Macho Wars

After the Brigadier General entered the door, he first looked around the eight people in the room, his eyes finally fell on Dragoon, and then he introduced himself.

"Gentlemen, my name is Hammo Raton, and I am your new chief of staff. Because of the tight schedule and heavy tasks, let's make a long story short. I will arrange the work first. By the way, Colonel Li, I just arrived in the Far East and I have I still don’t understand the situation. The commander recommended you to me. From now on, you are the deputy chief of staff."

The sudden "promotion" made Dragon stunned.After all, under normal circumstances, the Expeditionary Army is a group army unit, and the chief and deputy chiefs of staff should have the ranks of generals, and it is not his turn to be a colonel.

Fortunately, several other staff officers knew some of his record, so they did not harbor hostility because of their youth, and applauded.

The first task of the staff is to plan a new line of defense after the southwest front has shrunk, and come up with an effective retreat plan to avoid confusion.

You must know that retreat is a technical job that tests the dispatching ability of officers and the quality of basic soldiers. In many major battles throughout the ages, problems occurred during the retreat, which caused the retreat to become a collapse.

Therefore, in many cases, military strategists judge whether a unit is good at fighting, not by how fierce their offensive is, but by whether they can retreat in an orderly manner.

What Dragon and the others have to do is to formulate a retreat plan for the 50,000 Imperial Army and 120,000 Tarance Army on the Southwest Front. The burden on the shoulders of their new staff is not light at all.

Chapter 320 The War on the Sand Table

The current southwest front is the most concentrated area on the entire Tarrans battlefield.It is only 40 kilometers long and there are nearly half a million people together.

Although the multinational coalition forces on the opposite side were a mob, but they had more than 300,000 people, and there were always experts behind them, which indeed caused a lot of pressure on the expeditionary army.

The idea of ​​the General Staff Headquarters is to take a conservative route, allowing the troops on the southwest front to alternately cover and retreat, while artillery troops suppress the enemy's front line.

But the problem is that the enemy has been on the offensive, and the front-line troops on both sides are fighting very stalemate. It is difficult to withdraw people easily at this time.Must first contain the enemy's offensive, and then pull a certain distance.

Therefore, the General Staff Headquarters studied to the end and decided to organize a counter-push offensive on the southwest front to temporarily contain the enemy's offensive before taking the opportunity to leave.

With the collective efforts of a group of staff members, everyone worked overtime, and the combat plan was drawn up on the same day, and then submitted to the superiors of the command. Howard immediately decided to implement it after his inspection.

The combat plan itself is not complicated. The basic step is to first mobilize the mobile force of six regiments from the southwest front, and then find a way to do the fucking!

After all, the advantage of the multinational coalition lies in its strength. Although these small countries in the Far East have assembled an army of 300,000, but the heavy equipment is lacking, basically light tanks and wheeled armored vehicles.But in terms of use, these guys are not bad at playing.

The mobilization of the attacking force was quickly completed, and more than 150 tanks and 10,000 infantry were assembled.The main force is Dragoon’s colleagues, the 771 and 772 regiments of the Marine Brigade.

These two regiments have been active on the southwest front. Although their record is not as sturdy as the independent regiment of Dragon, they have also played the first-class elite.

After four days of intense preparations, the anti-push operation began as scheduled.But when the first shot on the front line fired, Dragun was in the headquarters hundreds of miles away.

To be honest, for Dragon, who is accustomed to acting with combat troops, he is not very comfortable with the atmosphere of the headquarters.

As a relatively stable rear, Nas could not hear the deafening guns, or smell the pungent gunpowder and blood.A group of generals and staff officers guarded the communications machine and the map to make plans. The troops of hundreds of people were just small pushpins on the map that they played with.

Such a comfortable environment can indeed protect the commander from interference from the outside world and keep thinking as calmly as possible. However, staying away from the battlefield does not only bring benefits.

After the battle started, the offensive forces with armored force as the tip of the blade were on the offensive very quickly, and the enemy's front line of defense was quickly breached by them.The multinational coalition forces also immediately launched a counterattack, and the two forces exchanged fire across the board.

In the entire headquarters, communication personnel are undoubtedly the busiest existence. More than a dozen large-scale guided communication devices are operating at full capacity, trying to maintain smooth communication between the headquarters and front-line combat troops.

Therefore, the front-line battle report must be extremely concise, mostly only a few sentences, without any modification between the lines.The job of the General Staff Headquarters is to screen out key messages in a timely manner from the massive battle reports and assist Commander-in-Chief Howard to take the overall situation.

However, compared to the front line, the atmosphere in the headquarters is tense, but at least there are no guns and bullets flying overhead. A group of senior staff members smoke or drink coffee, and the handsome officers’ uniforms have a pill on them. No dust will be contaminated.

Dragoon used to yearn for working like this, but now that he really entered the headquarters, he seemed a bit at a loss.

He was holding a telegram just sent in his hand from the 607th regiment of the Fifth Infantry Division of Tarrance on the front line. The defense line of this regiment was attacked by the enemy and the casualty rate reached within 30 minutes. 20%.

This ratio does not seem to be very high, that is, one-fifth, but for a 2,000-person infantry regiment, one-fifth is a total of four hundred men, and this is just the casualties of one of their regiments.

It wasn't until this time that Dragon truly realized what is meant by "successful accomplishment"!

As the fighting progressed into the night, the situation gradually began to develop in the direction expected by the Imperial Army.The attacking force successfully broke through the enemy's second line of defense, thereby being able to threaten the enemy's rear.

At this time, the shortcomings of the multinational coalition forces were finally exposed.After all, these small country troops didn't come to Tarrance to defend their homes, let alone any nihilistic and beautiful justice.Therefore, when the stated benefits have not been realized, but the losses have exceeded the psychological expectations, the shake will follow.

So without any warning, the army of one of the small countries suddenly began to retreat, and their run affected the nearby friendly forces, and then quickly spread.

Howard also noticed that the enemy's defense line was collapsing in time, and immediately ordered an attack across the board to let the troops catch up and "kick a few feet" and come back.

The battle lasted until the early morning of the next day. The participating troops pushed the enemy back 13 kilometers and then retreated. In this 22-hour battle, the Imperial Army perfectly achieved its original strategic goal, and even severely damaged the enemy. The army severely hit their morale.

When Howard declared victory, the entire command room was full of joy, and several staff officers immediately brought a box of champagne, ready to celebrate.

And Dragon was standing in front of a strategy map covered with a whole wall, looking at the dense red and blue pushpins on it, a little surprised.

Seven thousand people!This is the total number of deaths in the entire battle, the Empire and Tarrance forces combined, the casualties exceeded 10,000, and the number of deaths may increase further.

Dragon can fully imagine what a tragic situation in the field hospital at this time, with all kinds of bloody wounds and severed limbs, ears are full of the desperate wailing of the wounded soldiers before they die...

However, these are invisible to the headquarters. The group of them just seemed to have played a very complicated "board game", which gave Dragoon an indescribable sense of unreality.

At this time, Chief of Staff Hanmo came over, handed Dragoon a glass of champagne, and then gently touched the glass.

Noting Dragon's solemn expression and a thoughtful look, Hanmo understood it all at once.

"Colonel Lee, you've always been a frontline commander before, right?"

"Yes, my regiment is on the northern front."

"It's no wonder that many officers who have brought soldiers, just after being transferred to serve as staff, feel uncomfortable."

"I think I am really not suitable."

"Haha, maybe! But you don't have to worry too much. You guys are all temporary workers. I believe that your commander will not let a group of experienced frontline commanders always be staff in the rear. You should soon Will be put back."

Chapter 321

Perhaps it is the reason that Dragon cherishes his soldiers very much. If it is not necessary, he tries not to take the initiative to fight the war of attrition.In the eyes of senior military officials, soldiers are undoubtedly cheap.

Theoretically speaking, a recruit can only spend 50 gold coins on him from being trained to being able to go into battle. The subsequent investment depends on how long the soldier can live on the battlefield.

This small amount of money is nothing compared to the military expenditure of a war that can cost millions of dollars!

But they are both "good brothers of fifty yuan." In the eyes of front-line commanders, recruits and veterans have completely different values.

After the counter-push operations on the southwest front were over, the legion immediately broke away from contact with the enemy, and then withdrew to the contracted new line of defense according to the plan.The 89 and 92 divisions were also replaced by Tarrance's troops.

After a short rest, they will go to the eastern region to join the 95th Division, and then launch an offensive against the Federal Division here, trying to push the opponent directly into the sea.

In the next battle plan, Dragon also participated in the formulation of the work, because in the entire headquarters, he had fought against these federal bald men before, and led his troops to severely damage their command organization.

When Howard arrived in Nass, he had specially visited the weird things that the Independence Corps had snatched from the Federal Army. No matter the "Swarm Consciousness Network" or the "Human Brain Series Computer", they were all new styles unheard of by the Imperial military equipment.The role of these things has also made the Federation Army more difficult than in the past.

Fortunately, the Federal Division on the Eastern Front had been hit hard in previous battles with the Independent Regiment. Not only was the commanding organs destroyed, but even the division’s artillery units were gone.

The Imperial Army used three main divisions to fight the remaining 10,000 people, which is more than enough.

However, the situation of the Northern Corps was still grim, and the Federation Army was not a fool. It quickly realized the intention of the Imperial Army and stepped up its offensive on the Rainbow River.