District 9

In the large conference room, Meng Xi did not say a nice word throughout the whole process, and only hit the sore spots of the coalition forces with every sentence: "I personally believe that the defeat of the coalition forces was indeed due to the strong combat power and good military equipment of the Shen Corps, but its decisive factor It's not above that. First of all, General He Chong made a big mistake in his command before the battle. To put it bluntly, the entire He Clan Third Group Army headquarters may not have thought about how to fight this battle, so they took the initiative. Bai Hongbo's troops were stunned. Secondly, the various military and political forces within the coalition were deliberately avoiding a head-on collision with the Shensha Corps. They always wanted to let the friendly forces go up and consume them, and then follow behind to take advantage. If something went wrong, they would all Start passing the blame on each other. If you do this, how can you win the war?"

Everyone in the conference room looked serious, and no one jumped out to refute Meng Xi's words, because they knew very well that under the current situation, if internal strife continued, the coalition would really be gone.

After being quiet for a few seconds, He Chong slowly stood up and said after a long pause: "Let me say a few words. Commander Meng's words just now are actually on point, and I myself agree with his views. Indeed, last night, Our Third Group Army did not carry out the offensive well. I also made very low-level mistakes in my command. I was too eager for quick success and wanted to gain victory, so that I stretched the marching route too long... Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you. The entire Third Army generals, officers, and soldiers apologize. I'm sorry to everyone!"

He Chong may not be outstanding at commanding troops and leading troops to fight, but he still has two skills in political maneuvering. At this moment, he stood up and took the responsibility, taking all the problems of the defeat on himself. Firstly, it was to reduce the pressure on the generals of the Third Army Headquarters; secondly, this method of handling was definitely more effective than avoiding and shirking responsibility. Win the hearts and minds of the people.

After He Chong took the responsibility for the humiliating defeat on himself, the entire meeting went more smoothly. Representatives of various factions also opened up their chat boxes one after another, expressing their willingness to rebuild morale and fight a second war.

During the meeting, the generals from all parties brainstormed and formulated a detailed battle plan for the second attack, and this time, no one jumped out to sing the opposite.

In fact, for the three families of Feng Helu, if the coalition's second attack ends in failure, they will be the most uncomfortable. Because the Sichuan Army cannot defeat them, they can go back to their hometown and rest in Sichuan Mansion, but their roots are in District 9. As long as they are not separated from the Shensha Department, the war will always exist.

Therefore, these three companies are also afraid that the Sichuan government will really quit and run away together with the World War II area. At that time, these three forces will be tied together and they will fall into endless confrontation, wrangling, and civil war with Shensha Group. .

This is also the reason why He Chong was extremely active today. He was more anxious than anyone else and feared more than anyone else that the coalition would collapse internally.

…

Two days later.

The main forces in the Northeast Theater of Sichuan, the Ruan family's 186th brigade, the Qi family's 185th brigade, and the division-directed 1st field brigade led by Wang Henan, all entered the territory of Sankanzi and set up camp behind the He family's troops.

As soon as the large army arrived, Li Zhan and others also left Xinxiang and rushed to the frontline camp.

It's about six o'clock in the evening.

Li Zhan took the lead in holding a combat meeting. Ruan Ming, commander of the 186th brigade, Qi Yuming, commander of the 185th brigade, Da Ya, the brigade of the 1st Sichuan Field Brigade, and He Dachuan, the commander of the independent regiment directly under the Northeast Theater, were all present.

In the conference room, Li Zhan sat at the top and said, "Let Commander Meng talk about the combat ideas."

Meng Xi stood up, nodded slightly to everyone, and immediately got to the point: "In this battle, we are cooperating with the He family, and the idea is very simple. They fight first, and we will attack after they fight. After a while, the meeting is over, and the brigade commanders, Commander, after returning to your own unit, you must ensure that your soldiers get adequate rest, and give me enough sleep before officially joining the battle."

Qi Yuming blinked and asked, "Why don't we strive for a joint attack with the Zhou faction in the World War II area?"

"Do you have any objections?" Li Zhan turned around and asked.

Qi Yuming grinned: "I don't have any objections, I just think the He troops are a bit weak. A group army was defeated head-on in less than three hours. I feel a little unsure about cooperating with such an ally."

"For the second attack, we will team up with the He clique, and the World War II area will team up with the Feng clique. The main battlefield is in Fengbei and South." Meng Xi explained softly: "This is done intentionally to separate the closely related military and political forces, fearing that everyone will join forces. We work together and have a tacit understanding. We don’t supervise each other and we don’t try our best.”

Qi Yuming understood what Meng Xi meant, nodded slowly and said, "Then please pray to He Xi for some help this time."

"They will work harder than anyone else this time." Meng Xi responded with a smile: "I already said at the meeting that if the He system does not produce results, then we will turn around and leave and stop playing with them."

"That's okay." Qi Yuming nodded.

"Continue the topic just now." Meng Xi looked at the crowd and said: "After the He faction completes the first round, we will attack immediately, and then the 186th Brigade will take the main attack, and the 185th Brigade will provide support from the side. The specific operational details, On-the-job command will be deployed by Commander-in-Chief Li..."

After hearing this, Daya asked with some confusion: "What about our First Field Brigade?"

"Ace, you always have to appear at critical moments. Brigadier Wang, don't worry, haha." Meng Xi replied vaguely.

After the battle plan was issued, the meeting ended. Daya was confused and prepared to talk to Li Zhan, but he was called away by Meng Xi midway.

In the lounge, Meng Xi closed the door, looked at Da Ya with a smile and said, "Your First Field Brigade does not need to enter the battlefield for the time being. I will assign combat missions to you alone in the future."

"What mission?"

"It will be kept secret for the time being." Meng Xi gave up and said with a smile: "Before joining the battle, you, Brigadier Wang, must let the soldiers below get adequate rest..."

In the Northeast War Zone of Sichuan Prefecture, inside the independent regiment's camp, a supplies truck drove in from outside.

Holding a cigarette in his mouth, He Dachuan walked to the car and asked Ai Hao, "What did you bring back?"

"Eye masks, earplugs, and electric stoves and so on." Ai Hao jumped out of the car and replied: "Damn it, we are going to be in a corps battle, but we are giving out such supplies at the last moment... I didn't expect it either."

"This really allows us to sleep soundly." He Dachuan also said with a smile: "Okay, hurry up and ask each battalion to come over to collect supplies and distribute the things. Before receiving the combat order, our main task is to eat and sleep.”

…

at the same time.

Xinxiang Living Village, inside the Zhou Department Headquarters.

Duan Zhenghong, commander of the Second Army of the World War II Zone, stepped into Commander Zhou's office. After saluting, he shouted: "Commander, is it our turn this time?"

"Yes." Commander Zhou nodded: "Zheng Kai's troops and Liu Weiren's troops had a certain amount of consumption before. This time for the second battle, your second army will be used."

Duan Zhenghong immediately saluted and replied: "Yes!"

…

In the area to be planned, Xuzhou Life Town, inside the old friend’s teahouse.

Director Wu took the phone, sat on the sofa and said: "If there is chaos in Fengbei, first kill the person responsible for investigating you..."