Chapter 1450: Chapter 1367: An Undeserved dal
Zhao Chen might be the highest-ranking mber of the remaining Zhao clan. However, he is now the commander of the 6th Group Army of Tang Country, directing the troops in fierce combat with the Qin Army in the Chu Territory.
To say it’s a fierce combat isn’t entirely accurate; his troops are thodically compressing the Qin Army’s defensive line, forcing the Qin Army to abandon nurous field fortifications.
This renowned general from the later period of Dahua has now fully embraced his role. His command post is set up on a picturesque mountain peak, about 70 kiloters from the front line.
The Qin Army has almost no ans of attacking targets at this distance, although Qin Country purchased a large number of Scud missiles and even tried to produce them, their accuracy is quite poor.
Accuracy is a secondary concern; the real reason the Qin Army cannot attack Tang Army targets at this distance is intelligence.
The Qin Army’s situational awareness of the battlefield is still at a World War II level, relying on air reconnaissance or human reconnaissance for a sense of the battlefield atmosphere.
They lack the satellite reconnaissance, electronic reconnaissance, and pre-war mapping and positioning techniques that the Tang Army has, so they can’t attack targets hundreds of kiloters away.
Such outdated reconnaissance thods cannot support the use of weapons like Scud missiles. This is also a problem the Qin Army recognized after the war broke out, as previously they could barely support their missile units through reconnaissance by aircraft.
But now these supports are gone, the air force of Qin Country doesn’t dare to take off for reconnaissance, having retreated far away to hundreds of kiloters away.
Zhao Chen brushes his teeth and washes his face in the morning; for him as a commander, today can be considered quite important.
As a senior officer of the Great Tang Empire on the southern line, he has paved a land route to Nanshan Port.
A corps of Tang Country forces broke through the Qin Army’s encirclent yesterday and made contact with the defenders at Nanshan Port. After confirming their designations, they established a new defensive line along the road.
And the Qin Army had no intention to engage, they abandoned the nearby defenses and withdrew tens of thousands of troops surrounding Nanshan Port.
“General! The comndation order for liberating Nanshan Port has been issued. The General Staff Departnt held a press conference confirming that we have in practice liberated Nanshan Port. I heard that your Blade dal is already on its way.” The adjutant reported good news as Zhao Chen wiped his face with a hot towel.
Zhao Chen handed the towel to the other party, who helped hang it up for him. Zhao Chen stretched lazily, slled the faint scent of insect repellant in the room, and sighed, “This is the easiest battle I’ve fought… this comndation belongs to the 6th Group Army; I feel unworthy to accept it personally.”
This was his sincere truth; as the commander of the 6th Group Army, he mainly marked areas he considered necessary on the map, and the troops below would easily occupy those places.
Not an exaggeration: the Qin Army seed to lack strong resistance, while the Tang Army seed like a hot knife cutting through butter, unstoppable and invincible.
In fact, it was so; the Qin Army, on the one hand, was demoralized by news of a crushing defeat in the north and dared not engage further. On the other hand, they had no ans to resist the Tang Army’s attacks.
With technology support like thermal imaging, night battles and small-scale infiltration beca the forte of the 6th Group Army. They were perceived as night phantoms by the Qin Army, gradually becoming a psychological shadow.
In these fierce battles to this day, the Qin Army has mainly used illumination flares, frantically launching them at night out of fear that the pitch-black soldiers of the Tang Army might suddenly appear before them.
Besides tactically overwhelming the Qin Army, the Tang Army also outperford them in small-unit combat capability. The understanding of the situation, use of terrain, and mastery of weapons and equipnt were at completely different levels between the commanders of both sides.
Therefore, on a traditional battlefield, the Qin Army could still attempt to swarm with manpower, but in mountainous warfare, the gap between the Qin and Tang Armies beca even larger and insurmountable.
This marks a change in mindset; as strong as the U.S. Army was, they couldn’t deal with the North Vietnase guerillas in the jungles of Vietnam, much less could the Qin Army who was not as strong.
The Qin Army essentially couldn’t adapt to or handle the Tang Army’s infiltration maneuvers with small units, let alone the terrifying ultimate form after several buff grants by Tang Mo.
With high-performance communication equipnt, artillery fire enhanced by the experience of Chinese volunteers’ penetration tactics during the Korean War, and almost overwhelming air support… this force had the terrifying will and initiative of Huaxia soldiers, supported by Lighthouse Country’s equipnt, firepower, and air support.
It’s quite responsible to say that in this era, the Tang Army’s understanding of jungle warfare is ahead by a whole—or even several—versions.
Commanding such a force, Zhao Chen had none of the past agony or frustration of commanding the Dahua army. Everything was so relaxed and enjoyable, almost like a picnic in the wild.
His command post even had facilities for hot showers, offered gourt als at night, and because the equipnt was too advanced, he could even add ice cubes to his drink.
Yes, adding ice cubes to drinks! The Tang Army had refrigerators to make ice cubes, there was ice cream and other sweets supplied to senior officers. Commanders like Zhao Chen had limited daily supplies of alcoholic beverages and drinks, with the limitation being only to prevent affecting judgnt, not due to shortage in quantity.
With such supply and support, Zhao Chen even felt a bit bitter: after battling such an opponent for years, he now realized how much he overestimated himself.
For soone who has experienced both militaries, the Tang Army seed not to belong to this world. This force was so powerful that it reached a level unbeatable by any other military.
Zhao Chen didn’t know how the countries on the Eastern Continent were, but he was sure, on the Western Continent, nobody could defeat such an army.
“You can’t say that! Sir. Your command is very clear, enabling the troops to achieve brilliant results at a relatively small cost of casualties, so this dal should belong to you.” The adjutant was very confident in his superior.
At least from his perspective, Zhao Chen was a very competent battlefield commander: his routine was orderly, he exuded nobility in his every move, his command was ticulous, arranging everything thodically, speaking kindly like an elder… such a style indeed made it easy for subordinates to admire him.
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