Not far away, his companions cheered loudly, and several knights came up to meet him, surrounding him like a hero and returning to the queue.

Plant the flag!

Wang Yujia took a long breath. This was a common challenge technique used by the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry. Unexpectedly, the Republican Army, which was all Han, also learned this trick.

However, the opponent is more thinking about how to demonstrate, provoke, and humiliate themselves, and it is not an attack in the true sense.

A little impatience will mess up a big plan, I won't be fooled!

Wang Yujia gritted his teeth and endured it.

There were still a large number of Republican soldiers in grass-green military uniforms coming from a distance. These soldiers began to organize their queues at a very far distance. After a while, in Wang Yujia's field of vision, neat infantry square formations appeared one after another.

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The Republican Army actually equipped its infantry outposts with war horses. Being able to do this made Wang Yujia feel envious, but also worried.

Behind the infantry, mules and horses pulling things covered by curtains were heading this way.

No need to guess, those are large-caliber howitzers, cannons, and field mountain artillery, which can only be ranked second and third.

At this time, dozens of horsemen and two Republican generals were galloping into Suiyang City, pointing at Suiyang City from a distance of several hundred steps, and whispering to each other from time to time.

Although they were far apart, Wang Yujia vaguely saw one of the young generals through the telescope. It was Song Xiaoniu, the commander of the Huben Division of the Republican Army, and the leader of the attack on Guide Mansion.

Next to Song Xiaoniu, Wang Yujia did not recognize the generals in their early thirties who were in their early thirties because they were all wearing field uniforms and steel helmets.

But based on Song Xiaoniu's sincerity towards him and the eager guards all around, Wang Yujia quickly determined that this person was the famous and world-renowned Grand Marshal of the Republic Army Chen Tianhua.

Wang Yujia had never met Chen Tianhua, but the enemy chief's presence at the Shangqiu front line showed that his opponent was determined to win, which made Wang Yujia even more uneasy.

He did not dare to say anything for fear of affecting his own morale, so he just called Xu Ji, the general guarding Suiyang City, to come to him and give him instructions.

It was obvious that Chen Tianhua's starting target was Suiyang City on the right side of Shangqiu City.

"Wang Yujia is worthy of being a famous general in the North. He is very organized in his formation and has rich experience. The entire Shangqiu city defense has been done very well!"

Chen Tianhua held up the telescope and carefully looked at the entire Shangqiu city defense system, and couldn't help but admire it.

Although he only saw things on the surface, the commander with rich battlefield experience could naturally guess the hidden dangers.

"Commander, if we want to win a quick battle, it will be very difficult. It is clear that this formation is to defend. They will not come out of the city to fight with us in the field!" Song Xiaoniu said to Chen Tianhua while holding up the telescope.

Now, he can clearly understand the offensive and defensive situation, offensive and defensive transitions, offensive and defensive tactics, etc., and he is definitely not the stupid young man before arriving in Gannan.

When we originally formulated the battle plan for Guide Prefecture with Ji Chunsheng of the General Staff Headquarters and others, the requirement was to capture Suiyang City on the right wing of Shangqiu within three days and 72 hours.

Now, Chen Tianhua is personally on the front line to command and supervise the war, and his morale is high. If he cannot capture the satellite city of Suiyang within three days, it will damage his prestige as a war commander!

However, to capture a city that was well prepared, heavily stationed, and surrounded by reinforcements in three days was indeed a great test for the Republican Army.

This is mainly due to the fact that the Republican Army immediately switched to preparations for the attack on Guide Mansion after the Zhoukou ambush battle. It has been eyeing it for a long time. It is impossible that these signs of mobilizing troops and generals will not be grasped by the Intelligence Department of the Northern Army.

If you make a sudden sneak attack when your opponent is unprepared, you can catch him easily.

But now, Song Xiaoniu couldn't help but worry that he couldn't complete the task within the time limit. It didn't matter to him, but it would drag down the commander's reputation, which was a taboo.

Within three days, they launched a fierce attack and fought for victory at all costs. How could this make Chen Tianhua, who loved his soldiers like his own son and was particular about the battle-loss ratio, feel like that?

This method of death will definitely not work, as it will provoke an angry rebuke from the commander.

Song Xiaoniu frowned and murmured. Chen Tianhua had an insight. He understood what his beloved general and student was worried about, and he said:

"Don't worry too much, Mavericks. I predict that we can capture Suiyang City within three days and complete the combat mission assigned by the General Staff Headquarters." Chen Tianhua looked at Suiyang City and said confidently.

"Oh, Marshal, please give Maverick a thumbs up!" After hearing this, Song Xiaoniu's worries suddenly disappeared, and he narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Whatever the commander is sure of, he has never failed.

"There are many factors that determine the victory or defeat of a war, but when boiled down to it, it is nothing more than the three elements of time, location, and people. Now the enemy and we share the same time. The other side has the location, and our army has the people and people. It seems that

It’s evenly divided, but in my opinion, our army has already won the battle before it even started.”

"I am willing to listen to the commander's instructions!" Song Xiaoniu was on the horse, bowing his head as well.

Chen Tianhua smiled slightly, feeling quite happy.

He has been with Song Xiaoniu for nearly ten years. He has grown up from a coal miner. The process is vivid in his mind. He likes this young man more and more. He is studious and motivated, willing to use his brain and is not ashamed to ask questions. He has never thought that it is shameful to not understand.

, the key is to be able to draw inferences from one instance and be good at summarizing experiences and lessons. This is the most important quality of a military commander.

"Look Mavericks, the original Suiyang city wall was short. Although it was heightened and reinforced by the Northern Army, these things that were rushed out in a hurry are actually vulnerable. How can they withstand the bombardment of a 105mm howitzer? It is just a boost from the other side.

Just a little morale and a little psychological comfort."

"Although Wang Yujia of the Northern Army has 3,000 Xuzhou soldiers and 8,000 new soldiers in Suiyang, which seems to be a lot of troops, their combat effectiveness is not high. How can they be compared with the Huben Division of the Ever-Victorious Army? Let's look at Wang Yujia and his

The defender completely gave up Suiyang's peripheral defense and only wanted to rely on the city wall to resist our army. You can see the fear and inadequacy of the opponent."

"If the coach is like this, it is impossible for his guard Xu Ji to be unafraid, and the sergeants below are even more unbearable. In my estimation, in the early stages of the war, the other side can still maintain some will to resist, but it only requires our army to break through a little

, the heavy artillery blasted down one of his walls, which would be the last straw for them. At that time, they would probably get wind of it and run away."

Chen Tianhua's eloquent talk was intended to give Song Xiaoniu a vivid on-site siege lesson, analyzing the opponent's offensive and defensive psychology and his own countermeasures on the spot, which greatly benefited Song Xiaoniu.

"Thank you, Marshal, for your advice. Mavericks is now confident!"

Chen Tianhua laughed and said, "Okay! I won't say a word or issue an order for the rest of the siege. It's all up to you. I'll go back to Zhoukou in the afternoon and prepare to discuss with Luo Longyun to arrange his troops to try to attack Kaifeng Mansion.

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He seemed very chic and refined.
Chapter completed!