According to the message sent back by the Investigation Company, the opponent's military strength is far above his own, and the equipment does not seem to be as backward as expected.

As a general with rich experience, you must adapt to the situation when implementing the plan. In such a huge gap in strength, the best tactic is still the defensive tactics that the Song Dynasty has lasted for many years, and delay time as much as possible to wait for the support of the base camp.

The base camp is about 400 kilometers away from the Pioneer Battalion, which means that the support troops will need to arrive at the fastest and fastest of fourteen days. This is still a state of marching in a hurry. Generally, it takes about twenty days to reach the battlefield and enter the battle.

In other words, the Fourth Pioneer Battalion of the Song Dynasty needed to rely on favorable terrain to defend this place for twenty days.

The general of the Pioneer Camp unbuttoned the buttons on his neck, and he knew that this would be a tough battle, or even a battle without death.

A few days ago, he had mobilized his subordinates to clear the land of the town they were currently in charge, and the residents in the city had already evacuated with the cooperation of local officials.

"Report to the general! The other party was moving towards our headquarters in a hurry, and it seemed that he had discovered our intention. The number of people verified was about 37,000."

"Oh My God……"

The general of the Pioneer Camp was named Gu Dawei. He once regained Nanchang City with Song Beiyun and fought all the way to Chang'an. Later, he participated in the officer training camp. Because he had been studying for several years, he was later selected into the Beihai New Army and became a member of the officers' teaching regiment.

His tactical ability is not outstanding in the North Navy, but he is indeed a good general. After obtaining the information, he immediately evaluated the combat power of both sides, but the results of the evaluation are not optimistic.

The Pioneer Battalion did not have heavy firepower, so the opponent obviously came prepared. In addition, the opponent held a certain heavy firepower, so this battle was very difficult to fight.

But the harder it is to fight, the more you need to fight, because once you withdraw from this pass, it is equivalent to exposing the Qianli Plain behind to the enemy, which will cause strategic passivity.

Gu Dawei let out a sigh of relief with his waist: "Don't worry, I'll fight first."

In the afternoon of that day, the enemy's vanguard had already arrived at a place 30 kilometers away, while the Song army was quietly waiting in the trenches. Both sides remained calm for the time being, but this distance could actually be said to be about to break out.

"Report! General, the reconnaissance company arrested two enemy spies."

Gu Dawei followed the soldier to imprison the prisoners. Because he could not speak well, he couldn't ask anything here, but their equipment made Gu Dawei feel familiar.

They carried rifles and wore pistols. This configuration was almost the same as that of the Song army. Even the armed belts on them looked very familiar.

Gu Dawei placed their equipment on the table to compare it with the standard weapons equipped by the Song Dynasty. Only then did he find that the things made by these two countries that had never met were not only the same idea, but also the structure was almost the same.

The only difference is that their things are rougher, unlike the exquisiteness of the Song Dynasty. Some of the parts between the two of their same weapons can be interchanged, but some of them cannot match. The workmanship of the bullets is relatively good, but the rate of stuck is about 15%. This basically requires one jam for eight guns, which is far from the structure where the Song Dynasty only has 35 shots stuck.

But a little behind in weapons and equipment does not mean that this side can be taken lightly. You should know that this is the first time they have seen the same weapon when they came here through the Persian countries in the Western Regions, while most other countries are still rushing to the trenches with steel knives.

Just when Gu Dawei was shocked, gunshots suddenly sounded outside, which meant that the blocking war had officially begun.

Soon, the information was constantly delivered, and the gunshots outside also began to crack like the New Year, and there were unknown guns mixed in it.

Hearing this sound, Gu Dawei felt a sudden slap in his heart, because there was a cannon on the opposite side...

The sound of cannons rumbling, shaking the house above Gu Dawei's head and dust rustled. He looked at the map nervously, trying to find a breakthrough.

At this time, outside the city, the encounter between the two sides began without warning, and the sudden conflict was surprised.

Da Song was surprised that the other party actually had hot weapons, while the other party was surprised that the Asian barbarian actually had machine guns!

During this encounter, both sides were a little confused and could only start shooting with instinct. Because the opponent had the advantage of shelling, he could withstand the absolute disadvantage of being ambushed in front of him.

When the second hour of the battle began, the commander opposite was in a state of confusion. He estimated that there were 30,000 people here, and four-hour battles were resolved to occupy this fortress city that contained the throat.

But now it's two hours now, I have lost more than 3,000 people, but I have been nailed to the spot and cannot move forward.

Who is the opposite? The commanders of the European troops have been lingering in their minds. As the most elite troops in Europe, they have always existed like gods on the battlefield. The barbarians who only know how to take bows and arrows and machetes are not taken seriously by them at all, but why is this happening today?

At this time, his scout rushed in and shouted excitedly: "General, the front line can't stand it anymore! It needs artillery support."

At this moment, Gu Dawei also received a message: "The enemy is in a weak position and the shelling will start soon."

"All members enter the trenches."

As expected, less than thirty minutes after he issued the order, a large number of shells fell from the sky.

Although these shells have limited lethality, they cannot withstand the large number. Moreover, Gu Dawei found that they used a projectile cannon, that is, a mortar. This made him difficult. Although the effect of using mortars to bomb trenches was not obvious, because the large trenches had a complete combat system, there would be command posts, viewing stations, communication stations and other military fortifications. They were places for rest and life for troops to fight long-term wars, not just a few temporary drainage ditches.

But under such firepower suppression, they could not show their heads...

The difficulty of the vanguard troops is here. If it is an encounter between the rear base camp, if you encounter such artillery attacks, you can directly use artillery fire to fight back, and the artillery battle between the two sides is the same.

But the vanguard's light-weight advancement and different directions of the mission made them unable to carry too much ammunition, let alone shells.

"Wait until it's dark." Gu Dawei shook his neck by the shells: "The Fourth Battalion went out to smear and slap his butt."

The night is always the most terrifying god of death on the battlefield, because no one knows what is hidden in the darkness, but this happens to be the thing that the Pioneer Battalion, which is responsible for the reconnaissance mission, is best at.

As the night gradually came, the sound of cannons outside gradually stopped, and the fourth battalion quietly touched it out. At this moment, the opponent's general also analyzed this sudden encounter in the temporary command center.

He realized that the other party obviously lacked heavy firepower, but the individual soldiers had extremely strong ability and had very advanced military combat knowledge. He did not gain any benefit under the advantage of firepower. From the afternoon to now, they lost more than 5,000 people, but these 5,000 people were basically equivalent to being in vain, because their front line did not advance half a step forward.

"I've never heard of those inferior barbarians having such combat power. Didn't you say before that people here would just ride on horseback and chop with swords?"

The commander of the European side was a bearded man. He was furious in the command center: "How can I explain to the marshal like this! How can I explain to that lord!"

His staff and adjutants were speechless. This time they obviously miscalculated the other's combat ability. They thought that the city might resist, but they would be completely occupied after a few hours. Just as they kept advancing smoothly, in their words, it was a sharp and hot knife cutting butter effortlessly.

But today they suffered the biggest setback since the expedition, and they still don’t know who is opposite!

This forced them to let go of their arrogance and re-enable the whistle around.

And their secret whistle was being massacred at this moment... The Fourth Battalion of the Great Song Pioneer was Goudan's battalion. They were the most elite soldiers, and their best skills were to touch whistle, sneak attacks and create chaos.

Those secret whistles are just parts that often appear in daily exercises. They use the cover of the night to harvest the lives of these secret whistles like silent Yama.

Maybe it was a crossbow arrow in the dark, or maybe it was suddenly broken, and more than 300 people from the Fourth Battalion cleared the secret whistles scattered in the woods in a carpet style and approached their artillery positions step by step.

"If my brother Goudan is here, his skills will be sharp." Lian Sheng, who had oil paint on his face, lay in a hidden place and stared at the soybean-sized enemy camp in front of him: "Just that bastard just now, he disappeared without even enough time to shout."

"Didn't Brother Goudan ask for help?" Zhou Cheng next to him whispered: "Actually, I don't want him to be here. He is a scholar, so scholars shouldn't come here. He has to study hard."

"Okay, don't talk!"

Lian Sheng saw a team of four people patrolling in this direction with dogs in front. The four people hiding in the dark took out the military crossbow behind them. Lian Sheng pointed at himself and then pointed at the four people in front, and gently clenched their fists.

The companions understood and raised their crossbow arrows and aimed at their targets. When the opponent's patrol soldiers approached within range, the four crossbow arrows were fired almost at the same time, knocking down the patrol soldiers without any effort.

Their dog was rushed over and twisted his neck before he even barked.

But just when they were about to finish the fight, a sentry on the ground blew the damn whistle with his last breath.

"Damn it!" Lian Sheng threw the crossbow and picked up the short-handed gun behind him: "Prepare for the battle!"

The whistle cut through the night sky, and the enemy's artillery positions immediately became nervous. The soldiers who were resting began to rush out in panic and began to shoot around with their weapons.

"That's it?"

Lian Sheng muttered for a while, and then rushed up with his men. They used the darkness and specially processed weapons to start attacking the enemy with the help of stones and bushes.

At the beginning, the enemy could organize an effective counterattack, but in the panic, they did not grasp the movements of the four consecutive victories, so they were beaten very passively.

At this time, someone shouted "The main force of the enemy is here", and then the entire artillery position was in chaos at that time. Lian Sheng seized this good opportunity and attacked the enemy's hinterland all the way, then took out explosives from his backpack and stuck them on the ammunition box around the position.

Soon, a shocking sound and a red cloud evaporated from the artillery position. The huge flame could be clearly seen in the Song army camp several kilometers away.

“Good!”

Gu Dawei used a telescope to see the scene of the opponent's artillery position: "The Fourth Battalion is worthy of my heart."

It was this explosion that completely chaotic that the enemy was completely distracted. Not only the enemies around the artillery positions began to flee in all directions, but even the people who came to reinforcements were frightened by the scene.

They could have about four or five hundred people in front of them, and they were chased by four consecutive victories.

There was a slow-running man who was kicked by Zhou Cheng, and a gun was placed on his head.

At this time, other companies gradually achieved results. Taking advantage of the chaos created by winning streaks, the other brothers of the Fourth Battalion quickly formed an assault front and began to comprehensively clear the enemy artillery positions.

At this time, the enemy's rear was already in chaos. They were wondering why everyone was a pioneer camp, so why could the opponent fight night battles?

But at this time there was no time to think about it. With the calmness of the commander, they quickly organized a retreat to protect the living forces.

However, even so, nearly 2,000 people were still shot by the Fourth Battalion, and all the cannon formations were completely lifted. Just winning the four-person team captured more than 130 people.

At dawn, the Song army went to the location to clean the battlefield, and Gu Dawei also went in person. Seeing the enemy troops tied up behind Lian Sheng, he was a little confused: "This... are all you guys doing?"

"Yes." Lian Sheng's face was covered with black and gray, and his voice was a little hoarse: "We made some small mistakes yesterday and were discovered. So we started to do something with them. Not only did these bastards not surrender, but they also dared to fight back at me. That would be unbearable."

Gu Dawei stood there, a little doubting about life.

The other commander also understood what happened last night. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He had never suffered such grievances from Italy across the Eurasian continent...

After this night, both sides conducted a secondary assessment of the other party. Previously, the European army believed that this place was a barbarian who could only wave the kitchen knife. The Song army subconsciously believed that the European army was a monster like the Blue Army in Guokui Mountain.

But now... their evaluation has completely reversed from two levels. The Song army's evaluation of them is only five words: "Can they fight?", and the European army's evaluation of this unknown armed force is also five words: "They are so powerful!"
Chapter completed!