"Boom-boom-"

Countless artillery shells and aerial bombs fell on the positions of the 101st Infantry Division of the 10th Group Army of the Tongzhou Military Region, and the dust that was splashed turned the entire position gray.

Today is September 10, 1549, at nine o'clock in the morning, the combined forces of the Natural Elf Empire, the Light Elf Empire, the Dark Elf Empire and the Red Tiger Empire suddenly launched a full-scale attack on the border defense line of Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town and Dazhou Town.

For this offensive, the combined forces of the four countries have assembled a total of more than 10 million troops, more than 20,000 tanks, more than 10,000 armored vehicles, more than 8,000 warplanes and more than 100,000 artillery pieces.

The armies of the three Elven Empires, as the main force of this attack, sent about 3.6 million troops from the Natural Elven Empire, about 3 million troops from the Light Elf Empire, and about 2.8 million troops from the Dark Elf Empire.

And more than 20,000 tanks, more than 10,000 armored vehicles, more than 8,000 warplanes and more than 100,000 artillery pieces, the vast majority of which belong to the armies of the three elven empires.

On the grounds of guarding against the counterattack of the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires, the Red Tiger Empire only sent about 1 million troops to participate in this full-scale attack, and more Red Tiger troops remained on the border defense line of Via and Chesla provinces.

However, the Red Tiger Empire let more than 2,000 warplanes deployed in the border areas of Via and Chesla provinces all participate in the air raids on the defensive positions of the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires.

At the front-line headquarters of the 101st Infantry Division of the 10th Group Army of the Tongzhou Military Region, division commander Sun Liang said in a deep voice to the commanders of the three infantry brigades under his command, as well as the commanders of the baggage brigade and the heavy artillery brigade: "Brothers, we have finally waited for the opportunity of our 101st Infantry Division to be ashamed!" ”

Sun Liang, who was the commander of the 101st Infantry Division, was only the deputy commander of the 1012th Infantry Brigade under the 101st Infantry Division a few months ago.

The 101st Infantry Division suffered heavy losses in the previous offensive on the border defenses of the Red Tiger Empire's provinces of Via and Chesla, and the commander, deputy division commander and five brigade commanders of the 101st Infantry Division were all killed.

The 101st Infantry Division, with a full strength of 40,000 men, lost almost two-thirds of its strength in that attack, making it one of the infantry divisions with the greatest losses in the Tongzhou Military Region.

In the process of rebuilding the 101st Infantry Division, Xiang Tao, commander of the Tongzhou Military Region, took into account the situation of the 101st Infantry Division and Sun Liang's past performance, and finally decided to directly promote Sun Liang to the commander of the 101st Infantry Division.

Sun Liang is 45 years old this year, and when he was in the Silver Wolf Column, Sun Liang, who was a platoon commander, lost his left arm in a battle.

After recovering from his injuries, Sun Liang was assigned to a village in the area controlled by the Silver Wolf Column, and was responsible for forming a local militia company.

After that, Sun Liang was promoted all the way in the Zhou family's army, and at the time of the last war between the Zhou family and the six beast countries, Sun Liang had been promoted to the commander of the infantry regiment.

Next, in the formation process of the Tongzhou Military Region, Sun Liang was transferred to the 1012th Infantry Brigade as the deputy brigade commander, and now he has become the division commander of the 101st Infantry Division.

As soon as Sun Liang's words fell, Xiang Zuo, the commander of the 1011th Infantry Brigade, said loudly: "Don't worry, division commander, our 1011 Brigade, even if there is one breather left, will never let the enemy step into the position of our 1011 Brigade!" ”

Subsequently, the commanders of the other two infantry brigades also expressed their positions, vowing to live and die with the position.

Yu Ji, deputy commander of the 101st Infantry Division, said at this time: "The positions of your three infantry brigades are distributed in a zigzag pattern, and the positions of the 1011 brigades are the salient parts, which are likely to withstand more fierce attacks.

Brigadier Xiang, you must be mentally prepared for a hard battle.

The Baggage Brigade will serve as a reserve to support your 3 infantry brigades, especially Brigade Commander Xiang's 1011 Brigade. ”

The deputy division commander Yu Ji was Sun Liang's deputy head when Sun Liang was the regiment commander.

Later, Sun Liang was transferred to the 1012th Infantry Brigade as a deputy brigade commander, and Yu Ji was transferred to the 6th Group Army of the Tongzhou Military Region, where he also served as a deputy brigade commander.

What I didn't expect was that this time the 101st Infantry Division was rebuilt, and Yu Ji was transferred to the 101st Infantry Division as the deputy division commander.

Division Commander Sun Liang continued: "In addition to the baggage brigade as a reserve, all the officers and soldiers of the guard regiment and the division headquarters will also serve as a reserve.

If necessary, the officers and men of the heavy artillery brigade, even me, the division commander, will take their guns to the position.

This battle is a shameful battle for our 101st Infantry Division, even if the entire division is exhausted, we must hold the position for Lao Tzu!

Did you hear me clearly? ”

The five brigade commanders stood up almost at the same time and replied in unison: "Yes!" Teachers! ”

After the five brigade commanders left the division headquarters, the deputy division commander Yu Ji hesitated for a moment and said to the division commander Sun Liang: "Old Sun, we have already learned the combat effectiveness of the elven army before.

This defensive battle may be very difficult. ”

The 6th Army of the Tongzhou Military Region, where Yu Ji was originally located, also participated in the previous offensive against the border defense line of the Red Tiger Empire's Via and Chesla provinces.

Division Commander Sun Liang nodded slightly, "The military headquarters of the group army has applied to the military region for 1 garrison division as the general reserve of our tenth group army.

If the positions of our 101st Infantry Division are tight, we can apply directly to the army headquarters for reinforcements. ”

Deputy division commander Yu Ji said in surprise: "Great, the current establishment of the garrison division is basically the same as our infantry division."

There is 1 garrison division as the reserve of the entire group army, and we have more confidence in our hearts.

The marksmanship of those elven soldiers was so accurate that I even had nightmares for days after the last attack failed. ”

The division commander Sun Liang suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, our Zhou family army can be said to be invincible all over the world, can't we help those elf troops."

There is nothing accurate in marksmanship, we are equipped with so many machine guns that are not ornaments, so we will use firepower to make up for marksmanship.

This time, our Tongzhou Military Region, in the border defense line of Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town, and Dazhou Town, has fully assembled 18 group armies and 70 garrison divisions, so that those elven troops will repay the blood debt they owed before! ”

The troops of the Tongzhou Military Region were ready to fight a tough battle against the attack of the elven army, but when the armies of the three elf countries attacked, the troops of the Tongzhou Military Region, as the defending side, found that the battle was much more difficult than expected.

The positions of the 1011th Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Brigade were already covered with the bodies of fallen soldiers, and many border guards were killed by bullets in the head.

"Bang-" A border guard soldier operating a -42 general-purpose machine gun was hit by a bullet in the front door, and without even letting out a scream, he turned into a corpse.

Another border guard soldier next to him immediately threw away the Mauser 98K rifle in his hand, re-erected the -42 general-purpose machine gun, and continued to strafe the charging elven soldiers.

The -42 general-purpose machine gun is a general-purpose machine gun in service in Germany during World War II, and it was also opened by Zhou Rui from the lottery system, and the number of shots is very large.

Nowadays, the German-42 general-purpose machine gun and the German-34 general-purpose machine gun are the standard machine guns of the border guards, and several large arsenals of the Zhou family are now able to imitate these two general-purpose machine guns.

According to the establishment of the border army, each infantry squad has 13 people, including 1 squad leader, 2 deputy squad leaders and 10 soldiers.

The squad leader and deputy squad leader each were equipped with a Finnish Suomi Type 931 submachine gun, a Huaxia Type 54 pistol and six German 8 grenades.

The Finnish Suomi Type 931 submachine gun was also issued by the lottery system, and now several large arsenals of the Zhou family can also copy it.

The two soldiers in the machine gun crew are each armed with a Huaxia Type 54 pistol and a -42 general-purpose machine gun or -34 general-purpose machine gun.

The other 8 soldiers were armed with a Mauser 98K rifle and 6 German 8 grenades.

The infantry company of the border army also has a machine gun squad consisting of 6 general-purpose machine guns.

But even if the border guards have such powerful firepower, it is still very difficult to fight in the face of the attack of the elven army.

The main thing is that the marksmanship of the elven soldiers is too accurate, many elven soldiers are within 200 meters, almost pointing anywhere, and the border guards are almost equivalent to fighting with an army composed of all sharpshooters.

Zhao Laosi, the commander of the 1011th Infantry Brigade's First Infantry Corps, suddenly saw through the telescope more than ten enemy tanks, rushing towards his position, and immediately turned his head and said to the adjutant beside him: "Contact the Heavy Artillery Brigade directly and request artillery fire coverage of the A432 area!" ”

Soon, more than ten tanks of the Nature Elf Empire were covered by a dense burst of large-caliber shells, and after this round of artillery fire, more than half of the more than ten tanks were destroyed, and only 5 tanks were left to continue to advance.

And the more than 200 elven officers and soldiers who followed behind more than ten tanks were even more left.

However, the remaining 5 tanks converged with the hundreds of elven soldiers who were attacking in front of them, and continued to rush towards the position of the First Infantry Corps.

Fortunately, the remaining 2 50-mm anti-aircraft guns of the artillery company of the 1st Infantry Corps, which can also be called anti-tank guns, quickly destroyed the 5 tanks close to the position, and the elf soldiers who lost the cover of the tanks were defeated.

However, the last two 50-mm anti-aircraft guns of the artillery company of the First Battalion Corps were also blown up by tank guns.

While the regiment commander Zhao Laosi breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately picked up the phone and called the division headquarters of the 101st Infantry Division, "Division commander, I am Zhao Laosi." ”

"Zhao Laosi, how is the position of your regiment?"

"Division commander, we have just repelled another attack by the elven army, and with the cooperation of the heavy artillery brigade, we have also destroyed more than a dozen tanks of the other side.

However, our regiment's anti-aircraft artillery just lost one more anti-aircraft gun, and now our entire regiment has only one 50-mm anti-aircraft gun left.

Division commander, can you find a way to support our regiment with a few battle defense guns! ”

Division commander Sun Liang said on the phone: "We didn't expect that the elven army would have so many tanks and armored vehicles, and now the combat defense artillery of each regiment is in short supply, and the military region is urgently transferring a batch of combat defense artillery to the front line."

I asked you to immediately send your regiment 1 50-mm anti-aircraft gun and a batch of armor-piercing shells to respond to emergencies first.

If there is not enough anti-aircraft artillery, anti-tank cluster grenades are used.

What about the casualties of your regiment? ”

"Division commander, the marksmanship of the elven soldiers is too accurate, and our regiment has suffered heavy casualties, but it can still hold up for the time being!"

"Zhao Laosi, don't hold on if you can't stand it, your brigade headquarters, as well as my division headquarters, have reserves."

"Yes, Commander!"

At the General Headquarters of the Natural Elf Empire's Dispatch Army, the Natural Elf Imperial Field Marshal Dan Vech said to the Light Elf Imperial Field Marshal Katfi, the Dark Elf Imperial Field Marshal Jegaard, and the Red Tiger Imperial War First Deputy Minister Morka with a solemn face: "The attack has been going on for three days.

However, the front, which stretched for thousands of kilometers, did not come back with any good news.

Let's talk about it, is it necessary to continue this large-scale offensive in the future? ”

The Field Marshal of the Bright Elf Empire, Cartfi, immediately said in a deep voice: "Our army of the Bright Elf Empire has suffered almost 300,000 casualties in the three-day attack.

It also lost more than 1,000 tanks, more than 500 armored vehicles, more than 700 warplanes and more than 3,000 artillery pieces.

It can be said that it is not that we are not resolute, but that the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires are too tenacious. ”

The Dark Elf Empire's Field Marshal Zhegad continued: "The Han and Tang Empire's border guards have very complete fortifications on these thousands of kilometers of front.

Even if the army of our Dark Elf Empire chose a few points and tried to make a key breakthrough, it was not successful.

I believe that this senseless offensive should be stopped to avoid greater casualties among the coalition forces. ”

Morka, the first deputy minister of the Red Tiger Empire's War Department, hesitated for a moment and said, "But the alliance forces of the Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Wild Bull are about to prepare to launch an attack on the northern front to cooperate with our southern front.

Isn't it wrong for us to stop after only three days? ”

Field Marshal of the Nature Elf Empire, Danvich, immediately retorted: "General Morka, when the agreement of the Nine ** Things Alliance was signed in the first place.

The agreement clearly states that both the northern and southern fronts have the right to fight independently, and any decision made by our four-nation coalition forces should not be affected by the northern front. ”

Morka nodded awkwardly and said, "Marshal Danvich is right, I am also in favor of temporarily stopping the attack. ”

Hearing that Morka, the commander of the Red Tiger Army, had also agreed to suspend the attack, the faces of the three elven army marshals softened a lot.

The Field Marshal of the Natural Elf Empire, Dan Vein, sighed and said, "The combat effectiveness shown by the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires in the defense is something I never expected.

Since everyone has agreed to stop the attack for the time being, let's give the order to our respective armies to retreat immediately! ”

The combined forces of the Natural Elf Empire, the Light Elf Empire, the Dark Elf Empire and the Red Tiger Empire stormed the border defense line of the Han and Tang Empire border guards in Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town and Dazhou Town for three days.

Subsequently, the armies of the two sides confronted each other by virtue of their respective border defense lines, which also brought the southern front battlefield into a stalemate.