Macho Wars

It was just a tentative attack. Two hours later, the Imperial Army dropped more than 700 bodies and 27 battle-damaged tanks, and withdrew to the front in an embarrassing manner.As for the defense of the Kingdom Army, only a small number of bunkers and less than two hundred soldiers were lost.

Muratou was very satisfied with the result of the battle and the disparity in damage between the two sides. He felt that the first actual battle he personally commanded was a good start, and he won a beautiful victory, just like he grew up. I have taken the exam again and again.

After the battle, Muratou came to the front line surrounded by the generals, standing on top of the bombed bunker, and "appreciating" the scorched earth battlefield up close.

In the previous offensive, the Imperial Army used a large number of artillery, pouring shells against the fortress in turn.The firepower coverage area extended along with the advancement of the infantry, causing most of the casualties on the Royal Army.

However, with the exception of a few large-caliber heavy artillery, most of the artillery shells are difficult to cause substantial damage to the strong bunker made of reinforced concrete.As soon as the attacking tanks and infantry came up, these firepower points immediately dealt a head-on blow to the incoming enemy.

Most of the soldiers of the Imperial Army who participated in the offensive either fell on the way to the charge, or were curled up in the crater, being crushed by the fierce firepower and unable to raise their heads.

A small number of soldiers who were lucky enough to rush up, although they had destroyed part of the bunkers with explosive packs and collection grenades, they managed to tear open the defense line.But before they could continue to advance, they were pressured back by the artillery of the Royal Army and the mobile units that rushed in quickly.

Faced with such a tight line of defense, the imperial army whose offensive is unsustainable can only choose to retreat.And Muratou was also very gentleman at this moment and ordered the defending troops to stop shooting and let these gray-headed enemies go back.

On the one hand, this can bring a good reputation for kindness to oneself, and on the other hand, it will cause a psychological offensive to the enemy soldiers and indirectly affect their morale.

The triumphant Muratou asked his men to take a handsome picture of themselves against the devastated battlefield.If the enemy continues to fight according to the first battle, he will win this war!

In the next few days, the Imperial Army tried more than a dozen offensives one after another. Various methods and strategies that could and could not be on the stage emerged in an endless stream. Unfortunately, most of them ended in failure and lost thousands of troops in vain. Nearly a hundred tanks.

Fortunately, three more divisions were quickly sent from the rear. These reinforcements were all from the Northwest Military District on the mainland, where Dragon once stayed. The commander of the Military District, Admiral Howard, used "borrowed ground for training" as an excuse. The three newly reorganized divisions under his team traveled far and wide to the colony.

After they arrived at the front line, Commander Owen Flagg had more than 100,000 troops in his hand, and he finally reached the fortress's defenders in number.

At the same time, on the other side, the strike brigade led by Lieutenant General Henry Martini finally bypassed half of the New World and successfully reached the north sea on the east coast.

The kingdom’s navy was taken away by the battleships dispatched by the empire a week ago, so the defense forces in this direction are slightly insufficient.Civilian ships have already taken refuge in the harbor, and military coastal patrol boats are insufficient, so they are easily avoided by the expeditionary fleet that uses Hurricane Eagle as sentry.

If all goes well, the landing operation will be carried out late at night two days later.Dragon is the commander of the first assault team. Although this mission is dangerous, as long as it is done well, it is the best.Although he couldn't help but miss the two girls who stayed on Dragon Palace Island, in order to concentrate on the battle before him, he could only force himself to abandon these distracting thoughts that would easily affect his judgment on the spot.

In this way, the expeditionary fleet avoided the patrol boats of the Royal Coast Guard and arrived at the intended sea area at the scheduled time without any risk.

The three transport ships carrying the vanguard first left the formation and approached the Water Ghost Bay.

In the dark night, a thin crescent moon hidden behind the clouds appeared and disappeared, and the transport ship reluctantly moved closer to a place four kilometers away from the shore by the high water level at high tide. step.

The leading ship took the lead to put down a dozen hovercraft, each with only four people on board, carrying signal lights and fluorescent buoys, and was responsible for finding the way ahead.The transport ship immediately behind opened the dock and released ten modified amphibious tanks and other landing craft one after another.

As a commander, Dragon naturally wanted to set an example for the brothers of the whole company, and his tank was the first to launch.As soon as the nearly 30-ton tank came out of the hatch, the body with the huge ship-shaped pontoon sank for more than half of the time, almost level with the water.Everyone in the cockpit hurriedly checked around to make sure that no water was leaking anywhere.

After all the checks were completed, Dragun allowed Old Huck to increase the power of the steering engine to the maximum and drive towards the shore at a speed of 17 kilometers per hour underwater.

A total of ten amphibious tanks discharged a long dragon in the water and moved forward slowly.Dragon leaned out most of his body from the cockpit and stared at the surroundings intently. From time to time, he could see the buoys left by the pathfinder in front of him, indicating that there was a hidden reef below.

In just four kilometers of water, Dragon’s car took 25 minutes to reach the shore smoothly.At this time it was one o'clock in the morning in the middle of the night, and the surroundings were silent. The Coast Guard of the Kingdom Army would not have thought that the Imperial Army would choose to land from the Water Ghost Bay. Therefore, Dragon and their arrival were not discovered by anyone.

After the tank landed, Dragon immediately took the toolbox and the crew to get out of the car, and everyone worked together to disassemble the front and rear ship-shaped pontoons. The infantry who landed later will help them to drag these things nearby and find one. Hide in a hidden place.

After all the tanks are ready, all subsequent infantry will go ashore.In order to ensure that the 200 infantry of the commando can keep up with the speed of the tanks, in addition to some soldiers directly sitting on the tanks, another five tanks temporarily added trailers behind their buttocks to carry the soldiers.

The chariot went all the way along the coast to the south, and the sound of the crashing waves concealed the roar of the tank engine, allowing them to successfully reach the target location-Harvey Beach.

Dragon stopped the troops on the back of a hillside, and then took Tafi to climb the top of the hill to observe the enemy camp on the opposite side with binoculars.Although it was dark in the distance, the beams of several searchlights could be clearly seen patrolling the beach facing the sea.

Their goal is there, and the other party obviously hasn't noticed that he is about to face disaster!

Chapter 161 Savage

According to the plan, the elite SEAL team members quietly touched it under the cover of night.A total of twelve of them were divided into three teams. One team was responsible for destroying communication equipment, the second team was responsible for fixing the searchlights, and the third team took the gas bombs to the barracks to send "warmth".

When all three teams are ready, they will all the four searchlights in the barracks towards the side of the beach. At that time, Dragoon's commandos will swarm up and surround the barracks to ensure that no fish slips through the net.

Watching the SEAL team set off, Dragon squatted on the top of the hill silently looking at the watch, the fluorescent second hand pulsing delicately in the dark, and finally after the minute hand had turned half of the dial, the searchlights not far away were all neatly arranged. Turn to the beach.

"Do it!"

Following Dragoon's order, the tank lurking on the back of the hillside turned on the headlights of the front of the car and rumbling over the hill, followed by the infantry.

The tanks lined up in a row first pressed their speed so that the infantry trotting forward could keep up. They did not assault at full speed until they approached the enemy camp about 150 meters away, and the infantry collectively mounted bayonets to launch a charge.

In the face of a sudden enemy attack, the Royal Coast Guard in the barracks suddenly became chaotic.Such second-line garrison troops are not elite, and the level of training and equipment cannot be compared with the first-line troops.

The one-sided battle lasted only ten minutes, and the defenders in the barracks fell dead, and none of them escaped.Dragon ordered his men to immediately signal to the transport fleet on the sea to guide them to shore.

Dragoon ascended to the heights, and after a while, many dark shadows appeared in the mist on the sea. The first transport ships washed up on the beach, and the originally quiet beach suddenly became lively.

Tanks, armored vehicles, jeeps, heavy trucks, every transport ship will release various vehicles from the cabin.

This strike brigade composed of elites is a purely mechanized unit. They have 120 tanks, 200 infantry fighting vehicles and hundreds of various auxiliary vehicles.And such a luxurious equipment configuration is only to achieve one goal, that is fast enough!

After all the vehicles landed, they set off directly inland without stopping for a moment.The captured Royal Army soldiers looked at the imperial military vehicles passing by, all of them stared blankly.

Dragoon’s armored battalion was the first to land, so when the soldiers and vehicles arrived, the prisoners were handed over to other troops that landed later, and they set out to be the vanguard.

While the night was still there, Dragon led his troops forward seventy kilometers inland before dawn, without encountering any obstacles along the way.

As stated in the information, the Wieland colony also has problems with uneven development. There are small plains suitable for farming and convenient river water networks in the central and southern regions. Therefore, the population is mainly concentrated in these areas, and there are only a few hills in the north. The pioneer towns and savage villages composed of black households, wanted criminals and ethnic minorities.

These settlements are very scattered, and it is not difficult for the army to avoid them.

The armored battalion advanced all night, and finally ran into a small river before dawn. Dragon took out the map, identified the surrounding terrain, and concluded that the river should be the Golden Stream on the map.

Along this stream, about sixty kilometers downstream is the largest freshwater river in the Wieland colony, and on the opposite bank of the river mouth is the town of Tarona, the resident of the third division of the Royal Army's Ace Force.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, Dragon let the troops rest on the spot for 30 minutes, and added fresh water by the way.After rushing all night, none of the hundreds of people slept.

Dragoon was squeezing dry food into his mouth with the cold coffee. At this time, the communicator found him and reported that all the main troops in the rear had landed. Commander Lieutenant General Henry asked about the situation on the front side.Dragon frowned and swallowed the food, then turned his head and said.

"Just replied that everything is normal."

"Boom, boom!"

As soon as Dragoon's voice fell, two gunshots came from not far away.

These two guns slapped like a slap in the face, making Dragoon's face suddenly become a little unnatural, and he had to change his mouth again in embarrassment.

"You wait a moment and come back."

Taking Tafe and William, Dragon followed the gunfire to the scene of the incident, and saw a dozen soldiers wading across the river.

Dragon called an infantry ensign and asked him what happened just now. The other party replied that a soldier found someone peeping on the other side of the river, so he disconnected the gun.

After a while, the soldier who ran to the other side of the river came back with a fainted "savage".The bullet pierced his thigh, so he was caught by the soldiers who followed him shortly after he ran out, and the butt fell directly.

Dragon looked up and down the savage, looking about forty or fifty years old, unkempt, ragged, and exuding a disgusting smell.

The soldier who caught him said that the man had an old flintlock, and he was probably a hunter.