Munitions Empire

Chapter 422 411 Unlucky Second Battalion

the ferocious artillery fire wreaked havoc, causing the shengwu troops to completely collapse. after three rounds of bombardment, an eerie silence settled on the battlefield.

the commander of the 1st battalion ordered a few troops to move out for reconnaissance, but except for corpses, they found nothing.

on the beach, dozens of shengwu prisoners were still kneeling, and troops from the subsequent landings continued to come ashore, uninterrupted. everything seemed to be returning to its original track.

this shengwu military unit, which just happened to appear near the landing site, did not drive the great tang group's landing troops back into the sea; they had only delayed the process somewhat.

soon, the commander of the 1st regiment, as the highest commander of the army landed on dongwan island's beach, accompanied by more than 100 soldiers from the 1st regiment.

with the arrival of the 1st regiment commander, the landing troops finally regained their proper order, and the operation plan to expand the landing zone finally began.

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the 1st battalion was assembled and they began moving forward, searching in the direction where the enemy of shenwu yuan had collapsed, and expanding the landing zone to the south.

the troops of the 3rd battalion took over the northern guard duties from the 1st battalion, occupied the village ruins, and began a search to the north.

the unfortunate 2nd battalion continued to be unlucky. due to a lack of weapons, they were left on the beach to serve as a reserve team, helping the logistics troops unload supplies and personnel from the sea transports.

by the time the commander of the 2nd battalion came ashore, he was green with regret. he had hoped to eliminate the enemy and make a name for himself, but his battalion had become a logistics force, almost a joke among the entire military.

since the establishment of the great tang group's security forces, the 2nd battalion has become the first battalion-sized unit to be directly routed... they were now thoroughly infamous.

although none of the three battalions were at full strength, the basic combat power of the 1st and 3rd battalions had been restored, thus the security of the flanks of the landing zone was assured.

therefore, the commander of the 1st regiment focused his main energy on welcoming the subsequent landing troops. since contact with the fleet had been established, the follow-up work was going very smoothly.

"can't you be more specific?" the commander of the 1st regiment asked, slightly frustrated.

"we don't have an accurate map... it's hard to estimate," replied the staff officer, shaking his head even more helplessly.

when they came, they couldn't find an accurate map, so they had to make do with old maps—in fact, very few maps in this world met the standards of the great tang group, which generally only used their own surveyed maps.

even many military units, including those from dorne, suthers, and laines, were using great tang group's surveyed maps, albeit with slightly blurred precision.

unfortunately, up until now, great tang group had only surveyed certain areas, which did not include zheng country or shengwu country.

"it's difficult to draft an operation plan like this. if it's 60 kilometers, i can have the 1st battalion conduct a surprise attack on fengshun city, and we could launch a total assault by tomorrow morning! but if it's over 100 kilometers, i have to prepare for two or three days of battle... the difference is too huge," the commander of the 1st regiment complained.

"we haven't found a local guide yet..." the staff officer explained with extreme frustration: "the maps of shengwu itself aren't accurate. they're basically unusable..."

he knew that the captured maps were already the more accurate military maps of shengwu, but these maps still did not meet the military map standards of the great tang group.

the scattered documents abandoned by shengwu were essentially meaningless. a corps commander in an era of poor communications indeed was unlikely to acquire any critical intelligence.

"not even one guide?" the regimental commander looked up, his gaze turning to the slightly embarrassed commander of the 2nd battalion standing by.

the commander of the 2nd battalion shook his head and replied, "we haven't found any locals yet. the villages have been destroyed by the war, and the locals have disappeared."

"i see. continue to have your men search... try to find locals as soon as possible. with them as guides, things will be much easier," the commander of the 1st regiment said, while he continued to look down at the map.

the commander of the 2nd battalion truly wanted to grumble and defend his position, reminding the regimental commander that his battalion was capable of fighting.

but the words at the tip of his tongue ultimately went unsaid. after a meaningful sigh, all the explanations condensed into a single word: "yes!"