Macho Wars

Fortunately, the military has long been considering climate issues. It is known that even in the summer, the night temperature in the Far East often drops below ten degrees. Therefore, before the soldiers set out, they all issue long-sleeved military uniforms for the Spring and Autumn season.

In a small house with a big hole in the roof on the east side of the town, Frank sat on a small stool, watching the movement on the river through binoculars.In order to prevent possible night attacks, Dragon ordered the frontline mortar team to fire a flare over the river every fifteen minutes.

As the deputy captain, Frank didn't need to do this, but he couldn't sleep, so he got up and replaced the sentry to pass the time.

Thanks to the bracket under the telescope, Frank didn't need to hold the big and heavy thing with his hands, and he unconsciously put his hands in his sleeves.

The posture of this old farmer was learned from his own orderly soldiers before. Although it is not very elegant, the effect of warming hands is excellent, and there is a kind of intimate and comfortable comfort.

Frank was staring at the river when he heard two knocks on the door behind him, and when he looked back, he saw two dark figures coming in from outside.

"Who? Password!"

"Dagger. Good vigilance, Captain."

"Head?"

Hearing the other person talking, Frank recognized that it was the voice of the head of the group.

Dragon was leading Tafi to patrol a line of positions, just passing the observation post where Frank was.

"Is there anything on the other side?"

"Not yet, but..."

"Too quiet?"

"Ok."

Frank nodded. It was reasonable to say that the opposite party was rushing to reinforce them, but in the end, confronted them on the side of Orphee Town. This was obviously not normal.Unless there is a possibility...that is, they have given up the reinforcement port and are ready to directly deploy a line of defense on the side of Orphee Town.

In fact, just half an hour ago, Dragun had just received a notice from the main force that they had successfully captured the port.However, at the last moment of their fall, the defenders detonated a large number of ships in the harbor basin to block the channel.

Thanks to the urinary nature of the anal fissure of the defending army, although the Imperial Expeditionary Army took the place it wanted, the port area could not be used normally in a short time.

If the opponent really gives up reinforcements, the position of the Independence Group is already at the forefront!

It seems to be to confirm Dragon's guess that the enemy on the other side really did nothing all night.

In order to find out what these guys are doing on the opposite side, Dragon called two Haiyans and flew to the other side to investigate the enemy. It turned out that the Fifth Division was doing a lot of construction work, and it was a posture to completely fortify the west side of the town. .

At the same time, the reconnaissance plane also discovered that there was another unit of the Principality Army about eight kilometers southwest of Offi Town, and they were building a position on a high ground.Once completed, it will echo with the defenders of the town of Orphee, forming a pincer attack on the open space on the west bank of the upper reaches of the river.

It seems that the Principality Army itself is very clear that although they have a greater advantage in military strength, the main composition of the army is infantry. Therefore, facing the more mechanized imperial army, it is not cheap to fight in the field.

The town of Orphee is located in a strategically important place, so if the Expeditionary Force wants to march inland, it cannot bypass this place.

So Dragoon, who sensed the enemy's intentions, made a decisive decision and decided to launch an offensive as soon as possible, breaking through their defense line in Offi Town before completing the deployment on the other side.

Under the order of Dragun, the engineering pontoon troops were dispatched.In the past, the scouts conducted surveys of the river section within a dozen kilometers upstream and downstream of the river, and found several river sections suitable for erecting pontoon bridges.

Dragon chose a place downstream, transferred most of the tanks in his hand, and then called the carrier-based aircraft squadron to replace the aircraft with small cluster bombs and fifty kilograms of aerial bombs. The Independence regiment diverts the enemy's attention in the town of Orphee.

It is worth mentioning that because the previous attack on the shallow-water heavy gunboat failed to sink the target, the flying squadron is currently very dissatisfied with the fifty kilograms of aerial bombs equipped by Haiyan, and they are eager to get a bigger and stronger egg.

Soon, the air fleet taking off from the Lexington flew over the town of Orphee.There was only one target that Dragon gave them, and that was the enemy's artillery position.

Under the suppression of the air force, the artillery of the Principality Army completely turned into a sizzling salted fish fried on an iron plate. Dragon immediately seized the opportunity and issued an offensive order.

"Artillery, hit me fiercely!"

Four heavy artillery, eight mountain artillery, and more than 30 mortars arranged in the front, were bombarded near the west bank bridgehead.

Misunderstood that the Imperial Army was going to attack from the front, the Principality Army on the opposite bank immediately detonated the explosives on the bridge, breaking the last large bridge on the river.

But just like the situation reported by the engineers to Dragon, the bridge in front of them uses sturdy gravity-type piers, so the engineers on the opposite side can only attack the bridge deck and blow directly from the middle if they want to destroy the bridge. A section of the bridge deck seven or eight meters wide was broken.

Therefore, as soon as the bridge surface was broken, the Independence Group immediately drove up a bridge tank.This thing is essentially a tank with its turret removed, and a ten-meter-long steel bridge on its head.

Since there is no heavy turret, there is more wealth in the load to strengthen the front armor of the car body, and the thick skin is completely fearless of ordinary light weapons.

The bridge-building tank that rushed up quickly laid the bridge deck to the location where the bridge was broken, and the light infantry who followed immediately passed the bridge deck and rushed to the other side of the river.At this time, the bridgehead defenders on the opposite bank were completely crushed by the concentrated firepower of the independent regiment.

Relying on the excellent infantry coordination, more than half of the leading death teams crossed the bridge smoothly and quickly seized the bridgehead position on the opposite bank.

Obviously, the Principality Army didn’t expect that the bridgehead that was heavily guarded by itself would be lost so quickly, and hurriedly organized a counterattack. However, due to the size of the streets in the city, the army was unable to give full play to its advantages despite the fact that it had a submachine gun. The death squad was firmly suppressed.

At the same time, on the downstream side, the State Bridge troops quickly erected a simple pontoon bridge over the river that was large enough for tanks to pass, and Lannuo led the troops to kill.

Chapter 274

Before this battle, Dragon only learned about modern warfare on the other side of the earth, knowing that having air supremacy can bring significant advantages to the battle.But how big this advantage can be, he didn't actually have a very intuitive understanding before that.

Can you do whatever you want if you have the air power?Sorry!With air supremacy, you can really do whatever you want, and the one without the plane will not understand this mood.

The Fifth Division of the Principality Army originally had an artillery regiment, plus the 52nd regiment that was originally stationed here, the number of artillery on the west side of Offi Town was more than twice that on the opposite bank.

However, due to the threat from the air, these cannons had almost no room for use during the battle.

As a result, a unilateral advantage was formed. With the support of artillery fire, the troops of the Independent Regiment were assaulted all the way. Their opponents lost their helmets and abandoned armor. When the tank troops led by Lanno outflanked from the downstream, the Fifth Division, which was attacked by two sides, quickly collapsed Up.

In the fierce battle until the afternoon, the Independence Regiment completely controlled the entire Orphee Town. The Fifth Division left the dead bodies and a large amount of supplies on the ground and fled southwest in panic.

Afterwards, the Independent Group cleaned the battlefield, captured more than 1,000 prisoners before and after, and counted more than 2,000 corpses, but its own casualties were less than 500.Such a sturdy record that Kane subconsciously thought that this kid was bragging when Dragoon reported to his superiors.

"Hey! Is this a bit too much for your kid?"

"Brigadier Commander, I know I asked for instructions a bit late, but why did I seize the fighter?"

"Don't come here! I'm not saying that you took the initiative to attack this matter. It was your result of the battle. You beat 20,000 by more than three thousand people. If you only win, you will wipe out two thousand enemies and capture one thousand enemies? I will help you report. Go up, the ghost will believe it!?"

"But General, I really didn't inject water! The town of Orphee is now completely under the control of my regiment, and the captured and annihilated enemy corpses are outside the town. I can use my head to guarantee that the actual number of enemies in my regiment is annihilated. , It's only a lot more than the one on this battle report!"

"Li, don't get me wrong, I don't believe you, it's just that your report... is too exaggerated."

After hanging up the communication with Dragon, Kane took the battle report of the Independence Corps and found the legion commander Henry.

Henry had just transferred the general headquarters of the expeditionary force to land, and the address was in a local hotel that was fairly well-kept. The mess was all people at the moment.

When Kane found Henry, the old general was playing with the trophy he had just obtained—a harp.

This is a relatively common folk musical instrument in the Far East. The shape is a bit like the erhu on the other side of the earth, but the sound is thicker.The one that Henry took now was said to have been owned by the Grand Duke of Sapphire, and was later presented by him to his favorite son-in-law, the general of the principality army stationed at the port.

This fellow led less than a division's force, and withstood the imperial fleet's wild bombing and ground onslaught, he held on for a full 13 hours. When he finally retreated, he did not forget the next trip and blocked the harbor.

This harp was one of his personal belongings that he threw in the port too late to take away. Although Henry didn't know how to play the harp, he caught it at a glance.

Kane came to Henry and handed the report of the independence regiment to him. Henry glanced at him and couldn't help but smile.