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Chapter 1784 1785 Falling twice in one place

The coalition forces whose oil depots were bombed were in a state of confusion. They really didn't know what to do next: most of the fuel that had been stockpiled at the front line was lost, and their tanks and cars had lost their supplies. Subsequent combat operations would definitely be affected.

  The ammunition depot has also been destroyed. The large number of shells stored in it have turned into a black cloud in the sky that will not dissipate. How can such a battle be fought?

In an instant, the commanders of the Susas Empire felt that the whole world was full of malice towards them, and the Tang army seemed to be the real attacking party.

The third cluster bomb covered the battlefield, and another group of Susas infantry were wiped out in the explosion. The subsequent attacking troops were simply dumbfounded. It would be better to kill them directly than to let them enjoy the dense bomb attack in the open space.

Seeing that the heavy tanks that were supposed to destroy cities and strongholds were all paralyzed halfway, burned into black scrap metal by the raging fire, and stopped in the middle of the battlefield like tombstones, the remaining tankers were unwilling to let their tanks move forward.

The losses were so great and so rapid that the coalition forces could not find a way to count their own losses: there were explosions everywhere, attacks everywhere, as if the Tang army was everywhere.

In fact, the Tang army was indeed everywhere: a row of armed helicopters also joined the battle at this time, using their continuous firepower to suppress the attacking Susas troops.

After the ground anti-aircraft firepower had been completely destroyed, these armed helicopters demonstrated strong combat effectiveness. They poured out their rockets and used machine guns to eliminate the escaped fish on the ground. Except for some places where the smoke was too thick, the entire battlefield was almost cleared by them.

The commanders of the Susas Empire, who had just launched an aggressive attack, no longer had the courage to continue organizing the attack. They reported the situation and sternly demanded the cancellation of the offensive plan for that day.

In a hidden command post, the commanders of the Susas Empire who rushed over all looked troubled. They had lost so much in the past few hours that they had lost even their confidence.

One of the army commanders expressed his thoughts to the army commander: "The enemy's 1st Army is well-known, and if we run into them like this, it would be tantamount to suicide."

"I think we should let the troops of the Lions Empire in the north achieve results first and attract the attention of the Tang army, and then it will be better for us to take action." The chief of staff sitting next to him nodded.

Another general at the side asked the silent commander-in-chief, hoping to get an answer: "Wait a minute, should we tell the elves about what happened here today? It seems that they will launch an attack tomorrow morning."

"If you ask me, it's better not to tell them. On the one hand, if they don't hit a snag, they will inevitably think that we are shirking our responsibilities and that we are not serious about launching the attack. It will also be beneficial for us to let them experience it themselves." Before the commander of the army group opened his mouth, another general put forward his own plan.

The person next to him was a little embarrassed. He still had a little conscience and felt that betraying an ally was a very shameful thing: "What you said makes sense, but seeing our allies suffer is a bit..."

The others immediately started talking at once, and the scene became chaotic and out of control: "We have suffered such a huge loss here, how can we have the energy to contact them now? Do you know how much we lost today?"

"Two important ammunition depots on the front line were attacked by missiles. They were very hidden and buried deep underground. The Tang army... doesn't know how they found them." After a period of chaos, the conference room finally quieted down, and a logistics general reported today's losses.

The general at the side added unwillingly: "Even if they found it, the underground bunker is nearly ten meters deep and reinforced with some materials. How could it be penetrated so easily and the ammunition inside was directly detonated?"

In order to ensure the safety of the ammunition, they did spend a lot of time on the ammunition depot, but obviously all these efforts were in vain. The Tang army only used two missiles to cause a large amount of their stored ammunition to explode prematurely.

"Let's not talk about the ammunition. At least we distributed some ammunition in advance for the attack, so we can still hold on for a while. As for fuel, we really have no other choice." The officer in charge of fuel on the other side sighed and spoke.

It can be said that Susas's troops had to obtain fuel supplies in the elves' land while also finding a way to secretly deliver these fuel supplies to the front line for storage, which in itself was a very difficult task.

They had to coordinate with the elves to ensure that their own supplies, especially the most essential items such as ammunition, fuel and food, were not withheld or misappropriated by the elves. They also had to hide it from the Tang army and ensure that these items were not discovered and destroyed.

God knows how they managed to get through all this time, but today, in just over an hour, all their efforts in recent months were wasted.

Therefore, the voice of the officer in charge of fuel was filled with sadness. "We originally had few fuel tankers and barrels, and the fuel allocated to the troops in advance was even less... Now the fuel depot has been bombed, and it will take at least two or three days to transport new fuel. This is still an optimistic estimate. If we take into account the possible bombing interference of the Tang army, it may take five days."

There were already very few special vehicles such as tankers, and now there was a problem with the fuel. The Susas armored forces really didn't have much time left.

Previously, the Susas troops who participated in the battle were all light infantry, so their commanders had always had an obsession that as long as their heavy weapons and equipment were in place, the Tang army was not invincible.

But today they gathered heavy troops and used tanks, and only then did they realize that with these, the Tang army's attack power seemed to be even greater.

A division commander who was in charge of the main attack this morning complained sadly: "My troops lost three battalions, more than 3 soldiers! Within an hour! Two regiments lost their combat capability, and the entire organization was destroyed."

Another division commander also stamped his feet and beat his chest, as if he had lost his parents: "My troops have also lost two battalions, and the field hospital is full. This is not a solution at all."

He was not really sad about losing so many soldiers, but he was sad because these soldiers could not be replaced in a short time. He could not accept the great loss of strength in his hands.

The commander of the armored unit sitting on the side had a sad face and said aggrievedly: "In order to attack, two armored battalions were assembled with nearly 80 heavy tanks, but 30 of them were destroyed in one attack. The subsequent tanks were not lost, but they did not dare to go into battle because of fear of loss... They hid in hiding, and in the end, half of them were still destroyed. We didn't even touch the enemy's position, and more than 50 tanks were lost just like that."

As a fairly good armored unit commander, he had never experienced such severe combat losses. Losing more than 50 tanks in one day was a loss that no country could afford. You have to know that a certain country that claims to be bankrupt and is one of the two permanent members of the UN Security Council has only about tanks in total.

Moreover, this was not a whole day's loss. The Tang army did not actively counterattack, so these tanks were destroyed by Tang army planes within more than an hour after the battle broke out.

Another general slammed the table and emphasized that his troops had suffered more casualties. In fact, his losses were not small. "Do you know how much the artillery lost? We had to hide and assemble more than 100 heavy artillery pieces! More than 100 heavy artillery pieces! Now there are only 20 that can be used! Thousands of artillery casualties... If we continue the attack, don't expect the artillery to play any role."

The artillery had finally gathered together and put together a numerical lineup that sounded like it should have been an advantage, but in the end they were suppressed by the enemy after just a few rounds of artillery fire.

Sadly, until the very end they still didn't know where the Tang army's artillery positions were, let alone how many artillery pieces the other side had, or why the other side's artillery could fire so far.

Of course, they had no way of knowing that the Tang army's artillery used a new thing called Zengcheng ammunition, which made the artillery's range approach or even exceed 20 kilometers.

The old-style ammunition used in the towed artillery of the coalition forces generally has a range of about 15 kilometers, and its performance can really be said to be seriously backward.

In the artillery confrontation between the two sides, the Tang Empire's self-propelled artillery units, which are equipped with ballistic detection radar, ballistic computers, and extended-range ammunition, naturally have the advantage.

This was a completely unfair duel where you couldn't hit me but I could hit you, and you couldn't find me but I could find you. The final outcome was also obvious, a one-sided massacre against the Susas artillery.

The commander of the Susas Empire's army, who had been silent, finally spoke. He glanced at everyone present, and said in a helpless and heavy tone: "Hearing you talk about these losses, I always feel that we have been fighting for several months. But in fact, we only fought for a whole morning, and the actual fighting time was less than an hour..."

"In fact, it would be fine if the loss was only these weapons and troops. In fact, our biggest losses are caused by the top commanders..." The chief of staff turned his head and said to the army commander sitting in the main seat.

"..." When this was mentioned, many people were silent. They were indeed frightened during the day. Many command posts were called out for questioning. Many non-commissioned officers, officers, and even high-ranking generals at the level of division commanders and army commanders lost a lot of money.

Many troops lost their ability to mobilize, and the army headquarters had to temporarily promote seventy or eighty officers to temporarily stabilize the situation.

However, this kind of recruitment and promotion also caused the command level of the troops to drop a lot, and the reaction speed was out of the question. If they continued to fight like this, they might not even be able to maintain the basic troop structure.

The loss of so many officers is enough to shake the entire army, and the next battle will only become more difficult.

"We need to carefully summarize our losses and send them to our allies, including the elves and the Lions Empire... the same goes for Dorne." The commander was mature and steady, and the wrinkles on his face blossomed like patterns when he spoke: "We don't need to prove anything, just stating the facts is enough."

He didn't need to take the risk of hiding anything. The elves had fought with the Tang army so many times. It would be strange if he didn't know the strength of the enemy.

This is a war, and since it is a war, there will naturally be sacrifices. As long as the sacrifices are within a reasonable range and can support the path to victory, then all sacrifices are worth it.

What he was worried about was that those sacrifices would not lead them to victory, and that thousands of soldiers would die in a foreign land, only to result in a greater failure.

Unfortunately, from everything he saw so far, he seemed to be sending his precious Sousas children to hell, and he saw no hope of winning at all.

On the night of that day, the Tang army organized a special operation. About several hundred Tang army special forces soldiers crossed the front lines of both sides, infiltrated into the rear of the Susas Empire's positions, and launched a series of sabotage activities.

They blew up some facilities, captured about 100 officers of various levels of Susas, and killed about people. These people returned to their positions safely before dawn, leaving Susas troops awake all night.

It was also on the night of this day that the news of the failure of the first day's counterattack by the Susas Empire was delivered to the elves. After weighing the pros and cons, Flix decided to continue the attack as planned.

Although all signs indicated that the Tang army was already aware of the coalition's counterattack plan, he still decided to put his chips on the gambling table.

There was no way out. For him, everything was set in stone and had to be done. He had no better choice.

The next morning, the elven troops launched a counterattack as planned, and the same thing happened to the elves: they suffered heavy losses, they were covered by fire, they retreated back to their starting point in a panic, and then found that they had also suffered heavy casualties.

The Tang Empire did not hide its strength, nor did it give up any of its positions. The elves did not perform much better than the Susas Empire, and they also failed miserably before they could touch the Tang Empire's positions.

In order to win, Felix increased his chips. He ordered the Lions Empire troops further north to continue counterattacking and mobilize more troops: he hoped to gain some benefits in the north, where the Tang army was weaker.

  As for why he judged that the Tang army here was weaker, the only reason was that the Tang army here was numbered as the 10th Army Group, and it seemed that it had no dazzling achievements before...
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Two in one, happy Army Day.