"Captain, I heard that the fighting over there in Minsk was quite lively. But our two cavalry regiments from the Ming Dynasty ran away, which makes the Russians look down on us."

"Don't listen to their nonsense. How dare they look down on our Liao army?

The cavalry is now only used for patrolling and reconnaissance. Do you think it is still the same cavalry as it was more than ten or twenty years ago?

The Mongolian cavalry is powerful, but if you look at their bones, you don't even know where they are.

If I were leading the cavalry, I would just fucking run away.

A machine gun chugs, it means nothing."

Liu Wenxiu rode a tall Don horse and led his men to patrol the banks of the Don River.

In the past few days, the airship has discovered some traces. It seems that there are troops moving towards the Don River!

Now the fighting on the northern front is in full swing, but the Don River defense line in the south seems a little calm.

This place is relatively far from Warsaw, and it is very difficult for the European coalition forces to come here.

Therefore, there are not many troops deployed here.

The Russian army only deployed ten under-strength new divisions on this line of defense, and the Ming army only deployed some new divisions that had just been transferred from the mainland.

Although he is a new division, the regiment leader Liu Wenxiu is not a layman. As a teacher at Shanhaiguan Army University, he has been on the battlefield and fully studied military theory.

This time, he took the initiative to lead troops into Russia, hoping to fulfill his dream of becoming a general.

Unexpectedly, the superiors sent their ninth garrison division, which was expanded from the garrison division, directly to the Don River defense line in the south.

Holding the telescope, you can see yellow hay as far as the eye can see. Some hay still retains a touch of faint green.

"Li Yuan, tell me. If you want to attack tomorrow, where will you place your troops tonight?"

Liu Wenxiu asked, pointing to the open space in front of him.

As a teacher at the Army University, he will naturally take advantage of his innate conditions. This time when he came to Russia, he brought a dozen students who had not graduated yet to serve as the battalion company commander.

Even the euphemistic name: internship!

The place where workers intern is a factory, so the place where soldiers intern is inevitably a battlefield.

The young men were all very excited when they led the army for the first time.

Upon hearing Liu Wenxiu's question, Li Yuan, who had long been unable to hold himself back, immediately pointed to a forest about five kilometers away.

"If I were in charge, I would ambush you there.

Begin covert movements before dawn and launch an attack at dawn.

Our position here is just a hill with an altitude of 100 meters. As long as we plan properly, we can kill them in one fell swoop."

Li Yuan pointed to the woods in the distance!

"Then you know, I have cut down all the trees within a ten-kilometer radius, so why did I leave the forest next to the river beach?"

Liu Wenxiu asked with a smile.

"Uh...!" These words stopped the battalion and company commanders under his command.

In the past few months, the guys didn't do any military training, but they cut down all the nearby trees with the Russian civilians recruited.

Now, surrounding the hills at our feet, within a radius of ten kilometers, all we can see are bare tree stumps.

If it were in future generations, Liu Wenxiu would be scolded to death by environmentalists.

But in this day and age, no one cares about this.

On the contrary, the Russian civilians were very happy after receiving the reward. They rolled up their arms and sleeves and wanted to cut down the last piece of forest next to the Don River beach.

But Liu Wenxiu stopped him, and his subordinates didn't understand why such a forest was left near the position, and it was close to the river beach.

"Because the enemy troops had nowhere to hide across the river, the vanguard had no choice but to hide in this forest."

Liu Wenxiu pointed to the woods opposite and said with a proud smile.

The subordinates are even more confused. They can still hide people, why don't they kill them quickly?

"Come here! Order the artillery to bombard that forest." As soon as Liu Wenxiu ordered, the orderlies around him immediately ran to the fortifications on the top of the hill and rang the phone leading to the artillery position.

Not long after, everyone heard the sound of cannons.

You can even hear the whistling sound of artillery shells flying overhead toward the woods.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!...!"

A huge plume of smoke rose up from the woods, and the soil and branches that were thrown away flew more than ten meters high.

Liu Wenxiu raised his telescope and stared at the woods.

One minute has passed, two minutes have passed, three minutes have passed. Five minutes have passed...

Until ten minutes had passed, there was no sign of panic in the forest. The birds flew away in confusion, hovering for a long time and refusing to fall down.

"Five more rapid fire shots!"

After giving the order, the artillery battery behind quickly fired five more rounds.

A huge column of smoke rose up from that forest again.

Liu Wenxiu still held the binoculars and stared at the woods in the distance.

There is still no movement in the woods!

"Well, at least there will be no problem tonight." Liu Wenxiu pointed to the woods with a smile.

"The leader is really smart!

If there is an ambush of enemy troops here and they are suddenly bombarded, there will definitely be chaos.

In this way, we can continue to bombard the enemy.

We haven't fought yet, we can use artillery shells to wipe out the enemies hiding under our noses."

Li Yuan quickly understood Liu Wenxiu's intention. There was only such a hiding place within the ten-mile defense zone. If the enemy wanted to hide in secret, they would definitely have to hide in this forest.

Once attacked, just shell the woods.

Gao! Sure enough, he is brilliant!

"From now on, we will shell this place every one or two days to know whether the enemy is coming.

Of course, the usual patrols in other places cannot be stopped.

The letter from above said that the enemy is equipped with large-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Airship reconnaissance is obviously no longer possible!

Now, the investigation is all up to us.

Remember it!

Tell your men that if there is anything suspicious that can be detected with bullets, do not use people to detect it.

Our lives in Liaodong are precious and we cannot be like those Russian drunkards.

When we fight, we must learn from the commander-in-chief and achieve maximum results with minimum casualties.

In my army, we cannot lose the battle, let alone win miserably.

Do you understand?"

"promise!"

The young men all held their chests high. It was not easy to meet a commander who cared so much for his subordinates.

No one thought about leaving more than one hundred pounds of themselves in a foreign land.

"Captain, don't worry, I will defend the position and there will never be any mishaps." Li Yuan was also very excited.

The hilltop at his feet was his defensive position.

Over the past few months, trenches and light and dark fortresses have been repaired. Li Yuan, a top student at the University of Mainland China, has put the knowledge he has learned to the ultimate use.

Liu Wenxiu saw the position he had set up and nodded frequently in praise.

"Although we have tried it with artillery shells, the old rules of our Liao army cannot be broken. There must be light and dark sentries at night, and patrols must keep patrolling.

That's how it is in war, a moment's laxness can kill you."

Seeing Li Yuan's happy expression, Liu Wenxiu hurriedly gave instructions.

This hilltop is a rare highland nearby. Using this highland as an observation post, we can effectively control the river floodplain within a radius of ten miles.

If the enemy captured this hilltop, they could also use this hilltop as a lookout post, and the artillery fire would smash Liu Wenxiu's regiment command post into rubbish.

And Liu Wenxiu's defense area was the key area of ​​the entire Don River defense line.

It can be said that if there is any problem in Liu Wenxiu's defense zone, the entire Don River defense line will be shaken.

"promise!

Don’t worry, Captain, there will be no problem.”

Li Yuan agreed and followed Liu Wenxiu to continue inspecting the tunnel defenses.

“We must continue to dig the fortifications on the reverse slope, and store more supplies and ammunition inside.
To be continued...