With the passage of time, the street battles in Yueyang City became more and more brutal, and almost every moment there were soldiers from both sides dying in this city that had become ruins.

Early in the morning of April 9, 2538, Sun Guodong, deputy commander of Yueyang City's urban defense, told Su Yi: "Commander, the cultural park in Nancheng District was also lost last night, and now the Ice Lion Army in the south is only three streets away from the central city. ”

Up to now, the second wave of large-scale attacks on Yueyang City by the Ice Lion Kingdom army has lasted for more than 20 days, and at this time, there are still more than half of the blocks in the Dongcheng District, Xicheng District and Beicheng District of Yueyang City, which are controlled by the army under Su Yi's command, only the situation in Nancheng District is the most critical, and almost the entire Nancheng District will be captured by the Ice Lion Kingdom.

However, Su Yi didn't care about the situation in Nancheng District, but smiled and said, "I still think the Ice Lion Kingdom army in the south is too slow!" It has not been hit to the edge of the central city for so many days, and the counterattack force has long been prepared! ”

It turned out that in the fierce battle in Nancheng District, Su Yi deliberately let the troops stationed in Nancheng District release a little water, so that the Ice Lion Country army attacking Nancheng District made much faster progress than the other three urban areas, and Su Yi did this in order to launch a local large-scale counterattack against the Ice Lion Army attacking Yueyang City, and even Su Yi hoped that through this local counterattack, a gap would be opened in the encirclement of the Ice Lion Country.

Of course, Su Yi wanted to open a gap in the encirclement of the Ice Lion Kingdom army, not to lead the soldiers and civilians in Yueyang City to evacuate, but to hope to defeat the Ice Lion Kingdom army in the south of Yueyang City and wait for an opportunity to recapture some areas in the south of Yueyang City.

In the previous more than 20 days of fierce fighting, although in terms of casualties, the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom far exceeded the troops under Su Yi's command, but more than 20 days of day and night bloody battles made the losses of the officers and soldiers under Su Yi's command exceed 120,000, even if some young men among the civilians were replenished, plus some wounded who returned from injury, the strength of Su Yi's troops also dropped to less than 450,000.

In fact, if needed, Su Yi can also recruit more than 100,000 people from the more than one million civilians in Yueyang City to join the army under his command, but these more than 100,000 people are already among the more than one million civilians left in Yueyang City, and the last few men who are suitable to join the army, the other more than one million civilians are almost all old and young, women and children, and before the conscription, Su Yi has incorporated most of the young men in Yueyang City into the army under his command.

Compared with the Ice Lion Country army that attacked Yueyang City, it can continuously get reinforcements and reinforcements from the Ice Lion Country, if the defense of Yueyang City continues, Su Yi's army will run out sooner or later, so Su Yi has to consider the issue of increasing the source of troops.

According to the information from the Ministry of Defense of the Great Qin State, at present, in the south of Yueyang City, in addition to the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom that attacked the southern city of Yueyang City, there are only about 100,000 troops of the Ice Lion Country, controlling several counties in the south of Yueyang City, and these counties are all counties with large populations, and Yuhong County, which is close to Yueyang City, has a population of almost three million.

The administrative division of the Great Qin State is only at the provincial and county levels, and each province has more than a dozen counties under its jurisdiction, Yuhong County in the south of Yueyang City is administratively divided into counties directly under Yueyang City, and the suburbs in the south of Yueyang City are already considered to be the jurisdiction of Yuhong County.

Su Yi planned this local large-scale counterattack, and the lowest combat goal was to defeat Yuhong County and expand the source of his army.

Sun Guodong, deputy commander of the city defense, nodded and said: "Commander, now the tank factory has assembled more than 500 heavy tanks, even if some were lost before, the total number is still more than 500, and the crews of these tanks are already in place, with these more than 500 heavy tanks, plus the four provisional divisions that are ready to be put into counterattack, I feel that the commander's combat goal should be achieved." ”

Su Yi glanced down at the time of the watch on his wrist, and then said decisively: "Order the provisional 2nd Division, the provisional 4th Division, the provisional 5th Division, the provisional 12th Division, and the tank regiment directly under the headquarters to enter the position where the attack was launched before 11 o'clock at noon today, and at 11 o'clock at noon today, launch a counterattack against the Ice Lion Country army in Nancheng District on time, and strive to fight a beautiful annihilation battle in Nancheng District!" ”

At the forward headquarters of the Ice Lion Country's army outside Yueyang City, Army General Gru, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ice Lion Country's army, held a few pieces of paper in his hand and reported to the commander-in-chief, Marshal Kajano: "Marshal, as of the early morning of April 9, in the second wave of attacks on Yueyang City, the number of casualties of our Ice Lion Kingdom army reached 310,000, and more than 100,000 people were injured, and the casualties of several divisions even exceeded fifty percent. ”

Marshal Kayano asked in a solemn voice, "Coupled with the first wave of losses, has our Ice Lion Nation army already killed 800,000 people in Yueyang City?" ”

Army General Gru nodded slightly and said: "The number of dead has indeed reached 800,000, not including the 300,000 human soldiers who mutinied, and the wounded soldiers in the front-line field hospitals everywhere, adding up to almost 100,000, and these 100,000 wounded, many of them are seriously wounded who cannot continue to go to the battlefield in a short period of time, and even many seriously injured will not be able to continue to stay in the army because of their disabilities even after they are injured." ”

Marshal Kayano sighed, "In order to capture Yueyang City, the price paid by our Ice Lion Country is really too great, it has far exceeded our previous expectations, but now Yueyang City has almost become a spiritual symbol of the Great Qin army and people resisting our Ice Lion Country, so no matter how big the price is, our Ice Lion Country must also take Yueyang City and break the will of the Great Qin army and people in other regions to resist." ”

Army General Gru then said: "The cabinet has approved the proposal to replenish another 400,000 reserve officers and soldiers to Yueyang City, and now our troops attacking the southern city of Yueyang City have also made a breakthrough, and the cultural park located in the southern city of Yueyang City last night has been beaten down by the 21st Guards Mechanized Infantry Division and the 22nd Guards Mechanized Infantry Division, so that the troops attacking the Nancheng District will only have three streets left from the central city of Yueyang City, maybe today the army of our Ice Lion Country, You can step into the central city of Yueyang City. ”

Marshal Kayano's face was slightly better, "The weapons, ammunition supplies and other materials of the Great Qin army in Yueyang City should be stored in some places in the central city, once the various divisions attacking the southern city enter the central city, let the divisions try to find out the storage location of the weapons and ammunition supplies and other materials of the Great Qin army, and destroy them as much as possible, if the Great Qin army in Yueyang City has no ammunition and food, it will no longer be able to resist the army of our Ice Lion Country." ”

Marshal Kayano's slightly better mood did not last long, at 11 o'clock at noon on April 9, 2538, the Great Qin army in Yueyang City suddenly concentrated thousands of artillery pieces and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the Nancheng District of Yueyang City, and then the four temporary divisions under Su Yi and the tank regiment directly under the headquarters with more than 500 Type 69 main battle tanks launched a large-scale counterattack against the Ice Lion Army in Nancheng District.

"Da Da Da-" Ma Sibao, who was following behind a Type 69 main battle tank, shouted loudly while shooting at the Ice Lion Country soldiers who appeared in front of him with the Type 95 automatic rifle in his hand: "Pay attention to the surroundings, don't let those beasts of the Ice Lion Country get close to our tank!" ”

After Ma Sibao escaped from danger in the North Street Market, because he was only slightly injured, he immediately began to rebuild the 18th Infantry Battalion of the 12th Division, and when the 18th Infantry Battalion of the 12th Division withdrew into the central city, there were only more than 100 people left in the entire battalion.

In the days when the central city was resting, the 18th Infantry Battalion of the 12th Provisional Division was replenished, and although it did not return to full strength, it still reached more than 900 people.

In this counterattack against the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom in Nancheng District, the Provisional 12th Division also joined the attack force, and Ma Sibao's 18th Infantry Battalion was incorporated into the first attack echelon of the Provisional 12th Division.

As soon as Ma Sibao's words fell, the Type 69 main battle tank in front of him shot a shell at the dozens of Ice Lion Country soldiers who suddenly appeared on the ruins in front of him, instantly knocking down more than half of the Ice Lion Country soldiers, and then the machine gun on the Type 69 main battle tank also shot the remaining Ice Lion Country soldiers.

Ma Sibao saw the Type 69 main battle tank in front of him, and couldn't help but excitedly shouted to the officers and soldiers around him: "Everyone follow the tank closely, try to hide behind the tank!" ”

At this time, Feng Hao, the deputy battalion commander who was following behind another Type 69 main battle tank, shouted loudly: "Brother Ma, be careful, there are enemy tanks in front!" ”

A Silver Lion medium tank of the Ice Lion Army suddenly drove out from behind a pile of rubble, and quickly fired a shot at the Type 69 main battle tank in front of Ma Sibao.

The distance between the two tanks on both sides was only about 100 meters, and the 47-mm armor-piercing shell fired by the Silver Lion medium tank directly hit the frontal armor of the Type 69 main battle tank, and then this 47-mm armor-piercing shell did not penetrate the armor of the front of the Type 69 main battle tank at all, leaving only a shallow pit.

Soon, the Type 69 main battle tank in front of Ma Sibao also colored the Silver Lion medium tank that suddenly appeared, and directly fired a 100 mm armor-piercing shell at it, which suddenly exploded the Silver Lion medium tank and turned it into a pile of scrap metal.

Ma Sibao saw the tank of the Ice Lion Country, and he had no power to fight back against this heavy tank of his own side, so he turned his head and shouted to Feng Hao, the deputy battalion commander in the distance: "Xiao Feng, let the brothers of our battalion not take the lead, just follow the tank forward, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Ice Lion Country don't need us to deal with it!" ”

Relying on the strong performance of more than 500 Type 69 main battle tanks, the Daqin army that launched a counterattack from the central city, Dongcheng and Xicheng districts can be said to be like a bamboo, and it only took one afternoon to make the efforts of the Ice Lion Army in Nancheng District more than 20 days come to naught.

Marshal Kayano, the commander-in-chief of the Ice Lion Army, learned that the Great Qin Army had launched a large-scale counterattack in Nancheng District, although he immediately mobilized the Ice Lion Army to the east and west of Yueyang City to support Nancheng District, and even the Ice Lion Country Air Force, which had not been used for many days, sent nearly 300 fighters to fly to the sky above the South City of Yueyang City at the request of Marshal Kayano, trying to provide air fire support to the Ice Lion Army stationed in Nancheng District.

However, everything Marshal Callano did not save the situation of the continuous rout of the Ice Lion Army's army in Nancheng District, and by about six o'clock in the evening of April 9, the entire Nancheng District of Yueyang City was recovered by the Great Qin army.

What frightened Marshal Caliano was that after the Great Qin army recovered the entire Nancheng District, it did not stop attacking, and still launched a fierce attack on the defeated and retreating outside the city and the Ice Lion Army that was originally stationed outside the city.

At this time, Marshal Kayano had already ordered the Ice Lion Kingdom troops in the other three cities to defend on the spot, in case the Great Qin army waited for an opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Ice Lion Kingdom army in the other three cities.

In order to continue to form an encirclement of Yueyang City, Marshal Caliano immediately prepared to mobilize a large number of troops from the other three directions of Yueyang City to assist the Ice Lion Kingdom army south of Yueyang City, but the deputy commander-in-chief Army General Gru suggested to Marshal Kayano: "Marshal, in fact, our goal is only to capture Yueyang City, there is no need to wipe out all the Great Qin troops in Yueyang City, it is better to get out of the way, if the Great Qin troops in Yueyang City take the initiative to evacuate, for our Ice Lion Country, It is equivalent to completing the goal of capturing Yueyang City. ”

Marshal Kayano looked at the military map on the table, sighed and said: "Then let the divisions in the south of Yueyang City immediately abandon their positions and move to the east and west of Yueyang City, I didn't expect that the Great Qin army in the city actually hid so many heavy tanks, I wonder if I have to transfer one of the three Janissary tank armored divisions in China to join the battlefield of Yueyang City?" ”

The Praetorian Guard of the Ice Lion Nation has three tank divisions, each with more than 1,600 tanks, more than half of which are heavy tanks equipped by the Ice Lion Army.

Then Marshal Kayano smiled bitterly, "Actually, even if some troops from the other three directions of Yueyang City are transferred to the south of Yueyang City, I don't have the confidence to be able to block the armored force of the Great Qin Army, which is composed of heavy tanks, in the street battles before, we have already suffered a lot of losses from the heavy tanks of the Great Qin Army, I hope that the Great Qin Army in Yueyang City can give up Yueyang City as we wish, and I can even order the troops in the counties south of Yueyang City to make way for the Great Qin army that has withdrawn from Yueyang City." ”