Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1849-1850 We are the ones who get beaten

The defenders of Yucheng began to retreat. They abandoned all the security areas outside the first line of defense and regarded the first line of defense as their outermost border.

Such an arrangement can further increase the density of troops behind the Yucheng defense line, but the disadvantages are also obvious: they voluntarily gave up a large area of ​​defense and abandoned the deep defense space.

The Tang army naturally could not waste such an opportunity. They immediately filled the gap between the two armies and took advantage of the chaos of the other side's retreat to penetrate the first line of defense.

Because the 91st Division of Dorne was defeated by a night attack before, in fact, the first outer line of defense of Yucheng had already been broken through by the Tang army. Now that it has been broken through in a few places again, it is actually not a big deal.

Therefore, Paul has focused his defense on the second line of defense. He is prepared to preserve his strength as much as possible to meet the upcoming violent attack from the Tang army.

In fact, the Tang army was indeed mobilizing a large number of troops to the south: Strauss's 3rd Army was advancing towards Ice Crystal City, a large number of artillery were already being assembled, and a large amount of supplies landed at the Bunas Port dock could reach the two northwestern fronts very smoothly.

This route has been completely simplified, and the Tang army's supply is unimpeded: ships departing from the Western Continent unload directly in Bunas, then load onto trains in Bunas and transport directly to Wolf City, and then from Wolf City directly to Ice Crystal City...

The routes for this kind of transportation were all built by the Datang Group. Not only are they of good quality, but the distance is also greatly shortened. In comparison, the transportation pressure is not as great as that of the railways in the north.

It is completely opposite to the route of reinforcement to Bunas from the north, so there is no interference at all. Therefore, in a short period of time, the Tang army can calmly stockpile a large number of artillery shells in Bingjing City.

The Tang army, which had the advantage of supply and increasingly powerful troops, began to put pressure on Yucheng in the direction of Bunas. Paul was not sure for a moment which direction the Tang army's main attack would be.

After all, there will definitely be more and more Tang troops heading towards Ice Crystal City, and the Tang army's troops heading south will obviously go towards Ice Crystal City.

However, Paul had no time to care about the future. He had already ordered the northern part to be handed over to the Dorne garrison and deployed his own troops in the two directions of the southwest of Yucheng.

It was a new day again. The Tang army did not repeat its old trick of launching a sneak attack at night. After a peaceful night, a fierce battle broke out early the next morning.

Near the first line of defense, the Tang army squad, which had already gained the upper hand, exchanged fire with the Lions Empire defenders who were still holding their positions, and the two sides fought over several high ground.

Lions had no better solution but to send out more light infantry to try to strengthen the defense on these high grounds.

The Tang army directly used artillery to cover these heights with fire. For a moment, the explosions on the hilltops were connected, and the smoke engulfed the seemingly extremely solid fortifications built on the heights.

Then the Tang army infantry rushed to the high ground under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, and the remaining Lions Empire troops also launched a tenacious counterattack.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle near the trenches. As several lightning attack aircraft from the Tang Empire arrived at the battlefield, the reinforcements from the Lions Empire were blocked.

The Lions garrison, which lost its reinforcements, finally collapsed, with about 1000 soldiers surrendering, and several high ground was occupied by the Tang army. Such attacks continued for several hours, and the Tang army was trying to compress the space of the Lions troops.

After losing thousands of people, the troops of the Lions Empire had to give up a large part of the defense nodes on the first line of defense, making their outer defense line more discontinuous.

"Commander! The people below are very dissatisfied... They think it's not fair to place our troops in the south and west..." An officer of the Lions Empire complained to Paul in the command center of the underground air-raid shelter in Yucheng.

Recently, the Tang army has launched attacks in the west, targeting the defense lines guarded by the Lions Empire troops. The defense area of ​​the Dorne Empire troops in the north is quite calm, with almost no losses.

The Tang army's bombing seemed to be intentionally targeting the defense line guarded by the Lions Empire, and a large number of attack aircraft were deployed to cover the battle to cover the attack from the west.

In this context, the troops of the Lions Empire naturally suffered heavy losses, so many people felt that the Dorne troops, who were living a comfortable life, should be transferred to the west, which would be more fair.

Paul didn't think so. He glanced at the other party and asked, "What do you think is fair? Is the north safe?"

He knew that the north where Dorne was stationed would not always be free of pressure in the future, or rather, Dorne was the place where the real pressure was. As long as the main force of the Tang army arrived, a fierce battle would surely break out in the direction of Ice Crystal City.

Paul is not an idiot. He would let his troops be beaten by the Tang army in the west and then be transferred to the north to be beaten by another group of Tang troops.

"But now, we are the only ones fighting the Tang people to the death." Unfortunately, many generals and officers could not stand the pressure, so someone immediately started to complain.

"Shut up! Don't you think things are chaotic enough? In just this morning, you lost 11 high ground! 11!" The overwhelmed Paul was no longer in the mood to comfort his men.

If the people below fight well, he certainly doesn't mind encouraging them, and he is even willing to put more energy into coordinating internal conflicts.

But the problem now is that he has lost thousands of soldiers in just one morning! This rate of loss is simply not something he can afford.

If this continues, he will lose tens of thousands of people in the direction of Yucheng in ten days, and hundreds of thousands in a hundred days! Just kidding, in less than a year, the Lions Empire will collapse due to the pressure of losses.

The same is true for Dorne! If there were the Susas Empire and the Yangmu Empire, four countries sharing the burden, perhaps such a loss could be tolerated, but now it is completely different. Only the anti-Tang alliance of the two empires is left, and there is not much left.

In fact, everyone knows the outcome of this war. Those who are still struggling simply hope to delay the arrival of the end through their struggle.

Some people do this to escape reality, like Paul; some people do this for greater gain, hoping to sell themselves for a good price.

"No matter what, you must hold your position! Otherwise, it will be useless no matter where you are transferred!" Paul glanced at his men, threw down this sentence and ended the meeting.