The ferocious artillery fire wreaked havoc, causing the Shengwu Troops topletely copse. After three rounds of bombardment, an eerie silence settled on the battlefield.


    Themander 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 subsequentndings continued toe ashore, uninterrupted. Everything seemed to be returning to its original track.


    This Shengwu military unit, which just happened to appear near thending site, did not drive the Great Tang Group''snding troops back into the sea; they had only dyed the process somewhat.


    Soon, themander of the 1st Regiment, as the highestmander of the armynded on Dongwan Ind''s beach, apanied by more than 100 soldiers from the 1st Regiment.


    With the arrival of the 1st Regimentmander, thending troops finally regained their proper order, and the operation n to expand thending 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 copsed, and expanding thending zone to the south.


    The troops of the 3rd Battalion took over the northern guard duties from the 1st Battalion, upied the vige ruins, and began a search to the north.


    The unfortunate 2nd Battalion continued to be unlucky. Due to ack 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 themander 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 be a logistics force, almost a joke among the entire military.


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    Although none of the three battalions were at full strength, the basicbat power of the 1st and 3rd Battalions had been restored, thus the security of the nks of thending zone was assured.


    Therefore, themander of the 1st Regiment focused his main energy on weing the subsequentnding troops. Since contact with the fleet had been established, the follow-up work was going very smoothly.


    Dozens ofnding crafts, amidst the chaos, finally brought more weapons and equipment ashore. Utilizing these boats that originated in the medieval era to transport modern weapons and equipment, one must say that Great Tang Group''snding was filled with a sense of time-traveling sentiment.


    At this moment, 1st Company of the 1st Battalion, which had the mostplete organization, was nearly at full strength, and 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion was also fairly assembled. These twopanies, one in the south and one in the north, proceeded along the so-called roads, gradually expanding thending zone.


    There were norge Shengwu forces nearby, so their advance was veryfortable.


    By the afternoon, the follow-up troops of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion caught up with those who were setting up defensive positions, which allowed the 1st Battalion to maintain the basic strength of twopanies.


    Armed with heavy machine guns and apanied by a vehicle and a telegraph machine, the 1st Battalion established contact with regimental headquarters and captured nearby high ground, deploying their defensive line.


    Simrly, the 3rd Battalion advancing northward established defense positions at the same time. At this point, the entirending zone had approximately a 10-kilometer depth and was no longer as fragile as before.


    The Engineer Corps erected a few tents at the intersection of the beach and the shrubbery, and the temporary headquarters of the 1st Regiment was set up inside these tents.


    The unfolded mapy in disarray on the ground, with some captured documents and maps sent back by troops scattered around it.


    Standing amidst this mess, themander of the 1st Regiment held his chin, looking down at the not-so-detailed map of Dongwan Ind, getting a rough idea of their location.


    They had circled from the southern part of Dongwan Ind tond on the western side, meaning they had moved from the offshore of Fengshun City to this position.


    Thending site was not far from Fengshun City, which was a temporarily chosen site that seemed easier to expand their victory.


    "ording to the operation n, our next step is to head south and capture Fengshun City..." A staff officer, barefoot, used a stick to point at a mark on the map and said to themander of the 1st Regiment.


    His shoes were still wet, currently sunning outside the tent. Themander of the 1st Regiment also wasn''t better off, barefoot with soaked shoes set aside. In fact, all the troops involved in thending were trudging along in their drenched footwear.


    "How far are we from Fengshun City now?" themander of the 1st Regiment asked, staring at the southernmost target on Dongwan Ind.


    "It''s unclear. ording to the map, it''s probably between 60 and 140 kilometers..." The staff officer regretfully provided a very vague figure.


    "Can''t you be more specific?" themander of the 1st Regiment asked, slightly frustrated.


    "We don''t have an urate map... It''s hard to estimate," replied the staff officer, shaking his head even more helplessly.


    When they came, they couldn''t find an urate 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 n like this. If it''s 60 kilometers, I can have the 1st Battalion conduct a surprise attack on Fengshun City, and we couldunch 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," themander of the 1st Regimentined.


    "We haven''t found a local guide yet..." the staff officer exined with extreme frustration: "The maps of Shengwu itself aren''t urate. They''re basically unusable..."


    He knew that the captured maps were already the more urate 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 corpsmander in an era of poormunications indeed was unlikely to acquire any critical intelligence.


    "Not even one guide?" the regimentalmander looked up, his gaze turning to the slightly embarrassedmander of the 2nd Battalion standing by.


    Themander of the 2nd Battalion shook his head and replied, "We haven''t found any locals yet. The viges 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," themander of the 1st Regiment said, while he continued to look down at the map.


    Themander of the 2nd Battalion truly wanted to grumble and defend his position, reminding the regimentalmander 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 exnations condensed into a single word: "Yes!"