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Chapter 1782 1783 The Tang Army Was Well Prepared

The Tang army basically determined the intentions of the opposing coalition forces, and even knew the direction of attack and the number of troops involved in the battle. They only lacked the name of the opposing commander and what kind of food he liked to eat.

The coalition forces also thought that they had almost understood the basic deployment of the Tang army: in the area of ​​Refeng Port, the Tang Empire had only two army groups, one was the 1st Army Group and the other was the 10th Army Group.

According to the offensive plan, the Susas Empire troops in the south were mainly to contain the famous and powerful Tang 1st Army, with the elves' troops assisting from the side.

The real main attack was still the northernmost Lions troops. They needed to cut into the defense line of the 10th Tang Army and set up a posture to encircle Hot Wind Port.

The reason for formulating this battle plan was the result of mutual compromise: no one wanted to touch the 1st Tang Army, so they had to hand it over to the elves. The elves didn't have the courage to knock on Hogg's door by themselves, so they could only bring in the troops of the Susas Empire.

Dorne's troops had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, so they were used as a reserve this time. They would enter the battlefield in the second phase and try to expand the results of the first phase.

As for how much success the first phase had, only God knew. The coalition forces thought they could create a salient, but no one could guarantee such a result.

On the morning of this day, at the position of the Susas Empire troops, a square-headed Susas tank rolled over its position and staggered towards the defense line of the Tang Empire in the distance.

Next to it, another tank also began to charge, with more tanks on its side. They rushed out of the woods, climbed up the low slope, and were exposed to the field of vision of the Tang army.

With the appearance of the tanks, shells fell one after another on the Tang army's position. The huge explosions lifted up the soil, and the black smoke covering the sky gave the Susas officer who was commanding the attack full confidence.

He had assembled more than 100 artillery pieces, and this density of firepower was already terrifying. In his opinion, even if this surprise attack could not immediately penetrate the Tang army's defense line, it would still give the Tang army a big surprise.

The opposite position was surprisingly quiet, as if the Tang army was still asleep and had not noticed the coalition's attack at all. Even this time, the annoying Tang Empire's electromagnetic interference did not cover it, and the radio channel was filled with the excited shouts of the coalition soldiers.

Having received the order long ago, the Allied soldiers waiting in the trenches excitedly climbed out of their bunkers. Holding their rifles with bayonets fixed, they marched towards the enemy's positions.

"For His Majesty the Emperor! Attack!" An officer of the Susas Empire drew his saber and pointed it forward. Beside him, countless soldiers passed over his shoulders and began to run forward.

A temporarily modified self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery followed behind the sea of ​​people, its twin 20mm machine guns pointed toward the sky, its ammunition chain made of golden shells sparkling in the sun.

At the same time, listening to the noisy shouting in the distance, the soldiers of the Tang Empire hiding in the bunkers were carefully checking the weapons and equipment in their hands.

They had been informed that the enemy would launch an attack within a few hours. This time they had no intention of giving in, and were ordered to hold their position and inflict the heaviest blow on the enemy.

The Tang officer holding the radio equipment stood in his temporary command post, reporting the situation on the front line with a serious expression: "Yes! Yes! The enemy's attack has begun. I understand! I understand! Yes! I guarantee to complete the mission!" He hung up the communicator after making the promise, and then looked at his men standing in the command post: "After the enemy's shelling stops, return to the front line and repel the enemy's attack."

After several officers stood at attention and saluted, they turned and left the bunker. Then the whistling artillery fire of the Tang Empire passed over the silent positions of their own side.

The dense whistling sound made everyone's hair stand on end. The terrifying suppression force was enough to intimidate even their own soldiers. No one wanted to raise their heads in such a situation, for fear that they would be affected by their own artillery fire.

The coalition's intensive artillery fire was unexpectedly interrupted by the Tang army's ten times more intensive artillery fire. The shells did not fall on the heads of the attacking coalition soldiers, but passed over them and landed directly on the coalition artillery positions behind them.

The Tang army, equipped with artillery radar, can easily calculate the location of the coalition artillery positions, and then immediately use extended-range ammunition with a longer range to implement counter-suppression.

The speed of this counterattack is calculated in minutes. It only takes about two or three minutes for the traditional artillery position to be no longer safe. Therefore, in modern warfare, there are so many self-propelled artillery equipped troops.

Unfortunately, the coalition forces' artillery is still mainly towed, so it is impossible for them to change their firing positions in just a few minutes.

In just a few minutes after the Tang army's artillery opened fire, less than half of the hundreds of artillery pieces assembled by the Susas Empire were still breathing.

The entire artillery position was covered by firepower, and the remaining artillery pieces were abandoned on a position full of craters because all the artillerymen had gone to avoid the bombardment.

The Allied soldiers who were still attacking suddenly discovered that their fire suppression seemed to have stopped, and there were no more explosions and flames on the Tang army positions filled with black smoke.

Some of the infantrymen looked at each other in bewilderment. They had just heard the sound of the Tang army's artillery fire. The terrible whistling sound made them feel as if they were in hell. They were very afraid that a shell would suddenly fall on their heads.

As they continued to move forward anxiously, dozens of intruder attack aircraft several thousand meters in the sky tens of kilometers away had already begun to release the ammunition they carried: "Roller No. 1, launch missiles!"

"Roller No. 2 launches missiles! Over!" "Roller No. 3 has dropped the bomb!" The radio communication channel was filled with the slightly noisy commands of pilots wearing oxygen masks.

One precision-guided bomb after another has already locked onto its targets. These targets are all high-value targets that have long been detected and confirmed, including hidden command posts, large oil supply centers close to the front line, and so on.

Under the feet of these invaders, lightning attack planes were rushing towards the front line close to the ground. In a few minutes, they would appear above the Tang army. They would not let their comrades face the enemy ten or a hundred times more alone.