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Chapter 117: Double pupils favor each other, Cao Geng's unique move
Did Cao Geng really only bring more than 700 monks to assist the New 1st Regiment?
What well-thought-out plan did Cao Geng have?
The headmaster was puzzled.
However, soon after, the headmaster suddenly understood:
"Never mind. No matter what tactics Cao Geng secretly plans, as long as he is on the battlefield, the battle will surely be extraordinary."
The current head of the sect was full of praise for Cao Geng's ability to lead troops in battle, which could no longer be described as ordinary. In the past three months, the head of the sect had heard countless stories about Cao Geng's powerful strength - even a battalion against an enemy brigade, Cao Geng had experienced it before. Not to mention that when the Japanese demons came out in full force and besieged the village of Weidi, Cao Geng refused to let the Japanese pirates' first brigade gain any advantage.
Cao Geng's strength was even greater than that of Li Yunlong of the New 1st Regiment. As the leader, he would always feel inexplicably at ease as long as Cao Geng was on the battlefield.
At present, the new regiment has two war gods, Cao Geng and Li Yunlong, in charge. Although the leader still has doubts about Cao Geng's formation, no matter what...
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"Forget it. With Cao Geng here, I feel at ease. All we need to do is evacuate safely."
In an instant.
The old commander with profound cultivation shook his wrist.
Then the old commander, carrying the training resources and baggage and secret treasures that had been prepared long ago, led the entire army of monks to evacuate and escape into the depths of the Taihang Mountains.
Of course, when seeing the strange layout of the new regiment’s base at this moment.
If this incident was caused by Li Yunlong, the old marshal would denounce Li Yunlong's foolish behavior; on the contrary, if it was caused by Cao Geng, the old marshal would take it calmly and feel at ease.
The Deputy Chief of Staff couldn't help but smile bitterly at this act of favoritism.
It is obvious that in the old marshal's heart, Cao Geng's status has long surpassed that of Li Yunlong, the commander of the New 1st Regiment.
Indeed, although Li Yunlong's combat capability is very strong, his frequent disobedience to his superiors' orders also caused headaches for the headquarters.
In contrast, Cao Geng, the commander of the New Third Regiment, repeatedly brought surprises to the headquarters, rather than causing concern for his disobedience to orders like Li Yunlong.
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Just as the Eighth Route Army's top leaders noticed the defense measures taken by the New 1st Regiment's base.
At this moment, outside the New 1st Regiment, the Japanese 4th Brigade was quietly approaching.
Following Li Yunlong's orders, the battalions of the New 1st Regiment had already arrived at their respective preset battlefield positions.
Seeing the enemy's Fourth Brigade, consisting of nearly 10,000 monks, approaching step by step, Li Yunlong's heart gradually became heavy.
Facing the massive Japanese army, the New 1st Regiment had only 5,000 men, but they had to hold out and resist the enemy for at least 48 hours.
If the Third Battalion commanded by Cao Geng had not encountered the First Brigade of the Japanese Army a month ago, perhaps the New First Regiment would have had a chance to succeed in its mission to block the Fourth Brigade.
However, after the battle last month, the remnants of Cao Geng's army were reduced to only about 900 people.
It has to be admitted that as the regiment commander, Li Yunlong was under tremendous pressure.
Faced with an enemy force that was capable of destroying a large corps of the Central Army, the small New 1st Regiment under his command was clearly incapable of doing so.
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Just as Li Yunlong was concentrating on observing the Japanese army's marching route.
At this moment, in an extremely secretive lurking place, Cao Geng was leading the monks of the third battalion to silently monitor the movements of the Japanese devils.
"Captain, what should we do next?"
Standing beside Cao Geng, Monk Wei couldn't help but ask Cao Geng for advice.
Outside the New 1st Regiment, since Cao Geng had agreed with the old commander in advance not to reveal his identity as the commander of the New 3rd Regiment, Monk Wei had to call Cao Geng the battalion commander.
However, when no one was around, Monk Wei still habitually called Cao Geng the leader.
After all, even though they are nominally affiliated with the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment, they are actually the elite of the New Third Regiment!
At this moment, Monk Wei looked at Cao Geng with sharp eyes, waiting for his decision.
In his opinion, he was quite dissatisfied with the dispatch of Regiment Commander Li Yunlong to Regiment Commander Cao Geng.
In his eyes, even though their New 1st Regiment's Third Battalion now had only over 900 people, their combat effectiveness was definitely not something that a mere Battalion Commander Shen Quan could achieve.
Perhaps the First Elite Group of the Xingxuan lineage has sufficient manpower, and they are indeed qualified to accompany Sect Master Li Yunlong to directly resist the main attack of the demon army.
However, the one responsible for the main flank attack mission was not their Xingxuan Third Elite Battalion, but the Second Elite Battalion led by Shen Quan, which made Wei Kuanglan extremely puzzled.
According to common sense, the team providing assistance from the flank should be the Shen Quan unit, which has relatively weak combat effectiveness.
Cao Ling looked at Wei Kuanglan with a meaningful smile on his face.
He naturally noticed the resentment in Wei Kuanglan's heart.
Actually,
When the many cultivators of the Xingxuan Third Elite Camp learned the news, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Because they really didn't understand why Sect Leader Li Yunlong actually looked down on their new Third Elite Battalion!
However, Cao Ling said to Wei Kuanglan: "Kuanglan, do you think that our Xingxuan Third Elite Battalion, which has more than 900 cultivators who have experienced hundreds of life-and-death battles, is only supporting the Second Elite Battalion of Captain Shen Quan as a supplementary attack force, which is a kind of devaluation of our Third Elite Battalion?"
"That's right." Wei Kuanglan was a straightforward person and admitted his thoughts without hesitation.
Beside him, several team leaders of the guard platoon of the Xingxuan Third Elite Battalion remained silent and looked at Cao Ling, hoping to get a reasonable explanation.
However, Cao Ling shook his head and smiled bitterly, and continued:
"In fact, before the war begins, no one can say for sure which elite battalion in the Xingxuan lineage will be able to take on the responsibility of the main attack."
"Although in terms of tactical deployment, Sect Leader Li Yunlong is indeed pessimistic about our combat effectiveness."
"However, even if we are in a supporting attack position, we can also rely on the strength of the Third Elite Battalion to show the Xingxuan lineage and the monster tribes who can shine brightly in this battle."
After hearing Cao Ling's words, Wei Kuanglan and others' eyes lit up.
Wei Kuanglan asked excitedly: "Master, are you planning to let our new Third Elite Battalion change from auxiliary attack to main attack in this battle, and let the Xingxuan lineage's battalions cooperate with us to severely damage the enemies of the Fourth Demon Brigade?"
If this is true, then their Third Elite Battalion will surely achieve another brilliant victory in this battle.
However, Cao Ling smiled calmly and denied Wei Kuanglan's guess.
"No!"
Cao Ling said sternly: "How can you say that I intentionally changed the auxiliary attack to the main attack on the battlefield? Wouldn't that be a blatant disobedience to orders?"
"You must know that our new Third Elite Battalion is still the Third Elite Battalion under the command of Sect Master Li Yunlong of the Xingxuan lineage, and we must obey his dispatch and command."
Wei Kuanglan asked doubtfully: "So what do you mean..."
Everyone's eyes were focused on Cao Ling.
Cao Ling glanced at Wei Kuanglan and the others, and said calmly: "What I mean is that even the auxiliary attack position has its important role that cannot be ignored. In this battle, we will use the auxiliary attack posture to shock all the cultivation forces in the entire northwest of Shanxi!"