The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

"Hahaha, see? That's what it means when there's a big reward, there's always a brave man!"

On the opposite position, after observing the battle situation ahead through a telescope, Sun Chuanfang's eyes were almost squeezed into slits due to laughter. He looked towards Wang Cheng on the side with great pride, and the proud expression in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"As long as we can gain a firm foothold and capture the opposing position, the chances of retaking Yudu will increase exponentially!"

"It's still early, don't rush to celebrate!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Cheng still maintained his previous attitude, looking at the opposite position, sneering, and even pouring cold water.

"This is just the beginning. If the Independence Army only has this much firepower, do you think I will lose?"

"Hmph, Commander Wang, the facts are before us. If you're not convinced, then just look carefully and learn. I, Old Sun, am not a stingy person and won't charge you tuition!"

Sun Chuanfang glanced at the other party's unconvinced face, his face turned blue with anger, and he secretly swore in his heart that the first thing he would do to retake Yudu was to report to the headquarters and remove the military power of this damn guy.

You keep saying discouraging things every day. You are so confused that you don’t even know whose food you are eating!

Boom boom boom...

Just when the two were getting angry because of the verbal dispute, they suddenly found that the ground beneath their feet was shaking slightly, and huge rocks were rolling down from the mountain not far away.

Having been hanging around the edge of the battlefield for many years, these veterans knew the reason and immediately raised their binoculars to check the battlefield ahead.

When the sea of ​​fire came into view and the scene of his own soldiers trapped in the bombing zone and fleeing in panic appeared in his sight, the smile on Sun Chuanfang's face that had not yet faded froze instantly, and his excited heart sank to the bottom in an instant. A chill ran up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making him shiver uncontrollably.

"What, what's going on? What the hell is going on?!"

After a while, Sun Chuanfang came back to his senses and pointed at the trenches stretching for several kilometers in the distance and the sea of ​​fire spreading everywhere, and roared.

"Haven't we already captured the enemy position? Why is this happening?!"

"Where on earth did the bomb come from?!"

"Commander-in-Chief, we have indeed captured the enemy position..."

The chief of staff beside him reacted immediately after a brief hesitation, with a look of grief on his face, and slapped his thigh.

"Bad idea! The enemy knew we were going to counterattack, so they planted explosives in the trenches!"

"No wonder they attacked so easily, it turns out they already had a plan in place!"

“Damn it! This is too much! This is too much!!”

At this moment, Sun Chuanfang looked at the soldiers struggling in the sea of ​​fire, like a gambler who had lost all his money. He no longer had the calmness and confidence he had just had. He turned around and grabbed the chief of staff's collar, his eyes wide open like copper bells, and shouted.

"How did they know we would counterattack? Did someone leak the information? Is there a traitor?!"

"No...don't know..."

The chief of staff was so frightened by his murderous eyes that his legs almost went weak, and he kept making promises.

"Investigate, we must investigate, search immediately, and we must catch this traitor!"

"Hmph!" After a brief vent, Sun Chuanfang snorted coldly and let go of the other party. His sharp eyes were full of hatred and anger, and he turned around and gave an order.

"Issue the retreat order and notify the artillery units to prepare to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to counterattack!"

He is very angry now, so angry that he wants to kill someone!

Nearly 20,000 vanguard troops and more than 200 grassroots officers' suicide squad, with the blessing of money and high morale, broke through layer after layer of bombing and finally rushed to the enemy position.

But the result?

Before they could achieve a good victory, they were ambushed by the enemy. Most of the soldiers were trapped in the bombing zone, subjected to the baptism of artillery shells and high temperatures, and instantly lost the ability to resist.

Even if a small number of soldiers were not affected, facing the burning sea of ​​fire, they no longer had the ability to continue fighting and could only choose to evacuate in a hurry to avoid a second round of bombing by the enemy.

fail! !

This operation, which had invested a lot of effort and money, was completely declared a failure at this moment!

After this battle, more than half of the 20,000 vanguard troops were killed, and the officers' suicide squad was completely wiped out, with no one surviving.

Such tragic war losses would be a heavy blow to any force.

Even though Sun Chuanfang was the governor of Qianhu Province and had nearly 100,000 troops under his command, he was now in an irretrievable predicament.

In a counterattack and a battle lasting less than two hours, nearly 10,000 people were killed or wounded. He was too embarrassed to report this situation to his superiors!

……

In the southern part of Tianjin, in the villa area belonging to Duan Tianlin, a group of British ghosts and Duan's generals gathered together to start a new round of discussions on the battle in the capital.

At the conference table, Duan Tianlin, as the head of the Duan family, had a confident look on his face after holding great power. Even when he was in front of foreigners, his aura was still not inferior to that of the other party.

"The Fengtian Army has retreated to the Rehe area. If we continue to fight, we won't be able to play a big role. Besides, the heavy armored brigade of the independent army just passed through Tianjin. It won't be long before they can enter the front line."

"Fighting at this time will definitely do more harm than good!"

"Mr. Duan, I have a question I don't understand. Why don't you take action before the heavy armored brigade arrives? We can provide you with anti-tank mines, which can easily take down the enemy's mechanized troops!"

The British representative was a young man in his thirties, speaking Daxia dialect not very fluently, and asked in confusion.

He couldn't understand why the Duan and Feng factions had clearly joined forces, so why would they just watch the independent army's mechanical troops pass by the entrance without taking any action?

Little did he know how troublesome the twists and turns here were.

Nowadays, the entire Daxia is in chaos. On the surface, the Independence Army and the Fengbei Army are allies, and the Duan faction and the Feng faction are also allies.

In fact, the southern battlefield has tied up more than 80% of the independent army's forces, and the flood in Zhijiang Province has caused Zhang Ye a lot of headaches, leaving him no time to take care of other things.

At this time, he did not have any extra troops to support the Fengbei Army, and could only send mechanical troops to provide small-scale assistance to prevent the Fengbei Army from being defeated by the "Feng Duan Alliance". Otherwise, once Zhang Zuolin fell, the Independent Army would no longer have any allies and would instantly become everyone's target of attack.

As for the National Army in the South, it was even more difficult. Affected by the Central Plains battlefield, they were unable to move north in a short period of time. They could only stay in Jiangyou and other places and form a confrontation with the Independence Army. They were deadlocked and neither side would back down.

Therefore, this period is an extremely rare opportunity for the Duan faction. They only need to ensure that they do not take the initiative to provoke the Independence Army and do not give Zhang Ye an excuse or reason to attack him.

Secondly, withdraw 100,000 troops from the northern border and join forces with the Feng faction to try to drive the Fengbei Army back to its base and away from the power center in the capital.

The last and most critical step in this plan was to transfer 120,000 people from Xu Zhenlin and Lu Yongxiang in Zhijiang Province, and join forces with Feng Yuxiang in Hedong Province to turn their guns against the Feng faction!

By then, after successfully destroying the Feng faction, the Duan faction will be firmly seated in Zhili Province and the capital, with its back to the northern frontier, and will give the position in the Central Plains to Feng Yuxiang, allowing him to confront the Independence Army and the National Army head-on and fight to the death!