Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1848 1849 The defense line was penetrated overnight

Not everyone can enjoy the same meal treatment as the commander-in-chief. After all, there are only a few officers who have their own cooks and can enjoy hot meals at any time.

Missing the hot dinner, the coalition soldiers could only eat cold compressed biscuits and dry food fried noodles in the trenches. The rainwater gathered into streams and meandered along the bottom of the trenches, soaking the already soft soil even more muddy.

The soldiers' boots were so deep that they had to be pulled out with each step, making an annoying crunching sound. The air was filled with the smell of damp earth, the stench of sweat, and the weird smell of rotten things mixed together, which was nauseating.

The coalition soldiers could only huddle in the narrow space of the trench, looking for a slightly drier place to barely give themselves a rest.

However, the damp and cold breath is pervasive, and even if you find a piece of land that is temporarily free of water, you can't get rid of the bone-chilling chill.

The sky had begun to darken, and the intensity of the Tang Army's air raids had also weakened. Many artillery positions that did not dare to show up in the afternoon were waiting for a chance to breathe, and began to occasionally fire at areas where the Tang Army might be present.

But no one knows how accurate this kind of blind shooting can be, but this is the best effort these artillerymen can do.

Soon this counterattack could no longer continue, because the artillery of the Tang Army had also reached the designated position. Compared with the artillery of the coalition forces, the artillery of the Tang Empire responded much faster.

The Tang Army directly replenished a large number of self-propelled artillery through sea transportation. These equipment were more advanced and powerful than the howitzers equipped by the coalition forces near Yucheng. With the support of ballistic detection radar and computers, the brave coalition artillerymen who relied on the cover of night to fire soon suffered.

They were accurately covered by the artillery fire of the Tang Army, and the opponent did not give them a chance at all. They adopted the tactic of continuously adjusting the elevation angle to fire so that the shells would land at the same time, allowing several self-propelled artillery to unleash an overwhelming momentum.

Although this can easily wear out the gun barrel, the power is amazing. Often one or two artillery pieces can suppress the opponent's entire artillery position, and because it can catch the opponent off guard, the damage effect is also very good.

What the senior commanders of the coalition forces did not expect was that such shelling actually covered the actions of the Tang Army's special forces. The rumbling sound of artillery in the distance became the best background sound, allowing these ghosts in the night to kill their opponents unscrupulously.

Although the rifle equipped with a silencer still makes a lot of noise, it is not so obvious among the gunfire. Without the signature of a gunshot, the sound of firing can easily be ignored.

This kind of environment is really suitable for sneaking in and intervening. The Tang Army's special forces felt like they were in an uninhabited land. It was already dark, so the Tang army's movement was almost unimpeded.

The local troops of the Lions Empire, who had never seen such tactics before, were completely unsuited to such tactics. One headquarters after another was removed, and one position after another was infiltrated and destroyed.

It was not until dawn the next day that the senior commanders of the Lions Empire at the Yucheng headquarters discovered that they could no longer contact the headquarters of Dorne's 91st Division.

Later, they discovered that several important positions had lost contact, and they had no choice but to send people to confirm the situation.

When Paul woke up and opened his eyes, he heard all kinds of bad news. The entire command system was in chaos. No one could tell clearly what happened on the front line. When it was finally confirmed that the 91st Division of the Dorne Empire was attacked last night, the entire infantry division had collapsed at this moment, and most of them had been captured... The news that the position they were stationed in had also fallen, it was already noon that day thing.

At lunch, the losses of the coalition forces last night were barely calculated: they lost the first line of defense, the Tang army had already made a breakthrough, and the forward troops had reached the second line of defense.

As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Paul did not dare to order his troops to try to counterattack from both wings and attack the Tang army that broke into the first line of defense. Because he knew very well that such a counterattack would be in vain.

Even with his absolute advantage, he was unable to break through the defense line composed of a small number of Tang troops. Now it was even more impossible to launch a pincer offensive to encircle the Tang troops.

So he honestly ordered to strengthen his defense line, and tried his best to avoid the harassment and bombing of Tang Army aircraft. On this morning, Tang Army aircraft once again dispatched on a large scale, destroying countless ground targets, leaving Yucheng defenders A heavy price was paid.

It had only been a little more than a day since the war started. The coalition forces not only allowed the Tang army to cross the first line of defense, but also lost thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people were captured.

Such losses had obviously exceeded previous expectations, and Paul had to readjust his deployment and focus all his energy on street fighting in the city.

He also saw that fighting against the Tang Army in the wild would be too much of a disadvantage. It was better to put his main force in the city and fight to the death with the Tang Army in more complex terrain.

But the problem is also obvious: the tactic of only sticking to the urban area does not have much strategic depth, the defense lacks flexibility, and it is unknown whether it can hold on for a long time.

But now he doesn't care so much anymore. As long as he can reduce losses and stabilize the existing defense line... he is willing to try any tactics.

Of course, he could not abandon the defense line outside the city, and he had to hold on to it no matter what until the end. Because once the Tang army is allowed to encircle Jade City, no matter how many troops there are in the city, they will not be able to hold on for a long time.

"Leave the northern defense line to Dorne! We will guard the southern defense line... Strengthen security patrols at night. No more mistakes can be made no matter what." In the afternoon, Paul adjusted his deployment and changed the original focus of defense from The north side moved to the south side.

The south and east are his important supply lines. Even if there is a problem in the north, it will just lose the suburban positions outside Yucheng. So he made some choices and placed Dorne's troops in a less important direction.

"In addition, let the artillery preserve its strength as much as possible...don't waste ammunition if you are not sure." After seeing the losses of the artillery, the commander-in-chief of the coalition painfully added another order.

We can't let all the artillery be lost outside the city. Then how can we fight street fighting in the city in the future? After weighing it again and again, he decided to give up something on his own initiative: "Retreat all troops behind the first line of defense, and redeploy based on the first line of defense..."

(End of chapter)