Chapter 445, Dangerous Situation

To the west of the Alashan League was a Gobi, and in this day and age, no one would idly head there, it was a place where no bird really shits.

Therefore, at the beginning of the war, in fact, everyone knew that the straight line distance between Fort 178 and Zong’s Fort 146 was actually not particularly far, but very few people thought of doing anything in this Gobi Desert.

If a troop wanted to cross over, it would basically be like a fool’s errand.

However, the Zong Clan had been plotting against Fortress 178 for too long!

The Zong Clan’s geographical location had scarce resources, far inferior to Fortress 178, the Qing Clan, the Yang Clan, and even the Li Clan.

So expanding outwards in search of resources, this was something the Zong Clan had to do, only huge resources could support their ambitions.

Where were the resources? Of course in the 178 fortress.

To realize that 178 Fortress is blocking a much more vast territory outside of the northwest, that land is buried with more than 90% of the mineral deposits of the entire Barrier Alliance, as well as a large amount of natural gas, crude oil, and various types of metal minerals.

In Zong’s opinion, it was a waste and a waste to put these things in the hands of those killing billets in Fortress 178 and not utilize them!

A few years ago, the Zongs had quietly begun to have secret troops transporting supplies into the Gobi, and now, they had established a huge forward base on top of a small oasis.

Not for any other reason, just for the sake of one day, there can be a fierce force can use this forward base through the Gobi, and then give 178 fortress a fatal blow.

In fact, Zong knew that 178 Fortress was going to fight Wuchuan Mountain from the Heishi River northward, and also knew that after 178 Fortress blew up the Beiwan River, Zong’s way to the south for a surprise attack would be gone, but everything was in Zong Ying’s plan, and 178 Fortress likewise had no more paths of retreat.

Zong Ying had long ago gotten very accurate information, now there is only one independent regiment stationed in the 178th fortress, the whole fortress can be said to be out of the nest.

The entire fortress has been evacuated. Therefore, the 178th fortress has become an isolated island with no one to rescue it.

As long as Zong occupied Fort 178, even if Zhang Jinglin repaired the pontoon bridge, he would have no home to return to and no fortress to defend.

When the supply of the 178th fortress troops was cut off, they would still be at Zong’s mercy.

Zong Ying calculated the time, just seven more days, his troops would be able to cross the Gobi to reach Fortress 178 and attack the city!

Zong Ying narrowed his eyes, he thought to himself that Zhang Jinglin did not know if he had guessed all of this.

He should have guessed it, his intention of cutting off their path on the Black Stone River was still quite obvious.

But so what if he had guessed, Zhang Jinglin no longer had any way to stop him from occupying Fort 178, right?

After losing so many troops and using so much cannon fodder, wasn’t it to attract Zhang Jinglin to the north bank of the Black Stone River? It was still his own skill.

Although there was a hiccup like the sharp knife company in the middle, it didn’t matter, no matter how powerful a company was, it couldn’t possibly affect the big picture.

Although the granary had been burned, Zong could still hold out for as long as a month, and during this time, it was enough time for him to drag the 178th Fortress troops to their deaths; after all, Zhang Jinglin had also cut off his supplies, hadn’t he?

At the thought of defeating Zhang Jinglin, a long-famous general of the world, Zong Ying had an exuberance in his heart that was hard to hide.

At his position, only power and unprecedented victories could arouse his desire.

……

At this moment, the armored brigade commander beside Zhang Jinglin, Hu Xingzhi, looked at him, “Commander, Zong’s cutting off the back road of our main force must be plotting against our fortress, Commander, think of a way.”

Zhang Jinglin looked at Hu Xingzhi: “The only way for you and I to win is to fight here with our backs to the water, gentlemen, we must take Wu Chuan Mountain as soon as possible so that we can kill our way out of this, notify the engineer battalion in the rear to rebuild the pontoon bridge as soon as possible, ask them how long it will take!”

A combat staff hesitantly said, “I inquired just now, and the engineer battalion on the south bank said it would take 10 days! It’s possible to build a simple pontoon bridge, that’s quicker, but mechanized troops can’t cross it for nothing.”

10 days ……

Even if the pontoon bridge was built within 10 days, they would have to add another 7 days to return to Fortress 178, everything would be too late!

Suddenly, Zhou Yinglong ran back from the front line, “Commander! Commander! It’s a call from the Sharp Dagger Company!”

The crowd was stunned, how could they have thought that at this time the sharp knife company in that rear would have restored communication.

At this time, the Pointed Blade Company had just killed out from the 144th Barrier, and they had not only burned the granary of the 144th Barrier, they had also grabbed the satellite phone out, which gave them the opportunity to contact the 178th Fortress troops.

Zhang Jinglin received the satellite phone, and the loud voice on the other side of the phone, Zhang Xiaoman, roared excitedly, “Commander? Is it the commander?”

“Uh, this is Zhang Jinglin, go ahead,” Zhang Jinglin said calmly.

“We burned down all the granaries of the 144th Barrier, knocked out seven or eight companies, and killed three of the 1237th Regiment’s leaders, and the deputy leader is now in our hands ……,” Zhang Xiaoman said dejectedly, as if he was afraid that Zhang Jinglin would not give him the Nebula Medal. Zhang Xiaoman said dejectedly, fearing that Zhang Jinglin wouldn’t give him the Nebula Medal, he said all his credits in one breath.

Zhang Jinglin beside a group of generals froze, they did not expect the sharp knife company actually did so many big things, no wonder the Zong clan to draw troops back to the rear to deal with them.

Is this a fucking company? Even an independent regiment couldn’t do it, I’m afraid.

The sharp knife company is also too fierce!

But the crowd couldn’t be happy because the battle situation today was no longer something that could be changed by burning grain silos, killing a few regimental commanders, or knocking out a few companies.

Instead, they saw Zhang Jinglin smile, “You guys did a good job, but you should also pay attention to safety.”

“Don’t worry commander, we have no casualties!”

The generals’ teeth ached again, they couldn’t even imagine how the sharp knife company did so much with zero casualties.

Zhang Jinglin smiled and instructed Zhang Xiaoman to say a few words before handing the phone to Zhou Yinglong, not mentioning a single word about Ren Xiaosu, but everyone knew that Ren Xiaosu was feared to have taken the lion’s share of the credit in this battle.

Zhou Yinglong took the phone and yelled to Zhang Xiaoman: “Okay, I know you guys have made a great achievement, I don’t have time to talk to you now, you guys first evacuate to a safe area to talk about it, the situation on our side is very critical now.”

Zhang Xiaoman froze, “Critical?”

Zhou Yinglong paused for a moment and sighed as he gave a general overview of the situation, Zhang Xiaoman’s side of the sharp knife company fighters were listening to the phone, everyone was a bit at a loss, how did the situation suddenly take a sharp turn into a disadvantage?

Moreover, the Zongs may be taking over Fortress 178? What about their wives and children? What about Fu Rao’s favorite girl? What about Lu Yao, everyone’s dream girl?

Zhang Xiaoman was anxious: “Battalion Commander, don’t worry, if they can hit our 178 fortress, we can also hit their 146 barriers, Zong’s old men in power are all at the 146 barriers, kill them and Zong will immediately panic.”

Zhou Yinglong laughed and scolded, “What the hell is confusing to say, 146 barriers now have a brigade, you say to fight ah, hurry up and get out of my way, you guys run …… towards the Central Plains right now.”

However, before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted off by another voice: “Is Mr. Zhang still listening, I’m only asking if fighting off the 146th Barrier will help the war situation.”

Zhang Jinglin was silent for a moment, “Yes.”

“Good, I’ll fight it.”

All the generals beside him felt that the voice was somewhat unfamiliar, but they all knew that this was, I’m afraid, that Ren Xiaosu.

It’s just that this Ren Xiaosu is also a bit too wild, how can a sharpshooter company fight 146 barriers?

Zhang Jinglin sighed, “It’s impossible for you guys to beat the 146 Barrier.”

“Do you remember what you said, Mr. Zhang,” Ren Xiaosu asked calmly, “You said that it was foolish to have to go through with it even though you knew it was impossible, or that you would even get hurt, but do you remember how I replied.”

Zhang Jinglin recalled that moment when Ren Xiaosu said that bravery was also the same.