford to lose our composure."
At this point, Dingle looked up at the mountains and continued, "What we need to do now is broaden our field of vision. We must ensure that we can observe the enemy forces in time before they approach our strongholds."
“As long as we observe their movement routes, we must cut them off and strike them. As long as they cannot get close to our strongholds and are forced to take the main road, they will not be able to find their way forward, and our defenses will remain effective.”
"Veerly, we need to immediately send several people to high places to get a clear view and send timely messages to all contact points to get a clear understanding of the enemy's movements."
"We can't let them lead us by the nose now; just holding our strongholds is enough."
After hearing this, Verri didn't delay and immediately gave the order to leave.
Dingle's expression grew increasingly grave. While this was indeed the most effective method, the Yan people's tenacious will in battle had already been demonstrated when attacking military bases. No matter how difficult a stronghold was to capture, they would not give up easily, but would instead choose to launch a fierce attack regardless of casualties.
Dealing with these enemies who fight like madmen is just too difficult.
'We really shouldn't have provoked such a terrible enemy...' Dingle sighed inwardly.
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