The First Order

Now that he decides to fight Guanshan to lure bandits from Dingyuan Mountain, he must quietly enter the valley area to avoid their actions being discovered in advance.

Now Zong's eyes and ears are all over the northwest. The plan of the 178 stronghold is to wipe out the bandits in the river valley first, so as not to cause any trouble to the forward base during the real war.

Zhang Xiaoman felt that Guan Shan should be more difficult to fight, but Ren Xiaosu didn’t think so, because part of the bandits died in Yan Liuyuan’s cursing, he guessed that the bandits came from Guan Shan.

At that time they were near Kaule Mountain, and the closest bandits were Tang Wangshan and Guanshan. However, the bandits of Tang Wangshan had been profligately cleaned by Wang Congyang, and then only the bandits from Guanshan came.

However, Ren Xiaosu did not say this. The battle in the wilderness seemed to be still blocked by Zong's news. The 178 fortress was not aware of it.

Fortress 178 was five or six hundred kilometers away from the battlefield at that time. No matter how much artillery was fired, the fortress could not hear any movement.

But Ren Xiaosu is very clear. If it is really as he guessed, Guanshan is definitely not as difficult to imagine, but it is much easier than Dingyuanshan.

The sharp knife company was like a group of mice, suddenly abandoned the truck, carrying guns and shell supplies one by one through the gully, day and night out, as far as possible not to be discovered by the enemy in advance.

When resting in the shadow of the ravine during the day, Zhang Xiaoman said to Ren Xiaosu: "Although I don't know what your extraordinary ability is, but since you said that you can put pressure on Guanshan, then I will believe you, but don't go to the place Say you can’t do it, you can’t do it, let alone who you are, I will shoot you directly."

Ren Xiaosu did not speak, but leaned on the gully with his automatic rifle and closed his eyes to relax.

Everyone is slowly eating their own individual food rations. They are now secretly sneaking into the river valley area, they can't light fire to cook and light the cooking smoke.

But what surprised Zhang Xiaoman was that Ren Xiaosu seemed to be able to endure hardships more than them. Everyone would always need to be on duty to stand guard when they rested. The other soldiers were sleepy and complaining, but Ren Xiaosu never complained about anything. Let him When he is on guard, he will be on guard, and it doesn't matter if he stands for a while.

Zhang Xiaoman has deliberately observed that Ren Xiaosu was indeed very serious and conscientious when he was on duty.

The sharp knife whispered in a row, "It's worthy of the commander's fancy."

The more stern eyes of the family to see Ren Xiaosu, it is not necessary to live with Ren Xiaosu, but when everyone knows that this may be the next commander, they will always think: I compare with this person, what is worse than him , Why did he become a candidate for commander.

And Ren Xiaosu here, not only stand guard, but also have to take turns to carry heavy machine guns and mortars on the way, that thing is really heavy, the mortars are better, only 29.4 kg, although it is uncomfortable to carry it on long distance , But it is still acceptable.

The heavy machine gun with a caliber of 12.7mm has a weight of 50 pounds and also carries its own marching backpack. The distance between Guanshan and Dingyuan Mountain is more than 100 kilometers. The road is still difficult to walk. Some soldiers want to carry this thing. , The shoulder skin was worn out.

But Ren Xiaosu never complained.

Ren Xiaosu's strength and agility are now balanced, so it looks very thin. At first, Zhang Xiaoman was deliberately embarrassed to let Xiao Su let him suffer.

As a result, Zhang Xiaoman was surprised that Ren Xiaosu looked thinner than them, but he was unambiguous in carrying a crane gun, and even took the initiative to share some of his comrades.

This is how it is in the army. If you are tough and you have strength, I will respect you.I look down on you when you are arrogant.

Just in the past few days of the wilderness, everyone's impression of Ren Xiaosu has changed. This kid is really tough and powerful!

Indistinctly, the sharp knife even thought of his comrades in arms: Not bad.

But this does not mean that everyone fully recognizes him. If he is not qualified to be the next commander, physical strength and perseverance are not enough.

At this time Zhang Xiaoman calculated: "Guanshan is about 30 kilometers away from Dingyuan Mountain. If Guanshan asks for assistance from Dingyuan Mountain, then Dingyuan Mountain can be reached in more than half an hour. We have to dig the trenches in advance to ambush. That’s fine, otherwise you won’t be able to beat the bandits.”

Ren Xiaosu said: "This gully is a natural trench."

"Also," Zhang Xiaoman suddenly asked: "Are you really confident in putting pressure on Guan Shan to let them call for help?"

Ren Xiaosu calmly said: "I have made a military order."

The correspondent in the Sabre Company always kept in touch with the forward strike battalion. The strike battalion set off the day after they opened, and it should be 60 kilometers behind them.

However, the goal of the forward battalion is not Guanshan and Dingyuanshan. They want to build a defense line in the north to avoid taking Guanshan and Dingyuanshan, and Zong's south counterattack.

In the 178 stronghold group army, apart from leaving a combat brigade to improve the defense force, the rest are ready to go to the battlefield.

Ren Xiaosu curiously said: "Company commander, does Zong really have 200,000 troops?"

Zhang Xiaoman said with a sneer: "Don't matter how big the site is, you dare to claim that you have 200,000 people? Oh no, if it is the Liumin Corps and the private army that they just expanded, it seems that there are indeed 200,000 people. But I have 178 strongholds The man can hit the last soldier, and his Zong's soldiers may die hundreds of people, and a so-called combat brigade will collapse."

At this time, Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized that the way the Zong clan took was the same as that of the Li clan, and it captured all the refugees who could not do anything. They also had the role of the private army, which was not successful enough.

If the Qings did the same, Ren Xiaosu estimated that they could come up with more than 400,000 troops...

But what use is this army?

Ren Xiaosu asked: "How many people are there in that regular army?"

"About 90,000," Zhang Xiaoman said: "But this is last year's intelligence."

Ren Xiaosu nodded, and he suddenly felt that the battle was not so difficult to fight, although there were only 75,000 regular troops on the battlefield at 178 fortress.

However, how does it feel that the 178 stronghold is not so strong, is this an illusion?

Ren Xiaosu thinks this is weird. If the 178 stronghold has only these combat capabilities, it can certainly stand in the northwest, but it is definitely not enough to awe to a real consortium.

Also, Luo Lan wanted to kill Zhang Jinglin before, but Qing Qing disagreed.

Is Qingzhen to let Zhang Jinglin return to the northwest to contain the Zong clan, or to let Zhang Jinglin continue to guard inland humans so that humans will not encounter foreign war again?

It may be both, Ren Xiaosu always feels that Qing Huang in his impression is not a fanatic who only knows about war.