Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Khalid knows nothing about military tactics.

Zeng Wangcai felt that an engineer could be a good military strategist and defeat the surrounding tribes. As a former soldier, it would be okay for him to tell him the Thirty-Six Stratagems, right?

"The current situation is like this." Zeng Wangcai pointed out the possible actions that the Americans might take at present. "They have three targets. First, Gerard; second, the oil fields; and third, the town of Carlo. As for the others, they are just things that come naturally. Do you agree with this?"

"Carlo Town? We didn't think of this. Why would they target Carlo Town?" Khalid asked.

"Because your Fadi is in their hands, your Fadi will definitely tell them some information."

"This... No way, Fadi won't betray us."

Wow, I didn’t expect you to trust Xu Damao so much.

But you don't understand him as well as I do.

Zeng Wangcai smiled and said, "Let's follow this assumption. After all, Carlo Town was an important transit point on your transportation route before, which meets their goal of cutting off the transportation line. Under this assumption, how do you think you should respond?"

"I will do my best to protect the oil field!" Khalid's eyes suddenly became firm. "Don't worry, sir. We will definitely control the oil field and won't let your efforts go to waste."

"..."

Is it so simple and crude?

"Leave the oil fields out of the question. Don't worry about the oil fields. The Americans won't bomb the oil fields. So, what are you going to do with the other two targets?"

"Then... two divisions against one division, I will beat the shit out of them."

Again!

Zeng Wangcai was speechless and reminded him, "Khalid, you now have so many American equipments, think about how to use them?"

"Don't worry, sir. Our people will be able to use them." Khalid patted his chest and said, "Whether it's their howitzers or their main battle tanks, we will use them. I will put them in front of Helaer. If the equipment is equal, I can..."

"Stop!" Zeng Wangcai was convinced. "Strategy, strategy, to maximize benefits, there is no need to confront head-on. Let me ask you, if your people were driving an M1 and you said you met an American, would they be able to recognize it?"

"You definitely won't recognize them. The equipment is the same."

"That's it, let's make good use of this."

Khalid seemed to be enlightened by Zeng Wangcai, and his eyes were shining brightly.

After thinking for a few minutes, he said happily: "I understand what you mean, sir. Let's pretend to be enemies!"

"Right!" Zeng Wangcai breathed a sigh of relief and continued to guide, "Simple camouflage is not enough, we must also combine the enemy's strategic actions to deploy in advance..."

A plan of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang was put into shape by Zeng Wangcai.

Zeng Wangcai meant that the oil fields should be left alone and allowed to be seized by the Americans. All the people working in the oil fields should be withdrawn and employed elsewhere, and should not be captured by the Americans and used as free labor.

Gerard showed an attitude of fighting to the death, which made the Americans think that this would be a tough battle.

The real main force, equipped with modern weapons, immediately set out to ambush on the road to the town of Carlo.

After encountering the American troops, they attacked from the side, catching the Americans off guard and thinking they were their own people.

If the attack had been launched at that time, the Americans would have been absolutely stunned.

The most important thing about this plan is that it can minimize the threat from the US Air Force.

Use the many to defeat the few, and the weak to defeat the strong.

Zeng Wangcai dared to bet that the Americans could not imagine that the lost equipment would be in the hands of the enemy.

Hardy was a smart student. After Zeng Wangcai's guidance, he understood the essence of the plan and immediately made arrangements.

First, the howitzers on this side were pulled behind Gerard to establish an artillery position and hide in camouflage.

Secondly, small weapons such as rocket launchers and mortars were transported into the city of Herald for use by the defenders.

In the end, they used two fully armed mechanized brigades, driving M1 main battle tanks and American Hummer armored vehicles, and marched towards the town of Carlo overnight.

After working hard for most of the night, the chemical plant went from being full to being empty.

Khalid left, but Zeng Wangcai didn't.

He thought that this chemical plant was good and had been abandoned, so it would not attract the attention of the Americans and could be used as a camp to observe the progress of the war.

Zeng Wangcai arranged people to set up radar, and at the same time arranged people to go to high points to monitor an oil field more than 20 kilometers away from the chemical plant.

He set up a temporary camp and installed equipment in a relatively intact warehouse.

After finishing all these, we took turns sleeping and keeping watch.

Zeng Wangcai was awakened by the roar in the sky after less than two hours of sleep.

"What the hell is coming?" Zeng Wangcai asked, rubbing his eyes.

Lin Fusheng, who was on duty, pointed at the screen and said, "Plane, several planes, very slow, they must be American helicopters."

Zeng Wangcai got up, went out and looked up at an observation point, and happened to see a helicopter flying in the sky not far away.

"What model of plane?" Zeng Wangcai shouted into the intercom.

"Apache!" Xiaobao's voice came through the intercom, "Brother, the American troops are coming, fifteen kilometers away from us, their target is the oil field, there are not many people."

"That's fine, go on..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly and the sound of exploding shells was heard.

"what's the situation?"

"It has started over there at Gerald."

"Did the Americans attack?"

"No, it's the shelling..."

It’s still the same old routine, artillery fire, first cover the ground with firepower, turn the soil over several times, and then the ground troops advance.

But the city of Helar was already in ruins at this time and was not worth bombing. Unless it was a powerful aerial bomb, the bombardment would simply add a few wisps of dust.

"Haha, Khalid is going to be rich!" Zeng Wangcai said with a smile while holding the intercom. "I don't know where he has deployed the artillery positions. Once the American artillery positions open fire, it will be equivalent to exposing the target. Now there will be fun to watch."

Zeng Wangcai was no longer sleepy. He stuffed a few pieces of bread into his stomach and went out, then climbed to the high point where Xiaobao was leading him.

When measuring distances in kilometers, a telescope can no longer meet the needs, so Xiaobao is controlling a small drone that can fly far.

But the smaller the drone, the more serious the endurance problem. After playing with it for a long time, we could only explore the nearby oil fields.

Khalid executed Zeng Wangcai's plan perfectly. The oil field was empty. Shortly after the Americans entered, Zeng Wangcai and his team saw the American oil trucks driving in.

"Tsk tsk, he's so brave that he doesn't even take Khalid seriously. The oil tanker started working before Helar was even taken down." Zeng Wangcai sighed.

The American shelling is still going on, and it looks like they are not going to stop in the short term.

"What is Khalid doing?" Xiaobao gave up operating the drone and complained, "It's been so long, the American artillery positions have been exposed, why haven't they opened fire yet?"

"Haha, I guess Khalid has learned how to maximize his benefits. Let's wait and see. I think when the American artillery bombardment stops and the ground forces attack, he will fight back..."