Chapter 1489 Ambush (First update, please subscribe)
"assault!"
Staring at the map, Peng Guoliang said.
"Once the order is issued, the 10th Tank Division will serve as the vanguard, with the support of the 23rd Infantry Division, the 116th Division, and the 135th Division, to break through the enemy's defenses, and then advance into the Central Valley along the Sarmento River..."
In the Ninth Army Headquarters, the generals of the Ninth Army and the staff officers of the headquarters, when listening to the commander of the front army deploying combat missions, all turned their eyes to the sand table, and when the commander asked about the details of the mission, they would give answers as soon as possible.
Fortress attacks, air cover, and so on. After a long period of preparation, it seems that everyone is ready. The Ninth Army is the attacking army, and it must have made all the preparations.
As the commander of the front army, Peng Guoliang frowned as he listened to the detailed report...
He was a short man standing beside the sand table, staring at it, nodding sometimes, frowning sometimes, with a pair of bright eyes shining on his slightly tired face.
Many people who are not familiar with Peng Guoliang believe that he is different from Sun Hu, Wang Wenju and other generals of the first generation of the empire who are used to fighting fiercely. He is a calm person with the style of a general who can remain calm even when facing a huge challenge. In fact, he himself hopes that he not only looks like this, but is actually such a person. However, the fact is completely the opposite. He is actually a somewhat impatient person who is extremely strict with others and himself.
It was this strict requirement that made him fully aware of his personal responsibility for the millions of troops in the Northern Front and the millions of people in the Northern Territory. In the past year, he showed a caution and even restraint that was unimaginable to the outside world. He did not attack quickly and boldly, but rather took steady steps and never took risks, and even preferred to miss the opportunity. In fact, it was not that he preferred to miss the opportunity, but that he was waiting for it, and the headquarters required the same.
“San Francisco!”
Peng Guoliang pointed to San Francisco on the sand table and said.
"San Francisco is the last stronghold of the US Navy in the Pacific. As long as we take down San Francisco, it will be the top priority of our operation this time. The core of all our tasks is to occupy San Francisco. However, we are not just occupying San Francisco. At the same time, we must also encircle and annihilate the US military's manpower as much as possible. Therefore, we must launch a fierce attack to force them to withdraw their manpower to San Francisco and rely on fortified areas to resist the attack..."
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This military meeting lasted from 3 pm to midnight. After the meeting, Peng Guoliang prepared to return to his headquarters.
The officers of the Ninth Army urged him to stay overnight and leave the next morning.
"Commander Peng, we have also received some worrying intelligence."
The commander of the Ninth Army, Cheng Zhongxiao, reported:
"Now that the snow in the mountains has melted, the guerrillas lurking in the mountains have become active again. Our convoy and signalmen have been ambushed many times. Commander Peng should wait until daybreak before returning to the headquarters."
Although the threat of guerrillas was not worth mentioning to the imperial army, those guerrillas were like flies and were extremely annoying.
They would constantly attack transport convoys and lone soldiers. In short, the guerrillas would never fight the imperial army head-on. Even when attacking transport convoys, they would fight if they could and run away if they couldn't.
The existence of this group of flies caused a headache for everyone. Even though they invested a large number of troops to wipe out the guerrillas, the results achieved were still very limited.
If the commander encounters guerrillas on his way back, there will be big trouble.
"It's just a few lunatics, no big deal. I have to go to the Thirteenth Army tomorrow. It's decided. Let's go now."
Although he knew there was danger, Peng Guoliang still decided to set off immediately. After all, hundreds of thousands of troops were preparing for an attack, and as a commander he had to be prepared.
Faced with the commander's insistence, Cheng Zhongxiao had no choice but to nod his head. However, before leaving, he still specially sent a vanguard squad to drive and escort the commander away.
The road on the way back was very bad. There is no imperially developed highway and road network in the United States. After leaving the city, there are no paved roads. There are only bumpy roads everywhere. The driver was concentrating on driving the car, circling around in the middle of the bumpy road.
While the driver was driving the car, Peng Guoliang sat in the car and looked at the map silently. He spread the map on his knees and tried his best to think about the various possibilities after the battle started. At this moment, a sudden bump almost made Peng Guoliang hit the back of the front seat.
"Xiao Xu, you have to be careful, the commander is looking at the map!"
The adjutant quickly reminded.
"Yes, sir!"
The driver quickly slowed down and drove carefully on the road. The sky outside the car window became darker. Some stars could be vaguely discerned in the sky, and the weeds and bushes on both sides of the road swayed in the mountain breeze.
Two cars and three trucks drove on the mountain road for several hours. Everything seemed very peaceful along the way. Just when Peng Guoliang looked at the time and wanted to take a nap.
At this moment, about 20 meters away from the car, an explosion suddenly sounded, and a cloud of black smoke rose into the sky.
The driver braked the car with all his strength, and Peng Guoliang and his adjutant's chests hit the backrests of the front seats as they braked suddenly.
"There's an ambush!"
In a flash, Peng Guoliang and his team jumped out of the car and lay down to focus their attention on the dark forest. The two squads of soldiers escorting them also jumped out of the truck, but they did not see any trace of the enemy.
The sky was clear and the stars twinkled peacefully. There was silence all around. The quiet forest was so still that it was a little eerie.
Suddenly, there was another explosion. About ten meters behind the car, another stream of black smoke mixed with sand rose into the sky.
"Due east, bombard!"
Guard platoon leader Tian Wu shouted loudly, and he and the soldiers buried their heads in the ground. After a while, they raised their heads slightly and observed their surroundings.
At this time, there was another whistling sound of artillery shells in the air, and the next moment, a cloud of mud and gravel flew up into the sky in the explosion, and then fell on the roof of the car with a crackling sound, and this time it was very close.
"It was the mortar that fired, Platoon Leader Tian!"
Peng Guoliang shouted.
At this time, Tian Wuyi jumped up and rushed towards the commander.
Just as he rushed to the commander's side, a mortar shell hit the car directly. With an explosion, the intact car was blown up and a huge fire ignited.
The heat waves from the burning cars made it hard for them to breathe. The soldiers did not attack the mountains blindly. The most important thing now was to protect the safety of their superiors.
"Sir, they are probably guerrillas. They have mortars. They should be the regular army that was defeated last year."
Peng Guoliang nodded.
"Now the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, I will defend on the spot and wait for them to attack before I fight..."
At this moment, there was another sound of a pursuing shell exploding, this time hitting something nearby. At the same time, a machine gun started firing from somewhere, and several bullets whizzed over their heads.
(End of this chapter)
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