Chapter 48: Prelude to the Crusader Air Force's Counteroffensive:

Before the advent of the Demon Crystal Civilization, it was the Demon Beasts that dominated the forest.

At that time, if the general dared to lead his troops across the forest, there were probably only two ends: either he was killed by his subordinates or his superiors.

But after the advent of the Demon Crystal Civilization, humans can bully the Demon Beasts with their powerful firepower, and the drama of the army crossing the forest has been staged many times.

Just like in the Tianyun Mountains now.

The invincible monsters, even the red-horned ant colony, which is famous for its swarms of action, trembled under the terrifying firepower of the army, and the swarms were crushed and wiped out by the unreasonable army.

The current location of the Black Flag Army Headquarters is the nest of a red-horned ant colony, and the previous owner has now turned into the rations of the army, leaving only the wreckage all over the ground to tell the barbarism and domineering of the army.

"Commander, Aryanata has a request!"

Long Xiaotian was woken up by the staff officer, and after taking the towel handed by the guard and wiping his face indiscriminately, he hurriedly took the document handed by the staff officer.

"The cluster command has agreed to the request of the former commander and promised to dispatch one hundred and fifty aircraft to escort the escort!" The staff officer added on the side.

After quickly reading the document, Long Xiaotian asked, "How many spaceships can the cluster send to participate in the transportation?" ”

"Commander, the capacity is tight, and the cluster can only mobilize 8 giant transport ships, 21 large ships, and more than 50 small and medium-sized transport ships. It is only possible to ensure that one brigade can be transported at a time. ”

A brigade?

Long Xiaotian secretly summed it up, and the brigade in the staff officer's mouth refers to the standard composite brigade in the Black Flag Army, which is transported together with equipment.

"Pass my order, the 103rd, 104th, and 105th brigades are ready for transportation on the spot, all equipment is ready for transportation, and the transportation of three brigades must be completed within one day!"

……

With the order from the command, the sleeping camp was lively in a very short time, and the three named brigades and the corresponding auxiliary units immediately began to get busy.

Because of the armored troops to advance, the Black Flag Army had a special unit on the marching line to clear the way - the trees that had grown for hundreds of years and had never provoked humans were cut down, and many roads were opened for armored vehicles to travel.

The three brigades who were named continued to cut down innocent trees along the road they had opened, and in the shortest possible time they had to clear the landing site of the spaceship, the destructive power of the army was clearly demonstrated at this time, and countless trees with dense rings were easily cut down, and the three airborne fields appeared as abruptly as psoriasis on the skin.

Not long after dawn, the airborne site had already been cleared, and the three brigades were also ready for transport, just waiting for the spacecraft to land.

The Black Flag's marching line had always been the target of the Crusaders' attention, and not long after the three huge airborne fields appeared, the Crusaders' high-altitude reconnaissance planes transmitted the footage to the Crusader headquarters.

The high officers of the crusaders saw at a glance the intentions of the imperial army.

Is this finally unbearable to be airlifted?

"Your Excellency, the Black Flag Army is ready for airlift!" The staff officers handed over the information analyzed to the gray-haired marshal, and then said excitedly: "We can prepare to intercept and strike the enemy in the transport!" ”

To be honest, since the beginning of the war, the Crusaders have been suffering losses, and have never eliminated the Imperial Army on a structured scale, after all, under the dual advantages of firepower and combat power, the Crusaders have always been aggrieved on the side of the small suffering.

But what if the invincible army is crashed into a thin-skinned spaceship?

The previous two transports, the crusaders were not prepared, and after discovering the opportunity to dispatch the air force, the transport had ended, and they could only return in frustration, but this time it was different, the crusaders had the news in advance, as long as they seized the fighters and formed an absolute local advantage, they could make the imperial army wail in the sky-

I shudder to think about it!

"How many planes can we make?" Marshal Colin asked calmly.

"If we mobilize now, we can mobilize more than six hundred fighters in two hours!" The Air Force staff officer immediately replied.

600 ......

What a bleak number.

The corners of Colin's mouth twitched - I thought that before the war, the Crusaders could mobilize more than 3,000 planes, and thousands of planes could cover the sky with a single order! But now it can only mobilize about 600 planes, which is too shabby!

The most tragic thing is that these planes are all cowering in the sturdy and hidden airfields, not daring to take off easily!

"Tell the Air Force, make an offensive plan! Always ready to strike! The marshal ordered, and then frowned: "Urge the Holy See and the Demon Temple to send the supporting air force over as soon as possible!" It is necessary to have a certain air supremacy! ”

"Yes!"

Just as the Crusaders were preparing, the Imperial Army's transport formation arrived in the sky above the Tianyun Mountain Range under the escort of fighters, and the huge spaceship formation slowly lowered its altitude under the guidance and slowly descended to the first transport field.

……

Arinatha refers to the fore.

"Sir, the 202nd Brigade has already sent 4 battalions to the front line, is it for the 102nd Brigade to replace the 101st Brigade?" The staff officer asked.

The 101st Brigade, as the main combat force, has been on the front line for more than 24 hours, if you calculate the day and night spent in the city of Alinata, the 101st Brigade has been on the top for 48 hours - the 202nd Brigade has sent 4 battalions of reinforcements as a reserve force, you can imagine the fierce fighting on the front line, and how big the losses of the 101st Brigade are!

Chen Yuwei did not answer, but asked, "How is the transportation work?" ”

"The transport ship has landed, and it is expected to be loaded in two hours and arrive in three hours."

Sure that he could arrive at a fully equipped synthetic brigade in three hours, the boundless pressure on Major General Chen Yuwei's shoulders suddenly relaxed, he looked at the map and asked, "Is the 102nd Brigade ready?" ”

"Preparations are complete."

The major general stared at the map that changed from time to time, and his eyes became cold: "Pick me up Cai Zhiqiang of the 102nd Brigade!" ”

Communication is on.

"I'm Cai Zhiqiang!"

"I'm Chen Yuwei, Cai Zhiqiang, tell me, do you have the confidence to fight a counterattack! I'll deploy all the support firepower at my disposal to fight back with you! ”

"Report sir, there is!"

"Okay, get ready, act in 10 minutes, I only have one request, hit hard!"

"Yes, sir!"

After ending the communication with the former commander, Cai Zhiqiang, the commander of the 102nd Brigade, who had been impatient for a long time, roared and ordered: "Pass the order, all units are ready for battle!" 10 minutes to start! Staff Office, make a counterattack plan for Lao Tzu immediately! ”

Deputy Brigade Commander Yang Deshun hurriedly asked after giving the order: "Brigade seat, do you want us to fight back?" ”

The 102nd Brigade was not notified about the reinforcements, so Yang Deshun felt strange - not that he couldn't fight back, but that there was not much benefit in fighting back!

It is true that with the powerful assault capability of the composite force, as long as the supporting firepower can keep up, it is easy to suddenly join the battlefield that is in a mess, and it is easy to kill the enemy by surprise and assault for a few miles, but without the support of the position, the assault force is easily intercepted and blocked by the enemy.

"The front finger has the consideration of the front finger, we just need to carry out the order!"

Chapter 49: This Is the Battlefield!

Ye Xiao and Zhang Liang finally met after dawn.

However, after the meeting, the two parts of the people combined, only 24 people.

After the attack on the artillery position group began to die, in less than three hours, a third of his comrades were killed - this is a heavy loss.

Originally, Ye Xiao's plan was that the two teams of people would still flee separately, and maybe one team would survive, but the situation was very bad, the enemy was really angry, and the most elite troops were dispatched to pursue and kill, and in desperation, the two teams could only meet on a small high ground and be trapped on the spot.

It's back to square one, and it's worse than it was – 24 men were surrounded by two companies, having just repelled an attack, but at the cost of three more seriously wounded.

"Head," Zhang Liang sat down in front of Ye Xiao with a buttocks, and put down the hot weapon casually, not at all what a veteran should be: "The ammunition is alarmed......

It's very strange.

Fangs have space equipment, and Ye Xiao has also won such treatment for his special platoon and reconnaissance platoon, and prepared a sufficient amount of ammunition as early as the beginning of the operation.

This situation should not have happened, but I didn't expect it to be an ammunition warning - the combat intensity is indeed too high.

swept away a subordinate who was working hard to repair the fortifications, Ye Xiao sighed secretly, there is no help, this time it is really not saved......

The subordinates have a clear understanding of the current situation, and Ye Xiao can see the despair of his subordinates from Zhang Liang's behavior of putting down his weapons at will - 24 people, there is no hope of breaking through, how long can they hold on to the position?

One day? Two days? Or three days?

And looking at the appearance of the enemy's mobilization of troops, it is estimated that he is dreaming all day!

What's worse is the ammunition warning!

Poking out his head and glancing at the enemy who was preparing for an attack, Ye Xiao simply extinguished his mind of applying for airborne equipment on his front limbs - the more than a dozen armored vehicles and combat vehicles not far from the hillside plus so many infantry, is it useful to ask for weapon support?

It's a blessing to be able to hold on to this battle!

"Get ready, there's enough ammo." At this time, Ye Xiao also accepted his fate, and didn't think about boosting morale anymore - anyway, he made a lot of money, and the soldiers had a sense of the ending.

"This is the front finger! Our army is ready for a counteroffensive! Ten minutes later, there will be a counteroffensive! Be sure to hold out until the friendly forces counterattack! ”

When the sound of heaven came, Ye Xiao's first reaction was that he had heard it wrong.

Probably fearing that the front line did not understand, the front finger repeated it again.

Ye Xiao was not happy and shocked-

Counterattack? Are you kidding!

With the only power available now, is this looking for death or looking for death?

Unless—

Coming for reinforcements?

Ye Xiao didn't know if there were any reinforcements arrived, but the trouble was that the enemy had already begun to attack, and it was the old-fashioned artillery bombardment.

The fighters, who were still busy on the position just now, heard the screams before the shells came, and without waiting for the order, the PIA disappeared without a trace - the anti-artillery holes were filled in a very short time.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The shells arrogantly set off one explosion after another on the position, but these shells were mortar shells, and the power was far less than that of large-caliber artillery, and they did not cause that earth-shaking shock.

Ye Xiao's dutiful cat was in the observation position, staring at the front with its mouth wide open.

This time the enemy made up his mind to step on the landing point of the shells, and as the tanks and infantry approached, the shells did not stop whistling, but extended a little.

Five hundred meters!

The enemy was already close to five hundred meters, and Ye Xiao immediately shouted in the communication: "The enemy is coming!" ”

The empty position was piled up with people in the next second.

"Fire support! I need fire support! ”

Originally, Ye Xiao extinguished his mind to call for support, and planned to resist to the end, but the counterattack was about to begin, and the hope of surviving had increased infinitely, so Ye Xiao was not polite at this time, and directly connected to the 2nd battalion.

The support given by the 2 battalion was not as great as expected, only two 75 caliber guns - this is dry sake? Do you really want your camp to be covered with the national flag?

Ye Xiao was stunned by the support of the poor two artillery, and hurriedly asked the brigade headquarters for help: "Brigade headquarters, I'm Ye Xiao, ask for artillery support!" ”

The red-eyed wolf warrior in the brigade headquarters, after hearing Ye Xiao's request for help, contacted the fire support battalion directly without thinking:

"Epoch Yuan, transfer 6 105 guns to fully support Ye Xiao! Do you understand? ”

"Chief of Staff," Ji Yuan complained bitterly: "The front line is tight, and each artillery has corresponding support units, which cannot be deployed!" ”

The wolf jumped to his feet: "Don't talk useless to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't listen to your complaints!" Support! Support Ye Xiao! If Ye Xiao makes a bad mistake, Lao Tzu will kill you!! ”

Ye Nanxiao, who was in the command headquarters, saw that his chief of staff looked like a cannibal, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This kid is blowing up now!

Just now, the wolf warrior pointed at Ye Nanxiao's nose and wanted to lead the team out to save people - the image from the reconnaissance plane made the wolf warrior confused, Ye Nanxiao, as the brigade commander, although he also wanted to rescue Ye Xiao, but for the sake of the overall situation, he could only endure it, and even had to endure being scolded by the wolf pointing at his nose.

Now the wolf warrior is just pressing the era, and Ye Nanxiao can only be regarded as not seeing it.

Ji Yuan could hear from the tone of the wolf warrior how angry the chief of staff was at this moment, and immediately replied: "Yes! ”

After ending the communication, Ji Yuan immediately ordered: "2 Connection, connect Ye Xiao!" Bring in 3 105 guns to support him! ”

"Battalion, the 2nd company is responsible for the fire support on the left flank of the position, it can't be adjusted!"

"Lao Tzu knows!" Ji Yuan roared angrily: "Ye Xiao of the dog day is even tighter!" Do you want to see that bastard fold in the middle of the pack? ”

The support of three 105 caliber guns finally made Ye Xiaobu breathe a sigh of relief, and the most sudden armored car was covered by two rounds of bombardment by three guns, and it was reimbursed with seven or eight infantry, and the enemy's offensive was stalled.

But at the same time, there were infantry on the positions of the 101st Brigade 2nd Battalion who were frantically cursing the artillery.

"Bastard! Support! Fire support! Coordinates XXX! Smash it! Come on! The infantry who led the infantry shouted frantically in the communication system, the enemy had already approached the position of his comrades, but the artillery fire he was responsible for was dumb at this time!

"Brother! Wait five minutes! Five minutes! ”

"Wait for your mother's big head! I'll fuck your uncle! Seeing that the enemy had stepped into the position, the infantry in charge of the guidance hysterically cursed in the communication, and then removed the intercom and rushed forward with his weapon in hand.

"Miscellaneous people, grandpa is here!"

The mute fire of the three vital 105 caliber guns caused very serious consequences at a critical time, and it was the 2nd battalion position that faced the damage, a group of enemies broke through the blockade of the rain of bullets and stepped into the position, and the fighters responsible for guarding the position faced an enemy several times their own, no one chose to retreat, no one chose to surrender, and fulfilled their oath with their lives-

Swear to live and die with the position!

When a point was opened, the enemy quickly used this point to expand the results of the battle, and the already precarious position of the 2nd Battalion was torn open by the enemy in just a few minutes by a hole of more than 100 meters.

The commander of the 2 battalion shouted in the communication:

"Travel! 2 battalions swear to live and die with the position! The Empire is mighty! Imperial Martial Arts! ”

Immediately, he took the only three remaining men in the battalion headquarters and rushed to the torn open mouth without hesitation, and faced the enemy who rolled like a torrent.

And at this time, the 102nd Brigade received an order from the brigade seat full of fighting spirit:

Brigade assault!