Macho Wars

"Of course it's a good relationship! The population of the empire is ten times theirs, the land is twenty times, and the industrial production capacity is one hundred times! If I were Lord Sapphire, I would never let my country confront this behemoth."

After Jack had finished speaking, he found Dragon looked at himself with a smile, and said in a playful tone.

"Captain, the Tarrans think so too."

"This……"

Seeing Jack's speech lost for a while, Dragon smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then continued.

"Diplomacy is a matter of university. In many cases, it is not only the comparison of national strength, but also the geographical relationship. You only see that the empire is a hundred times stronger than the Principality, but you forget that the Principality is next to the Federation!"

What Dragon said made Jack suddenly realize.

Different from the Eastern Qin Kingdom, which has been making a fortune in a muffled way, the Crick Federation has clearly opposed the empire since its foundation.As a small country, the Principality of Sapphire is naturally unable to play the big power strategy of "distant diplomacy and close attack".

So since the small country can't make distant friendships, in order to survive, he can only find his godfather to make aid.

And attacking the empire is like casting a name, if this life is made them pretend to be, let alone say it will last ten years!

The artillery bombardment of the Principality’s navy subsided for a full hour, and the observation post in front quickly reported that an unknown number of landing craft had been found on the sea.They had already approached the shore under the cover of artillery fire before, and landed quickly as soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, directly ashore from the relatively flat beach on the left side of the pier.

Dragon understood that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

So the second infantry battalion, which was on standby, quickly moved forward to seize favorable terrain with the cooperation of eight tanks.Although the false positions dug before are completely different, all the craters are ready-made bunkers.The soldiers jumped directly into the pit, quickly set up light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and aimed their guns at the attacking enemy.

At this time, the Principality Army had just sent a small group of vanguard soldiers into the ruins of the wharf, and they were advancing in a search formation, hoping to catch one or two fatalities.But they quickly found out in disbelief that although it was a mess, there were few corpses on the ground.

Most of these pioneers have experienced actual combat, and they know the true power of shells.Even if an unlucky person unfortunately picks up the warhead with his face, it will not disappear completely. There will always be some "residue" on the ground.

Realizing that something was wrong, the ensign who led the team just wanted to call someone back to report. There was a burst of gunfire on the island, and then the surrounding gunshots broke out, and the unexpected soldiers fell to the ground.

According to the pre-plan prepared by Dragon before the battle, the troops used the sound of artillery as an order. The mountain artillery company and the front-line mortar team only played three rounds of cover output. Then the 600 people of the second battalion all charged and went to the enemy. Face to face".

Before the start of the battle, he allocated three-quarters of his submachine guns to the second battalion to increase firepower.The enemy army that had just landed was still unstable, and the heavy equipment hadn't had time to deploy. It was swept across the face by so many submachine guns in an instant.

The warships on the sea can only be in a hurry. The enemy line is less than ten meters apart, and the shells do not have eyes. The ghost knows the past, where will be the victims?

Therefore, the battle is almost a one-sided situation, like a crazy massacre.These Principality Marines, which were besieged as soon as they landed, faced an enemy whose firepower was several times greater than their own, and soon suffered more than half of the casualties under the rain of bullets. Even the commander was killed in the battle.

The remaining troops had to shrink and retreat, but behind them was the sea, and there were almost no shelters on the beach, and their hearts were filled with despair for a while.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.Suddenly, the fleet of the Principality went crazy, attacking the beach with indiscriminate firepower.The shelling stopped the second battalion's offensive in an instant, and it shocked Dragoon, who was watching and commanding the battle in the rear.He didn't expect the commander opposite to be so ruthless, and what he did so absolutely.

Dragun could not sit and watch one of his battalion's men turn into cannon fodder on the beach, and hurriedly sent people a retreat signal.

The second battalion that was being bombed saw three successive colored flares rising behind him, and quickly left the battle and retreated to the woods behind.The enemy's artillery fire extended all the way, chasing them for more than 500 meters before giving up.

After the war, statistics showed that the second battalion lost more than 100 people, most of them were killed by shelling, and the enemy’s first landing troops were almost wiped out. Not to mention that more than 400 corpses were dropped on the beach. .

According to pre-war estimates, the enemy fleet could mobilize at most about two thousand infantry to land, and now it has disappeared by a fifth.Relying on local superiority, the defenders should not be a problem until the reinforcements arrive.

So Dragon asked the second battalion to withdraw to the rear for rest, and then arranged for the engineers to mine the main road into the mountain, giving the opposing Marines some "surprise".

That night, the Principality Army, which was suffering, did not send a second batch of landing troops.The two sides are in peace, and Dragon, as the defender, is also happy to delay time.

But in the early morning of the next day, there was a big action on the opposite side. They did not use small boats for landing this time. Instead, they sent six armed cargo ships directly to forcibly wash the beaches at the wharf of Longgong Island and the west bank. A large number of infantry and heavy equipment came down from the ship.

The investigators were surprised to find that the enemy's forces were far beyond their previous expectations.In the fishing village of the West Bank alone, two thousand people landed, a full group of people.And more than a thousand people came up from the dock, and most of the heavy equipment was here.

Dragoon, who had made a mistake in his judgment, couldn't help but wonder, what did these guys chasing the Tarrance fleet across the sea with so many infantry and marine equipment?

Chapter 191 Island Battle (1)

In one morning, the Principality Army sent a total of nearly 4,000 infantrymen at the two landing sites, and the number of troops had surpassed the Imperial Army on Longgong Island.

And seeing that the enemy had so many infantrymen, Dragon, who was originally optimistic about standing by and waiting for help, couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Some officers are even speculating whether the Sapphire Principality got any news from where they knew that the empire was secretly developing new weapons here, so they deliberately prepared so many landing troops and wanted to take the opportunity to rob?

Thinking of such a possibility, Dragon decided to wait until dark and let the reconnaissance company grab a few tongues back.

After the enemy brigade landed, Xiaoyu Village first sent about a battalion of troops to try to board Zuolong Mountain, the nearest to them, in order to occupy a commanding height.At the same time, in the direction of the pier, the enemy's heavy equipment also launched an offensive from this side, advancing towards the middle of the island.

Therefore, the outer blocking position at the foot of the mountain was the first to engage with the enemy. The Principality Army relied on its sufficient strength and naval gun support behind it, and the offensive was very rapid.

However, the defenders had already built a double-decker position in accordance with Dragoon's instructions long before the war.First, he deliberately put the enemy infantry closer, and soon after the exchange of fire, he took the initiative to retreat and led the enemy into the first-line position, while he retreated to the second-line position behind.

The distance between the front and rear of the double-decker positions was only 20 meters. This distance forced the enemy ships not to open fire easily, so as to avoid accidental injuries.

At this time, the gap between the two sides' individual level and company-platoon level firepower became prominent.

After all, the Sapphire Principality is a small and backward country in a remote area. The domestic industrial foundation is weak and the economy is not developed. Many heavy equipment that cannot be manufactured by itself has to be purchased from developed countries with huge amounts of money. Therefore, the degree of automation of the military's light weapons is very low.Basic-level soldiers have almost only rifles and grenades in their hands. An infantry platoon does not necessarily have a light machine gun. The heavy machine gun mortar is a "big killer" unique to the first-level battalion unit.

With such a weapon configuration, there is no problem with the Tarrans Kingdom at the same level, but once you encounter an empire with "rich wealth", it will not be enough.

Although the empire’s Senate was forced, it never abolished military upgrades simply to save money.

The standard first-class combat unit of the Imperial Army, on average, is equipped with one light machine gun and two submachine guns per squad. Heavy machine guns are placed in platoons, and a special heavy machine gun squad is set up.In recent years, artillery platoons equipped with two light mortars have been added to the infantry company to strengthen its firepower.

And Dragoon's troops have been further strengthened on this basis.Before the battle, Dragon found the shrine leader Falcon Eagle, borrowed a large number of semi-automatic rifles from the shrine arsenal, and sent ten to each company.

So the soldiers of the Principality were horrified to find that the opponent's firepower was too fierce!And they mistakenly adopted the company-level tactics to deal with Tarrance. The soldiers lined up in a very dense queue to charge the enemy, and they fell in a rain of bullets.

However, after all, the Principality Army had an overwhelming advantage in heavy firepower. The frontline commander quickly realized the gap between the two sides in light weapons, and the offensive was frustrated and retreated, and then called for naval gun support.

From the perspective of the situation, the fighting in the small fishing village is the most vigorous.The main enemy forces are concentrated on this side, and seven more warships provide support in this direction.But Dragon, who was in the command headquarters, knew very well that the enemy's real killer was the heavy troops landing on the dock.

The main equipment of the Principality Army’s heavy equipment is a scorpion-shaped synthetic beast purchased from the Creek Federation.The tonnage can only be regarded as a medium-sized, fast-moving, suitable for fighting on rugged mountainous terrain.

Although the combat power is not as strong as the heavy-duty that Dragon has fought, it still cannot be underestimated.

It is worth mentioning that the main weapon of this synthetic beast is a chemical ammunition called "acid bomb".

Back then, the Creek Federation could not produce good artillery, so it worked hard on the artillery shells to develop this kind of weird acid artillery shell.The shell uses a double-layer projectile body, the inner layer is made of ceramic material, and it contains several kilograms of powerful acid, which can etch through 50 millimeters of armored steel plates in just ten seconds and generate a large amount of toxic gas.

However, the shortcomings of this projectile are also very obvious. First, it is not easy to store, and the projectile body is easily broken due to collision. Second, the range is too short, and the maximum can only reach 500 meters, which is not an effective range.

After all, this thing is awesome, and the gun and propellant are still the same, and there is no substantial improvement.Therefore, this type of artillery and shells were quickly retired after only less than seven years of service in the Federal Army. They were transferred to a batch of newly manufactured synthetic beasts, and then packaged and sold to the Sapphire Principality at a relatively conscientious price.

The scorpion-shaped synthetic beasts that came ashore had a total of 24 heads, which happened to be a battalion organization, and they soon handed over to the tank battalion commanded by Lanno.

The headquarters of the Imperial Army was busy at this time, and Dragon stood in front of the sand table with a focused expression. The red flag on it representing the Imperial Army was constantly being moved back, and the line of defense contracted towards the airport.

At this time, Brigadier General Levsto of the Tarrance Army came to Dragon. The old general glanced at the situation on the sand table and asked Dragon.

"Lieutenant Colonel Li, my troops are ready for battle. Please give our Tarrance soldiers a chance to prove themselves. We are not cowards!"

When the old general said the word "coward", his tone was obviously a little excited.Most of the Tarrans soldiers who escaped from the country came from elite troops. If it were not to protect the royal widow, they had planned to fight the enemy until the last one.