Chapter 25: The End of the Crusaders (2) )
The headquarters of the 219th Division may be out of respect for the 2nd Battalion, and the position guarded by the 2nd Battalion this time is still the 32nd Salient, but the position has been moved by 5 kilometers, which happens to be located on the transportation line road, and the previous 32nd Salient has become the position of the heavy artillery group, which is no longer suitable as a defensive position.
The 2nd Battalion, together with 2 Wehrmacht companies, had a total size of less than 600 men and needed to defend a two-kilometer position, and this time the position did not have prepared fortifications in advance, only improvised bunkers and improvised anti-artillery holes, and even the enemy did not give the 2nd Battalion much time to dig holes, and less than 20 minutes after entering the position, the enemy's front team had already arrived at the battlefield.
Speaking of which, this war was at an absolute disadvantage for the Crusaders from the very beginning.
At the beginning of the war, the missile units of the Crusaders suffered heavy losses, and the Air Force faced the defeat of the Imperial Air Force, and lost completely, if it were not for the fact that they had always established the combat idea of defense, if it were not for the fact that they had the world's largest system of permanent fortifications and the Imperial Army, which had a sharp offensive advantage, they would have surrounded and annihilated the trapped millions of Crusaders.
It was precisely because of the complete group of permanent fortifications that they were able to resist the attack of the imperial army, and even tried to break the dividing line and carry out a strategic counter-encirclement, but for such a strategic purpose, the situation of the attacking troops of the crusaders was very miserable.
They have no air force cover, they can only rely on the cover of artillery to pile up their lives, and even the artillery will be destroyed from time to time - on the side of the 2nd Brigade of the Black Flag Army, 4 battalions of heavy artillery units were killed, and you can imagine what price the Crusader artillery paid.
If it weren't for the Sky Stealing Plan, the Crusaders would not have been able to break the staggered defense line, and the protruding protrusions would be like barbs, making them bleed blood, but the Sky Stealing Plan allowed them to see the dawn of victory, but only ten hours later, the dawn became a desperate line of defense to break through with their lives, because of the uprising of the 308th Division, they fell into the hands of the imperial army, and what is even more tragic is that more than 300,000 troops were trapped in a radius of less than 1,000 square kilometers.
They have already received the news that the assault group of the imperial army has drawn out more than ten heavy divisions and is assembling, ready to reflexively kill back, and under the cover of losing the permanent fortifications, the logistics have been cut off, and the two crusaders on the left and right with more than 500,000 troops, if they can't withdraw the permanent fortification group in time, then the consequence is only one possibility, on the vast plains, become the meat of the heavy cluster iron horse!
6 hours, they only have 6 hours, more than 6 hours, the heavy troops of the assault group will kill at any time, without the permanent fortification group to rely on, they will be defeated, and lose this 500,000 army, the two remaining crusaders on the left and right, can they still hold the fortification group?
Instead of this, it is better to fight to the death, call out the mobile forces in the fortification group, flank the front and rear, and take advantage of the fact that the main force of the assault group has not returned, break through the defense line of the 308th Division, and escape from Ascension!
Therefore, the Crusaders transferred troops from the fortification group in the left and flanked the 308th Division - if the 500,000 troops were lost here, the fortification group would also be unable to defend due to the lack of troops, and it would be completely lost.
The crusaders, who were so determined, could only attack the Imperial Army under the cover of mortars and a small number of field artillery, and what they needed to face was the bombardment of the air force, the attack of missiles, and the shelling of the indomitable defenders with heavy artillery.
No matter how miserable the enemy is, for the 2nd Battalion, this battle is a continuation of their battle to break the flag, if it weren't for the 308 Division that came out of nowhere, they became fake prisoners and real undercover agents, the last battle would have been a glorious battle for them to fight for the honor of the black flag, and now, they have to be responsible for the honor of the broken flag!
The honor of the black flag must be re-poured with blood, and among them, there are enemies, and there must also be their own.
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Across the road, Ye Xiao saw in the telescope that after a little rest, the enemy formed a battle formation of a squad and platoon, covering the attack on his own position.
Before entering the battlefield, Ye Xiao applied to the 219th Division for priority calling permission for heavy artillery, and the 219th Division also gave face, and directly assigned the fourteen heavy artillery pieces to the 2nd Battalion.
Fourteen temporary artillery guidance groups quickly calculated the secret position and provided the coordinates to the heavy artillery in their respective charges, and soon the characteristic screeching sound of heavy artillery shells sounded, and the fourteen heavy artillery shells fell into the enemy group that was still thousands of kilometers away, except for three or four shells that did not miss, the rest of the shells achieved a good result, and at least eighty or ninety enemies were reimbursed.
The long line of enemy troops was broken into many knots at once, so that the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion could not help but wave their fists with joy.
Heavy artillery shells, the killing range is calculated by tens of meters, and a foot chariot will become scrap iron if it is close to each other, not to mention flesh and blood, except for the anti-artillery hole, Ye Xiao can't think of a way to deal with heavy artillery attacks, if the enemy wants to attack it, at least he has to carry eight to twelve rounds of heavy artillery attacks, this price, I feel comfortable thinking about it.
A mortar shell fell from the sky, exploded on the road, did not enter the position, two artillery guides immediately searched the mortar position, found a suspicious target, the two at the same time reported the coordinates to their respective heavy artillery shells, not long after, two heavy artillery shells exploded almost at the same time, a mortar group was blown to pieces in the explosion - this is too great a deterrent to the enemy's limited mortar force.
The enemy continued to join the attack, and the world in front of him seemed to be full of endless enemies, bombarded by heavy artillery, bombed by missiles, and bombed by rockets, but the gaps were always filled, and the enemy also entered the best distance of 300 meters.
The battle is completely on.
As in the previous Guard Battles, the enemy always relied on a steady stream of crowd tactics to attack with a path of life.
But this time, after the firepower of the 2nd Battalion increased by 14 medium guns, it was a mess, and coupled with the industrious air force, the enemy never rushed to the road at the cost of corpses covering the offensive road.
"I love our hard-working Air Force!" Cheng Haoran emptied a magazine and hid in the bunker while changing the magazine and shouted, but unfortunately Qi Sanlin was lying in the wounded camp because of overdraft, and his words were not answered.
After changing the magazine, Cheng Haoran was just about to rise and continue to shoot and roll call, when he heard someone shouting "Let!" Let! Let! Turning his head, Hu Zerun and two soldiers ran over with a 12.7 caliber Gaoping dual-purpose machine gun, and Cheng Haoran hurriedly gave way to this big killer.
Dada
This dual-purpose machine gun produced by the Holy See howled, and the tongue of fire drawn under the tracer bullet was clearly recognizable, and along the tongue of fire, Cheng Haoran saw that a large number of enemies were knocked to the ground, which was dozens of times more efficient than his low ** kill.
"It's fun!"
Cheng Haoran laughed wildly, it was so enjoyable, the battle should be fought like this, and the grievances of being chased and killed disappeared without a trace at this moment.
After the machine gun shouted for less than two minutes, Hu Zerun and the three of them ran away with the machine gun, and reminded Cheng Haoran before running: "Run!" ”
It's a fool not to run - Cheng Haoran of course understood, and immediately ran to the position next door, and sure enough, less than half a minute later, the position just now was greeted by several mortar shells and exploded into a mess.
However, a part-time artillery watchman not far away immediately avenged the position, and a string of numbers quickly came out of his mouth, and it was not long before a heavy shell exploded in the enemy's position, and it was estimated that a mortar group was reimbursed, because the observer laughed very much.
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