Chapter 154: The Attack and Defense of Xiongguan (Part II)
The commander of the Black Ice Tribe was deeply shocked by this strange way of fighting of the Tianhai Tribe, he originally thought that although the Tianhai Tribe was not weak, in front of the powerful Black Ice Tribe armed to the teeth, he was not pressed and beaten and pressed to the ground to rub his share? He had already decided to destroy the Tianhai Tribe within a month, and to present him with a big gift before the leader's birthday next month. But now after a day of fighting, I found out that the Tianhai tribe is still a hard bone, and it's really hard to gnaw.
"Marshal, what should we do? Shall we suspend the attack first? From noon to now, twelve hours have passed, although we have bombed Xiongguan into a ruin, but our ground troops have only broken through their five lines of defense, and there is still a distance of more than 500 meters from Xiongguan, the key is that the casualties of our army are too great, it is estimated that the dead have reached six figures, and the wounded are countless, and if this continues, even if we capture Xiongguan, I am afraid that we will not be able to take the Tianhai tribe in a short time. A disgraced staff officer worriedly suggested to the commander-in-chief that he had never fought such a humiliating battle, and that the armies of the Black Ice Tribe had always been fought against other people's armies.
The commander-in-chief was also taken aback when he heard such a casualty report, and said angrily: "What about the tank and armored units? Are they all watching the war? Have you realized any artistic realm? Ask the governor of Yukimura to come and see me." ”
"Report to the marshal, the governor of Yukimura has been seriously wounded and is being rescued, and the tank and armored forces have lost more than half of them, and are now in full force to attack, but because the enemy has too many trenches and tunnels, and they are large and wide, they cannot exert their due power. The staff officer replied quite honestly.
"You ......" The commander-in-chief was so angry that he directly overturned the table and said angrily, "You waste, can't you think of some flexible tactics? Why are the tactics of the Tianhai tribe so clever, are you all full of shit in your heads? Where is Mr. Spiegel, call him to see me immediately, we must find a way to save this situation, otherwise we will have to go to the leader with our heads up!"
The staff officer was about to rush away with his head in his arms, but the commander-in-chief suddenly said: "Slow, you go and give the order first, let the troops suspend the attack, withdraw from the battle, and wait for Mr. Spiegel to come, discuss the tactics and then reorganize the attack, and if this continues, the face of the Black Ice Tribe will be lost to you." ”
"Yes!" the staff officer answered, and the commander-in-chief was still roaring in the tent, obviously a war with absolute superiority, how could it be fought like this?
In fact, the Black Ice Tribe should have learned the lesson of the last time, after all, it was not the first time that Zhao Chun had used this tactic, but because the defeat was too tragic last time, under the anger of the leader, no one dared to mention that battle. Although some people in the military department were secretly studying the battle, because the people who witnessed the battle were secretive about the matter, the information they obtained was fragmentary, so naturally they could not summarize much useful information. What's more, the Black Ice Tribe has won too many battles recently, and the arrogance among the troops has skyrocketed, even if someone in the military department has summed up any lessons, how can anyone listen to them? In their opinion, those who have lost the battle are just cowardly and incompetent.
Hearing that the enemy army sounded the horn of retreat, and the enemy army was as black as ants and pressed down like a tide, Zhao Chun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, don't look at him using the trench tunnels to gain the upper hand, and the enemy in more than ten hours, only broke through five lines of defense and advanced a few hundred meters, but only he knew that he had already pressed all his family foundations, if the enemy did not retreat, and then maintained this intensity of fierce attack, he didn't know if the troops could hold out until dawn.
Moreover, according to post-war statistics, his troops alone have lost as many as 80,000 people, and countless people have been wounded. Now that the enemy is temporarily retreating, he can just use this time to allow the system to recover as quickly as possible for those wounded officers and soldiers, and there will not be too many non-combat attrition, which is his advantage.
Not only that, but he also asked the remaining hundreds of pilots to keep transporting warriors, weapons and ammunition to the top of the two mountains, and asked them to dig as many trench tunnels as possible, but fortunately, these soldiers were all transformed and had become low-level monks, several times stronger than ordinary people, otherwise no one would really be able to withstand it.
At three or four o'clock in the morning, Zhao Chun finally recovered the wounded, but it was impossible to have time to rest, so he immediately summoned Tiancang, Tianmen and others to discuss.
Zhao Chundao: "Ladies and gentlemen, although we have made great sacrifices today, in general, we can barely show the majesty and momentum of our army. Everyone must be mentally prepared, we are now facing the most powerful army in the Sacred Continent, so the war must be cruel and hard, we can neither have the feeling of pride and complacency, nor can we have the heart of retreating from the fear of the enemy, we must believe that we are the righteous side, since ancient times, evil has not prevailed over the good, even if the enemy is strong, we can defeat them. What's more, behind us is the homeland on which we live, where there are our relatives and friends, if we don't want them to fall into the hands of the enemy, let them be slaughtered and slaughtered, we can only defend them with our flesh and blood! If they want to set foot on the land of the Tianhai tribe, unless they step over our bones!"
"I am very satisfied with the heroic killing of the enemy by everyone today, and to achieve such a result, it is also the blood and life of many soldiers in exchange. There was only one thing that made me feel a little unhappy, I had told the canopy yesterday that I would send an experienced and fearless commander to command the artillery on the peaks of the mountains on both sides, and I would obey the command in all actions, but what I didn't expect was that this old man actually got out of the basket at the critical moment, and actually opened fire in advance when the enemy was still far away from Xiongguan, causing us to be very passive in the battle behind us, and many more brothers were sacrificed. Since he has given his life for the country, I will not pursue it, but I hope that you will learn a lesson and do not make such a low-level mistake again, otherwise we will not be able to give an account to the brothers who are in eternal sleep!"
Tiancang knew that Zhao Chun's spearhead was pointed at herself and Tianmen, and pointed out that she didn't know people, used people inappropriately, and couldn't play her due role at a critical time, but she really couldn't muster up the courage to stand up and admit her mistakes, she felt that as a supreme commander, she should have her own dignity and prestige, and she couldn't let her subordinates see her weak and incompetent side, now is the time to shape myths and legends, how can she self-destruct the Great Wall to admit her mistakes? That commander has ten years of military experience, has experienced no less than nine wars, and has been stationed in this Xiongguan for three years. What is wrong with choosing such an experienced and excellent general to command the artillery? Shouldn't he kill the enemy bravely? Should he be greedy for life and fear death, shirk responsibility, and escape from the battle? Can he do better than him if he is replaced by another person? I'm afraid not necessarily? The soldiers of the Tianhai tribe have never fought such a battle, and it is possible that they will not be able to adapt for a while.
Of course, although Canopy was not convinced, she did not express it on the spot, she knew that these were extraordinary times, and she made full use of her right to remain silent.
And Tianmen is also an old fritter, most of the sacrifices today are the old departments and recruits of the canopy (mainly because of Zhao Chun's brainwashing, these people are more desperate), and the guards of Tianmen only sacrificed less than 8,000 people. It's not that these people are greedy for life and afraid of death, hiding behind, but most of these people are soldiers, some have fought for more than ten years, and at least some have been fighting for more than three years, and they are well versed in the way of survival on the battlefield. Before the war, Tianmen also secretly told them that while trying their best to destroy the most enemies, they must do everything possible to survive, because only by living can there be hope and protect the territory and protect their families. I have to say that this guy's ideas are very bizarre and selfish, but he is very popular among his soldiers, and they even secretly call it the rule of survival on the battlefield, and they have to sum up a set of experiences.
If Zhao Chun knew that they were engaged in such a set of so-called battlefield survival rules, he would definitely be half angry, if it weren't for so many soldiers who were not afraid of sacrifice and fought tenaciously against the Black Ice Tribe army, this Xiongguan would have been destroyed by them early in the morning, and then you would either run around or be slaughtered by them like piglets, and the rules of battlefield survival would be a yarn.
Tianmen naturally wouldn't reveal the darkness in his heart, pretending to be very enthusiastic, and changed the topic: " It is estimated that one-third of the casualties of our army are caused by those tank armor and long-range artillery, although we have successfully destroyed more than half of their tank armor today, but there are still more than two hundred tank armor that they have successfully broken through and withdrawn, once they attack tomorrow, it is estimated that their long-range artillery and tank armor will cause us huge casualties. I don't think we should form a death squad and take advantage of the fact that the sky is still dark and their defenses are lax, and they will sneak up and blow up their tank armor and long-range artillery?"
Zhao Chun had no choice but to pour cold water on him and said: "These weapons are so important to the enemy, can they not think about the aspect of preventing sneak attacks? They will definitely be guarded with heavy troops, I am afraid that they have already set up traps for us to drill! The so-called sneak attack must be taken by surprise to have the possibility of success, these are all things that are expected by the enemy, how can they easily succeed? It is just a waste of the lives of the brothers." ”
"You ......" Tianmen was snatched white by Zhao Chun's slash, his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he sneered, "Aren't you known as a clever man and a god? Do you want to let these more than 200,000 soldiers be buried together with this Xiongguan?"