Chapter 1217: Shortage of manpower

"Sir, look at the situation on our side." A lieutenant of the Zhao Jun troops interspersed on the bank of the river said with a telescope to guide a major Zhao Jun at this time.

"What's the matter?" the major said at this time.

"Qi army's large-scale troops have landed on our side. There are less than three thousand troops over there." The lieutenant said at this time.

"According to the current strength, we can't stop them at all." The lieutenant said at this time.

"If the Qi army in front and the landing Qi army launch an offensive together, the pressure we will endure will exceed the scope of our endurance." At this time. Said the lieutenant.

"What can we do?" the major said at this time.

"A lot of things we lack. Soldiers. Look at me and our company. They are all vacant. Some companies lack more than 40% of the personnel. There are weapons and ammunition. The amount of supplies is far less than what we consume. As long as we consume them. The Qi army launched an offensive. It is estimated that our ammunition is empty. What should we do if we empty the ammunition?" At this time the major said helplessly.

"But we can't do anything about waiting like this," the lieutenant said at this time.

"It is estimated that our existence is to attract them. We are cavalry and should be active in combat, but our generals now put us in this place. This is simply a disaster." The major said pessimistically.

"Oh my God," the lieutenant said at this time.

"We can only wait for our own destiny," the major continued.

"Sir, Qin Airship." At this moment, a sergeant shouted to the major.

"Tell our people, send a signal to let them airdrop a little bit more accurately." At this time, the major shouted loudly.

"Yes. Sir." The sergeant said loudly at this time.

And in the air. The airmen of the Qin Kingdom were looking down.

"Where are the damned Zhao people? Why are we here to give them airdrop supplies." A flying sergeant complained loudly.

"Pay attention to the hill below. The only commanding height in this neighborhood is Zhao Guoren. We have to drop supplies here." A flying lieutenant said calmly watching the situation below.

"It's on the top of the hill below." The lieutenant said at this time.

"Open the hatch. Airdrop supplies." The lieutenant said at this time.

The sergeant struggled to open the hatch. The lieutenant pushed the supplies out of the cabin at this time.

"They airdropped supplies." This time. The Zhao Jun soldiers on the commanding heights shouted loudly.

The white parachute opened in the air, but the wind in the air blew them in the direction of Qi Jun.

The airdropped materials by the Qin Army included ammunition, grain, medicine and other important materials, and most of these materials needed earthquake-proof treatment. Especially ammunition supplies. Airdrops are not allowed at all, but there is a breeze over the commanding heights. However, the airdrop position of the Qin Army airship was slightly higher, and they remained at an altitude between four hundred and five hundred.

After these materials were airdropped, they were blown towards the Qi army by the wind. As a result, the materials that Qi Jun received far exceeded the materials that Zhao Jun received.

"Damn it. Are these Qin people helping Qi people?" A Zhao Jun soldier threw off his hat and shouted.

"You traitors." Zhao Jun waved his arms loudly, cursing the Qin State Heavenly Army in the sky loudly. The heavenly army just dropped the supplies by air, then closed the hatch, and immediately returned to their base.

"The materials we got are really too few." Zhao Jun's Brigadier General looked at the materials falling from the sky, and most of the materials fell on the Qi Army's position. The soldiers of the Qi army gathered these materials happily. But the soldiers of Zhao Jun were full of complaints, and the materials they got were very limited, limited to the point of pitifulness.

The soldiers of Zhao Jun can only bow their heads and sigh. This situation makes Zhao Jun's situation more and more disadvantaged. The supplies that Qin Jun can provide can only go here.

The situation of the cavalry that Zhao Jun went south became worse and worse. The situation of Zhao Jun in the north is not getting better.

"Let it go." An artillery officer of the Yan Army roared loudly.

"Boom." "Boom." Several artillery fired together.

"Swish. Swish." The cannonball whizzed out.

"Boom. Boom. Boom." The artillery shell exploded in front of the position more than 300 steps before Zhao Jun's position.

"Ah." The Qi army team that was charging was suddenly torn apart by the flying shells. Many Qi soldiers were torn to pieces by the flying shells. Even the smoke from those shells was red. This makes many Zhao Jun feel very terrified.

"Blow up, blow up these **** Qi Jun." At this time, an officer Zhao Jun whose arm was still bleeding and the bandage on his head had been dyed red yelled.

There were bloodstains all over his body, and his military uniform became very torn. In front of Zhao Jun's position, there were a large number of corpses piled up, including Zhao Jun's and Qi Jun's. It can be seen that they have experienced a very tragic battle before.

"Long, sir." One was in torn clothes. There was black dust all over his face, and some blood stains still remained on his face. The soldier walked over in exhaustion.

"Sir, we don't have many people anymore." The soldier walked over wearily. I found a place where there were no dead people and sat down. At his feet, there are two tangled bodies.

A soldier of the Zhao Army and a soldier of the Qi Army, both holding bayonet, the bayonet in the hand of the soldier of Zhao Army stabbed in the air. But his hand was pinched tightly on the opponent's neck.

And the other side. The soldiers of the Qi army pierced the bayonet deeply into the chest of the soldiers of the Zhao army. Both sides maintained this posture and turned into two cold corpses. In the final battle, they fight in this way. Solved them out of the fight.

Zhao Jun and Qi Jun fought very hard. Qi Jun directly rushed Zhao Jun's position with human sea tactics, while Zhao Jun desperately resisted. One company on one side, another company’s reinforcements were put into use. The Qi army's offensive was really too big. Their strength was contained to a certain extent, after Zhao Jun put in a company of reinforcements. In the end, the Qi army was really unable to fight anymore and had to retreat.

After seeing Qi Jun retreat. Officer Zhao Jun rushed to the phone immediately. Fire support was called on the phone. This is what happened just now.

"Our company is all fired up. There are less than seventeen people alive. There are more than one hundred and fifty people." The soldier said with tears in his eyes.

"Hahahaha." This time. The officer laughed loudly.

"Know?" At this time, the officer said.

"If the Qi army does not retreat, I don't have to smile and talk." The officer said at this time.

"Just now. I thought to myself. If the Qi army doesn't retreat, we will be able to fight it all by ourselves." The officer also sat down slowly at this time.

With the roar of shells outside, no one was excited at all.

"I will call out the cannonballs and bomb us all over. One piece desperately," the officer said.

And the soldier just stared at the officer blankly. Then burst into tears.

The officer just smiled bitterly.

The shelling continued. Yan Jun also opened up to fight, Zhao Jun told them. If their positions cannot be defended, their artillery positions will be gone. Hearing such threats, the artillery of the Yan Army immediately changed their views. They no longer feel distressed about their shells, and start firing frantically at the targets set by Zhao Jun. Anyway, when they discard their positions, these shells will not be taken away. It might as well kill a few more Qi troops directly.

There was a rumble of cannons in the distance. And in the front command. Zhao Jun's major general was anxiously waiting for the staff's answer.

"Huh." The staff officer ran in panting.

"Report." The staff officer reported loudly.

"Say, what's the situation?" This time. The major general shouted loudly.

The staff only shook his head helplessly.

"There is no force that can be drawn out. Although the front Qi army did not launch an offensive. They have obviously increased their strength. But we have drawn two companies from this direction. We are really too nervous. The nearby troops are also too nervous. Unable to transfer troops, our vacancy is too big." The staff officer said at this time.

"En." The major general pinched his waist with both hands, not knowing what to do.

"There are no more troops nearby that can be deployed." The staff officer said at this time.

"And the two infantry companies we have just thrown in have already suffered a lot of casualties. The report received from the front said. Their casualties almost wiped out the entire company." The staff officer said at this time.

"Don't say this. What we need now are people, not casualties. Those who died are of no use to us." At this time, the major general shouted loudly.

"What we want is people, everyone, people," the major general said loudly.

All the staff around him stopped talking at this time. they know. Talking now is like talking for nothing.

"Sir, do we transfer some personnel from other units to the battle? In addition, we need reinforcements." At this time. A staff officer boldly put forward his own views.

"Reinforcements need to be telegraphed. The personnel of other units, who else we have not transferred." At this time, the major general asked.

"There are also some engineers. And medical personnel, men, and some transport soldiers." The staff officer said at this time.

"Put them into battle. Do you think it's possible?" the major general asked.

"At the moment, it can only be done. It really doesn't work, we." At this time, the staff officer looked at the people around him.

"We have to cut all staff in half. Put into battle." The staff officer said with his head down.

"They are all officers." At this moment, a colonel's staff said loudly. Obviously he wants to oppose it.