章 1254: A trump card to crush the defensive line

D−4.

Early in the morning.

The battle yesterday turned out much more brutal than expected, with the Northwest Army losing 12 positions in a single day.

None of the combat troops at these positions retreated. They had voluntarily decided not to retreat, but at the same time, P5092 did not allow them to retreat either.

P5092 had said to Wang Yun before, "If we choose to retreat each time we can't defeat the enemy at a defensive position, where will the rest of the Northwest Army and civilians behind them retreat to?"

By standing firm on this defensive line, they could buy some time for their comrades. If they could not defeat the enemy, they would have to give their lives to hold them off.

It was just as P5092 had said to Zhang Xiaoman on two previous occasions: "What do you think war is about then?"

War was a fight with the goal of destroying the enemy's forces.