Seeing that the other party had occupied Sayak City, the senior executives of the Kokan Army immediately took a group of troops around the city and fled towards the capital Kriushi. They knew very well that if they lost Sayak City, the Kokan country would have no danger to defend, and the last hope was to stick to the city of Kriushi.

Wang Xiucheng also knew the notice from the command center, so he did not pursue the defeated soldiers, but asked his troops to gather the prisoners who kneeled down and surrendered as soon as possible. As for the organized defeated soldiers, he did not take them seriously. As long as they gathered together, they would be like sheep in the circle, and their ultimate fate would be captured.

Wang Xiucheng and Chen Junhe's troops met successfully in Sayake City, but they were a little worried when they pushed forward. It was not that they had insufficient combat supplies or that they had weak troops.

Although the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army had only 50,000 people in the battle, and more than 3,000 casualties were killed or killed in the previous battles, in the eyes of Chen Junhe and the others, it was not difficult to deal with the nearly 500,000 Kokhan army huddled in Kriuxi City.

The most troublesome thing about the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army now is the problem of captives. In this battle, they made a classic breakthrough, plus a large roundabout and interlude tactic. This made the Kokhan Army, which was still accustomed to the old tactics of attrition wars, and the result was such a huge disparity in casualties. The Kokhan Army killed more than 60,000 in this battle, and the number of captured people was more than 130,000.

With so many prisoners, if Chen Junhe led his team to rush, he could easily win, but if he wanted to take custody, he would definitely occupy a large number of troops, which is intolerable.

Chen Junhe immediately reported this situation to his superiors. If the prisoner problem cannot be solved, the entire Fourth Armored Cavalry Army could only suspend the offensive operation. Chen Junhe even secretly asked whether he could kill all these prisoners to reduce the burden on the troops.

Several officials from the Joint Command did not dare to make decisions about this kind of incident that could cause international public opinion, so they had to report it to Fang Xiaoyu. After receiving the report, Fang Xiaoyu slapped the table and how could so many prisoners be massacred? These are all powerful laborers. Fang Xiaoyu waved his pen and dispatched a group of reserve troops to go there, escort all the prisoners back to the country, and distributed them to various minerals and road construction sites.

The Chinese Empire now has hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners doing hard work in various places. These labor forces with little cost are very popular among major companies. These large consortiums with deep relationships with Fang Xiaoyu all want to ask for a group of prisoners to do hard work, especially those that are building railways. This time, there is finally a chance.

The Cossack prisoners captured during the Far East were taken away by Wu Feng in advance in the name of building a strategic railway, which made several other consortiums a little dissatisfied. This time, the captives of the Kokan Army happened to solve the urgent problem. Fang Xiaoyu discovered another advantage of the war, which was to seize labor.

After the troops of the two reserve divisions went to Sayak City to receive the prisoners, Fang Xiaoyu issued another order to the Joint Command to try his best to capture more prisoners during the war.

No matter how Fang Xiaoyu planned to get more prisoners to do volunteer work, Chen Junhe's troops could be dispatched again. After handing over the prisoners, the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army set out again, but it was half a month later, and Kriuxi's Kokhan army had reached 670,000.

Kriushi's Kokhan army gathered more and more, and even if its combat effectiveness was extremely poor, it made the Fourth Armored Army feel more pressure. Therefore, after contacting friendly and neighboring troops, the 23rd Army of the National Defense Force, which also fought in the territory of Kokhan, decided to fight together and attack Kriushi's enemy forces.

Because the Fourth Armored Army wasted time, the 23rd Army arrived in the city of Kriuxi in front. Faced with the large number of Kokan Army, Lieutenant General Wang Mian, the commander of the 23rd Army, did not choose to attack. He asked the troops to station on the spot and dug fortifications near the city of Kriuxi.

The countries of Kokhan are all semi-desertified land. If they are dug a little on the ground, they will turn into sand and soil. The fluidity of the sand and soil is too strong to dig out a complete trenches. Fortunately, Wang Mian was prepared in advance and carried a large number of sacks in the army.

The soldiers of the 23rd Army poured sand into sacks, and then piled up these sandbags layer by layer, and quickly built qualified trenches. Wang Mian also received Fang Xiaoyu's order and was very concerned about captives. Therefore, he did not launch an attack, but persistently dug trenches outside the city.

The country of Kokan was drought and rainy, and the army lacked artillery, so the drainage ditches and cement fortifications of the trenches were no longer needed, which greatly reduced the construction time of the trenches. Therefore, all the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Army, with 50,000 people, took action together, and the trenches were gradually extended on the periphery of Kriuxi City.

The Kohan Army in the city was scared to death. They saw the National Wehrmacht digging trenches outside but did not attack them. They already felt that they were very lucky, so how could they dare to provoke them?

The senior executives of the Kokhan State were also in a dilemma for the National Defense Forces outside the city. They were not unaware of the harm of the trenches to them, but the morale of the Kokhan Army has fallen to the end. If they defended, they could barely defend the city, and once they attacked, they would scatter directly.

Because both sides were concerned, a strange scene appeared on the entire battlefield. As hostile sides, the National Defense Forces were sweating profusely under the city to dig trenches, but the Kokan Army stared at the top of the city with wide eyes. Both sides seemed not fighting, but like migrant workers and supervisors on the construction site.

The trench net of the 23rd Army slowly extended, and after the position reached two kilometers deep, their trenches began to extend, and they just surrounded the entire city of Kriushi, slowly forming an encirclement of the city. By the time the Fourth Armored Army arrived, their trenches had surrounded two-thirds of the entire city of Kriushi.

When the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army arrived, the chariot troops quickly spread out. Relying on the chariots as firepower points, the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army quickly built a perfect position. There was an Ertse River outside the city, and the National Defense Forces had no problem with drinking water, and there were also a large number of wells in the city. However, due to the excessive army in the city, the food problem was very serious.

The country of Kokhan was originally a country with insufficient food. After the war began, its already fragile food production in the country was greatly damaged. Now they rely on the support of the Cossacks. Now Kriusi is surrounded and no supplies can be transported in. In desperation, they can only kill the camels to satisfy their hunger. However, the camel soldiers were the only mobile force of the Kokhan army. If they lose their mounts, they will completely lose hope of breaking through.

The nobles of the Kokan Kingdom were still persevering, and they were still fantasizing about the reinforcements of the Cossacks. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the Cossacks were too busy to take care of themselves, and the combination of the other guards and the National Defense Forces was attacking Barnauer.

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