Doomsday Code

Chapter 840 Calming down pre-war emotions

This time, Rusov's decisiveness exceeded Dean and his team's expectations. By the time Dean and his team received the latest number of enemy troops, the army was less than two days' journey away from them.

Dean called a meeting of the commanders of the 1st and 3rd Regiments and the army's artillery battalion.

"Everyone has seen the intelligence. The enemy's determination has exceeded our imagination. Not only are there 35,000 men from the Third and Eighth Legions, but now there are also 3,000 men from the Second Legion, the enemy's most elite force.

According to intelligence, the First and Second Legions are Rusov's elite troops. Although their total number does not exceed 5,000, their soldiers are the elite of the elite, with the lowest strength being Gold-level warriors.

"Tell me what you think. Do we need to adjust our tactics?"

Dean did not have the self-righteousness of the old military commanders, but instead sought advice from regimental and battalion commanders.

The commanders of the First and Third Artillery Regiments exchanged a glance, then stood up and said:

"General, we believe there's no need to change. The weapons and tactics we're using against the enemy this time are unprecedented. We have enough confidence to defeat even the enemy's elite troops."

Dean nodded after hearing this, then looked at the other battalion and company commanders and said:

"Your opinions can't just be expressed by your leader."

All the officers stood up and said to Dean:

"Ensure the annihilation of the invading enemy."

Dean also smiled at this time and said to everyone:

"Very good. This time, no matter how many enemies come, we will kill them all. The cage for beating the dogs is ready. We are just worried that there will be fewer enemies."

After the meeting, Dean looked at the officers who were now refreshed, and his heart finally settled down.

"Don't worry too much. I've already reported this to His Majesty. He said he believes you can annihilate the invading enemy."

Brunei came to Dean and said.

"Of course I have confidence, but our team is still newly established, and many officers, including myself, have never been on the battlefield before. It is inevitable that we will feel nervous when unexpected things happen.

If they panic, the soldiers below will panic even more. As long as we can stabilize their mentality and finish this battle, we will be mature."

"Thank you so much for giving me such a good idea."

"Don't thank me, His Majesty taught us all this in class, and it's my job to manage the army's ideological work."

Brunei and Dean's partnership went from being a little overwhelmed at the beginning to being in harmony now. I have to say that Brunei is really cut out for the job of political commissar.

After officers at all levels returned, the soldiers saw that their company commanders and battalion commanders were no longer panicked. In addition, these artillerymen already knew the power of their weapons, so the psychological panic in the army caused by the sudden increase in the number of enemies quickly subsided.

This is the drawback of an army composed entirely of recruits. All of them only have training experience and no real battlefield experience, so when a situation occurs that is beyond the pre-rehearsal, the army will immediately panic.

The solution to this problem is very simple, which is to fight a real war and use war experience to make up for the lack of training experience.

Rusov was indeed in a hurry, as could be seen from the marching conditions of the three legions he sent out.

The logistics team was originally supposed to be separated by half a day, but now it was only separated by more than three hours.

It can be said that the rear army of the logistics team is almost right next to the front army of the army.

This was beyond the expectations of the battle plan.

But this time no one panicked, and Dean was also observing the situation with a telescope.

"Messenger, tell the 1st and 3rd Regiments to ignore the enemy's logistics team. As soon as the enemy's main force reaches the designated location, immediately open fire with saturation fire. Absolutely do not let the enemy's main force escape the encirclement."

Dean was very clear that the fundamental purpose of this operation was to destroy the enemy's main attack force.

Moreover, this time, because the enemy has increased its troops, and the Second Corps is an elite one, the logistical supplies are more than doubled than expected.

So even if there are some losses, it will not be a big deal.

One of the important reasons why Rusov's logistics were caught up by the large force behind him was the sudden addition of the Second Corps.

Although they only had 3,000 people, their logistical supplies were more than the first legion with a full strength of 17,000 to 18,000 people.

The military division in charge of the logistics of Rusov's army simply had no time to recruit more logistics personnel, so this resulted in the logistics rear team being almost next to the front team of the army.

Taro, the commander of the Second Legion and also the temporary supreme commander of this army, immediately asked the messenger to call the general of the logistics troops when he saw that the logistics team in front was hindering the advance of the army.

"Look at your logistics team. They are now hindering the army's advance. So what should be done according to military law?"

Although there were no harsh words in his words, the general of the logistics unit knew that he would inevitably be beaten with a stick.

"General, I accept the punishment. I will also speed up the march and will never let something like this happen again."

Tarot waved his hand and told him to go down and receive his punishment.

When he left, the commanders of the Third and Eighth Legions also came over.

"The Yu River is not far ahead. The army has been marching for such a long time, so let's take a break by the river to replenish water.

Since the logistics troops have made a mistake, let them create a rest area for the army."

Although the commander of the Third Army Corps said it was a punishment, it was actually a disguised form of maintenance for the logistics troops.

Otherwise, if he is not punished now, when the army returns and meets Rusov, the logistics general will be in trouble.

Because everyone knew that the logistics team was moving slowly because of the sudden addition of Rusov to the Second Legion.

Taro also knew that if he had not joined suddenly, the commander-in-chief this time would have been the commander of the Third Legion.

Although Taro is highly regarded by Rusov, he is not an arrogant person. At the same time, he is indeed suspected of stealing the credit this time, so he might as well give face to the commander of the Third Legion.

The order was quickly passed down, and a part of the logistics team in the front was left behind, and then they began to open up an open space by the Yug River for the army to rest.

Dean saw the scene clearly through the telescope and knew that the enemy's main force should be arriving soon.

While Dean was waiting for the enemy to enter the cage, the 2nd and 4th Regiments, based on the intelligence of the reconnaissance team, had already quietly sneaked into Meishan and ambushed at the entrances on both sides of the mountain.

And they were also waiting for the artillery fire order from the first regiment.