After the 26th year of the Kingdom, Liu Lang personally signed the preparation order for the Independence Regiment.

All personnel of the Independent Regiment cancelled their family leave and were not allowed to leave the barracks without authorization. All officers living in the newly built Shuguang Town changed from one day off every half month to one day off every 45 days; the Military Control Department began to reserve ammunition required by each military branch, and the logistics company had changed from a pre-war organization with a total of 81 people to a wartime organization of 481 people. All the troop men who were trained every 400 people per week were transferred to active service, and the training was strengthened through military training, material handling and sorting, vehicle driving, mule and horse feeding and other subjects.

The 2,000 officers and soldiers of the base garrison battalion were all fully organized, and all the vacancies were transferred to the new recruits in the new recruits within half a month. At the same time, the new recruits were abolished, and all the new recruits were replenished to all branches of the independent regiment, and the teaching team was abolished. All the officers and soldiers participating in the training team returned to each department.

The instructors of the teaching team returned to their original positions, while the instructors seconded from the New Sixty-first Brigade returned to their original troops, but the positions of the ten instructors Liu Lang had already been arranged.

There was one vacant infantry company commander, one deputy of the infantry company, one deputy of the artillery company, and one company commander of the baggage company. Four people went to Chi Dakui to report.

The four infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment's combat troops, Liu Lang was still the battalion commander of the first battalion. The battalion deputy was transferred to the base garrison battalion to serve as the major deputy battalion commander. Liu Lang appointed him to Ye Zihua, the best among the ten instructors. This outstanding company-level officer who had studied and fought many battles and studied in the Duchy Army Academy for more than one year was awarded the rank of captain.

The remaining five instructors went to the other three infantry battalions to serve as company deputys. Like colleagues in the security battalion, all of them were awarded the rank of lieutenant. The original personnel were either transferred to the security regiment to serve as company-level chief officers or transferred to the company-level combat units of the base garrison battalion as chief officers, which were all considered high-level promotions.

The ten instructors have not been in vain for more than a year. They struggled with the veterans during the day on the training ground, and taught them tactics and culture at night. The backbone sergeants of each company can be said to be their students, and they have a natural concept of unity of officers and soldiers. At this level of grassroots combat troops, they were like fish in water, and they quickly merged in less than a month. Even the company-level chief officials who were a little dissatisfied with their deputy replacement because of the war began to praise them.

It can be said that in terms of personnel, material preparation, military equipment training, and independent regiments have been prepared for all the war to come.

The dark clouds that were about to start in the war were not only in the Independent Regiment, but also in Andong City, or in the entire Qiu Tongzhou area where the entire army was re-arranged and reorganized. In fact, the entire kingdom, wherever it was looking, was the ferociousness that had gradually exposed the Black Hawk Army that had surrounded Shinyi City on three sides.

The entire kingdom understands that war is not inevitable, but is about to begin.

In June, the Black Hawks began to exercise frequently.

The Black Hawk Empire garrison held so-called military exercises near the Kingdom garrison's positions without notifying the local authorities of the Kingdom.

Hundreds of Black Hawks were fully armed and rushed towards Chengjiangzhuang. They told the kingdom soldiers stationed in Chengjiangzhuang that a Black Hawk soldier was missing during the exercise and asked to enter Xinjing City for search. The kingdom defender refused this rude request. The Black Hawks then opened fire on the Chengjiangzhuang area, attacked the kingdom defender in the city, and shelled Ziliang City. The 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the 29th Army of the Kingdom defender retaliated.

Most of the company of the 219th Regiment of the 29th Army defending to the north of Chengjiangzhuang sprinkled blood from Chengjiangzhuang, and only four people survived.

The 29th Army Command of the Kingdom immediately ordered the front line officers and soldiers: "Ensure that the tombs of Chengjiangzhuang, Ziliangcheng, Chengjiangzhuang and Jier's, should be survived and died with them and should not retreat."

The brigade commander of the 110th Brigade, the troops guarding Chengjiangzhuang were the 219th Regiment, who was under his command. Hearing the cannons from Chengjiangzhuang, he immediately led the 220th Regiment to provide assistance, organized suicide squads, brought grenades and big swords, and then raided the Black Hawk Army after dark and regained the lost position.

The brigade commander who carried the sword in his hands stood in front of his 150-man suicide squad, his voice deafening: "We are soldiers who love the kingdom and are raised by the people. We should serve our country with death. Chengjiangzhuang is the tomb of our 29th Army!"

After the Black Hawk Army provoked the Ziliangcheng Incident, it caused a strong response across the country. The day after the Ziliangcheng Incident, the Principality issued a telegram across the country, calling on: "Comrades in the Kingdom, Xianghai Valley is in danger! The north is in danger! The nation is in danger! Only the entire nation can carry out a battle is our way out!" and put forward the loud slogan "Don't let the Black Hawk imperialism occupy the kingdom's land!" "To defend the land, the last drop of blood!"

The king still took the opportunity to take the lead and proposed the policy of "not surrendering, not expanding" and "not seeking war, must fight". He called Sun Hongshan and others, "Ziliangcheng should be held firm and not retreat", and "Chengjiangzhuang must not be lost."

Seeing that the Black Eagle Army was unavailable to siege Jiangzhuang, it played the trick of "sitting on the ground to negotiate". While using negotiations to paralyze the kingdom, it actively mobilized its troops and generals.

The agreement reached by the northern Black Hawk Empire and the authorities three times were proved to be empty text by the intermittent cannon sounds of artillery in Chengjiangzhuang.

The northern garrison troops issued an ultimatum to the 29th Army, demanding that all the kingdom defenders withdraw from the Xianghai Valley area before the 28th, otherwise they would take action. Sun Hongshan refused sternly and issued a self-defense and a telegram to the whole country on the 27th to resolutely defend the territory.

The Black Hawk Army launched a general attack on Xinjing City as planned. The Eagle Army independently formed the 1st and 11th Brigades, and the Kingdom Garage Army's Infantry Brigade was about 60,000. Under the cooperation of more than 100 cannons and armored vehicles and dozens of aircraft, it launched a full-scale attack on the 132, 37, and 38th Divisions of the Kingdom 29th Army stationed in Nanyuan, Beiyuan and Xiyuan, which were stationed in the four suburbs of Xinjing City.

Nanyuan was the focus of the Black Hawk Army's attack. About 8,000 troops stationed in Nanyuan of the 29th Army fought bloody resistance, the deputy commander of the 29th Army died for the country, the commander of the 132nd Division died for the country, and 1,300 students in the military training regiment who carried guns as soon as they threw down their pens and fought back bloodyly. Only 300 remained after the war.

The 29th Army was forced to withdraw from Shini Castle.

Liu Lang stood in front of all the officers and soldiers of the regiment, holding the battle report in his hand, facing the north of the kingdom, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Thousands of veterans who were originally from the 29th Army were all in tears.

Liu Lang has worked hard to do a lot and used his war with the ancient city of the 29th Army. In the past three years, he has sent many mountain cannons, mortars and light and heavy machine guns to the 29th Army through underground channels. He often took the opportunity to remind General Sun to be careful of the villain's desire to rebel against the Black Hawk Empire Army. However, the stubborn wheel of history finally crushed his efforts to pieces, and what should have happened finally happened.

A general and a lieutenant general died in the country. The battalion commander of the brigade suffered many casualties. The 29th Army suffered heavy losses. He was forced to retreat under the threat of Black Hawks aircraft, cannons and tanks. He was finally lost in the Xianghai Valley.

However, Liu Lang also knew that the loss of the northern portal was not the biggest threat the kingdom was currently facing. The battle that threatened had not yet begun. In the southeast of the kingdom, there was the kingdom's economic center - Haicheng, and the capital.

"The Xianghai Valley has been lost, and the enemy forces in the southeast are gathering. Our Independent Regiment will surely fight with the Black Hawk Empire Army. All the officers and soldiers of our Independent Regiment will fight to the last soldier. Do you dare to die with me?" Liu Lang, who rarely shed tears at this moment, faced his subordinates again and roared hoarsely.

"Yes, we can." The officers and soldiers raised their arms, raised the guns in their hands, and roared like their commanders.
Chapter completed!