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Chapter 694 Response to the New Jiangnan Camp
Both the [-]rd and [-]th Infantry Divisions captured objectives on the same day, but with different results.
The 651th Infantry Division annihilated 1576 enemy troops and captured 200 enemy troops. Most of the defenders at Baofengguan fled. There were less than [-] casualties of its own.
The 5000rd Infantry Division annihilated about 2789 enemy troops and captured only 2000 people. Those who escaped were ignored. However, the casualties were quite large, more than [-] people, which in total was basically the strength of a battalion.
Comparing the two divisions, although they both achieved their goals, they achieved different results and suffered different casualties.
There's no telling who is right or wrong in this matter, it's just that one is good at using his brain and the other is good at fighting tough battles!
But it is undeniable that the casualties of the [-]rd Infantry Division are too high. For the same goal, the casualty rate of the [-]rd Infantry Division is ten times that of the [-]th Infantry Division.
However, both divisions completed their tasks beautifully and proved their strength.
But in comparison, the [-]rd Infantry Division is definitely an army that can fight tough battles, while the [-]th Infantry Division will have a wait-and-see attitude.
The chief officers of the two divisions will also affect the division's future positioning in the Han army.
However, it requires continuous battles and victories to fix the characteristics of this army.
This is the difference in thinking between the two. The [-]th Infantry Division, from top to bottom, all came from the martial arts hall.
The commander of the [-]rd Infantry Division is Guan Zizhuo, who was the former general and commander of Daqian. He later joined Heifeng Village and became a "bandit", and later joined the Han army;
His sacrificial wine was Feng Guoliang, one of the forty students, and one of the masters of the martial arts hall.
Although the officers under his command also came from martial arts schools, their nature is still different compared to that of the [-]th Infantry Division.
Therefore, the two teams represent completely different things.
The [-]th Infantry Division is more practicing Liu Wu's combat thinking; while the [-]rd Infantry Division is practicing old-fashioned combat thinking.
In this kind of thing, at this stage, we cannot say who is better or worse, we can only say whether it is suitable or inappropriate.
There is no doubt that in most people's minds now, the Han Army's [-]rd Infantry Division is stronger than the [-]th Infantry Division.
These two pieces of news reached Liu Wu the next day.
Of course, this is just a briefing, and detailed battle reports will have to wait for some time.
At the same time, with the fall of Baofeng Pass and Xianggang Pass, Admiral Feng Wenfu of Sichuan Province and Xiang Diaoshang, Admiral of Huzhou, who had already set off from Daqian, were confused.
On the day of departure, the two received letters asking for help from Baofeng Pass and Xianggang Pass.
On the third day, Baofengguan's defeated army collided with Feng Wenfu, the admiral of Sichuan Province.
"You mean that Baofeng Guan didn't hold on even for a single day?"
The guard general of Baofeng Pass looked depressed, "Reporting to your lord, it's not that our army didn't work hard, it's that the Han thieves are too strong!"
Feng Wenfu, the admiral of Sichuan Province, naturally didn't believe this. More than 8000 soldiers defended a mere pass, and the enemy could capture it in one day. How could this seem wrong?
Those who were able to achieve this were either spies who opened the city gate, or the enemy sneaked into the pass and took the opportunity to seize the city gate.
No matter which one of the above, it shows the incompetence of the commander!
However, Sichuan Province Admiral Feng Wenfu didn't say anything, he just comforted:
"In this case, I will report it to the prince immediately. Baofengguan will completely change our military arrangements."
Watching General Baofengguan leave, Sichuan Province Admiral Feng Wenfu looked at his son.
"Do you have anything to say?"
To put it simply, Feng Wenfu, the governor of Sichuan Province, just wanted to get the real information from his son.
His son was very sensible and said directly: "It is true that we have never fought against the Han army, but this does not mean that the Han army is powerful, but that their siege equipment is too powerful!"
Sichuan Province Admiral Feng Wenfu frowned, and he realized that things were not simple.
"Tell me!"
"Yes," his son quickly told the story from beginning to end.
However, the more Sichuan Province Admiral Feng Wenfu listened, the more he frowned, with an incredible look on his face.
"Do you mean that all the Han thieves are wearing armor, or are they wearing iron armor?"
"Ok!"
"You said that the trebuchet of the Han thieves can throw a boulder of one hundred kilograms hundreds of steps, with a sound like a thunderbolt, and the boulder will fall seven feet into the ground?"
"Yes, this trebuchet is very powerful. If the city wall hadn't been built very solidly, it would have been destroyed long ago!"
"You saw this with your own eyes!"
"I saw with my own eyes that the child was almost killed by a boulder!"
"So what you are saying is that the Han thieves are not powerful. They only captured Baofeng Pass with the help of conspiracy and craftsmanship."
"Yes father."
"I understand, you go down and have a good rest first."
Feng Wenfu, the admiral of Sichuan Province, frowned more and more at this time. It's not that he didn't believe his son, but judging from the current situation, the Han thieves were very powerful.
At least, he may not be able to defeat his [-]-strong army.
He still knew this very well.
Since Baofengguan was forcibly captured by the Han army, the words of the defender of Baofengguan were not only not an exaggeration, but also an underestimation.
"Send the order to stop the march and set up camp on the spot!"
The more he analyzed it, the more Feng Wenfu frowned. The current situation was too serious and it was not up to him to make a decision.
So Feng Wenfu called up the Baofengguan guard who had just rested, and the two of them led a group of personal guards and galloped towards the Chinese army.
The army had only been out for a day, so the distance they walked was not far away. The few people rode quickly and soon saw Prince Yi Yi.
"Prince Qi..."
As soon as they met, Feng Wenfu told Prince Yi Yi what had happened, and Yi Yi listened patiently.
"Bring Lu Jianyuan here, by the way, let Admiral Lu know!"
Lu Jianyuan is the guard general of Baofeng Pass.
"Meet Your Majesty!"
As soon as he entered the door, Lu Jianyuan paid homage.
Seeing that Lu Jianyuan still looked a little embarrassed, Yi Yi just nodded and asked him to get up and wait.
With the arrival of Lu Wenlun, he just said to Lu Jianyuan, "Okay, let's talk about it!"
Lu Wenlun didn't understand what was going on at first, but as Lu Jianyuan told him, he couldn't help but open his mouth!
In response, Yi Yi said: "Admiral Lu, what do you think we should do now?"
Lu Wenlun made a decisive decision immediately: "Please, Your Majesty, order Jiangzhou Admiral Qian Hanrong and Fuzhou Admiral Zheng Zhiye to stop the march immediately, and order Jiangzhou Admiral Qian Hanrong to immediately return reinforcements."
"Not only that, we now need to send personnel to Xianggang Pass immediately to find out what happened?"
"Based on the current situation, Xianggang Pass is probably in danger at this time. But since there is no news from Xianggang Pass, we still have to investigate."
Yi Yi nodded, "Okay, do you think we need to order Diao Shang to stop marching and stay put?"
Lu Wenlun said: "There is no need at this stage. Since there is no news from Xianggang Pass, that may be good news. The detection speed is very fast and will not waste much time."
"But if the march is stopped and Xianggang Pass falls, it will be a huge harm to our army."
"If it is determined that Xianggang Pass has been lost, it will not be too late to order the Hu army to retreat!"
Yi Yi was a little worried, "But if this is the case, the Hu army is not far from the Han thieves. Will there be any problems?"
Lu Wenlun shook his head and smiled at this: "Impossible, Your Majesty, think about it, the Han bandits are now deep in alone. If they are held back by my army, they will be annihilated in a single encirclement."
"So, Han thieves shouldn't have the guts to be so reckless!"