Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Southern region of Qianzhou – within the territory of the Kingdom of Puwa.

Headquarters of the 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division of the Lanxi Foreign Legion.

"Sir, our previous intelligence may have been wrong."

"We have not only failed to shake off the Daqian Zhenguo Army, but have instead run headlong into their encirclement!"

"What?" Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Ali Prescott, commander of the 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division of the Lanxi Foreign Legion, was struck dumb.

After being stunned for several seconds by the news, Ali Prescott barely managed to steady himself from the near-fainting.

The next second, Ali Prescott came to the table, quickly unfolded the battle map, and stared intently at their current location.

He kept muttering to himself, "How is this possible!"

"We marched for three days and three nights straight, throwing away all the supplies we could to speed things up!"

"We are a mechanized cavalry division! How did the Qian Kingdom manage to get ahead of us and set up an ambush!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! There must be some mistake..."

Looking at the location on the battle map, Ali Prescott couldn't believe that the Gan people had actually gotten ahead of them!

He simply couldn't understand how his mechanized cavalry division, which had retreated ahead of schedule, could still be surrounded and encircled by the Daqian Zhenguo Army!

Ali Prescott was very confident in the marching speed of the 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division.

Furthermore, knowing full well the strength of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, Ali Prescott immediately and decisively ordered that all the baggage that was slowing down the march be thrown away.

The purpose was to leave the Daqian Zhenguo Army behind so they could quickly carry out their retreat.

The reason why Ali Prescott acted so decisively in the face of the pursuit by the Daqian Zhenguo Army was...

It's entirely because friendly forces have already set an example for them.

The 7th Assault Infantry Division of the Lanxi Foreign Legion, which was positioned relatively far forward and had almost completely decimated Fang Borong's forces, was annihilated by the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which had entered Puwa to "seek revenge," in less than a day.

It should be noted that the Lanxi Foreign Legion, which was dispatched to the southern region of Qianzhou, is the absolute elite of the Lanxi army.

The 7th Assault Infantry Division is the absolute ace among foreign legions.

In other words, the 7th Assault Infantry Division was undoubtedly the elite of the elite, the ace of ace, in the Lanxi army.

In fact, long before the Daqian Zhenguo army entered Puwa, the reconnaissance unit of the 7th Assault Infantry Division had already noticed the Daqian Zhenguo army's troop movements on the Qianpu border.

Furthermore, intelligence also alerted the 7th Assault Infantry Division—the Daqian Zhenguo Army—that it might cross the Qianpu border and take military action, urging them to prepare for a response.

However, Price Albert, the commander of the 7th Assault Infantry Division at the time, did not take this warning to heart.

Price Albert naively believed that the Daqian Zhenguo Army had no reason to cross the border.

Because Fang Borong and others were wanted criminals and traitors in the Qian Kingdom.

Surely the Daqian Zhenguo Army wouldn't stand up for a bunch of traitors?

Another reason is that Price Albert never took the Daqian Zhenguo Army seriously.

Although the Daqian Zhenguo army had already demonstrated its strength through practical actions, breaking the absolute dominance of the Western Luo people in terms of military power with a series of classic and miraculous victories.

In Price Albert’s eyes, the reason why the Daqian Zhenguo Army won one battle after another and was victorious in every battle was simply because they did not encounter the Lanxi Army.

Or rather—they did not encounter the foreign legions of the Lanxi army.

To put it bluntly, the Daqian Zhenguo Army did not encounter their 7th Assault Infantry Division!

To be called the elite of the elite, the ace of the ace, Price Albert and his 7th Assault Infantry Division must have reason to be proud.

After all, the Lanxi people's army has always had high morale.

Not to mention an absolute ace like the 7th Assault Infantry Division.

It should be noted that the Lanxi Army has always claimed to be the world's number one army.

Therefore, although the top leadership of Lanxi showed sufficient attention and concern for the Daqian Zhenguo Army.

However, the Lanxi military expressed dissatisfaction and contempt for the "fear" and "excessive worry" shown by the Lanxi leadership regarding the Daqian Zhenguo Army issue.

Many generals in the Lanxi military believe that the true combat power of the Daqian Zhenguo Army has been seriously exaggerated or even "mythologized"!

The Lanxi military even came up with a new viewpoint—it wasn't that the Qian people were too powerful, but rather that their opponents were too weak!

This was tantamount to giving both the Salo army and the Yi army a severe beating.

Price Albert was a proponent of this view.

Therefore, the arrogant Price Albert made a boastful statement before encountering the attack of the Daqian Zhenguo Army.

No one in the entire southern region of Qianzhou could pose a threat to their 7th Assault Infantry Division!

Even if the Daqian Zhenguo Army crossed the Qianpu border with superior forces, no one could stop their 7th Assault Infantry Division if they wanted to leave.

On the day of their annihilation, Price Albert even stated in his command post that, in the event of a firefight with the Daqian Zhenguo Army, without the need for friendly support, our 7th Assault Infantry Division alone could take on at least one of their corps!

But the reality was that—two hours after Price Albert made that boast, they actually clashed with the Daqian Zhenguo army that had crossed the border between Qianpu and Ganpu.

Price Albert "got his wish" and encountered the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which outnumbered him several times over, and his entire division was surrounded.

But in the end, Plath Albert was unable to lead his 7th Assault Infantry Division to achieve the feat of defeating an entire army of the Daqian Zhenguo Army with just one division!

However, Plath Ebert and his 7th Assault Infantry Division did indeed encounter three divisions, or one corps, of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, and Plath Ebert's "guess" of the troop strength was correct.

As a result, the two sides fought fiercely from 10:15 a.m. until 6:33 p.m. that day.

After more than eight hours of intense fighting, Plath Albert and his 7th Assault Infantry Division were completely annihilated.

Meanwhile, the casualties suffered by the Daqian Zhenguo army were negligible..................

It is said that in the final moments, Plath Albert and a group of divisional officers saw that the situation was hopeless and there was nothing they could do.

I was originally thinking of surrendering.

After all, in their view, their 7th Assault Infantry Division had done what they were supposed to do.

However, they faced far too many enemies.

Even if the 7th Assault Infantry Division were highly capable, it would be of no use against such a disparity in troop strength.

Therefore, it is not shameful for them to surrender at this time.

In a telegram sent from the 7th Assault Infantry Division to the Foreign Legion Command, Plath Albert stated with absolute certainty that the 7th Assault Infantry Division was under heavy attack from no fewer than ten divisions!

But Plath Albert's luck was truly not very good..................

Just as he was about to give the order to surrender, a heavy artillery shell, by sheer coincidence, destroyed Plath Albert's field command post.

Then two more shells seamlessly "filled the gap".

Plath Albert and a group of divisional officers were wiped out in one fell swoop.

More than an hour later, the incredibly arrogant 7th Assault Infantry Division was completely annihilated.....................

It was precisely because of this precedent set by Plath Albert that Ali Prescott and his 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division were able to react so quickly.

After the news of the complete annihilation of the 7th Assault Infantry Division came.

Without waiting for the Foreign Legion headquarters to issue a retreat order, Ali Prescott immediately ordered the entire division to retreat at full speed and on a forced march......................

In stark contrast to Plath Albert's style, Ali Prescott's approach is to take absolutely no chances and run away as soon as things look wrong!

In Ali Prescott's own words, "Never forget that we are a mechanized cavalry division, especially when we are on a retreat order!"

Ali Prescott's reaction was remarkably swift.

His 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division's marching and retreat speed was by no means slow.

Mechanized cavalry divisions have an impressive ability to disengage from the battlefield!

Unfortunately, they still ended up completely trapped in the ambush of the Daqian Zhenguo army....................

Although, even at this point, Ali Prescott still refused to believe it.

Even after repeated confirmation, no matter how unwilling Ali Prescott was to believe this terrible reality, he couldn't change the fact that the 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division was indeed deeply surrounded...

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"Sir, our entire division is now stuck in this place called Ya Tou Zhai."

"The troops of the Qian Kingdom are on all four sides."

"The Qian people have deciphered our secret telegram; they just sent us a message urging us to surrender using our secret telegram..."

"No wonder we walked right into the Qian Kingdom's encirclement!" After hearing his subordinate's report, Ali Prescott slammed his fist on the table: "So they had already deciphered our coded messages!"

"The people of Qian Kingdom are fully aware of our every move!"

Ali Prescott finally found the problem.

However, as soon as he said those words, Ali Prescott felt that something was still not quite right.

“Our reconnaissance planes are deployed every day. Yesterday during the day, our reconnaissance planes told us that there were no traces of enemy troops in the Yazui Village area.”

Ali Prescott was once again filled with doubt: "Could it be...?"

"The Qian people completed the encirclement of our army in just one night?"

"Sir, what should we do now?" Seeing Ali Prescott still struggling with this question, his staff officer couldn't help but remind him: "Because we are marching too fast, we have already left our friendly forces behind."

"We are now surrounded and isolated in Yazui Village..."

“I know we’re separated now!” Ali Prescott glared at the staff officer who had warned him, his mood worsening.

Ali Prescott and his 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division were known as the most mobile and rapid reaction force in the Foreign Legion.

It was even called the fastest mechanized cavalry division in the Lanxi Army.

However, under Ali Prescott's leadership, the 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division's speed advantage was often used in "running away" operations.

Compared to Plath Albert's arrogance and the 7th Assault Infantry Division's tough style, Ali Prescott was known for his speed.

Ali Prescott once said in a drunken state: "If our 11th Mechanized Cavalry Division wants to get out of the battlefield, no enemy will be able to catch us!"