Mercenary’s War Chapter 1923 - 1900: This Is Strategy

Surrounding ordinary people are certainly ordinary people, so in the lives of ordinary civilians, although soldiers can also be encountered often, they are definitely still in the minority. But on the battlefield, it is different; here, apart from soldiers, there are still soldiers, and ordinary civilians are rarely seen.

So, Glolov t an acquaintance, but this ti it was not an enemy, but a friend.

Glolov was genuinely happy, and the person nad Chekriayev was also very happy. After all, eting an old comrade-in-arms is different from anything else.

The two exchanged so words, and Glolov imdiately pointed at Gao Yang and said, "Let introduce you, this is our commander, he’s called Ram."

Chekriayev looked at Gao Yang, with a strange expression, and said, "Commander?"

"Yes, I am now a rcenary, and everyone here, we are all part of a rcenary group."

Chekriayev exclaid in surprise, "rcenary? You actually beca a rcenary?"

"It’s a long story, but I did beco a rcenary, and it’s been a while."

"Then why are you here, soone paid to hire you to fight?"

"No, we aren’t getting paid, how should I put it, we ca voluntarily, just like you and your son. You are Russian, and you ca here without getting paid, but you still ca."

Chekriayev laughed heartily, exclaiming, "Got it, we are volunteers, and you are the International Brigade."

Glolov nodded and said, "That’s right, that’s the aning, old friend. Is that entire troop outside led by you?"

Chekriayev smiled and said, "That’s right, my son and I brought them all. How are they, not bad, right?"

"The artillery fire is extrely accurate! You’ve done well, but I’m very curious; you are an Army Aviation pilot, and all your acquaintances are also Army Aviation colleagues. So how did you gather so many gunners? And so many big guns, are you carrying a mission from Russia?"

Chekriayev shrugged, made a grimace, and smiled, "Who told you they were gunners? They are workers from the Kravni Arms Factory. This factory manufactures and repairs cannons and, of course, also inspects them, so they can fire them, and do it faster than gunners. They can maintain them, ensuring better maintenance than the troops, and can also repair them. So, we found a few cannons in this factory, repaired a few, and by the way, organized a worker guard squad. Knowing there’s a war here, we ca."

Everyone was looking at each other, and Gao Yang couldn’t help but say, "Workers? All workers?"

Chekriayev waved his hand, saying, "No, not all workers. There are a few soldiers and officers. My son is with the 205th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade Artillery Battalion of the 58th Army, and he brought so comrades. As for , I also contacted so comrades over here. However, we are all infantry, you understand, right? Our infantry has 206 people, 75 of whom are veterans, have been on the battlefield, true veterans."

After saying this, Chekriayev said with a regretful expression, "Unfortunately, we have plenty of gunners, but too few observers. My son brought four observers, and they all died. There’s nothing we can do; the battle just now was really fierce. The opponent was braver and smarter than I imagined."

Gao Yang imdiately said, "We have an observer, Rebrov, co over."

Pointing at Rebrov, Gao Yang loudly said, "He is a graduate of the Sumy Higher Artillery College, a talent! With him, your cannons won’t beco useless."

Chekriayev imdiately said, "Sumy Higher Artillery College? Excellent, excellent! We’ll talk more when we have ti later, but now the key is the business at hand; we’re fighting. We should rush to the front line quickly. Young man, co with ."

Gao Yang urgently said, "No, wait a minute, wait a mont, I have a combat plan. I hope you can cooperate."

Chekriayev seriously said, "Okay, please go ahead."

Gao Yang took a breath, then very seriously said, "The current tactic is to reject the enemy outside the city, but I want to change the tactic, let the enemy in, divide the enemy, forcing them to enter the city and occupy in small units. In this way, we can have a nurical and firepower advantage locally and take down each small group of enemies separately."

Chekriayev frowned, "Why do this?"

Gao Yang pointed at the map and said in a deep voice, "Look, this is the rough distribution of our and the enemy’s forces. At the mont, the enemy and our lines are still quite distinct. The enemy can choose to retreat at any ti. If we only consider Khartsyzk, forcing the enemy to retreat is the best. But from the situation of the entire Donetsk region, although this is an outlying battlefield, it draws a lot of enemy forces, so this place is very critical."

After speaking, Gao Yang straightened up, with a serious face, and said, "Now, the battle in the Donetsk region has reached a campaign level, and the militias are overall at a disadvantage. The situation is very precarious, and Donetsk City is fighting very hard. If considering the entire battlefield situation, if we fail quickly here, the enemy can then shift a large force to the Donetsk City line, and the defensive line of Donetsk City will surely have a breach. If we achieve a quick victory, forcing most of the enemy forces to retreat passively to the Donetsk City line, the result is the sa, and the enemy gets strengthened."

Chekriayev frowned and said, "The enemy’s retreat will reinforce the Donetsk line, but our victory here also allows us to split forces to assist, right?"

Gao Yang sighed and said, "No, because we don’t have the extra forces to assist Donetsk. All our forces combined are only about eight hundred people, and more than half are new recruits. So even if we win, it’s impossible to split forces for aid; we can only defend, using advantageous terrain to constrain and eliminate the enemy’s living forces."

Chekriayev thought for a mont, loudly saying, "Understood, so how do you specifically want to do it?"

Gao Yang slamd his hand on the map, gritting his teeth, "Let the enemy in, fight them in street battles, but don’t let too many enemies in. If the enemy entering the city exceeds our limit, the result is truly letting the enemy occupy Khartsyzk. Therefore, you must provide tily and accurate artillery support to block the subsequent enemy troops from entering. After we wiped out the enemies that entered the city, we can let another batch of enemies in."

Chekriayev wiped his mouth, with a difficult expression, "Your plan is really daring. Also, doing so, the residents of Khartsyzk would hate you to the core, taking the initiative to turn the city into a battlefield. You really dare."

Gao Yang, with a serious face, said, "This is war, and one must obey the bigger picture. To prevent the entire Donetsk region from falling into enemy hands and for the eventual victory of this war, so necessary sacrifices are unavoidable and should be expected. Wanting to win a war without any loss, then don’t participate in it."

Chekriayev pondered for a mont, sighed, and said in a low voice, "I am an officer, but I have never been responsible for military supervision of a region. I only handle fighting, and I don’t think about strategic issues. If you think doing this benefits the entire campaign, I’ll listen to you."