20demayo Chapter 317: Arrogant Military Academy Officer
Chapter 317: Arrogant Military Academy Officer
Zhang Wei thought about it and shook his head slowly: "This strategy is not suitable for us."
"As you said, even if we delay the enemy in this area, it is equivalent to the dwarf locusts delaying us."
"The purpose of our army's expedition this time is to eliminate the effective forces of the Dwarf Locusts and then defeat the subsequent reinforcements of the Dwarf Locusts that landed in Qiyuan."
The reinforcements of the Dwarf Locust will land in Qiyuan in a few days, so Zhang Wei dare not delay at this time.
"Our army must first capture Jiao County and Mo County. In this way, Shaorong, Mo County will be handed over to your First Division. I hope you can capture it as soon as possible."
"Yes, Commander." Han Shaorong was not dissatisfied with Zhang Wei's rejection of his suggestion, and he readily took on the task of attacking Mo County.
Mu Junwen felt a little proud when he heard Zhang Wei reject Han Shaorong's opinion.
After the meeting, the two divisions immediately took action.
Mo County is located in the north of Jiao County. Han Shaorong did not dare to be careless and led three infantry regiments of the First Division and an artillery regiment to Mo County.
When the commander of the Second Division, Han Junwen, returned to the base, he immediately ordered the 201st Division to attack the base outside Jiaoxian City.
Not all of Jiao County's dwarf locust army was stationed in the city. They built three lines of defense based on the terrain outside the city.
Before the 201st Regiment attacked, the nd Division launched a fierce artillery attack on the Locust positions.
However, the dwarf locust soldiers were well prepared and had built anti-artillery holes, simple bunkers, etc. in their positions. Although there were some losses under the artillery fire, they were not great.
"Baga, how come these new people have such powerful firepower?"
After the Nanshan Army's artillery bombardment ended, the captain of the Little Locust Brigade climbed out of the anti-artillery cave, dusted off his body, and couldn't help complaining.
A lieutenant officer beside the captain was also in a mess, but he looked defiant: "Sir, even if the New Kingdom has cannons, what can they do? Our army has mines and explosives here, and we have enough firepower to make sure they never return."
"Well, Ono-kun, work hard. I heard that the country is expanding its military. After this battle, maybe we can all be promoted."
The captain patted the captain on the shoulder and gave him words of encouragement, which made the captain very excited.
"Hi, Captain, rest assured, I will lead my men to stop the attack of the new people."
While they were talking, the 201st Regiment of the Nanshan Army began to attack, and both of them immediately turned their attention to the battlefield.
As the Nanshan Army charged, there were sudden explosions in the team, and dozens of soldiers were knocked over.
Wang Hui, the head of the 201st Regiment in the rear, could not help but frown: "What's going on? The enemy didn't launch an artillery attack, so why did the explosion happen?"
"Commander, the situation is unclear. Let the first battalion retreat first." At this time, the regiment chief of staff had already discovered something was wrong and hurriedly persuaded Wang Hui to withdraw temporarily.
Wang Hui looked unhappy: "Why retreat? I promised the division commander that I would capture the Xiaodwarf Locust position and Jiao County within half a day. If we retreat now, will we still fight?"
"Captain, the enemy's frontline position is unknown, and they have deployed their main force outside Jiao County. Why don't we send a team to capture the city, and then attack the enemy from the front and back, we will definitely be able to win."
"Hmph, you're just a chief of staff. What qualifications do you have to give orders? I have my own ideas about fighting." Wang Hui was very arrogant and naturally couldn't stand listening to the chief of staff's lecture.
Moreover, he felt that according to the chief of staff's strategy, even if they won the battle, it would not be his credit, so he naturally was unwilling to listen.
It’s no wonder that Wang Hui is so conceited. He is a graduate of a military academy and graduated last June. Upon graduation, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant.
He participated in the Battle of Nanchuan, the Battle of Changhuan with the Northern Government, the battle to defeat the Northern and Southern Allied Forces, and the battle to attack the warlords.
In less than a year, he made many military achievements and was promoted to regiment commander. Naturally, he became very proud and arrogant.
The chief of staff was helpless about Wang Hui's rejection of his proposal. Watching the explosions happening one after another on the battlefield made him very distressed.
Captain Little Locust saw the Nanshan Army rushing over regardless and couldn't help but smile: "These new people are really stupid. They entered our minefield and rushed forward without hesitation."
"The people of Singapore are stupid, otherwise how could they be bullied by the great powers?" The captain was not surprised at this, as he had always looked down on Singapore.
"Quick, open fire with heavy machine guns immediately." Seeing that the Nanshan army had entered a certain range, the captain immediately ordered the dwarf locust soldiers to open fire.
As the Locust heavy machine guns opened fire, many members of the Nanshan Army stepped on landmines again in panic while dodging.
Seeing the heavy casualties, the battalion commander of the 201st Regiment shouted: "The whole army retreats temporarily."
"Battalion Commander Zhang, you are retreating without orders. Are you disobeying military orders?" Just after retreating, the battalion commander was questioned by people sent by Wang Hui.
Battalion Commander Zhang of the 201st Battalion of the st Regiment was full of disdain: "Didn't you see that the soldiers suffered heavy casualties? The enemy not only planted mines on the position, but also blocked it with heavy machine gun fire. Charging forward like this will only increase our casualties."
In just a short while, forty or fifty soldiers had stepped on landmines and were knocked over, and seventy or eighty people were affected.
A hundred or so soldiers were hit by the heavy machine gun fire from the small locust.
With such huge casualties, Captain Zhang would certainly not be so foolish as to let his soldiers rush forward to die.
"Hmph, Zhang Yuan, you think you're right to disobey military orders? Come here, tie him up for me." At this moment Wang Hui walked over angrily.
Soldiers immediately stepped forward to arrest the battalion commander. The military had strict rules and although the soldiers in the battalion were unwilling, they could do nothing.
Wang Hui then gave orders to the Second Battalion to continue the attack.
In the rear, Zhang Wei observed the battle situation on the front line. Seeing that his side had lost a lot of soldiers before even getting close to the dwarf locust position, he couldn't help but feel sad for the casualties.
After all, this was the first time that the Nanshan Army suffered such huge losses in a small-scale battle.
However, not long after this group of soldiers retreated, another group of soldiers rushed forward, which made Zhang Wei furious. This was because the soldiers who rushed forward from behind had suffered heavy losses just like the previous group of soldiers.
"Contact Mu Junwen and ask him if he still wants to be the division commander. Is this how he's going to execute the offensive mission?"
A staff officer immediately contacted the Second Division to inquire about the situation.
Mu Junwen on the other side also discovered the situation on the front line, and his face looked very ugly.
"Quick, have the 201st Regiment withdraw and ask Wang Hui if he is fighting or killing people. Have the 202nd Regiment take over from the 201st Regiment and continue to attack the Dwarf Locust Army. At the same time, pay attention to the casualties of the troops."
As soon as the messenger left, he received a call from the military headquarters. After hanging up the phone, his face became even uglier. He had always been optimistic about Wang Hui, a young man, but he didn't expect that he would cause trouble for him in the end.
The matter was soon clarified, and Wang Hui was ordered by Mu Junwen to be temporarily detained. The whole incident was also reported to Zhang Wei.
"Alas, these military school students are still inexperienced and will become arrogant too easily after being promoted suddenly." With a sigh, Zhang Wei reported the matter to Fang Guoxuan and Fang Jianan respectively.