Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1827 1828 Highland Trench Warfare

On the battlefield filled with thick smoke, the Tang army soldiers shook their heads, broke free from the loose soil pressing on their bodies, and slowly stood up from the collapsed trenches.

They suffered intensive artillery bombardment, with countless shells landing on their positions and even destroying the bunkers they used to hide from the shells.

The ear holes reinforced with wood and various materials could no longer be seen in their original form. Some scattered medical kits were discarded in the collapsed corners. The Tang army soldiers picked up their weapons from under them and leaned against the edge of the twisted trench.

The tanks of the Lions Empire were already very close, and the Tang soldiers in the trenches could even hear the voices of the Lions Empire soldiers talking behind the tanks.

The next second, a Tang soldier holding a rifle grenade pulled the trigger, causing the grenade to fly towards the crowd behind the tank.

Immediately afterwards, another comrade beside him picked up an anti-tank missile and aimed it at the tanks of the Lions Empire that were showing off their power in front of the position.

A puff of white smoke rushed out, and the missile accurately hit the moving tank, turning the tank into a ball of burning flames in an instant.

The tanks that exploded continued to move forward by inertia, and the heat from the explosion could be clearly felt by the Tang soldiers in the trenches. The distance between the two sides was really very close, so close that they could no longer be distinguished from each other.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The Tang soldiers raised their assault rifles and aimed at the enemies who were close to the trenches. They pulled the triggers and fired a row of bullets. The Lions Empire soldiers with bayonets on their rifles fell down in an instant, and then more soldiers filled in.

The enemy was clearly furious. If they could not take this high ground, the plan to attack Bunas would become a dead end. The Lions Empire also knew that they did not have much time left, so they were hysterical and crazy everywhere.

"For His Majesty the Emperor!" With a shout, countless soldiers of the Lions Empire rushed into the Tang army's position. This was the first time in three days that they had touched the edge of the Tang Empire's defensive position.

They paid a heavy price in the process, and behind them, the road was littered with the corpses of countless Lions Empire soldiers.

After dispatching countless planes and firing countless artillery shells, the soldiers of the Lions Empire finally used their lives to test the weak points of the Tang army's defense line and invested a large number of troops to crash into this weakness.

"Kill!" The Ryans soldiers holding bayonets rushed into the Tang army's trenches like ants, and then many people were shot into sieves by the oncoming bullets.

The Tang army's firepower still had the advantage, but as the battle continued, the absolute numerical advantage of the Lions Empire troops became apparent.

After losing dozens or even hundreds of people, the soldiers of the Lions Empire gained the upper hand in the damaged trenches. Soldiers holding submachine guns mixed in with the crowd and began to cause casualties to the Tang soldiers.

At a corner of a trench, Tang army soldiers were dealing with tanks and enemies coming from the front while defending against Ryans soldiers who were breaking through the trench.

The Tang soldier, who had used up a magazine, skillfully replaced the ammunition, and then he looked out and found that the enemy's bayonet was almost in front of him. He did not hesitate and immediately pulled the trigger to fire, knocking down the enemies who were already very close, trying to increase the distance. Unfortunately, after seven or eight soldiers fell, the next Ryans soldier was holding a submachine gun instead of a rifle with a bayonet.

The other side opened fire and the two were hit by the other side's bullets almost at the same time. The soldier of the Lions Empire fell down trembling, and the bullets he fired hit the Tang army soldiers, forcing the Tang army soldiers to retreat behind the bunker.

Because they wore tactical vests with bulletproof partitions inside, the soldiers of the Tang Army were generally able to reduce the probability of injury in fierce battles.

However, the Tang army soldier who was shot this time was not so lucky. Some of the bullets hit his legs, some hit his shoulders... and the blood had already dyed his military uniform red.

Before his friendly troops could pull him away from this dangerous place, the hand grenades of the Lions Empire soldiers rolled over. After suppressing the firepower of the Tang army, the other side obviously also had smart people who knew how to fight close-range trench warfare.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" More than one grenade exploded, shaking the entire defensive position. The Tang army soldiers who were pierced by grenade shrapnel fell to the ground and groaned, and were then killed by the bayonets of the Lions Empire soldiers who rushed in.

After three days of fierce fighting, a flag of the Lions Empire was finally raised on this unknown hilltop, and the nearby Lions Empire soldiers cheered.

About 30 kilometers away from this high ground, at the field airport east of Bunas City, a Tang army transport plane slowly landed and stopped at the end of the runway next to a row of transport planes.

The cabin door slowly opened, and the Tang army soldiers inside, carrying huge backpacks, walked off the plane one after another.

This was the first time that the Tang Empire paratroopers arrived at the war zone by airdrop instead of parachute. Xiang Ziyu walked off the plane with his weapons and watched his men line up in neat formation.

The transport vehicles were already waiting on the side, and the lifting equipment on the plane had begun to unload the ammunition that arrived on the same plane onto the supply vehicle.

Many temporarily requisitioned trucks were parked outside the airport. Those trucks were very old, and many were models that had been eliminated by the Tang Empire. These were civilian vehicles in Bunas City. The Tang army requisitioned some of them to transport the arriving troops to the front line.

A Tang officer came forward and saluted Xiang Ziyu, then briefly explained the current battle situation: "We have suffered heavy losses. The position of the 2st Battalion of the 1nd Regiment has been lost. The battalion commander was killed, and the entire battalion was almost wiped out... They are all great."

"Where do you need us to go?" Xiang Ziyu did not ask any other questions, nor did he need to know other questions. For a commander of the Tang Dynasty paratroopers, he only needed to know where his troops were needed.

"Fill the 2nd Regiment's position and replace the 2nd Battalion for one day of repair... at least 1 hours." The officer said the number of one day a little embarrassedly, and two seconds later he gave himself a discount.

"I will hold on there for at least 30 hours. Let the brothers have more rest and leave it to our paratroopers." Xiang Ziyu did not overestimate his abilities, but made a promise that he thought was reasonable.

(End of this chapter)