Lin Shaozhang said with a smile, "Saman City is the last fortified city of the Saman Khanate. There are many troops guarding the city. As long as we take this city, we will have accomplished more than half of our western expedition! Now, we need to discuss with Director Zhao how to transport the artillery shells over as soon as possible!"
"right!"
Immediately, Zhao Chun and Lin Shaozhang instructed the telegraph staff to send a telegram to Zhao Bingzhang, who was far away at the front line in Guazhou, through the newly set telegraph line, requesting support in the form of artillery shells and supplies.
They also gave a detailed report to Zhao Bingzhang on their battle at Saman City and the front lines in Guazhou.
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Guazhou.
Looking at the contents of the telegram, Zhao Bingzhang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "This tactic is really simple! Artillery bombard, infantry charge! We've used this tactic from Dongning to all the provinces of the Great Gan Kingdom. And from all the provinces of the Great Gan Kingdom, we've used it in the Western Expedition!"
"Director Zhao,"
Zhang Lunping, commander of the 12th Infantry Division, said with a smile: "This is also the most proficient tactic of our army now. Infantry-artillery coordinated operations are invincible, whether in field battles, encirclement battles, or siege battles."
"The only drawback might be..."
Zhang Lunping chuckled sheepishly and said, "It's using up too much ammunition! The logistics and supply transport personnel alone number over 100,000. Fortunately, our westward expedition has a large number of militia and Western Region reclamation troops to assist in logistics. Otherwise, the transport of artillery shells alone would have been enough to overwhelm us!"
"yes!"
Zhao Bingzhang nodded and said, "After the Western Regions are pacified, we must build a shell manufacturing bureau here to produce shells according to local conditions, so as to save us from having to transport them from the vicinity of the capital."
Just as the two were discussing this, a telegraph operator rushed in with a telegram in his hand.
"Director Zhao,"
After the telegraph operator entered, he hurriedly said, "Urgent military situation in Shazhou!"
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