Chapter 1175: Qiang retreat

"There are Qiangs ahead." Within the defense of the stronghold of Qin's First Infantry Division, a second-class soldier held a telescope nervously and reported what he had observed.

"Where did they come from? How many people?" This time. A second lieutenant walked over and asked without anxiety.

In the defensive stronghold, the Qin army relied on its sufficient material reserves to allow them to withstand the opponent's crazy attack in such a complete defensive facility. At the same time, they can survive at the same time. It is precisely these sufficient material reserves that prevent the Qiangs from breaking through the Qin army's defensive strongholds, and they can only choose to take a detour.

A detour for the Qiang people. Qin Jun also had no way. They really want to launch an offense. However, their circumstances did not allow them to launch an offense.

You know, most of their forces are scattered over a wide area, and their strength is very limited. Launch an offense scatteredly. It is undoubtedly tantamount to suicide, and most of them are infantry, infantry attacking cavalry. And to fight in such an open defense. Even if equipped with advanced infantry weapons, I am afraid it is difficult to resist the cavalry who charge wildly. Therefore, most of the soldiers in the Qin Army strongholds took a negative measure.

They neither attacked. At the same time, they didn't actively stop the Qiang people. They knew very well that the Qiang people would not take the initiative to attack them. And the range of their weapons can't stop each other, which leads to a tacit understanding of each other. Qiang people are uncomfortable to enter this passage too casually. Enter the Hexi Corridor of Qin State through this passage.

However, Qin Jun was unable to effectively block because of range problems. They can only watch each other freely in and out. This is the situation on both sides. The Qin Army's 1st Infantry Division was scattered too widely. As a result, they were unable to take the initiative to attack.

"It seems to come from the Hexi Corridor?" This time. The privates told the second lieutenant his thoughts and the results of his observations.

"Puff." The ensign was eating the canned food that was hard to swallow. Hearing this result, I immediately spewed out what I had just eaten.

The reason why Qin Jun can continue to defend. Material reserves are very important. In addition to a large number of ammunition supplies, this key point is also food, which is very important. But the canned food made by Qin Guo solves this problem very well, and there are many varieties of food. And it can guarantee the soldiers' rations for a day. This is very important for soldiers. Especially in high mountain areas.

But there is a problem that the taste of food, especially the taste of food, has been difficult to solve, and there is long-term use, but the soldiers are bored. These problems are the shortcomings of canned food, and this shortcoming cannot be solved.

"Where did they come from?" the ensign asked again.

"They came from the direction of the Hexi Corridor. The number of people is not very large. Just a few hundred people, a lot less than what we have seen before. However, it seems that this is the first time they have discovered. Have they already robbed the Hexi Corridor? "At this moment, the second class turned around and looked at the ensign and said.

"No." The ensign shook his head. As he said, he picked up his binoculars and kept checking the situation of the Qiang people.

"No, it shouldn't." The ensign continued.

"They didn't have what we needed to find, they didn't take a lot of supplies, and that is, they didn't have anything. If they want to get those supplies, or if they want to rob the Hexi Corridor, they should bring everything. , You know. The materials hoarded in the Hexi Corridor far exceed ours." The ensign analyzed at this time.

"No. I have to tell the captain about the situation here." The second lieutenant left immediately. The privates continued to check the situation. In his opinion. As long as the Qiangs don't attack, it's good.

There was a discussion between the captain and the second lieutenant on this issue. Finally, after the captain personally checked the actions of the Qiang people. I think the second lieutenant's judgment makes a lot of sense. So they reported the situation here to their superiors, who directly forwarded them to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division in the rear.

"Boom." There was a sound of artillery firing. The artillery was erected at the high point and attacked the Qiang people who were retreating and continuously entering the Hexi Corridor. Their chief believed that the use of artillery to attack in such a narrow barrier would cause great damage to the Qiang people. This is a good opportunity, and their chief will never give up such an offense.

"Qiang. Shoot. Shoot." At this moment, a tired soldier shouted loudly.

"Tututu. Tututu." "Da da da." The machine gun made a da da da, and the bullet flew out and hit the mound. The dust from the bullets made the Qiang who tried to pull out the nail to retreat. They dropped some corpses and retreated.

"Bang. Bang." The sound of the rifle came immediately.

"Damn it." A corporal was sitting exhausted in the trench. The continuous defensive operations made many soldiers feel very tired. But the position of the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division is here, and they can only stick to it. There is no way. Their commander would choose too much.

The location here happens to be the confluence point of several important passages nearby, plus the Qilian Mountain behind it. This is a very important transportation pass. I chose it at the beginning because it can control the gathering of supplies here. At the same time, because the defense here is strong and the transportation is convenient. Therefore, their chief designated this place as their headquarters.

But the number of defenders here is really small, only one battalion. Facing the sudden emergence of a large number of Qiang people. They had to shrink the front and enrich the personnel.

In order to prevent the Qiang people from entering the Hexi Corridor. There was a fierce battle here. But in the end, the Qiang took evasive measures without further military action. The teacher also knew that such a situation would be difficult for him to complete.

But in order to prevent the opponent's military operations from unfolding too smoothly, the division commander ordered the use of artillery to attack. Constantly harassing these Qiang people. Let them not be able to successfully complete the assembly of troops, even if they are assembled, they will lose a lot of people.

This result is quite satisfactory. Under continuous shelling. The Qiang will attack the stronghold here in anger, and the Qin army will use their perfect defense system to fiercely shoot and kill the Qiang who rushes over. After the Qiang people suffered a loss, they dropped their bodies and quickly retreated. They took a detour.

However, such artillery attacks continued to attack it. This caused the Qiang people to keep attacking. But Qin Jun kept defending. Then the two sides just saw each other like this. As a result, the Qin army severely killed and injured a large number of Qiang people with its excellent defense facilities. After the Qiang lost many people. Had to give up such a futile and useless offense.

There were corpses everywhere on the narrow passages of the road. Some road trenches repaired by the Qin army were filled with all kinds of corpses. These corpses gave off a foul stench, and the weather gradually became warmer. The Qiang people simply cannot deal with these things. These things are too difficult for them to deal with.

They will be busy withdrawing. Or enter the Hexi Corridor early. Take a good fight.

"Damn it. They finally retreated. Phew." A major officer took his rifle, then slowly sat down, leaned in the trench, closed his eyes, and took the time to rest. Such an offense. It consumes a lot of time, especially the energy of the soldiers, and many soldiers are exhausted by this.

One lost a lot of personnel, while the other was exhausted, and both sides were exhausted like this. No one retreats, no one can move forward.

"Sir. Telegram." This time. A telegraph operator dragged his tired body and handed a telegram to their chief.

"What telegram?" the teacher asked.

"The people from the front line, they think, they have found something." The telegraph operator said.

"Oh. Got it." The teacher dragged his tired body, picked up the telegram and looked at it. The Qiang’s offensive must be launched several times a day, each time it causes a lot of casualties and then retreats, which makes the division commander feel very tired. His sleep is very bad.

"Damn it. Qiang people are retreating." The division commander looked at the telegram at this time and said.

"Repost this telegram to the General Staff. Finally, the Qiang people are retreating." The division commander said.

"Send it." The teacher said tiredly.

"Yes, sir." After the telegrapher took notes. Then turned and left. The teacher also felt very tired. He didn't know how long his people could last. There was no shortage of ammunition, but the staff was exhausted. Continuous combat makes it difficult for soldiers to have the energy to maintain vigorous combat effectiveness. However, the situation of the Qiang is still increasing.

"No, just stop the shelling. We need to rest." The commander said to himself.

The telegram was soon sent over the cable.

"Look at this. This is a telegram directly forwarded by the front line." Yang Duanhe said directly with this forwarded telegram.

"They observe that the Qiang people are retreating. Should we take some military actions?" Yang Duanhe asked actively.

"Retreat?" This time. Wang Jian asked directly.

"Yes, the Qiang people are retreating. Our observation post discovered this problem." Yang Duanhe said.

"You know, they are directly observing the situation. This is the detailed content of the telegram." Yang Duanhe said, took out a telegram and handed it to Wang Jian.

"Why did the Qiang retreat?" This time. Wang Jian asked Yang Duanhe.

Yang Duanhe shook his head.

"I don't know. We don't know ourselves either." Yang Duanhe said.

"Who knows, what happened?" Yang Duanhe said.

"The Qiang retreat is really unexpected." Yang Duanhe added.